50 concerts

The rules. Test your memory and your love of live music by listing 50 artists or bands (or as many as you can remember) you've seen in concert. List the first 50 acts that come into your head. An act you saw at a festival and opening acts count, but only if you can't think of 50 other artists.

(This is literally all I can remember - I think there are a few other country and/or Christian rock artists that I'm missing. Oh yeah, and this is evidence of my very wide and varied taste in music. You can also kind of see how my interests have changed, since this is in approximate chronological order.)

1. Peter Paul and Mary
2. Billy Ray Cyrus
3. Davis Daniel
4. Brooks and Dunn
5. John Michael Montgomery
6. Garth Brooks
7. Toby Keith
8. Joe Diffie
9. JoDee Messina
10. Martina McBride
11. Dave Matthews Band
12. DC Talk
13. Newsboys
14. Jennifer Knapp
15. Third Day
16. Bebo Norman
17. Barenaked Ladies
18. Matchbox 20
19. Pat McGee Band
20. John Mayer
21. Sister Hazel
22. Blessid Union of Souls
23. Steven Curtis Chapman
24. Nichole Nordeman
25. Jars of Clay
26. Caedmon's Call
27. Toby Mac
28. Shane Barnard and Shane Everett
29. Counting Crows
30. Indigo Girls
31. Rusted Root
32. Maroon 5
33. Justin Timberlake
34. Gavin DeGraw
35. The Fray
36. Lily Allen
37. Jon McLaughlin
38. Dave Barnes
39. Matt Wertz
40. Switchfoot
41. Eric Hutchinson
42. Aqualung
43. Lily Allen
44. Joshua Radin
45. Rufus Wainwright
46. Regina Spektor
47. Sara Bareilles
48. Eric Hutchinson
49. Death Cab for Cutie
50. Jason Mraz

Me according to Jason Mraz

Rules: Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to at least 15 people and include me. You can't use the band I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think! Repost as "my life according to (band name)"

Pick your Artist: Jason Mraz

Describe yourself:
The Remedy (I Won't Worry)

How do you feel:
Lucky

Describe where you currently live:
Who Needs Shelter

If you could go anywhere, where would you go:
Clockwatching

Your favorite form of transportation:
Plane

Your best friend is:
Geek In The Pink

What's the weather like?
Bella Luna

Favorite time of day:
Sleep All Day

If your life was a TV show, what would it be called:
On Love, In Sadness

What is life to you:
Wordplay

Your fear:
The Boy's Gone

What is the best advice you have to give:
Live High

Thought for the Day:
Only Human

How I would like to die:
Absolutely Zero

My soul's present condition:
Life is Wonderful

My motto:
No Stopping Us

48 Q's

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANY ONE?
My maternal grandmother's middle name / St. Katherine

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
week before last?

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
most of the time. except when i try too hard to make it look perfect - then it comes out all crazy like and awkward.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
turkey

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
nope

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
i think so

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
sometimes, and usually without thinking before i speak. oops.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
yes

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
not a chance.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
right now? special k vanilla almond.
ever? probably cinnamon toast crunch

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
not usually

12. IF YOU COULD HAVE ONLY ONE ALBUM FRONT TO BACK FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE,WHAT WOULD IT BE? AND IT CAN'T BE A GREATEST HITS ALBUM?
Counting Crows - August and Everything After

15. RED OR PINK?
pink

16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
my not-quite-straight but not-quite-curly hair

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
my momma

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST?
sure, why not?

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
dark green slinky pants / no shoes

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
my roommates getting ready for bed and the tv in the next room

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
burnt sienna :)

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
warm rain, cookies baking, hot apple cider

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
kyle del

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
my cousins - of course!

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
baseball! go cubs go!

27. HAIR COLOR?
brown

28. EYE COLOR?
hazel

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
yes

30. FAVORITE FOOD?
turkey and mashed potatoes

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
happy endings

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
uh... movies? ooh, peter pan a couple weeks ago

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
dark blue

35. HUGS OR KISSES?
sorry, i know it's breaking the rules, but i need both

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
anyone still up this late at night...

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
the rest of you who are smart enough to go to bed

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Empire Falls by Richard Russo (yes, still...)

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
laptop - no mouse pad

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
American Idol, LOST!, and Top Chef

42. FAVORITE SOUND(S).
piano music

43. ROLLING STONES or BEATLES?
Beatles....hands down!

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
Budapest, Hungary (and other eastern European cities)

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
what do we mean by special?

46 WHERE WERE U BORN?
Lake Forest, IL

47. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER?
poetry class in college

68 movies and I still have a life

SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 movies, you have no life. There are 219 movies on this list. Copy this list, go to your own account, paste this as a note. Then, put x's next to the movies you've seen, add them up, change the header adding your number, and click publish.

( ) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
( ) Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
( ) Joe Dirt
( ) KING KONG
Total: 8

(x) A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
(x) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
( ) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
(x) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
() Flubber
Total: 4

( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
(x) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
Total: 4

( ) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child's Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
( ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
Total: 5

( ) Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Sleven
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(x) Ocean's Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
( ) Bourne Supremacy
( ) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
( ) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
Total: 3

(x) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(x) ET
( ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Boss’s Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
( ) War of the Worlds
( ) Rush Hour
( ) Rush Hour 2
Total: 3

( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
( ) Calendar Girls
(x) Sideways
( ) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
(x) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3
Total: 9

(x) X-Men
( ) X2
( ) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
( ) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
(x) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
Total: 8

( ) Swimfan
( ) Miracle on 34th street
( ) Old School
(x) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
( ) Kippendorf's Tribe
(x) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old-virgin
Total: 3

(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total: 6

() Baseketball
() Hostel
() Waiting for Guffman
() House of 1000 Corpses
() Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
() Highlander
() Mothman Prophecies
() American History X
() Three
Total: 1

() The Jacket
() Kung Fu Hustle
() Shaolin Soccer
() Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
() Shaun Of the Dead
() Willard
Total: 3

() High Tension
() Club Dread
() Hulk
() Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicle Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
() 28 days later
() Orgazmo
() Phantasm
() Waterworld
Total: 2

() Kill Bill vol 1
() Kill Bill vol 2
() Mortal Kombat
() Wolf Creek
() Kingdom of Heaven
() the Hills Have Eyes
() I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
() The Last House on the Left
() Re-Animator
() Army of Darkness
Total: 0

(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total: 6

(x) The Matrix
( ) The Matrix Reloaded
( ) The Matrix Revolutions
() Animatrix
() Evil Dead
() Evil Dead 2
() Team America: World Police
() Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
() Hannibal
Total: 2

() Battle Royale
() Battle Royale 2
() Brazil
() Contact
() Cube
() Dr. Strangelove
() Enlightenment Guaranteed
() Four Rooms
() Memento
() Pi
() Requiem for a Dream
() Pulp Fiction
() Reservoir Dogs
() Run Lola Run
() Russian Ark
() Serenity
() Sin City
() Snatch
() Spider
() The Sixth Sense
() The Village
(x) Waking Life
() Zatoichi
() Ikiru
() The Seven Samurai
() Brick
() Akira
Total: 1

Overall Total: 68

with the approach of super tuesday, i pulled up an online sample of my ballots to see who the candidates are for my state and local categories. man there are alot of names on that thing! this is why i hate voting... i may be well informed on some people, but not others. and i don't want to arbitrarily select a name because i don't know one from the other. and i don't like the idea of voting all for one party. crazy election mess of a process.

anyway, i like taking these online political quizzes. so here's the latest. each category is out of 12.

Conservative vs. Progressive: 6 If you had a score from 4 to 8, you're a social moderate. You think the progressive movement is usually well intentioned, but is sometimes too extreme in its ways. You want to help minorities get ahead in life, but you also don't think its fair to give minorities an unfair advantage in life either.

Capitalist Purist vs. Social Capitalist: 9 If your score was from 9 to 12, you're a Social Capitalist, you think that, left to its own, Capitalism leaves a lot of people behind. You think that Health Care should be free to all, that the minimum wage should be raised, and that the government should provide jobs to all that are capable of having them. You likely hated the Bush tax cuts, and believe that the middle class has gotten poorer, and the rich have gotten richer over the past several years. The far extreme of social capitalism is socialism.

Libertarian vs. Authoritarian: 3 If your score was from 0 to 3, you're libertarian (socially). You think that the government is making way too many unnecessary laws that are taking away our innate rights. You believe that the government's job is primarily to protect people from harming other people, but after that they should mind their own business, and if we give the government too much power in controlling our lives, it can lead to fascism.

Pacifist vs. Militarist: 1 If your score was from 0 to 3, you're a Pacifist. You are angered that the United States thinks it should dominate the world through its military force. You think that the only time war is necessary is when we are in direct danger of being attacked. You also believe the US spends way too much of its money on defense, as we can practically cut it in half and still easily defend ourselves, and use that money to fix all our economic problems.


the combination of all these things apparently makes me a democrat. but oddly enough, unlike the last candidate quiz i took, this tells me i agree most with Edwards. the only difference between him and Obama is the first category. Edwards and i are in the middle, while Obama leans progressive. hm.

http://politicalquiz.net/

1. YOUR REAL NAME: Katherine Marie Budirs

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 4 letters of real name plus izzle.)
Kathiizzle

3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (fav color and fav animal)
Green Zebra

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (ur middle name and street u live on)
Marie Winnemac

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name.)
Budka

6. YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: (Your 2nd favorite color, and favorite drink).
Maroon Wine

7. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, 1st letter of your middle name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, 3rd letter of you dads middle name, 1st letter of a siblings first name, and last letter of your moms middle name)
Admably

8. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (parents middle names)
Mary Robert

9. YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one of your pets)
Black Bob

10. YOUR PORN STAR NAME: (first pet's name, and name of the street you grew up on).
Sparky Dawes

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