I’ve officially moved to my own webspace: www.KellyNaturally.com

I’ve also changed my Twitter name from

I will still be blogging here occasionally at SeriousShops (I do work here, afterall!), but future posts here will be mostly focused on the biz side of things. 

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I love making mix tapes.  Okay, let me rephrase that for the twenty-first century:  I love putting together thematic playlists in iTunes and burning them onto CDs.   So, last night, I was in the mood to make a emo playlist (in the emotion sense of the word, not the hardcore music sub-genre sense of the word).  In search of inspiration, I reached out to my Twitter followers:

I received a ton of replies – quite varied in genre. I also received a few requests to post the list of responses.  So, here are the answers I received (without appropriate capitalization nor spell/accuracy-check, my apologies):

placebo - running up that hill

harry nilson - i can't live

mazzy star - fade into you

jeff buckley - last goodbye

sarah brightman - love changes everything

dead can dance - severance

glen hansard - falling slowly

gary jules - mad world

queen - the show must go on

leona lewis - happy

kelly clarkson - sober

christina aguilera - if you're out there, ordinary people

sigur ros - hoppipolla

elgar - nimrod

beach boys - god only knows

peter gabriel - book of love

al green - lets stay together

lauryn hill - ex factor, a song for you

pearl jam - black, in hiding, rearviewmirror, present tense

david grey - the other side

coldplay - speed of sound

tracy chapman - at this point in my life

kd lang - a case of you

amiee mann - wise up

velvet undergound - candy says

david bowie - word on a wing

john cale - ghost story

pink - long way to be happy

peter gabriel & kate bush - don't give up

annie lenox - into the west

loreena mckennitt - lady of shalott

wilco - my darling

israel kamakawiwo'ole - somewhere over the rainbow

dar williams - i had no right

the dresden dolls - sing

ani difranco - angry anymore

c.r. avery - pocket knife

joni mitchell - case of you

kate bush - the woman's work

u2 - stuck in a moment you can't get out of

springsteen - if i should fall behind

colin hay - i just don't think i'll ever get over you

pink floyd - wish you were here

ryan adams - la cienga

Also received the answer "anything by" the following groups:

the smiths

fiona apple

death cab for cutie

portishead

andrea bocelli

And several songs given sans artist:

danny boy

that girl crystal

piano man

total eclipse of the heart

major tom (coming home)

its raining men

leaving on a jet plane

amazing grace

swing low sweet chariot

And finally, soundtracks/movie songs:

suo gan from empire of the sun

hans zimmer  - thunderbird & gladiator soundtrack

god is trying to tell you something from the color purple

i know where i've been from hairspray

ae ajnabi from dil se

I haven’t had an opportunity to look up/listen to all of these songs yet, nor add my own choices & make a mix… but I will! Thanks Tweeps, you rock.  Literally.

So, just like that, I can go from unknown to published. Who needs novels when 140 character obersevations of under-couch contents will suffice? Perhaps my previous assertion that Twittering isn’t really writing was misguided. Because, apparently, my 15 minutes of fame starts…now:

Thank you to @mmiller0912 & @k8zeez for alerting me to the fact that one of my tweets has been mentioned on page 12 in the February 2010 issue of Parents magazine. Wahoo!

I hope everyone who wants to read along with our #twooks book club has had a chance to obtain a copy of The Thirteenth Tale (or is close to doing so!).  I have my copy, and was pleased to discover that it includes a “Readers Club Guide” in the back of the book; including a summary (which I have chosen NOT to read, in order that I don’t spoil any surprises), 14 discussion points, suggestions on how to enhance our reading club experience, and a question & answer session with the author!  As we get along in our reading, we may find these resources helpful. So far, I’ve managed to read one page. Yes, one.  But a good one it was!

In an effort to get us all “on the same page” I want to be sure we all know who is involved & reading, so we can all follow each other & get to know who is who!  Here’s who I know is reading with us so far, but I may be missing someone(s), so please tweet me or leave a comment to let me know you’re reading too! I don’t want to leave anyone out:

@earth_mommy

@fentonslee

@flwrbtt

@lakeline

@lasha_here

@kblogger (that’s me)

@Kirs10c

@perpetualspiral

@psumommy

@smokerette

@TheRedheadedOne

@TypicalMommy

@whenfrogsrule

It seems like the standard book club routine is to read a chapter at a time, and then discuss. However, the “chapters” in this book appear to be relatively short (about 12 pages), so we may want to just set a page # where we’ll all agree to pause & discuss?   Or, would we appreciate a more free-form approach to reading & discussing:  just posting/tweeting our thoughts as we go along at our individual speeds?  We could post comments on this blog, or at another mutually agreed upon “book club” meeting place, or we could @ each other in twitter, or we could meet up at a certain time on twitter, or we could just post our thoughts whenever they come to mind by using the #twooks hashtag.  I’m up for anything, though, less scheduling is probably best, to keep this fun!

I know we all have very busy lives with children, work, school, family, and everything else.  I don’t want this to feel like an obligation in any way! My personal intention with this club is simply to get back into reading good books!  I’ve found in my life recently, I spend so much time reading online that reading books has taken a far backseat.  I’d like to change that, in as fun a way as possible!

So any suggestions as to how we’d like to move through the book & discuss what we’re reading as we go along are more than welcome! 

I am excited to get back into reading! Welcome to #twooks!

My twends & I (twitter friends, for those not in the know) have started a book club; so exciting!  Would you like to join?  Just tweet @kblogger with hashtag #twooks and you’re in!  

For the first read, we’ve decided on:

The 13^th Tale by Diane Setterfield:

We've set a goal of this weeked to acquire a copy of the book & start reading.  Got to head over to the library!

If you’ve already read the book, we’d still welcome your input! Just tweet me!

Some other book proposed for consideration:

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum

The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland

Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Kelly and I entered into a contest back in April to see who could reach 1k twitter followers. I'm currently getting smoked.

But that can change! Help me out, follow me at http://twitter.com/seriousshops

Check this blog post later, and these includes should update on their own. To get a better view check out: http://twittercounter.com/compare/SeriousShops/Kblogger/month

** I think these counters above run about 1 day behind too, not sure though.