Happy new year, and welcome to version seven of my blog. My new layout (finally! you say, after a
year of the old one) features Switchfoot, the awesome Christian rock band that has found such a good niche in the mainstream. Every time I hear a Switchfoot song on the radio, I give a little cheer. I discovered them through
the wonderful soundtrack for
A Walk to Remember, bought their CD
The Beautiful Letdown for $9 before they were so popular, and have loved them since then, despite the technical issues with
Nothing Is Sound.
Nothing Is Sound, their latest CD, features the first single "Stars," which became one of my favorite songs ever and provides the lyrics you see scattered about.
The new header also reveals that I have changed the title of my blog. I've outgrown Musings from Calliope. I've been looking for a new host precisely because I want to change my blog. My new title, as the banner shows, is Contrariwise. This wonderful word is used most famously in
Alice in Wonderland, my favorite book. It also represents me. I have never been normal. I'm obsessed with Harry Potter, I'm really into school, and I'm a
NeoCath(olic, one of those crazy young ones who like tradition and the old-fashioned ways of thinking). So, I live my life contrariwise. Comments on the new layout are much appreciated, especially for anything that's showing up strangely.
My normal image host is malfunctioning, so everything you see is hosted on TinyPic. I apologize for slow loading. Problem solved.
Happy Catholic, one of my blog-hopping stops, puts a quote and trivia fact from a tv show or movie in her sidebar. She rotates through everything from
Serenity to
Frasier to
The Simpsons. A few days ago, it was from
Joan of Arcadia! And it's the quote I use for my "church and food" away message. Yay, Holy Spirit. HC is also the place where I found the link to request a patron saint for the year. I have been chosen by
St. Frances of Rome, patron of automobile drivers, among other things. I've had some near misses, and I always thank God and my guardian angel for keeping me out of them... perhaps there's a saint watching out for me, too. I've also adopted
St. Jerome, unofficial patron of sarcastic bloggers according to the
Curt Jester (an atheist-turned-Catholic blogger).
With that out of the way, here's my belated
Friday Five: a twofer this week.
Then:
1) What was the first album/CD/Cassette you ever bought? The first CD I bought was Aqua's
Aquarium. I still love "Barbie Girl." The first music tape I owned that wasn't a book on tape was Alanis Morisette's
Jagged Little Pill.
2) What was your first fave song? I remember really liking The Spice Girls' "Wannabe."
3) Which song gives you that "funny nostalgic feeling" every time you hear it? "Iris," by the Goo Goo Dolls. Every single time.
4) Name the first concert you ever went to. I've only been to one real concert (the shame, I know): *NSync in 2002. It was amazing, though. I couldn't stop smiling until long after we were out of the MCI Center.
5) What do you consider the worst song of all time? Anything by Macy Gray. I can't stand her voice.
Now:
1) Name your fave song at the moment. "Do the Hippogriff," by the Wyrd Sisters. No, seriously.
2) What is the most recent album/CD/Cassette you purchased? Nothing Is Sound.
3) Which song will you never get sick of hearing? The "Gloria" we sing at church on campus. I know that's kind of a cop-out answer, but it's such a good arrangement; I love it.
4) What is your current fave music video? I don't see a lot of videos since I stopped having time to watch
TRL. The video for Nickelback's "Someday" is awesome, though.
5) If you could be a famous music artist, what type of music would you produce? I don't know. Something danceable with good sing-along lyrics?
For normal blog-ness, see (gasp!) my other post (NOTE: Until Blogger Support gets back to me, the "other post" is BELOW this one. Newer posts are supposed to be at the top, grr.) Yes, dear readers, my resolution (NOT a New Year's Resolution because I never ever keep those) is to post smaller entries. I'm going to work on that "more often" part, but for now, you get an intermission.
