i'm struggling

Sarah and I were talking about Mariah one day at work and Sarah said something like, 'I used to really like Mariah, like her Butterfly album, but I never really got in to anything else she did'.

I made a promise to Sarah on that day that I would make her a Mariah mix cd that would open her eyes to what she's been missing.  This was actually the main impetus behind me getting my music sorted out on my computer.

Well now I have all the songs I want (I think) and I'm just trying to decide what order to put them in.  It's really hard.  I tried to mix it up between songs she would know like Dreamlover, Vision of Love, Fantasy, and my favorites like Up Out My Face, Fly Like A Bird, or Crybaby.  I also wanted to include a couple that showcase her vocals, namely My All, and Bliss.  I'm feeling guilty for completely leaving off classics like You'll Always Be My Baby but as Jon put it when I made him skype with me last night and pick out songs, "You should leave her wanting more".

The song order is proving to be as stressful as I anticipated it would be.  It has to have a good flow to it and keep her interested so she won't skip past songs like All In Your Mind before she even gets to the AMAZING ending.  Ugh, this is so hard.  I'm so nervous to give it to her.

Ok, I'm going to finish it up and then I have to go out and get blank cds.

Oh yeah, and I didn't even include Obsessed on the cd, is that wrong of me?  Heather came in last night to say hi to Jon on skype and saw how much Mariah I had on my computer and was like, "look right there, Obsessed, you are obsessed".  I hadn't even thought about including Obsessed until she pointed it out.  I don't know if Sarah would understand the amazingness of Obsessed without me explaining it though.   I feel like I need to make a companion cd with commentary on each song, why I chose it, why it was significant, etc.  UGH this is getting out of hand.

all in your mind

Last night I was reading something online that had a "quote" from Mariah Carey about how when she sees starving children on tv it makes her sad because she wishes she could be skinny like that. Jon directed me to a website (http://www.snopes.com/quotes/carey.asp) that explained that she never actually said this but it has followed her since the 90s.

In this same article the author says that Mariah became successful by churning out vapid pop songs and that there is no real reason why she is famous besides her relationship with the head of the record studio she was signed with.

HA!

I can accept if you just don't like Mariah, as Laura says, "the whistle thing creeps me out", but you can't deny that there is a reason she is wildly successful. I mean, she has a 5 octave range!!! She don't play.

I was still thinking about this this morning so I wanted to post this clip from when she was on SNL back in the 90s. Lets first have a discussion about everything that's going on with her below the waist. The jeans, the socks, the shoes, i don't know how to react, I have too many feelings.

But the important thing here is how amazing she is. And that she had to sing in secret because she was afraid of getting in trouble. Can you imagine anybody getting mad at Mariah for singing? Rihanna maybe, but not Mariah.

While I was posting this Craig sent me this which makes me sad. It was my favorite cleaners ever!! Why'd they have to go and turn their back on what made them amazing? http://evgrieve.com/2010/08/on-avenue-a-flower-replaces-armpit.html