Music on My iPod

1. Adam Lambert
2. The Animals
3. Backstreet Boys
4. Band Aid
5. The Beach Boys
6. The Beatles
7. Beyonce
8. Bon Jovi
9. Bruno Mars (doesn't play)
10. The Byrds
11. Don Henley
12. The Eagles
13. Enrique Iglesias
14. George Harrison
15. Glee Cast
16. Herman's Hermits
17. Hugh Grant (soundtrack from "Music and Lyrics")
18. Hugh Grant and Haley Bennett (soundtrack from "Music and Lyrics")
19. Jackson 5
20. The Jacksons
21. Jesse McCartney
22. John Lennon and Yoko Ono
23. Jonny Diaz
24. Justin Bieber (I don't listen to him AT ALL)
25. Justin Bieber and Jessica Jarrell (ditto)
26. Justin Bieber and Ludacris (double ditto)
27. Justin Bieber and Sean Kingston (TRIPLE DITTO!)
28. Katy Perry
29. Kris Allen
30. Lady GaGa
31. Lady GaGa and Colby O'Donnis
32. Led Zeppelin
33. Michael Jackson
34. Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney
35. Miley Cyrus
36. *NSYNC
37. Paul McCartney
38. Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
39. Paul McCartney and Wings
40. Queen
41. Rascal Flatts
42. The Rascals
43. Rihanna
44. The Rock Heroes
45. The Rolling Stones
46. Selena Gomez
47. Selena Gomez and The Scene
48. Simon & Garfunkel
49. t.A.T.u.
50. Taylor Swift
51. Tom Petty
52. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
53. Toto
54. Train
55. Vanessa Hudgens
56. The Who
57. Willow
58. The Young Rascals


Needless to say, some of that music is left over from my "dark ages". I assure you that I never listen to it. EVER.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a young girl who's warring with one of her best friends, must be in want of supporters.

The title speaks for itself, I hope. 

All of you people who read this, listen to MY side of the story, for it is not fair that Cami and her mom are against poor, pitiful me. :( *tears*

Lalala... MR. DARCY PWNS!

Okay, to be like Sarah, I'll end with a question. Or a couple.

1. Best man ever? Gilbert Blythe, Fitzwilliam Darcy, or Charles Bingley?
2. Best Beatle?
(for those of you males) 3. Keira Knightly or Lindsay Lohan?

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a young girl in possesion of spare time, must be in want of a good movie starring Matthew Macfadyen and Keira Knightly.

This morning, my little brother and sister woke me up at 7, with cries of, "The Easter Bunny came! The Easter Bunny came!" So I was dragged into my parent's bedroom where we (or rather, my sibs and Mom) woke Dad up. Mom then went downstairs to check that the Easter Bunny came, and we kids sent off on our hunt for candy.
 We followed the trail of jellybeans down the staircase to the library, where there were three plastic baskets full of pencils (yay!!!), a couple erasers (yay! again!), a chocolate bunny, and a 9-pack bundle of Tootsie pops. The three of us ran around the room like my dog does when he sees a squirrel, trying to find the colorful plastic eggs with candy in them. After scouring the room thoroughly, we sat down so Mom and Dad could make sure that the two of us oldest hadn't stolen from our little brother. It turned out that my sis had 19 eggs, I had 16, and Ben had 12. Mom made my sister give Ben 3, so the total was now: Gertrude (that's me)- 16 eggs; Georgette (my 13-yr-old sister)- 16 eggs, and Ben (my 10-yr-old brother)- 15. Mom said that it was fair, so the candy-eating, egg-opening, and trading began.
After settling into our Easter routine and moving into the living room, Mom and Dad had me turn on Pride and Prejudice, the Six-Part. My parents and I had watched the Keira Knightly/Matthew Macfadyen version last night, and my mom and I had gotten my dad hooked on it too. He's a big history buff, so the language and scenery had him enchanted within the first five minutes. We were all interested in viewing the Six-Part, because Cami and her mom both swear by it. After the end of part one, my mom and I agreed, however, that the Knightly/Macfadyen version is better, despite Colin Firth starring in the Six-Part.  
I'm currently debating with myself whether I should buy the K/M version on my iPhone, because, for $9.99, it's cheaper than anywhere will sell it on DVD, and the DVD we watched is Cami's. She brought it over here yesterday in one of her many escapades. 

