#21 - LIST FRIDAY, Fifth Edition

Thanks for the suggestions La Reina! I am working on them, but most of them required a little more thought than my little brain could handle this particular Friday. I promise that next week I'll do at least one. In the mean time everyone should keep suggesting!

This weeks lists are mostly inspired by my trip to a family reunion last week.

Things My Family Talks About - Mom's side

• politics
• bridge
• alternatives (energy alternatives, wheat gluten alternatives, non-toxic bug repellent alternatives, etc.)
• crossword puzzles
• the weather
• when Camille is going to get her period (at the dinner table, no less)

Things My Family Talks About - Dad's side

• politics
• the worst songs ever
• etymology and word pronunciation (my family thinks it is hilarious to pronounce words wrong intentionally, or use them in the wrong context. Favorites include: edifying, adirondack, cotoneaster and 'squat car')
• non-fiction history books
• Deadwood
• hair vs. fur
• ourselves

Songs To Sing Along To - On A Roadtrip All Alone

• Paper Bag - Fiona Apple
• Eggs Over Easy - Martina Sorbara
• Love Love Love - The Mountain Goats
• Rudy Can't Fail - The Clash (for a long time my dad thought it was called 'Rudy Don't Care' and still gets confused fairly often. Pretty much the only time he sings the right words is when he is purposely trying to get it wrong because, as I mentioned earlier, he finds that kind of thing hilarious)
• SOS - Rhianna
• Young Folks - Peter Bjorn and John (the singing is fun, but the whistling is what makes it)
• Won't Be Home - Old 97's (my current favorite line of any song is "so please get out/of my car")
• Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush (especially if you sing it very poorly)
• That Time - Regina Spektor
• How Good It Can Be - The 88
• Your Little Hoodrat Friend - The Hold Steady
• I Say A Little Prayer for You (I like the Natalie Cole version, with the Matthew Perry lyrics from Studio 60)
• Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey (go ahead, mock me, I don't care. I love this song)
• Crooked Teeth - Death Cab for Cutie
• I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James and the Shondelles (this one is actually better with another person though, so they can do the doo-doo-DOO-doo bassline. I wouldn't touch the Tiffany version with a ten foot pole)

Also, I have some additions to previous lists:

Favorite TV Theme Songs

• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (the first of two Will Smith songs I could once rap all the way through without the song even playing in the background)
• Clone High
• The Jetsons

People I Want To Be When I Grow Up

• Professor McGonagall
• Will Shortz