My Top 5 Songs

Late this month....this should be the last month that I slack like this... BECAUSE I AM DONE WITH SCHOOL.....forever! I am now equipped with a Master's Degree in a particular sub-area of Civil Engineering, so I guess in a way, I am a "somebody", even though I do not have my professional license. I don't want to THINK about advancing the career, possibly for a better paying job or something like that.  I just am tired of starting again....like the song "Best of You" by the Foo Fighters says. It's OK - the current status quo isn't bad.   By the end of the year, I will think about possibly looking for a better job, and studying up on things to maybe take the PE exam in 2017 or 2018.   But for now, I just want to relax, enjoy some things, possibly try to build some semblance of a social life...maybe get laid some time, which would be great.  Last winter, I actually did get some action.  I hated the idea of an online type of hookup thing - but ...

I never was a summer time person.  I just never went to beaches, pools, etc.  I always thought people should not be so revealing, too, just because most were ugly.  The last summer that changed a bit.  And this summer, too.  I have been riding my bike for exercise in areas of the city I NEVER thought I would venture (on a bike).  It's an amazing feeling of liberty and mobility, free of charge, and without creating pollution.  And, this year, I actually have been wearing tank tops. I always thought I would look ridiculous in them because in my perspective, I had scrawny arms.  Well, I realized they aren't scrawny at all. Not that I'm a narcissist, but they are muscular enough not to look dorky in a tank top. This sounds ridiculous, but someone would have to understand the feeling of freedom this brings - to feel the wind and sun on areas of the body that hardly ever have had those feelings. To me, its a great feeling....of comfort, and in a way...

Late entry this month... There's not much to say. I got a B in my graduate class. It's a minor miracle. His grading curve was so lenient, though - it HAS to be, since that professor was ridiculously bad at teaching. There is no way I can go back to that for how many more years. I don't particularly like that school - its so crowded and noisy. And this lousy teacher? I'd have to take him at least two more times! No thanks.... I am in the process of exploring/applying to an alternative.  I will be certain in a few days as to whether I will enroll at a different school. My goal is to lose 15 pounds by Sept. 1.  My weight fluctuates (like everyone's, at different points of the day), so for my starting weight I'll just put an even 200lb.  I know very well that to be successful, I will have to really up my physical activity.  I will have to improve my eating habits, but they aren't totally bad to begin with, and I don't see a need to give up certain plea...

The summer is almost over. I am in cruise control - enjoying life with few nagging issues, and appreciating this time for its simplicity and lack of drama. The new person in my life (I may have hinted to in last month's post) is amazing. It has been a good relationship thus far. I miss the anger and angst, though. haha. Still, a Godsmack song like "Good Day to Die" debuts at #1! So there - love won't turn me into a creampuff! Besides that, there was no significant movement in the Top 5 this month. But the archives? I miss those times - such great music all around, both in 2000 and 1997! The Blondie cover "Shayla" by Berlin vs. Meeks was a lot of fun at the time. It's from a tribute album to Blondie done by obscure bands that were rather goth-like. The CD was titled "Platimum Girl: A Tribute to Blondie". It's pretty cool. AUGUST 2010 1. "Good Day to Die", by Godsmack -, 1, 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqcNgHbPRSg 2. "C...

It's so weird - you could never possibly know when someone or something new and exciting will walk into your life. When that happens, things change instantaneously - your mood, your taste in music, the way you take on the day. I'm happy, strangely enough. ha. Well, Godsmack hits #1! Alice in Chains took a beating, with one song dropping out, and the other being knocked from #1 after only a week there. "Crying Like a Bitch" was just too strong this past month. And in August, Godsmack's latest album (which is very, very good, I might add), may have one or two other songs making the almightly Top 5. Chevelle, again, gives a great song. It took a while to break in, since I was so consumed with AIC the last few months. And "Odd One" is a great song I hum to myself at work when I'm ready to kill a particular individual there who is a pain in the butt: "....it's gonna be OK...!" Has it been a YEAR since that great Silversun Pickups CD rocked...

I'm excited to enjoy the summer - at least two trips to various amusement parks, i'll see a major league baseball game for the first time in YEARS, and a trip or two to the country or woods for camping or just a day of escape. So, without further adieu, the top 5, for June, 2010: JUNE 2010 1. "It's Your Decision", by Alice in Chains 3, 1, 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIGw2Wg88Ns 2. "Private Hell" by Alice in Chains 1, 1, 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfAXr4RZPE0 3. "ATX", by Alberta Cross 2, 2, 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX_Ncw4FLRI 4. "1901", by Phoenix 4, 4, 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RulP4OXxFbM 5. "Crying Like a Bitch", by Godsmack -, 5, 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb3_RR_N5Uo JUNE 2009 1. "Disconnected", by In Flames 2. "The Hungry Ghost", by The Cure 3. "Break Me Down", by Seether 4. "Pocketful of Sunshine", by Natasha Bedenfeld 5. "The Royal We"...