I saw this on narcissamiss' blog and decided to try it out for myself.

Rules:
1. Load your mp3 player on your computer with the widest selection of songs you can muster, but don't add more to your computer, just use what you have already.

2. Ask each of these questions and press "shuffle." Post the title of the song that happens to come up (with the artist). Pretend that is the answer to the question.

3. Below the song title "answer," try and explain how the answers might actually apply. Enjoy the non sequitur-ness . . . and the eerie synchronicity!


Results:

1. How does the world see me?
Make My Cot Where the Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows - R. Crumb and his Cheap Suit Serenaders
Silly, old-fashioned, and slightly perverse. And perhaps badly dressed.

2. Will I have a happy life?
The Worst Joke Ever - R.E.M.
"You see there's this cat burglar who can't see in the dark.
He lays his bets on 8 more lives, walks into a bar.
Slips on the 8 ball, falls on his knife.
Says, 'I don't know what I've done, but it doesn't feel right!'"
I'm not making this up. Crap.

3. What do my friends really think of me?
Get Out of My House - Kate Bush
Ouch! This isn't going so well. :(

4. Do people secretly lust after me?
Brick is Red - Pixies
I think that's probably a yes. It's like saying the Pope is Catholic. I guess I'm flattered.

5. How can I make myself happy?
Solitude - Billie Holiday
"In my solitude
You haunt me
With dreadful ease
Of days gone by"
Hrm, this is a terribly lonely prediction.

6. What should I do with my life?
All Beacause of You - U2
"I like the sound of my own voice
I didn't give anyone else a choice
An intellectual tortoise
Racing with your bullet train"
Intellectual tortoise? Is that a profession?

7. Why must life be so full of pain?
Power of Denial - Thomas Newman.
So true. Man, I have to get some perkier songs.

8. How can I maximize my pleasure during sex?
Eternity - Siddal
A very ethereal gothic song that I adore. Maybe the title means make it last longer.

9. Will I ever have children?
Too Much Information - The Police
Is that like, "Reply hazy, try again?"

10. Will I die happy?
Cowboys to Girls - Hacienda Brothers
Remake of the Commodores classic. It's a sweet slow song. I think that bodes well.

11. What is some good advice for me?
This Charming Man - The Smiths
I think this means go get laid by a jumped up pantry boy with a nice car.

12. What is happiness?
And I Love Her - The Beatles
Yay, nice one. But since I actually am not in a love relationship, maybe this makes me unhappy.

13. What's my favourite fetish?
New Blood - Robert Cray
Erm, I don't have a blood fetish. But the song is about seeking out a new woman, so I suppose it means that I have a fetish for new people / things, which might be at least partially true.

14. How will I be remembered?
Reason To Believe - Tim Hardin
"If I listened long enough to you
I'd find a way to believe that it's all true
Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe"
Perhaps I'll be remembered for being far too credulous. Makes sense, given that I'm prone to find meaning in silly quizzes like this.