World Turning
1. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown / Jim Croce
2. Pulp Song / Stellastarr
3. Righteous Love / Joan Osborne
4. Open My Eyes / Buckcherry
5. Say It Ain’t So / Weezer
6. No One / Alicia Keys
7. Hemorrhage (In My Hands) / Fuel
8. Sex And Candy / Marcy Playground
9. The In Crowd / Mitchel Musso
10. Umbrella (Travis Barker Remix) / Rihanna
11. Leavin’ / Jesse McCartney
12. Right Round / Flo Rida
There IS death in the cup…Beware!
Death in the cup by way of Vodka and Pepsi. Aren’t I smart?
Had such a good day yesterday, just hanging out at home, and posting silly stuff on the internets, and then I had to go and ruin it by trying to eat myself to death and drinking the vodkas and the pepsi’s.
Seriously, I thought that I would have to go to the hospital. I stuffed every last single piece of pizza into my mouth that I could ferret out of the large pizza box. If you’re hand was anywhere near the zone of the pizza box you would have gotten hurt. Then, I was chugging down Pepsi and Vodka, it was good, better than popsicles and vodka, but even more filling.
By the time I was done sucking every last drop of Pepsi from the 2-liter and picking every crusty olive and onion off the cardboard and watching the last episode of 2½ Men/Season 3 (CLIFF hanger!), I was over. I was paralyzed and in a food coma. Not even a coma, because in a coma I would have been sleeping. This was like being pregnant again. A giant ball in the middle of my stomach that I couldn’t move or manuever with. I wanted to go and make myself throw up just to relieve the pressure, but I couldn’t stand.
And now I was thirsty as hell. The pizza we get has, like, every ingredient you can think of except sardines. So obviously, you can get kind of parched from all the salt. So I tried to sip water, but it was so good and hydrating. Now I’m water-full on top of full-full. I put the kids to bed and laid down. The BF tried to be nice and rub my belly, but I didn’t want anybody or anything touching it.
I was actually thinking about those sitcom shows that have people who eat too much laying around with their shirts up and pants off, moaning and groaning all droopy eyed and turning green and running toward the toilet getting ready to vomit. I felt exactly like that. I even thought, “Hmm, I guess this is an actual reality.” I have never eaten that much in my whole life. Or maybe I have but my stomach is smaller now, it doesn’t really matter, because obviously I didn’t die, but I have made a vow to never eat that much again. Or crap food. I will however, continue to drink vodka with various mixers, it’s not the alcohols fault for cry-yie!
In honor of my new vows to health, I went immediately to the trail after the kids went to school, and ran my still-bloated ass around the track for 3+ miles. It wasn’t pretty. It was hot and I was sweating pizza grease. That IS as gross as it sounds. I think I could smell sausage…YUCK.
I ate one banana so far, and drank a whole pot of coffee. That’s how I de-tox. Do it your way, I’ll do it mine.
It’s 5 pm and I am heading out to buy 2½ Men/ Season 4. Then I’ll be eating Chinese with the BF. (I’ll actually only be eating white rice, but I can smell it and that’s just as good.)
Tomorrow, the BF is off work and I guess we are doing a “spin” class. First time for both of us. That should be fun, she says sarcastically. It always looks hard. Those people are always sweaty and beat looking when it’s over. I’ll let you know.
And in case you were wondering about a weight update…didn’t gain a pound. Didn’t lose anything either, but I think that’s ok. I should have died with all that food I ate, but it didn’t stick. I might not get so lucky next time. Better stay on the safe side. Besides I still have 2 days before the day I deemed my official weigh in. Which will always be 2 days from today…hahaha.
I actually have a playlist to put out, in honor of all the colorful things that would have spilled into the toilet if I had enough nerve to make myself throw up. I don’t. Bulimia is not for me. The list is called,
And it was originally for all those crayons I picked up off the trail a few weeks back. So you decide which personal event in my life you’d like to associate it with. It’s like a mystery ending web post! Exciting!
The picture below is a memory-refresher. Crayons on a table.
The actual list will be posted shortly. Wait for it now, it’s 99 songs long. I went a little crazy with color. You can use it for more than running, or you can use it for a week of running…again…your choice! (“Choose your own ending”, that’s what those books are called)
Enjoy the picture.
Relive the memory of how I got them,
and the memory continues here,
and check back in say, 7 hours. It’s 5:20 now, I have to drive and eat and watch tv, and then type 99 songs in a row and add color and links and finally hit publish. It WILL be worth the wait.
