MUSIC: "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga

"Bad Romance"
by Lady Gaga
On Ellen:
Official Video:

Lyrics:

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-roma-mamaa!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-roma-mamaa!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance

I want your ugly
I want your disease
I want your everything
As long as it's free
I want your love
(Love-love-love I want your love)

I want your drama
The touch of your hand
I want your leather-studded kiss in the sand
I want your love
Love-love-love
I want your love
(Love-love-love I want your love)

You know that I want you
And you know that I need you
I want it bad, your bad romance

I want your loving and
I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh!)
I want your love and
All your lovers' revenge
You and me could write a bad romance

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-roma-mamaa!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance

I want your horror
I want your design
'Cause you're a criminal
As long as your mine
I want your love
(Love-love-love I want your love-uuhh)

I want your psycho
Your vertigo stick
Want you in my rear window
Baby your sick
I want your love
Love-love-love
I want your love
(Love-love-love I want your love)

You know that I want you
('Cause I'm a freak bitch baby!)
And you know that I need you
I want a bad, bad romance

I want your loving and
I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh!)
I want your love and
All your lovers' revenge
You and me could write a bad romance

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh!
Caught in a bad romance

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-roma-mamaa!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance

Walk, walk fashion baby
Work it
Move that bitch crazy

Walk, walk fashion baby
Work it
Move that bitch crazy

Walk, walk fashion baby
Work it
Move that bitch crazy

Walk, walk passion baby
Work it
I'm a freak bitch, baby

I want your love and
I want your revenge
I want your love
I don't wanna be friends

Je veux ton amour
Et je veux ta revanche
J'adore l'amour
I don't wanna be friends
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh!
I don't wanna be friends
(Caught in a bad romance)
I don't wanna be friends
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh!
Want your bad romance
(Caught in a bad romance)
Want your bad romance!

I want your loving and
I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh!
I want your love and
All your lovers' revenge
You and me could write a bad romance

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh!
Want your bad romance
(Caught in a bad romance)
Want your bad romance

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh!
Want your bad romance
(Caught in a bad romance)

Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
Roma-roma-mamaa!
Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!
Want your bad romance

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FOOD: Chex Party Mix

Chex Party Mix
(this is how I did it)Ingredients:

3 cups Rice Chex

3 cups Corn Chex

3 cups Wheat Chex

2 cups Pretzels (doubled up since I'm skipping the bagel chips)

1 cup of Mixed Nuts (no peanuts!)

6 Tbsp. Butter, melted

2 Tbsp. Worcester Sauce (it was new, but you don't want to know how old this was)

1/2 tsp. Onion Powder ($.50 at wal-mart)

3/4 tsp. Garlic Powder

1 1/2 tsp. Seasoned Salt (didn't know there was such a thing... next time I'm using Old Bay)

Directions (followed oven instructions instead of microwave):

Preheat the oven to 250F.

Melt the butter in a large roasting pan in the oven.

Add the seasoning ingredients and mix well.

Slowly add the rest of the ingredients.

Gently mix to coat.

Bake in oven for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.

Let cool on paper towels for 15 minutes, then

Store in airtight container.

Okay, I'm already munching on the mix, and I'm really liking it. I hope that there's enough for the people at the office tomorrow. This was my first try, and I have enough cereal for a second batch (tomorrow maybe). On the back of each Chex box is a different Chex Mix recipe -- Cinnamon-Apple Chex Mix, Cheesy Ranch Chex Mix, and Chex Muddy Buddies. I may have to "Chexperiment" more often.

:)

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RUN: 10.1 miles @nearly 2 hours, Melbourne Beach, FL

Okay, so my friend Thomas convinced me to go run with them this morning. And yeah, it hurt. I did well on the way out even though I had to let them go ahead. It was on the way back that the effects of being off my morning routine (and being undertrained) hit me. So five miles out, I had to walk the way back. It was almost two hours, but hey, it's another 2 hours of exercise I can say I did.

