I Confess To All That I Have An Obsessive Personality...and Love Those Giddy Moments!!!

Okay, so I confess that I have an obsessive personality...and I fully admit that those things get me totally flipping giddy!!

I don't know what happens with certain television shows... but there comes a time when I'm watching a television show.  I may have watched it for a while before, but then all the sudden I find myself screaming at the television or, I'm like flipping out about somebody not getting together or someone kissing someone who I don't want them to.  And then, I'm like a MADwoman!!  I have to youTube all the actors and actresses, I look at the websites... I download all the music... Like seriously folks, I have a playlist of One Tree Hill songs that has almost 1000 songs on it.  Yes, 1000 songs... like seriously!??  And then it gets to the point where I literally FREAK out when my show is about to come on... hyperventalating and everything.  Yeah, that's TV.

Then there are the songs or CDs.  I can remember just listening to a song and then all the sudden I'm like "ooh, this is a good song... I don't remember this being that good" or like my friend let me listen to a song and from the first chord, no joke, the first chord of the piano gave me chills.  And then... all of the sudden... just like the TV shows.... I just get obsessed!!  Then, I put the song on repeat.... I put the song on repeat for like days... all I want to hear is that song.  What gets even worse is the fact that I will often times then learn how to play it on guitar or piano because the obsession runs that deep.

Yeah, there are those wonderful not serious totally crazy obsessions that I openly admit to...  Now, I admit that there are other things that I do totally get giddy over, and I guess that might make me a dork, but yeah... things like the first day of school make me so hyped up that I can't even sleep the night before... or when I get to wake up early on Tuesdays for my 4th and 5th grade Honor Choir... I LOVE it....

All right, there's the random blog for all!!!  Talk at you later!

The Songs that Stop Me

Okay, so Denise and I were talking last night about how music really fits into your life and how there are those songs that just MAKE moments...whether it be in real life or on that big screen in your living room.... so these are some songs.... we'll copy Kaitlin and give a top ten list.

So... here it is.... my top ten songs that just.... transport me back to the moment....

10. "Been A Long Day" - Rosi Golan
     Probably one of my favorite moments in the history of One Tree Hill was when Lucas comes home to  newly pregnant Peyton, kissing her stomach and just sharing a moment.  That whole ending moment was just AMAZING, so every time I hear it, it stops me.

9. "No Envy No Fear" - Joshua Radin
     This was another one that was in One Tree Hill, but I never realized it on there.  I was driving down the road and it came on my iPod, and during my hour long drive I'm pretty sure that I listened to it on repeat the WHOLE time.  It is just a song that means a lot to me, and the lyrics are absolutely amazing!!

8. "Where You Lead" - Carole King
     The theme song to Gilmore Girls... yup... I am that dorky.  It just takes me back to college and my good friends and being a big dork on my couch with a pillow and screaming at every commercial break.

7. "Defying Gravity" - Wicked (Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth)
     Okay, the first time I saw Wicked and this song came on, I cried.  Tears streaming down my face, and my mouth open so wide that I don't even know how to explain it.  It was a show stopping moment, and it's one of those songs that when it comes on my iPod, I can't skip it... in fact, I have to belt it out at the top of my lungs (sometimes while standing on a couch with a broom... if you've seen it, you understand)

6. "Bye Bye" - JoDee Messina
     The song that I sang on stage at her concert.  Nuff said.

5. "The Things We've Handed Down" - Marc Cohn
     Now, at the time I discovered this song, I was a lot younger, but I fell in love with it, because it was on my 'Mad About You' (that old Helen Hunt/Paul Reiser show) soundtrack.  Now, I always think of my best friend and her daughter, before we knew who she was or that she even WAS.

4. "Wedding Dress" - Matt Nathanson
     Okay, now this song goes down in history as the song that freaking ROCKED MY WORLD during the second to last episode of season 6 of One Tree Hill.  Played just at the end as Peyton collapses and they have just gotten married.  It is just this AMAZING song and I am forever transported to that moment of freak out when I saw what happened on the television.

3. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
     I was an ER fan.  It was a show that I grew up watching, and no matter when I hear this song I think of Mark Greene dying on that show.  And anyone I ask about it, automatically has the same thought.... that is how engrained in our brains this song is!

2. "Hands Down" - Dashboard Confessional
     This to me is the epitome of an OTH song.  Whenever I hear it, I smile, because this song was playing in the pilot when Peyton was driving her car and almost hit Lucas.  I can actually picture the whole scene playing out when I hear the song.

1. "Love Song" - Sara Bareilles
     This was on a DVD last summer when I worked at American Eagle, and we would stop what we were doing to sing into our headsets when it came on, so I LOVE it.

Oh man.... I ran out of numbers... those were in no particular order... but I'm going to give you a few more, but no explanations.

"You Found Me" - The Fray
"Open Your Eyes" - Snow Patrol
"We Belong Together" - Gavin DeGraw
"You Fill My Heart" - Jason Walker
"Life is Beautiful" - Vega4
"It is You" - Dana Glover
"Heartbeats" - Jose Gonzalez
"Stronger Woman" - Jewel
"Dancing" - Elisa
"Think it's Gonna Rain Today" - Claudine Longet
"Here I Go Again" - Casting Crowns
"David Duchovny" - Bree Sharp

Anyways... happy downloading... all really good songs... stand alones by any right!!!!

Crying on my couch instead of running... NOT cool...

"It's absolutely fantastic, ideal marathon conditions..."-Deena Kastor

Well thank you Deena for that quote this morning.  You know, last year, I ran the Chicago Marathon, and I will flat out tell everyone that it was by far the MOST AMAZING THING EVER.  I cried when I crossed that finish line... and it was then one of the most emotional days and few days of my life.  Something that you work soooo hard for, and then in just one day it's over.

This year, many of you know that I injured myself and was sent to physical therapy for a few months.  Basically, my PT said that I had great thigh muscles... really strong.  The rest of me, however, was crazy wimpy.  I didn't think that because, hey, I'm a distance runner (a badge I wear with courage and pride now that I can admit to myself that yes, I am a runner...)  So, in short, my PT was telling me that unless the rest of my body started to get strong, I wasn't going to be doing any marathons any time soon.  So, I've made it my goal to get these workouts in now.

This morning, I woke up after being at my friends' wedding last night and I went straight to the TV to watch the coverage of the marathon, because I am now addicted.  One of the first things I see is that quote from Deena Kastor above....and I'm going to confess to each and every one of you that I started to sob like a baby.  And then, when the gun went off and those runners started to cross that start line, I was nearly un controlable.  I wanted to be down there SO bad, and the more I watched, the more empowered I felt.  And all I could do was look at my Marathon medal from last year and think that I NEED to make sure that I can run it next year.  Tendonitis be damned, it is going to happen... If I have to work out every single day, eat 2000 calories a day, and stand on my head for an hour every day, I will do it, because next year, the Chicago Marathon is not going to be watched from my house while I'm sitting on the couch crying.

Here's the goal again...

Yeah, I really want another one of these....I'm inspired again... and this time next year, I'm going for a PR... and it is going to make me smile.

In other words, you should all go to http://www.hulu.com/ and check out "Spirit of the Marathon", an AMAZING AMAZING movie about marathoning and all that goes into it.  Brings me to tears ever time.

And NOW... in honor of me not being able to run 26.2 miles this morning, I'm going to go run 4 at the gym...