see mj write: day 1 {your favorite song}

my favorite song? singular. um, not sure that is possible.

songs and maren go hand in hand, so, depending on the decade, or year, or season, or day...or hour you ask that question, you are sure to get a different response.

if you were to ask 4 year old maren what her favorite song was, she might answer "mare si dotes and do si dotes" {more commonly known as 'mares eat oats and does eat oats'...i just didn't learn the correct lyrics until i was 18 or so}.

seven year old maren might respond the loco-motion by little eva. i spent many a good hours chained to my siblings and adopted siblings, the augers, singing that tune.

eleven year old maren would probably say her favorite song was shoop by salt-n-pepa. and if you were lucky, she might bust a move right there - gangly legs and all.

dreamlover by mariah carey probably would have been middle school maren's reply. music box was, afterall, my first compact disc.

junior high school and early high school maren would have responded {in an exteremly annoyed tone of voice} that it didn't matter what song she liked because little sister kelli had her boom box going 24/7, so maren never got to choose the music.

high school's answers would have been consumed with dixie chicks or faith hill. i remember decorating the halls of skyline high for homecoming a few days after the album fly was released and during the two weeks i wanted to learn the guitar, wide open spaces was on the must-learn list.


freshman year at college was full of n*sync vs. backstreet boys wars {um, hello, backstreet boys all the way} despite the no strings attached jc puppet gifted to me.

the remainder of college was full of banning anything sung by seal {really, kim, really?} and dancing to shania twain's new cd up! {don't forget the exclamation point}. jessica andrews, phil vassar, rascal flatts, keith urban and any other new-age country were also favorites.

engaged maren would tell you when you kiss me by shania twain was the best song ever written.

running maren would have to say any upbeat song with a tempo of 168-176 on a metronome gives her the perfect amount of energy and motivation to run a 9 minute mile while sit-at-home-and-veg maren would rather listen to something a little more josh groban-esque or big band and jazz music from the '20s, '30s and '40s {i really think i was born in the wrong decade}.

dance party maren just wants something that makes her move. forever by chris brown, halo/walking on sunshine mashup from glee, hoedown throwdown by miley cyrus are definitely on the list.

maren's iTunes playcount would tell you music from glee and lots of songs from american idol contestants and winners are definitely her favs.

christmas music is always allowed at maren's house. don't let ryan tell you otherwise. if he's going to live in maren's house, he has to live by maren's rules.


as for 2010 maren, she would have to say music from glee, michael buble, taylor swift, carrie underwood, colbie caillat, chris brown {don't judge me}, and john mayer are on the top 10 list.

as for april 1, 2010 maren, i'd have to say {for reasons other than that i have a super not-so-secret crush on him and his throw-back frank sinatra pipes} michael buble's i just haven't met you yet.

maybe one day you'll read an article as to why. i just haven't written it yet.