Ali's ipod

Since I'm trying valiantly to stay awake until my husband gets home from game night, I've spent the evening scouring the celebrity playlists on itunes. What did I learn from this monumental time waster?

- Celebrities love to out-obscure each other. (I'm talking to you, Kiefer.)
- Mandy Moore needs to step away from the emoticons.
- I'm slightly in love with Sondre Lerche.
- The cast from The Office has a playlist. Aside from the girl who takes it really seriously, it's pretty great.
- Kathy Griffin is my hero for admitting her love of NSYNC.

And what about Alisha's list? Funny you should ask...

- "Funny Little Feeling" (Rock 'n Roll Soldiers)
No, it's not because they were just featured on MTV's True Life: I Got My Big Break. I've loved this song for months. MONTHS, dammit! Sometimes I pretend that I'm a 60's go-go dancer shimmying along to it while I'm on the treadmill. I might occasionally get so into it I trip. But only a little.

- "Once In A Lifetime" (Talking Heads)
I can't listen to this song without picturing the big white suit. God, that was a great suit.

- "Four Seasons In One Day" (Crowded House)
Neil Finn has one of the best voices out there. Turning me on Crowded House is one of the only things I can thank my ex for. It was worth dating him just for that. Well, almost.

- "Extraordinary Machine" (Fiona Apple)
I really get into Fiona. Even when she was crazy and came out with that 1,200 word cd title and did a whole lot of coke and dated David Blaine. Girl can write a good song.

- "Refugee" (Melissa Etheridge)
I was riding in a car in St. Louis the first time I heard this and almost had to tell beloved family members to zip it so I could listen. That would've gone over well.

- "Dance Me To The End Of Love" (Madeleine Peyroux)
I am in a French cafe, smoking skinny cigarettes while bathed in blue light...

- "Another One Bites The Dust" (Queen)
I first heard this song while sitting in the cafetorium at McCarter Elementary, watching a group of 6th grade boys at the annual talent show. They wore towels and fell down a lot. And just like this song, it was awesome.

- "Shake That" (Eminem)
Yeah, this one... Okay, sometimes I pretend that I'm a rapper? And male? And sometimes I just gotta sing about bitches and weed. Word.

- "Feel Good, Inc. (Gorillaz)
Try not to dance to this. (mmm shaka-laka mmm. mmm-mmm.)

- "Coolsville" (Rickie Lee Jones)
My mom had this album when I was a kid and I used to stare at it, trying to imagine being as cool as Rickie. I still want to be as cool as Rickie. Why didn't my mom name me Rickie?

- "Everyone's Rooting For You" (Sondre Lerche)
I like to imagine that Sondre follows me around, singing about how inspirational I am. Man, that would be spectacular. Can anybody arrange that?

Please note, not a single emoticon was killed in the making of this list.