and no
the new site won't help you with your stinky vagina either...
Sunday, November 27, 2005
for one week only...
while i'm starting the new blog and still getting hits here the new address is
the new and improved "smells like fish"
the new and improved "smells like fish"
Friday, November 25, 2005
taking a break
i'm going to let this blog rest for awhile.
i'm sad to do this but i just feel like even my own posts are dragging me down and what i really want to do is start having fun again and i just don't feel like i can do that here.
so, there's an email address over there to the side if you want the new url. now don't all of you at once email i've only got like 2 gig of space in that account...
heh
starting to feel saucy already...
so long and thanks for all the fish
i'm sad to do this but i just feel like even my own posts are dragging me down and what i really want to do is start having fun again and i just don't feel like i can do that here.
so, there's an email address over there to the side if you want the new url. now don't all of you at once email i've only got like 2 gig of space in that account...
heh
starting to feel saucy already...
so long and thanks for all the fish
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
i'm having a debate with myself right now if i want to keep this blog. i like having it. i like having this space. i like writing what i want and just putting it out there. i love that i get hits for people looking for solutions to their stinky vaginas and that it never occured to me that titling my blog "smells like fish" would bring all those hits. i get such a kick out of it. but i'm also sad when i look at this blog because so much of the last 2 years is on it. and i can't read any of my old posts without crying and i hate it because it makes me feel stupid. and i get sad because the url for this page is based on a term of endearment from someone i care about deeply. and i thought i was going along fine. i thought i was feeling better and then something always happens to remind you you're not ok. and i realize i'm never going to get the explanation that was promised, i'm never going to understand it so i'm never going to have the closure i need from them so i have to do it myself. and if i have to do it myself i don't see a friendship coming out of the end of it and it breaks my heart. stupid lesbians. this is twice now i've fallen in love with a close friend and twice the relationship didn't work out and now i have no friend either. and it's just hard to try to write about some stupid funny shit that i had knocking around in my brain when i come here and i just get sad.
not to be all dramatic (but i'm a dyke so i guess it's inherent) i'm just typing this out to see how i feel about it. so who knows what will happen. i'm here at my best friend's house and they left for thanksgiving so i have the place to myself so i may just get drunk bbq'ing my steak for thanksgiving and P.W.I. (post while intoxicated) and forget that i said all this until i wake up to go to work on saturday. she wanted me to go with them. and normally i do spend thanksgiving with them because they are the family i joined because mine sucks so bad but i said i don't think i'll be that much fun to be around so i'll just stay here.
not to be all dramatic (but i'm a dyke so i guess it's inherent) i'm just typing this out to see how i feel about it. so who knows what will happen. i'm here at my best friend's house and they left for thanksgiving so i have the place to myself so i may just get drunk bbq'ing my steak for thanksgiving and P.W.I. (post while intoxicated) and forget that i said all this until i wake up to go to work on saturday. she wanted me to go with them. and normally i do spend thanksgiving with them because they are the family i joined because mine sucks so bad but i said i don't think i'll be that much fun to be around so i'll just stay here.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
new watch
normally i'm not the kind of girl that partakes in retail therapy but i had been feeling down the last couple of weeks and when i went in to target to buy sweats (functional for working out in freezing cold dark mornings) and walked out with a mini-leatherman, the L-word second season on DVD and the piece de resistance a kickass watch.
it was weird because i NEVER spend money on myself and it took me awhile to take it in and think about why and i realized that for a long time i had been spending any of my extra spending (not that there's ever a lot) on someone else. and now that that won't be happening anymore i didn't feel so guilty about buying these cool things for myself.
and since i was bragging about how hot the watch looks on me i've been instructed i have to put up or shut up so
here it is in front of some bad hotel art. i took this pic before i bought some gorgeous silver rings and chain just this weekend in monterey so they're not in there but they're hot too.
NOW i must stop spending money. outa control freak i am
it was weird because i NEVER spend money on myself and it took me awhile to take it in and think about why and i realized that for a long time i had been spending any of my extra spending (not that there's ever a lot) on someone else. and now that that won't be happening anymore i didn't feel so guilty about buying these cool things for myself.
and since i was bragging about how hot the watch looks on me i've been instructed i have to put up or shut up so
here it is in front of some bad hotel art. i took this pic before i bought some gorgeous silver rings and chain just this weekend in monterey so they're not in there but they're hot too.NOW i must stop spending money. outa control freak i am
dirty pigs
you gotta love em
my aunt found out she had jury duty so all her co-workers put together a "jury duty survival kit" together for her.
just a little light reading in case she gets bored...
this one especially cracked me up because they had actually made a little pop-up of the dick.
my aunt found out she had jury duty so all her co-workers put together a "jury duty survival kit" together for her.
just a little light reading in case she gets bored...
this one especially cracked me up because they had actually made a little pop-up of the dick.
