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So many women, so little iPod gigabyte space. Every single day, these ladies light up my day with ther lovely voices and equally lovely music. I dont know if it’s an equality of sexes sort of thing but I have to admit that half of the tunes in my iPod Nano are by female artists or groups fronted by a woman. If you are what you eat then you’re also probably what you listen to. In any case, these tunes do brighten my day and I’m listing them down (well, at least some of them) so I hope it brightens yours, too. The name of the song comes before the name of the artist.

Hands, Jewel
Rhiannon, Fleetwood Mac
Momentum, Aimee Mann
Both Sides Now, Joni Mitchell
A Thousand Miles, Vaness Carlton
If I Ain’t Got You, Alicia Keys
Coming Around Again, Carly Simon
Promises, The Cranberries
Sunny Came Home, Shawn Colvin
Left Of Center, Suzanne Vega
Because The Night, Patti Smith Group
I Hate Myself For Loving You, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
Knowing Me, Knowing You, Abba
Malibu, Hole
As I Lay Me Down, Sophie B. Hawkins
Too Many Walls, Cathy Dennis
Only The Lonely, The Motels
Angie Baby, Helen Reddy
It’s Too Late, Carole King
Never Enough, Patty Smyth
Tattooed On My Mind, D’ Sound
You On My Mind, Swing Out Sister
Got To Be Real, Cheryl Lynn
Underneath It All, No Doubt
Cross My Heart, Eighth Wonder
Ray Of Light, Madonna
Beautiful, Alex Parks
A Girl In Trouble, Romeo Void
Have You Never Been Mellow, Olivia Newton-John
Back On The Chain Gang, The Pretenders
The First Cut Is The Deepest, Sheryl Crow
Trouble Me, 10,000 Maniacs
Love In Store, Fleetwood Mac
Angel Of The Morning, Juice Newton
Circle In The Sand, Belinda Carlisle
Angel, Sarah McLachlan
Kiss Me, Sixpence None The Richer
Bitch, Meredith Brooks
Best Of My Love, Emotions
Barenaked, Jennifer Love Hewitt
Breathe, Michelle Branch
52 Girls, The B-52’s
Extraordinary, Liz Phair
Harden My Heart, Quarterflash
We Belong, Pat Benatar

More to follow in a future blog, Later.

Technology can sometimes be cruel in the worst possible way. During a recent overnight trip to Singapore, I decided not to set my phone to international roaming since I won’t be gone for long and it’s only during trips like this when I can savor my time away from it all. Bad idea. It was also my birthday and shutting myself out from the rest of the world (and everyone I know) deprived me of the chance to receive some really important birthday greetings. When something like this happens, there are things that do get lost in the translation. And to think that oh, never mind. I just think too much, don’t I?

It feels great to find out about those birthday greetings, belated in the day as they may be. Later.

Yesterday wasn’t as bad as I thought. Yes, I still fell flat on my face but as bad as that was, I actually had a great time with some old and new friends. And judging from the smiles on their faces, I thought they had a pretty good time, too. All told, I thought it was a pretty good way to celebrate a birthday. And as an added bonus, I got to sing an old Peter Frampton favorite from my old school days. It’s not exactly what I had planned and not all invited guests were able to make it but the occasion turned out to be a lot better than I expected.

Today is a crucial day for me. It’s either I’m going to fall flat on my face and have my ass badly kicked. Or I’m going to have the best day of my life in a long, long time. It’s either going to be devastating or it’s going to be great. There seems to be no middle ground in sight. It’s simply either way or no way at all. God help me.