day fifteen

earlier this week i spent some time going through all of my itunes (#85), and wow, what a great way to spend an afternoon. it all started with 5801 tracks, and several hours of dancing, singing and general reminiscing later, i'm left with 5401. exactly four hundred deleted - not bad.

most noteworthy and/or embarrassing deletions include: "spunk: volume one," a compilation of ska/punk bands (get it? ehh...) including tunes from a band called shower with goats (wha?) and the rx bandits before they got good. also, the q101 "ear candy" compilation from senior year of high school; the only track that stood the test of time for me was saves the day's "at your funeral," which i guess isn't surprising since i have and still listen to two of their other cds. and i had three, count 'em - three, goo goo dolls albums. when did that happen? also deleted will smith's "gettin jiggy with it," "miami," and "switch," "blue (da ba dee)" by eiffel 65, and "i wanna be with you" by fun factory. oof.

favorite re-discoveries: "united states of whatever" by liam lynch. tiga's cover of nelly's "hot in herre." (check out the dancing puppet video!) the "go" soundtrack (really cool - the hit was "steal my sunshine" by len, but also has great tracks from no doubt, fatboy slim, and natalie imbruglia - yeah, her!) some tracks from our college buddies' band, awesome car funmaker. del amitri's "roll to me." dynamite hack's "boyz n the hood." everclear's album "so much for the afterglow." luscious jackson's "ladyfingers." the transplants' "diamonds and guns." and wheatus' "teenage dirtbag."

and the absolute best? two tracks from something called fattaru, which google tells me is a swedish hip-hop group. i have zero recollection of acquiring these songs - my best guess is they're the result of some late-night, alcohol-inspired itunes browsing gone bad.

i received my first postcrossing card (yay!) from belgium. it's from this "play with your food" series - cauliflower sheep! can't tell if this picture effectively captures the adorableness. it does, however, demonstrate my discomfort posing for the camera in any normal fashion. but really, it was even cooler than i expected when i arrived home from a stormy, rainy walk to find real mail, from a real person, from another (real) country no less. i also sent another card (#92) - this one to finland!

also learned how to make mulled wine (#59) for a super delicious potluck dinner hosted by a bunch of super cool madison people. we took some liberties, but it went something like this - two bottles of three buck chuck cabernet, one cup of boiling water, twelve-ish cloves, five-ish cinnamon sticks, a few star anises (? - i have no idea what the plural of anise is), orange zest, and two cups (woah) of sugar. so it was tasty but sweet. turns out someone else also made mulled wine, only without sugar, so we joined forces and combined the two. i had a lot of it.