Is anyone else super-psyched for the royal wedding on Friday? I am. I'm just so miffed that I have to go to school and I can't watch it live!

 

The Beatles' 100 Best

1. A Day in the Life
2. I Want to Hold Your Hand
3. Strawberry Fields Forever
4. Yesterday
5. In My Life
6. Something
7. Hey Jude
8. Let It Be
9. Come Together
10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
11. A Hard Day's Night
12. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
13. Revolution
14. She Loves You
15. Help!
16. I Saw Her Standing There
17. Ticket to Ride
18. Tomorrow Never Knows
19. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
20. Please Please Me
21. All You Need Is Love (featuring Keith Moon of The Who!)
22. Eleanor Rigby
23. Abbey Road Medley- You Never Give Me Your Money/Sun King/ Mean Mr. Mustard/Polythene Pam/She Came in Through the Bathroom Window/Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End
24. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
25. Here, There, and Everywhere
26. If I Fell
27. You're Going to Lose That Girl
28. Here Comes the Sun
29. Can't Buy Me Love
30. We Can Work It Out
31. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
32. Penny Lane
33. I Am the Walrus
34. Eight Days a Week
35. Paperback Writer
36. I Should Have Known Better
37. She Said She Said
38. Blackbird
39. Day Tripper
40. For No One (The ULTIMATE breakup song!)
41. Get Back
42. I Feel Fine
43. Drive My Car
44. All My Loving
45. No Reply
46. Don't Let Me Down
47. Things We Said Today
48. The Ballad of John and Yoko
49. The Night Before
50. Got to Get You Into My Life
51. If I Needed Someone
52. Helter Skelter
53. It Won't Be Long
54. Two of Us
55. Taxman
56. I'm Down
57. I'm Only Sleeping
58. I've Just Seen a Face
59. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
60. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
61. With a Little Help From My Friends
62. Girl
63. Dear Prudence
64. I've Got a Feeling
65. And I Love Her
66. Nowhere Man
67. Oh! Darling
68. Baby, You're a Rich Man
69. Julia
70. You Can't Do That
71. I'm a Loser
72. From Me to You
73. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey
74. Yellow Submarine
75. Think for Yourself
76. Yer Blues
77. Because
78. And Your Bird Can Sing
79. I'll Follow the Sun
80. Mother Nature's Son
81. Hey Bulldog
82. She's Leaving Home
83. I'm So Tired
84. Across the Universe
85. Back in the USSR
86. Lady Madonna
87. Love Me Do
88. Rain
89. Good Day Sunshine
90. The Long and Winding Road
91. Every Little Thing
92. Dig a Pony
93. Sexy Sadie
94. You Won't See Me
95. Any Time at All
96. Within You Without You
97. All I've Got to Do
98. Long, Long, Long
99. Yes It Is
100. Hello, Goodbye




Random Facts about The Beatles


1.  The Beatles had 20 Number One Hits
2. Hey Jude had the longest stay at #1, holding the spot for 9 weeks in 1968, followed by I Want to Hold Your hand, for 7 weeks in 1964, Can't Buy Me Love and get Back tie for 3rd place with each song staying at #1 for 5 weeks, one in 1964 and one in 1969, and Yesterday has 4th place, staying at the top for 4 weeks in 1965.
3. John Lennon wrote 40 of the top 100.
4. Paul McCartney wrote 35 of the top 100. 
5. Lennon-McCartney wrote 17 of the top 100. 
6. George Harrison wrote 8 of the top 10 songs.
7. Ringo Starr wrote 0 of the top 100 songs.


