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Nov. 13th, 2009
01:07 am - It’s Not Easy For Them Either
20-something dude, while playing chess: It’s really hard to reassure someone that they are not a barracuda.
Minneapolis, Hard Times Cafe (Where else?)
Overheard by XprettyXsureXimXnotXaXbarracudaX.
01:00 am - I Just Bought Two
College girl, to friend: I used to think that, you know, a little bit of volume in your hair was good. But now it just looks like you’re wearing a BumpIt, and that’s just embarrassing.
Minneapolis, U of M sidewalk
Overheard by Burrhead.
Nov. 12th, 2009
03:23 pm - brag
this is the 2nd night that nessa went from 10p to 4a.
best. baby. evar.
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thankful01:49 pm - seriouspost
What causes fatigue from flu? Is it something to do with oxygen transport? I'm taking vitamins, eating well, resting 8+ hours a night.
It's 2pm about, and I feel like it's 4am. I feel like I'm on the tail end of an all nighters. I'm not congested, thanks to Dayquil, but breathing is :effort: everything is :effort: - yesterday staying home, I napped alot of the day, and I still didn't feel any more rested.
I'm going to do the postal run at work, and give serious thought to just calling it a day. I'm not getting healthier sitting here. .... then again, I'm not getting healthier at home...
12:49 pm
Back at work today. I think I'm going to microwave my soup, then set my alarm for 1:30pm and curl up in a corner and sleep.
Still wiped out. I can literally feel the circles under my eyes.
12:00 pm
Besides the fact that I've already decided that I won't be renewing my subscription to the Opera because two weeks after I paid a lot of hundreds, they offered half price subscriptions and my eyes fell out of my head, besides that, I just posted my tickets for next week on Craigslist simply because I'd rather have the money and see that people are selling REALLY GOOD tickets for like oh, $25 each. $120 tickets for $25 each. So screw buying a subscription, I'll just use Craigslist.
10:39 am - High Tea/Afternoon Tea
Does anyone know of any places that do High Tea or an Afternoon Tea? I'm willing to travel pretty far.
Thanks in advance!
12:00 am - asseverate: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
asseverate: to affirm or declare positively or earnestly.
Nov. 11th, 2009
09:41 pm - "Need" Shopping
As opposed to "want" shopping...I did a lot of it. I got a 30% off'er for Kohl's and it was time to go to town. I've been meaning to shop for new socks, shoes, and bras for about six months. That's a long time. For the last ten years I've walked in to Victoria's Secret, grabbed the same style and paid my $42 per bra a few times a year. Today I thought I'd try something outside that pattern. I tried on 12 bras. Twelve! That's a dumb number to have to try on and I'm not sure if VC vanity sizes or if mine are stretched out and I've gotten bigger! but I'm suddenly in no way a 36. I did find two that I liked, they're both three claspers and I don't know if this means I'm getting old or big! or what because I've always been in to boring comfort but those three claspers really hit the spot. Also, the $18 and $22 price tags also hit the spot.
I really loved my last pair of running shoes and couldn't find another pair to replace them with so I tried on all of the Avia running shoes and found a pair that I really liked. There wasn't a display shoe with the sale price but the box said $65 so I guessed they'd be about $40. I found a scanny thing and it said they were $28, so I went back and grabbed a second pair. Yay!
I hate buying socks. They're stupidly expensive but I bucked up and bought some black work socks (I can hear and feel the elastic crumbling in the ones I'm still wearing as I put them on) and some brown trowser socks since I'm up a few pairs of shoes I might be able to wear for part of the winter.
I also got a sheet set for half price (this is another shocker for me, every time I buy sheets I can't believe they cost so damn much). Dark Red. I think it will go nicely with the brown comforter and leather head/foot boards.
*Insert related side topic. I really want to spend like $5k on the house. I want a new couch and I want a futon and a TV and TV stand for the back bedroom and I want real bedside tables and a new TV and TV stand in the bedroom and I want new shades EVERYWHERE but would settle for the bedroom and I want to redo the sun room completely but don't really know what to do ...and that's it. Okay, glad to get that out there.
Total spent at Kohl's: $137. Total saved at Kohl's: $227. I also got $20 "free" to use between x and x date. Probably get another pair of running shorts. They recently went from $18 to $22 dollars and are never on sale.
