What's Up

What's Up
by 4 Non Blondes

Twenty - five years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination
And I realized quickly when I knew I should
That the world was made up of this brotherhood of man
For whatever that means
And so I cry sometimes
When I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out
What's in my head
And I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream at the top of my lungs
What's going on?
And I say, hey hey hey hey
I said hey, what's going on?
Ooh, ooh ooh
And I try, oh my god do I try
I try all the time, in this institution
And I pray, oh my god do I pray
I pray every single day
For a revolution
And so I cry sometimes
When I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out
What's in my head
And I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream at the top of my lungs
What's going on?
And I say, hey hey hey hey
I said hey, what's going on?
Twenty - five years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination

Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary

To summon Bloody Mary you have to go into a bathroom at the stroke of midnight and stand in front of the mirror with a lit candle and with the lights turned off. You chant her name 3 times, “Bloody Mary… Bloody Mary… Bloody Mary…” and then you shout, “I stole your baby!”
And then… in the mirror… you will see the face of a horribly disfigured woman — and she’ll claw your face with razor-sharp nails, leaving you just as terribly mutilated as she is!

Do you remember hearing the story of Bloody Mary when you were younger? Around midnight the other night, Samantha came into my room because she kept having nightmares. When I asked her what she was having nightmares about, she told me about how some friends at school were talking about the ghost of Bloody Mary, and being Samantha, she had to see if the story was true. Of course Bloody Mary didn’t come out of the mirror and scratch her eyes out or mutilate her, or drag her into the mirror (or however you heard the story when you were younger). But she did come and haunt her dreams for one night.

Isn’t it amazing how stories like this pass from generation to generation on school playgrounds, or parks, or wherever kids hang out?

I have always loved ghost stories, and the thrill of being scared like that. I am planning on inviting the kids out, firing up the fire pit, and having a ghost story night real soon. Doesn't that sound like fun? Of course we’ll have hot chocolate and smores…don’t want to scare anyone too bad. Samantha’s even excited about the idea…at least for now.

Question of the Day, January 11th, 2007

After seeing this webpage, I have one question:

I so want to tape someone to my barn...do we have any volunteers?

http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/walltapings/index.html

Workout Update

So it's been about 6 weeks and 16 sessions with the personal trainer now, and I am still hanging in there. I only have 5 more paid sessions left, and I haven't yet had the heart to let my trainer know that I will be discontinuing his services. I really like working with him, (in a masochistic kind of way), but I think I'm at a point where I can reliably "train" myself.

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I haven't lost any weight, but it's probabaly because I'm adding so much muscle. Ha Ha

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The gym I'm at gives out special awards periodically, and I won one this morning...my trainer nominated me for the "Hustle" award. He said I had been working hard, even through all of the vomiting and stuff and deserved the recognition. My prize was a gift certificate for one free personal training session. Talk about your letdowns. A trophy would have been nice, perhaps a golden bucket, even a case of energy drink would have sufficed. In any case, it was a nice little pick-me-up before he made me run "suicides"(which are very aptly named).

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So I guess I have 6 sessions with the trainer left, and my lifestyle change continues on.