hydration.
i am so uber-hydrated lately that the amount and frequency of which i pee.. is almost disturbing.
even to me.
..... TMI!!?!
maybe.
but i'm just sayin.
June 06, 2008
May 05, 2008
tequila!!!
May 02, 2008
April 17, 2008
yeah charlie! we're going to candy mountain!!!
for those of you who, just by the title of this post, know what you're about to see..
high five.
it friggin rules.
for those of you that DONT... do yourself a favor and get in touch with the newest YouTube craze. i swear to God i almost choked and died on my Whataburger down in austin while quoting this thing with Mustang Guy. i still just really can't stop laughing.
8 million+ viewers can't be wrong, right?!
shhhhhhun the non believer!
SHUN!!!
April 04, 2008
one last basketball blog...
the big game is, as i'm sure you all know, tomorrow.
kansas vs. north carolina.. semi-final saturday.
an epic, larger than life game that will affect the fans of those two teams, especially on the kansas side, more so than your average loss or win.
a lot of you... most, probably, although its hard for me to believe... don't understand the big deal.
why all the hullabaloo?! its a game!! get over it!
well, that kind of talk gets you a bloody nose around here. so to help explain the connections between these two basketball schools i thought i'd share an excerpt from an article one RUNNING JAYHAWK passed along to me.
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OK, so let’s see if we can get all the connections straight. James Naismith invented basketball. We know that. He went to Kansas, where he coached Phog Allen, perhaps the most influential coach in college basketball history. OK.
Phog Allen coached Dean Smith at Kansas. Then Dean Smith won all those games and two national titles at North Carolina. Dean Smith coached Larry Brown at North Carolina. Then Larry Brown guided a team with Danny Manning and his backup singers to a national title for Kansas. Still with us?
Wilt Chamberlain played at Kansas, of course, and his most painful loss was in the 1957 championship game. To North Carolina. Dean Smith was ejected from one tournament game in his long career. That was against Kansas.
Bob Dole played at Kansas, and then he became a Kansas senator, and then he married Elizabeth Dole, and then she became a North Carolina senator.
And, of course, there’s the whole Roy Williams conundrum. Roy Williams was an assistant coach for Dean Smith at North Carolina, and then he went to replace Larry Brown at Kansas and then he reached four Final Fours, and then he went back to North Carolina (to replace his old Kansas assistant Matt Doherty) and then Williams won a national title, and now he’s coaching North Carolina (with his assistants, who all played at Kansas) against Kansas in the Final Four.
for the full article, read here.
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as you can see, these two schools are deeply linked. when roy announced in 2000 that he'd be with Kansas forever, only to turn around and leave 3 years later....
that blow can still be felt by many the jayhawk fan.
its been five years, yes, but the feelings are still pretty raw.
so tomorrow night, no matter who you root for...
be it Kansas, UNC, UT, Kentucky... Memphis, UCLA, K-State or even Mizzou....
do yourself a favor and get in on this game. its history in the making folks and is going to be something you'll wish you hadn't missed!
(and for you KU fans... this made me totally tear up. *sniff sniff*.)
ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!
beak 'em!
April 02, 2008
just out of curiosity..
0% chick and i are in love with Athleta. they have great clothes for active women, their stuff fits both our bodies (not an easy feat, given that she's 0% and i'm.... substantially higher % bodyfat), is really high quality, super cute, and...
they have awesome models.
for those of you that watched American Gladiator... that chick that won?
yeah. she's their main model.
i don't have to explain WHY!
anyway, we love the catalog. we love the clothes. we love the model.
we also love to find bodies to aspire to. or at least i do... and she plays along. i'm always debating that.."if i keep losing weight from all this training... who do you think i'd look like?!"
obviously, my face is my face is my face. but we're talking bodies. and honestly its been hard to pinpoint anyone.
until now.
i found my model!
she's curvy, she's cute, she's not rail-thin... give me maybe one more year/giant race to train for and i just might look like THAT (see below).
so. 0% has hers (also see below).. and i've got mine.
but who's YOURS!!?!
yeah. my chick doesn't quite rock the abs. but i'd pick T&A over pecs and abs anyday!
*wink wink*
March 31, 2008
20 years later
ONE. SHINING. MOMENT.
oh jayhawks, let's do it again!!!?! PLEASE!!?!
(thank god today... they wear longer shorts!)
March 30, 2008
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KUs IN THE FINAL FOUR!!
KUs in the final four!!!
KUs IN THE FINAL FOUR!!!!
