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Don't be stupid trolls.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
What's your SPF?
I have always loved this song and I was thinking about it today, so I thought I'd share it. Enjoy!
Monday, October 6, 2008
Windshield
The hills at the park are killing my running stamina. Who knew two measly little mole hills could make such a difference when you're used to running on flat ground?
I feel like I'm going at a snail's pace, but I give myself little pep talks while I run that make me feel better. Hell, I'm running at least right? Much better than sitting on my can in front of the television.
So after tonight's super slow run I come home and go to get in the shower. When I looked in the bathroom mirror it occurred to me that I must be running at lightning fast speed. Speed that is so fast it makes things around you seem to move slower.
What could have brought me to this conclusion? I had two bugs plastered, dead on my forehead.
I feel like I'm going at a snail's pace, but I give myself little pep talks while I run that make me feel better. Hell, I'm running at least right? Much better than sitting on my can in front of the television.
So after tonight's super slow run I come home and go to get in the shower. When I looked in the bathroom mirror it occurred to me that I must be running at lightning fast speed. Speed that is so fast it makes things around you seem to move slower.
What could have brought me to this conclusion? I had two bugs plastered, dead on my forehead.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Hell froze over
Two things happened today that I never would have guessed could ever happen. Not unless the cosmos make a major shift causing the whole world to change. There is something very wrong happening right now.
First, I went to see Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. It was great! You should all go.
I was the first one in the theater at the first showing today at one thirty in the afternoon. The film isn't exactly what I'd call deep or thought provoking, but that isn't what I was expecting. I went in looking for something to entertain me for an hour and a half. And entertain it did. No shock there. What was shocking was that this movie made me wish I was a teenager again. GASP! Never, in the seven years since I left teendom behind, have I ever thought that it would be enjoyable to go back to that loathsome time in my life. But as I sat in the theater engrossed in the wild night that Nick and Norah were having, I found myself wishing I was there with them; the world wide open in front of me waiting for me to jump in. Don't worry, I have come back to my senses, but there is something magical or hypnotic in that movie. There is no other explanation for that thought crossing through my brain.
Next, my mother called me a few minutes ago.
There is nothing crazy about that. I have a wonderful relationship with my mother and I talk to her with regularity. The odd, life altering part, was the motivation behind the call. She and my step dad are on vacation at the moment and as they do not have a laptop she has been sans her computer all week. I'll just ad lib the conversation for you.
Ring, Ring
Me: Hey Momma
Mom: Hey Joanna, how are you doing?
Me: I'm good. What are you up to?
Mom: Terry and I are still on vacation
Me: Oh, I'd forgotten that. How is it?
Mom: OK, we've done nothing but sleep.
Me: That sounds nice.
Mom: It is.
She asked at this point if I'd heard anything new lately and I fed her some general chit chat news. Nothing exciting. Then she got down to it.
Mom: Well, can you look up on the internet real quick what the loto numbers were for October first?
(Pause)
Me: (Making my way to the computer) Are you playing the lottery?
Mom: Yes.
Me: But you voted against the lottery, you didn't think we should have one.
Mom: I know, just tell me the numbers.
Me: blah, blah, blah x2. I can't believe you're playing the lottery.
Mom: Well, when I win I'm going to pay off all our debt and take our whole family on a really big vacation to Disney World.
Me: (laughs)
Mom: Don't laugh at me. You won't laugh when I win.
The odd thing here is that my mother was vehemently opposed to the NC lottery. Not only did she believe they would use the money for something corrupt instead of bolstering the education system, but she also believes that gambling is a sin. All she did leading up to the election was rant about how this lottery was going to be the downfall of our state and effectually send us all straight to hell (I may be exaggerating a bit here). I guess her own personal Screwtape got the better of her and she decided millions of dollars was worth giving up her soul. (more exaggeration).
So you can see how my world has turned upside down today. I feel light headed. Maybe I'll go lie down and think about how I can convince my mother that I'd rather take a trip to Europe than to Disney World.
First, I went to see Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. It was great! You should all go.
I was the first one in the theater at the first showing today at one thirty in the afternoon. The film isn't exactly what I'd call deep or thought provoking, but that isn't what I was expecting. I went in looking for something to entertain me for an hour and a half. And entertain it did. No shock there. What was shocking was that this movie made me wish I was a teenager again. GASP! Never, in the seven years since I left teendom behind, have I ever thought that it would be enjoyable to go back to that loathsome time in my life. But as I sat in the theater engrossed in the wild night that Nick and Norah were having, I found myself wishing I was there with them; the world wide open in front of me waiting for me to jump in. Don't worry, I have come back to my senses, but there is something magical or hypnotic in that movie. There is no other explanation for that thought crossing through my brain.