Monday, November 21, 2005
it's always good
that if you go away out of town for a conference and you know there will be lots and lots of drinking to give the people you know you're going to drunk dial a heads up. that way they can start drinking too.
heh
heh
Monday, November 14, 2005
just saw this on yahoo news
and YES I HAVE BEEN WORKING!!!!
GAH!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051114/ap_on_re_as/japan_quake
not to totally diminish the scariness and horror of being in a tsunami, but, um, 12" waves!!!?? i'm shaking in my fake-y payless doc martens!!!
"A 12-inch tsunami wave hit the city of Ofunato, and two 4- to 8-inch waves generated by the quake struck two other towns in the area, the agency said. Tsunami waves — those generated by earthquakes — are often barely noticeable in the ocean but can rise to great heights once they arrive at shore. There were no immediate reports of damage."
GAH!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051114/ap_on_re_as/japan_quake
not to totally diminish the scariness and horror of being in a tsunami, but, um, 12" waves!!!?? i'm shaking in my fake-y payless doc martens!!!
"A 12-inch tsunami wave hit the city of Ofunato, and two 4- to 8-inch waves generated by the quake struck two other towns in the area, the agency said. Tsunami waves — those generated by earthquakes — are often barely noticeable in the ocean but can rise to great heights once they arrive at shore. There were no immediate reports of damage."
what you do when you're really supposed to be working
so i have a major grant proposal due tomorrow. a potentially life altering grant.
due tomorrow.
but look at what i'm doing instead
so i'm sure many of you might be slightly aware, most likely through your own keen observation skills, that i LOVE blue.
LOVE IT. favoritest color ever.
but i've found lately that i'm being drawn to the rich red fall colors that are popping up around here.
at the farm the leaves are turning color
i just loved the high contrast between the deep red and the green grass
i expected hobbits to come out and greet me =)
i haven't had a pomegranate since i was a little kid and so when i was the store with my best friend i grabbed one up. and when i busted it open i was just so enthralled with its color. just so beautiful and for some reason deeply sensual.
i love the deep red color but then also the slight transluscence of the fruit. you could never create a paint or a color that could duplicate it. you could probably go to home depot and buy something striking called pomegranate but it wouldn't have the richness, the depth, the jewel-like beauty of the fruit.
i wasn't going to post this one because when i pulled it up in photoshop the foreground was blurry but then i was struck by the background. i actually took these on top of my car and i was so focused on the pomegranate that i wasn't paying attention to background. but when i saw it i liked it alot. it looks surreal to me.
last week i heard my sister and gran pull the car into the garage and get out. and then start yelling and screaming and COMPLETELY freaking out and gran ordeing my sister to "KILL IT!! JUST KILL IT!!." i came out to see what the hell all the fuss was. it was this:
and just to put it all into perspective, so you can understand exactly WHY they were freaking out here's this:
freaks
due tomorrow.
but look at what i'm doing instead
so i'm sure many of you might be slightly aware, most likely through your own keen observation skills, that i LOVE blue.
LOVE IT. favoritest color ever.
but i've found lately that i'm being drawn to the rich red fall colors that are popping up around here.
at the farm the leaves are turning color
i just loved the high contrast between the deep red and the green grass
i expected hobbits to come out and greet me =)
i haven't had a pomegranate since i was a little kid and so when i was the store with my best friend i grabbed one up. and when i busted it open i was just so enthralled with its color. just so beautiful and for some reason deeply sensual.
i love the deep red color but then also the slight transluscence of the fruit. you could never create a paint or a color that could duplicate it. you could probably go to home depot and buy something striking called pomegranate but it wouldn't have the richness, the depth, the jewel-like beauty of the fruit.
i wasn't going to post this one because when i pulled it up in photoshop the foreground was blurry but then i was struck by the background. i actually took these on top of my car and i was so focused on the pomegranate that i wasn't paying attention to background. but when i saw it i liked it alot. it looks surreal to me.
