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Not So Smoothie: My Grueling Search for a New Crossfit Gym, Part 2
The second Crossfit gym I visited was just a few blocks away from the first - a ten-minute drive from my apartment, at most. I made an appointment to go in at 7:30 a.m. on a Thursday.
I knew it was attached to a globo gym ("World Gym"), so parking and walking in, I wasn't surprised at the sight of the giant cement structure. No, the shock came when ( Read more... ) -
My Grueling Search for a New Crossfit Gym: Part 1
When I found out I was moving to Rochester, two things started nagging me: How will someone who's never lived outside a major city survive there? and What am I going to do about Crossfit?
I've talked about Crossfit a couple times on this blog, but during the last year of law school its role in my life only intensified. My best friends and constant ( Read more... ) -
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When I was 5, my parents enrolled me in summer day camp. Most of all, I remember the pool. In the middle of the day, we retreated to the pool ( Read more... ) -
Found it
My dad and I went to a Christmas party at his friend's house. Her nephew was singing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," and as she extinguished some candles on the mantel, that smell wafted over me. The sound and the smells transported me back two decades: standing in a pew in my grandfather's cavernous church at midnight, holding the candle in my ( Read more... ) -
Bah, hum-mugged
I can't seem to get into the Christmas spirit this year. And it's really pissing me off ( Read more... ) -
8/23. Never forget.
Here in my little corner of the Internet, I have to record it: I experienced my first earthquake today ( Read more... ) -
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Exes on Facebook: Keep or toss ( Read more... ) -
the help
I put off reading this book. I knew it would be hard for me to take in, and it is.
I feel so ashamed. I know I didn't do anything, but I feel part of this for some reason. I feel complicit in this history. -
mixed feelings
A breaking news alert, the sound of NBC cutting in to regular programming - even the yellow bar at the top of the CNN homepage - excite me. I have always loved the news. So when my Twitter feed started buzzing about a presidential announcement at 10:30 p.m. on a Sunday, I was ready for something big. Libya? No. Asteroid? Probably not. Aliens? This ( Read more... ) -
a royal letdown
As is my custom, I gorged myself on royal wedding details for the past week. And, as is my custom, now I'm feeling the descent ( Read more... )