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eumeliannyikha
1. Put your music player of choice on shuffle.
2. The answer to each question is the title of the next song that comes up. (I reserve the right to skip things if I want to, because in addition to reclaiming my music, I also snagged most of my dad's classical music collection, and there's only so many times that Symphony such-and-such or Sonata number x are interesting, and I haven't even heard all of that stuff yet.)
IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
"How Beautiful Blue the Sky" (Pirates of Penzance) I have a gift for non sequiturs? I have a feeling that this is only the beginning.
WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
"Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" (Les Miz) Should I be insulted? I'm also trying to figure out if "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" is better than "There's a grief that can't be spoken," which is the first line to the song, and also so not a description of my personality.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
"5th Symphony, 2nd Movement" (Tchaikovsky) It's a nice piece of music . . .
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
"Oh, These Beautiful Things" (Menotti: Amahl & The Night Visitors) Um. Alternately, the song is very short, which could relate to the fact that I don't really have a purpose. Or it could be worse. There's a song in this show titled "All that gold."
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
"The Wassail Song / All Through the Night" (Yo-Yo Ma, among others) It's nice and cheery. Perhaps it fits. Besides the drinking. They have hot cider at those occasions, right?
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
"Dame Tu Fuerzo" (Putomayo) For those of you who don't speak Spanish, the title means "Give me your force." If we translate it as "lend me your strength," we could interpret this to mean that I'm a stabilizing force in their lives. Maybe. Or we could interpret it to mean that I'm a random track on their iTunes that for some reason doesn't have a name that they need to go to Amazon to look up the title to.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT FREQUENTLY?
"The Trumpet Shall Sound" (Handel's Messiah) I suppose that I'm a religious person, which means that I spend a certain amount of time pondering religious themes.
WHAT IS 2+2?
Track 05, Holiday concert CD I really ought to remember this song's title, since I maybe played it? Oh, it appears to be "Gloria, Gloria." And I never actually accompanied the choir, so I guess I'm off the hook. But I think that the answer is still five.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
"I Feel Gritty" (North-West Side Story) I don't see that this particularly applies to any of my best friends, unless the fact that I would appreciate help moving into my new room counts.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Dog Eats Dog" (Les Miz) I would take this as a bad sign, only this person is completely hypothetical, so I suppose that's okay.
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"Finale" (Les Mis) That's a boring title. And what's with all the Les Miz? I'll have you know that I have 877 songs on this.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Denko" (Sweet Honey in the Rock) Actually, I can't say that I can recall ever having thought "Denko" upon seeing someone. It might help if I knew what it meant.
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"Queen of Spades, Opus 68" (Tchaikovsky) . . .
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
"A Christmas Jig / Mouth Of The Tobique Reel" (Yo-Yo Ma, etc) It's at least danceable. And cheerful.
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
"O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion" (Handel's Messiah) Considering all the songs in my iTunes, this could be much worse.
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
"The Minstrel Boy" (Paul Robeson)
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
"Bring Him Home" (Les Miz) Okay, if another Les Miz song comes up, I'm skipping it. But my biggest secret - I'm secretly Valjean?
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
"Here Comes the Sun" (Yo-Yo Ma, etc) I like to see you all. :) I at least know why this CD is coming up so much; my mom gave it to me for Christmas so I've played these songs a time or two before, unlike everything else, which I just copied from my hard drive.
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
"Juice" (Two Of A Kind) My only insight is that this song is not nearly as good as some of their other stuff.
HOW WILL YOU DIE?
"Bounce Back" (Tom Gala, aka Tree-cutting Guy) . . .
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Tiraeraka (Rotorua International) I regret not understanding Maori?
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
"Death Letter" (Putomayo, Cassandra Wilson) I think that I liked this song better when its name was Track 06.
WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
"Masquerade/Why So Silent" (Phantom of the Opera) Being forced to be sociable at parties? But I generally actually like costume parties . . .
WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
"Oh, Joy Unbounded" (Trial By Jury, Gilbert and Sullivan) I'll interpret that show name as "Wait and see"
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
"The First Noel" No, not really. Although the commercialization can get pretty scary.
DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
"He Leadeth Me" (Tom Harder (Hymns)) . . .
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
"Bridal Procession & Lamentable Death Of King Dodon" (Rimsky-Korsakov, Sheherazade) Sounds like I would save King Dodon's life, whoever he is. Unless I would prevent him from getting married.
WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
"In the Upper Room" (Sweet Honey in the Rock)
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
"The Intermission Song" (Philadelphia Chickens) A random interlude? Sounds about right.
WHAT IS THE AIR SPEED VELOCITY OF A LADEN SWALLOW IN FLIGHT?
"Cómo Será Mañana" (Polo Mantañez) "Forget about the swallows; let's sing about love!" I was actually curious about the swallows.
ETA: Oh, that wasn't all of the music. No wonder that felt sparse and I kept getting the same stuff. Maybe I'll do another tomorrow with everything.
eumeliannyikha1. Put your music player of choice on shuffle.