Update!
I actually got 101 songs. Thought of two more typing the list–2 great songs that bring it all together at the end.
And it’s in under the 7-hour mark. Goodnight Chicago.
The Crayon Box
I tried to keep them in magical, Rainbow order. (ROY G BIV +) But mix them up if you like, they get kind of janky toward the end anyway.
1. Lil’ Red Riding Hood / Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
2. 99 Red Balloons / Nena
3. Red House / Jimi Hendrix
4. Red Hot Java Blues / Matt Hendricks
5. Redneck Woman / Gretchen Wilson
6. I Saw Red / Warrant
7. Little Red Corvette / Prince
8. Red Red Wine / UB40
9. Red House / Buddy Guy
10. 99 Red Balloons / Goldfinger
11. Orange Crush / R.E.M.
12. Orange Amber / The Vines
13. Tequila Sunrise / The Eagles
14. Sunset Grill / Don Henley
15. Amber / 311
16. Mellow Yellow / Donovan
17. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road / Elton John
18. Yellow Submarine / The Beatles
19. Yellow Ledbetter / Pearl Jam
20. Green Cotton Dress / Correatown
21. The Green Manalishi / Judas Priest
22. Pale Green Stars / Everclear
23. Green-Eyed Lady / Sugarloaf
24. See Green, See Blue / Jaymay
25. Blue Sky / The Allman Brothers Band
26. Blue Letter / Fleetwood Mac
27. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain / Willie Nelson
28. Blue Bayou / Linda Ronstadt
29. Blue Jeans / Silvertide
30. Behind Blue Eyes / The Who
31. Blue Denim / Stevie Nicks
32. Blue Moon / Sha-Na-Na
33. Devil Dressed In Blue / Right Away, Great Captain!
34. Post Blue / Placebo
35. Forever In Blue Jeans / Neil Diamond
36. Devil With The Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly / Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
37. True Blue / Madonna
38. Blue Jeans And A Rosary / Kid Rock
39. Blue Suede Shoes / Elvis Presley
40. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes / Crosby, Stills & Nash
41. Blue Shadows / The Blasters
42. Blue Highway / Billy Idol
43. Blue Lamp / Stevie Nicks
44. Gray Or Blue / Jaymay
45. Silver, Blue and Gold / Bad Company
46. Mood Indigo / Nina Simone
47. Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue / Crystal Gayle
48. Violet And Blue / Stevie Nicks
49. Violet / Hole
50. Purple Haze / Jimi Hendrix
51. Purple Rain / Prince
52. Brown Eyed Girl / Van Morrison
53. Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Waylon Jennings
54. Brown Sugar / The Rolling Stones
55. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown / Jim Croce
56. Mr. Brownstone / Guns N’ Roses
57. The Boys Of Summer / Don Henley
58. Brown Eyed Girl / Everclear
59. Back In Black / AC/DC
60. Little Black Backpack / Stroke 9
61. Black On Black / Dalbello
62. Black Hole Sun / Soundgarden
63. Black Magic Woman / Santana
64. Paint It Black / The Rolling Stones
65. Black Betty / Ram Jam
66. Black / Pearl Jam
67. Black Eyed Dog / Nick Drake
68. Welcome To The Black Parade / My Chemical Romance
69. Black Dog / Led Zeppelin
70. Man In Black / Johnny Cash
71. Man In The Long Black Coat / Joan Osborne
72. Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) / The Hollies
73. Black Balloon / Goo Goo Dolls
74. Black Is Black / Los Bravos
75. Fell On Black Days / Soundgarden
76. Black Velvet / Alannah Myles
77. Black Horse And The Cherry Tree / KT Tunstall
78. Black Or White / Michael Jackson
79. Black And White Thunderbird / Britt Savage, Fred Mollin And The Blue Sea Band & Jaime Babbitt
80. White Wedding / Billy Idol
81. White Horse / Taylor Swift
82. Dirty White Boy / Foreigner
83. White Flag / Dido
84. Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) / The Offspring
85. White Houses / Vanessa Carlton
86. White & Nerdy / Weird Al Yankovic
87. Silver Springs / Fleetwood Mac
88. Grey / Amie Miriello
89. Pink Houses / John Mellencamp
90. Black & Gold / Sam Sparro
