a belated HAPPY 2012 to everyone!  hope it’s been good to everyone so far.  as for me, i’m just trying to survive my job’s busiest season.  it’s been nuts and with every passing day, i feel more like a zombie than a human being BUT, as always, music is helping me make it through.  a few more weeks of zombiehood before i can rejoin the human race so until then, i’ll keep the headphones on and keep boogying my way back :)  below are the very random jams that have gotten me through the first quarter of the year.

JANUARY

• “the funeral” - band of horses
• “janglin” - edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros
• “home” - foo fighters
• “girls just wanna have fun” & “without you” - glee cast
• “somebody that i used to know” - gotye (feat. kimbra)
• “the only one” - joel piper
• “mr. know it all” - kelly clarkson
• “she’s got you high” - mumm-ra
• “angel of the morning” (cover) - the pretenders
• “home” - staind
• “it’ll all work out” - tom petty & the heartbreakers
• “vagabond” - wolfmother

FEBRUARY

• “runaway baby” - bruno mars
• “fire and rain” - james taylor
• “otis” - jay-z & kanye west
• “young blood” - the naked and famous
• “long way to happy” & “god is a dj” - p!nk
• “we found love” - rihanna (feat. calvin harris)
• “i have nothing”, “where do broken hearts go” & “saving all my love for you” - whitney houston

MARCH

• “paradise” - coldplay
• “far from home” - five finger death punch
• “shake it out” - florence + the machine
• “give me all your luvin’” - madonna (feat. nicki minaj & M.I.A.)
• “down by the water” - pj harvey
• “someday” - rob thomas
• “begging on your knees” - victorious cast (feat. victoria justice)

sitting on my couch with my pup in my dimly lit living room, mulling over [in my mind] all of the things i need to get done within the next six days prior to flying to florida for a long overdue visit to the family :)  i’m at that point that you reach when you have so much to do that you don’t want to do any of it so instead, i’m just going to share the tunes i listened to for the last quarter of 2011 and learn more about confucius via the biography channel…  oh, and mull some more ;)

OCTOBER:

• “valerie” - amy winehouse & mark ronson
• “you make me feel…” - cobra starship (feat. sabi)
• “i believe in a thing called love” - the darkness
• “black balloon” - the goo goo dolls
• “i won’t let you go” - james morrison
• “so close” - jon mclaughlin
• “aldrig ensam” - jonathon johansson
• “acid annie” - natalia kills
• “what’s left of me” - nick lachey
• “the first cut is the deepest” - sheryl crow

NOVEMBER:

• “signs” - bloc party
• “you lost me” - christina aguilera
• “without you” - david guetta (feat. usher… i mean, URsher)
• “please don’t stop the rain” & “if you don’t wanna love me” - james morrison
• “i got” & “my body” - young the giant

DECEMBER:

• “it will rain” - bruno mars
• “next 2 you” - chris brown (feat. justin bieber)… must say - two of my least favorite artists collaborating & in turn, making on of my favorite songs of the month
• “colorblind” - counting crows
• “american woman” - lenny kravitz
• “hesitate” - stone sour
• “kings and queens” - 30 seconds to mars

the high of spring was followed by somewhat of slump during the summer :/  i don’t know what to pin it on but i have a feeling that if i take a close CLOSE look at the following playlists, i might be able to figure it out…

JULY:

• “miss me” - andy grammer
• “maybe it’s just me” - butch walker
• “helena beat” - foster the people
• “the show goes on” - lupe fiasco
• “do u wanna?” - mike posner
• “give me everything” - pitbull (feat. ne-yo, afrojack & nayer)
• “s&m” & “california king bed” - rhianna
• “roll up” - wiz khalifa

AUGUST:

• “is there a ghost” - band of horses
• “lighters” - bad meets evil (feat. bruno mars)
• “if not now, when?” - incubus
• “wonderland”, “free” (feat. will.i.am), “break you hard”, & “heaven” - natalia kills
• “philadelphia” - parachute

SEPTEMBER:

• “someone like you” - adele
• “you will. you? will. you? will. you? will.” - bright eyes
• “you are a tourist” - death cab for cutie
• “i love you always forever” - donna lewis
• “there goes the fear” - doves
• “your love” & “check it out” (feat. will.i.am) - nicki minaj
• “us” - regina spektor
• “there is a light that never goes out” - the smiths
• “why even try” - theophilus london (feat. sara quin)