I have lots of summer shoes but they've all been put away and I basically am down to one pair brown and one pair black (both loafers) for the winter. I have two pairs of closed toe Mary Jane's that I'm going to attempt to wear but it'll get too cold at some point. I wore the brown loafers today for the first time since last winter and they're so small.. Then I remembered that they were so small before and they really hurt before. Kohl's isn't that great for shoes other than running shoes so I went down to TJ Maxx and bought shoes I promised myself I'd never buy. I look at shoes like this and cringe. But they're comfortable and PRACTICAL for winter. And I'm missing some of that in my life.
So that's that. Going to hit up New York and Co and Arden B this weekend and try to find some winter clothes. I'm still wearing things I've had for 3+ years and I'm a little tired of it :/
01:21 pm
I'm trying to plan a birthday even for a friend of mine, who is a scotch fan...anyone know of places in the area that offer tastings, etc? Or particular breweries in the area that are fun to tour/offer tastings? Thanks.
05:53 pm - I’m Refusing The Next Drink A Stranger Gives Me
Stoner-looking bearded guy to friend: So, the next thing I know I’m wandering around the Mall of America and I’m, like, “How the fuck did I get here? I HATE this place!”
Minneapolis, Powderhorn Park neighborhood (where else?)
Overheard by Either drugs or a dimensional wormhole?
05:37 pm
For all ~three of you who aren't on Facebook: I got my hair cut short and dyed bright red a while ago. (see new userpic: -->) My husband thinks it's super-hot, my mom thinks it makes me look "like a Brit" (whatever that means), my brother didn't recognize me, and my grandparents hate it. It's been entertaining. I never got into crazy hair-dying as a teenager, so I didn't really appreciate until now how much it can make one feel like a different person. Which, of course, totally makes sense as something identity-seeking teenagers would gravitate towards. Hmm.
Laura - it turned out to be this picture, and not Blood Falls (OMG BLOOD FALLS) that finally inspired Tim to say, "I don't fucking care how cold it is, I so fucking want to go there." Hmm, maybe I should get back into neutrinos and find myself a job on IceCube...
Being in London is fun and interesting but in a lot of ways I feel like I am just waiting around. Waiting for Tim to figure out how to get his book published or otherwise find something worthwhile to do with himself. Waiting until we are in a position to join in the latest rage of producing new humans, or even, say, get a dog. I should probably be using this time to be getting lots of research done and trying to actually publish papers and stuff, but I don't really feel like doing much of anything. (As evidenced by the fact that I'm writing an LJ post when I should be working, clearly!) I have been working really hard for the past, I don't know, ten years or so, can't I take some time to slack off and rest? Not really, apparently. Plus, living in London has been, for various combinations of reasons, a grueling exercise in missing people I care about. It gets pretty exhausting.
Tim and I will be in Los Angeles from Dec 30-Jan 2 - looking forward to hanging out with Nate and Annie! If other LA folks will be in the area, give us a shout. Also, apologies to all the MN peeps we won't get to see this year.
In the spirit of actually visiting other places in Europe while we're here, we're going to Dublin this weekend! I understand that flying there on Ryanair will be an adventure in its own right - one of my UCL friends was not convinced that booking flights for 1p each was a good deal since he wouldn't fly with them again if they paid him. We shall see! Regardless, I am very much looking forward to drowning my sorrows in Guinness and Jameson.
10:41 am - Best credit union?
I'm looking into moving some of my accounts to a local credit union - any recommendations? Bonus points for DT Minneapolis or NW Metro locations.
12:00 am - Features: Savage Love:November 11, 2009
I am a 30-year-old woman, married for five years to a man eight years my senior. Lately I have become more aware that I am turned on by the idea of bondage, specifically men locked up in chastity devices. I am ashamed of myself, because it seems, well, pretty perverse and disturbed.My husband is a pretty dominant alpha-male type. I am a relatively dominant personality, but I’m a bit submissive around him in order to keep the peace, as he will not tolerate any disagreement in certain situations. So I am wondering: Is this new fetish springing from ...
Nov. 10th, 2009
10:35 pm
You know in Animal Crossing, when you piss someone off, they have a bubble of scribbles above their head? That was kind of my day in a not-breaking-a-camels-back kind of way.
I got a note from the Sokol Prez asking me not to adjust his articles without his permission. Before writing back to say "well that's kind of the job you pushed me in to you know," I went through to check what I changed. I added the events/feedback email address after a bit when he said we weren't sure if people would come to a social event, and put in a short definition of a czech word he used. Then I realized that the email address I used was @sokol.org and should have been @sokolmn.org. So then I felt tiny and dumb and didn't reply about it at all. Jeff said that it's one of those, "do 100 things right and get called out for the one you did wrong" situations. Trying to stick with water under the bridge, not going to ruin my day or life but I'm still a titch pissy.