Total Number Of...
Songs the Beatles recorded- 219
Top 40 hits- 46
U.S. Albums- 18
U.S. Number One Albums- 14
Songs Paul plays alone- 4
Songs credited to all 4 Beatles- 2
Ringo drum solos- 1


Shortest Song- "Her Majesty", at 23 seconds
Longest Song- "Revolution 9", at 8 mins and 22 seconds.


Career Record Sales Worldwide- 1.3 Billion dollars, as of 2004. 


Top 100 Songs By Year of Release:

1963- 5 songs
1965- 16 songs
1965- 17 songs
1966- 17 songs
1967- 12 songs
1968- 16 songs
1969- 12 songs
1970- 5 songs




Number of Songs Per Album that Appear on This List:


3- Please Please Me, 1963
3- With the Beatles, 1963
8- A Hard Day's Night, 1964
5- Beatles for Sale, 1964
7- Help!, 1965
8- Rubber Soul, 1965
11- Revolver, 1966
6- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967
6- Magical Mystery Tour, 1967
13- White Album, 1968
1- Yellow Submarine, 1969
7- Abbey Road, 1969
7- Let It Be, 1970
15- Non-Album Tracks

(All information from "Rolling Stone: The Beatles 100 Greatest Songs", published in 2010)

OMG DARCY FOREVER!

The other day, I was hanging out with Cami Errant, and she introduced me to Mr. Darcy. I'd read Pride and Prejudice before, but I'd never seen the movie. We watched the 2005 version, starring Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen. 

So now, on top of Paul McCartney, Logan Lerman, and Michael Jackson, I have to jump into Pride and Prejudice and become Lizzy Bennet, so I can marry Mr. Darcy. 

And tonight, I'm going to watch the famous "six-part", the six-part movie version of P&P starring Colin Firth. (I still like Matthew MacFadyen better!)

MJ's 100 Best

1. Cry
2. 2 Bad
3. Get It
4. It's Your Thing
5. Heal the World
6. Break of Dawn
7. On Day in Your Life
8. Get it Together
9. Superfly Sister
10. She's Out of My Life
11. Lookin in Through the Windows
12. HIStory
13. Maybe Tomorrow
14. Fly Away
15. Just Good Friends
16. Fall Again
17. Thriller
18. Is It Scary
19. Butterflies
20. This Time Around
21. Bad
22. Carousel
23. I Just Can't Stop Lovin You
24. Give In To Me
25. Farewell My Summer Love
26. Streetwalker
27. Smooth Criminal
28. It's the Falling in Love
29. I'll Be There
30. With a Child's Heart
31. Get On the Floor
32. Heaven Can Wait
33. Someone Put Your Hand Out
34. Whatever Happens
35. Blame it on the Boogie
36. Keep the Faith
37. Speed Demon
38. Earth Song
39. Black or White
40. Will You Be There
41. Burn This Disco Out
42. Ghosts
43. We've Had Enough
44. Jam
45. Girlfriend (written by PMcC!!!!)
46. The Lady in My Life
47. You Rock My World
48. Ben
49. Dangerous
50. We Are the World
51. The Girl is Mine (a duet with PMcC!!!)
52. Got To Be There
53. Enjoy Yourself
54. Who is it
55. I Can't Help It
56. Can't Let Her Get Away
57. The Way You Make Me Feel
58. They Don't Care About Us
59. One More Chance
60. Shake Your Body
61. Workin' Day and Night
62. Dancing Machine
63. Sugar Daddy
64. Blood on the Dance Floor
65. Scream
66. Baby Be Mine
67. Walk Right Now
68. Why You Wanna Trip on Me
69. Dirty Diana
70. Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
71. Stand!
72. Another Part of Me
73. Lovely One
74. I Want You Back
75. Wanna Be Startin Something
76. On the Line
77. Leave Me Alone
78. Who's Lovin You
79. She Drives Me Wild
80. You Can't Win
81. Mama's Pearl
82. In the Closet
83. Liberian Girl
84. Off the Wall
85. Can You Feel It
86. This Place Hotel (Heartbreak Hotel)
87. Say Say Say (this song was actually on a PMcC album, and it was written by PMcC, but he wanted a duet with MJ.)
88. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
89. Rock With you
90. Never Can Say Goodbye
91. Stranger in Moscow
92. The Love You Save
93. You Are Not Alone
94. Man in the Mirror
95. I Wanna Be Where You Are
96. Human Nature
97. Show You the Way to Go
98. Remember the Time (this is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE!!!!!)
99. Beat It
100. Billie Jean
(extra) 101. ABC (123)


Coming Soon: The Beatles' Top 100!!!