91. Gold / John Stewart
92. Heart Of Gold / Neil Young With The Stray Gators
93. Gold Lion / Yeah Yeah Yeahs
94. Gold And Braid / Stevie Nicks
95. Streets Of Gold / Needtobreathe
96. After The Goldrush / Neil Young
97. Almost Golden / Courtney Love
98. Sister Golden Hair / America
99. Gold Dust Woman / Fleetwood Mac
100. Bold As Love / The Pretenders
101. Karma Chameleon / Culture Club
Ethen’s Train & Fire List
1. Crazy Train / Ozzy Osbourne
2. Morning Train (Nine To Five) / Sheena Easton
3. My Engine Is With You / Bush
4. Rock N Roll Train / AC/DC
5. That’s Alright / Fleetwood Mac
6. Downbound Train / Bruce Springsteen
7. Peace Train / Cat Stevens
8. A Train Not Running / Chris Knight
9. Nightrain / Guns N’ Roses
10. Machinehead / Bush
11. Fire Woman / The Cult
12. Light My Fire / The Doors
13. I’m On Fire / Bruce Springsteen
14. Fire And Ice / Pat Benatar
15. Through The Fire And Flames / Dragonforce
16. Settin’ The Woods On Fire / Johnny Burns
17. Rooms On Fire / Stevie Nicks
18. Fire / Jimi Hendrix
19. House Of Fire / Alice Cooper but sung by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
20. Wildfire / Michael Murphey
21. Crossfire / Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble
22. Paper In Fire / John Mellencamp
23. Play With Fire / The Rolling Stones
24. Fire Burning / Stevie Nicks
25. Ring Of Fire / Johnny Cash
26. She’s On Fire / Train
27. Sex On Fire / Kings Of Leon
28. All Fired Up / Pat Benatar
29. Come On Baby / Wakefield
Extra Heat
1. Heat Of The Moment / Asia
2. Burnin’ For You / Blue Oyster Cult
3. Hot Child In The City / Nick Gilder
4. The Heat / Needtobreathe
5. Freewheel Burning / Judas Priest
6. Hot Kiss / Juliette & The Licks
7. Burnin’ Up / Jonas Brothers
8. Heat Wave (Love Is Like A) / Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
9. Burning The Water Brown / Killradio
10. Hot Hot Hot / Arrow
11. Burn, Burn / Lostprophets
12. Hot Stuff (Let’s Dance) / Craig David
13. Burn Up The Road / Operator
14. Hot Rod Rock / Edd Byrnes
15. Which One Of The Two Of Us Is Gonna Burn This House Down? / The Star Spangles
16. Drunk And Hot Girls / Kanye West feat. Mos Def
17. Hot N Cold / Katy Perry
18. This Is Why I’m Hot / Mims
19. You’re So Damn Hot / OK Go
20. One Hot Coma / Paris, Texas
21. Some Like It Hot / The Power Station
22. Burning Heart / Survivor
23. They’re Red Hot / Robert Johnson
24. Burning Down The House / Talking Heads
25. Hot Night Crash / Sahara Hotnights
26. The Heat Is On / Glenn Frey
27. You Make Me Feel Like A Whore / Everclear
28. Hot For Teacher / Van Halen
29. In The Heat Of The Night / Pat Benatar
30. Hot Blooded / Foreigner
31. Burning Love / Wynonna
32. Hot In The City / Billy Idol
Thinking about…
Being good…
Monday morning and the weekend is over. Kids are at school and BF is at work. It’s pretty here in the big city and I have been up since 4:30 a.m. thinking about the future. And the past. And the right now. Got a big cup of coffee, checked some e-mail, and wasted as much time as I could until…
6 a.m. when I worked out with Jillian for 45. Circuit training. I am so bad at this type of exercise. I think that I am so strong until I have to prove it with various exercise positions using weights and bending and lifting, and then I realize I am weak and kinda lazy. Plus, my heart is beating out of control, I’m sweaty, my arms and legs hurt, I can barely drink my coffee and I think…yeah right…this just is a lot of WORK!
I, far and away, prefer running. It’s easy and I can go slow or fast. I choose the lazy level. I mean, I prefer it, but I’d rather do neither. I wish I was one of those naturally tall, skinny people that eat french fries and say, “Oh I’m so hungry; I forget to eat all the time; I just get so thin if I don’t eat at least 8 meals a day…blah blah blah.”
