So, I guess I had forgotten over the past few years how much fun I am... because in the past few years, I haven't had a chance to actually have fun without worrying about things. There was always something keeping me from truly having a good time. I mean, there were rare exceptions, but mostly I would be mildly entertained by things.
Tonight, for BF's birthday, we met up with his school cohort and had an AWESOME time. Not that we did anything particularly great, but it was nice to sit around and get to know people and trade funny stories. I didn't have any stresses or anything to worry about.
I feel like this weekend... being Halloween... will be the same.
OMG, I can't wait.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Listy-List
I'm copying Katrina, because I'm bored and I adore this girl. And I'm bored. Also I haven't done a list of any kind in a while. Did I mention I'm bored?
Recent Favorites/Frequents:
Drinks:
1. Hot Chocolate
2. Simply Apple apple juice
3. Hi Ball sparkling energy water
Records:
1. Far- Regina Spektor
2. Paramore- Brand New Eyes (stop judging me)
3. New Moon soundtrack (again, don't judge, just listen)
Movies:
1. Away We Go
2. Underworld (1, 2, and 3)
3. Pan's Labrynth
TV:
1. The Office
2. Medium
3. It's Always Sunny (online, even thought it's on TV)
Activities:
1. knitting
2. painting my nails dark fall colors
3. making apple butter
Foods:
1. Paninis
2. Maraschino cherries
3. Oranges
Things I'm Looking Forward To:
1. Thanksgiving- but mostly the pumpkin pie and stuffing.
2. Going to the mountains this winter for skiing, boarding, tubing.
3. Going to Scotland.
Goals I Have:
1. Work out 6 days a week
2. Consolidate my stuff before the holidays and get rid of unnecessary extras
3. write a book
It Must be Monday
I had a pretty tumultuous weekend. A lot happened and I decided on a lot of stuff.
I'm being vague. I will continue to be vague, so if that stresses you out, skip over this part.
Anyway, so what I can tell you is that I rearranged furniture and eliminated some things that I no longer needed... things that reminded me of stressful times and people and so they HAD to go. I'm nowhere near having all of it out, but I realize that it will take some time.
I also re-evaluated some of the things I was doing in my life that weren't doing their jobs for me... I had to "let them go" as they say. In short, I fired part of my life. It's good, but also causing some anxiety as well- as does all change.
And now it's Monday.
I felt better when I woke up, but then I looked outside. Raining cats and dogs. Buckets of water coming down, and it was SO DARK. So I made hot chocolate and bundled up and didn't do a thing with my hair (because if it's raining, what's the point?).
I have a couple of things to look forward to this week:
1. It's the BF's birthday! This is exciting because a) he's older than me and b) I love birthdays, oh yeah and c) I love giving people gifts.
2. It's Halloween! So parties and costumes galore! Hint as to what I'm going to be: I need to buy a blonde wig today. That's all I'm giving you. Don't worry, I will post pics later.
I'm being vague. I will continue to be vague, so if that stresses you out, skip over this part.
Anyway, so what I can tell you is that I rearranged furniture and eliminated some things that I no longer needed... things that reminded me of stressful times and people and so they HAD to go. I'm nowhere near having all of it out, but I realize that it will take some time.
I also re-evaluated some of the things I was doing in my life that weren't doing their jobs for me... I had to "let them go" as they say. In short, I fired part of my life. It's good, but also causing some anxiety as well- as does all change.
And now it's Monday.
I felt better when I woke up, but then I looked outside. Raining cats and dogs. Buckets of water coming down, and it was SO DARK. So I made hot chocolate and bundled up and didn't do a thing with my hair (because if it's raining, what's the point?).
I have a couple of things to look forward to this week:
1. It's the BF's birthday! This is exciting because a) he's older than me and b) I love birthdays, oh yeah and c) I love giving people gifts.