Apologies, Apologies, Apologies

1st- To Nai. I apologize for implying that blondes aren't smart. I am a blonde also, so I do know how that can be offensive. Please don't take my lowly, meaningless chatter to heart.

2nd- To Michael Jackson, Linda McCartney, John Lennon, Keith Moon, John Entwistle, George Harrison, and Elizabeth Taylor. Sorry you guys are dead. And in the case of MJ and John Lennon, sorry you got murdered.

3rd- To the poor people who have nothing to do but read my meaningless list of apologies (except for the 1st one; I really do mean that one). I think the address speaks for itself.

Duh!!!

I am such a "blonde". Anyone who knows me knows that my life's dream is to visit Liverpool, England, birthplace of The Beatles. It never even crossed my mind to think of where my other favorite musician was born. The place where Michael Jackson was born is so much closer than England! For one, it's actually in my country. MJ was born in Gary, Indiana. I was such a blonde to not think of that, even though I'm not a blonde. I've got raven-black hair, but that's beside the point. MJ was born in my country! He's an American! A--what do they call them--Hoosier? A "Hoosier", too! Duh! Someone needs to take a bunch of knowledge and "beat it" into my brain.

Gertie out.

<3 MJ

My Most Sincere Condolences

Dear Sir Paul,

I know that you must be going through a tough time right now, seeing as tomorrow is the 13th anniversary of beloved Linda's passing. I just want you to know that you are in my prayers, forever and always, and that I'm here if you need to talk, cry, or sing your depression out.

Lots and lots and lots of love,

Gertrude

What the heck do I post about???

Nothing at all happened that was noteworthy at school today. I'm reading a book that my dad lent me, called, "Myths To Live By". It's really good. It's about how humans take ancient myths and twist them into something we can still live by.

One of my absolute best friends in the WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD recently told me something that I thought was pretty funny, and also quite true. We're sitting in our classroom, and he goes, "Gertrude, I've noticed something about you. Each half-semester this year, you've had a different obsession. The fist quarter, it was Paul McCartney and Wings, the second quarter, it was The Who, the third quarter, it was Paul McCartney, and the last quarter, it's Percy Jackson and Michael Jackson." We had a good laugh over that.

Oh, hey, J-J-J-Jenica, guess what? My mom and I had "The Insider" on in the background tonight, and apparently, Jessica Simpson Tweeted, "I love where I'm from. Where else could you get a Supa Dupa Fly Ho with cheese?" Simpson's from Waco!!!

Everyone Has Their Own Normal

Yesterday in health class, we talked about that topic (see title), and I was gonna post about it yesterday, but then I feared the yak, so I posted what J-J-J-Jenica told me to. 

I'm so glad my teacher taught us that. Now I don't feel sad when people tell me I'm not "normal" because I prefer '60s music to modern music. Or because I don't wear much makeup, or because I am kinda taller than most of my peers, boys and girls, or because... Well, the list goes on and on, and I don't want to rant about my troubles to y'all. 

I just liked that topic. I mean, it sparks so many good ideas. What if gays were treated equally EVERYWHERE? Or if people of different races were, too? I honestly think that everyone should be treated the same, no matter their height, weight, race, accent, eye color, sexual tendencies, heritage, hometown, etc. If that were the case, we'd have a much safer and nicer society, and no more snarky comments or books or pictures or whatever.

Have a great night!

