Rock Out Music!

Let me start by saying I have had a very long day. So I can not be held liable for anything confusing that comes out of my mouth fingertips.

I worked from 8am to 6pm today... ten hours. To some people that is a regular workday, but for me that is 2-4 hours longer than I usually work. And I had to work in two departments, no less... its slightly hard for my brain to switch gears like that. I did alright today though. Luckily there wasn't too much work to do in Photo. I helped out in customer service too... so it's really like I worked in 3 departments today. Yikes.

Anyways, it's money in the bank, so I can't complain too badly. Especially when I need that money so badly. Hopefully that stress will go away soon, if I keep picking up hours like this. Next week I have 32 hours so far. That's pretty good.

I work again tomorrow from 8am-4pm. That's a regular opening shift for the video store. It just seems so early, unfortunately. Especially considering it is now midnight and I am sitting here writing in my blog instead of going to sleep. Right after this though I will. I need to. So tired.

One thing that has been keeping me up at night is this music. I am a huge fan of projectplaylist.com and have created tons of different music playlists for all different occasions. Lately I have been working on two different ones. One for my cousin Erin, who just turned 11. I want to expose her to a lot of good music... The Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan, CCR, etc. Good old stuff, that will expand her horizons beyond the Jonas Brothers and High School Musical. It's actually pretty good and I like listening to it. I always think of songs late at night to put on it.

The second one is a workout playlist. That's what I am listening to and working on at this exact moment, while doing this. I'm trying to find the best way to arrange it right now... do I want the slower songs at the beginning for stretching, or should I just throw everything where ever it will land and hope it works? Here is what I have so far:

Postal Service- Such Great Heights
Frou Frou- Let Go
Journey- Don't Stop Believin'
Fallout Boy- Dance, Dance
Ok Go- Here It Goes Again
Frou Frou- Close Up
Daft Punk- Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
The Strokes- Last Night
The Jets- Are You Gonna Be My Girl?
Black Eyed Peas- Pump It
Basement Jaxx- Red Alert
The Muffs- Kids in America
Rick Springfield- Jessie's Girl
REM- It's the End of the World
Nena- 99 Luftballons

Not too shabby. I'm one for weird arrangements with many styles of songs. But I think most of these have the recurring 4/4 pounding beat... the beginning of the list does not. That's less pounding. But it ramps up to it. Gotta love that pounding beat! Now if only I had an Ipod I could put these on, and a gym to join and workout in. haha. I'd almost be a stereotypical American!

Anybody have any recommendations for good workout songs? I followed the SparkPeople guide, and it led me to some of these songs. I'm looking for more! Music really does get me going.

Well, it is creeping further past midnight, and despite what I really want, I still have to work tomorrow. So I should go to bed so I'm not late. And then tomorrow evening is my cousin's birthday party... I hope I don't eat too much cake! Gosh I love cake. And homemade ice cream. I must budget my points for it!

Wish me luck with the cake! haha.