Spring 2012 Soundtrack

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I like to make soundtracks of my life.  It's usually a compilation of songs that are popular right now, songs that I just discovered, and songs that I hearing again for the first time or re-listening to in a new light, and songs that I heard in a movie/TV show that took on a whole new meaning.   What usually ends up happening, is I listen to the album about fifty times in a row and then I move onto my next "soundtrack," but whenever I listen to that album again, it reminds me of the time period that I listened to it in - it's a cool feeling.  Here is Spring 2012 soundtrack:

From left to right: The Northstar Session, Winter Collection; Carly Rae Jepsen, Call Me Maybe - Single; Florence + The Machine, Cerremonials; The Jezabels, She's So Hard - EP; Fun., We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monae) - Single; Walk Off the Earth, Somebody That I Used to Know - Single; The Jezabels, Dark Storm - EP; LMFAO, Sorry for Party Rocking; One Day (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack); Motion City Soundtrack, Even If It Kills Me; Colin Hay, Man @ Work; Joshua Radin, We Were Here; Ida Maria, Fortress 'round My Heart; David Gray, White Ladder; Wreckless Eric self titled album; Elton John, Tumbleweed Connection; McFly, Just My Luck; We The Kings, Sunshine State of Mind; Citizens Here and Abroad, Ghosts of Tables and Chairs; Teenage Fanclub, Bandwagonesque.

Here are the songs with some thoughts from me or how I found the song, because I think sometimes that is interesting.

1. You Come Up Like A Rose by The Northstar Session: wanted to see Florence + The Machine at Edgefield, but the dates conflicted with my senior schedule (and besides it is sold out already), but as I was flipping through concerts the name of this band caught my eye.  I downloaded their most popular song and after listening to it a few time proceeded to download all of their albums and plan a trip to Portland next month to see their free concert at Edgefield
2. Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen: iTunes suggested this song to me a month ago and now it's getting popular and on the radio!
3. No Light, No Light by Florence and the Machine: when I was getting a ride home from the airport from my classmate a couple of weeks ago, this song came up on her iPod so I downloaded it and a few of their other songs.
4. Into the Ink by The Jezabels
5. We Are young (feat. Janelle Monae) by Fun.: obviously this is on the radio, but what I just discovered is that the lead singer is a former member of one of my all time favorite bands, The Format, that broke up in 2008.  I'm glad he's back, and so far I like what I'm hearing.
6. Hurt Me by The Jezabels
7. Somebody That I Used to Know by Walk Off the Earth: my mom sent me a link to the youtube video of this cover song (it's really cool, you should watch it); then the Gotye version became popular on the radio, but I still like this version better
8. A Little Piece by The Jezabels
9. Sexy and I Know It by LMFAO: the first time I heard this song was right before Christmas break and I thought it was weird, but it's really grown on me
10. Praise You (One Day OST Version) by Fatboy Slim: from the One Day Soundtrack - love the movie and love the soundtrack
11. Fell in Love Without You by Motion City Soundtrack
12. Overkill (Acoustic Version) by Colin Hay: artist plays this song in an episode of Scrubs - I really like this song, but also the scene is about being overwhelmed in the medical field, which I can relate to a little
13. Closer by Joshua Radin
14. Oh My God by Ida Maria
15. This Years Love by David Gray: I've owned this song forever, but I heard it on The Bachelor season finale and really Heard it for the first time (yeah, I watched the season finale - so what?!)
16. Whole Wide World by Wrckless Eric: I'd heard this song many times, but Heard for the first time on Stranger Than Fiction
17. My Father's Gun by Elton John: Heard for the first time on Elizabethtown - powerful scene
18. Five Colours In Her Hair by McFly: heard in the movie Just Me Luck - this is a throwback for sure, these songs by McFly remind me of my undergrad
19. Life Is a Rollercoaster by Ronan Keating: from the One Day soundtrack
20. I've Got You by McFly
21. Say You Like Me by We The Kings
22. Too Close for Comfort by McFly
23. Microphone by Citizens Here and Abroad: from the preview for Invisible
24. The Concept by Teenage Fanclub: from the movie Young Adult

What's in your soundtrack?  In iTunes, under the comments section, I always put how I found the song or if it was popular and on the radio a lot I put the season and year in the comments - then in 20 years, when I want to listen to songs that were popular when I was in college all I have to do is search for "2012" and voila!  Happy sunny day of Spring 2012 and rock on!

Pinterest to Reality: Waldorf Salad

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I made something that I pinned.  I actually started the pin, so it's not something that I found on Pinterest, but I still think it's an accomplishment any time I actually make something that was related to Pinterest in any way, shape, or form.  Mostly because, Pinterest allows a person to pin things, keep track of them easily...and in this way, I am able to put off projects, because it's so easy to find them later.

I actually first saw this on The Chew, which is one of my new favorite shows.  I've been meaning to make Waldorf salad for a while now, ever since they had it at Subway this summer and I remembered how much I love it, and then when I saw this show it set me into action.  The recipe is here and it's really simple.

Clinton Kelly's Waldorf Salad

• 1 chicken breast (I baked mine in the oven since I didn't have any leftover chicken lying around - here is where I get all my chicken information)
• 1 red apple - cored and chopped (I used fuji of course...they say to skin it, but I didn't do that)
• 1/2 cup toasted walnuts - chopped (I used slivered almonds instead, just because I really love them)
• 1/2 cup celery - finely chopped
• 1/2 cup red grapes - halved (sometimes I quarter them too if they are really big grapes)
• 3 tbsp mayo (I used 4 because it looked a little dry - but then i tend to put in a little extra of each ingredient so that's probably why)
• 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice (yeah right, I used the regular kind of lemon juice from the bottle)
• salt and pepper to taste

It was so yummy.  I'm going to make more soon - it's so easy and so good i would like to have some around to make sandwiches with most of the time.  Plus, you get fruit, vegetables, and whole wheat in a sandwich so I'm going to say that it's healthy.  The way I made it, I ended up with 4 cups of salad and used 1 cup to make a sandwich so each serving came out to 250 calories.  This would be a great little appetizer though too...I would just have to figure out where to get those little tart shells :)

Punxsutawney Phil was right!

Phil saw his shadow and predicted 6 more weeks of winter.  I thought that he was wrong because it definitely looked like spring was just around the corner...but he was right, and I was wrong.  In the past week, winter has come back with a vengeance. 

Of the 6 more weeks of winter, we only have 2 more left.  I hope that is true.  I'm so ready for spring.  Haven't been doing many crafts lately, so no crafty blog updates.  Been working on school and my research project for my senior paper which will be measuring air quality and factors that impact air quality in surgery suites.  Fun!  For breaks I have been turning to Pinterest of course.   And keeping in line with popular internet memes...

I have also been spending time on The Chew website.  AND, in case you have been waiting patiently like me, there was a new episode of Psych last night that is available on iTunes for your viewing pleasure.  Okay, 64 more days until clinics start.  Might not be any crafts for a while.