last week i heard my sister and gran pull the car into the garage and get out. and then start yelling and screaming and COMPLETELY freaking out and gran ordeing my sister to "KILL IT!! JUST KILL IT!!." i came out to see what the hell all the fuss was. it was this:
and just to put it all into perspective, so you can understand exactly WHY they were freaking out here's this:
freaks
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
AHHHHNOLD LOST!!!!!!
mwaaaahhhhhhahahahah
EVERY initiative that ahhhnold backed lost! it LOST!!
and i'll tell you why. all the people who voted for him to be governor don't normally vote. in fact, the majority of people who voted for him for governor didn't even vote in the original election that put gray davis in office. which is a bone of contention with me, and many others. how could you legitimately participate in a recall when you weren't involved in the original vote? it's bullshit. so people all whipped up by the hype of the recall and ahnold's celebrity voted for the terminator and then remained uninvolved in politics. ahnold has been riding a wave of popularity and special interest dollars (which ironically is the supposed reason for the recall of davis....) and now when he wanted these initiatives to go through his one-time voter supporters didn't vote.
that's my theory anyway. although it's scary because if you look at the county results, the county i live in voted yes on all his initiatives. shocking i know. my family is a microcosm of the county, i.e. i'm the only independent "liberal" in a family of staunch republicans. the irony is that the republican party is not interested in my family. we have no money and some of my cousins and myself are of OTHER ethnic groups GASP!
results below:
State Ballot Measures
Prop. 73 - Termination of Minor's Pregnancy. Waiting Period.
Yes Votes
No Votes
% Yes
% No
Precincts Reporting
3,130,062
3,465,629
47.4%
52.6%
17,726 / 17,726 (100.0%)
Prop. 74 - Public School Teachers. Waiting Period.
Yes Votes
No Votes
% Yes
% No
Precincts Reporting
2,987,010
3,662,932
44.9%
55.1%
17,726 / 17,726 (100.0%)
Prop. 75 - Public Employee Union Dues. Employee Consent.
Yes Votes
No Votes
% Yes
% No
Precincts Reporting
3,092,495
3,551,011
46.5%
53.5%
17,726 / 17,726 (100.0%)
Prop. 76 - School Funding. State Spending.
Yes Votes
No Votes
% Yes
% No
Precincts Reporting
2,522,327
4,115,388
37.9%
62.1%
17,726 / 17,726 (100.0%)
Prop. 77 - Redistricting
Yes Votes
No Votes
% Yes
% No
Precincts Reporting
2,673,530
3,920,487
40.5%
59.5%
17,726 / 17,726 (100.0%)
Prop. 78 - Prescription Drug Discount Program
Yes Votes
No Votes
% Yes
% No
Precincts Reporting
2,719,999
3,821,957
41.5%
58.5%
17,726 / 17,726 (100.0%)
Prop. 79 - Prescription Drug Rebate Program
Yes Votes
No Votes
% Yes
% No
Precincts Reporting
2,523,803
3,950,763
38.9%
61.1%
17,726 / 17,726 (100.0%)
Prop. 80 - Electric Service Providers. Regulation.
Yes Votes
No Votes
% Yes
% No
Precincts Reporting
2,189,126
4,182,374
34.3%
65.7%
17,726 / 17,726 (100.0%)
EVERY initiative that ahhhnold backed lost! it LOST!!
and i'll tell you why. all the people who voted for him to be governor don't normally vote. in fact, the majority of people who voted for him for governor didn't even vote in the original election that put gray davis in office. which is a bone of contention with me, and many others. how could you legitimately participate in a recall when you weren't involved in the original vote? it's bullshit. so people all whipped up by the hype of the recall and ahnold's celebrity voted for the terminator and then remained uninvolved in politics. ahnold has been riding a wave of popularity and special interest dollars (which ironically is the supposed reason for the recall of davis....) and now when he wanted these initiatives to go through his one-time voter supporters didn't vote.
that's my theory anyway. although it's scary because if you look at the county results, the county i live in voted yes on all his initiatives. shocking i know. my family is a microcosm of the county, i.e. i'm the only independent "liberal" in a family of staunch republicans. the irony is that the republican party is not interested in my family. we have no money and some of my cousins and myself are of OTHER ethnic groups GASP!
results below:
State Ballot Measures
Prop. 73 - Termination of Minor's Pregnancy. Waiting Period.