2. It's Halloween! So parties and costumes galore! Hint as to what I'm going to be: I need to buy a blonde wig today. That's all I'm giving you. Don't worry, I will post pics later.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Quotes of the Week and Memorable Conversations
Conversation #1:
Cashier: (after I set my purse on the counter to find my wallet) That's a great purse; it's very colorful.
Me: ...mmmhmmm, I like colors.... (as I realize I sound REALLY DUMB saying that)
Cashier: *blinks*
Me: uh... that sounded like I was 5 years old. It's kind of been a day, and it's only Monday.
Cashier: Ha ha, it's ok, I like colors, too.
Me: (walk away from counter shaking head)
Conversation #2
Mom: (in the car driving home from store, we are passing restaurants and other stores, she is reading the names of them out loud) ... Sushi and Maki, Japanese (in a fake Japanese accent)
Me: (Silence first at the shock of hearing my mom use ANY sort of accent) HAHAHAAAAAAAA! What kind of accent was that? (hysterical laughter continues)
Mom: eh...
Quote #1:
"Are you questioning my badassedness?... Have you seen my guns?"- from Glee.
Quote #2:
"Creepers"- guy from work.
I think I will do this every week because I always hear funny things and forget to share them!
Cashier: (after I set my purse on the counter to find my wallet) That's a great purse; it's very colorful.
Me: ...mmmhmmm, I like colors.... (as I realize I sound REALLY DUMB saying that)
Cashier: *blinks*
Me: uh... that sounded like I was 5 years old. It's kind of been a day, and it's only Monday.
Cashier: Ha ha, it's ok, I like colors, too.
Me: (walk away from counter shaking head)
Conversation #2
Mom: (in the car driving home from store, we are passing restaurants and other stores, she is reading the names of them out loud) ... Sushi and Maki, Japanese (in a fake Japanese accent)
Me: (Silence first at the shock of hearing my mom use ANY sort of accent) HAHAHAAAAAAAA! What kind of accent was that? (hysterical laughter continues)
Mom: eh...
Quote #1:
"Are you questioning my badassedness?... Have you seen my guns?"- from Glee.
Quote #2:
"Creepers"- guy from work.
I think I will do this every week because I always hear funny things and forget to share them!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Jillian Michaels Made Me Cry... Twice
I don't really watch The Biggest Loser... mostly because I have other things I'd rather be doing. Last night, however, I had NOTHING to do after working out and eating dinner. **Pause** I need to back up and tell you about working out first.
A few months ago I had a leftover giftcard to a place that sells media stuff, and I had nothing that I needed or really wanted to buy so I went shopping for nothing and ended up buying a Jillian Michaels work out dvd because it sounded interesting and looked like something I would do. That dvd has since been used ZERO times until yesterday when I decided that I should probably do more for myself than running, crunches and push ups.
Ok, so the premise of this DVD is that you do cardio, weights and ab training in a 3-2-1 circuit for almost half an hour to burn more calories and build more lean muscle than just doing those things separately. Sounds good. I grabbed my hand weights and yoga mat and set to it. The warm up was easy and the first set of weights, cardio, abs was pretty easy, and then for some reason Ms. Michaels thought it would be a great idea to kill me with squats, lunges, and crazy arm things ALL AT ONCE. Sets 2 and 3 of this circuit did not go so well. I didn't stop, but what started as full moves quickly became "modified" sissy versions because my butt was burning, my legs were shaking and I couldn't feel my arms. I couldn't stop until the end of the workout because I was terrified that Jillian Michaels was going to jump through my television and verbally berate me if I did.
When I was done, I laid myself flat on the floor and let a couple of tears fall. Because I HURT EVERYWHERE.
Once I was able to get myself off of the floor and walking, I took a shower and made some dinner. I also rearranged some books on the shelves and finished alphabetizing my cd's. There was nothing on television except The Biggest Loser, so I watched it.
