#122 - Whats a girl suppose to do...

*Sigh* This is going to sound rant-like... so consider yourself warned.

Right now I'm spending most of my summer in a slightly humid classroom teaching summer school, when I could be planning a blast of a weekend attending the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. Total personal dream of mine and I've probably already mentioned that in my blog. As the date gets nearer and nearer I'm seeing articles and commentary about women/girls attending events such as the Con and the reasons why women/girls do so. Suffice to say not all the the reasons are ones I agree with.

Now, no doubt there are women/girls who ARE going to attend to check out the cute actors from movies and shows that they completely fawn over and follow.

Yes, there are going to be women/girls there that might be... I dunno, checking out possible BFs.

Who knows, maybe there are women/girls attending that are going to dress up to have pictures taken of them because they love attention.

Better yet, there are definitely going to be women/girls there who are utter Loser Fan Girls for the show, comic, game, or series that they love and want to be there to show their support.

I also want to point out that I also understand that women/girls are the minority attending these events. But I would like to also think that there are also guys there that attend for the same reasons I mentioned above.

Now that doesn't make anyone's reason better or worse. Thats the facts... Well my opinionated fact.

But who cares!

Whats wrong with women/girls like that attending those events? They provide eye candy, something physically present to drool over thats not on paper. Tell me, what the heck are you going to use the rest of that 8 gig memory card in that camera on anyway after you've taken all the pictures of Jackson, Whedon, Twilight, Transformers, or whoever? And whats wrong with hooking up at a Con, it might be cute. I've even seen a wedding done at a con, so don't just blame the women/girls. I know that there are guys out that think it is utterly bad ass to do a wedding march to the musical styling of the "Imperial March".

Okay, now apparently women/girls with those reason tend to blind the majority to the other part of the minority. Yep theres more to a women/girls double X chromosome. Women/girls ARE also going to attend because GOD DAMMIT they like comics, they love to draw, and OH MY GOD they might actually even pay attention to the plot of a storyline. I'd also like to mention some women/girls are gamers as well, table top to PC to console. You name it, they are totally there.

They can KICK ASS too...

Lets not also forget that there are women that publish, design, market, and draw comics and games as well. Some DAMN good stuff by the way.

Its an old and tiring, yet true argument that I've pretty much seen, read, and participated in all my life.

I don't understand why men (now not all of you... don't let my words make you feel pigeon holed) still can't imagine that women will like the same damn things they do for the same damn reason.

#121 - Workout Playlist

So its pretty much been a whole month since I last posted anything and I manged to survive a whole year of teaching. In fact its been one year to this month that I packed up my stuff and moved from Seattle to Hawaii.

And what do I do during the summer (besides teach summer school)...

Here is a list of music that I listen to while I workout:

Running
Lord Give Me a Sign - DMX
Down Boy - Yeahs Yeahs Yeahs
*I pretty much loop these songs while I run, be it jogging or HIIT training.

Punching Bag/Shadow Boxing
99 Problems - Jay-Z & DJ Danger Mouse
Master Passion Greed - Nightwish
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
Speed - Atari Teenage Riot
*because really, everyone loves some "want-to-beat-the-shit-out-of-something" music

Circuit Training
Church - T-Pain ft. Teddy Verseti
Lucifer - Jay-Z
Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson
If You Want Blood You Got It - AC/DC
Good Luck - Basement Jaxx
*these pretty much keep my heart rate up and my energy going

This is just a small sampling of what I'm listening to right now. I figure I'd share because I'm always looking for more music to listen too while I workout.