Yes Votes
No Votes
% Yes
% No
Precincts Reporting
3,130,062
3,465,629
47.4%
52.6%
17,726 / 17,726 (100.0%)
Prop. 74 - Public School Teachers. Waiting Period.
Yes Votes
No Votes
% Yes
% No
Precincts Reporting
2,987,010
3,662,932
44.9%
55.1%
17,726 / 17,726 (100.0%)
Prop. 75 - Public Employee Union Dues. Employee Consent.
Yes Votes
No Votes
% Yes
% No
Precincts Reporting
3,092,495
3,551,011
46.5%
53.5%
17,726 / 17,726 (100.0%)
Prop. 76 - School Funding. State Spending.
Yes Votes
No Votes
% Yes
% No
Precincts Reporting
2,522,327
4,115,388
37.9%
62.1%
17,726 / 17,726 (100.0%)
Prop. 77 - Redistricting
Yes Votes
No Votes
% Yes
% No
Precincts Reporting
2,673,530
3,920,487
40.5%
59.5%
17,726 / 17,726 (100.0%)
Prop. 78 - Prescription Drug Discount Program
Yes Votes
No Votes
% Yes
% No
Precincts Reporting
2,719,999
3,821,957
41.5%
58.5%
17,726 / 17,726 (100.0%)
Prop. 79 - Prescription Drug Rebate Program
Yes Votes
No Votes
% Yes
% No
Precincts Reporting
2,523,803
3,950,763
38.9%
61.1%
17,726 / 17,726 (100.0%)
Prop. 80 - Electric Service Providers. Regulation.
Yes Votes
No Votes
% Yes
% No
Precincts Reporting
2,189,126
4,182,374
34.3%
65.7%
17,726 / 17,726 (100.0%)
empty space
i've always been very different from everyone in my family. we're not a "close" family at all. in fact, it's a lot of niceties in your face, sarcastic and passive aggressiveness in your face, and outright snipey backstabbing when you're not around. it sucks. i remember growing up thinking ack i do NOT want to be like these people. especially my mother she was the worst.
and so i've often been told that i'm very transparent in my likes and dislikes of people. if i like you, you know it. if i don't know you or like you then, i'm not the kind of person who is able to be chatty or friendly without something to say. if that makes sense. i can talk to people, don't get me wrong. but i'm very guarded. (shuddup rookie)
so recently it's been hard because, now i have noone to talk to. i mean really talk to. it's hard going from having the kind of friendship with someone who literally was the only person who knew EVERYTHING about me to not having that anymore. there's no way to rebuild it once trust has been destroyed. and as i'm trying to get over the hurt i'm slowly feeling better until something really big happens, happy or sad. i mean events that happen that your first thought is oh my god i can't wait to talk to ******. and it sucks when that thought passes through my head and then i realize, oh, i can't.
like, when i found out my book was being published you'd think telling your grandma she would be happy, excited, proud. none of it. "oh really? hmm that's nice." it's like they don't even grasp what i do for a living or even care. it's so weird. i remember when i graduated with my bachelor's degree. it took me six years of working full time to get that. and the weeks leading up to and after graduation were so hard for me because i could see everyone i know so excited because their families were coming from all over the u.s. to see them graduate and they were having big parties thrown for them and getting all kinds of gifts, cars, stereos, trips. my sister, M, was bringing her husband and kids and gran and my little sis, S. and M said, oh we'll give you a party don't worry about anything. so i didn't. well they got there, went to my graduation and we went back to my house and my sister had nothing prepared. nothing. she hadn't brought anything she hadn't planned anything. and she said, it's no big deal i'll run to safeway now and get some stuff. i was so angry.
so i guess it's understandable that i've built a sort of family outside my family. i've chosen people to include in my life and get support from. for example, the brightside of my graduation was that my friend, E, came. which may not seem like that big of a deal, but he didn't tell me he was coming. he knew about it. and he drove 5 hours, parked slightly outside of town and rode his bike 3-4 miles to the spot on campus where the ceremony was taking place. my sister saw him and said "oh my god E! what are you doing here?" and he said "i wouldn't have missed this for the world!!" god it makes me cry a little just thinking about that. why can't my family be like that? i mean, even a LITTLE!??
ack
but anyway, i had a major moment last week that sparked all this thinking about this. i was sitting in my office and a really famous shark researcher pops his head in and says "you know aqua, i'm putting a proposal together to write a book about white sharks. would you be interested in illustrating it?"