But at least I am healthy-er…and I do feel like a bad-ass after I lift those weights. I like seeing the bicep muscle. Round and cut like a little scoop of ice cream sitting on the top of my upper arm. I like the round shoulder and the tight back; Unfortunately sitting on the couch just doesn’t develop the look I want. And speaking of the look….
Let’s go WILD! Run Wild! It’s over. The day started, raining, at 6 a.m. when we left the house. By the time we got to the start line at 8 it was warming up, rain stopped, and the sun even came out. My sister and I finished at the exact same time. One minute faster than our last 5K in December. Took us 33 minutes. That probably doesn’t sound super fast for 3 miles, and it’s not. It’s actually slow. It’s mid way through the usual pack that signs up. But I’m not racing to win, maybe next year…it’s alot of time to shave off and train for speed. I can run a fast mile, but not 3 in a row! But the Zoo was awesome, the animals were out, and the people were friendly and happy to have us.
The only thing I was wrong about was the ease of the actual running. I thought it would be a breeze because we were running in the zoo. Like it wouldn’t be like running at all. “Wooh-hoo we’re in the zoo!! I’m just running and looking at the animals!!–Oh! is the race over already?? Didn’t even feel like 3 miles!”
No, not quite. The zoo is cool, but running three miles is still running three miles. Doesn’t matter where you’re at, you still have to MOVE.
So next up…Warrior Dash! This is the reason why I got my lazy butt up and out of bed at ungodly hours to do exercise and why, hopefully, I will get up all week and do more of this “circuit training” and keep running in the afternoons. The Dash is about 4 miles, plus obstacle course work; so I’m going to need a little more in the trunk to haul it up and over cars and buildings and stuff. And I need to step up on the diet front. I have been eating far too much junk. I even feel kind of sick from it all. So it’s back on a combo of Extreme Fat Smash (click on it for a review) See the Book, HERE, and Body For Life. (Site) It’s all low-fat, lower cal, protein and carb balance type eating. I like to mix them up and find the perfect mix of healthy and weight loss. I want to drop about 20 more pounds before I tackle the Dash. It’ll be alot easier to throw myself over things if there is less of me to lift up. Better on my legs too, and I’ll look really ripped! Ha. Pre-first-marriage weight here I come. Gotta have something to aim for! I’ll keep a little running list for you’re amusement. Right now: Pounds lost: ZERO (0). Haha. 9 (full) weeks to go! Wish me Luck! (And my sissy too! –and her hubby–she’s doing it with me. It’s how we’re spending her birthday! It’s not all just exercise–there’s beer at the end and a cool hat!)
Anyway, after that we’ll be doing the Scenic 5 (five mile run) in the town I live in. It used to be 10 miles, but the town changed it for some reason or another, and now it’s 5 miles. Either way, it’s in September, Labor Day Weekend, so we will have an event a month to keep us in training for the fall. (And that’s how we’ll be spending MY birthday! Aren’t we a fun family?!?) I’ve done the 10 miles and it’s hard. I figure five has got to be a little better and I’ll actually be fit this time around so I won’t feel like I’m dying! Next year we are planning on tackling the bigger races—the ones that use words like, marathon…and tri-athalon….and insane distances….
Well, that’s enough I for now. I ate my first meal; Yogurt and a measured bit of granola. Now I must vacuum and get to the store for groceries and things for the week. Kids need lunches and the BF and I need our specific foods. The Body For Life and Extreme Fat Smash (click on it for another review) plans use regular food that we all eat, just modified for us. Eggs, milk, bread, chicken…it’s the same food, cooked leanly and with rice instead of potatoes. The kids eat it too, I just tweak it down (or up) in portion and fat content for the ones who need it. That was a diplomatic way of description. I’ll have to remember that for the future.
I made up a real nice playlist series too…being good, being bad…made me think of angels, devils, God and hell…But to combine them all gives you a 99 song playlist—which is fine–I like them long—but for typing sake I broke them up into categories for specific flavors. You can pick your best (or worst) or combine them all for yourself. The categories are these:
Posted below just because that’s how I do it. Strangely, there are few songs about God. He/She/It/They, might be mentioned in some, but it’s hardly the star subject. People seem to like Heaven and Angels and they like the Bad Guys, however you call them. Makes better music right?? And you can dance to it.
Ready, Set…Go!
