my faves Christmas albums.

isn't it ironic how daunting Christmas music can actually be? i mean, yes, Bing Crosby is incredibly nostalgic for me but, at the same time, can no one come out with new, original Christmas songs? or especially great covers of old classics? i mean really.so, yes, i'm a little picky about the Christmas tunes i will play during the Christmas season. but by being picky, i don't get sick of hearing the same songs by the same artists over and over and over again and when i do find an entire Christmas album that i actually like, its like finding that lost earring you've been searching all over for. GLORIOUS!
so, what do i listen to during the Christmas season? well, i'm so glad you asked. i've been circulating three albums this year and i've been really enjoying each album.

album: Home for Christmas

artist: *NSYNC

this album is one of my Christmas staples. i've been listening to it every year since 1998 and i probably will listen to it every year for the rest of my life. its just not Christmas without a little bit of my favorite boy band crooning to Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.

album: Christmas

artist: Michael Buble

um, who wouldn't want Michael Buble serenading them during the holidays? yeah, even his generic Christmas tunes make me melt like butter.

that man. oh.

album: A Very She&Him Christmas

artist: She&Him

this is probably the most quaint and charming Christmas album i've ever heard. it makes the holidays feel so cozy and lovely. i love, love, love Zooey Deschanel's voice and their spin on some of the traditional Christmas songs are a nice change of pace from what's usually played on the radio.

so, tell me, what are your favorite Christmas albums? i know the good ones are few and far between, but there have to be some out there, right?

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nerd confession [#2].

its that time again. time for a:

i own every *nsync song ever made.

ever.

and every now and then i'll turn on that finger-snapping-awesomeness and listen to a few of their songs and reminisce on my good ole' *nsync days.

one of those songs is called "you drive me crazy" (not to be confused with "crazy for you" or "i drive myself crazy"... wow, there was lots of crazy love going on back then...).

i had a cassette tape of the song (recorded off of the tv) that i listened to on non-stop... actually the tape had the song recorded over and over and over so i never had to rewind it. all i had to do was just let 'er play.

it was also, if you ask me, their best music video... unless we count the first one they made of "i want you back" which is basically at the top of the awesome charts because of how wonderfully lame it is...

observe:

"you drive me crazy"

i don't know if its the cross dressing or the weird things they do in this vid, but i kinda liked it. a lot.

"i want you back"

makes you want to go jump on a space ship right?

i don't know if its itty bitty justin feelin' himself up at about 2 minutes and 29 seconds, all the standing-above-the-camera-dancing shots, or just the fact that they filmed a music video with a space theme that makes this video so wonderful, but its definitely one of my faves. 

...all this *nsync talk makes me want to go watch model behavior...

what were your obsessions when you were younger? 

happy friday!!

had i been there.

on the way home from utah, sissykins and i were discussing the things we wish we would have been there to see. not watch on television, but see live.

after this conversation, i thought i'd share with you 5 things i wish i had been there to see [live].

1. the 1996 atlanta, 2000 sydney, 2004 athens, and 2008 bejing olympic gymnastic events. and the 1980 lake placid, new york winter olympics.

i would have loved to see: the usa women's team win team all-around gold along with usa's gymnast's other medals (that was also my favorite usa women's gymnastic team EVER) in 1996, 2000 was not a good gymnastic year for the u.s. but it was my favorite men's team. usa's male and female gymnastics team win silver in athens 2004 (as well as their other medals), and bronze (for the men) and silver (for the women) in bejing - as well as their other medals,

aleksei namov's (russian gymnast. one of my FAVES. - other faves include blaine wilson, john roethlisberger, shannon miller, nastia liukin, and shawn johnson.) last olympic hurrah in athens, amoung all his other incredible routines all the other years.
as for the 1980 lake placid olympics, it would have been incredible to see usa's hockey team win gold against russia. (yeah you can just watch miracle to see this, but how cool would it have been to actually be there!)

2. celine dion's a new day concert in las vegas.

it ran for 3 years.
i lived an hour and half away from vegas.
and i never saw it.

boo.

3. justin timberlake's madison square garden's

beat box number.

yep. i was an *nsync fan. a big one. although i saw their no strings attached tour live in las vegas, justin gave a special treat to madison square gardens. i've seen it on dvd (okay okay! i OWN the *nsync at madison square garden's dvd... i haven't watched it in years, but i own it.) but i would've love to have seen it live.

4. idina menzel. as elphaba. in wicked. on broadway.

so i've seen wicked and on broadway too. as amazing as it was, i was seriously missing the voices of idina menzel (the origianl elphaba) not to mentino kristen chenoweth (the original glinda). it would have been kind of incredible to see.

5. david "big papi" ortiz (the red socks' designated hitter) being struck out by the yankees in july 2008.

i believe it was joba chamberlain who struck him out... but i could be wrong. the yankees are my #1 team (dodgers are #2), and i would have loved to see them win their world series, BUT striking out their biggest rivals designated hitter? yeah. that would have been great to see.

okay so none of them are historical moments that changed america. and yes it would have been awesome to see things you really only read about in history books (the signing of the decleration of independance, paul revere's night ride, the crossing of the deleware) BUT these are small things that i witnessed on television (or dvd) and thought "man i wish i was there right now!"

what do you wish you would have seen live?

if i were a rich girl,


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