it's been a while since i had an audience participation entry

I've been overdoing it with song lyric trivia lately . . . and I feel like every time I do movie quote trivia, I use the same quotes . . . so let's try some TV quote trivia! Winner gets a prize! Bonus points if you give me the name of the character(s). I'm not trying to trick anyone here . . . if you know the shows I love, you'll figure these out quickly enough.

1. "I don't love you for what you do, or what you don't do. I just love you." - Will Tippin, Alias (Becky . . . close enough ;) )
   
2. "There really is such a kind person buried deep down inside of you - deep, deep down inside you. Somewhere."
3. "What are they doing in there?" "They're doing their taxes." "Are they going to be doing their taxes every night?" "For the first couple of months . . ." - Michelle and Joey, Full House (Courtnie)
   
4. "We've got to stick together because united, we're unstoppable, but divided-" "People get shot." - Seth and Ryan, The OC (Scott)
5. "For God's sake, put your pants on, you're my lawyer, not my dentist!" -Karen, Will and Grace (Elizabeth)
6. "Sometimes the clothes at Gap Kids are just too flashy. So I'm forced to go to the American Girl store. And order clothes for large colonial dolls." - Angela, The Office (Elizabeth)
7. "I'm happy for you and your cat, which, by the way, I think you should name Michael." -Rachel Green, Friends (Elizabeth)
   
8. "When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story." - Barney, How I Met Your Mother (Courtnie)
9. "So I really am important? How I feel when I'm drunk is correct?" "Yes - except the Dave Matthews Band doesn't rock." Fry and Nibbler, Futurama (Scott)
10. "I don't agree with the way he delegates authority, and I don't like the way he runs operations. But since midnight last night, you won't get me to disapprove of a single action he's taken. "
11. "Huh, it does kind of tingle."
12. "That baby really kicked your ass."
13. "Destiny is a fickle bitch." - Ben, Lost (Becky)
    
14. "I haven't had sex in eight months and 12 days. I'm horny, I'm half-naked, and I'm saying yes. Do you want to stand there and talk metaphors, or do you want to literally take off your pants?" -Izzy Stevens, Grey's Anatomy (Elizabeth)
15. "At least he promised to take you. He just let me blindly enjoy my childhood! I didn't even know there was a cabin he wasn't taking me to!" - GOB, Arrested Development (Pat)
    

lyrics quiz answers and final results

1. fine pewter portraits of General Apathy and Major Boredom singing whatever and ever, amen (Craig)
   
2. our hopes and expectations, black holes and revelations
3. everyone's losing their minds, healthy in paranoid times (Scott)
   
4. this is the straw, final straw, in the roof of my mouth as I lie to you (Courtnie)
   
5. these are my hands, these are my faults, these are my plans, and these are my nasty little thoughts
   
6. and will you tell all your friends that you've got your gun to my head? (Courtnie)
   
7. maybe I need to see the daylight, to leave behind this half-life (Michelle)
   
8. the sun and the moon, an ocean of air
9. in one fell swoop it became clear to me that I despise you entirely (Courtnie)
   
10. the moon and stars are ganging up on the sun (Scott)
    
11. i'm never gonna find the perfect rhyme for heavier things
12. all the birds have returned, they've got stickers on their suitcases and pictures from the big vacation
13. all that you measure, all that you feel, all that you can't leave behind
14. flags and mental jewelry are all I know and they keep me happy and warm inside
15. what part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept? (Courtnie)

Final Scoreboard:

Courtnie - 9.5
Scott - 9
Michelle - 7
Bonnie - 2
Craig - 1

Court, I wish I had a prize for you . . . alas, you just get your name in pretty colors on my blog that about five people read ;)

round two answers and final round!

1. louder, louder, and we'll run for our lives (Snow Patrol) (Michelle)
   
2. when I'm with my friends I feel home (O.A.R.)
   
3. why do we all end up alone? (Nine Days)
   
4. sync up the cuts to the bass drum kick (Against Me!)
   
