Mom's birthday tomorrow. For some reason she really enjoys getting burned CDs, so that's what I did for her. She can't figure out how to do it herself, so she still views them as something with value. It's just as well, I don't have a lot of money lately because of all the ridiculous expenses coming my way over the Summer.
I would feel bad about getting such a cheapo gift, but it actually took more thought and planning on my part than my usual gift- some giftbag of girly lotions and crap. Problem with having rich parents but not actually being rich yourself - they already have everything you can afford.
So the CD. I'm titling it "Metal For Moms" and drawing an inverted pentagram in the O in Moms. They're all songs she should like from bands that she'd never, ever listen to. The criteria was that the band be considered in some way "metal", and that they have at least several songs that would be so loud and obnoxious that she'd shut them off as soon as she could.
The track list is:
What's Going On - A Perfect Circle
Atonement - Opeth
To Myselfe I Turned - Lacuna Coil
Coil - Opeth
Vermilion Pt. 2 - Slipknot
In My Time Of Need - Opeth
Without Fear - Lacuna Coil
Orestes - A Perfect Circle
Windowpane - Opeth
Circle - Slipknot
Love You To Death - Kamelot
Imagine - A Perfect Circle
Unbroken - Silentium
Patterns In The Ivy - Opeth
Fiddle And The Drum - A Perfect Circle
Disposition - Tool
I would've liked to vary the selection a bit more, but I had to remind myself to make a CD she'd actually like as opposed to a CD that best exemplifies the theme I'm going for. Fun project though. Thank god for Opeth's "Damnation" album.
I'm really hoping to set up a situation where my mom says to her friends, "Actually, have you ever listened to Slipknot? They have some good songs."
I would feel bad about getting such a cheapo gift, but it actually took more thought and planning on my part than my usual gift- some giftbag of girly lotions and crap. Problem with having rich parents but not actually being rich yourself - they already have everything you can afford.
So the CD. I'm titling it "Metal For Moms" and drawing an inverted pentagram in the O in Moms. They're all songs she should like from bands that she'd never, ever listen to. The criteria was that the band be considered in some way "metal", and that they have at least several songs that would be so loud and obnoxious that she'd shut them off as soon as she could.
The track list is:
What's Going On - A Perfect Circle
Atonement - Opeth
To Myselfe I Turned - Lacuna Coil
Coil - Opeth
Vermilion Pt. 2 - Slipknot
In My Time Of Need - Opeth
Without Fear - Lacuna Coil
Orestes - A Perfect Circle
Windowpane - Opeth
Circle - Slipknot
Love You To Death - Kamelot
Imagine - A Perfect Circle
Unbroken - Silentium
Patterns In The Ivy - Opeth
Fiddle And The Drum - A Perfect Circle
Disposition - Tool
I would've liked to vary the selection a bit more, but I had to remind myself to make a CD she'd actually like as opposed to a CD that best exemplifies the theme I'm going for. Fun project though. Thank god for Opeth's "Damnation" album.
I'm really hoping to set up a situation where my mom says to her friends, "Actually, have you ever listened to Slipknot? They have some good songs."
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salem:
That's a great idea, I'll hafta do something like that for mu mom...she hates my music but there are always certain songs that can connect to people.
khoos:
His name is Justin, but it's from about 10 years before the name became popular, so he is in the same boat as you as far as names go. I'm Katherine. And I can't even tell you how many Kathy, Katie, Kitty, Kate, and/or Kat's were in my classes all growing up. Most of my generation shortened to Katie, so my Kathy was a bit different, but I don't want to do anything common because of that. I don't want her to go through that same shit. Although the names I like (and have always liked) are coming back into vogue, like Violet. And I don't want an "in vogue" name either :S