favorite song of the week

people often ask me my favorite song. this is like asking the lawn mower it's favorite piece of grass. music is part of my soul. there are songs i will always love (anyone who has been on a long car ride with me has heard me say "i love this song!" about a bajillion times, while singing every word to every song that comes on) and i guess if i had to pick all time favorites it would be tied between "Canon in D" and "The Lord Bless You and Keep You" (Lutkin's arrangement. 25 biddy points to whomever can tell me the name of the guy that composed the other popular version. rachel, you don't count, sorry)

Anyway, moving on to the above video; the song, "Bubbly." i've heard it a million times in the past few weeks and have loved it every time. it's probably been out a lot longer than a few weeks, but I rarely listen to the radio (i prefer my own collection). I randomly decided to listen to it all day yesterday (wait, it's technically thursday now, so i guess it was day before yesterday - tuesday) and learn the lyrics (i do this with any new song i like...always have). then today (yesterday, wednesday) I get a call from an old friend that is getting married. she wants me to sing this song at the reception. weird!! i thought it was pretty cool, but I'm always a bit apprehensive about singing at weddings, receptions, funerals, in the shower.

i'm told i have a great voice, and i guess it must be ok if people want me to humiliate myself sing at such important events, but still, i have little faith in my voice. i don't like to hear myself sing, but i hear this is true of most singers. problem is, i have a dad who sings any song better than the original artist, and a sister that sounds like whitney friggin houston. then there's me. i more associate myself in my own little group stuck between Dad & Shanon (the powerhouses) and Mom & Monica (the can't carry a tune in a bucket to save their lives group). i can carry a tune. i was an officer in varsity choir for 3 years in high school, did well in many competitions, and i was on the praise team at church, so i must at least be able to carry a tune. But I don't feel that I'm great. I hate when my family tells me i can sing because i think they just have the go-baby syndrome. (you know, the syndrome the idiots on american idol have because their grandmother said "go on baby, you can SAYNG!")

anyway, what do y'all think i should do? i know other than Rachel, Trina, Heather?& Friend, none of my readers have heard me sing. and there's no way in hell i'm posting a video. sorry. but really, what do y'all think i should do?