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i. Good afternoon, Internet! Here is "Don't Stop Believin'" being performed by Bruce Springsteen, Lady GaGa, Sir Elton John, Sting, Dame Shirley Bassey, and Blondie. To quote baked_goldfish, who emailed it to me, "THAT'S IT, THE INTERNET IS OVER, JUST SHUT IT DOWN, PACK IT UP AND GO HOME." Maybe I'll keep hoping for a studio version, or at least a professionally-mastered copy of this, rather than a tinny bootleg, but if they ever release that I don't know what I'll do with myself. Or just a version that's only Gaga and Bruce and maybe Blondie and/or Dame shirley, because I am actually not a big fan of giant, many-person collaborations in general. Nonetheless, the mere fact that this exists is forcing me to reevaluate my entire cosmology.

ii. I am doing an overnight trip to NC tomorrow, driving down after Torah study (which I am leading, ahhhhh that will be scary because everyone is a million times more well-read than I am, but I think I've done enough research/reading to have a few things to get discussion started, and then I can just let them go and play referee when people start interrupting each other)! That will be fun; I will finally see Iron Man 2 and if there's time I will drag Dommi to The Losers. Then next weekend is my sister's graduation Saturday morning and a friend's wedding Saturday afternoon, then the weekend after THAT...I actually don't think I have anything going on, and it's a three-day weekend, so that's really nice! How is it halfway through May already, lordy-loo.

iii. I got this necklace yesterday! That is to say, I bought it a few days ago and it arrived yesterday. I have ~feelings~ that I will save for the conversion filter, but in more mundane news, I went out and bought a new chain for it from Target because the one it came with was just too heavy-looking. So if anyone wants a sterling silver snake chain, give a holler.

iv. WORK STUFF: ( I am perceived as a competent adult? What? )

v. OTHER WORK STUFF: ( chatter about the general office environment )

A selection of the music I listened to while writing this. HEY GUYS IT'S FINALLY FINISHED! ~RELIEEEEEEEEF~


Part 1 | Part 2

Part 1 is just a standard mix; Part 2 is all instrumental.

( Part 1 track listing. )

Part 2 is all instrumental, from a band called Rockabye Baby. That's right -- all lullabye versions of classic rock songs. Basically it was the perfect background music for writing; low-key but still very evocative, recognizable but without lyrics to distract me. I've listed the songs with their original artists!

( Part 2 track listing. )

Disclaimer: It's been deemed acceptable to download music that you're interested in trying and keep it on your hard drive for twenty-four hours; if you download these, what you do with the music after that period is your own responsibility.