I am thinking about getting an MP3 player. I seem to spend a fair amount of time riding the bus, and I don't want to carry around my old gigantic cd player with me, but I think it would be nice to have some tunes ( Read more... )

April 5-13 of 2003 I was in Espana. A little less than one year ago ( Read more... )

Last night I got all ready to go to the gym this morning. I carefully, painstakingly laid out all of the clothes I would need next to my running shoes so that all I had to do this morning was wake up, turn off my alarm, and get dressed.

Alarm was set for 5:30 am.

I have a vague memory of waking up at 2 am, thinking of some really good reason why ( Read more... )

So yesterday when I was walking to the gym, half asleep (because it was 6 am), I was looking down at the ground ( Read more... )

Going to the gym in the morning is the way to go, I'm thinking. Now my evenings are free ( Read more... )

This year I decided to give up something for Lent. I haven't given up anything for Lent in years. I think maybe it will help reawaken my spirituality a little ( Read more... )

In going to the gym lately, I have noticed a few species unique to that environment.

Muscles Maximus: These are the hulking guys who like to hang around the weight room. They spend large amounts of time standing in front of the mirror looking at themselves. Occasionally they'll find the energy to do a few curls or a few squats. Then they'll ( Read more... )

Today I met tangledstare, the first LJ person I have met in person. You know what?

She didn't have three eyes, or an extra limb sprouting from her head, or anything else unusual about her for that matter. She was actually quite nice.

And you know what else?

I guess that means all the rest of you people are real too.

That's kind of scary.

Anchorage is the second best place in the nation to find young, rich bachelors.

No word on where the young, rich bachelorettes can be found.

Oh yeah. How could I forget to mention this? We had a pretty good-sized earthquake today. It went on forever. FOREVER. Like 45 seconds.

It was a roller.