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a run for my inner child
I picked out a local race to do! It's a 10k in 5 weeks, which will probably be really tight in terms of training. But a 5k seems too short to pay real money for.....and this race is just too cute to pass up. It's the Jingle All the Way 10k in downtown DC. And they hand out jingle bells, to be tied onto your shoes, with the race packets. Squee!!
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emotion marathon
Yesterday, I cheered on a friend -- and 22,000 strangers -- at the Marine Corps Marathon. It was a really weirdly emotional day for me, and I can't even imagine how emotional it would be for (a) the people actually running the marathon and (b) me to actually run a marathon. I had a few signs, and decided that next time, I should go for funny ( Read more... ) -
cynical or just old
or do the two necessarily go together? I sort of link youth and optimism (uh, is that a reasonable antonym for cynicism?), and although I was never super optimistic -- that's totally my mom's role in life and thank God for her -- I'm definitely more cynical than I used to be. Is that just part of getting older or is it only part of me getting older ( Read more... ) -
girls rule and boys drool
we have a bunch of undergraduate interns here for the summer, working on research projects. Something like 12 guys, and 1 girl. Which, seems a little weird (the boy/girl ratio of grad students is just about 50/50, which is great and has given me the false impression that that's normal), but could be just chance and that's fine.
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ask the right question
well helloooooo poor neglected sad and lonely journal, how are you???
so the little epiphany I had last night, which I wanted to have recorded somewhere, went something like this:
I fully believe in trusting your gut. (haha I mistyped that as "guy".) And when I'm hurtling along a path that my gut disagrees with, I get terrified. Especially when I can ( Read more... ) -
patch of blue
I biked to school today in a patch of blue sky that was mine all mine. Downtown was all cloudy when I left, and I debated just riding the train all the way out to school, especially since I (raced and) caught a Hillsboro train. But autumn is definitely here, I skipped the gym last night to keep working, and my bike hasn't seen a whole lotta lovin ( Read more... ) -
it never pays off
for all my long hours, my frustrations, and my hard work, I have...exactly nothing to show for it.
someone here at the lab just made a totally fascinating discovery. The senior researchers on his team are all freaking out. And he could care less. He's bored, tired of working on this, and just wants to leave. I never make fascinating discoveries, and ( Read more... ) -
shinier
zomg fireflies!!! They're back! My cousin said that fireflies tend to only be around for about a month, from mid-June to mid-July, which made me sad. But this evening, on my way back from a covert steal-stale-cookies operation, I saw four sweet bright little fireflies. Yay. Totally brightened my day. Which is a good thing, as today has royally ( Read more... ) -
blood and glory in a skirt
so, it's been muggy and gross here the past couple of days, but last night was freaking beautiful. Walking back from the lab at midnight (no, not alone, I'm not completely stupid, though I haven't actually had any safety concerns the whole time I've been on this campus), I thought that it was absolutely the perfect weather for a run. But, uh, I don ( Read more... ) -
watchin the world go by
sitting on the train, from Baltimore to Hartford, and it is a stunningly beautiful day for a train ride. It started out at the ungodly hour of 6:09am -- which hurt a lot after my poor poor decision to stay up til 1:30a last night -- and of course you know I had to get there super early, since I missed the last train I tried to catch. Noticed a few ( Read more... )