*blink blink*
inside: "OMFG ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? YESYESYESYESEAJLSKFEW;QIOSDJKL WOOOOHOOOO WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO OMFG THIS IS THE GUY! THIS IS INCREDIBLE!"
outside, looking around for hidden camera "um, yeah, um, sure, yeah, seriously? um...uh, yeah."
and i wanted to run around the building and jump and hoot and holler and make a phone call. and then it hit me. and in a moment when i should have been so so so happy i got sad and it sucked.
and so i've often been told that i'm very transparent in my likes and dislikes of people. if i like you, you know it. if i don't know you or like you then, i'm not the kind of person who is able to be chatty or friendly without something to say. if that makes sense. i can talk to people, don't get me wrong. but i'm very guarded. (shuddup rookie)
so recently it's been hard because, now i have noone to talk to. i mean really talk to. it's hard going from having the kind of friendship with someone who literally was the only person who knew EVERYTHING about me to not having that anymore. there's no way to rebuild it once trust has been destroyed. and as i'm trying to get over the hurt i'm slowly feeling better until something really big happens, happy or sad. i mean events that happen that your first thought is oh my god i can't wait to talk to ******. and it sucks when that thought passes through my head and then i realize, oh, i can't.
like, when i found out my book was being published you'd think telling your grandma she would be happy, excited, proud. none of it. "oh really? hmm that's nice." it's like they don't even grasp what i do for a living or even care. it's so weird. i remember when i graduated with my bachelor's degree. it took me six years of working full time to get that. and the weeks leading up to and after graduation were so hard for me because i could see everyone i know so excited because their families were coming from all over the u.s. to see them graduate and they were having big parties thrown for them and getting all kinds of gifts, cars, stereos, trips. my sister, M, was bringing her husband and kids and gran and my little sis, S. and M said, oh we'll give you a party don't worry about anything. so i didn't. well they got there, went to my graduation and we went back to my house and my sister had nothing prepared. nothing. she hadn't brought anything she hadn't planned anything. and she said, it's no big deal i'll run to safeway now and get some stuff. i was so angry.
so i guess it's understandable that i've built a sort of family outside my family. i've chosen people to include in my life and get support from. for example, the brightside of my graduation was that my friend, E, came. which may not seem like that big of a deal, but he didn't tell me he was coming. he knew about it. and he drove 5 hours, parked slightly outside of town and rode his bike 3-4 miles to the spot on campus where the ceremony was taking place. my sister saw him and said "oh my god E! what are you doing here?" and he said "i wouldn't have missed this for the world!!" god it makes me cry a little just thinking about that. why can't my family be like that? i mean, even a LITTLE!??
ack
but anyway, i had a major moment last week that sparked all this thinking about this. i was sitting in my office and a really famous shark researcher pops his head in and says "you know aqua, i'm putting a proposal together to write a book about white sharks. would you be interested in illustrating it?"
*blink blink*
inside: "OMFG ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? YESYESYESYESEAJLSKFEW;QIOSDJKL WOOOOHOOOO WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO OMFG THIS IS THE GUY! THIS IS INCREDIBLE!"
outside, looking around for hidden camera "um, yeah, um, sure, yeah, seriously? um...uh, yeah."
and i wanted to run around the building and jump and hoot and holler and make a phone call. and then it hit me. and in a moment when i should have been so so so happy i got sad and it sucked.
Monday, November 07, 2005
never, ever piss off your trainer
so it's 5:30 in the morning and i'm running with my trainer. we do 3 minutes of jogging and 3 minutes of walking for 35 minutes before we go and do yoga and weights.
we jog past a woman, D, and her dog that my trainer, S, knows. in fact, i met, D, at the same place the very first time i started working out with S. so as we go jogging past, D asks how long have we been working out and S asks, "you mean today or total?" and D says "total time."
