Over on qPlog, Hayes has done a MySpace quiz that I thought I would turn into a meme so others can join in. Get your music player or open your music library on your computer, make sure you have it on random and press play for the answer for the first question. For the answer to each subsequent question, just press forward and go to the next song. It was fun. Do it and then let me know so I can check out your list!

Song count: 11,634

1. How am I feeling today?
Freedom - Erasure

2. Will I get far in life?
Break It Down Again - Tears For Fears (this makes sense if I do go back to school)

3. How do my friends see me?
It’s No Good - Depeche Mode (gee, thanks, guys)

4. Where will I get married?:
Take Me Anywhere - Tegan & Sara (funny. It’s true)

5. What is my best friend’s theme song?:
Buttercup (I’m A Super Girl) - Shonen Knife (Hmmm, that fits so many friends. Either because they are super girls or they are fans of The Powerpuff Girls. Cool!)

6. What is the story of my life?:
Stupid Thing - Aimee Mann (that goes with the song that was #1 when I was born: "Somethin’ Stupid" by Frank & Nancy Sinatra)

7. What was high school like?:
Come On Y’all - Jaguar Skills (…let’s get this over with and on with real life)

8. How can I get ahead in life?
Mexico - Leona Naess (so I have to be kidnapped?)

9. What is the best thing about me?
Heroine - Shakespear’s Sister (I’LL SAVE YOU!!)

10. How is today going to be?
99 - Toto (I don’t know what it means either. Maybe I’ll watch "Get Smart" today.)

11. What is in store for this weekend?
Yellow Peril - Buttersprites (Are some Asian men going to wisk me away?)

12. What song describes my parents?
Breakin’ Away From Sanity - Kim Carnes (I’m wincing)

13. To describe my grandparents?
Gravity - Embrace

14. How is my life going?
Cheek To Cheek - Taco (so it’s going cheesily then)

15. What song will they play at my funeral?
Apart - Elkland (this song ended up on Hayes’ list. Freaky iPod! actually now that I think about it, this is a bit of a sad song to play at a funeral: "I want you to be here/I want it to be now")

16. How does the world see me?
Going Fetal - Eels (hahaha!)

17. Will I have a Happy Life?
Erased - Annie Lennox (eek)

18. What do my friends really think of me?
Great Palaces Of Immortal Splendour - Single Gun Theory (ahhh, you guys! Stop!)

19. Do people secretly lust after me?
Blue Moon With Heartache - Rosanne Cash (Am I a heartbreaker? Love taker?)

20. How can I make myself happy?
Yuko & Hiro - Blur (more Asian influence? I so hoped that something like "Turning Japanese" or "She Bop" would pop up, damnit)

21. What should I do with my life?
Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) - Samantha Fox (ROTFLMAO)

22. Will I ever have children?
KiDdies - Self (holy crap that’s funny! The lyric is "Let’s go trick-or-treatin’ dressed like Marilyn Manson/Snatch up all the kiddies and then hold them all for ransom")

23. What is some good advice for me?
Ball And Chain - Martha Wainwright (so I should settle down and get married?)

24. What’s that smell?
Nobody’s Supposed To Be Here - Deborah Cox (and now the place reeks)

25. What is my signature dancing song?
Tenderness - General Public (HAHAHA! So true! Everyone do the Molly Ringwald!)

26. What do I think my current theme song is?
Into The West - Annie Lennox (this is so appropriate after seeing the Lord Of The Rings Symphony and then having Leslie come up with the idea of doing it as Carol Channing for a show)

27. What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
Jesus In A Camper Van - Robbie Williams (WTF are you people thinking?)

28. What type of GUYS do you like?
Limbo Rock - Chubby Checker (so ones that are malleable? I can see that. Or is I like guys who can fold themselves into weird positions. Excellent!)

29. Now click next and that will be the subject of this bulletin:
Sweet Life - Paul Davis (ahhhhh)

30. Your overall theme song?
Sorry - Madonna (I do come with Mormon guilt as a standard feature)

Listening to: The Way Things Are - Fiona Apple

Ladies & Gentlemen, I’d like to introduce the Gay Card. That joke about people taking your gay card away because you like such things as stock car racing, Guns ‘N Roses or, in my case, breasts and dislike Barbara Streisand and musicals, now can actually happen to me. Because of my Express (For Men, formerly Structure) plastic, I am now a card-carrying member of the gay community.

Of course if I did have my gay card taken away, I could no longer dress in the latest, fashionable, trendy, overseas-created stretches of fabric that adorn my frame in such a way as to attract only the ‘best’. Why do I know this? I’ve been taking pointers from the Funky Brown Chick and her blog. Although, I may not try the bra and panties approach. Sorry, Stolie.

Personally, I never threaten to take away others’ cards — only punch demerit holes in them, which makes them ugly. A fate worse than death for many gay men. (Why, yes. I am trying to make a point.)

And today I received my very first jury summons. Yes, I just turned 39 and I was finally called to do my civic duty. We’ve all heard the horror stories of showing up at the courthouse and sitting and sitting and sitting, but honestly? I’m excited. It’s one of those things in Social Studies that I was excited to do when I was an adult and now 20+ years later, I finally get to go.

Chances are I’ll get something small like a DUI or be dismissed completely, but I look forward to having the experience. Call me a Social Geek who was the Social Studies teacher’s little lap dog all you want. I know I’m doing it for the right reasons — so I can be just as bitter and jaded about jury duty as I am about all my other life experiences. Wah-wah-waaaaaaaah.

Listening to: Pop Scene - Blur

I went to the Build-A-Bear Workshop the other day and it was a great experience! With the vast selection they had it was hard to pick, but I finally settled on a red-head with a full beard. At first they are just skinny tweaks, but with just a magical visit to the stuffing table you can make him as big as you want and also find out if he likes to be stuffed or not. I got lucky. The one I picked didn’t like to be stuffed at all which was just the reaction I was looking for.

After beefing him up and seeing if he fit, I then got to take my bear and dress him up. It’s always good to make him presentable to your friends and the public. Being that it’s summer, I picked out a nice pair of beige cargo pants and a nice college sports team shirt (I went with the Oregon Ducks). He was so darling and huggable!

Then it was the big test. I took him out, showed to him to all my friends and visited the beer-bust at the Wrangler to see if he was socially-acceptable. To my relief and joy, he was a hit! We had the best time. I named him Ben and we’ve been inseparable since. In fact, tonight I think he’s going to ask me to marry him. SQUEAL! Wish me luck. Have a great night and I’ll see you tomorrow.

…or will I? [cheesy grin]

Listening to: The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game - Blondie

Listening to: The Lord’s Prayer - Sister Janet Mead (A #4 hit single in 1974 by a real Australian nun. Not a joke.)