Birthday Shuffle Sixth Edition - Day 2

Today's shuffle brought up

The Time (Dirty Bit) by the Black-Eyed Peas

Everyone knows the starting riff is from Dirty Dancing's 

"I've Had the Time of My Life"

but much more techno...

I like that it gets my heart going

and gets my legs pumping.

I also like that it reminds me at the onset

"I've had the time of my life,

and I owe it all to you..."

My husband was initially against my getting a bike.

He argued about how dangerous it was.

He argued about how no one respects cyclists.

He argued, and I bought a bike anyway and started riding.

Now he supports my riding.

He encourages me to get out on the road.

He drives me to locations and drops me off.

He's picked me up when I'm riding home, 

and it's suddenly started raining.

And, now he's driving me to biking events...

And, I keep having the time of my life... 

Birthday Shuffle Year V - Day Five - Do You Love Me?

Original by the Contours




I could not dance.  Yes, I'm Hispanic, and I should have that inner rhythm, but I seriously could not dance.  I remember going to dances in high school and just sort of moving along with the rhythm, but I didn't really dance.  And, my good friend in college laughed at me during that freshman year whenever I tried dancing because, well, I sucked.

During that summer between college freshman and sophomore year, I started going to 18 and over dance clubs with my friend P.  He challenged me to not care about what anyone thought as we danced.  And, how we danced.  We went to various clubs from local small clubs to larger LA beach clubs.  And, we danced and danced and danced.

I watched the other people around me and started to copy their moves.  And, as I did so, I gained a lot of confidence.  I remember once being at a club with no one dancing and P and I being the first ones on the dance floor to get the night started.  Yeah, that was fun.

When I came back to college that fall, I remember my friend asking me where I had finally learned to dance.  I told her about going to dance clubs all summer.  "Dirty Dancing" came out later during that year, and it soon became like a theme song for me, because I remembered the time when I couldn't dance.  Plus, being that mom had listened to 60's music while I was growing up, I actually knew how to "mash potato" and how to "do the twist."  Do you...?

myPod Shuffle #16 - Cry to Me

Think of the sexiest scene in a movie, and I can guarantee this is in the top 5. The one thing I always remembered about this scene was Patrick Swayze's back. It was so perfect. Who wouldn't want to be Jennifer Grey kissing and running her hands all over it. Sigh.

This song has it all: rhythm, lyrics and fantasy factor. Muy caliente...!