-Gertrude

My List of 10 Things

1. The sound of people chewing makes me want to throw up. Even when I sit next to people in class who are chewing gum, I have to slide my chair away.

2. Even though Logan Lerman is seriously hot, I would have picked a different actor to play Percy Jackson. One, how about, age-appropriate for the series?!

3. Believe it or not, I used to love the color pink, and John Lennon. I mean, I loved John Lennon like I love Paul McCartney now.

4.  I hate that I'm not athletic. I mean, I'll only participate in sports when I'm forced, and I hate that. I'd rather read, or listen to music.

5. In second grade, I had a habit of biting my fingernails, and I almost lost a finger. In fact, now I have a deformed fingernail and a weird lump-thing on the side of that finger.

6. I have an extreme terror of shopping anywhere in the mall except Barnes and Noble. I hate paying for things, because I always feel that I'll had the cashier person too much or too little money, and they'll regard me as dumb or weird.

7. I don't know how to type properly on keyboards. I have always "hunted and pecked". 

8. One of my best friend's little sisters once gave my a pink plastic bendy straw for my 10th birthday, and I still have it.

9. I still like to play with my American Girl dolls from time to time. They're so pretty, and I love the time period that they signify. 

10. Justin Bieber irks the heck outa me.

It's Friday, Friday, gettin' Down on Friday

Yeah. I'm listening to that song right now. It's epic. Epically ungroovy. 

It gives off bad vibes. 

ANNABETH KISSED PERCY!!!!! WOO-HOO!!!!!

Sorry, but I've been reading The Sea of Monsters, and (SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT!!!) when Annabeth and Percy and Tyson win the second chariot race, when they get back to Camp Half-Blood, and Percy makes this huge announcement acknowledging Tyson the Cyclopes as his brother, Annabeth leans over and kissed him on the cheek!!! (This is going to be a really girlie post, sorry guys who read this.) It was soooooo romantic, or as romantic as a kiss on the cheek between 13-year-old kids on other kids' shoulders. Speaking as someone who's never read these books before, Percy better kiss her really soon!!! If not, I will cry. I mean, Harry and Hermione didn't end up together, like I wanted, so Percy and Annabeth had better! 

Annacy forever! 

(I wonder if they'll be Percy and Annabeth Jackson, or Annabeth and Percy Chase.)

The rest of my life

Okay. My little sister Georgette has decided to plan out the rest of my life for me. Here goes.

First, I'm going to marry my neighbor, Fred Blackberry. (That's not his real name.)
Then, I'll divorce him because my "daughter", who's actually my sister, thinks he's weird.
I'll then get married to Mick Jagger, the young and hot one. (Woo-hoo!!!!! Oh yeah!!!!!) But I'll divorce him after three days.
After the divorce, I'll marry George Harrison, who's apparently alive, for all of my sister's intents and purposes, and divorce him after two years. 
 Next, I'll marry Logan Lerman!!!!!!!!!!!! (I am one lucky girl!!!!!) But after three years, we divorce. 
I'll then marry George again, and then divorce him again. 
Then I finally get to marry Paul McCartney, but I leave him after one day. Guess I was drunk or something. I mean, come on. What girl in their right mind leaves Paul McCartney? (The young one.)
Next, I'll marry Ringo Starr, but apparently his "odor stinks up the house, so goodbye Ringo". Those were my sister's exact words. 
Next, I marry Peter Noone, the lead singer of another '60s band, called "Herman's Hermits". You might have heard their song "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter"?
Sadly for me, after a year, poor Peter falls into a volcano and dies. (Why was he on a volcano anyway? This isn't Star Wars!!!)
After Peter's funeral, I'll marry Eric Burdon, the lead singer of yet another '60s band, called The Animals. Y'all have got to have heard "The House of the Rising Sun", right?
I'll divorce Eric and marry John Lennon's ashes. (Notice how George Harrison gets to be alive again but not John. I'd rather John than George, but my sister has other ideas.) 
I'll then divorce John's ashes because, get this. They wouldn't talk to me!!! And it didn't help that Yoko Ono was continuously beating me over the head with a bat.
I'll then marry Gerry, from the NEXT '60s band, called Gerry and the Pacemakers. ("Don't let the Sun Catch You Crying"?)
Yet again, I'll divorce someone for selfish reasons. I'll divorce Gerry because he doesn't look good in a tuxedo. 
Finally, I'll "marry" Gabe Ugliano, Percy Jackson's deranged stepfather in the beginning of the series, but seeing as he smelled so bad I couldn't even say "I do", well, I fled that scene. 
And then I'll die lonely because Logan had another girlfriend and Paul was dead. 