Next, my mother called me a few minutes ago.
There is nothing crazy about that. I have a wonderful relationship with my mother and I talk to her with regularity. The odd, life altering part, was the motivation behind the call. She and my step dad are on vacation at the moment and as they do not have a laptop she has been sans her computer all week. I'll just ad lib the conversation for you.
Ring, Ring
Me: Hey Momma
Mom: Hey Joanna, how are you doing?
Me: I'm good. What are you up to?
Mom: Terry and I are still on vacation
Me: Oh, I'd forgotten that. How is it?
Mom: OK, we've done nothing but sleep.
Me: That sounds nice.
Mom: It is.
She asked at this point if I'd heard anything new lately and I fed her some general chit chat news. Nothing exciting. Then she got down to it.
Mom: Well, can you look up on the internet real quick what the loto numbers were for October first?
(Pause)
Me: (Making my way to the computer) Are you playing the lottery?
Mom: Yes.
Me: But you voted against the lottery, you didn't think we should have one.
Mom: I know, just tell me the numbers.
Me: blah, blah, blah x2. I can't believe you're playing the lottery.
Mom: Well, when I win I'm going to pay off all our debt and take our whole family on a really big vacation to Disney World.
Me: (laughs)
Mom: Don't laugh at me. You won't laugh when I win.
The odd thing here is that my mother was vehemently opposed to the NC lottery. Not only did she believe they would use the money for something corrupt instead of bolstering the education system, but she also believes that gambling is a sin. All she did leading up to the election was rant about how this lottery was going to be the downfall of our state and effectually send us all straight to hell (I may be exaggerating a bit here). I guess her own personal Screwtape got the better of her and she decided millions of dollars was worth giving up her soul. (more exaggeration).
So you can see how my world has turned upside down today. I feel light headed. Maybe I'll go lie down and think about how I can convince my mother that I'd rather take a trip to Europe than to Disney World.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Band Aid
Today was the first day of freezing bedroom temperatures. You know the kind; when you're all cozy under the sheets but your nose feels like ice because the temperature on the other side of that cozy cotton barrier is about 10-15 degrees colder. It makes it damn near impossible to get out of bed. You can't do it slowly because as soon as you stick one little finger outside of the covers it's begging to come back in. The only way to get out of bed on days like this is to just throw the sheets off and go for it. Rip them off like a band aid.
I stayed in bed about an hour after I was actually awake because of this cold weather phenomenon. Finally I came to the conclusion that I had to just go for it. Mostly because Andy was also still in bed and clearly had no intention of getting up to go to work. The only way to lure him out was to get my own ass out of bed and have a nice steamy cup of coffee waiting for him. I offered to just rip the covers off for him before I got up and I was threatened with a titty twister, so I got up alone.
Once I was out of my cocoon it wasn't so unbearable. After all, the temperature outside was in the low 40's. That's nothing. I'll let you know what it's like once the temps get down to 20 and below.
I stayed in bed about an hour after I was actually awake because of this cold weather phenomenon. Finally I came to the conclusion that I had to just go for it. Mostly because Andy was also still in bed and clearly had no intention of getting up to go to work. The only way to lure him out was to get my own ass out of bed and have a nice steamy cup of coffee waiting for him. I offered to just rip the covers off for him before I got up and I was threatened with a titty twister, so I got up alone.
Once I was out of my cocoon it wasn't so unbearable. After all, the temperature outside was in the low 40's. That's nothing. I'll let you know what it's like once the temps get down to 20 and below.
Monday, September 29, 2008
100 things about me
This is a few posts late. I'd planned on doing this for my 100th post, but instead I spewed about my love for teen flicks.
Whatever. Here is it anyway.
