So, it’s nearly midnight KL time, I can’t sleep due to somebody’s coughing (actually, due to both Gene and my coughing together) and yet, I can’t shiv the cause of this insomnia. Since I can nap tomorrow and Gene can’t, here is a very interesting meme-whatchamacallit that I stole from another site:<\/p>\n
1) Go to www.musicoutfitters.com and type in the year you graduated from high school in their search feature.<\/p>\n
2) Copy and paste the “Top 100 Hits” list for that year<\/p>\n
3) Bold the songs you like, strike through the songs you really hate<\/p>\n
4) Consider doing this for the year you were born instead because – HELLO? Hotel California! and HELLO again? Rumours! and HELLO one more time? 1995 music suuuucked.<\/p>\n
Top 100 Songs for 1995<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Gangsta’s Paradise, Coolio<\/strong> (it’s not that I especially liked this song, but I have fond memories of driving around Muncie, IN with my sorority sister Dana and a few other Tri Deltas with this song on full blast. The car was a dark green old old old Buick and we were badass) So, it’s nearly midnight KL time, I can’t sleep due to somebody’s coughing (actually, due to both Gene and my coughing together) and yet, I can’t shiv the cause of this insomnia. Since I can nap tomorrow and Gene can’t, here is a very interesting meme-whatchamacallit that I stole from another site: 1) Go to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12,2,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asian-tour-08","category-baby-dreaming","category-blogroll","category-certifiable-undeniable","category-deadly-poison-deadly-poison-ahh-tasty-fish","category-elsewhere-on-the-internet","category-ha","category-i-are-educated","category-indiana","category-lets-get-ready-to-ramble","category-life-in-cheesecake-city","category-mahjobiscrappis","category-mahnewjobiscoolis","category-nerds-ahoy","category-reading-writing-listening-to","category-really-deep-thoughts","category-snaked-again-naturally","category-someday-when-i-am-queen-of-everything","category-sweet-things-my-husband-has-done","category-thats-entertainment","category-the-family","category-the-hounds","category-travels","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laineyd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laineyd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laineyd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laineyd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laineyd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/laineyd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laineyd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laineyd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laineyd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2. Waterfalls, TLC
\n3. Creep, TLC (really? Two TLC songs in a row?)
\n4. Kiss From A Rose, Seal<\/strong> (wasn’t this from the Batman movie where George Clooney played Batman? mmmm)
\n5. On Bended Knee, Boyz II Men
\n6. Another Night, Real McCoy (who?)
\n7. Fantasy, Mariah Carey
\n8. Take A Bow, Madonna
\n9. Don’t Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days), Monica
\n10. This Is How We Do It, Montell Jordan
\n11. I Know, Dionne Farris
\n12. Water Runs Dry, Boyz II Men (more Boyz II Men? And was I the only loser who inexplicably thought that perhaps the band was named Boys IL Men, as in Boys EYE-ELL Men?)
\n13. Freak Like Me, Adina Howard
\n14. Run-Around, Blues Traveler<\/span> (ecccch, I hated all that crap)
\n15. I Can Love You Like That, All-4-One
\n16. Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?, Bryan Adams
\n17. Always, Bon Jovi
\n18. Boombastic\/In The Summertime, Shaggy<\/strong> (again, it’s not so much that I liked or have even heard of this song, but I have fond memories of talking about Shaggy with Brandy while walking down to the Jr. Food Mart near her house)
\n19. Total Eclipse Of The Heart, Nicki French
\n20. You Gotta Be, Des’ree
\n21. You Are Not Alone, Michael Jackson<\/span> (was this the song with the video that included scenes of Michael Jackson cavorting with Lisa Marie Presley? If the whole he’s a child molester thing wasn’t enough to earn him the Almighty Strikethrough, that video is)
\n22. Hold My Hand, Hootie and The Blowfish<\/strong> (okay, there are better Hootie songs but I think this is the only one without a lyric in there to make you scratch your head, a la “Every time I look at you I go blind”, etc)
\n23. One More Chance-Stay With Me, Notorious B.I.G.
\n24. Here Comes The Hotstepper, Ini Kamoze<\/strong> (why yes, I am the lyrical gangster, and why yes, this is in the actual Top 25-ish songs on Gene’s and my shared iPod, AND why yes, I thought this was another Shaggy song)
\n25. Candy Rain, Soul For Real
\n26. Let Her, w Hootie and The Blowfish
\n27. I Believe, Blessid Union Of Souls
\n28. Red Light Special, TLC
\n29. Runaway, Janet Jackson
\n30. Strong Enough, Sheryl Crow<\/strong> (I remember having to explain the chorus to my incredibly naive high school boyfriend, who couldn’t grasp the importance of Sheryl promising to believe even when lied to)
\n31. Colors Of The Wind, Vanessa Williams
\n32. Someone To Love, Jon B.
