Tuesday’s Treadmill Tracks…. yeah, this one hurt a bit, dammit!!!!

Welcome once again to Tuesday’s Treadmill Tracks. As usual, I put my iPod on shuffle yesterday and it served up a slew of songs for me while I was on my 5.75 mile walk. However, as UNusual, my earbuds started malfunctioning and were actually giving me zappy, little static electric shocks in my ear (WHAT THE--???? No-one told me earbuds could do THAT!!!! OUCH!!!!) so a big portion of the walk was not on the treadmill, but to and from Target so I could buy new, non-shocky earbuds. And, yes, because of Tuesday’s Treadmill Tracks, I still kept track of all the songs, even as I was being electrocuted! How’s that for devotion, people?

But anyway….

So, let’s have at it! (Just clicky the song titles to catch each song on Youtube if that’s your thing.) Enjoy!


1. Behind The Wheel - Depeche Mode

2. Binary Love – Blake Lewis

3. Cool – Gwen Stefani

4. Blue Sky Mine – Midnight Oil

5. Lovesong – The Cure

6. I Hear Motion – The Models

7. F**k You – Cee Lo Green



8. Hit – Sugarcubes

9. Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-A-Lot (Shut up.)

10. The Reflex – Duran Duran

11. Comfort Eagle - Cake

12. Ebay – Weird Al

13. The Great American Melting Pot – Schoolhouse Rock

14. Wind It Up – Gwen Stefani

15. It’s Oh So Quiet – Bjork (Oooooooh, I love this one!)



16. Hey, Headmaster – Pet Shop Boys (This song always reminds me of Dumbledore. *sniffle*)

17. Stay Up Late – Talking Heads

18. Permanent – David Cook (*sniffle* again.)

19. Fun Fun Fun – The Beach Boys

20. Forget You – Cee Lo Green (Ha! Both versions of this song in the same walk. Nice.)



21. Holiday – Allison Iraheta

22. Something’s Always Wrong – Toad The Wet Sprocket

23. Josie And The Pussycats – TV Show Theme Song

24. One Of The Boys – Katy Perry

25. Pets – Porno For Pyros

26. Detective – No Doubt

27. You Sexy Thing – Hot Chocolate

28. Harry Potter – Harry And The Potters

29. My Sharona – The Knack

30. Barbarella – The Bongos

31. Danke Schoen – Wayne Newton





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Tuesday’s treadmill tracks…. from The Violent Femmes to a theme park ride

Welcome once again to Tuesday’s Treadmill Tracks. As usual, I put my iPod on shuffle yesterday, and here is what it served up for me while I was on my 5.5 mile walk. (Just clicky the song titles to catch each song on Youtube if that’s your thing.) Enjoy!


1. Bohemian Like You - The Dandy Warhols

2. Spelling Bee – Meryn Cadell (Aww. YouTube fail. Couldn’t find a link to this one. Boo.)

3. Locked Out – Crowded House



4. Copacabana – Barry Manilow

5. Gone Daddy Gone – The Violent Femmes

6. Short Skirt/Long Jacket – Cake

7. Dancing Queen – ABBA

8. I’m Just A Bill – Schoolhouse Rock



9. Night Fever – Bee Gees

10. Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life – Monty Python

11. If I Can’t Have You – Yvonne Elliman

12. Hey Baby – No Doubt



13. More Than A Woman – Bee Gees

14. Love Is Wicked – Brick & Lace

15. SuperScratchaVocalisticTurnatableLicious – Blake Lewis

16. Solid – The Dandy Warhols

17. Haunted Mansion Holiday Ride-Through Mix – Disneyland Theme Park Soundtrack



18. China Girl – David Bowie

19. Billie Jean – David Cook

20. Headstrong – Ashley Tisdale

21. Great Southern Land – Icehouse

22. Bump In The Night – Allstars

23. Harajuku Girls – Gwen Stefani

24. Everybody Needs – Oingo Boingo



Happy Valentine’s Day, to my hubba hubba hubby, Scope, and to you, Blogaritaville!!

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Tuesday’s treadmill tracks…. from Van Halen to Laverne and Shirley

Because I sooooooo enjoyed putting together last Tuesday’s treadmill tracks post, I’ve decided to make this a regular feature—at least until I get tired of it. So, once again, I put my iPod on shuffle and here is what it served up for me while I was on my 5.75 mile walk yesterday. (Just clicky the linky to catch each song on Youtube if that’s your thing.)

1. Binary Love – Blake Lewis

2. The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead – Crash Test Dummies

3. Shut Up and Let Me Go – The Ting Tings

4. Friday I’ll Be Over You – Allison Iraheta



5. The Power of Love – Huey Lewis & The News

6. Sister Madly – Crowded House

7. Friday Night – The Darkness (By the way, I’m still beyond thrilled that The Darkness had a Super Bowl ad! Squeeeee! LINK.)

