Monthly Archives: April 2009

Music, The Hubs

Snoozing…

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My husband sets my alarm for 6:31 AM every morning. I then proceed to systematically hit the snooze button every 6 minutes until roughly 7:01 AM. That means that the alarm goes off 6 times every morning (not counting the one time it goes off for my husband). It is set to a radio station. Here is how I woke up this morning:

6:31 AM – “If You Could Only See” by Tonic. Gag.
6:37 AM – “Vacation” by the Go-Gos. So aggressively cheerful that I should have woken up for good at that point.
6:43 AM – “Jesus is Just Alright” – The Doobie Brothers (henceforth referred to as “The Doobies”)
6:49 AM – “Back in Black” – ACDC
6:55 AM – I have no memory of this one, because my hand was lightning-quick in hitting the button. In fact, I think my half-slumbering self might have had my hand poised above the clock radio, ready to strike.
7:01 AM – “China Grove” – The Doobies

So this, obviously, got me thinking about The Doobies. They are playing at Innsbrook After Hours (a seasonal concert series here in the West End of Richmond, if you are not from around here) this Wednesday, April 22 at 7-ish. So of course local radio stations are playing their songs. They always do that when a band is getting ready to play here. Here’s the thing. A while ago I blogged about the Yacht Rock phenomenon that was sweeping my household. Like it or lump it, The Doobies were an important cog in the finite machine of Yacht Rock. Just watch the first YouTube video (linked to in the blog linked to above – can’t get to YouTube right now) and you’ll see how important they were to the whole smooth movement (yeah, I know, cheap shot).

My point is, how do you reconcile a song like “Jesus is Just Alright” or “China Grove” against a song like “Takin’ It To The Streets” or “What a Fool Believes”?

Of course I turned to Wikipedia for the answer. And my suspicions were confirmed. It’s Michael McDonald. He drastically changed the sound of The Doobie Brothers. Now that Yacht Rock video makes a lot more sense to me.

I think he might be the devil. I also think my husband might divorce me for this blog post.

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Food

Healthy Food

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OK, I know I just said this wasn’t going to be a diet blog, but I’ve been searching for healthy recipies and just remembered one I already know how to make. I posted a recipie for a breakfast casserole some time ago but I can’t find it. Anyway, here is the healthy version:

Ingredients:
Egg Whites
Fat Free Cheese
Whole Grain Bread
Skim Milk
Pam cooking spray or similar
Turkey Bacon
99 % Fat Free Ham
Mrs. Dash or Spike
Cracked Black Pepper

Spray a casserole dish with the cooking spray. Rip up the bread (maybe two slices or so) and coat the bottom of the dish with it. Kind of mush it down a little. Whisk together the egg whites (about 7 or 8), the skim milk (about a fourth of a cup), the turkey bacon (chopped up), the ham (chopped up as well), the fat free cheese, and season it with some Mrs. Dash or Spike and some cracked black pepper. Pour the egg mixture over the bread. Refrigerate overnight to let the flavors mingle. Pop it in the oven at 350 degrees for about a hour. Serve with hot sauce or ketchup, if you want to.

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Food

Am a Pig

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So I counted calories all week, made good choices about what to eat, wore my pedometer and counted steps, and tried to be more active during the day. Except for Friday. And yesterday. Well, and today so far, but it doesn’t count because I have a migraine.

Friday I started the day with a cheese omelet, bacon, hash browns, and a biscuit from the cafe at work. I only ate about a fourth of the omelet, two bites of the hash browns, and half of the biscuit. Oh, and both pieces of bacon. The worst part about all of that was that I drank an enoromous Pepsi, which I’d been avoiding previously.

Then, for lunch? McDonald’s. So good. So bad for me. Combo 2 with no onions and a Sprite. Another soda! Bad me!

Then I ate about a whole fried chicken, some soup, and drank ANOTHER soda.

Yesterday I did OK for breakfast, BAD for lunch at TGI Friday’s with my mom (damn you, tiny delicious cheeseburgers!), and then ate a piece of fried chicken when I got home.

So in essence, I undid all the good work I did Monday through Thursday. Going to start again tomorrow with renewed vigor and dedication. Don’t worry, this isn’t going to turn into a diet blog. I’ll start a new blog for that if it turns out to be something I want to write about. I’ll just tell you about my backslides and disgusting things I eat in the hopes it will either a) make me feel guilty enough not to do it anymore, or b) make you feel better about the crap you eat.

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