Roar

Hey, how about I turn this blog into one about music? Kidding. I'm not going to do that. But I do have to say that I recently (like as of this moment) came across a song by (who else) Katy Perry. My girl Katy and I seem to have a thing for the bad boys, if you believe the gossip rags. At least her bad boy (Russell Brand) was reformed. Now she's fooling around with John Mayer. If the gossip is to be believed, he's becoming reformed too. How does she do that?? My bad boys never reform, they still sleep on mattress on the floor, like to drink with kids who are barely legal, complain about every single person in their life, refuse to take any responsibility and have no desire to actually do something productive with their lives. Their main motivation seems to be a desire to hurt my feelings and 'teach me a lesson'. Let me school you something ladies, when a man feels like its necessary to tell you lies under the guise that it's to show you how some imagined infraction feels....well, that's flat out abusive behavior. And you are worth more. 

I read this book recently called  'The Power of the Lady Bits'. The actual title substitutes 'lady bits' for something a little more salty that is another word for cat. Totally changed my life. Seriously. The whole thing is about how to date, how to realize your own worth. I j'adore this book. I'm actually forcing my book club to read it. There was this one chapter that talks about the 'red flag men'. You know, the guys that have red flags go up but your hormones tell you to overlook those? I read the list that she had in the book and kept thinking 'check, check, check, check....oh shit.'. I read  the whole thing in the hopes that I could cure my brain of the bad boy. And move on to the nice guy. The amazing thing is, it actually worked! I actually found myself becoming more interested in the good guys. One thing it also teaches you is how to let go of the losers, the posers, the bad boys and not be upset. Case in point-
I went on a few dates with this computer programmer type guy. Cute, little geeky, older than me. Out of nowhere, he stops calling and texting. Do I get offended? Heck no! I move on to another 'pot on the stove'!
A week later, he texts about how he's sorry for the MIA and a sob story about how dating sucks. I tell him all is cool. Thanks for letting me know.
Douche bag actually has the audacity to say to me that he is "down for the physical" if I am. I promptly let him know that I am not that kind of lady. Not a peep since.
Normally, this would upset me. I would obsess over the idea that he thought I was that type of girl. I would wonder how I came off like that seeing as how nothing had happened between us. I would feel bad about myself and wonder if that's all I am to guys, a piece of ass.
But now? I could care less. Whatever!
His loss.
I'm fabulous.
Seriously girls. Read this book! Live your life the way you want to! Be free! Have fun!!

I know this might be a touch contradictory to my last post but in actuality it goes hand in hand with the concepts that this book teaches you.
You have to be happy being you before you can be happy dating someone. So I am happy with me. I am so stinking happy with me. I like spending time with me. I like to date myself. I typically am an easy date, ice cream and wine makes me a happy girl. I've heard there is an ice cream that is made of WINE.
How stinking great is that?? Sign me up!
  Thanks to this new found mojo, I have been on some interesting dates lately. I'm getting back into the dating pool, if only to provide everyone with some very funny stories. And trust me, they are really funny. I maintain that my husband probably lives in Ireland and owns his own pub because he got tired of brain surgery.

I know you want some nosh so I promise coming up you will see 'Let's meet at a gourmet pizza place and I will order us a chopped salad... to share' Chopped Salad recipe and 'Let's split this check, ok?' mini grilled cheese sliders recipe.

So this is whats on repeat right now. Download it. Love it. 

"Roar"
By my gal Katy Perry

I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath

Scared to rock the boat and make a mess

So I sat quietly, agreed politely

I guess that I forgot I had a choice

I let you push me past the breaking point

I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything

You held me down, but I got up

Already brushing off the dust

You hear my voice, you hear that sound

Like thunder, gonna shake the ground

You held me down, but I got up

Get ready cause I’ve had enough

I see it all, I see it now

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire

Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me ROAR

Louder, louder than a lion

Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me ROAR

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You’re gonna hear me roar

Now I’m floating like a butterfly

Stinging like a bee I earned my stripes

I went from zero, to my own hero

You held me down, but I got up

Already brushing off the dust

You hear my voice, you hear that sound

Like thunder, gonna shake the ground

You held me down, but I got up

Get ready ’cause I’ve had enough

I see it all, I see it now

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire

‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me ROAR

Louder, louder than a lion

‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me ROAR

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You’re gonna hear me roar

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You'll hear me ROAR

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You're gonna hear me ROAR...

Roar-or, roar-or, roar-or

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire

‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me ROAR

Louder, louder than a lion

‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me ROAR

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You’re gonna hear me ROAR

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You'll hear me ROAR

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You're gonna hear me ROAR...