Nerd Alert

If you know me, then you know I’m a huge Big Bang Theory fan. Sheldon is my homeboy. In fact, I’m now 2 degrees away from Jim Parson, which I’m unreasonably excited about. I was three degrees away when I found out a coworker went to college with John Ross Bowie who plays Kripke (the guy with the speech impediment) on the show. So I, of course, tweeted my excitement. And John Ross Bowie answered out of curiosity. (This is why he’s awesome-follow him @johnrossbowie).

Anyway. I’ve always leaned slightly to the nerd side of things, but I think it’s starting to get out of control. Because of references on Big Bang Theory and a few posts by the Bloggess- I’ve been watching Dr. Who.

I know. Don’t judge. For those of you who don’t know, Dr. Who is a BBC show about a time traveling alien (Time Lord) who’s the last of his kind who goes on all sorts of adventures through space and time with a female companion. The new episodes (the show originally ran from 1963-1989, but I haven’t watched any of these) are free on Amazon Instant Video if you have Amazon Prime, so I figured what the hell? I’ll watch the first episode and see what it’s all about.

They make references to Britney Spears “Toxic”, Harry Potter (super nerd moment), and some other things that I assume I’d understand if I were British (I’d love to live over there for a year-it’s on my life list). I just love the accents and they’re humor. I LOVE Downton Abbey (please don’t go, Maggie Smith!), and used to watch Are You Being Served? as a kid (my grandparents didn’t have cable and we liked to see what color Mrs. Slocum’s hair was going to be), and have watched 2 seasons of The Tudors-which might technically be American, but it has Henry Cavill. Whoa, off topic again.

I’ve started season five of Dr. Who now. And they’ve switched Doctors again. I know that I’m really into the show by the fact that this upsets me. Even more so than when Rose left. David Tennant was a fantastic Doctor. Matt Smith is ok-he’s different, but his disappearing eyebrows kind of freak me out and I’m finding it difficult to get passed it. Plus, his hair is bordering on Criss Angel, and that’s just not what I look for in a Time Lord. Have I lost you? Sorry.

David Tennant/ via

Matt Smith/ via

The short and short of it is that I’m now guilty of waiting for a mad man in a blue box. Oy.

I promise I won’t start watching Star Trek. Probably. Someone stop me if I do. But I can’t promise to never play “Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock”.

The Zoo, a Book Cover and OMG BABY DUCKS!

I gave myself a four-day weekend. I was finished work Wednesday night at 4:00, went to power yoga that evening (hot power yoga, mind you) and woke up Thursday ready. I met up with a friend who moved to Delaware at the Philadelphia Zoo. Try to have a bad day at the zoo, I dare you. I borrowed my work camera in the hopes of getting some shots I could be proud of. I think I succeeded. Here are a few of my favorites:

I LOVE peacocks.

He was in the rare animal conservatory. I love his face and coloring.

My sister is writing a book about our mom and what it was like trying to find her. She asked me to do the cover for her. It'll be an e-book, available soon. She currently has a book of her poetry available for kindle called The Color of Dawn. She's an excellent writer, and I can't wait to read the novel.

Coconuts just bought a house, so I went to see it (it's super cute, btw) and we ventured over to Zern's-a big farmer's/flea/food market. A local pet store has a shop in there where they bring some of their animals. Friday it happened to be BABY DUCKS! And baby chicks. I totally could have had a Friends moment--but I didn't.

This is Alphonse. I should have bought him.

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

What If Workout Programs Were Based On 90's Hip Hop?

Photo from fitsugar.com

I needed a little Monday pick-me-up today, so I made a Pandora station based on Tone-Loc (I don't have him in my iPod (wtf, me?) and wanted some Funky Cold Medina to get me through the day.) I also had 2 coworkers make the station. I highly recommend it. 

So from that I decided I want to make a workout program inspired by the song that would be singing. I'd do all of these for the length of the song-or at least I'd try. I don't know if I could do that many push-ups in a row.

1. "Jump Around" House of Pain- Jump rope and jumping jacks. Note-this song reminds me of Mrs. Doubtfire. I might have to watch it-it's free on Amazon Prime.
2.  "Push It" Salt-N-Pepa- Push Ups or some kind of hand weight arm exercise. Okay, I know that's not the kind of pushing they were referring to, but whatever.
3.  "Walk This Way" Run DMC & Aerosmith-Walk or run in place.
4. "Baby Got Back" Sir Mix-A-Lot- Side bends and situps. Because he specifically asks us to.
5. "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" Big Willie Style- Don't act like you don't remember the dance.
6.  "1 2 3 4 Sumpin New" Coolio- "Get your booty on the floor. Gonna, gonna get up, get down." This song calls for squats and lunges. Probably alternate by 10's or 15's.
7. "Can't Touch This" MC Hammer-The running man/running in place. Probably with some side-to-side action. Check out the video if you don't know what I mean.
8. "Mama Said Knock You Out" LL Cool J- Punches a la tai bo.
9. "Tootsee Roll" 69 Boyz- This one's pretty self-explanatory. But I had to look up the video because I forgot.
10.  "End of the Road" Boyz II Men. Because you're done, and it's a slow song so you can cool down and stretch. And they're from Philly. Plus, I didn't have anything better in mind.

Happy Monday!