Friday Five: What I'm Listening To This Week(end)

So I'm going to go ahead and blame my writer's block lately on the fact that as the days are starting to get longer, my blogging attention span is starting to get shorter. That and maintaining a state of happiness for 100 days straight is just taking all of the energy out of me. O yeah, and March Madness is now in full swing and it's taking everything in me to not compulsively refresh my brackets to make sure I stay ahead (yes, that's right I said ahead) of my coworkers...and more importantly, my brother.

Since the above is really all I have time to focus on right now, I'll get to the point and share my top five songs of the week to take you into the weekend. It might make more sense to give you these songs at the beginning of the week to help keep you going but 'Monday Five' just doesn't have the same ring that 'Friday Five' does to it...

1. I Choose You by Sara Bareilles. Confession: This is the only song I will listen to in the car recently - belting out the lyrics on repeat. Good thing it's still not quite warm enough to roll the windows down...

 2. Say What You Need To Say by John Mayer. I tend to keep things to myself - or at least anything personal/frustrating/of substance and sometimes that gets me to the point where I just want to scream or punch someone..er, thing.. other than a punching bag. This week I'm trying to remind myself that it's better (for myself and for others) to just say what I need to say.

3. Just Got Paid by Nsync. What a throwback - okay, "flashback" since it's Friday - but it's exactly how I feel today. Friday night, just got paid, feelin' alright... Why can't music go back to the good ol' boy band days?

4. When She Says Baby by Jason Aldean. I just like it, okay? It's starting to get warmer out which is making me get back into country music again...because for me, it's only appropriate to listen to country when the temperature is over 50 degrees.

5. Shot At The Night by The Killers. While it's not stuck in my head quite yet, I'm sure it will be soon since it's the theme song for March Madness this year. Bring it on.

Hope you enjoy the songs and have a great weekend! What will you be listening to?

My Friday Five - Music For The Weekend

Seriously, where the heck did this week go? I always find that each weekday seems to drag by but then by the time Friday rolls around I can't believe it's already time to Thank.Gawd.It's.Friday again. With that, here are my Friday Five songs to take you into the weekend. 

1. Cabaret by Justin Timberlake - Woah. If just thinking about Justin Timberlake wasn't enough to make my cheeks turn the color of my red hair the lyrics of this song are. It also helps that I'm still on a high from seeing him live last week.

2. Wildfire by John Mayer - I could listen to that voice all day every day...and I do listen to that voice all day every day. For some reason John Mayer picks me upon the lowest of days and makes me even happier on the happiest of days.

3. Love Somebody from Maroon 5 - There was a time when I couldn't go a day without listening to this song...okay maybe it was more like an hour and I'm bringing it back in full force this weekend.

4. Out in the Street by Bruce Springsteen - This is just an oldie but a goodie to me. I just can visualize a couple meeting out in the street to kick off the weekend and anything live by Springsteen is great.

5. You and Tequila by Kenny Chesney - This is my summer anthem and since rumor has it the temperature is supposed to go above 40 degrees this weekend I thought I'd ease myself back into the thought of eventually baring my pasty skin again in the hopefully not so distant future.

And with that, you have some tunes to get your weekend started and back that azz up all Friday night...okay, so those aren't really back that azz up kind of tunes but I hope you can dance/sway/shimmy/snap your fingers and boogie to at least one of them.


*I gotta ask...who knew that 'trip the light fantastic' was another way to say dance?? I'm not kidding.

My Friday Five - Music To Take You Into the Weekend

Today is dragging by. Like having 5 minutes pass before I look at the clock again for a millionth time is a serious win this Friday. It's one of those days where I treat work like a workout and I just listen to a pump-me-up kind of playlist just so I can make it to the end of my run work. I have a feeling I'm probably not the only person out there feeling this way so my Friday five are a list of five songs to help you make it to the weekend.

1. Happy by Pharrell Williams - You can't listen to this song without feeling, well, happy....And it's Friday so I have to smile.

2. The Man by Aloe Blacc - That's right everyone. I'm the (wo)man. And well this song just makes me think of Tom Brady and his good looks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-KEcMWDjEE

3. Whatever She's Got by David Nail - This song just makes me happy. I think it's a love song and I just want everyone to find what/who they're looking for...even if it's just for a weekend.

4. Original Don by Major Lazer & The Party Squad - Was I the only one wondering what song was being played in The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas commercial? Because this is it.

5. Damn Girl by Justin Timberlake, will.i.am. - In honor of his concert next week that I will attending I'm starting the JT binge a week early. 

Hopefully you all have some songs to take you into the weekend now. TGIF (Gawd I miss the days when TGIF shows and popcorn were the best start to the weekend)!