So, what do you want to know? Yes, I am alive...almost almost ALMOST done with school. The final is Monday and although the instructor has promised to make it extremely hard, she has also granted us use of our notes. It's an act that relieves the stress a bit - and gives me more time to watch the NBA playoffs.
Yes folks, it's sad. I've been completely bitten by the NBA bug. It started last year when we were watching Kings games and then during the regular season that started in October. Then, during this year's quarterfinal playoffs, I found myself not content to watch just the Kings games...I had to watch all the Western conference games that I could possibly catch. I even had to watch some of the Eastern conference finals...Luckily we're down to just a few teams but we're still talking about games almost every night...I have been watching basketball for almost 3 weeks straight and there is no end in sight...Saturday night we are hopefully going to the Kings-Dallas game at Arco....oh please basketball god, please let this happen...
So, other than basketball it's just been school. And that's about it over in my little corner of the world...
Since especially boring right now, I thought I'd take a stab at the Friday Five - almost a week late, but what the hell...

1. Name one song you hate to admit you like.
This is really bad - but I blame it all on the basketball...repeated viewings of that Christina Aguilera NBA clip with the song "Fighter" has me humming the song on my own. I know...bad, bad BAD...you can disown me now...

2. Name two songs that always make you cry.
As emotional as I am, there aren't two songs that always make me cry...well, I take that back, Harry Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin'" can do the trick...but do you blame me? It's the song to which Cory & I got married...other than that, other songs will make me cry at random times, but I can't think of anything else that always turns on the spigots...oh wait, "Grace" by Jeff Buckley can sometimes do that trick...yes, indeed....

3. Name three songs that turn you on.
no specific song titles are coming to mind right now but...
-almost anything by Prince
- much of Caetano Velosa's stuff
-lots of stuff by the Rolling Stones

4. Name four songs that always make you feel good.
ouch, this is making me have to think...ummm...do you know HOW hard it is to narrow this down to just FOUR?!!?!
- I Love Rock'n'Roll - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
- I Am the Cosmos - Chris Bell
-A Perfect Day to Chase Tornadoes - Jim White
-Call the Doctor - Sleater-Kinney

5. Name five songs you couldn't ever do without.
ouch again, see my note above...
Teenage Riot - Sonic Youth
Mesmerizing - Liz Phair
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams
Dear Darling - Mary Margaret O'Hara
Fireman- Jawbreaker