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Archive for March, 2008


What’s My Motivation?

Such a good question. For the longest time I was motivated by my desire to not be fat. That worked for the first 40 lbs. The next 25 lbs came off because I was motivated to be fit.
Now? I’m motivated to run very, very long distances. I think that’s why [...]

It’s About Damn Time

It’s Friday.
Friday afternoon, to be exact.
It was snowing this morning.  Even in the city.  I drove the architect to work though the blizzard.  (Okay, that was an exaggeration - there was no blizzard - but the snow was starting to stick to the ground!)  Then, it cleared up.  I went running.
Sidenote:  I ran Tuesday & [...]

I Never Could Get the Hang of Thursdays

It started out well enough.  Except for the fact that I can’t sleep past 4AM if my alarm is set for 5:15.  Which is lame.  I would really appreciate that extra hour+ of sleep.  Maybe I’m worried that I’ll oversleep.  ARGHH!
Anyways.  I went to my morning weights class and met a new friend!  It’s weird [...]

PORN!!

Most of my internet porn surfing involves beautiful shoes that I can’t really afford. That kinda sucks. This week’s installment features shoes that are under $75 - which is generally my limit for shoe purchases (I actually hate to spend more than $50 unless it’s a pair of boots). I’m not a [...]

It’s a good thing global warming isn’t real

Otherwise we might be in trouble.
In other news, I wish that the global warming was more, you know, warm.  And sunny.  I’m ready for real spring.  The spring that is more than tree buds and daffodils.  I want sunshine & 60 degrees.  If we’re going to have a global climate crisis, would it be too [...]

So - it’s Monday again….already

I think that there should be a law that makes weekends longer. I did some stuff - ran, biked, ellipticaled, played more internet solitaire than should be legal.
I also FINALLY got the donation stuff out of my car. I’m thinking I’ll definitely get better gas mileage now -that crap’s been in there for [...]

I am not meant for this life

This morning, I travelled for about 1.5 hours and still wasn’t at work.  I was downtown with a bunch of other people who were also not at work.  Why?  Well, a train broke down on the tracks in Beaverton, preventing west-bound MAX traffic.  One woman that got off that had apparently been having a rather [...]