I was rather upset when I found out how much a stereo receiver costs, let alone the speakers. Ryan has a $100 gift cert to Ultimate Electronics and I thought we'd spend $100 each or something plus the cert...OOOOHH NOOOO we're looking at like eight hundred flibbing dollars. Who knew? Do I really need the PS3 to stream through the speakers instead of the tv itself? Well, being that Ryan found he can very easily play television from his computer wirelessly over the PS3 and I'm THE WHOLE SEASON BEHIND on Dollhouse and it's all on his computer? Well it all makes me want to cry a little. No, I don't need to spend $400 to watch Dollhouse but...we'll see what develops.
THEN! THEN! I watch today's episode of Biggest Loser! Anger! So mad at those people! I won't say more because I'm sure Elise hasn't watched it yet.
Now I'm mad that it's taking more than one minute to find an example of an angry Animal Crossing character.
After 20 minutes I want to go plug the game in to be sure I'm not crazy.
Damn it. It's 11:15 and now I'm hungry. I'm going to bed.
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tired09:12 pm - So Many DVDs.
Barnes & Nobel is doing a 50% off Criterion Collection DVD sale again. I was able to get "The Human Condition", "That Hamilton Woman", and "Made in USA" all for what it would have cost me to get "The Human Condition" if I hadn't slacked off on picking it up.
I'm sad, though. Apparently the sale is scheduled to run up until the weekend before the Kurosawa boxset gets released. I'll have to see if it'll be possible to pre-order the boxset and hope for the discount then.
10:52 pm - His Liver Is More Impressive Than His Checkbook
Drunk Guy in Detox: I’m from Edina. I can pay drinking tickets like this, this and that. You should be impressed how many I’ve already paid.
St. Paul, University of St. Thomas Public Safety
Overheard by Poor in Comparison.
10:33 pm - It’s Been Unseasonably Warm
40 Year Old Wannabe Cougar #1: That little tart’s dress is too short.
40 Year Old Wannabe Cougar #2: There’s nothing like sitting bare assed on a pew.
40 Year Old Wannabe Cougar #1: Amen.
Cottage Grove, a wedding
Overheard by The girl in the dress…
03:12 pm - any ideas
the most amazing man in my life is turning 50 and we are going to have party in december for him but until then wanted to something fun on the actual date of Nov 17 th i know its a tuesday but any ideas would be appreciated
11:51 am
The Hennepin County Library system merged with the Minneapolis Library system within the last few months and I'm not sure if I'm pleased with it or not. On one hand there are 40 copies of Her Fearful Symmetry in the system, which is a lot more than would be just in the Minneapolis system I'm sure, but there are 606 holds waiting! Six hundred and six!
I have a bunch of stuff people have loaned me though:
Cutting for Stone
Zorro
The Story of Edgar Sawtalle
Clan of the Cave Bear
And Twilight and the second book...
I'm not particularly thrilled with any of these though. If anyone has kind words for them maybe I'll give them a go.
09:00 am - Risk Management
It's been a while since I've posted, and I feel as though I should update, but I don't have much to say. There have been a few changes in my life recently, but I guess as I get older, I feel less comfortable broadcasting them to the internet. The sense of exhibitionism I used to have seems to be fading as I get older, as though my ego no longer needs the thrill and reaction of an audience. It's probably a good thing. Although, I have been thinking quite a bit about putting a band together. It's mostly a reaction to playing Rock Band, but as my ego is less demanding, more and more I think I may enjoy collaborating with other musicians. However, I really don't know very many talented musicians anymore. It's sad how people drift apart.
Much of my thoughts have been about risk management. I live a risky life, some might say, and after reading Fooled By Randomness and beginning to read its successor The Black Swan I've been considering lessening that risk. The books, in essence, are about how people fail to prepare for unforeseen rare events that derail their plans. It's written mostly from the perspective of the financial world, but it applies to gambling quite a bit, as well as life in general.
