30 Comment Challenge

The big day has arrived. Right now at 7:45 in the morning, I am realizing I have two options: 1) Plan to spend my 30th birthday doing work and then feel frustrated when things keep coming up and interrupting my carefully laid work plans, or 2) Give up altogether and just enjoy my birthday without any obligations. As un-fun as it sounds, I'm still leaning toward option 1. After all, I do have to apply for funding, find a job for next year, teach a class, and write a dissertation. But I've also reduced the amount of work I anticipate being able to do today in proportion to the number of interruptions I am expecting to get in my way. And of course I will make time for some free birthday stuff from the various Ann Arbor establishments that give away free birthday stuff.

In the meantime, if I'm going to set a challenge for myself of accumulating 30 comments on this blog entry (do I even have 30 people who read my blog on a regular basis?), I had better give you something interesting to comment about besides, of course, wishing me happy birthday. And so I have a request. I have a couple gift certificates for Amazon and iTunes (thanks Sean and Mom and Dad!) and I though it might be fun to let other people help me spend them this time. Plus, as exciting as my 30th birthday is, there might come a moment in the next day or two when I need a boost. So what I'd like to ask is that you tell me a song (name and artist) that makes you happy, or that you just think is an all-around great song, and then I'm going to make a playlist of those songs. If I manage to get my 30 comments, I'll post the playlist here on my blog (ooh, incentive!).

Rules:

1. Multiple recommendations are encouraged. I mean, don't get too carried away, but if you want to give me 2 or 3 or 4 songs instead of just one, I'm not going to complain.
   
2. You don't have to think about what I'd like when you make your recommendation - my birthday is about me, but this challenge is about you. I want to know what music you like. I've already decided that no matter how cheesy or weird the song is, I will like it by virtue of the fact that it was recommended to me. I won't judge you. Because then you might judge me for the music I like.
   
3. You may comment more than once, but they've got to be legitimate comments. I want 30 comments, not necessarily 30 commenters, but I also don't want 30 comments from one person trying to help me reach my goal.
4. You can comment if you don't know me. I don't know why anyone who doesn't know me would read my blog, but just in case you're out there, don't let it stop you.
5. You may wish me happy birthday when you leave your comment, but you're not required to do so.
   

Don't worry - I won't be devastated if I don't make my 30 comment goal because it's so far above anything I've ever gotten. But I'm curious to see if I can do it. Well, if you can do it :).