A, B, C, D, E, F, G....

I am an alphabetizing maniac. My CDs are organized alphabetically, and I would do the same with my books, except that I like to separate hardcover from soft, fiction from non-fiction and arrange them by height. Maybe I should stop confessing in case it's starting to sound a little compulsive. Okay, it IS a little compulsive, and I seem to be unable to keep my uptight paws off of the girls' bookshelves now (Chirp magazines together, Little Golden Books together, Phoebe Gilman books together....you get the idea).

When I have trouble falling asleep at night, I alphabetize. Some nights it's trying to name all of the states alphabetically (I rarely remember to include Rhode Island). This is no small feat for a Canadian girl! Other nights I try to think of, say, a country, an international city, a Canadian city and a BC city for each letter of the alphabet. Still others require a band, a musician's first name and a musician's last name that begin with each letter. Again, that's starting to sound a bit strange.

I thought I'd share my taste in music with you alphabetically (of course!)

A - Jann Arden
B - Jimmy Buffett, The Band
C - Crash Test Dummies, Cat Stevens, Holly Cole, Harry Connick Jr.
D - Dixie Chicks
E - Melissa Etheridge
F - Stephen Fearing
G - Great Big Sea
H - Hard Rock Miners, Housemartins
I - Indigo Girls
J - Norah Jones, Jack Johnson
K - Diana King
L - Gordon Lightfoot, David Lindley, Amos Lee
M - Matchbox 20, Van Morrison, Chiharu Matsuyama
N - Anna Nalick, Willie Nelson, Paolo Nutini
O - Oak Ridge Boys
P - Prince
R - Rankin Family
S - Spirit of the West, Michelle Shocked, Paul Simon, Sting
T - Trooper, KT Tunstall, James Taylor
U - U2 (old, not new)
V - Violent Femmes
W - David Wilcox
Y - Neil Young