January 2013
Hip hop Sunday #59 Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol (1974)
- by admin
okay so it's not hip hop
but it sounds like it
and it's definitely English
what do you recognize?
(happy hip hop sunday)
breath smells like garlic
- by admin
and feta and chickpeas and onion and other good stuff. healthy stuff. back on the 'eating well it's not the holidays any more' track stuff. not that I mind. over the holidays I put too many things in my tummy that usually I stay away from, greasy and boozy and (just once) stuff that comes from a place with a slogan that (I think) goes "I'm lovin' it"
no tony it wasn't a mcrib. sorry.
everyone's all 'omg don't you hate when yr gym gets all crowded after new years because everyone's trying to get fit for like three weeks?' and my response is, no you jerk fitness is for everyone and if some peeps can only handle being fit for a few weeks/months out of the year then that's cool with me.
though honestly I take a weird sort of satisfaction in seeing the same peeps every time I'm at the gym. the burly black dude and the super-build asian dude and that blonde white chick with her fake eyelashes that she lost on the floor one time last year.
though the best guy at my gym is this older guy who must be in his sixties at least who wears one of these one-piece
wrestling onesies every time he works out. he has a few colours, purple and highlighter green and lemon yellow and sky blue. he's amazing to watch because even though he's not patrick stewart built bro's in good shape and the self-confidence that it takes to rock one of those in a gym filled with mid-20s douchebags is staggering.I don't have those kinds of balls in a literal or figurative sense. I wear a nice tank top and some capris and cute socks for nobody else to see but me.
but these peeps make me feel better about being at the gym on a routine basis. we don't smile or wave or even acknowledge each other at all but at least for me it's comforting to see some of the usual suspects killin it on the treadmill right along with me.
hopefully some of the new year's faces stick around this time.
cause honestly that spandex onesie is distracting, and not in a good way.
I don't believe in making NYE resolutions
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while a new year is as good a time as any to make changes picking NYE to make big decisions about changing yr life doesn't seem like a real milestone or reason to stfu and start making changes.
a few months ago I realized that I had issues with control and negativity. I'm a pessimist by nature and I get stressed out easily and tend to not make time to appreciate the people in my life and the good ish I've been lucky to receive.
I also don't like not being in control. I get really worried about things I can't change just because I can't change them. when people do things I don't like, or act in a way that I disagree with, I spend too much time worrying about it and sometimes make bad choices as a result of being anxious and upset.
I decided that I didn't want to be that way anymore.
so I downloaded some good audiobooks to listen to and started leaving reminders for myself to make sure I took a few seconds every day to appreciate what I've got, and I've tried to be more positive overall. changing how I think and act is hard, and sometimes I still slip up, but I'm working on it.
while we were out with friends on NYE there was a conversation going where people were rolling their eyes and commenting about some other people we know and kat turned around to me and said "I haven't heard you say anything negative about anyone in a long time"
which is a really big deal for me
so while the new year isn't some milestone year where everything changes, what a very dear friend said to me on NYE was an indication to me that 2013 is going to bring good things.
just gotta keep working at it.
