Heads, shoulders, knees and toes. Knees and toes or... The gross body blog.

Head to Toe tidbits of informations about gross body stuff.

Eye Boogers
Eye boogers are formed from rheum, which is a natural discharge of your eye. Boogies are rheum mixed with dust and dead skin cells.

Snot and boogers.
Your nose makes about a quart of mucus everyday. Boogers are clumps of dirt and other airborn bits (i.e. germs, pollen, etc...) that get caught in the mucus in your nose. Try not to pick them, even though it feels so good.

Ear wax
Also called cerumen, ear wax lubricates, cleans and protects the inner ear. Why is it that all the funky stuff secreted by our bodies there for protection?

Belly button lint. Gross.
I just learned that belly button lint consists of clothing fibers, hair and dead skin cells. But.. more "importantly", it seems that the lint come from fibers, etc. below the belly button and are transported, via belly hair, up and in. Gross.

Toenail fungus.. dry heave.
Apparently, Vicks salve treats toenail fungus. Just in case you were wondering.

movie night turns into music night or... Fresh blood for the playlists.

just saw repo men tonight. cool movie. lots of gore. but even better was the soundtrack...

1. Sway (Rosemary Clooney)
2. Release Yo' Delf - Prodigy Remix (Method Man)
3. 54-46 Was My Number (Toots and the Maytals)
4. Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday (William Bell)
5. Feeling Good – Nina Simone
6. Sing It Back – Moloko
7. Nausea – Beck
8. Burn My Shadow – UNKLE
9. Love Lives – Dave Stewart
10. Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday – RZA
11. Dream a Little Dream of Me – The Mamas And The Papas
12. Repo Mambo – Marco Beltrami

So, I went on my torrent sites to download them all. no such luck. Even iTunes (yes, i was prepared to actually pay for music) didn't even have some to purchase separately. Most of the songs you can only get if you purchase the whole album. whatever that's about...

Then I went a little music crazy.


I downloaded 20 new Nina Simone songs. One of which was on the soundtrack that I didn't even know was her and I love it!
Nina Simone's real name is Eunice Kathleen Waymon and she was born in North Carolina. She passed away 7 years ago this month.

Downloaded Moloko, which i just learned that I like lots and lots. (right now at least).

Downloading Rosemary Clooney. LOVE.

Rediscovered my love of Jacque Brel and other romantic french artists. ie. serge gainsbourg. Feels like a quiet late night dinner party with red wine and fancy dresses.

Learned that i love cuban mambo lots. Listening to it makes me feel like I should be sitting on a colorful porch with quiet little men smoking cigars. That's Perez Prado over on the right. Love that he is mustachioed.
"Il Re Del Mambo" or "The King Of Mambo"


back to the movie for a second, Jude Law is foxy.

Saints and Cheese or... How to frighten babies.

St. Dymphna is the patron saint of the mentally ill. (bar on 8th street between 1st and A)

St Drogo is the patron saint of unattractive people. "During a pilgrimage he was stricken with disease that caused gross deformities. The townsfolk were nice enough to offer him a small cell attached to the church where he wouldn't frighten babies anymore." ha!

here's the address for this site. Pretty darn funny, if you ask me.
http://www.cracked.com/article_16509_8-most-bizarre-patron-saints.html



just learned that weekday brunch is an uncommon phenomena.. interesting. I just kind of assumed that brunch was a "meal" like every other and dining establishments served food. but i guess it makes sense since most normal people work weekdays. Howevvveeeerrr, restaurants that are open during the daytime (before 6), have breakfasty/brunchy foods on the menu. They just don't have special cocktail-meal deals. It all makes sense now.

I feel like this is a lot for 3 containers of cheese
http://www.amazon.com/Kraft-Parmesan-16-Ounce-Plastic-Canister/dp/B001E55Z46