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
March 23, 2008
someone's got some 'splainin to do...
what the HELL is going on with the tourney this year!?!!?
my bracket is ficked fo'REAL.
west kentucky over drake.
west virginia over duke!?
davidson.
villanova.
this is what makes march madness so much fun.
I LOVE THIS STUFF!!!
hell i thought UCLA was going down there for a while.
and they're in my final game!!!
what the hell!
but this is gold. you can't ask for a better couple weeks in march. i have had entirely too much fun watching basketball this weekend.
i'm crossing my fingers kansas keeps rolling on, i'm wiping my brow that texas is still in it and i'm dying to see UNC go down.
sweet 16, elite 8, final four...
here we come, baby.
KANSAS ALL THE WAY!
March 20, 2008
thank god for waterproof mascara.
so let me preface this by saying, if you didn't go to KU... you won't care.
but if you DID...
you probably want to watch this.
the senior speeches from this year.
(our senior men. awwww.)
unfortunately i wasn't able to attend our final home game (where we SPANKED texas tech 109-51. booyah!) but i love love LOVE the senior speeches. and if you're like me... you do too.
so, just over an hour away from our game today, i figured it was as good a time as any to pass'em along to you!
enjoy, beak'em, and..
ROCK CHALK!
March 17, 2008
a few tips for the wannabe bachelorette...
... first and foremost, don't drink.
don't. drink.
not just don't drink too much... but...
DONT. DRINK.
we all know its a champagne-fest-open-bar-debauchery night one (and two.. and three... and four...) but for gawd's sake, just don't drink.
slurring, stumbling, cursing, snorting, burping... these are not attractive traits. especially not on national tv on a first-impressions-mean-everything kind of show!
... secondly? don't sing.
don't come with a song prepared, don't make one up on the spot. don't hum, don't whistle... just. don't. sing.
don't sing the national anthem (what WAS that last year???!!) don't whip out your guitar and play... DONT SING!
in fact try not to attempt to make music at all.
.... don't prepare a schtick.
DON'T DO IT!
don't do push ups. don't arm wrestle the guy (cuz he'll WIN!). don't throw down a rock-paper-scissors battle and don't give him a gift.
don't do cartwheels, don't pull your head between your legs.
don't lap dance.
don't do the splits.
don't do back flips
DON'T TAKE YOUR KNICKERS OFF AND PUT THEM DOWN HIS PANTS!
don't. do it.
and finally...
please don't cry.
you just met the man, he is NOT the love of your life, getting rejected by him is not a commentary on your life and you will be fine.
DON'T! CRY!
March 13, 2008
because one blog can never be enough...
for those of you at all familiar with the daily coyote you'll know where i got my inspiration from.
if not, well...
go check it out. its the shit. it'll make you want to move to the country lickity-split.
anyway..
i'm one excited chick.
five more weeks and we finally meet!
(no idea what i'm talking about? figure it out!)
March 04, 2008
oh, matthew... NO!!!
i swoon for matthew mcconaughey. i do. i love that man.
he is gorgeous.
he's got awesome teeth, great dimples and kil.ler.abs.
he's got an awesome voice, a great accent and the ability to, just by sheer existence, make my panties fly right out the window.
(i also really like the way he says "bullshit" and lets face it he likes latina women, so.. he's got great taste to boot!)
however, i'm watching FOOLS GOLD right now, am 25 minutes in, and i have to say..
this is maybe the worst movie ever made.
oh kate. oh matthew. you were once so amazing together.
what happened!?!
February 28, 2008
tagged.
so MONICA of i just want the tattoo tagged me last night and, being the bored-at-work-with-nothing-to-do type that i am, i figured i might as well play along.
SO... the rules apparently are...
-- Link to the person who tagged you (done and done. see above.)
-- Post the rules on your blog. (check.)
-- Share seven random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog. (because there's not already enough weirdness about me that you all know?)
-- Tag seven random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs. (seven seems like a lot.)
-- Leave a comment on their blogs so that they know they have been tagged. (again... seven seems like a lot.)
so without further ado i give you...
seven random things you didn't already know.
about me.
1.) i absolutely will not under any circumstances drink Pepsi. not ever. won't do it. it's gross.
2.) i'm picky. i'm a picky picky eater. i don't like trying new-there's a good chance i won't like it-food. however, much to the shagrin of my mom... i will try new food for boys.
boys that are cute, that i like, that i'm on a date with or dating. for example...
with architecture guy it was swordfish.
with carpool guy it was asparagus.
with texas boy it was crawfish.
with painter dude it was sweet potatoes.
so yeah. i have a thing with food.
what else is new?!