So S says, "Actually, i just checked this morning and we've been working out together twice a week since August 8. I'm so proud of her"
And I say, "yes, i'm super proud too because i've been working my ass off and I haven't lost any weight but my forearms look fabulous!!!!"
and i say this, knowing S is in on the joke because I told her ALL of what i'm about to tell you now.
the week before, even though i I know i shouldn't weigh myself, I did last week and I was a little surprised I hadn't lost any weight but that my jeans were hella baggy. in fact, they were so baggy i could pull them down to pee without unzipping or unbuttoning them. and then i told her how in the last week i had been driving to work and i had my right arm straight on the steering wheel and i lifted my left arm to scratch an itch and then i rubbed my whole arm with my hand. and i paused. and i rubbed it again, and i thought, that feels totally different. not that i spend all my time feeling my bicep to my forearm but i think that we can go through changes and not notice them until we are touching ourselves (DIFFERENT THAN MASTURBATING PIGS). so then i told her that i had told my best friend (who i met S, the trainer through) how my arms felt different and that i haven't lost any weight but my FOREARMS LOOK FABULOUS!! and how my best friend had called me the next day and said you know buck i was thinking about this forearm thing and i think you would make a GREAT bartender! you're behind a bar! you have a great personality! and the most anyone sees of you is your tits AND your FOREARMS while you're slinging drinks!!! it's PERFECT!!
i laughed my ass off!! i said yeah sam (my best friend) i've spent the last 14 years getting an education so that i can QUIT IT ALL NOW!! and become a bartender!! RIGHT ON!!
and then we had a good laugh and hung up.
WELL, when we went back to S's house to do yoga and strength training, we did the yoga and everything was fine. then we start doing arms and she says you're going to be doing three sets of twelve on your biceps. so i start doing them and she starts counting
"1
2
3
4
5"....
"5"...
"5"...quizzical look from me
"5"...starting to struggle
"5"....struggling
"5"....struggling more
"5"....struggling
me, gasping:"this is about the forearm comment isn't it?"
S: "yeah."
"5!"
yikes i was soooo sore.
so let that be a lesson to ye all!
we jog past a woman, D, and her dog that my trainer, S, knows. in fact, i met, D, at the same place the very first time i started working out with S. so as we go jogging past, D asks how long have we been working out and S asks, "you mean today or total?" and D says "total time."
So S says, "Actually, i just checked this morning and we've been working out together twice a week since August 8. I'm so proud of her"
And I say, "yes, i'm super proud too because i've been working my ass off and I haven't lost any weight but my forearms look fabulous!!!!"
and i say this, knowing S is in on the joke because I told her ALL of what i'm about to tell you now.
the week before, even though i I know i shouldn't weigh myself, I did last week and I was a little surprised I hadn't lost any weight but that my jeans were hella baggy. in fact, they were so baggy i could pull them down to pee without unzipping or unbuttoning them. and then i told her how in the last week i had been driving to work and i had my right arm straight on the steering wheel and i lifted my left arm to scratch an itch and then i rubbed my whole arm with my hand. and i paused. and i rubbed it again, and i thought, that feels totally different. not that i spend all my time feeling my bicep to my forearm but i think that we can go through changes and not notice them until we are touching ourselves (DIFFERENT THAN MASTURBATING PIGS). so then i told her that i had told my best friend (who i met S, the trainer through) how my arms felt different and that i haven't lost any weight but my FOREARMS LOOK FABULOUS!! and how my best friend had called me the next day and said you know buck i was thinking about this forearm thing and i think you would make a GREAT bartender! you're behind a bar! you have a great personality! and the most anyone sees of you is your tits AND your FOREARMS while you're slinging drinks!!! it's PERFECT!!
i laughed my ass off!! i said yeah sam (my best friend) i've spent the last 14 years getting an education so that i can QUIT IT ALL NOW!! and become a bartender!! RIGHT ON!!
and then we had a good laugh and hung up.
WELL, when we went back to S's house to do yoga and strength training, we did the yoga and everything was fine. then we start doing arms and she says you're going to be doing three sets of twelve on your biceps. so i start doing them and she starts counting
"1
2
3
4
5"....
"5"...
"5"...quizzical look from me
"5"...starting to struggle
"5"....struggling
"5"....struggling more
"5"....struggling
me, gasping:"this is about the forearm comment isn't it?"
S: "yeah."
"5!"
yikes i was soooo sore.
so let that be a lesson to ye all!
