30 songs

Ok...so...I was reading a little Jennsylvania, and I thought this was a cute idea. The notion is to provide 30 random songs from your ipod; but since i don't have an ipod, you get 30 random songs from my Sansa! For joy! (And I'm totally going to number the list to keep track because I have 3+ hours left at work to get this bitch out. Woo!)

1. Sir-Mix-A-Lot / Baby Got Back. This song makes me bouncy. I think it is because I got back. :)
2. Carole King / Smackwater Jack. I actually have this on my Sansa twice - once in "full color" and once in acoustic. I can't not sing when this song comes on, loud and in full force.
3. Kajagoogoo / Too Shy. What can I say? I'm a child of the 80's. I was listening to random stuff in utero. In other random tidbits, this song has been stuck in my head all morning.
4. Sarah Maclachlan / Adia. I still never know if I've spelled the woman's name right; but when I discovered her voice, I was atwitter. This particular song helps me find a still place.
5. George Michael / Father Figure. I heart me some George Michael - even some WHAM! And I love, love, love the new Seether cover. WHAM!
6. Aerosmith / Young Lust. I have been an Aero-fan since I first knew what music was. This is one of my all-time favorites.
7. Prince & the NPG / 7. I heart me some Prince. Tiny little guy with ten-ton sex drive? BRING IT. Belly dancing girl with a sword on her head? LOVE IT. (Isn't it fortunate that I thought of this one at 7?)
8. Matchbox Twenty / 3AM. Don't care what you say. I dig the Rob Thomas.
9. No Doubt / Just A Girl. I didn't like this song when it came out (I was in high school at the time, and it was ALL the rage...I think I was trying to rebel). It has grown on me through the years, though; and now, I rock it out all loud. (In my head, though, when I'm at work.)
10. Tears for Fears / Sewings the Seeds of Love. I still love this song. Couldjabe couldjabe squeaky clean?
11. Salt n Pepa / Let's Talk About Sex. I can't hear this song without thinking about the first time I saw a condom, which was in elementary school behind the kindergarten building.
12. Cyndi Lauper / Time After Time. My husband LOVES this song. I like it more because of his affection for it. He will get all girly and sing it every single time.
13. Dixie Chicks / Landslide. I've got to say: I almost like this version better than the original. The instruments lend themselves very well to the song.
14. En Vogue / Never Gonna Get It. When I was in the sixth grade, my clique devised a dance routine to this song. It was the "it" thing to do. Of course, I cannot dance; and thus, I was the radio button pusher. Fun.
15. Marilyn Manson / Personal Jesus. I cannot hide from the fact that I am a MM fan. Beautiful People blew my mind when I was a senior in high school. And I STILL harbor the fantasy of going to a MM concert decked out in full pink regalia.
16. Wyclef Jean / Bullet in Your Bubble Goose. Seriously? South Park. That's all.
17. Beastie Boys / Brass Monkey. This is a wiggler-song. It makes me feel like wiggling. hehehehe.
18. Tom Petty / Don't Come Around Here No More. All I remember about this song from when I was younger is the video with the Alice-cake. Do you remember that? They ate the Alice!
19. Poison / Ride the Wind. I remember that in sixth grade, my music tastes started to vary drastically from those of my friends. My mom introduced me to Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bob Segar, and Queen while my friends were listening to "I Wanna Sex You Up." Thus, my hairband tastes started pretty early.
20. Culture Club / Karma Chameleon. Karmakarmakarmakarma karma chameleonnnnnnnnnnnn.
21. Faith No More / Falling to Pieces. I love me some Faith no More. I think this is my favorite song of theirs.
22. Dexy's Midnight Runners / Come On Eileen. Too-ra-loo-rah-eh! I loved this song in high school. Still kinda gets me all dance-y.
23. Gavin DeGraw / I Don't Want to Be. I heard this on Ellen. Dug it!
24. George Clinton / Atomic Dog. Our unofficial class song, when I was a senior in high school, was Atomic Dog. I'd never heard of George Clinton before that, but I fell in lo-ove with the song. (Our high school mascot was a pointer.) A-tom-ic do-oo-og.
25. OutKast / The Way You Move. I have to admit: I like the rapper better than Andre. This is a wiggler song, too.
26. Rob Zombie / Pussy Liquor. WARNING TMI! The first time I heard this song, I almost had the big-O right at my desk. This is actually a pretty creepy song (about murderers and stuff), but I totally heart the way his voice sounds in it.
27. GNR / You Could Be Mine. This is one of the only Axl songs I like. Otherwise, he sounds whiney. I read the other day that Axl thinks Slash is a "cancer." PFFT. Slash made that band, man!
28. 311 / All Mixed Up. Another high school band. I remember when I first saw this video, and the guy had bright yellow hair! I like the mellow tone to this, though.
29. Melissa Etheridge / You Can Sleep While I Drive. ME is one of my favorite artists, and I have followed her career since my dad gave me (ahem, I stole) her first cassette. This is one of my favorite tracks of hers, and I can't ever listen to it without thinking of Storm.
30. Blackeyed Peas / Where Is the Love? I remember when the Peas didn't have a choral singer. Still, I like Fergie. I like the pinocchio rap at the end of this, too.

