My CD exchange thingy was really fun.
I think the guy who got my CD will like it. I really went for a combination of excellent and bizarre.

Here is the track listing:

1. Much Finer: Le Tigre
2. The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me): Tom Waits
3. A Better Son/Daughter: Rilo Kiley
4. Deep Red Bells: Neko Case & Her Boyfriends
5. Kiss Me Like You Mean It: The Magnetic Fields
6. Family Happiness: The Mountain Goats
7. The Man That Got Away: Judy Garland
8. Only Straight Girls Wear Dresses: CWA
9. Have Mercy: Loretta Lynn
10. Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis: Neko Case
11. Saint Hubert: Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
12. Everything Is Everything: Phoenix
13. Patches: Clarence Carter
14. I Can’t Get Behind That: William Shatner (feat. Henry Rollins)
15. Wake Up: The Arcade Fire

Everyone played a track from their mix and talked about why they liked it.
Everyone else played like, really awesome hip songs and stuff. I chose to play “Patches,” which seemed to go over well. I also got points for admitting that my biggest difficulty was being torn between sharing songs I really really liked and the desire to impress people. (I impressed people through admitting my desire to impress them? Oooh. Two points for honesty.)
It was a lot of fun to hear people play songs they treasure/think will impress people. Also? People have good taste.
The CD I got has some of my favourites on it, but it also has stuff that I don’t know at all, which will therefore probably be good by association. Also, I know the girl who made it has good taste, so it will probably be good.
Also, there was cheesecake. Which may or may not have been my dinner. (Sssh.)