Yeah, I'm not running until this Thursday, when I'll have a similar experience -- 10 miles, but in Deland for their Thanksgiving run. Whenever I'm in Florida for the holiday, I try to run it.

Anyways, now I'm going to get packed and will head over to Orlando. I hope to catch a couple movies today (Precious and An Education) then tomorrow's the official grand re-opening of Space Mountain at MK. It's going to be a busy time.

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MUSIC: "Walking On Snow" by Jordin Sparks

I borrowed Jordin Spark's Battlefield album from the library, and from the moment I heard the first notes, I knew that I loved its first track, Walking on Snow. When I hear it, I imagine driving in LBV at dusk after a very satisfying visit. Perhaps I'll have that opportunity this Sunday. Anyways, I hope you also enjoy the song. :)

"Walking On Snow"
by Jordin Sparks
Lyrics:

You fire words, but all they do is ricochet
You think I'm payin' the price, but it's not costing me
Your love was a waste of time
You've been left behind
You made no mark on me, you're gone and you left no sign
You're not on my mind, don't try to press rewind

It's like walking on snow, without leavin' a trace
When all that you said never carried no weight
I came out untouched and in another place
When you gonna get it, I'm so unaffected

When I was flyin' high, you tried to clip my wings
You shot my out of the sky
You tried to make it up buyin' expensive things
Your love was a waste of time
You've been left behind
You made no mark on me, you're gone and you left no sign
You're not on my mind, don't try to press rewind

It's like walking on snow, without leavin' a trace
When all that you said never carried no weight
I came out untouched and in another place
When you gonna get it, I'm so unaffected
It's like walking on snow, without leavin' a trace
You're not gonna see, gonna see this heart break
You huff and you puff but I'm not blowin' away
When you gonna get it, I'm so unaffected

You try and find, find fault in me
Project yourself, hate so easily
You already lost so you push me more
Cause I didn't buy it so, so you push me so

1,2,3,4

It's like walking on snow, without leavin' a trace
When all that you said never carried no weight
I came out untouched and in another place
When you gonna get it, I'm so unaffected
It's like walking on snow, without leavin' a trace
You're not gonna see, gonna see this heart break
You huff and you puff but I'm not blowin' away
When you gonna get it, I'm so unaffected
When you gonna get it, I'm so unaffected

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JOURNAL: Dog Wash Run / RUN: 5.16 miles, Home<-LL->WWTP, Melbourne, FL

Today was a fine day. I spent the night on Pom's couch and was able to sleep in until 10:30am. Then she made breakfast as we watched Top Chef and some History Channel. After that, I resisted the urge to head back to the parks, and I drove home.

I went out to get a book of poetry from the library only to find it was closed on Sundays. I also wanted to get my oil changed, but the two places I had coupons for were also closed. Then I saw that the new Top Dog Express Car Wash near my house also did oil changes. I pulled in only wanting to know how much an oil change was, but I quickly caved and let them have at it. And I have to say that I was incredibly impressed.


The staff was incredibly nice and professional (also: young, clean, attentive). I was in the car the entire time ("due to insurance reasons, customers must remain in their car the entire time") and that wasn't for too long. They were quick and efficient -- their communication with each other for each step of the service was pretty awesome.

They also checked my car's fluids and air filter then took the time to go over this with me. One of the guys also check my car's cabin air filter (behind the glove compartment), and it turned out to be incredibly dirty (it's been 155K+ miles); I was fine with getting it replace there because it was a good find, and I felt like they were doing a good job making me comfortable throughout this process.
It was like an auto-shop version of Chic-fil-a.

Included with the oil change was a free car wash -- and it was a really nice one too. It was one where you put your car in neutral and your car is guided through a series of sprayers and wet noodles. Then, I drove around and some workers hand-dried the car, brushed the tires, and worked to remove some of the bugs from the hood.

It was like a D23 Oil Change/Car Wash -- it felt very VIP.