I've always thought I'd live life playing the odds. You know, no life insurance because most people don't die young, no savings because bad things don't usually happen, etc. The problem is that, given enough time, bad shit happens. I'm feeling less and less secure the older I get, and I'm starting to feel I should do something about it. One thing I've started changing is how I play poker. I'm setting stop-wins along with stop-losses. In other words, I'm getting up when I've "won enough" at a given session. Mathematically, this makes no sense. In fact, I've read in many books that say if you're winning, you should stay and keep winning, only leaving when you start to lose again, because the situation is obviously positive for you. I've come to realize that this is too idyllic of a picture, based purely on math and the idea that my quality of play can stay consistent for as long as I need it to do so. In reality, I only have six to eight hours in me, like most people, before my concentration starts to wane. So, I need to set a goal win for that amount of time, and leave if I hit it, and go back the next day and do it again. If I stick to these rules, I have something like an 80-90% win rate. The problem is that the other 10% of the time I still "blow up" and hit a "black swan"* in that, although rare, I finally lose — and lose big. I'm still working on my discipline in that regard; I need to learn how to lose, something I've struggled with for quite some time.
The risk management theme has been across many areas of my life, from poker to physical health, and even mental health. I've started to think that, instead of swinging from emotional extremes and getting drunk to control them, that perhaps there could be another way to manage the swings of my psyche. This led me to the decision to go back on meds for my bipolar disorder. The result has been quite good, and I feel very good about my decision. I'm not experiencing quite such intense emotions, for better or worse, and it's mostly for the better. Especially now that I'm thirty, I just don't need to feel the intensity I did when I was younger; there's little positivity that comes from it. In the end, it's about controlling that rare event, the "black swan," the moment when I go a little too nuts and get myself or my loved ones in some real trouble. I need to manage some of that risk, especially if I want to have kids.
And that's what it all comes down to, I think. If I want to have kids, I can't be drunk all the time, or gambling every last dollar, or living with untreated bipolar disorder, or not going to the doctor when I should. Sometimes I think people like me shouldn't have kids; other times I think people like me are exactly who should be having kids. Mix in my own selfish desire to procreate, and I'm probably going to do it eventually, so I need to start making some changes to manage the risk in my life. I'd like to own a house, and at this point I see no way of doing that (it's complicated.) If anything is deserving of my plotting and scheming, it's a house to raise a family in. I should get on that.
And there you have it: I'm being pulled in so many directions that I'm going nowhere. I want to join a band, gamble professionally, but manage my risk, and get a house, settle down and raise kids. I don't even know where to start. But one thing is becoming more and more apparent: I need to proceed with a bit more caution, and start managing my risk.
*The black swan was a species unknown to European taxonomists before the discovery of Australia. To them, all swans were white, to the point of their color being a defining characteristic of the species. When identical birds with black feathers were discovered, they had to change their definitions of what a swan was. These rare events that destroy previous models and completely upturn the work of those who depended on those models are called by the author of these books, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, "black swans." I would highly recommend these books.
12:00 am - soporific: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
soporific: causing sleep; also, something that causes sleep.
Nov. 9th, 2009
10:41 pm - anniv
today marks 15 yrs that chad and i have been together.
chad: does it feel like 15 yrs?
me: sometimes...
chad: fuck you.
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nostalgic09:00 pm - The Most Accidentally Inuendo Laden Statement I've Made While Gaming:
"I'm not going to go down and wrestle a clam for its pearl!"
01:33 pm - Fall Update with Pictures
Life has continued to be very busy this fall, but at least we're pretty much done getting settled in finally. The house is furnished and our routines are pretty well established.
Work is boring today, so here are some highlights from recent weeks, ( with pictures... )
That's all for now...
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bored12:32 pm - Thanksgiving
Poking at my work calender here today, I noticed Thanksgiving is in a bit more than 2 weeks.
Last few year, I've done an 'off the day' Thanksgiving dinner. If I did this again, who would be interested? I typically order a free range bird from the co-op, which means planning ahead.
I love cooking, and I like to have people over... If I did a potlucky sort of thing (read - you don't have to cook, a jar of nice olives counts!) who might be interested? If so, what would be better, Friday or Saturday?
10:26 am - You Can Leave Your Hat On
Saturday morning I did my little two mile loop for the first time since the spring. The half way point is on top of a hill and in the spring I had to stop and catch my breath. Saturday I made it all the way home without stopping at all, not even the light on 36th! So that felt really good, to complete it like that. I know I couldn’t make it to, around, and home from Harriet like I could a year ago, but I’ll work on it. Elise is willing to give running outdoors a shot and strangely, Ryan said he’d do the Reindeer Run this year but that may have been the booze talking. (Update: Nope, I just signed him up.)
