Paraskavedekatriaphobia Friggatriskaidekaphobia and Stuff.....

Lily Allen - Never Gonna Happen
I don't wanna hurt you cause I don't think it's a virtue
But you and I have come to our end
Believe me when I tell you that I never wanna see you again
And please can you stop calling cause it's getting really boring
And I've told you I don't want to be friends
Believe me when I tell you that I never wanna see you again

How on earth could I be any more obvious?
It never really did and now it's never gonna happen with the two of us
I don't understand what it is that you're chasing after
But it makes me really sad to hear you sound so desperate
It just makes it harder

I can see how it's confusing -- it could be considered using
When I call you up straight out of the blue
But I don't understand what else a girl in my position's to do
Now I know you feel betrayed but it's been weeks since I got laid
This doesn't mean that I don't think you're a fool
But I don't understand what else a girl in my position's to do

How on earth could I be any more obvious?
It never really did and now it's never gonna happen with the two of us
I don't understand what it is that you're chasing after
But it makes me really sad to hear you sound so desperate
It just makes it harder

I know it's rather ugly cause I know that you still love me
And this isn't any kind of excuse
I don't love you, I don't love you...













The lovely Heidi over at hihorosie gave me this so i had better live up to it huh???














Being that it is Friday the 13th I want to show you this fucking cool poster I made. It is a zombie movie poster and if you want to make one of your own go here zombie movie poster generator. Check out who the director is YO!! Click on the poster to enlarge it, if you must!!! It's scary YO!!!

Do you want to know what those big words mean up above?? I didn't make it up so go google it if you must. No surprise there.

Never Gonna Happen. Nope. What? When i say stop, I mean it YO!!! Just listen to the song. OK?

So, I have a friend. She is very special to me. She is not all that healthy and it kills me to see that in her. Not only is she gorgeous, but she is smart as a whip and puts me in my place constantly. She says things like "michelle, your too hard on yourself" "you worry to much about me". I am and I do. Guilty as charged here. I learn from her every single day. She is young, 23 years old. Yet, she teaches me YO!!! I love her and want her around a very long time.

I emailed my foot doctor last night. He is currently on vacation in Florida and here is what he emailed me:
Truth is unless you have fantastic healing powers you still should be strapped up and the toe immobilized as well as wearing the fracture shoe. the fact that it doesn't hurt is avery good sogn but don't push it!!!
If you took an x-ray now I don't think it would show any healing as of yet....well maybe. But it might be a good idea to take one to make sure the fractured fragment is still in good allignment and did not move. either call Alla for one of my covering doctors or have Ilene send you to Harvey's palce for an x-ray
WTF????? NO HEALING???? This simply is not acceptable to me. It is just NOT!!! Then my doctor/running friend told me to wait until next week when it hits 1 month so it will indeed show HEALING so that I do not get depressed if I have an x-ray too soon and it doesn't show healing!! Makes sense right??? So, next Wednesday I will go for an xray of my foot/TOE. I am *crossing my fingers* that the report is good YO!!!

Yesterday, Liz Lemon. I was talking and the doorbell rang so she excused herself to answer the door. Then I look up and see Liz Lemon slamming the closet door right outside the office where I was sitting. So, I said "YO LIZ LEMON, do you put people in the closet and not let them out???" Or do they "come out of the closet by themselves??" She laughed YO!!!

I was thinking about something. I think perhaps, I complain too much? Believe me, I know there are so many people out there much worse off than I am. So what?? I have a broken TOE??? SO WHAT??? I need to really step it up a bit and man up or woman up or just up!!! Shut the fuck up is more like it!!! I hate this part of me. The complaining baby part of me. The part of me that wants sympathy and love and hope. I just wanna be like this cool dudette that is strong and unnerving and cool. I have work to do in this area, obviously!!!

Shall I touch upon Valentines Day again??? Well here is something cool I read on Wikipedia:
In Finland Valentine's Day is called Ystävänpäivä which translates into "Friend's day". As the name indicates, this day is more about remembering all your friends, not only your loved ones. In Estonia Valentine's Day is called Sõbrapäev, which has a similar meaning.



















