How to Marry Jason Segel: An Original Soundtrack for How To Marry Jason Segel

It's no secret Jason Segel is a Music Man.

Staying in on the lovely first Saturday of December may be a mark of a, say, loser aka social pariah, but I like to think so otherwise. In fact, I am feeling quite l-o-v-e-l-y today even though I went home Saturday morning post-the usual Friday night of dining and drinking and whining (yes) a bit heady and bordering to pissed-tipsy. Tipsy because I had a bottle and a fourth of alcomix (Tanduay Ice --- for the love of Zeus stay away from the red one!!!) and pissed because of something work-related.

But anyway!

I have been on a love song spree today and I have no idea why. Let's call it hormones--- or maybe because I fell asleep to The American President on HBO some time between three and five in the morning (favorite line: "Well, first of all, the two hundred pairs of eyes aren't focused on me, they're focused on you. And the answers are Sydney Ellen Wade, and because she said yes"). Now, as I am inspired by this song by Aqualung, "Brighter Than Sunshine" from A Lot Like Love (I thought the movie was sweet and alright), I suddenly have this idea of putting together the original soundtrack of How To Marry Jason Segel!

I am pretty proud of my taste in music that I have come up with the most interesting mix of CD mixes, hence it is inevitable that I will eventually come up with a special OST for this crazily silly blog called How to Marry Jason Segel! (And I can't stop putting exclamation marks on everything!!!)

Okay, here's the exercise. How do you come up with a soundtrack for a movie --- or any work at all? Personally every time I come up with a mixtape I normally play it by ear. It's like having this particular craving in your mouth, so for a playlist I think of what I would like to listen to when I drive. I also like to think that it is similar to this scene from Disney's The Little Mermaid where Sebastian the lobster is creating this orchestra of sounds and scenery and mood so that bloody prince will finally kiss that bloody mermaid. Ya' know?

I really do not want to expound the creative process but I guess this list of songs will already demonstrate what this is all about. So listen up, open your ears and your heart as I share the musical story --- and experience --- of How to Marry Jason Segel.

1. "Paper Bag" by Fiona Apple