Everyone and her brother really has done this meme already. I’ve been resisting it, for some reason–I don’t know why, since it’s exactly the kind of 6th grade oracle I luuuurve. OK. I’m giving it a shot. (I think that, for some reason, when I see “iPod” in a meme or whatever, I automatically go “oh, I don’t have an iPod. I can’t play.” Despite the fact that my mp3 player does things like shuffle just fine. I have some sort of mp3 player inadequacy going on.)

How does the world see you?
“Mud,” Richard Buckner (ok, this is less awful than it seems, since the chorus goes, “and Christ how this life, from mud to miracle, is just the prettiest little burden…” I can live with that.)

Will I have a happy life?

“Can you please crawl out your window?”, Bob Dylan (this, I don’t quite get)

What do my friends really think of me?

“Faithful Shooter,” Richard Buckner

Do people secretly lust after me?:

“Old Old Woodstock,” Van Morrison (any light that could be shed on this would also be appreciated)

How can I make myself happy?

“Now I’m a Farmer,” the Who (OK, this one made me laugh out loud…)

What should I do with my life?

“You Wear it Well,” Rod Stewart (um, thanks?)

Will I ever have children?

“I’m Forty Now,” Tom T. Hall (!!!)

What is some good advice for me?

“Come Pick Me Up,” Ryan Adams (AWESOME.)

How will I be remembered?

“To Be Young (is to be sad is to be high),” Ryan Adams (OK, my mp3 player doesn’t understand the concept of “shuffling”, but that’s still kind of cool)

What is my signature dancing song?

“Windfall,” Son Volt (not sure I can dance to that…)

What do I think my current theme song is?

“Out on the Weekend,” Neil Young (aw, that’s sad)

What does everyone else think my current theme song is?

“Scarlet Begonias,” the Grateful Dead (that is SO more like it)

What song will play at my funeral?

“Sweet Thing,” Van Morrison (OH MY GOD–this IS the song I’ve always said I wanted played at my funeral. That’s spooky.)

What type of men/women do you like?

Men: “Moonlight Mile,” the Rolling Stones (I kind of get this.)
Women: “I Just Want to Make Love to You,” The Stones (again, not so much shuffling…but I totally LOLed.)

What is my day going to be like?

“And It Stoned Me,” Van Morrison (!!)

…What have we learned here? That I might need a bit more variety on the player, I think.