Sunday, November 06, 2005
way too much time in my car
ok, so i had mentioned the music thing and well, it's an essential for as much time as i spend in my car. unfortunately it's mostly assy radio stations up here top40 assee simpson caterwauling so usually as far as radio i listen to NPR or a san francisco station when i get reception. otherwise i broadcast my ipod over my radio with a cool little gizmo attached to the top.
but occasionally, like the other day, i listen to the radio and hear something that makes me suck in my breath. this particular day i heard SHAKIRA in ENGLISH singing a song i hadn't heard before and i knew like within the first two notes it was her and i blasted it. and i'm laughing because i feel like in that scene in the movie BETTER OFF DEAD after john cusack's girlfriend breaks up with him, every song on the radio on every station is a break up song so he tosses the damn thing out the window. not to say i'm going through a break up per se, but that lately all the songs i've heard on the radio when i've listened to them have somehow resonated with how i've been feeling lately. so i was instantly elated when i heard her voice and i was instantly taken aback by some of the lyrics.
DON'T BOTHER
BY SHAKIRA
he's got the kind of look that defies gravity
She's the greatest cook
And she's fat free
She's been to private school
And she speaks perfect French
She's got the perfect friends
Oh isn't she cool
She practices Tai Chi
She'd never lose her nerve
She's more than you deserve
She's just far better than me
Hey Hey
So Don't Bother
I won't die of deception
I promise you won't ever see me cry
Don't feel sorry
And Don't Bother
I'll be fine
But she's waiting
The ring you gave to her will lose its shine
So Don't Bother, be unkind
I'm sure she doesn't know
How to touch you like I would
I beat her at that one good
Don't you think so?
She's almost 6 feet tall
She must think I'm a flea
I'm really a cat you see
And it's not my last life at all
Hey Hey
So Don't Bother
I won't die of deception
I promise you won't ever see me cry
Don't feel sorry
Don't Bother
I'll be fine
But she's waiting
The ring you gave to her will lose its shine
So don't bother, be unkind
For you, I'd give up all I own
And move to a communist country
If you came with me, of course
And I'd file my nails so they don't hurt you
And lose those pounds, and learn about football
If it made you stay, but you won't, but you won't
So Don't Bother,
I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine
Promise you won't ever see me cry
And after all I'm glad that I'm not your type
Promise you won't ever see me cry
Don't bother,
I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine
Promise you won't ever see me cry
And after all I'm glad that I'm not your type
Promise you won't ever see me cry
so then i had to go on the internet and see when it will be released so i may load it on my ipod so i can listen to it nonstop and found a pic of the cover
and well i think i pulled something...
but occasionally, like the other day, i listen to the radio and hear something that makes me suck in my breath. this particular day i heard SHAKIRA in ENGLISH singing a song i hadn't heard before and i knew like within the first two notes it was her and i blasted it. and i'm laughing because i feel like in that scene in the movie BETTER OFF DEAD after john cusack's girlfriend breaks up with him, every song on the radio on every station is a break up song so he tosses the damn thing out the window. not to say i'm going through a break up per se, but that lately all the songs i've heard on the radio when i've listened to them have somehow resonated with how i've been feeling lately. so i was instantly elated when i heard her voice and i was instantly taken aback by some of the lyrics.
DON'T BOTHER
BY SHAKIRA
he's got the kind of look that defies gravity
She's the greatest cook
And she's fat free
She's been to private school
And she speaks perfect French
She's got the perfect friends
Oh isn't she cool
She practices Tai Chi
She'd never lose her nerve
She's more than you deserve
She's just far better than me
Hey Hey
So Don't Bother
I won't die of deception
I promise you won't ever see me cry
Don't feel sorry
And Don't Bother
I'll be fine
But she's waiting
The ring you gave to her will lose its shine
So Don't Bother, be unkind
I'm sure she doesn't know
How to touch you like I would
I beat her at that one good
Don't you think so?
She's almost 6 feet tall
She must think I'm a flea
I'm really a cat you see
And it's not my last life at all
Hey Hey
So Don't Bother
I won't die of deception
I promise you won't ever see me cry
Don't feel sorry
Don't Bother
I'll be fine
But she's waiting
The ring you gave to her will lose its shine
So don't bother, be unkind
For you, I'd give up all I own
And move to a communist country
If you came with me, of course
And I'd file my nails so they don't hurt you
And lose those pounds, and learn about football
If it made you stay, but you won't, but you won't
So Don't Bother,
I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine
Promise you won't ever see me cry
And after all I'm glad that I'm not your type
Promise you won't ever see me cry
Don't bother,
I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine
Promise you won't ever see me cry
And after all I'm glad that I'm not your type
Promise you won't ever see me cry
so then i had to go on the internet and see when it will be released so i may load it on my ipod so i can listen to it nonstop and found a pic of the cover
and well i think i pulled something...
