Stolen from redfairie19.

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I had the weirdest, most awesome dream last night. Three other people and I were trying to get to New York City. Sounds simple enough, right? Though I don't know who they are and we weren't on Earth. Oops. At least I think we weren't on Earth. Anyway, one of the other people, the woman, tried to teleported us to NYC. She succeeded well enough to the point that we could see the skyline of the city off in the distance. I believe there was something post-apocalyptic about the landscape. Not in as much that there was a nuclear war or anything, but there were no people anywhere. Go anywhere within 500 miles of New York City and there will be people anywhere. Also the landscape was wide plains, almost like the savannah - tall grasses being the most prominent feature. Maybe some drastic climate change had happened; perhaps a sudden switch of the Earth's magnetic poles had thrown every ecosystem out of whack.

We walked towards the city for a short while before coming upon an old, crooked highway sign that read "New York City: 250 miles." Well done there with the teleporting, woman. She expressed concern over the length of time it would take to walk to the city. I looked over towards where we had come from and said something along the lines of "Then why did you bring the Everlasting Giraffes with us?" At first they looked just like regular giraffes, except bigger. But, after we had wrangled them in, I saw that they had human faces and could talk! I tried to get the cutest looking EG for myself - because appearances are very important - however they were all four of them supremely ugly. Anyway, riding the EG was a big thrill, very comfortable, and extremely fast. They rode more like a horse than with the rocking motion of a camel like they should have.

Riding for a while, it became dark. We had left the plains behind us and were running down a path with bushes on each side. At intervals were large topiaries that looked like jack 'o lanterns, and they moved from one side of the path to the other. My Everlasting Giraffe was talking to me at this point, telling me it was getting too dark to see. At this he began shooting fire (from where, I don't know) at the jack 'o lanterns ahead, setting them ablaze and lighting the way for us.

Late at night we reached the Forest of Mirrored Ghosts. I dismounted and we moved slowly through the forest, careful not to attract the attention of any of the ghosts because they were obviously bad news. We could see glimpses of the ghosts through the trees and they rippled, like water in the rain, and I could not get a clear image of what they looked like.

In the morning we reached a park of some sorts, still within the confines of the FMG. Essentially, it was a more manicured version of the forest. The ghosts were still there as well, except during the day they weren't dangerous and I could clearly see them. And they all looked different. We came upon one that took on the appearance of two small tin drummer-boys attached at the hip. I was unaware that they were less dangerous in the daylight and attempted to skirt around the ghost. However, my EG told me to watch, that this was his favorite part. "Look what happens when you stare at them." So I looked, he stared, and the ghost started to spin, faster and faster until the two drummers had merged into one, who then turned and ran away. I looked around at my fellow travelers and saw all of them staring at the blurred images of spinning ghosts.

Unfortunately, we never reached New York City to see what had become of it because here is where I woke up. And I wish I hadn't.

Every year, or at least for the past two, DJ Earworm has made a fantastic mashup of Billboard's top 25 songs of the year. This year his song is called "The United State of Pop: Blame It On the Pop." This mashup includes songs by The Black Eyed Peas, Lady GaGa, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Pitbull, Jay Sean, Jason Mraz, Keri Hilson, T.I., Kings of Leon, Jamie Foxx, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, and more.

This is an absolutely fantastic song, the construction of which must have taken hours. It sounds amazing. Please check out Blame It On the Pop.

Have a wonderful New Year's celebration!

So, yesterday. Spent the night at my mom's house, a.k.a across the street. In the morning we took our usual spots - me on the floor by the dining room table, her in her corner table - and opened our presents. The only surprises in any of the presents are the ones that came from Carmen, but even those weren't much of a surprise because she always gets me underwear and socks. But what kind? is the question. And I can always use new socks. Oh, and she gave me a bottle of wine. Must be a regift. Mom got me the complete Ally McBeal on DVD, which is awesome and which is what I am currently doing with my Saturday. Also received: my Kylie poster nice and framed, tickets for Promises, Promises and A Little Night Music, Super Mario Brothers for the Wii, gift cards for Barnes & Noble and Fairway (food!), the awesome Harry's of London boots that I wanted turned out to be too big so we're getting a smaller pair, and two pocket-size umbrellas - one blue and one brown for any outfit.

I set mom up with The Blind Side, The Hurt Locker, and Invictus. She loved The Blind Side, of course. Then I went over to Dad's and got the movies from my list: Up, Harry Potter, Star Trek, 17 Again (Zac Efron!!!), and The Sound of Music. The latter is necessary for The Sound of Music Drinking Game. He gave me $150 towards the Rosetta Stone language program. I wanna learn German. His awesome off-list gift is The Book of Genesis Illustrated. The entire Book of Genesis in graphic novel form! Can't wait to get into that one. We watched Up and then we had our usual Christmas Chinese food dinner, although earlier than usual.

I came home and then proceeded to rock out to Z100's Top 100 of 2009 while playing Super Mario Bros. and drinking the Christmas wine. The Shoshana and Aleksy came over to play Mario Party. At one point Katie came home and that's about all I remember. I woke up in shorts, not what I remember wearing last night. Apparently at one point I walked out of Katie's room and said "These pants suck!", took them off, and stayed in my underwear for 45 minutes. Kinda glad I don't remember that.

My head hurts and I want Subway. KATIE!!

Merry Christmas everyone!

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified, more upbeat lyrics, which has become more common than the original. This song has been performed by many artists, including jazz singer Rosemary Clooney. This a very beautiful, although slightly sad, version which has still become my favorite Christmas song.

Please enjoy "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and have a wonderful day!

Band Aid was a charity supergroup featuring British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year. It contained many popular artists of the time including Bono, Freddie Mercury, Simon Le Bon, George Michael, Sting, David Bowie, George Michael, Paul McCartney, and many more.

"Do They Know It's Christmas?"

In 1966, the Broadway musical Mame opened on Broadway starring the legendary Angela Lansbury. Written by Jerry Herman, the musical's score includes such the famous songs "Mame," "Bosom Buddies," and the now classic holiday song "We Need A Little Christmas."

Herman also wrote the scores for the famous musicals Hello, Dolly! and La Cage aux Folles. In addition to her portrayal of Auntie Mame, Lansbury is known for such roles Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Rose in Gypsy, as Jessica Fletcher in the TV series "Murder, She Wrote," and roles in The Manchurian Candidate, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Beauty and the Beast and many more in over seven decades in show business.

Have a happy holiday and take a listen to Angela Lansbury's original version of "We Need A Little Christmas".

Here is also a clip from the 1974 movie adaptation starring Lucille Ball:

In 2006, English DJ Paul Oakenfold teamed up with the late actress Brittany Murphy for the hot dance track, "Faster Kill Pussycat." It's a great song and Murphy's vocals are surprisingly excellent. The song reached #7 on the UK charts and #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Tracks chart.

I give you "Faster Kill Pussycat". RIP

Since I'm on an Avatar high right now, and probably will be for a few days, today's song is from the move. Sung by Leona Lewis, "I See You" is the theme song, written by James Horner, who also worked with James Cameron on Aliens and, most famously, on Titanic. In the movie, saying "I See You" is a Na'vi greeting, meaning that one can see into you, your soul. It's a very good song - not on the same level as "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic - but still quite good.

Here is "I See You", the theme from Avatar.