100. My body aches all over from my run yesterday
99. I'm wearing pajama bottoms with Thumper on them
98. I live in the same town where I went to college
97. My town only has one stop light
96. I was a Resident Assistant in college
95. Then I was an Assistant Resident Director
94. I was also president of the Residence Hall Association
93. I graduated college in 2005
92. That was 5 years after I graduated High School
91. Technically it was five and a half years after I graduated High School because I graduated early
90. I took a year off after High School because I was tired of school
89. That year really made me appreciate my education once I got it
88. I went to five proms
87. I had a different dress for each one
86. I have many vices, but the biggest one is chocolate
85. In particular peanut butter with chocolate on it
84. If you ever need to get me a present you can get me Reeses cups
83. I gained 20 pounds when my boyfriend and best friend went away to college
82. I only weighted about 100 pounds to start with so it wasn't that big of a deal
81. I love to bake
80. I also love kitchen products.
79. Williams Sonoma is one of my favorite stores
78. I drive a 91 Jeep Cherokee
77. It's the only car I've ever had
76. I paid for it myself
75. I'm never going to sell it
74. I have always wished my hair was a little bit darker
73. I don't color it
72. I will once I start to go gray
71. Then I think I'm going to go red
70. I have one brother
69. He is four and a half years older than me
68. I have two nephews and a niece; they all belong to him
67. I used to think I wanted four kids
66. Now I'm thinking one will be enough
65. I was a nanny in college
64. I would have a dozen kids if I could have them just like the ones I kept in college
63. I have two bunnies
62. They are named Brunswik and Milton
61. My grandfather was named Milton
60. But we didn't name the bunny after him.
59. I talk to my bunnies like they are human
58. I swear the understand me
57. I'm a scrapbooker
56. I own all seven seasons of The Gilmore Girls
55. I watch them regularly
54. After marathon days I start to talk like them
53. Andy tells me to be quiet a lot on those days
52. I think Amy Sherman-Palladino is a genius
51. Clueless is one of my favorite movies
50. I can recite the whole thing from start to finish, verbatim
49. Reality television drives me crazy
48. Especially the "Celebreality" shows on VH1
47. I'm hoping that one day television will just be about actors and news again; you know, people with actual talent
46. Andy and I have been together for eight and a half years
45. Our original wedding date was two days ago
44. We just celebrated our two year wedding anniversary
43. We met when we were 17
42. We worked together
41. We have always had matching Jeeps
40. I went to elementary school and middle school in the same building
39. My parents separated when I was 18 months old
38. My dad passed away when I was 18 years old
37. I have a scar on my left eyelid from a car accident I was in when I was eight
36. I wasn't wearing my seat belt
35. The surgeon who gave me stitches was color blind
34. That made me sad
33. I never had an alcoholic beverage until six months after my twenty first birthday
32. It was a Parrot Bay and Pineapple
31. I think the second one was an amaretto sour
30. I've never smoked a cigarette
29. The smoke from cigarettes gives me sinus infections
28. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday
27. My favorite color is purple
26. I've been picking out my clothes and dressing myself since I was 3
25. I went through a phase where all I would wear was purple
24. Now I only have three purple items in my closet
23. If eggs are overcooked I won't eat them
22. My mom, brother and I lived with my grandparents until my mom got remarried
21. I refused to move out of the only home I'd ever known
20. So I lived with them during the week and with my parents on weekends
19. I didn't have my own cell phone until I was 20
18. That was only because I went away to college
17. I don't mind doing laundry
16. But I hate folding it
15. I'm an introvert
14. Watermelon is my favorite fruit
13. But whenever I eat it I have to pee, a lot
12. I have thirteen first cousins
11. My extended family is huge
10. I know most of them by name
9. I have an elephant's memory
8. I graduated from college with a 3.6 GPA
7. That would have been a lot higher if my math teacher had known what the hell he was doing
6. I've never had a speeding ticket, yet
5. Esther is my favorite book in the bible
4. I had a pulled pork sandwich for lunch today
3. We get our mail at a post office box
2. I grew up in the birthplace of Lowes Home Improvement and Nascar racing
1. I love reading
If you made it all the way through that you deserve a treat. I almost didn't make it myself.
Whatever. Here is it anyway.
