Pandora

I love Pandora.com! If you've never been there, I highly recommend it! Its an online radio station that is completely free and commercial free. You type in a favorite song or a favorite artist and Pandora will find other artists similar to that one, and play only songs it thinks you will like. Pretty cool, right? Well it gets even cooler! You can save more than one station, so when you're in the mood for a certain type of music, you just click on the station you want to listen to. Its a great way to discover new favorite artists and hear new songs. There are also little 'thumbs up' and 'thumbs down' buttons on each song. If you really don't like a song, just click 'thumbs down' and it will never play that song again. If you love a song it plays, click 'thumbs up' and it will be sure to play that song multiple times on your station. I also love that Pandora continues to play, even when you have a different window open! So you can be working on other things on your computer and still listen to great music at the same time. We keep my little pink laptop, Ursula, in our kitchen. (Brownie points for anyone who knows why I named her Ursula. Hint: it has to do with my pink car...) So I can listen to music while I'm cooking and blogging and cleaning. Currently my Jason Mraz station is on. Its a favorite! And when I'm working in other rooms of the house but I still want music, I just plug some speakers in. Its fantastic! Matt said the other day, "why don't we get you an Ipod for Christmas this year?" I said "What do I need an Ipod for when I have Pandora!"

Babies & Rap

Have you ever seen this episode of friends? Its one of my favorites. Pretty darn funny! Kalianna and I had an experience the other day that totally reminded me of this.
I was catching up on my blog reading while Kalianna sat next to me in her bouncy chair. I clicked on my friend Whitney's blog and music from her playlist started. It happened to be on the song "Dont Cha" by the Pussycat Dolls. Well Kalianna started smiling and talking like crazy and she was dancing in her chair. I thought it was funny. Well then I closed Whitney's blog and opened my friend Kim's where she had instrumental music playing from the Two Towers soundtrack. Kalianna started crying. No joke. Sorry Kim! I guess my girl is all about the rap and hip hop music. Nothing soft and instrumental for her!