5. you couldn't live with me so you moved to Brooklyn (Jesse Malin)
   
6. no hope, no love, no glory, no happy ending (Mika)
   
7. I am alive and amplified (the Mooney Suzuki)
   
8. go haunt someone else (Kevin Devine)
   
9. I know she may not be miss right but she'll do right now (SR-71)
   
10. it was an honest mistake (The Bravery)
    
11. I think about you in the summertime (New Kids on the Block) (Courtnie)
    
12. from the aeroplane over the sea (Neutral Milk Hotel)
    
13. whoa, living on a prayer (Bon Jovi) (Bonnie)
    
14. how many people wanna kick some ass? (Stroke 9)
    
15. mamma mia, here I go again (ABBA)
    
16. Carry on my wayward son! There'll be peace when you are done! (Kansas) (Scott)
    
17. you, just like heaven (The Cure) (Bonnie)
    
18. as I fall apart, I learn to fly (Carbon Leaf)
    
19. say what you need to say (John Mayer) (Michelle)
    
20. I am a one man wrecking machine (Guster) (Scott)

After two rounds: Scott has 7 points, Michelle has 6, Courtnie has 5.5, and Bonnie has 2.

Last round!! It's anyone's game! Here's how this round works. I give you a band name and a song title. You give me the line in the song that contains the name of the album that the song appears on. I'll try to make sure the references aren't too obscure, but let's face it, it's a lot harder to come up with these than the others! Only 15 this round.

Example: Straylight Run - "Buttoned Down." Answer: the needle, the space, time can't erase

1. Ben Folds Five - "Battle of Who Could Care Less"
2. Muse - "Starlight"
3. Our Lady Peace - "Don't Stop" - everyone's losing their minds, healthy in paranoid times (Scott)
   
4. Snow Patrol - "Chocolate" - this is the straw, final straw, in the roof of my mouth as I lie to you (Courtnie)
   
5. Stroke 9 - "Washin' and Wonderin'"
   
6. Taking Back Sunday - "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)" - and will you tell all your friends that you've got your gun to my head? (Courtnie)
   
7. Duncan Sheik - "Half-Life" - maybe I need to see the daylight, to leave behind this half-life (Michelle)
   
8. The Bravery - "The Ocean"
9. The Spill Canvas - "Lust a Prima Vista" - in one fell swoop it became clear to me that I despise you entirely (Courtnie)
   
10. Guster - "Manifest Destiny" - the moon and stars are ganging up on the sun (Scott)
    
11. John Mayer - "New Deep"
12. Mike Errico - "Springtime"
13. U2 - "Walk On"
14. Live - "Mirror Song"
15. Alanis Morissette - "Hands Clean" - what part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept? (Courtnie)
    

lyrics quiz answers and round two

1. "No One" by Cold (Scott)
2. "Another Drinking Song" by Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Scott)
3. "Nice To Meet You, Anyway" by Gavin DeGraw (Courtnie gets half credit)
4. "#41" by Dave Matthews Band (Scott)
5. "Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum (Scott)
6. "Dare You To Move" by Switchfoot (Michelle)
7. "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage" by Panic At the Disco (Michelle)
8. "Health and Happiness" by the Wallflowers
9. "Long Road to Ruin" by the Foo Fighters (Scott)
10. "Vindicated" by Dashboard Confessional (Michelle)
11. "The Sun" by Maroon 5
12. "Shadow of the Day" by Linkin Park (Courtnie)
13. "In a Big Country" by Big Country
14. "All Over You" by the Spill Canvas (Courtnie)
15. "Clarity" by John Mayer
16. "Tremble" by Better Than Ezra
17. "Everybody Hurts" by REM (Michelle)
18. "Change Your Mind" by the Killers (Courtnie)
19. "California" by Phantom Planet (Courtnie)
20. "That Was A Crazy Game of Poker" by OAR

So after Round One, Scott's in the lead with 5 points, Courtnie has 4.5, and Michelle has 4.

