Month: June 2008

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The Soundtrack Of My Life

My newfound friend from Australia posted this meme on her blog and since I’m a music freak, I couldn’t resist posting on my page. You can check out her picks by visiting here.

Opening credits: Robbie Williams – Millennium
Waking up: Natalie Merchant – San Andreas Fault
Average day: Scott Smith – Lively
First date: Stevie Wonder – Isn’t She Lovely
Falling in Love: Ingrid Michaelson – The Way I Am
Love Scene: Colbie Caillat – Bubbly
Fight Scene: Seether – Fake It
Breaking up: Beyoncé – Irreplaceable
Getting Back Together: Mulberry Lane – Harmless
Secret Love: One Republic – Stop and Stare
Life’s Okay: Peter, Bjorn and John – Young Folks
Mental Breakdown: Barenaked Ladies – The Old Apartment
Driving: Kanye West – Stronger
Learning A Lesson: James Taylor – You’ve Got A Friend
Deep Thought: Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion–Air
Flashback: Jack Johnson – Do You Remember
Partying: Tom Jones – Sex Bomb
Happy Dance: Maxine Nightengale – Right Back Where We Started From
Regretting: Maroon 5 – Won’t Go Home Without You
Long Night Alone: Mana – En El Muelle De San Blas
Death Scene: Sarah McLachlan – Angel
Closing Credits: Banana Pancakes – Jack Johnson

Folks, this isn’t easy. Try it yourself. I’ve always said I’d be for a way for me to hear music all of my life. I’d never get sick of it. What would be even better if the music somehow always would fit your emotions and what would be happening in your life. Although, I’m sure every now and then, I’d have to have a “pull the needle off the record” moment. Comic relief? Sure. Sometimes, the music probably would even alert me to what a putz I was being and I’d probably snap out of it. What do you think of my selections? Do you have any alternatives?

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Two Person Life

One of my friends recently said something that hit home for me. He said he led a “two-person life”. I feel the same way.

When I arrive home, I look around and think how can one person create such a mess, where does all of the laundry come from, how can everything get so dusty and dirty so quickly, how can the carpet have crumbs and strands of fuzz all over it? I can barely keep up with everything.

Hence, the “two person life”. I need one more person around me to get things done, remember things and keep my life organized. By the time, I’m done with work, sleep and workout, I’m tired. Maybe not enough to sleep but just exhausted. I want to watch TV, surf the ‘net or just stare out my window.

The rest of my week will fly by because I have something planned every night. By the weekend, I’ll be exhausted and not even want to have any fun.

How do you get through your days, weeks and months?

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Goodbye Yahoo! Mail?

My relationship with Yahoo! goes back years. I finally had ditched AOL and went surfing to find a new place to tell people to e-mail me. I found Yahoo!. It was a great relationship. I sent e-mail, I received e-mail, Yahoo! kept the spammers at bay, Yahoo! was there for me through the good and bad times.

I want my Yahoo! mail to go to my e-mail client. My Gmail account does this without any problem. Gmail even provides a tutorial on how to accomplish this. Yahoo! wants me to pay $19.99 for the service. I used a program that would allow me to get my Yahoo! fix in my e-mail client but now it won’t let me sent the e-mail I want. Yahoo!, I thought I knew you!

Now, I have to contemplate giving up my best e-mail friend and switching to Gmail exclusively or paying the $20 a year that Yahoo! wants for their e-mail “Plus” service.

I’m not going to be rash and rush to any decisions. I think Yahoo! does a much better job filtering spam than Gmail. Just compare the spam boxes in both and you’ll have to agree. My dealbreaker might be the lack of free accessibility for my mail.

Yahoo!, can’t we just be friends again?

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Ah Crap! Now I Have To Dress Up!

I’m been bad recently. On a whim, I decide to agree to something, having not checked my schedule. (and to be honest, not necessarily thinking through the implications. I’m blaming lack of sleep.)

Tomorrow morning, I was supposed to have a celebratory breakfast with my boss. We were happy with some of the ratings we got during the May book so it was his way of giving back. About two or three weeks ago, I agreed to take part in a high school career day. I said yes, I did not check the fine print. I just said “sure”.

Now, I’m reading the fine print and I’m talking to 200+ students through the day. Remember, I work overnights. It should be over by 2:30 but that’s the time I normally wake up from my daytime nap. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy to talk to students but I should have read the fine print. I also can’t wear my normal attire (blue jeans & a nice shirt) to the event. It’s business casual so I’m not wearing a suit. When you work behind-the-scenes in television, you dress up but not that dressed up.

I guess it’s time for a planner or maybe I should just start using my “Q” more efficiently.

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Music Shuffle-Ability

I don’t have an iPod, right now I don’t want another piece of technology to tote around with me. I have a Motorola Q. I love it but there are somethings that I want to do with it but I’m not sure quite how. One of them is making playlists.

At any rate, ManagerMom wrote in her most recent post about her iPod having a good shuffle recently. About a week ago, I had to comment to one of my friends that my Q was on a good shuffle of the songs I have on it. Sure, I love Barenaked Ladies, Jack Johnson, Feist and some of the other slower music I have on my phone but they aren’t exactly motivational to running another two miles. Read: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Kanye West. On that day, the Q connected with me and gave me some good music to workout with so I didn’t have to constantly skip to the next one.

Most of the time my Q is stubborn and doesn’t get it right, it goes all live versions of songs and let’s just say more adult contemporary than high NRG music. I’m trying to get playlists on my Q and it’s not very well documented on the Internet that I can find through google or Yahoo!. I’ll post those directions if I figure them out.

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He’s No “Numnah”!


It seems like every year, there is some sort of memorable moment that comes out of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. This year isn’t an exception. It happened to this year’s champion. He apparently Sameer Mishra thought the announcer was saying “numb nut” but it was actually “numnah”, which is a pad that goes under the saddle to keep the saddle clean and to cushion the horse’s or pony’s back. That’s much different than a “numb nut”. Play the video, it’s good for a laugh.