Sucks for me.

Thank the GODS!!!!

Oh. My. GOSH! I FINALLY found the Percy Jackson audiobooks on YouTube, so now I can "read" The Sea of Monsters! And, I have something to do while I knit! I don't know if any of y'all have tried it, but trying to knit and hold a book at the same time is tricky with a capital "T". So then, I resorted to holding the book with my knees, but it was a large hardcover, and I eventually abandoned that prospect. So I finished that book, which by the way was the first Harry Potter, and read The Lightening Thief, again. And then, I figured out that I didn't have book 2. I was pretty much bummed out, until I thought "YOUTUBE!!!!" And a knitting goddess was born. Just kidding. I'm not a "goddess". I'm a demigod. Kidding again. I wish I wasn't though. 

I don't get why people think it's nerdy or geeky to knit if you're under 60, and if you knit while over 60, it's "grandma-ish". It's actually really fun!! All it is is a series of complicated knots on two-four needles! Of course, I'm not that advanced yet, but I will be!!!I'm currently making a scarf. I have no life, so over spring break, I've knitted 1 1/2 scarves, a purse, a placemat, and a belt! I really need to get out of the house. 

On my last note, it's my lil brother, Ben's, 10th birthday today!!! Happy birthday Ben!!! Have fun with your Legos! 

PS- I watched The Lightening Thief again today (Netflix rocks!!!) and I loved it even more than I did!!! The second time you watch it, you pick up on so much of Grover's dry humor that you miss the first time. 

PPS- Compared to the book, the movie sucks. It's the worst, most off-of-the-book film ever. But if you've never read the books, it's amazing.

Music/Rant on Rick Riordan's books

You know, most of the time, I try and spread the love. Get lots of people to listen to Paul and The Beatles and such. But I've actually found a song that I really don't want anybody else listening to. It's mine. I claim it. And I'm not going to name it cuz I don't want that to take away from the mine-ness. 

That wasn't self-centered at all! :) So, moving on. I've discovered a perfect author. Not too guy-ish, not too girlie, not to romance-y, not too "action-y". Rick Riordan. He wrote the Percy Jackson books, and he's got two new series, and both have the first book out. The Kane Chronicles, and the first book is The Red Pyramid. The other new series is The Heroes of Olympus, and the first one's called The Lost Hero. After watching to movie The Lightening Thief in school Thursday and Friday, I've totally become obsessed with the books all over again. And as soon as I have money, I'm going to buy The Red Pyramid. Have you guys read any of his work? LOVE IT AND LOGAN LERMAN!

Augh...

Don't you hate it when no matter what you do, the world doesn't seem to like you? Not that I'm going through that, or anything, but it just hit me. It's probably because I just finished reading "Annexed". 

So yeah. Nothing really to post about. Guests coming over sometime tonight. That'll be fun. I also just finished a biography on The Beatles, the absolute best band ever, no one can deny that. Well, you CAN, but, in my opinion, you'd be wrong. 

I haven't listened to The Who in forever. Kinda weird for me. 

Is anyone else not doing anything interesting for spring break? Or do you guys have more exciting lives than I do?

OMG- BEST. MOVIE. EVER!!!!!

For those of you who don't know, I'm talking about "The Lightening Thief". Starring LOGAN LERMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He's sooooo hot. Surpasses even Paul, because Paul's ooooolllllddddd. 
















see what I'm talkin' about???