We did Summit’s Amazing Case photo scavenger hunt most of the day Saturday. It was in the Selby/Dale area of St Paul and was very, very hard. Without the guys I might have gotten 3 or 4 of the 15 or so questions answered. As it was I think we got about half. I can’t find the answers posted anywhere and left the questions at home but will post a few to show you just how puzzled we were and see if any of you know the area, or the internet well enough to find the answers. Ryan and Ben went to Mac’s for Adam’s birthday and Jason and I headed back to Uptown, thinking we were smart and calling it a night but strangely, the cab dropped us off at Bulldog! Who approved this? Probably me! Then we walked to Bryant Lake where thank goodness they were out of Darkness, but not of Two Hearted! Ugh. So my master plan of getting home and waking up without a hangover was spoiled.
Sunday morning consisted of drinking a lot of water and moaning. I had to get up and figure it out though, I bought tickets for myself, my mom, and Ryan’s mom to go see the Full Monty at the McKnight Theater at 2:00. Mom’s ahoy, we were off at noon for Great Waters. Lunch was good, Bloody Mary could have been better, conversation was good. The show was fabulous and I just found out that it was closing day or would have highly recommended it. They took the movie and made a musical out of it and it worked very well. And they did go the full monty! It was really, really fun. I’ve seen a few things at the McKnight (the little theater at the Ordway) where I received 50% off tickets if I wanted to go again and I was really looking forward to getting that email! They have little red thongs like in the movie and at the end, they take of the thongs and cover themselves with their hats and as the lights go down, they throw the hats! Woohoo naked mens! You may say “Isn’t it weird to see naked mens with moms?” and to that I say “I’ve seen Puppetry of the Penis with both of them, it’s cool.”
09:03 am - Bucket of blah blah
It's hard to post to LJ these days, because I try to "keep it real" here. Talk about me. It's an exercise in narcissism that probably helps the esteems of others, but for me it's just gas on a flame. Me, talk more about me and the wonderful me things I do? Well, why don't I! So I avoid it in some misguided attempt to be a bit more modest. But if I don't update at all, then I'm not expressing to my future self or present others what I've been up to. Which disconnects me, and I find that to be worse than a little vanity.
I like family life, married life, parenthood, home ownership, blah blah. But I miss just picking up and going to the tea bar just cuz. It's sad that playing board games with friends require these huge overhead plans, because hey! I can't just ditch my family for four hours on short notice. Man, I even feel guilty for lamenting this, seeing as I wouldn't trade in my daughter or Farron to be an eternal 20-something. I just, hey. Miss my 20-somethings.
I have found a pocket of time that allows me to play video games a couple times a week. Those days where the chores are done, the sun is set, my daughter and maybe Farron are asleep, and I can game. Or on weekends in the afternoon when baby is napping and I've just had lunch. These times work. And now that I have Borderlands and a half-dozen friends to play it with, this has been a real gaming renaissance for me. So hey, you don't lose it all. It just prioritizes. Problem is, like last night, game time rolled around and I was too exhausted to play. I crashed at 9:30. Oh, how the mighty gamers have fallen. I woke up to texts of people asking if I was gonna hop on the game. That was slightly depressing.
But my weekend was awesome. Folks crashed my house for the Numenannum fire, the party rolled on for like, 5 hours with the cast ever changing. Babies came, making inside the house seem a bit like a nursery, but that's just how we roll these days. Gut and Chook brought a tasty, candy-like drink they discovered in Japan they call a 'Red Snapper'. I also finally drank the cider I'd been hoarding.
Prior to the fire, I had gotten the yard raked and mowed, and it's the last of the yardwork I'm going to do this year, kinda. I still need to bag some leaves and hopefully drop some grass seed down before the snow comes.
The awesome part of this weekend is a bit of a side story. I'll try to keep it brief. Farron was going to have a family friend fix her truck on Sunday, but he never called us back. He was going to charge us around $120, give or take how long it took. But since Farron had ordered the part, I said screw it, I'll do it myself. So I picked up the new heater core, drained the antifreeze from the truck, installed the part and had it running by 2 in the afternoon for the cost of the part and some antifreeze (a $36 total). This seemed to make Farron especially happy, since she had been fretting yet another couple hundred dollar expense. Moral of the story is, don't own a rust bucket unless you're willing to fix it yourself, or it will bleed you dry. I expect we'll replace the truck within the next year, but at least it's running for winter (knock on wood).