\n33. Only Wanna Be With You, Hootie and The Blowfish<\/strong> (yeah, this Hootie song is redeemed by the Bob Dylan “Tangled up in Blue” shoutout)
\n34. If You Love Me, Brownstone (???)
\n35. In The House Of Stone And Light, Martin Page<\/strong> (okay, this is ridiculous – I just gave this the boldfaced seal of approval because I don’t remember actively hating this song)
\n36. I Got 5 On It, Luniz
\n37. Baby, Brandy
\n38. Run Away, Real McCoy
\n39. As I Lay Me Down, Sophie B. Hawkins<\/strong>
\n40. He’s Mine, Mokenstef
\n41. December, Collective Soul
\n42. I’ll Be There For You-You’re All I Need To Get By, Method Man-Mary J. Blige
\n43. Shy Guy, Diana King
\n44. I’m The Only One, Melissa Etheridge<\/strong>
\n45. Every Little Thing I Do, Soul For Real
\n46. Before I Let You Go, BLACKstreet
\n47. Big Poppa\/Warning, Notorious B.I.G.
\n48. Sukiyaki, 4 P.M.
\n49. I Wanna Be Down, Brandy
\n50. I’ll Make Love To You, Boyz II Men<\/span> (creepiest prom song EVER)
\n51. Dear Mama\/Old School, 2Pac
\n52. Hold On, Jamie Walters
\n53. Keep Their Heads Ringin’, Dr. Dre
\n54. The Rhythm Of The Night, Corona
\n55. Roll To Me, Del Amitri<\/span> (same nausea inducing problem as Blues Traveler)
\n56. Scream\/Childhood, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
\n57. Freek’n You, Jodeci
\n58. I Wish, Skee-lo
\n59. Believe, Elton John
\n60. Carnival, Natalie Merchant<\/strong>
\n61. You Don’t Know How It Feels, Tom Petty<\/strong> (remember the video for this one? It was filmed all in one awesome shot and had a bunch of circus freak types in it)
\n62. Back For Good, Take That<\/strong>
\n63. Tootsee Roll, 69 Boyz<\/strong> (I remember this one from all 5 of the frat parties I went to at BSU)
\n64. You Want This-70’s Love Groove, Janet Jackson
\n65. Tell Me, Groove Theory
\n66. Can’t You See, Total
\n67. All I Wanna Do, Sheryl Crow<\/strong> (this was the song to play on my floor at the girls’ dorms at college)
\n68. This Lil’ Game We Play, Subway
\n69. Come And Get Your Love, Real McCoy
\n70. This Ain’t A Love Song, Bon Jovi
\n71. Secret, Madonna
\n72. Player’s Anthem, Junior M.A.F.I.A.
\n73. Feel Me Flow, Naughty By Nature
\n74. Every Day Of The Week, Jade
\n75. The Sweetest Days, Vanessa Williams
\n76. Short Dick Man, 20 Fingers Featuring Gillette
\n77. Brokenhearted, Brandy
\n78. No More “I Love You’s”, Annie Lennox<\/strong>
\n79. You Used To Love Me, Faith Evans
\n80. Constantly, Immature
\n81. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, U2<\/strong> (or was THIS the song from the Batman movie with George Clooney as Batman? Either way, mmmmm)
\n82. 100% Pure Love, Crystal Waters
\n83. Ask Of You, Raphael Saadiq
\n84. Sugar Hill, Az
\n85. Good, Better Than Ezra
\n86. Brown Sugar, D’angelo
\n87. Turn The Beat Around, Gloria Estefan<\/strong> (I still shimmy in my chair when this song comes on the Muzak at work)
\n88. ‘Til You Do Me Right, After 7
\n89. 1st Of Tha Month, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
\n90. Like The Way I Do If I Wanted To, Melissa Etheridge
\n91. I Live My Life For You, Firehouse
\n92. Dream About You-Funky Melody, Stevie B
\n93. Cotton Eye Joe, Rednex<\/span> (ick ick ick)
\n94. Thank You, Boyz II Men
\n95. I’ll Stand By You, Pretenders<\/strong>
\n96. I Miss You, N II U
\n97. Give It 2 You, Da Brat
\n98. Best Friend, Brandy
\n99. Misery, Soul Asylum
\n100. Can’t Stop Lovin’ You, Van Halen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"