I love this card and if somebody gave it to me, I would be in love forever!!! WHY??? Dude, it tells me just what to do. Simple easy to understand words without any innuendos or beating around the bush. (pun intended)

The Universe told me this today:
When you begin to find love, Michelle, in people and places where you haven't found it before, it's always because you've grown.
You so rock,
The Universe

Just Keeping It Real......Nothing To See Here Move Along...

Limp Bizkit Break Stuff
Its just one of those days
When you don't wanna wake up
Everything is fucked
Everybody sux
You don't really know why
But you want justify
Rippin' someone's head off
No human contact
And if you interact
Your life is on contract
Your best bet is to stay away motherfucker
It's just one of those days!!


Its all about the he says she says bullshit
I think you better quit
Lettin' shit slip
Or you'll be leavin with a fat lip
Its all about the he says she says bullshit
I think you better quit talkin that shit
(Punk, so come and get it)
Its just one of those days
Feelin' like a freight train
First one to complain
Leaves with a blood stain
Damn right I'm a maniac
You better watch your back
Cuz I'm fuckin' up your program
And if your stuck up
You just lucked up
Next in line to get fucked up
Your best bet is to stay away motherfucker
Its just one of those days!!

I feel like shit
My suggestion is to keep your distance cuz right now im dangerous
We've all felt like shit
And been treated like shit
All those motherfuckers that want to step up
I hope you know I pack a chain saw
I'll skin your ass raw
And if my day keeps goin' this way I just might break somethin' tonight...
I hope you know I pack a chain saw
I'll skin your ass raw
And if my day keeps goin' this way I just might break somethin' tonight...
I hope you know I pack a chain saw
I'll skin your ass raw
And if my day keeps goin' this way I just might break your fuckin' face tonight!!
Give me somethin' to break
Give me somethin' to break
Just give me somethin' to break
How bout your fuckin' face
I hope you know I pack a chain saw, what!!...
A chain saw, what!!...
A motherfucking chain saw, what!!...
So come and get it

Let's face it, there are good and bad days. There are days when you want to jump out of bed and go crazy. In a good way. Those are the good days. Then, there are the days where you feel like shit and just want to stay in your cozy bed because you are afraid you may rip someone's head off. In a bad way. Those are the bad days.

I try. Really I do. I try to make the best of things, but I am only human even though I am Rawcool. I have so much pent up energy and without being able to exercise, it just sits inside of me. Waiting. Annoyingly waiting.

Then, I get these annoying little aches and pains in areas on my body that should be pain free. Like my left lower back. I never had pain there before nor did I do anything to explain why the pain is there, yet it's there. WHY? Is my body rebelling against me because it was my fault I broke my TOE? Perhaps.

It's just that:
1) I hate not being able to run
2) Everybody hates me and my attitude
3) Liz Lemon loves me!
4) YAY for that
5) I am a couch potato
6) That sucks
7) Keeping it real is getting harder for me
8) WOOHOO Lost is on tonight
9) WOOHOO Top Chef is on tonight
10) How pathetic am I for using WOOHOOs??

I know I am being redundant talking endlessly about the fact that I cannot run. So, lets move on OK??

Valentines Day!!!! Ummm, blah!!! Don't get me wrong, its not that I don't love me some chocolate's and stuff, but dude why do we need a day to say I Love You??? IMHO, that day should be freaking every day right??? I say I love you constantly. Mostly to myself, but still....


Now, there is the way I would want to celebrate Valentine's Day!!!

And this too:



















Perhaps this gets the message across?


































Mostly, i feel this



















Other than all that, I am perfectly fine!!!

My Universe told me this today:
One of my favorite things about time and space, Michelle, is that absolutely NOTHING can ever happen there that can't be seen as a blessing in some wonderful way.
Perspective rules,
The Universe

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These
are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's
pathway, the good they do is inconceivable."

-- Joseph Addison

See, how adorable I am. I complain and say how miserable I am, yet I always conclude my posts with an uplifting message from both the Universe and a quote of the day!!!! I freaking ROCK!!!!!

And thank you all for either volunteering to be my runnernanny or totally saying no to me. Either way, its cool because I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!

