Whenever I have a really stressful day at work (and today was definitely one of those) I have a sure-fire way to make myself feel better and regain some perspective and energy. I head upstairs, put on the Ipod and start dancing in the kitchen with Roy while I do the dishes and clean up.
The following songs are guaranteed to help me shed the stench of the work-day and lift my spirits:
The Eels: "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)"
The Jesus and Mary Chain: "Head On"
Chris Isaak: "Always Got Tonight"
Dwight Yoakam: Fast As You or "I've Got You"
Mike Doughty: "Looking At The World From the Bottom of a Well"
Cake: "Love You Madly"
The Killers: "Everything Will Be Alright"
There are a bunch of others, but those are some of my top songs. In particular, "Looking At The World From The Bottom of a Well."
Right now, the project I'm working on has me stressed beyond all belief. We were supposed to be code-complete over a month and a half ago, and I was supposed to have two other full-time QA engineers working on it. Instead, I only got the other two QA under me in the past week, and we're still only 75% code-complete. I'm starting to lose it, and to make matters worse, I got on a status call this afternoon, and started complaining how the product guy was pointing out issues like "the search box border is 2 pixels off" when the frigging page he was looking at barely even worked. And then it turned out he was on the call! Whups. When my blush finally died down, it turned out to be a good thing, because he'd been tuning me out when I told him the product wasn't anywhere near ready for launch until then. Still... I don't normally lose my cool like that.
So as soon as I finished work for the day, I headed upstairs, turned the music up to just short of ear-splitting and proceeded to dance around the kitchen like a madwoman while I fixed Roy's dinner and did the dishes. By the time I was running through my favorite Chris Isaak songs, I'd calmed down and felt much better.
It's true. Music does have the power to tame the savage beast.
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2 comments:
Amen! I like your music choices.
Rocking out is the best! You wanna know a secret? When i clean I rock out too---but put my hair up and wear bright red lipstick! teehee Funny huh?!
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LOL. I do something similar. I'll put my hair into a ponytail as high on top of my head as I can get it, and while I'm dancing I'll fling it around... once the ponytail falls down, it must be time to take a break. :)
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