8. Let’s Groove – Earth Wind & Fire

9. Everyday I Write The Book – Elvis Costello



10. Weirdo – The Charlatans

11. Alice’s Theme (Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland Soundtrack) – Danny Elfman

12. Useless – Depeche Mode



13. Colors of the Wind – Disney’s Pocahontas Soundtrack

14. Wouldn’t It Be Nice – The Beach Boys

15. Miserablism – Pet Shop Boys

16. Jump – Van Halen



17. The Sun Never Shone That Day – A-ha

18. How Deep Is Your Love – Bee Gees

19. Good Life – Leslie Mills

20. Hot N Cold – Katy Perry



21. You Might Think – The Cars

19. It Only Makes Me Laugh – Oingo Boingo

20. I’m Too Sexy – Right Said Fred

21. Kissing A Fool – George Michael

22. Going, Going, Gone – The Posies

23. Cold Fever – The Models

24. California Gurls – Katy Perry



25. Laverne And Shirley Theme Song

26. No Matter What – Bad Finger


And that is that! :-)

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Tuesday’s treadmill tracks…. and more

I love my iPod. Love. Love. LOVE. I know I’ve said this before, but it’s worth repeating. I love my iPod like it’s my child. My short, squat, shiny, teal-colored child who gets lost in my purse and sings kickbutt songs in my ears, making my workouts freakin’ joyous, okay?

*le sigh*

When I’m on my walks, I put my iPod on shuffle. I like surprises. I like not knowing which song might pop up next. Right now there are over 800 songs on there, so there’s really no way to guess what I’ll be hearing. Here’s what my iPod served up for me during my 7 mile walk yesterday. (Just clicky the linky to catch each song on Youtube if that’s your thing.)


1. “Rock and Roll Music” – Mental As Anything

2. “Cool” – Gwen Stefani

3. “Hungry Town” – Big Pig

4. “Suddenly Mary” – The Posies (Sorry, I could only find a cruddy live version of the song on YouTube. *sniff*)

5. “Female Of The Species” – Space

6. “Eleanor” – Low Millions

7. “Can’t Buy Me Love” – The Beatles

8. “Where The Streets Have No Name (Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You)” – Pet Shop Boys

9. “Never Enough” – The Cure

10. “Out There” – Disney’s The Hunchback Of Notre Dame

11. “Way Back Into Love” – Hugh Grant and Haley Bennett (from the Music and Lyrics soundtrack)

12. “Accio Hagrid” – Harry and the Potters (Again, sorry for the sub-par live version link!)

13. “Statue” – Low Millions



14. “Summer Of Love” (Summer Party Remix) – The B-52’s

15. “Eight Days A Week” – The Beatles

16. “Hella Good” – No Doubt

17. “Being Boring” – Pet Shop Boys



18. “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” – Queen

19. “No Spill Blood” – Oingo Boingo

20. “Heartbreak On Vinyl” – Blake Lewis



21. “Get Down” – The Squirrels (Sorry, no link for this one. Booooooo.)

22. “Whataya Want From Me?” – Adam Lambert

23. “Ex-Girlfriend” – No Doubt



24. “Beds Are Burning” – Midnight Oil

25. “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen

26. “Tell Me When Did Things Go So Wrong?” – The Smithereens (Jeeeeez. Couldn’t find a link for this gem either. Whattheheck, Youtube????)

27. “Flood” – Jars Of Clay

28. “Fresh” – Kool & The Gang

29. “Angel In The Snow” – A-ha

30. “Barbarella” – The Bongos

31. “Channel Z” – The B-52’s

32. “Hollaback Girl” – Gwen Stefani

33. “Black Horse & The Cherry Tree” – KT Tunstall

34. “Dressed In Black” – Depeche Mode

35. “Wild Wild Life” – Talking Heads

36. “Friday I’ll Be Over You” – Allison Iraheta

37. “Something’s Always Wrong” – Toad The Wet Sprocket

38. “Let’s Just Fall In Love Again” – Jason Castro


Ohhhhh, iPod, how I love thee!

Anyway….


Here’s the latest update on my Project 365:


Day 28 (2012-01-28) ~ My hubba hubba hubby, Scope, tried to write my name with a flashlight in the dark! Awwwwwwwwwwwwww. :-)




Day 29 (2012-01-29) ~ I was playing around with oil pastels, a macro lens and Picnik's gooify editing tool. I think I kind of like the way it turned out!




Day 30 (2012-01-30) ~ And, well, I guess I figured it was time for a self portrait.