How Come I End Up Where I Started..How Come I End Up Where I Went Wrong???

Radiohead - 15 Step
How come I end up where I started
How come I end up where I went wrong
Won't take my eyes off the ball again
You reel me out and you cut the string.

How come I end up where I started
How come I end up where I went wrong
Won't take my eyes off the ball again
First you reel me out and then you cut the string

You used to be all right
What happened?
Did the cat get your tongue?
Did your string come undone?
One by one
One by one
It comes to us all
It's as soft as your pillow

You used to be all right
What happened?
Etcetera Etcetera
Fads for whatever
Fifteen steps
Then a sheer drop

How come i end up where i started?
How come I end up where I went wrong
Won't take my eyes off the ball again
You reel me out and you cut the string.

My post today was inspired by the very lovely Annsrants.

RunnerNanny!!!!

Ok, let me back up a bit. Yesterday, I needed to do something for a friend. A very wonderful friend of mine. His brother passed away 6 years ago on Feb 9th and I decided to get out and walk/run a 3 miler in honor of his bro!!! Now, the very fact that my TOE is broken didn't stop me. Yesterday. I walked the first mile in 15.23. Then, I started running. Second mile 10.23. Kept on going and hit mile 3 in 9.55. 3 miles in 35.42. My TOE felt OK! No pain. At all.

Then I read Ann's post on Nannynannies, which was hysterical, by the way and it got me thinking. A person of means can have a nanny for just about anything. A nanny for your nanny?? Who knew?? So, how about a runnernanny????

Here is how I would place the ad:

Looking for Runnernanny:
Must be between the age of 25-35. Able to run 8-9 minute miles and have interesting conversations with other runners or with themselves. Must play nice with others. Must be able to run 6 days per week. Must track all runs with my garmin and then email me the stats. (immediately) Must run at least 2 races for me and set PR's in both races FOR ME!!! Must dress appropriately in the latest and greatest running attire and gear. Must supply your own entertainment when running. iPod? NO WALKMEN. This is not the 80's dude. You can take rainy days off if you must.



I am sure I will get many responses because I was banned from running again. My doctor/running/friend said to me last night, in her exact words "don't fuck it up". Do not run again Michelle. Do you want to start all over again. You are 3 weeks into healing and your running today can set you back 3 weeks. Don't fuck it up Michelle. I couldn't get a word in edgewise. Don't fuck it up Michelle is all I heard. It's all I dreamed about last night. Oh that and this:

I was running. Why does it always come back to that??? Anyway, I was running on my beloved boardwalk and it was pitch dark outside. Now I am not talking dark with streetlights dark. I am talking dark with only the stars above to light the way. And i was sort of running and gliding at the same time. With my hands out in front of me making sure I wasn't bumping into anything or anybody. Then as my hands were groping in the dark, I felt a head and banged into someone. That someone being my friend who told me just last night not to fuck it up. Yikes!!! Thankfully, I woke up and glanced at the clock. 4am. Fuck!!!

Hey check this out:


Jan 2009 4 4:31:26 24.16 11' 14 2,813 +191 -188 +3 1.8 --
Feb 2009 1 0:35:42 3.00 11' 54 314 +26 -26 +0 1.9 --
OVERALL 5 5:07:08 27.16 11' 18 3,127 +217 -214 +3 1.9 --
Interpreted this means that in the month of January I ran 4 times for a total time of 4 hours 31 minutes 26 seconds 24.16 miles 11.14 pace 2,813 calories burned. In February I ran 1 time 35.42 3 miles 11.54 pace 314 calories burned. Total running in 2009 five hours seven minutes eight seconds total mileage 27.16 3127 calories burned.

I am not at all happy with these numbers. In fact, I am downright embarrassed. But that is all for another post.

Right now, I am looking for a Runnernanny. Anybody interested? Unfortunately, the pay has to be in the form of stroking your ego and making you feel as though you are the bestest runner in the whole entire world. Plus all the gatorade you can drink and/or snacks and my famous banana blueberry pancakes after every single run.

Please????




My Universe told me this today:
Michelle, never compromise a dream.
Sure, take a step back, regroup, go bowling, but never compromise a dream.