Round Two has a twist. I'm going to give a song lyric. Instead of telling me the song title/artist, I want the next line of the song. The lyric will not necessarily be the first line of the song and the next line that I am looking for in each case will contain the title to the song in it (or be the title of the song). Again, no duplicate artists (although there is at least one artist repeat from round one). I think this round is a lot tougher, but maybe you'll prove me wrong. Have fun :)

1. Even if you cannot hear my voice, I'll be right beside you dear, louder, louder, and we'll run for our lives (Snow Patrol) (Michelle)
   
2. I said it's something free that means a lot to me
3. I've got a lot of life to learn and you've got a lot of life to teach
4. Similar trends in camera technique and editing.
5. You started out with nothing but throwaways
6. This is the way you left me, I'm not pretending
7. Turn me on and turn me up and turn me loose
8. Now I see through you, believe what you need to
9. Knock me down 'til we see eye to eye, figured her out
10. Don't look at me that way
11. You know that I did 'cause I couldn't stop thinking 'bout you, I think about you in the summertime (New Kids on the Block) (Courtnie)
    
12. One day we will die and our ashes will fly
13. Whoa we're halfway there whoa, living on a prayer (Bon Jovi) (Bonnie)
    
14. So sing another song about bashing someone's head in
    
15. One more look and I forget everything o-o-o-oh
16. I hear the voices when I'm dreaming, I can hear them say Carry on my wayward son! There'll be peace when you are done! (Kansas) (Scott)
    
17. You, lost and lonely you, just like heaven (The Cure) (Bonnie)
    
18. I can feel your heart and I can hear you cry
19. Better put them in quotations, say what you need to say (John Mayer) (Michelle)
    
20. Inspired by true events on movie screens I am a one man wrecking machine (Guster) (Scott)
    

i like interactive blog posts

Billy posts these on Facebook all the time . . . figured I'd give it a shot too. There are no repeats of bands and there are no songs with the song title in the first line except for one that I didn't think was *too* obvious.

Guess the artist & song name based on the first line of the song.

Here's the rules if you wanna make your own...
Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 20 songs that play, skipping only the instrumentals
Step 3: Strike through the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly.
Step 4: For those who are guessing -- looking the lyrics up on a search engine is CHEATING!
Step 5: If you like the game post your own.

1. Well I can't ever really believe no one was sent to get me - "No One" by Cold
2. Gonna dive into a dive I've dove into before - "Another Drinking Song" by Mighty Mighty Bosstones
3. I don't want to get too close - Courtnie's right that it's Gavin DeGraw
4. Come see, I swear, by now I'm playing time against my troubles - "#41" by DMB (one of the only DMB songs that I actually like!)
5. Call you up in the middle of the night - "Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum
6. Welcome to the planet - "Dare You To Move" by Switchfoot
7. Sit tight, I'm gonna need you to keep time - "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage" by Panic At the Disco
8. Maybe it's not that I don't care anymore, maybe I just never did
9. Here now, don't make a sound - "Long Road to Ruin" by the Foo Fighters
10. Hope dangles on a string like slow spinning redemption - "Vindicated" by Dashboard Confessional
11. After school walking home fresh dirt under my fingernails
12. I close both locks below the window - "Shadow of the Day" by Linkin Park
13. I never seen you look like this without a reason
14. Yeah he's a looker but I really think it's guts that matter most - "All Over You" by the Spill Canvas
15. I worry I weigh three times my body
16. Well I'm watching Geraldo on TV and I'm thinking about you and me
    
17. When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone - "Everybody Hurts" by REM
18. Racy days help me through the hopeless haze - "Change Your Mind" by the Killers
19. We've been on the run driving in the sun - "California" by Phantom Planet
20. Oh myyyyy twenty throw down in my fist of rage
    

Have fun! :) And for the record, each of these songs and/or bands have gotten regular radio play, so no, I haven't filled this quiz with random "Kerri music" that none of you but Courtnie has ever heard =P

thank you becca, this link is going to ruin my life

Funny Farm

Try it out! And let me know if you want to try to figure it out with me.