Jen, if you do read this, IT TOOK FOREVER. It's 5PM, I'm going home now.

Miscellany

Ok...I'm feeling verbose today; so, there may be more than one blog entry. Here's a few things.

First, Tejas.
I really ..am struggling to feel sorry for people in Texas right now. Ask me why. C'mon, really. Ask me why.

#1: If they tell you to get the hell out of the path of the hurricane and you don't? I hope you drown. I am not a nice person; and if you can't follow directions, it's survival of the fittest, baby.
#2: If you live in a state that has nothing but sand, cactus plants, and bugs that cannot seriously be identified as bugs due to their size, you should seriously consider moving.

To say I have a serious dislike of Texas is a drastic understatement. I do not like Tejas, which is not to say that I do not like people from Texas, Mexico, or Mexicans. It's all about perspective, people. I do not like some Texans, some parts of Mexico, and some Mexicans. The majority of Texas, though? Can just drop off into the ocean for all I car. Buh-bye. Just like California. Buh-bye. We don't have a use for you and your big-ass bugs any more.

Second, my crazy husband.
My husband was doing a really great thing for his dad. He was going to go pick him up, take him to his MD appt., and take him home. So, he got out of bed this morning, brought me breakfast IN BED, took care of the pup, and got all ready to go. We left the house at the same time. I headed to work; Hub headed to Muscatine. About 9:30 AM, I get a phone call. Yeah, my husband went all the way to Muscatine...and the appointment is TOMORROW.

Third, my cursing.
I've discovered that I cuss a LOT lately. What's that about? There's really no need for that, is there? It doesn't really get the point that much more across, does it? There are some curse words that are acceptable to me in common language (hell...ass...damn...those are pretty common), but then the others...those are kind of pushing it, don't you think? (I just realized I'm going to have to move some diary entries over from OD so my parentheses make sense...hmm..maybe I'll do that now.)

Look at me pausing here because I've gotten side-tracked...

And by the way...

I should not be allowed to take my Ambien and then wander about...

At some point last night, AFTER I took my Ambien, I went out into the hotel, wandered around looking for an ice machine (never found one as far as I can tell), found a vending machine, purchased an apple juice (vaguely remember being pissed off because the machine was sold out of OJ), asked the front desk woman if she had matches after going into a diatribe about how I knew the rooms were non-smoking and I was not a smoker but I had a soothing candle to help me relax and sleep, tried to take video on my cell phone, and managed to take some sort of photograph of myself on my cell phone to send via text to Hub. I have no idea if the photograph I sent to Hub was of the nude variety or not! I do not really remember leaving my room to wander the hotel, nor do I remember coming back to the room and / or getting back into bed. Neither do I entirely remember calling Hub at any point in the evening last night, but I apparently did because I got him in trouble for calling him during the meeting last night after he'd clocked in at work.

Someone really should keep an eye on me after I take my meds...

Big Bang

So, they turned on the Big-Bang machine...you know, the machine that is supposed to create the flash of the universe right before it was the universe - only in a controlled manner? Somehow, it seems farfetched to me that any manner of scientist - or even a group of bright minds - can create the big bang in a CONTROLLED way...much less over and over again. Yeah, they want to do it again and again and again...Can you imagine that?

Scientist 1: Oh shit, we only got a little bang. FIRE IT UP AGAIN!
Scientist 2: Hold on, dammit, the switch is stuck.

Or..

Scientist 1: Are there...*squints*...floaty things in the bang goo?
Scientist 2: I donno...FIRE IT AGAIN!

Somehow, this machine completely reminds me of the game Spore, which I would really like to get. I am all about making myself some little alien critters right now.

In other randomness, I ate too much cauliflower this morning, and I think I'm going to blow up. On top of that, I had a banana. Now, I'm gassy with banana-flavored cauliflower. *burp* Also, I have to get rid of these shoes because they smell -really- bad.

I'm going to a training conference thing this weekend (for my Lia Sophia business), and I'm really excited. However, this will be the first time I've been away from Epona (my dog - Collie-Eskimo mix, five months old) for more than a few hours since we brought her home. =(

9/8/08

I can't freaking figure out where I want to be. First, I was here. Then, I was on OD. Then, I was on my website, which I can't access from work. Every time I make a change in my head, I feel I have to change where I'm at. Maybe I'll stay here; maybe I won't. Who knows.

It looks super cute, though, doesn't it?