This is not my favorite show, but it is mildly entertaining. This particular episode the contestants had a challenge where the prize was being able to go home for a week to see their families (they had been away from them for 6 weeks at this point) so half of the contestants went home and the other half stayed. There is one kid on the show who was on the show before and he got to go home for a week. When they all returned they all did what is called the "last chance" workout before their big weigh-in. This kid was having a tough time, and I felt bad for him because not only is he the youngest on the show, but this is his second time trying to lose all this weight and he really wants to do it. Sometimes you have really great workouts and sometimes you have TERRIBLE workouts. He was having a terrible one. Jillian Michaels was trying to motivate him and got frustrated (as I'm sure I would have to), so she starts yelling to get him moving and he totally broke down. And I'm sitting on the couched sniffling and wiping away the tiny tears before they can make it down my cheek. I just felt so bad for this kid because there are a lot of issues that go along with being morbidly obese... and trying to move in general when you are that large has got to be a struggle anyway, so dealing with everything all at once seems pretty near impossible to me.
I had to change the channel when it showed that this kid gained a pound at the final weigh-in. I couldn't take anymore.
This morning I was so sore, but it kind of feels great. I'm totally doing the next circuit with JM tonight, and I may cry again when my hamstrings are so tight they feel as if they might snap at the end of the workout. May.
A few months ago I had a leftover giftcard to a place that sells media stuff, and I had nothing that I needed or really wanted to buy so I went shopping for nothing and ended up buying a Jillian Michaels work out dvd because it sounded interesting and looked like something I would do. That dvd has since been used ZERO times until yesterday when I decided that I should probably do more for myself than running, crunches and push ups.
Ok, so the premise of this DVD is that you do cardio, weights and ab training in a 3-2-1 circuit for almost half an hour to burn more calories and build more lean muscle than just doing those things separately. Sounds good. I grabbed my hand weights and yoga mat and set to it. The warm up was easy and the first set of weights, cardio, abs was pretty easy, and then for some reason Ms. Michaels thought it would be a great idea to kill me with squats, lunges, and crazy arm things ALL AT ONCE. Sets 2 and 3 of this circuit did not go so well. I didn't stop, but what started as full moves quickly became "modified" sissy versions because my butt was burning, my legs were shaking and I couldn't feel my arms. I couldn't stop until the end of the workout because I was terrified that Jillian Michaels was going to jump through my television and verbally berate me if I did.
When I was done, I laid myself flat on the floor and let a couple of tears fall. Because I HURT EVERYWHERE.
Once I was able to get myself off of the floor and walking, I took a shower and made some dinner. I also rearranged some books on the shelves and finished alphabetizing my cd's. There was nothing on television except The Biggest Loser, so I watched it.
This is not my favorite show, but it is mildly entertaining. This particular episode the contestants had a challenge where the prize was being able to go home for a week to see their families (they had been away from them for 6 weeks at this point) so half of the contestants went home and the other half stayed. There is one kid on the show who was on the show before and he got to go home for a week. When they all returned they all did what is called the "last chance" workout before their big weigh-in. This kid was having a tough time, and I felt bad for him because not only is he the youngest on the show, but this is his second time trying to lose all this weight and he really wants to do it. Sometimes you have really great workouts and sometimes you have TERRIBLE workouts. He was having a terrible one. Jillian Michaels was trying to motivate him and got frustrated (as I'm sure I would have to), so she starts yelling to get him moving and he totally broke down. And I'm sitting on the couched sniffling and wiping away the tiny tears before they can make it down my cheek. I just felt so bad for this kid because there are a lot of issues that go along with being morbidly obese... and trying to move in general when you are that large has got to be a struggle anyway, so dealing with everything all at once seems pretty near impossible to me.
I had to change the channel when it showed that this kid gained a pound at the final weigh-in. I couldn't take anymore.
This morning I was so sore, but it kind of feels great. I'm totally doing the next circuit with JM tonight, and I may cry again when my hamstrings are so tight they feel as if they might snap at the end of the workout. May.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
It Was Time
I've been dying my hair varying shades of brown and red-brown FOREVER. Every once in a while, I go WILD and put highlights in it... and only if it's seasonally relevant to do so. I'm so outta control... oh wait. I'm so mild it's not even entertaining.
