Never thought I'd be on a boat

     In a few hours, I will be heading to the airport to catch a plane to Fort Lauderdale to board a cruise ship.  Many of my friends went on amazing mission trips or worked Christian camps this summer, but I'm spending a mass amount of money to take a cruise.  I'm okay with that, though.  I've never been on a cruise, nor out of the country, so it's an opportunity that I've always missed out on.  Also, I've worked really hard in school and at my job this summer, and a relaxing break is definitely in need.

     Besides the luxury of tanning all day and eating at buffets all day, I'm really excited to spend some  alone time with God.  I know I'll have two other people with me, but I really want to devote a lot of time to God and prayer, and hopefully I'll get some alone time to do that, because I really feel like I need it right now.

     We have wireless internet on the boat, so I will possibly get a chance to write about any exciting adventures.  If not, I will return in five days, hopefully relaxed and spiritually rejuvenated. 

So, what kind of music do you like?

     I was talking with some people about favorites the other day.  My friend, Ben, loves favorites.  He ranks everything into Favorite lists.  If you asked who is favorite band is, he could tell you.  He could tell you his top 20 favorite songs of all-time.  He could even tell you the list of his favorite professors from UK.  

     That isn't me at all.  I have trouble choosing one thing over another and I like way too many things to have favorites.  I do know that music is one of my favorite things in the world, though, so I've really been trying to create rankings of my favorite music.  Here's what I came up with:

Top 10 Favorite Artists:

1. Joshua Radin

2. Shinedown

3. John Mayer

4. Billy Joel

5. Bed Light for Blue Eyes

6. The Beatles

7. Nickel Creek

8. New Found Glory

9. Dave Barnes

10. Ron Pope

Top 25 Favorite Songs

1. Winter-Joshua Radin

2. Glycerine-Bush

3. Dear Angel-April Sixth

4. Hallelujah-There's 100 covers of this, but I like Kate Voegele's or Rufus Wainwright's

5. Unchained Melody-The Righteous Brothers

6. Slow Dancing in a Burning Room-John Mayer

7. Mighty to Save-Hillsong United

8. The Fear You Won't Fall-Joshua Radin

9. Fireflies-Ron Pope

10. Dulcimer Street-Vaughn

11. Samson-Regina Spektor

12. You Don't Know Me-Ben Folds ft. Regina Spektor

13. White Houses-Vanessa Carlton

14. Here Comes the Sun-The Beatles

15. Best Days-Matt White

16. Tonight-FM Static

17.  Burning Bright-Shinedown

18. Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows-Brand New

19. Nineteen Stars-Meg & Dia

20. River of Dreams-Billy Joel

21. Two Princes-Spin Doctors

22. Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd

23. You and Me-Lifehouse

24. Here's Looking at you, Kid-Corey Crowder

25. Unwinding Cable Car-Anberlin

Top 25 Favorite Albums

My Favorite Albums Ever.

1. New Found Glory-Catalyst

2. Beatles-Abbey Road

3. Joshua Radin-Simple Times

4. The Starting Line-Say it Like you Mean it

5. Shinedown-Sound of Madness

6. Bedlight for Blue Eyes-The Dawn

7. House of Shakira-Lint

8. Corey Smith-Hard Headed Fool

9. Emanuel-Soundtrack to a Headrush

10. Hanson-Middle of Nowhere 

12. Ron Pope-The Bedroom Demos

13. Signal Fading-Patiently Waiting

14. Breaking Benjamin-Phobia

15. Flyleaf-Flyleaf

16. Lifehouse-Sick Cycle Carousel

17. 21 Guns-Salute

18. Emerson Hart-Cigarettes and Gasoline

19. Alterbridge-One Day Remains

20. Lil Wayne-Tha Carter III

21. Kate Voegele-Don't Look Away

22. Yellowcard-Ocean Avenue

23. Meg & Dia-Something Real

24. Incubus-Make Yourself

25. Jason Mraz-We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.