Good morning and happy Friday, campers. We're in that awkward time in Austin where it's still warm and humid and always seemingly on the brink of rain. As in, it has to rain soon. It is not possible for it to be this humid if there is not the promise of rain. The clouds are like giant bloated cow udders just begging for some relief. --Hope you were ready for disgusting imagery! You weren't? Sawly!-- Well today is the day that the clouds have been waiting for- I think we are getting rain. It says there's a 95% chance, but you seriously never know in this town.
So, today I'm happy to bring you a Rainy Work Day edition of Friday Tunes. Remember how my elliptical playlist was heavy on the beats? This...isn't. Just a mix of slow, easy tunes to get you through an hour of work on this (hopefully) rainy Friday. (Have I ever typed a more geriatric sentence? Meh, I'm just gonna go with it.) Hopefully you get some pitter-patter on your window for some back up percussion. If you'd prefer, you can listen on Spotify under my "rainy work day edition" playlist.
What do yall like to listen to when you're stuck at work on rainy days?
tis time. time once again for texas football. college football. saturdays where entire populations point towards their respective stadiums. lots of people describe baseball as America's great national pastime. maybe those people sucked at football.
to say i'm excited is an understatement. our tailgate has been months in the making. there have been at least 150 emails about preparations. we basically bought all the hamburger meat they had at costco. i don't even eat red meat and this excites me. last night i was making bacon to put in a variation of these suckers and was thrilled because i was making something other than lean meat, whole grains, or veggies. it's healthy, i know, blah blah but ermahgerd. boring. our tailgate beer sponsor, MillerCoors, came through again so the triple hops brewed beer will flow like the Guadalupe River. us girls have all of our burnt orange apparel from Longhorn Fashions picked out and coordinated so that we don't show up wearing the same outfit. the HORROR. can you imagine? i need my smelling salts. please know i'm kidding. about the smelling salts. not the outfit coordination. that is very, very serious.
anyway, the point is i couldn't be more excited about the longhorns. the game. the food. the drink. the cowboy boots. the camaraderie. the competition. and certainly not least of all: the tunes.
so this week, i bring you a tailgate edition of friday tunes. many of these are a Texan's version of an Irish drinking ballad. i can guarantee that my friends from school have either hiccuped, sang, or stumbled their way through a two-step to these songs. sometimes all three at the same time! we're multi-talented like that. of course i capped it off with the Texas fight song. if you like what you hear, subscribe to my "tailgate" playlist on spotify.
can't have a friday tunes: tailgate edition without mentioning our very own in-house musician and close friend of mine, John Edward Baumann. he'll be playing most of our tailgates and is an up and coming Texas musician. he is a seriously talented wordsmith, and his songs always make me smile. or cry. I'M IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTION. i've included some of my faves.
"All the food in Austin is dirt cheap and impossibly good, and when I
went to Franklin BBQ I deliberately tried to give myself a heart attack
by stuffing my face with brisket and very small bourbon pies. The women
there are not unattractive, and the folks all look extremely content
with their lives. Meanwhile, 20 million people voluntarily cram
themselves into a New York City subway car every morning wanting either
to kill everyone around them or to kill themselves because killing
yourself is kind of easier. Austin is better. And I like that the
University of Texas has the balls to cause entire conference shifts
without actually moving anywhere. They just break apart alliances and
leave other schools bankrupt for the sheer joy of it. That's my kind of
heartless bureaucracy."
time for a little friday tune time! today, i have put together ten songs that keep my butt moving on the elliptical. warning: the playlist is heavy on the beats, yall. and the base. it's a pretty specific taste, but hey- i like it. can't help it. and you might find something that will help you power through your next workout. as my mama would say, "can't hurt. might help."
on that note, if you find that you like what i'm listening to, please find me on spotify. my workout playlist is called "pump. you. up." new to spotify? that's fine. it's free if you don't mind ads. if you'd prefer no ads, they have a couple options, the most expensive being $10/month. it is also super easy to use, with the radio benefits of pandora and the added benefit of being able to make your own playlists. there are about a million other cool features- trust me on this one!
i'll end this short post with a plea: please share your favorite workout tunes with me! doesn't matter what genre. if it keeps you moving, i am dying to hear it. i'm always in search of new music. you can tweet your songs to me @mollyer, facebook them here, respond in the comments, or send them to me right through spotify.
i'm molly- a twenty (something) year old young professional living in austin, texas. being twenty (something) is weird...sometimes, i feel like i'm running in circles. might be because i am- literally. i've decided to run a marathon on an elliptical. i'll be blogging through my training (and non-training. and recipe-making. and home-decorating. and fun things-doing.) thanks for stopping by!
