A Big Medley

Hello friends, I welcome you to A Big Medley.  Have a seat and enjoy the fun!

Music:  My three favorite bands and musicians at the moment are The Decemberists, Toad the Wet Sprocket and Glen Phillips (of course).  I'm really stuck on The Hazards of Love.  I don't know why, I just am.  My new favorite Toad song is Crowing.  I've been listening to it since I was like, five, but just recently I started really liking it.  I think my favorite album is Fear, but it might be Dulcinea.  I did a little star count and they both came out with 54.  Now for Glen Phillips albums, I've always loved Winter Pays for Summer.  Of course, I like Mr. Lemons a lot, too.  My favorite Glen Phillips song is Waiting.  I think.  Maybe it's Have a Little Fun With Me.  Oh, in Duck and Cover, Glen Phillips mentions the album's name (Winter Pays for Summer)*.  Ooh... I've got Blood Pressurize stuck in my head.  And True.

Toby Monk:  He's the sweetest little guy.  I wish I had gotten a picture of him and said, "Parting is such sweet sorrow".  But I didn't.  Anyway, you're probably wondering who Toby Monk is.  Well, I should probably tell you.  He's the chipmunk I saved from Mr. Bubbles and Rosey.  I named him after Toby Williams and Adrian Monk.  Two fictional characters.

Monk Quotes:  Over the months, I've made a list of Monk quotes.  Now I would like to share them with you.

Well he was stabbed in the aorta.  He was gone before he hit the ground.

~ The Coroner, Mr. Monk Goes to the Carnival

I can't believe you're not the craziest man in the room...

~ Sharona, Mr. Monk and the Twelfth Man 

There he is! The greatest detective in San Francisco.

~ Sharona, Mr. Monk and the TV Star

Chews or pees on... chews or pees on...

~ Monk, Mr. Monk and the Panic Room

Dog lick hand!

~ Monk, Mr. Monk and the Dog

Adrian, you are more than the love of my life, you are my life.
~ Trudy, Mr. Monk and the End Part II (I think.  Might be part I)

Take care of her.

~ Ethan Rickover, Mr. Monk and the End part II

And my favorite...

Speedy dates, no!  No, no, no... that's like Dante's seventh circle of Hell!  ♥

~Monk, Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater

Thank you for being so patient and reading this far, and I'll be back tomorrow with some Saraness!  Oh, and excuse all mistakes please.

* One way or another, the winter pays for the summer

Won't get what you wanted, but what you got'll be good

Names - the Ultimate Battle

First, we'll start off with my two favorite names for girls (with middle names), then my two favorite names for boys (with middle names).  Katherine Rose and Philomena Clare are the two names I picked out for girls.  Maximilian Xavier and Benedict Ian are the two names I picked out for boys.  You can judge me by the names I like, by the way.  Oh, and don't forget, please tell me what you think of those names.
Now Let's create lists of names.  I'll make a list of ten names I like for each gender, and then a list of ten names I don't like for each gender.

Girls:                                                                    Boys:                                                                                       
Felicity                                                                 Julian
Bridget                                                                 *Toby*
Lillian                                                                   *Seth*
Elizabeth                                                              *Ian*
Grace                                                                    Gregory
Marie                                                                    Michael
Rebecca                                                                Christopher
Vivian                                                                   Matthew
*Daisy*                                                                 Patrick  
Madeleine                                                             Sean
Note:  These are not in order                                Well... I knew I just had to put
from favorite to least favorite.                                6, 7, 8 and 9.  They're good names.

Girls:
Faith
Hope
Lara
Nevaeh (Heaven backwards...
               that's just creepy!)
Nancy
Hmm... I can't think of any
more right now.  Sorry!

Now, if you really, really, really care, you can comment on my blog or send me a message on Facebook with a name.  That way, you can just ask me if I like it or not, and I'll give you my honest opinion.  Honest opinion.  Also, I would like my baby names book back, Margaret and Matthew.  You'd better have it when you come back!  If it is torn, stained or damaged in any other way, you're never going to hear the end of it!  Oh, and all the asterisks are for the Rainbowland names.  I only pick ones I really like, you know.
Farewell, my friends.  As usual, excuse any mistakes whatsoever.

Music - the Finest Art

Today, we'll discuss music.  Right now I'm listening to Blindsight, by Glen Phillips.  It's on his album Mr. Lemons.  Hey, would you believe it?  My new favorite song is not by Glen Phillips!  It's actually by The Decemberists.  It's from their crazy album The Hazards of Love.  For anyone who is not familiar with that album, it's a whole story that actually makes sense.  It's very hard to describe, so I recommend listening to it.  The total length is 58:36, so you need an hour of free time.  Back to my new favorite song now.  It's called The Wanting Comes in Waves (Reprise).  It truly is a lovely song.  Sadly though, it's only 1:31, but it has its reasons.  At Confused People, you really have to listen to it to understand it.  Or you can just read the Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hazards_of_Love).  Also, I've been listening to a lot of Aimee Mann lately.  I really like her album The Forgotten Arm.  I don't have it on my iPod touch, but I can just go on Spotify whenever I feel like listening to it.
Well, back to editing my book.  Ah, the pains of being an author.  But let's not talk about Book Friend (I have a lot of names for that book).  How about we talk about names (tomorrow)?  He he... this ought to be fun!  For those of you who don't know, I'll tell you my four favorite names.
Oh, and this has no paragraphs because, well, I'm sick of paragraphs.  Try writing a book with paragraphs, then writing in a blog with paragraphs.  There are two paragraphs in this.  But those were natural, so there - I get off inserting paragraphs!