Shaping in the shape I'm in

[clevermanka]

Oh shit my lower body hurts. I pushed hard yesterday on lunges and man. The place where my g. max and IT band share a space is just stiff like whoa, and my piriformis is sore even to the touch. I knew I'd maybe gone a little overboard with the lunges (I just typed that as "lunches"--twice) when I looked in the mirror to re-do my ponytail and noticed my chin was red. When I do walking lunges (JFC I did it again), I hold my hands in front of me, with one hand wrapped around the other's fist, and I tap them gently against my chest as a "go go go go" motivation. Apparently my hands migrated up (makes sense, I'm encouraging myself to stand up-up-up on each lunge) and I had been bumping my chin. Fairly hard. Ooops.

Some serious stretching is definitely on the menu. As is some exended low-impact movement later this morning. No, not that, you dirty, dirty people. Honestly. Where do you get these ideas? Shameless things.

I was looking at some old pictures of me when I was what I considered to be my most fit and realized that you know what? This body is never going to be what I consider the most attractive body shape on a woman. I'm not a pear shape, and ain't nothing I can do to get there. I'm an hourglass, and a rather solidly-built one at that, despite my small bones. I need to revise my ideas of Personal Best Body. Hmph. I tried to find an example to link, but the inclusion of "hourglass" into an image search brought up way too many black widow spider pictures, and I couldn't deal. Sorry.

Wow, even my abs are a little tender. I must be doing something right.

I'm on the hunt for used copies of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" and Britney Spears's "Femme Fatale" albums. I can't quite bring myself to ask Kelly at Lovegarden to order them, and I can't say I'm thrilled about paying full price for either. I want only one or two songs off each album, but I want the full CD quality. So downloading MP3s is not an option. Sometimes it's really inconvenient to be an audiophile.

Okay, you know what? To be honest, I like pretty much all the singles that've been released from the "Teenage Dream" CD. So maybe I can suck it up and buy that one. But some of the stuff on Britney's just makes me cringe. One of them came on the radio just now and I had to turn it off. I can sit through freaking commercials, people, but I cannot bear to have her "Criminal" song assault my ears. This song, though? This song is the shit:

How have I never made a "music" tag before now?

Comments

[curieuse.livejournal.com]

HDTracks.com sells lossless files, but has a smaller selection than iTunes which (as I'm sure you know, hence the need for this post) is at 256 kbps. I think you're right that your best bet for higher quality than that is to buy the CD.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

This is very good information about HDTracks.com, and I did not have it, so Thank You! I am going to go check it out Right Now.

Update: Alas, they are snobby little snob things and do not offer trashy pop music on their menu. Still, a very good resource if I want single songs from more highbrow albums.

[stuology.livejournal.com]

That is not really their fault. The music labels dictate it, not the sites that sell it.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Another reason to hate music labels.

[auroraceleste.livejournal.com]

Email me your address, I think I have both sitting around somewhere (I know Katy Perry).

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

<3 <3 <3 <3

[shrijani.livejournal.com]

"Criminal" is offensively lame. I actively dislike quite a few of the songs off of Femme Fatale that her people have decided to release as singles.

Here are the songs from Femme Fatale that I do like:

"Till the World Ends"
"Hold It Against Me"
"Inside Out"
"(Drop Dead) Beautiful"
"Seal It With a Kiss"
"Trouble for Me"
"He About to Lose Me"

I was disappointed in Teenage Dream, but I suppose the songs that are good are worth it. I really hate the song "Firework," despite because of its anthemy emotional lift and bullshit lyrics. It's like a John Williams film score, but in a pop song. Blech.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Aw, I like the Firework song! But E.T. is by far my favorite. I kind of like The One That Got Away, too, but I bet the shine wears off on that one eventually.

[shrijani.livejournal.com]

I really like the songs "Teenage Dream" and "Who Am I Living For." I love Katy's voice. It sometimes makes me listen to "Firework" just because of the white girl vocal power. She belts; I approve.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

eBay for the music.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

There is also a CD Tradepost out here by the 6th st HyV where I've found great deals on music.

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

so basically, your ass hurts.
(((((((your poor butt!!)))))))))

I need to work on carving my apple into more of a pear.

OK, went to youtube to see what "criminal" sounded like. :O reeeeeeallly terrible!!