November 19th: Thanksgiving Project

November 19th:

I'm thankful for my cousin Mike Gworek! Some of my favorite memories:

-Playing with my Jabba the Hutt playset after Christmas and he was still bitter he had R5D4.
... -Watching old skool Batman w Adam West on a tiny black&white tv.
-Playing rock em sock em robots and breaking open stretch armstrong's arms to reveal that weird goo.
-Making fake newspapers and writing letters to Michael Jackson.
-Drinking red rose tea at Nana's.
-Going to see Weird Al and the Monkees at Melody Fair w Misha Gatto Beeler and getting in trouble because he held out his drumsticks and touched Mickey Dolenz (not as dirty as it sounds).
- Picking fights with the girlfriends of his and John Gworek's "rivals" at Gus Macker (sorry about that!).
-Singing Living on a Prayer with him and Mikey the first night they met and knowing that the fact that he approved, meant Mikey was a keeper.

♥

November 18th: Thanksgiving Project

November 18th:

Today, I am thankful for my goddaughter Mariangela. We went to see her perform in Godspell at Mount St Mary's tonight and she rocked it! She is an awesome dancer and looks so comfortable on stage.

I'm so proud of her!

Also, she won "Best Costume" because they had to provide their own and the description she was given was "hipster", so she wore fitted jeans, chucks, button down, tie, vest and fedora. It was like being back in Brooklyn!

(I'll have to add a pic later, but she's in previous posts...)


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2011 Dash for Dad

November 13th:


Today, I am thankful for the ideal conditions that made my run a possibility:


1. My health (Word.)
2. Decent weather (Did it really hit 60 today?!?)
3. Respectful drivers (Yes, there actually are a few)
4. Wegman's Mistletoe coffee (SPoT visit later)
5. Well-kept sidewalks (Thankfully, North Buffalo has decent ones)
6. Great Fn music. 


Just to expand a bit on #6, I'd like to encourage drivers who may see me dancing at corners while waiting for traffic to pass to quit staring and either join me or hand over $1. Either choice will make me very happy.


Also sidenote: Does anyone around here go dancing anymore? I need to shake my booty soon.

"A magic far beyond all we do here!"

I decided last week that I really needed to update my running playlist because I was really dragging on my runs.

When I was able to run outside, I liked to listen to something, but I wasn't as picky about it. I could listen to podcasts or audiobooks, my favorite being the Harry Potter series, of course. I once listened to Judy Blume's Blubber and became nostalgic for a couple hours, because I had enough visual stimuli to keep me occupied.

Unfortunately, with this crummy weather, I've been forced onto a dreadmill at the gym. Even more annoying, the ridiculous amount of money we spend on our membership at NYHRC apparently does not include working ipod connections, so I can't watch my usual Golden Girls episodes or fun Disney Films. I'm usually forced to listen to music, in an attempt to distract myself.

I found that I'm far more open-minded when it comes to running music. I really just need a good beat. Bands and singers (see: Avril "I try too hard" Lavigne and Gwen "I use japanese women as accessories" Stefani) that I wouldn't necessarily listen to on a normal day, have made prime spots in my running playlist.

In fact, now that I've heard some of these songs several times and figured out what they are actually saying, I'm pretty disturbed. This, however, does not mean they are no longer on my playlist.

So here is one of my most recent ones. I just switched a couple things around, but it's pretty much what I ran to during the Gridiron race today:

As you can see, I have varied tastes in music and I really have no shame. It goes from Andrew Lloyd Webber to Lords of the Underground, to Depeche Mode, to Lady GaGa, to the Beatles and Weird Al Yankovic....etc etc etc

Btw, you will notice a band called Reign of Kindo on there and if you are unfamiliar, it's my cousin Joe's band and they're awesome! They have a jazzy rock thing going on. Check them out!

Anyway, I would LOVE to see what's on your workout playlist, so don't be shy! I am always looking to add something new to mine.