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Today’s Playlist… (30 Days of Lists: Day 4)

I rarely listen to music. Not because I don’t like it, but when I’m in my car I like to enjoy the silent time to myself, and when I’m at home I tend to work in quiet or with the TV on.

My little secret? My confession? One of the best part of photographing weddings is the music at the reception! It is like a dance party all the time! But the bonus of no club, no bouncers, and no cover charge!

So here are some of my favorite reception songs. Overplayed? Maybe. But that is because they are AWESOME!!!!!!!

– Dynamite by Taio Cruz
– I’ve Got a Feeling by Black-Eyed Peas
– California Girls and Firework by Katy Perry
– Club Can’t Handle Me by Flo Rida
– Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey or the Glee version
– Just Dance by Lady Gaga

I don’t have much music on my iPhone, but you can find most of these there. At the end of the night, when driving home from a wedding – or on the way to a photoshoot or a client meeting – you can normally find me singing along to these songs, usually loud and off-key, in the Mini!

Out of all of the songs – this one has become my own personal anthem of sorts to remind me that we are all amazing people! I discovered it when I bought the CD, and had no idea it was already rising on the Top 40 charts at the time. Hopefully it inspires you as much is it does me!

Firework by Katy Perry

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag,
Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?

Do you ever feel, feel so paper-thin
Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?

Do you ever feel already buried deep?
Six feet under screams, but no one seems to hear a thing

Do you know that there’s still a chance for you?
‘Cause there’s a spark in you

You just gotta ignite the light, and let it shine
Just own the night like the Fourth of July

‘Cause baby, you’re a firework
Come on, show ‘em what you’re worth
Make ‘em go “ah, ah, ah!”
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby, you’re a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make ‘em go “ah, ah, ah!”
You’re gonna leave ‘em all in awe, awe, awe

You don’t have to feel like a waste of space
You’re original, cannot be replaced

If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane, comes a rainbow

Maybe the reason why all the doors are closed
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road

Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
And when it’s time you know

You just gotta ignite the light, and let it shine
Just own the night like the Fourth of July

‘Cause baby, you’re a firework
Come on, show ‘em what you’re worth
Make ‘em go “ah, ah, ah!”
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby, you’re a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make ‘em go “ah, ah, ah!”
You’re gonna leave ‘em all in awe, awe, awe

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It’s always been inside of you, you, you
And now it’s time to let it through

‘Cause baby, you’re a firework
Come on, show ‘em what you’re worth
Make ‘em go “ah, ah, ah!”
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby, you’re a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make ‘em go “ah, ah, ah!”
You’re gonna leave ‘em all in awe, awe, awe

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

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The Weight Update, March 2011…

I forgot to weigh myself yesterday. After being in Las Vegas last week for WPPI and retaining so much fluid, I was obsessively weighing myself every single time I went into the bathroom and saw the scale, and so I told myself I had to stop. As a result, I skipped weighing in on March 1st. Oops!

BUT!!! I weighed in today, and I’ve now lost a total of 8.2lb since the start of 2011. That means I’m right on track, since my goal was 4-5lb a month for the year. Yay!!!

Biggest thing I’ve been doing? Drinking LOTS of water. My boudoir client that is a personal trainer told me to drink half of my weight in water each day, so I’m pushing to drink 100 ounces daily. It is hard – that is a lot of water! But I keep my big 20oz Starbucks thermo cup with me all the time and whenever it is empty I refill it. 5 of those a day gets me to my goal.

I think I was on the short list of people who didn’t come home from WPPI with the photographer plague, and I am crediting the fact that I only had half a glass of wine and one margarita the whole time I was there, but 60-80oz of water daily, with the fact that I came home unscathed! Well, that and I washed my hands a lot. I’m still surprised, since I definitely didn’t get enough sleep!

Plan for March: keep up the water drinking, more fruits and vegetables, and more walking each day. SXSWi is coming up this month, so there will be a few days with a lot of eating out, but as I learned from WPPI as long as I keep drinking water I should be fine!