October 6, 2007

• I have a list of “Morning Songs” on my mp3 player.  While my morning coffee jump-starts me into consciousness, music keeps me going until I am fully awake.

  My search for the perfect morning song began last year whenlistening to a local radio station that had a delightful combination ofannoying people talking and annoying music. It was an incentive actually get out of bed and not just hit the snooze again and again.

  Every day, I would wake up to the song “You Had a Bad Day,” by Daniel Powter.  I just looked at the lyrics, and it repeats “you had a bad day” 11 times.  Enough already. 

  My criteria for what makes good  morning music is difficult to define.  I have a pretty good idea, but I don’t knowfor sure until I hear the song in the morning.  It has to be in a major key, have a good beat,and have positive lyrics.

  The first 5 songs on my morning playlist:

  Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
  I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) The Proclaimers
  Philosophy – Ben Folds
  Who Needs Sleep? – Barenaked Ladies
  Do You Wanna Dance – The Ramones

  On the way home from zisixi’s Lasik surgery Wednesday, I found myself singing “Suddenly Seymour” from The Little Shop of Horrors.  I assumed that it was because it was on my morning song play list. Then I realized it was the perfect song for someone whohad just had Lasik.  (At his appointmentThursday, his vision was 20/15!) 

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