Ten Songs

I don't do "100 things" lists, I don't do "3 things I'm feeling right now" lists. Or, frankly, any other kind of list. But I'm going to go with the flow on this one. Mainly because I like to remain unpredictable. Routine is healthy; slavish adherence to routine is stifling.

I don't keep my songs on my computer, so I set my iPod to play all songs on shuffle. Here's the first ten that came up:

1. At Last -- Etta James
2. Symphony #5 -- Beethoven
3. I've Got a Theory -- from Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Once More, With Feeling"
4. Bring Me To Life -- Evanescence
5. Nobody's Home -- Avril Lavigne (Let me just comment on this song for a second. I first heard it just the other day, on the radio. It was #94 of the year's best 100. I didn't know who sang it, so I looked it up. It's a tremendous song. But (or maybe "because?") it doesn't sound like Avril at all. It sounds like, for lack of a better term, an adult rock song. Certainly not the same person who sang "Sk8tr Boy". )
6. All the Small Things -- Blink 182
7. My Happy Ending -- Avril Lavigne (I'm not such a huge fan...I have two or three songs of hers on the iPod; this is random, remember.)
8. Mrs. Rita -- Gin Blossoms
9. Vesti La Guibba -- Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci"
10. Everybody's Fool -- Evanescence (again, I only have four songs by them...randomness).