Ciao,
The Universe

"You make the world a better place by making yourself a better
person."

Is This Real Life? I Have Four Fingers.....

You may get a very big chuckle out of this video. Well, anybody that has been to the dentist recently or in the past and has been put to "sleep" or given laughing gas or even had some novacaine. When you walk out of the dentist OR saunter out OR stride out OR skip out you feel NO PAIN!!! And you say funny things. So just imagine if your a kid who is high for the first time. Is this going to be forever???

So, today is Sunday WORD OF THE DAY;

MASH UP:
a digital media file containing any or all of text, graphics, audio, video, and animation, which recombines and modifies existing digital works to create a derivative work.

Mashup (video), a video that is edited from more than one source to appear as one

mashup
Musical genre. Involves cutting and pasting samples and loops from two or more popular tracks to form a new track, often forming a suprisingly catchy new tune. Not as complex as remixed music. There are a number of bedroom djs who create moderate quality mashups.



Can you see where this is going?? So here is a good example of a mash up!!!


Or a remix if you will!!!!! Either way, its pretty fucking cool isn't it????

And now for the really crude mash up. Remember Christian Bale's melt down the other day???? Here is an article about it and the audio of Christian melting down and acting like an insane asshole!!!!

I just want to say that I do not condone this behavior and I think he is a lunatic BUT this post is about mashups and dentists and little david. So, with that said here is the video I want to post:

Christian Bale takes David to the dentist

I want to dance:


I promise to you all, i am not angry nor do i enjoy Christian Bale's meltdown. I am just showing you examples of mashups. This is all done in a humorous way, IMHO!!! I totally understand if some of you may not approve of these videos. I would love feedback on the mashups.

Check out Christian's apology. He took it way too far and he knows it.


Rawcool says HAPPY SUNDAY to you all!!!

Live high - Live mighty - Live righteously!!!

I Want To Go To There....

Anybody who reads my blog knows that i am a huge Tina Fey fan. Meaning really i am a fan of Liz Lemon.
He smells like frosting. He likes to bake!! Imagine that????

I.WANT.TO.GO.TO.THERE!!!

I love this! A good friend of mine asked me what that meant and here was my answer:
That would be anywhere that is fun and special!!!

Fun and special. Gosh i ask for a lot don't I?? That got me to thinking..Does a fun and special place even exist in my world?? Sure it does. Sometimes my fun and special place is when i am reading a good book. Sometimes my fun and special place is when i am reading all the amazing blogs that you all write to me. They are written to me right?? Ok, good just checking. Sometimes, my fun and special place is when I plug in the earphones into my ears and blast some Black Fortys. Damn they rock. I'm lovin Sadie Sweet right now.

Always, my fun and special place is when I am running, with no exceptions. Ok, well I am not in my fun and special place when I am running and i fall. Nuff said!!!

But when i really want to go to there, I watch some 30 Rock! Since Liz Lemon is my therapist and I always ask WWLLD??? We have a special relationship and that is all I want to say right now.

In the past, I had a very hard time sleeping. I couldn't fall asleep and tossed and turned all night long. It was a very bad time in my life and I tried many things to sleep. Benadryl, melatonin, even some other stuff. They all worked for a bit, then stopped. Then I flicked the fleas and got rid of the bad stuff and i slept. Like a baby. All the bad stuff is now all good stuff.

Ok, well not all good, but i am working my ass to make it good. I like to do things for people. I like to help out. Guess what? I got to do just that these past few days. My close friend/running mentor needed me, and i was there. And I know 100% that if I need her for ANYTHING she would do the same for me. Not that its tit for tat or anything, its just nice to know. And i know. Without a doubt. Without asking. I did another good deed this week. I helped a precious friend to feel better. With ginger ale. So simple but it made a difference.

Please, i just want to make sure, I am not asking for praise or for anybody to say how great I am!!! I already know just how great I am!!!

But, when i hear the words "I am here for you" well it really makes me feel like "I want to go to there"!!!!!


The Sun and The Moon at The North Pole

I don't know about you guys, but that photo takes me breath away!! Stunning.