Thursday will be Blank It's 150th strip. Still haven't missed a beat. The story is getting back to roots, which is the best way to recharge the tale, reminding the readers how far it's come.
I'm not even gonna cut this post. Let me dominate your friend's page for awhile. NARCISSISM... LOOK A BABY
Nov. 8th, 2009
05:10 pm - Only If You’re Buying The Good Stuff
Bicyclist to another: I don’t even taste alcohol anymore. Is that bad?
Minneapolis, Midtown Greenway
Overheard by Amy.
05:07 pm - WE ARE LETTING THEM INTO COFFEE SHOPS NOW?
Teenage boy to friend: Did I tell you the story where I saw gay guys in the Caribou?
Friend: No.
Teenage boy: Yeah, this guy comes up and orders coffee, and he turns around and says, “You want anything honey?” and this other guy is, like, “No.” Then he puts down a few dollars and then a twenty but he puts it back and puts down more singles. Yeah, and when they left he had his arm around the guy or something. It was really weird.
Mall of America
Overheard by cool story sheltered teen.
Nov. 7th, 2009
Nov. 6th, 2009
10:17 pm - More Borderlands
I've played Borderlands obsessively over the past week. I finally beat it (the first play-through, anyways) with my level 35 Mercenary, and have a half dozen alts in the twenties, mostly sitting around after reaching New Haven. It's a lot of fun.
Reviewing Borderlands is difficult. New games are challenging our perceptions of what makes a game good, and the games are changing faster than we can change the discussion. It's not that Borderlands is challenging the standard of gaming (despite being an innovative mashup). Any comparison to Diablo is well-earned, though mechanically they're totally different they appeal to the same primal instinct of collect and improve. Plus it's an FPS. The difficulty comes when you try to quantify How good is it exactly? and end up with apples to oranges comparisons. Borderlands is fun but lacks the emotionally charged narrative that many modern games are able to provide. Should that be considered a failing of the game, which otherwise excels in being what it is? A question which provokes the discussion on what games are and where they are going and whether or not game-ness and narrativity are inseperable or in fact completely separate.
Suffice it to say I've probably had as much fun with Borderlands as I did with Mass Effect (a game I boldly suggested was the best game ever made), but I did not get as much out of it.
I learned that while it's fun to play online with friends, public games invariably have one guy who puts the I in team and consequently, the F.U. in fun. Also, final boss issues (how's Brick going to use his action skill in that fight?).
04:31 pm - This malaise tastes great on sandwiches
Here's the difference between a backyard Elise-chicken egg and a store bought "local organic" egg.
We are going to be full of vitamins.
One of the dudes I play volleyball with keeps getting texts from someone who thinks he's someone else. Last week while I was drinking tequila with him, he got this gem:
Feel free to call this person and let them know that they are sending these things to the wrong number, and may or may not be raided by the police soon.
Here's part of a personal ad that I must have made in 2002 or so. At the time, Cinnamon printed it out and collaged with it. 2002 me's awkwardness and shameless self-disclosure makes 2009 me feel really uncomfortable on her behalf.
Har Mar Superstar tonight and Mountain Goats tomorrow. I'm excited somewhere in here, I just know it.
03:19 pm
When I left for vacation I was joking (umm, not joking) about the plane coming back 30 lbs heavier between the three of us. Jason gained two pounds and upon arrival I’d only gained half a pound. However, continuing to drink daily and the sudden end of walking around all day found me today at a net gain of three pounds in our final day of testing in workout class this period. For the last three years I’ve been between 138 – 144 and this is three pounds higher than my high end of normal. *sigh* Past that little bit of joy I am very happy with my testing. I beat my running best at 1.43 miles in 12 minutes, keeping at 7.1+ mph the whole time (fast like bunny for me! Slow like turtle for professionals!) 101 dips, 30 push-ups, 52 sit-ups, and 25 row pull-ups. I’m happy about all of this except the sit-ups. Sometimes I can kick out 100, sometimes I can barely make 50. Class starts again in two weeks. I think I’m going to try to get running outside and get a kick start. Running outside is so much more work. I’d also like to start a kettle bell class at The Shed on Lyndale, anyone interested?
11:22 am - polaroid 600 film?
Anyone know of a place that still sells Polaroid 600 film in the cities?
I've heard they still sell it at the Wal-Mart in Hudson, WI... but hoping to find something a bit closer than that.
Thanks y'all.
12:00 am - felicitous: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
felicitous: apt or appropriate; also, delightful.
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