Angels
1. Angel / Shaggy
2. Calling All Angels / Train
3. Angel / Aerosmith
4. Earth Angel / The Penguins
5. Fallen Angel / Poison
6. Angel / Fleetwood Mac
7. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground / Willie Nelson
8. The Angels Hung Around / Rilo Kiley
9. Sleeping Angel / Stevie Nicks
10. Angels On The Moon / Thriving Ivory
11. Even Angels Fall / Jessica Riddle
12. Fly To The Angels / Slaughter
13. Lips Of An Angel / Hinder
14. Street Angel / Stevie Nicks
15. Never Said I Was An Angel / Pauline
16. Send Me An Angel / Scorpions
17. She Talks To Angels / The Black Crowes
18. Teen Angel / Mark Dinning
19. Touched By An Angel / Stevie Nicks
20. Halo / Beyoncé
21. Angel Of The Morning / Juice Newton
Devils
1. Sympathy For The Devil / The Rolling Stones
2. Going Down / Various Artists, Hair Cast
3. Devils And Gods / Tori Amos
4. Devil Without A Cause / Kid Rock
5. The Devil Called Me A Liar / Ash Grunwald
6. Devil Town / Bright Eyes
7. The Devil & Me / Clutch
8. (You’re The) Devil In Disguise / Elvis Presley
9. Devil / Stereophonics
10. The Devil’s Music / Hospital Bombers
11. Devil Inside / INXS
12. Shout At The Devil / Mötley Crüe
13. Devil Dressed In Blue / Right Away, Great Captain!
14. Snake Devil / Scary Kids, Scaring Kids
15. Devil / Staind
16. From The Devil Himself / Viva Voce
17. Devil With The Blue Dress On / Mitch Ryder
18. Devil Boy / Seven Mary Three
19. The Devil Went Down To Georgia / Charlie Daniels Band
God in Hell
1. One Of Us / Joan Osborne
2. Only God Knows Why / Kid Rock
3. God Shuffled His Feet / Crash Test Dummies
4. God Of The Mind / Disturbed
5. God Be With You / Dolores O’Riordan
6. God Protect Your Soul / Ed Harcourt
7. God Knows (You Gotta Give To Get) / El Perro Del Mar
8. Why I Don’t Believe In God / Everclear
9. Dear God / Ferras
10. Thank God I’m A Country Boy / John Denver
11. The Only God / Xandy Barry
12. God Is A DJ / Pink
13. Gives You Hell / The All-American Rejects
14. Hell Is For Children / Pat Benatar
15. Hells Bells / AC/DC
16. Hell / Foo Fighters
17. Cool As Hell / Grand Buffet
18. Right Next Door To Hell / Guns N’ Roses
19. See You In Hell / Monster Magnet
20. Run Like Hell / Pink Floyd
21. Hell’s Comin’ Down / Primal Scream
22. The Difference Between Love And Hell / Sahara Hotnights
23. Walk Through Hell / Say Anything
24. Highway To Hell / AC/DC
25. Into Hell Again / 3rd Strike
26. Private Hell / Iggy Pop
27. The Hell Song / Sum 41
Heaven
1. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door / Guns N’ Roses
2. Heaven Beside You / Alice In Chains
3. Stairway To Heaven / Led Zeppelin
4. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel / Tavares
5. Heaven / Angels & Airwaves
6. Sound Of Pulling Heaven Down / Blue October
7. Heaven Is A Place On Earth / Belinda Carlisle
8. Heaven / Bryan Adams
9. Heaven’s Already Here / Collective Soul
10. Just Like Heaven / The Cure
11. Heaven / Los Lonely Boys
12. Heaven Here / Dashboard Confessional
13. Heaven’s My Name / The Duhks
14. Heaven Sent / INXS
15. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door / Bob Dylan
16. I’m Free (Heaven Helps The Man) / Kenny Loggins
17. Tears In Heaven / Eric Clapton
18. Heaven / Live
19. Sky Fits Heaven / Madonna
20. Heaven For The Weather, Hell For The Company / Lostprophets
21. Looking Up In Heaven / Paul Westerberg
22. Monkey Gone To Heaven / Pixies
23. Heaven’s In New York / Wyclef Jean
24. Heaven / Warrant
25. View From Heaven / Yellowcard
26. Heaven’s Trail (No Way Out) / Tesla
27. Taxi To Heaven / Pray For Rain
28. Heaven / DJ Sammy & Yanou feat. Do
29. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door / Guns N’ Roses (Live)
just shy of pretty 