Upon further inspection, it may also be time for a haircut.

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The Unlikely Ultimate Treadmill Soundtrack

I walk on my treadmill everyday. Or I try to walk on my treadmill everyday. Admittedly, some days the motivation just isn’t there. Poof!—it’s just gone. Like a bad dog that dug its way out under the freaking backyard fence.

Gah!

On those days I go to the local park and walk around it looking for my lost motivation. (“Here Motivation, Motivation!”….) But even then, sometimes it just isn’t gelling. And that makes the walk seem to take foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

*sigh*

And then there are days where I love walking on my treadmill; where the walk is easy, fun, and seems to take no time at all; where I’m so into it there is absolutely nowhere else I’d rather be; and where I honestly do not want to stop. Total polar opposite. Odd. And I think today I’ve finally figured out why….

My I-pod.

I put my I-pod on shuffle every time I walk, and that way (*attempting a Forrest Gump accent*) life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get (*end Forrest Gump accent*).

I have almost 1000 songs on my I-pod and I like not knowing which song I’m going to hear next. If I know what’s coming next I tend to get bored. And nothing assassinates a workout faster than boredom. Yet, sometimes, I don’t know, the songs don’t seem to shuffle right; they don’t mix well with each other; they just feel wrong and I get annoyed with them and start skipping them all.

Skip-skip-skip-skip….

I’ve had days where I skip like 50 songs in a row, and once I get in that mode, all 1000 songs are doomed—NONE of them will feel right; I’ll HATE them all! And in bitter disgust, my walk comes to a grinding halt.

So pitiful.

But the exact opposite thing happened today. All the songs were PERFECT. Each one was better than the next. And some of these songs weren’t even my favorites, yet they all seemed to be holding hands in a magic musical séance together to create this phenomenal energy in the room and, thus, it was a FABULOUS workout!

I walked over four miles and every single freaking step of it was blissful! :-)

*le sigh*

And now I’m going to confess my musical shame share the list of the 21 songs that made up my Blissful Treadmill Walk Soundtrack. Enjoy:

1. Holiday – Allison Iraheta
2. Hey Baby – No Doubt

3. Get Your Hands Off My Woman – The Darkness
4. Love or Torture – Blake Lewis
5. Come Back To Me – David Cook

6. Sit On My Face – Monty Python
7. Hot N Cold – Katy Perry
8. Let’s Just Fall In Love Again – Jason Castro
9. One and One Make Five – Pet Shop Boys
10. Ur So Gay – Katy Perry

11. The Sweater – Meryn Cadell
12. Why Can’t I Be You? – The Cure
13. Oi To The World – No Doubt
14. Golden Blunders – The Posies
15. Whataya Want From Me? – Adam Lambert

16. Dancing Queen – ABBA
17. Friday I’ll Be Over You – Allison Iraheta

18. Headstrong – Ashley Tisdale**
19. Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend – Pet Shop Boys
20. Teenage Dream – Katy Perry

21. Hollaback Girl – Gwen Stefani



**Oh, shut up!

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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Cheesy Love Songs

Okidoki. So, in an effort to save myself from getting into any possible irksome future legal smack down(s) by delving into deep, dizzying and dangerous discussions which may tempt, lure and seduce me into saying things I may regret (*cough-someone I know is SUCH A JERK-cough*) I’m going to play it safe today and tell you my top ten favorite cheesy love songs which—ohhhhh, I dunno—I may (hint hint) or may not wish to have the DJ play at the wedding reception in July.

(Scope, I hereby apologize for my uber-dorky taste in music—but, better start getting used to it now, right?!?!)

(And, hey, it’s not like I want to dance to “Islands In The Stream.” *snicker*)

(Sorry, obscure FLASHFORWARD reference.)

(Moving on….)

Here are my TOP TEN FAVORITE CHEESY LOVE SONGS at the moment:

(And, to all the overachieving nutjobs out there, don’t feel pressured to watch ALL the videos, of course!!)

(Unless you’re reeeeaaaaalllllllyyyyyyyyy that wrapped around my finger and devoted to kissing my butt, then by all means carry on and enjoy.)


10. “Hella Good” by No Doubt
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9. “If I Can’t Have You” by Yvonne Elliman
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8. “Bus Stop” by The Hollies
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7. “You Get Me” by Michelle Branch
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6.“More Than A Woman” by The Bee Gees
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5. “Love You Madly” by Cake
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4. “Binary Love” by Blake Lewis (and I swear this one is about has to be about two bloggers falling in love, seriously! Awwwwwww….)
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3. “Friday Night” by The Darkness
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2. “How Deep Is Your Love” by The Bee Gees
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1. “Let’s Just Fall In Love Again” by Jason Castro
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