What my Universe told me today:
Sparks fly, angels talk,
time is bought and mountains walk.
How thoughts become things.
Haiku, Michelle. Haiku very much. Haiku.
The Universe

Love In The Year 2009.....

With this:



Liberté Méditerranée Yogourt
High-Milkfat, Probiotic, Ultra-Rich “Dessert” Yogurt

I could love on yogurt and give up dessert. If you think you don’t like yogurt, try this: If you didn’t see the carton with the word yogourt, you might guess you were eating strawberries and cream. If your idea of the best yogurt is something that can pass for cream, pudding and dessert you simply must try this.

Liberté Méditerranée Yogourt is a sundae-style yogurt (fruit on the bottom) from Canada, made with milk from Vermont. It is quite simply the most delicious fruit yogurt I have ever eaten.

And, it has the same calories as most other whole milk, fruit-sweetened yogurts.

From their website:
*In addition to health value, the live bacteria cultures contribute to the creaminess. Liberté uses Bioghurt cultures, which can successfully colonize in the intestines. Read more about probiotics.

Flavors
There are 12 flavors Liberté Méditerranée Yogourt, and if you have access to all of them, we envy you. The four flavors of currently available in the U.S. (at Whole Foods Markets) are exceptional:

Strawberries, my favorite, tasting exactly like summertime strawberries and cream
Wild Blackberries,
Peach & Passion Fruit, a sweet and sunny combination
Plum and Walnut, a sophisticated marriage of dark plum and walnut flavors with crunchy walnut bits.


Read all about this exquisite yogurt here liberte.

I've only tried the strawberry but I couldn't get enough of it and I am 100% going to make a Whole Foods run to stock up on this delight. Believe me folks, yogurt usually doesn't make me all happy like. Until today. This stuff just explodes in your mouth and tastes like a decadent dessert that you would have in a restaurant after an expensive dinner.

If you have a Whole Foods near you, and are in the Northeast part of the USA GO NOW AND BUY!!! RIght NOW!! PLEASE!! If this stuff doesn't give you a food orgasm then I simply don't know what will.

The Universe told me this today:
Think back to a happy time in your life, Michelle. A really, really happy time. If you can, try to remember the happiest you've ever felt. Think of the laughter, the peace, the confidence, the ease of it all. Emotionally, relive a few of those moments. Don't think of the details (people, places, or circumstances); just think of the way you felt.
Good. Very good. We're just creating some building blocks for tomorrow and the rest of your amazing life.

Adios,
The Universe




I wasn't in the best of moods when i awoke today...because of a nightmarish dream I had that I can't seem to get a handle on!! Pearly-Q??? See what I mean??? Anyway, I just want to HIGH - FIVE you all.  

That is all.
Oh one more thing:
"The problem in my life and other people's lives is not the
absence of knowing what to do, but the absence of doing it."

Fuck yeah!!!!

Can You Hear The Music?

"A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats averaged $100.

Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?"

Read the entire story here Pearls Before Breakfast

This really got me thinking today. Life is made up of lots of moments and if those moments just speed by us, well are we really living our life to the fullest? Don't worry, i am certainly not getting all zen-like and philosophical on you all. It's just not me. But, again this made me think today and I really groove on that.

You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
I will tell you this though. I am 100% sure I would have stopped at least for a moment to take in the music and marvel at how great Joshua Bell is. This is totally not my kind of music. I believe I have one classical piece on my iPod and thats just because it was one of the free downloads of the week.

Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. ~Roger Miller

It's not so much the music as the moment it was creating. So, I think it would be great to create moments in your life. I don't give a hoot what that moment is. Just moments that can be held on to and remembered is all.

The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer. ~Edward R. Murrow

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop. ~Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland

Knock on the sky and listen to the sound. ~Zen Saying

Tomorrow, i am back to being silly! Today, this seemed to call to me. So, what would you do to create a moment?? Would you have stopped to listen to the music? What do you think you are missing by not stopping once in a while???

The Universe told me today:
Hunches, instincts, and intuition are priceless, Michelle, because they throw you into action.
They do throw you into action, right Michelle??

Tallyho,
The Universe