'Cause I Got Too Much Life, Running Though My Veins / Going to Waste

I'm housesitting for the next three weeks, and have car privileges while the household is out of the country. On Tuesday I dropped an email about driving/route practice, got an 11:15 PM phone call, and shifted my flag Wednesday. This morning I ate my Thursday lunch for breakfast, because it's been that sort of week. I've been completely oblivious to monsoons, earthquakes, California marriage law and anything else in the news. So if anything other than driving without hitting things happened, I don't know about it.

Oh! I'm in that death zone where you think you know how to drive, and are totally living in a fantasy universe. Tell me stories of horrible near-misses (or not-misses) to scare me out of any illusions I'm ready for weekend Beltway traffic. (Lies. Lies, lies, lies. But I might try major state routes.)

Email Posting Test

Because I have no shame, my favorite playlist this week:

01. Mary Chapin Carpenter - Passionate Kisses (3:23)
02. Wilson Phillips - Hold On (4:27)
03. Jennifer Saunders - Holding Out for A Hero (3:56)
04. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (5:28)
05. Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (4:41)
06. Pat Benatar - We Belong (3:42)
07. Cher - (This Is A) Song For The Lonely (4:01)
08. Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window (3:36)
09. Berlin - Take My Breath Away (4:12)
10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon OST - A Love Before Time (English) (3:45)
11. Mask of Zorro OST - I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You (4:43)
12. Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero (5:50)
13. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (4:33)
14. Vanessa Williams - Save the Best for Last (3:39)

So I hate romance novels but have a thing for power ballads.
There you are, girl genes! If Bonnie Tyler made it twice,
Celine Dion's "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" should be on there too.
Leona Lewis singing "Bleeding Love" should be on there as well, but
the radio's giving it plenty of play already.
--