I NEEEEEED to make contacts to talk to and complete my survey ( Read more... )

Turned 26!  (duh)
Woke up at 7am
Set a 5K PR:  26:39
Hit my funny bone on a chair in a Thai restaurant
ate Thai food
received news that my 99-year-old Auntwie Marget had passed away that morning
kissed Noel
went to church
sang Make Me a Channel of Your Peace
played on the new playground equipment at Leonard Park after mass
made a silken tofu ( Read more... )

I officially threw in the towel on the vegan marathon training for an honest-to-goodness quesadilla made with REAL cheese, as Noel was making one for himself one night.  It was totally worth it.  This happened a few weeks ago, and I've been eating bits of cheese here and there ever since.  It's still not the best thing for my body (I still maintain ( Read more... )

I have been suffering from some pretty intense procrastination for the last few months.  Yes, months.  I know that the best remedy for procrastination is to actually DO something, but all I can seem to muster is an efficient day or chunk of hours once in a while.  I'm bouncing across the country for a couple weeks soon, and I'm hoping to make that ( Read more... )

Training has begun!  Today is my Saturday, June 19th REST day.  Wahoo ( Read more... )

Marathon training officially begins again this weekend!  Good, I need a good kick in the pants to get running again regularly.  I made it through 6 miles on Monday, and I've been doing some semi-regular 3-milers, mostly without my stupid knee hurting.  Stretching, cross-training, and strengthening exercises are going to be my close friends over the ( Read more... )

I'm going to run the Victoria Marathon in Victoria, B.C on 10-10-10.  I know it's possible to be a vegan marathoner, but I want to see if I can do it.  I'm going to try to eat a completely vegan diet from the time my marathon training starts until race day.  This includes June 6, 2010 through October 10, 2010.  Here are the challenges I forsee ( Read more... )

Read the list of offenses below, and if you've done it, you owe that fine.
You don't have to confess your answers, just the amount of your fine.
NOTE: fines are added once, not one time for however many times you have done it.

Smoked weed -- $10
Did acid or pills -- $5
Ever had sex at church -- $25
Woke up in the morning and did not know the person who ( Read more... )

I have a thesis project idea!  Now all I have to do is write a prospectus, get it approved, collect a committee of advisors, complete all necessary paperwork, register for credit hours, pay EMU lots of money, and do it ( Read more... )

bagatelle

cabals

connubial

conventicles

coprophilia

coteries

curios

evince

idyll

inimical

lachrymose

lapidary

limn

luxation

marmoreal

myopia

pabulum

periwig

ribbands

sartorially

Yes, I alphabetized them.  Also, yes, I've probably seen some of those before, but I'd be pretty helpless if asked to define them.  I ( Read more... )