Me + Pandora Radio = TLA

Dear Pandora Radio,
Will you marry me?  Is this too sudden?  I know we've only had a few days to get to know each other, but I'm pretty sure this is True Love.

In a strange twist of fate, it was my husband who introduced us.  When I kept having to "thumbs down" Taylor Swift, I knew it was time that I stepped in and got to know you.  (Turns out he had typed in "Taylor Swift" which, ya know, explains things.)

(I don't have tweenage girls.  I don't have to acknowledge her existence if I don't want too.)

I was so traumatized that I could barely think straight.  I went to the laptop and typed in the first band to come to mind:  "U2".  Ahh...sweet relief.  After a few bars of Bono's melodious voice, I was feeling a little more calm and added "Coldplay" to the mix.  The playlist that commenced was nothing short of brilliant!  So brilliant that I stopped doing dishes and started taking notes for this post:

Counting Crows
Wallflowers
The Fray
Goo Goo Dolls
Peter Gabriel (Who woulda thought?  But YES!)
Snow Patrol (How did you know I'm a closet Grey's Anatomy fan?!)
U2
Matchbox Twenty
Coldplay
Collective Soul
and Lifehouse
Then you played a song by
Deep Blue Something and I thought maybe you weren't as perfect as I first thought.  But I was singing "Breakfast at Tiffany's" pretty dang loud, so I guess you know what you're doing.
Next, "Someday" by Sugar Ray.  Again, not my favorite, but again, I was singing right along again.  (Loudly--again.)
So far today you haven't played anything new to me, but all the songs you've played, I LOVE!
You reminded me that I really like Lifehouse and need to buy a few of their songs!  (Namely "Breathing", "Broken", "You and Me", and "Hanging By a Moment")
You just kept on wooing me with
Creed
Duncan Sheik (Barely Breathing) and
Eve 6 (Inside Out)

Not a single song was new to me, but many were songs I'd forgotten I loved.  How could you possibly plumb the depths of my musical soul on such short acquaintance?

(How did you know my cousin Wendy and I spent hours memorizing every single word to 
Blue's Traveler's "Runaround" in high school?) (<---just played.)


I don't know how you do it, Pandora, but you've won me over.   If this love is wrong, I don't wanna be right.  Tonic,  playing at this very moment, says it best:  "If you could only see the way [s]he loves me, maybe you would understand...why I feel this way about our love, and what I must do..."
"Regular" radio will forever be dead to me.  I'm yours forever!   xoxoxo


Your Not-So-Secret Crush,

 Emily

FYI:
*Pandora streams music (all sorts, including the churchy kind, according to your preference) --for free-- via the Internet.
*You don't have to download ANYTHING!
*Pandora is legal.
*Pandora plays ads after every 3-4 songs but they're short and not annoying.
*Pandora sometimes plays songs you've never heard that you never knew you already loved!
*You can give songs a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" and Pandora will further customize your radio station accordingly.  (Yellow Ledbetter {playing now} by Pearl Jam gets a THUMBS UP!!!  Love you Eddie!)
*You can skip songs you don't like, or pause songs you're currently listening to.
*Pandora did not request this review and they're not paying or compensating me at all.  (Though they're more than welcome to.)
Last but not least...
*Pandora Radio is an automated music recommendation service and custodian of the Music Genome Project.  (As seen on Wikipedia.)

"Despicable Me" vs. Pixar's "Up"

Let's compare and contrast:



Both have cranky old men and small neglected soliciting child(ren).
Both have cranky old men that transform into nurturers who love said child(ren) by the end.
Both have "mad scientists".


"Up" has a very depressing premise and the first part may or may not make children question their mortality and future child baring ability.
"D. Me" has "the box of shame".  (Which is hilarious.)

"D. Me" has Steve Carrell
"Up" has Ed Asner (?)

"Up" has overly scary robotically controlled dogs.
"D. Me" has Boogie Robots.  And then Cookie Robots.  (Totally awesome.)

"Up" has a scary bad guy.
"D.Me" has a nerdy bad guy with a shark tank and a shrink ray.

"Up" has balloons.
"D. Me" has super cool futuristic vehicles.

"D.Me" has killer music.
"Up" has forgettable music.  (I'm basing this on the fact that I can't remember the music at all.)

"Up"  has a few funny parts and a handful of redeeming moments. (You can see all the funny moments in the trailer.)
"D. Me" is laugh-out-loud funny all the way through.

Now, I generally love Pixar movies.  And Up does have it's moments, but mostly, it just let me down.  (Pun intended.)
Despicable Me, however, we purchased.  And it continues to make me laugh as my kids watch it ad nauseum.  (I'd have to put the kids on Suicide Watch if they were constantly viewing "Up".)

Therefore, my uneducated and unendorsed opinion is that...

Despicable Me wins hands down!

And now it's time to boogie.
The End

Gru: Uh, question. What are these? 
Dr. Nefario: A dozen boogie robots. Boogie! Look at this! Watch me. 
Gru: Cookie robots! I said cookie robots! Ah, why... why are you so... old?


Edith: When we got adopted by a bald guy, I thought this'd be more like Annie.