"Madness"

Ten degrees and getting colder

Try this fun game!

How to play:

1. Put your iTunes/iPod/MP3 player on shuffle.

2. Press the forward button to get the answer to each consecutive question.

3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY.

4. Tag five or more friends to play.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY?", YOU SAY?

Hollywood swinging (you know it, baby)

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?

low red moon

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?

you make me feel like a natural woman

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?

that wonderful someone

WHAT IS YOU LIFE'S PURPOSE?

a taste of honey (sweet)

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?

dig it

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?

bandera

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?

mother nature's son (but i'm a girl)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?

good old fashion lover boy

WHAT IS 2+2?

planet telex 

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?

one for all time

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?

crazy love (is there any other kind?)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?

until it's time for you to go

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?

roi (forget queen, i'll be king)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?

$1000 wedding (i'm a cheep date)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?

angel

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?

honky tonk merry go round (apropos)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?

wild honey pie

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?

johnny too bad (as are most of my friends)

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?

mexico city (i could definitely think of worse)

HOW WILL YOU DIE?

it ain't you (i bet you're relieved)

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?

perfidia (faithless, treacherous or false; betrayal in love--i definitely regret this)

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?

folsom prison blues (if i didn't laugh, i'd cry)

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?

the james bond theme (it gets me every time)

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?

why, why?

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?

sad lisa

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?

dirty work

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?

be like a duck

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?

glass onion

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?

ten degrees and getting colder (it is still winter you know)

tag you're it: rebecca , chieko, ri, paula, connie

random play list

Some mornings we play rock-paper-scissors to see who gets to pick the play list, some mornings I assert my right as the owner of the iPod and the car to choose, and some mornings we agree to throw caution to the wind and press random play for the big list. We had a lovely ride to town this morning.

Groove Me--Salt-N-Pepa
This takes me back to my single Bozeman days, dancing drunk and stoned into the wee hours of the morning and then dragging my hung over carcass to my job as an early intervention specialist working with families with children with developmental disabilities.

Not Ready To Make Nice--Dixie Chicks
I never really over listened to this CD so I'm always tickled by how great each song is.

Train In Vain--The Clash
This one always wakes Erlan out of what ever early morning stupor he's in and we both rock hard for the entire song.

One In A Million--The Platters
I love The Platters!

King Of Fools--Social Distortion
A good friend of mine from my University of Washington days had an affair with Mike Ness, which sort of counts as a brush with fame for me.

Perfidia--The Ventures
I went through a period where all I listened to was surf music. I'm very fond of the Ventures.

The Wire--Pere Ubu
This song reminds me of an old boyfriend, a painter working on his MFA at MSU.

The Main Thing--Roxy Music
Bryan Ferry is the ultimate suave sophisticated tuxedo clad rock star/crooner. I was very crushed out on Bryan Ferry when I was in college and a friend delighted in telling me that he had a rich beautiful wife. Like she needed to tell me that, like I really thought I had a chance!

Nothing In Rambling--Lucinda Williams
Don't you just want to be Lucinda Williams' friend and hang out with her in New Orleans?

Motoring to Roswell--Pixies
Not my favorite album, but anything Pixies is good.

Boulder To Birmingham--Emmylou Harris
I can hit replay on this song so many times it would make you throw up.

Fifteen Animals--John Stey
This song is from the CD Philadelphia Chickens, a hilariously great collection of songs from various and sundry famous people.

It's Too Late--Carole King
Classic

Blueberry Hill (Live)--Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong is one of Erlan's bedtime favorites. He does a pretty good impersonation.

I Cried For You--Sarah Vaughn
And I cried for you too.

Shake for me girl; I wanna be your back door man

Two complimentary events occurred this week. I started using testosterone cream to jump start my libido and Erlan discovered Led Zeppelin.
Flagging libidos are common in women my age, especially women on SSRIs. There's nothing like peri-menopause and Zoloft to deaden the drive. Of course my lovely medical provider, Rebecca, did suggest that I consider going off the Zoloft, but why have a sex drive if I don't have a partner (self pleasure aside)? Without Zoloft, I experience levels of irritability known to bring on toddler like tantrums due the mere contact of loose hair to skin. There's a line in a Beastie Boy song that goes "don't touch me, 'cause I'm electric; and if you touch me, you'll get shocked, shocked, shocked". That would be me off my Zoloft. My lab work did show that I'm low on testosterone so I'm going the transdermal cream route.
Wednesday morning I started 'operation renewed sex drive'. On the way in to work/school, Erlan and I were listening to the big list (random play of all 3000+ songs on the iPod) and Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love came on. Erlan was in transports of joy! He immediately asked me to put this song on his list and then asked to hear it over. Then we switched from the big list to Led Zeppelin and have been listening to them exclusively. Wanna whole lotta love? No duh!
Thursday I bought a new camera. I've been doing research, wanting more mega pixels, and yearning for a SLR vs a point and shoot. John had been encouraging me to get a point and shoot because he didn't think I'd like dealing with all the lens issues and weight. I had basically agreed and picked out this point and shoot. When I got to Costco they didn't have the point and shoot but they did have the rebel and I went for it. So now I'm a wee bit overwhelmed with my purchase and definitely getting where John was coming from with his concerns, but I have an expensive piece of gear which will require lots of expensive attachments and if that's not testosterone kicking in, then I don't know what is. I'm also very excited about learning to use this camera and getting tips from Chieko.
My biggest concerns regarding HRT are facial hair, male pattern balding, and the desire to purchase an
X-Box. The onset of any of these and I'm ditching the cream.

Playlist

SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO-the clash, BLACK STAR-radiohead, WAITING FOR THE RAIN TO FALL-chris isaak, WHERE WERE YOU-the lounge lizards, MONEY DON’T MATTER 2 NIGHT-prince & the new power generation, ALL OVER THE WORLD- pixies, CAN YOU GET TO THAT-funkadelic, I AIN’T THA 1-n.w.a., I ZIMBRA- talking heads, I’M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY- cowboy junkies, I LOVE YOU TRULY-the inkspots

Playlist

Tea For The Tillerman--Cat Stevens
Ghost Town Blues--Social Distortion
My friend "dated" Mike Ness.
Calling My Children Home--Emmylou Harris
Four Strong Winds--Johnny Cash
Sit Down By The Fire--The Pogues
Glad Tidings--Van Morrison
Plateau--Nirvana
At My Window Sad And Lonely--Billy Bragg & Wilco
Fifteen Animals--John Stey
Black Bird--CSN (two times because Erlan likes it so much)
Hag--The Breeders
Back To Black--Amy Winehouse
I want her hair
Rip This Joint--The Rolling Stones
God Bless The Child--Billy Holiday

Random play list

Erlan and I kicked off our morning drive into town with a killer song on the iPod so I thought I share our ride tunes!

These Boots Are Made For Walkin'  by Nancy Sinatra

This Flight Tonight by Joni Mitchell

Walk It Down by the Talking Heads

Mozambique by Bob Dylan

Rockets Tail by Kate Bush

Wreck Of The Old '97 by Johnny Cash

Making Believe by Emmylou Harris

Suspicious Mind by Elvis Presley

The Card Cheat by The Clash

Raised On Robbery by Joni Mitchell

It Ain't Me Babe by Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash

Sometimes I Do by Social Distortion

That's All Right by Elvis Presley    

Lucky number 13 in 45!