2. The answer to each question is the title of the next song that comes up. (I reserve the right to skip things if I want to, because in addition to reclaiming my music, I also snagged most of my dad's classical music collection, and there's only so many times that Symphony such-and-such or Sonata number x are interesting, and I haven't even heard all of that stuff yet.)
IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
"How Beautiful Blue the Sky" (Pirates of Penzance) I have a gift for non sequiturs? I have a feeling that this is only the beginning.
WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
"Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" (Les Miz) Should I be insulted? I'm also trying to figure out if "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" is better than "There's a grief that can't be spoken," which is the first line to the song, and also so not a description of my personality.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
"5th Symphony, 2nd Movement" (Tchaikovsky) It's a nice piece of music . . .
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
"Oh, These Beautiful Things" (Menotti: Amahl & The Night Visitors) Um. Alternately, the song is very short, which could relate to the fact that I don't really have a purpose. Or it could be worse. There's a song in this show titled "All that gold."
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
"The Wassail Song / All Through the Night" (Yo-Yo Ma, among others) It's nice and cheery. Perhaps it fits. Besides the drinking. They have hot cider at those occasions, right?
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
"Dame Tu Fuerzo" (Putomayo) For those of you who don't speak Spanish, the title means "Give me your force." If we translate it as "lend me your strength," we could interpret this to mean that I'm a stabilizing force in their lives. Maybe. Or we could interpret it to mean that I'm a random track on their iTunes that for some reason doesn't have a name that they need to go to Amazon to look up the title to.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT FREQUENTLY?
"The Trumpet Shall Sound" (Handel's Messiah) I suppose that I'm a religious person, which means that I spend a certain amount of time pondering religious themes.
WHAT IS 2+2?
Track 05, Holiday concert CD I really ought to remember this song's title, since I maybe played it? Oh, it appears to be "Gloria, Gloria." And I never actually accompanied the choir, so I guess I'm off the hook. But I think that the answer is still five.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
"I Feel Gritty" (North-West Side Story) I don't see that this particularly applies to any of my best friends, unless the fact that I would appreciate help moving into my new room counts.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Dog Eats Dog" (Les Miz) I would take this as a bad sign, only this person is completely hypothetical, so I suppose that's okay.
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"Finale" (Les Mis) That's a boring title. And what's with all the Les Miz? I'll have you know that I have 877 songs on this.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Denko" (Sweet Honey in the Rock) Actually, I can't say that I can recall ever having thought "Denko" upon seeing someone. It might help if I knew what it meant.
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"Queen of Spades, Opus 68" (Tchaikovsky) . . .
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
"A Christmas Jig / Mouth Of The Tobique Reel" (Yo-Yo Ma, etc) It's at least danceable. And cheerful.
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
"O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion" (Handel's Messiah) Considering all the songs in my iTunes, this could be much worse.
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
"The Minstrel Boy" (Paul Robeson)
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
"Bring Him Home" (Les Miz) Okay, if another Les Miz song comes up, I'm skipping it. But my biggest secret - I'm secretly Valjean?
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
"Here Comes the Sun" (Yo-Yo Ma, etc) I like to see you all. :) I at least know why this CD is coming up so much; my mom gave it to me for Christmas so I've played these songs a time or two before, unlike everything else, which I just copied from my hard drive.
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
"Juice" (Two Of A Kind) My only insight is that this song is not nearly as good as some of their other stuff.
HOW WILL YOU DIE?
"Bounce Back" (Tom Gala, aka Tree-cutting Guy) . . .
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Tiraeraka (Rotorua International) I regret not understanding Maori?
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
"Death Letter" (Putomayo, Cassandra Wilson) I think that I liked this song better when its name was Track 06.
WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
"Masquerade/Why So Silent" (Phantom of the Opera) Being forced to be sociable at parties? But I generally actually like costume parties . . .
WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
"Oh, Joy Unbounded" (Trial By Jury, Gilbert and Sullivan) I'll interpret that show name as "Wait and see"
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
"The First Noel" No, not really. Although the commercialization can get pretty scary.
DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
"He Leadeth Me" (Tom Harder (Hymns)) . . .
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
"Bridal Procession & Lamentable Death Of King Dodon" (Rimsky-Korsakov, Sheherazade) Sounds like I would save King Dodon's life, whoever he is. Unless I would prevent him from getting married.
WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
"In the Upper Room" (Sweet Honey in the Rock)
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
"The Intermission Song" (Philadelphia Chickens) A random interlude? Sounds about right.
WHAT IS THE AIR SPEED VELOCITY OF A LADEN SWALLOW IN FLIGHT?
"Cómo Será Mañana" (Polo Mantañez) "Forget about the swallows; let's sing about love!" I was actually curious about the swallows.
ETA: Oh, that wasn't all of the music. No wonder that felt sparse and I kept getting the same stuff. Maybe I'll do another tomorrow with everything.