I was watching Bridezilla's the other night (because I'm awesome like that) and saw this lady (who WAS NOT the Bridezilla) who had lovely black hair and I thought to myself, "My, her hair is pretty... methinks I should do the same because, in fact, my natural color is pretty close to black."
So I did. Yesterday I found a shade of black that I liked and went for it... and you know what? I like it.
You know what else? I'm totally regretting the mild highlights I had in my hair late this summer because that just means that in a few days I have to RE-DYE my hair this beautimous shade of black so that I get rid of the brownish strands for good.
I was watching Bridezilla's the other night (because I'm awesome like that) and saw this lady (who WAS NOT the Bridezilla) who had lovely black hair and I thought to myself, "My, her hair is pretty... methinks I should do the same because, in fact, my natural color is pretty close to black."
So I did. Yesterday I found a shade of black that I liked and went for it... and you know what? I like it.
You know what else? I'm totally regretting the mild highlights I had in my hair late this summer because that just means that in a few days I have to RE-DYE my hair this beautimous shade of black so that I get rid of the brownish strands for good.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Brass Knuckles and All That
You may be seeing me run with these.
I feel pretty safe when I run. I take necessary precautions (or what I consider to be necessary) because I tend to go running in my neighborhood (and areas close to) at odd hours (like late at night in the dark, or super early in the morning when it's dark). I carry pepper spray with me, along with my id card and sometimes a pocket knife just in case. I've reviewed the information online about safety for women and evasive moves/defensive moves that could be useful.
The problem is, I HATE running with pepper spray in my hand because my hand gets sweaty and I feel off balance. I don't run with my pocket knife in my hand... I feel like that would be silly.
My mom was in the living room watching me get ready to go on a run the other night and she says, "I'm going to get you some brass knuckles for when you run, that way you don't have to carry anything".
My response," hahahahaaaa... Ok, mom".
But then I thought about it, and you know what, she's right. You just put your fingers in them. They stay put because I kind of have a loose fist when I run anyway.
The drawback? I don't want to get close enough to someone to have to use them.
I'm definitely not saying that people should run with weapons. Actually, I wish I could feel safe enough running around at any time, day or night, without any but the fact is that women especially are vulnerable to attacks so I should be prepared for the worst situations and hope that they never happen.
Also, there's ALWAYS creepy people where I run... and I live in a really good neighborhood. I don't think there's ever been any incident in the area, but I don't want to be part of one.
I feel pretty safe when I run. I take necessary precautions (or what I consider to be necessary) because I tend to go running in my neighborhood (and areas close to) at odd hours (like late at night in the dark, or super early in the morning when it's dark). I carry pepper spray with me, along with my id card and sometimes a pocket knife just in case. I've reviewed the information online about safety for women and evasive moves/defensive moves that could be useful.
The problem is, I HATE running with pepper spray in my hand because my hand gets sweaty and I feel off balance. I don't run with my pocket knife in my hand... I feel like that would be silly.
My mom was in the living room watching me get ready to go on a run the other night and she says, "I'm going to get you some brass knuckles for when you run, that way you don't have to carry anything".
My response," hahahahaaaa... Ok, mom".
But then I thought about it, and you know what, she's right. You just put your fingers in them. They stay put because I kind of have a loose fist when I run anyway.
The drawback? I don't want to get close enough to someone to have to use them.
I'm definitely not saying that people should run with weapons. Actually, I wish I could feel safe enough running around at any time, day or night, without any but the fact is that women especially are vulnerable to attacks so I should be prepared for the worst situations and hope that they never happen.
Also, there's ALWAYS creepy people where I run... and I live in a really good neighborhood. I don't think there's ever been any incident in the area, but I don't want to be part of one.
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