Soundtrack

Okay, so clearly. The only way my last post is going to turn out with a happy ending is if my life actually turns into the movie I so frequently think it is.

And, of course, the determining factor of the tone and outcome of a movie is its soundtrack.

So I've begun trying to live my life with a soundtrack worthy of the happy ending I'm looking forward.

I'm thinking if I set up everything under my control to fall in line with an endearing indie film which speaks to the heart strings, then the things outside of my control must also fall in line, right? Circumstances succumb to peer pressure. I'm pretty sure.

So my beginning: Noah and the Whale.

If you want to feel like your real life is a beloved underground, underappreciated film where the male lead is Michael Cera, listen to this band. They are so charming in their naive authenticity. Bless them.

At this rate, I'm guessing H.B. ought to walk right back into my Starbucks some time in the next ... 10 months. Let's see.

If your life were a movie, what would your soundtrack be?

Colin's Beautiful World

I'm listening to last week's "This American Life" so this might be a little disjunct. Sorry.

Yet again. I'm like a broken record. There's been so much I've wanted to put on here, but generally it's while I'm driving, so of course, it doesn't make it. Because I can't type and drive at the same time. It's crazy, I know.

Anyway.

1. I love my family. Even when they drive me crazy. Seriously, they're great. Hilarious.

I'm writing this novel. I'm over 28,000 words. I want to start over and write a novel about my family instead. They're classic characters. Seriously. It would be true, but it would sound like fiction. Maybe it'll be the novel I write the other 11 months of the year. We'll see.

2. I had an audition in Chicago for the Grant Park Symphony. It was incredible. Soon I'm going to tell you all about it.

3. I'm re-reading The Furious Longing of God by Brennan Manning. It's so good. Better now than when I read it the first time. I must be at a good point, ready for it.

4. What I really wanted to write about was ... if my life were a movie ... what would the soundtrack be. And I want to know about your lives too. So respond in the comments.

If your life were a movie, what would the soundtrack be?

This will be an ongoing project. Clearly, since my life is not yet over.

So far I've got these.

1. Jimmy Buffett -- Little Miss Magic

?. Snow Patrol -- Open Your Eyes

?+-. Willie Nelson -- On the Road Again

?+. Ingrid Michaelson -- Far Away

I know, very thorough. Those question marks mean I don't know what number they'd be on the soundtrack because I don't know how many songs would be in between.

So tell me. Yours? Two projects, okay, Three:

1. Read The Furious Longing of God

2. What's the soundtrack of your life

3. What's the soundtrack of your life right now, just at this stage of your life?

Beautiful World

Colin Hay

My my my, it's a beautiful world

I like swimming in the sea

I like to go out beyond the white breakers

Where a man can still be free

(Or a woman if you are one)

I like swimming in the sea

My my my, it's a beautiful world

I like drinking Irish tea

With a little bit of Lapsang Souchongi

I like making my own tea

My my my, it's a beautiful world

I like driving in my car

I roll the top down

Sometimes I travel quite far

Drive to the ocean

And stare up at the stars

I like driving in my car

All around is anger

Automatic guns

There's death in large numbers

No respect for women

Or our little ones

I tried talking to Jesus

But He just put me on hold

Said He'd been swamped by calls this week

And He could not shake His cold

But still this emptiness persists

Perhaps this is as good as it gets

When you've given up the drink

And those nasty cigarettes

Now I leave the party early

At least with no regrets

I watch the sun when it comes up

I watch it as it sets

Yeah this is as good as it gets

My my my, it's a beautiful world

I like sleeping with Marie

she is one sexy girl

Full of mystery

She says she doesn't love me

But she likes my company

For now that's good enough for me

My my my, it's a beautiful world

I like swimming in the sea

I like to go out beyond the white breakers

Where a man can still be free

(Or a woman if you are one)

I like swimming in the sea

Eeeee