Foals in winter coats

My job description is about to change slightly to include some oversight duties. I am beyond excited about this because I really love learning about all the workflow process stuff. Who knew?

Anyway, one of the issues I'm dealing with is finding the right approach to facilitating workflow in a very small office where I'm viewed as a novice.* I have a long drive to work every morning, so I have lots of time to think about this stuff. Frequently, I have the same internal conversation. It starts out with lots of optimism and Mary Tyler Moore-style hat tossing. Then I remember little mistakes I made, or situations where I had to ask a really stupid question of someone. (What's this big white TV with the grey apple on the front?)

Before long, I can totally talk myself into self-loathing.

*(edited to add: Although I really, REALLY hate discussion that reduces experience to gender-specific behavior, I am wondering if this is something that women struggle with more than men. I've known lots and lots of men who have zero trouble taking leadership in areas about which they know nothing.)

Then yesterday, it occurred to me that my morning music mix might not be doing me any favors.

Bright Eyes. Death Cab for Cutie. A little Colin Haye. Coldplay. The Shins.

It's not exactly a musical protein shake.

So I asked two of my best friends to help me come up with a mix. Here's what we've come up with so far:

Lolita suggested Eve.

"Or there's Missy Elliott. I mean, "Work it" pretty much will make you feel like kicking ass. The ladies of hip-hop might be the salvation. They want to blow your mind."

An' Beppe had plenty of good suggestions, too:

"AC/DC, Jill Scott, Violent Femmes, Beastie Boys, Prodigy, Martha Wainwright (Bloody, Motherfucking Asshole is a good one), The Donnas, Dixie Chicks, Le Tigre, LL Cool J, Mary J. Blige...shit, throw you some NAZARETH "you're messing with a son of a bitch" up in there, and you're good to go."

To this I want to add Cake "Shut the Fuck Up", "Short Skirt, Long Jacket" (which happens to be my ringtone).

And let us not forget Husker Du's cover of the Mary Tyler Moore Theme Song.

My brother also made some excellent suggestions, but it was during a chat, which I did not save because I am dumb.

And now I open the question to you. What music do you put on when you want to feel like you rule to world?

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"this is why i'm hot" without a doubt :)

[ETB's sis-in-law, Laura Bee]

Long ago, when I had a really sucky boss (a woman, but an insane woman) I loved to hear & sing along with the song "Future 40's (String of Pearls)" by Syd Straw. Here's a link to the lyrics

http://www.sydstraw.com/sydstraw/lyrics/showlyrics.asp?song=future40s

The verse lyrics are a little discouraging, actually, but it was the chorus that I loved:

"Hey, Man! I'm making moves, and I AM SO MUCH STRONGER THAN YOU!" [then Michael Stipe came in singing backup: "I am so much stronger -- I'm much stronger than you!"]

While at work in those days sometimes I just kept a thought-loop of that chorus running constantly in my head.