100. My body aches all over from my run yesterday
99. I'm wearing pajama bottoms with Thumper on them
98. I live in the same town where I went to college
97. My town only has one stop light
96. I was a Resident Assistant in college
95. Then I was an Assistant Resident Director
94. I was also president of the Residence Hall Association
93. I graduated college in 2005
92. That was 5 years after I graduated High School
91. Technically it was five and a half years after I graduated High School because I graduated early
90. I took a year off after High School because I was tired of school
89. That year really made me appreciate my education once I got it
88. I went to five proms
87. I had a different dress for each one
86. I have many vices, but the biggest one is chocolate
85. In particular peanut butter with chocolate on it
84. If you ever need to get me a present you can get me Reeses cups
83. I gained 20 pounds when my boyfriend and best friend went away to college
82. I only weighted about 100 pounds to start with so it wasn't that big of a deal
81. I love to bake
80. I also love kitchen products.
79. Williams Sonoma is one of my favorite stores
78. I drive a 91 Jeep Cherokee
77. It's the only car I've ever had
76. I paid for it myself
75. I'm never going to sell it
74. I have always wished my hair was a little bit darker
73. I don't color it
72. I will once I start to go gray
71. Then I think I'm going to go red
70. I have one brother
69. He is four and a half years older than me
68. I have two nephews and a niece; they all belong to him
67. I used to think I wanted four kids
66. Now I'm thinking one will be enough
65. I was a nanny in college
64. I would have a dozen kids if I could have them just like the ones I kept in college
63. I have two bunnies
62. They are named Brunswik and Milton
61. My grandfather was named Milton
60. But we didn't name the bunny after him.
59. I talk to my bunnies like they are human
58. I swear the understand me
57. I'm a scrapbooker
56. I own all seven seasons of The Gilmore Girls
55. I watch them regularly
54. After marathon days I start to talk like them
53. Andy tells me to be quiet a lot on those days
52. I think Amy Sherman-Palladino is a genius
51. Clueless is one of my favorite movies
50. I can recite the whole thing from start to finish, verbatim
49. Reality television drives me crazy
48. Especially the "Celebreality" shows on VH1
47. I'm hoping that one day television will just be about actors and news again; you know, people with actual talent
46. Andy and I have been together for eight and a half years
45. Our original wedding date was two days ago
44. We just celebrated our two year wedding anniversary
43. We met when we were 17
42. We worked together
41. We have always had matching Jeeps
40. I went to elementary school and middle school in the same building
39. My parents separated when I was 18 months old
38. My dad passed away when I was 18 years old
37. I have a scar on my left eyelid from a car accident I was in when I was eight
36. I wasn't wearing my seat belt
35. The surgeon who gave me stitches was color blind
34. That made me sad
33. I never had an alcoholic beverage until six months after my twenty first birthday
32. It was a Parrot Bay and Pineapple
31. I think the second one was an amaretto sour
30. I've never smoked a cigarette
29. The smoke from cigarettes gives me sinus infections
28. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday
27. My favorite color is purple
26. I've been picking out my clothes and dressing myself since I was 3
25. I went through a phase where all I would wear was purple
24. Now I only have three purple items in my closet
23. If eggs are overcooked I won't eat them
22. My mom, brother and I lived with my grandparents until my mom got remarried
21. I refused to move out of the only home I'd ever known
20. So I lived with them during the week and with my parents on weekends
19. I didn't have my own cell phone until I was 20
18. That was only because I went away to college
17. I don't mind doing laundry
16. But I hate folding it
15. I'm an introvert
14. Watermelon is my favorite fruit
13. But whenever I eat it I have to pee, a lot
12. I have thirteen first cousins
11. My extended family is huge
10. I know most of them by name
9. I have an elephant's memory
8. I graduated from college with a 3.6 GPA
7. That would have been a lot higher if my math teacher had known what the hell he was doing
6. I've never had a speeding ticket, yet
5. Esther is my favorite book in the bible
4. I had a pulled pork sandwich for lunch today
3. We get our mail at a post office box
2. I grew up in the birthplace of Lowes Home Improvement and Nascar racing
1. I love reading
If you made it all the way through that you deserve a treat. I almost didn't make it myself.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Back in action
Nearly two months after my last run I finally got my ass in gear this morning. I've been making false promises to myself for weeks now that I was going to get back out there and burn some tennis shoe rubber, but it never happened. Something clicked when I woke up this morning and I decided that today was the day. I knew I would need to start slow because it had been so long and before that I wasn't a runner. Baby steps people.
I actually felt really good for about the first nine minutes and then things went downhill. I got a cramp in my side because I've forgotten how to breathe correctly. So after ten minutes I walked for three and started back up again. Five minutes later my cramp was back in full swing so I just did my cool down walk and went home. I actually feel pretty good about it though. My goal was to run at least fifteen minutes and that's what I did, even if I did have a break.
Breathing was really the only problem, so once I get that under control again I should be up to my old times in just a few days.
Wish me luck!
I actually felt really good for about the first nine minutes and then things went downhill. I got a cramp in my side because I've forgotten how to breathe correctly. So after ten minutes I walked for three and started back up again. Five minutes later my cramp was back in full swing so I just did my cool down walk and went home. I actually feel pretty good about it though. My goal was to run at least fifteen minutes and that's what I did, even if I did have a break.
Breathing was really the only problem, so once I get that under control again I should be up to my old times in just a few days.
Wish me luck!
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