Anyways, I hope that they didn't set my expectations too high. It really was very good service, and I'll definitely be back in another 3,000-4,000 miles.

So, I drove home feeling really good -- I saved a lot of time; my cabin air filter was now clean and smelling of lemon. And I translated this good feeling into getting changed and back outside to mow the lawn, which was relatively easy this time around. And then, I changed shoes and grabbed the music (NPR: Most-emailed stories) and headed out for an extended run.

Tonight, I ran from my house to the roundabout then west until the sidewalk ended (entrance of the waste water treatment plant). I stopped briefly a few times, mostly because I found the run to be boring, but otherwise think that I did well -- I had a couple sprint stretches. Perhaps I should go easy on the Orlando weekends and instead do the Saturday morning causeway run with co-workers and then the Sunday long runs up in Cocoa with the running club.

Anyways, here's tonight's picture of me. It's time for bed.

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RUN: 3.07 miles @??:??, Home<-LL->WM+?, Melbourne, FL

Tonight, I went for a late night run (11:30pm). It was chilly outside, so I wore my State Champion sweatshirt and Goofy sweatpants. I ran with music (iPod: BEP & BH) and just ran 3 miles (non-standard 2nd mile). I also ran with a couple lozenges since the top-back of my throat suddenly felt weird. Oh well, I boiled a chicken and made a lot of porridge, so I should be good to go.

It was a busy and productive week at work -- one PTR in review, started design on another. I did a peer review and some preliminary coding. Toastmasters was good on Wednesday -- we had a guest, new member inductions, prepared speeches (funny), table topics, evaluations, and certificates! Overall, a smoothly-run and full meeting that ended on time.

It's been relatively calm at work. My officemate has been spectacular. The Dreamer-Relater dynamic is working. And I get the empathy that I need sans partner. I'm looking forward to a busy weekend -- an UP dinner at Jordan's tomorrow (Friday), then a long easy day at the parks (prob just MK and DTD) on Saturday, then brunch with Pom on Sunday.

I'm going to take a shower and then see if I can't submit Part II of my Sip & Stroll report (which I feel is past due). Anyways, here's a couple sweaty ceddy pics from tonight. Enjoy!


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GYM: Blahlley Voll

The title eludes to this evening's sentiment. I can't even really describe it. Tonight was frustrating. I was at the office on time and stayed a couple hours afterwards to handle some Toastmasters matter, which was nice, quiet, productive. Then I'm at home just long enough to change into gym clothes and microwave a couple hot dogs (dinner, no buns), and drive over.

I wasn't playing well, but it wasn't just that. I just wasn't having any fun playing against one of the teams, and I just had to get out of there. So I'm home at 9:10pm and catching up on The Amazing Race, something that's pleasant. I'm about to go grab a beer and make it even more pleasant.

Anyways, that's all I have to report for today. I'll be sure to catch up on older posts at some point.

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RUN: 2.32 miles @??:??, Home<-LL->WM, Melbourne, FL

(reused map)
I left work early to race the sun. I got the lawn mowed before the sun went down, and I trimmed/edged in the dark (so quick). Afterwards, I was warmed-up and just took off to WM & back. It was the first time in a long time that I felt light on my feet. And I actually ran the mile there "without stopping". I made a pit stop at WM and chatted with the greeter who had recognized me from another late-night WM run (for headphones that other time). Then I ran the mile back home without stopping. I actually sprinted the last stretch, and it felt good to actually push myself.

Endorphinized, I was able to sing a full Anthem in the shower, and my mind and fingers were clear for a lot of typing -- a big change from this morning when I was having a bad/blah day at work. It all changed tonight with some happy emails/contacts that really brightened my day.

I have a lot to do: article writing, blog posts, weekend packing, photo orders. Still, tonight I mowed the lawn, went for a run, showered early, had dinner (and a couple beers), did a load of laundry (wash, dry, fold), clipped coupons, and caught up on Project Runway.

Anyways, here are tonight's pics:


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