some of my favourite songs

i made this for day 54 of the #100happydays challenge (i'll probably post something more about that later...) and it took me, no joke, 21 hours. do you know how hard it was for me to narrow my favourite songs down? originally, i had planned to do 16 so you could at least read the titles. yeah, that was impossible. and this list is no where near comprehensive. i love music. enough said about that.
here are the 64 i ended up with (after painstakingly reducing it from 103. it hurt me to do it too.) in no particular order... (as pictured, but that order doesn't mean anything ranking wise. i just tried to group like pieces together.)

weezer - always

dear screaming - brackets

rob pattinson - it's all on you

bobby long - this strange love

we the kings feat. demi lovato - we'll be a dream

my chemical romance - i'm not okay (i promise)

bobby long & marcus foster - crooked sky

glen hansard & marketa irglova - if you want me

green day - don't leave me

muse - unintended

marcus foster - worn down by time

sam bradley - whisky

michael bernard fitzgerald - human

OK go - last leaf

ella fitzgerald - it don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing)

aron wright - song for the waiting

alexandre desplat - new moon (the meadow)

mozart - piano concerto no. 16 in c major

etro anime - summer rain

evanescene - bring me to life 

toni braxton -un-break my heart

aaliyah - at your best (you are love)

p!nk - please don't leave me

christina aguilera - i turn to you

yiruma - river flows in you

beethoven - moonlight sonata

sergio mendes feat. india.arie - timeless

ingrid michaelson - morning lullabies

monica - for you, i will

janet jackson - again

mariah carey - without you

no doubt - don't speak

coco lee - a love before time

double you - shiroi iro wa koibito no iro

charlotte church feat. josh groban - the prayer

josie and the pussycats - you don't see me

kp & envyi - shortie swing my way

2 rude feat. latoya & miranda - thinkin' about you

neneh cherry - buffalo stance

wham! - freedom

akb48 - aitakatta

leon lai - sausalito (cantonese version)

kirsten dunst - dream of me

lea salonga - reflection

tammy wynette - stand by your man

dixie chicks - i'll take care of you

peter schilling - major tom

whitney houston - i wanna dance with somebody (who loves me)

the beatles - revolution

queen - bohemian rhapsody

arabella hong - love, look away

mark lester - where is love

usher - you'll be in my heart

ginuwine - pony

richard marx - now and forever

b.v.s.m.p. - i need you

extreme - more than words

bon jovi - i'll be there for you

stockard channing - there are worse things i could do

donny osmond - close every door

drop n' harmony - anything

boyz ii men - it's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday

michael jackson - you are not alone

michael bublé - everything

also, i should maybe mention i used a lot of my favourite artists and went with one song from each.
various songs are considered my favourites for various reasons. sometimes it's the lyrics, sometimes the music, sometimes the vocal harmonies. and sometimes it's more the memories attached to them.

tatTO-DO

i've been completely obsessed with tattoos lately. if you've read my previous posts, you'd know i currently have 5. all of mine so far are solid black, simple, and script (in some form or another).

"pure" in chinese - done at yonge street tattoos, toronto

"horse, dragon, monkey, love, forever" in chinese - done at yonge street tattoos, toronto

weezer's "flying w" - done at love/hate tattoos in miami

song lyrics - done at zink tattoos in hong kong

book/movie tribute and symbol of friendship - done at art addictions in brampton

but i have high aspirations. there are many more i want to get. among those are still the lotus idea i mentioned before i've had for years. if dreams come true, i would love for chris garver to do that for me. i don't know how likely it would be for us to go back to miami again. *fingers crossed* if not, whoever the tattoo artist ends up being, he or she has got to be good! the symbolism of it really strikes a chord with me. the idea of growing up through shit to become strong and beautiful. it's a nice idea. something i'd like to achieve. i've held off on getting it because i don't feel i'm "there" yet. and also, i'm really picky. i have a million ideas about how i want it to look. 

i'd also like something to take up my upper arm and shoulder, curling onto my back. i was thinking a phoenix. that is also highly symbolic. i don't deserve it yet. so it's still just an idea.

i do have something with more of a solid plan that i'm ready for. i won't go into detail about it now because i'm sure once i do it, i'll write something about it. i want a few soot sprites from my neighbor totoro behind my ear.

you may or may not realize that i'm in love with cupcakes. i think it would be fun to have a tattoo that is colourful and cute without having much depth to the meaning. not everything has to be so serious.

just an idea