3.) i have a weird phobia of drive thru banking. i've never done it. it scares me. everytime i consider it i start thinking i'll hit the wrong button, put the wrong thing in the little capsule and the ladies in the bank will yell at me. at that point my nerves get the better of me, i change my mind, park the car, and walk inside.
4.) i used to be scared of driving up to fast food places too. something about ordering through a screen, handing money through a window... it was too much.
until my freshman year of college, when i had a car-full of friends with me, who refused to go inside to order, i'd never done the drive thru thing.
it wasn't until about a month later, when on a midnight wendy's food-run for architecture guy and his fellow studio-mates that i had to do drive thru again... alone, that i finally conquered my fear.
(not surprisingly however, i did have issues with that first solo run. something about coupons, burgers, and kids meals....
who knows.)
5.) i sleep diagonally across my bed.
6.) i can't cross my eyes. neither can my mom. it's cuz the muscle in one of our eyes isn't strong enough. so when i try.. only the left one goes in.
see?!
7.) when i tap my fingers, i go from pointer to pinkie, instead of the other way around. to my knowledge, that's not how everyone else does it.
aaaaaaand that's all i got. seven random things about me.
so now ya know!
tagged
whomever really really wants to be!
February 27, 2008
right. so now i'm a farm animal....
after the gym today K-State guy and i went to the grocery store to pick a few items up for the week.
i got a salad-bar salad, some turkey and a veggie tray for my lunch items, then added a few yogurts and a couple nectarines for my mid-morning/mid-afternoon snacks.
when we got back, this was the following exchange:
me: ... walking in with groceries...
co-worker, Referee Man: "JEEZ!! what'd you do, go shopping for a month!!?!
me:... "uhh... no? just a few days."
Referee Man: "GOD. you're a HORSE. i couldn't afford you!"
K-State Guy: "no. she's a COW. there's a difference"
me:... "um.... "
*sigh*
needless to say i'm having less than a stellar day.
*groan*
February 26, 2008
uh. muh. guh.
January 25, 2008
music mix
okay.. because i thought maybe some of you could take a peek at what i like and suggest new stuff i may not have heard yet... i give you...
my current top 5:
fidelity ... regina spektor
the underdog ... spoon
a-punk .. vampire weekend
many the miles ... sara bareilles
seven nation army ... the white stripes
my if there were more than 5 in my top 5:
big casino .... jimmy eat world
everyday is a holiday with you ... esthero
fake it ... seether
crazy mama ... jj cale
my not top 5 but i seriously listen to them all on repeat...:
bottle it up ... sara bareilles
i feel it all ... feist
anyone else but you... the moldy peaches (hee hee!)
crushcrushcrush ... paramore
good to sea ... pinback
gasoline ... seether
almost lover ... a fine frenzy
home ... marc broussard
don't you evah ... spoon
breathe me .. sia
on the radio ... regina spektor
(yeah yeah, its little top 40 here and there.... so sue me. i live in kansas city.. i'm not exactly at the forefront of the music scene!!!)
December 27, 2007
KCM Arctic Challenge
i just received the following from my multisport club...
the KCM Arctic Challenge...
"Join your fellow KCM Members for an off-road, winterized day of multisport fun when we take to the trails of Shawnee Mission Park for our inaugural KC MultiSport Polar Challenge on Saturday, January 26th. Leave the singlet and trainer at home for the day and come find out why multisport athletes the world-over are hitting the trails for off-season fun and fitness. This race is perfect for first-time off-road athlete looking to get their feet wet (not literally) in the world of mountain biking, trail running, and navigation/orienteering."
um... hello!?!!!!?!
are you frick-frak-frocking kidding me? do you know how much absolute fun this would be?!
its a 2-person team event that will consist of running/hiking/riding trails/roads while using a map to find checkpoints scattered around the park over a course that "should take 1.5-3 hours to complete"...
OMG THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE BEST ADVENTURE EVER! so..all i need is someone to race with. and i'm pretty sure i can convince someone to join me based on this rather impressive list of qualifications thats i just came up with on my very own.
1.) i am clearly the mostest funnest person ever, and while i have zero experience in the sport of adventure racing, i....
2.) probably totally have some mad map reading skillzzzz
3.) have not actually ever been mountain biking but i like to jump the curb on my road bike as much as the next guy so.. how different could it really be?
4.) once hiked up a mountain in mexico. i'm not certain exactly how that relates, but.. i feel confident that it does.
5.) no matter the mental/physical challenge, my response is almost always to laugh hysterically. considering the fact that i have no idea what i'm doing.. that should make for fun times all around.
so see?!?! how could anyone in their right mind turn me down?!
i mean come on!
December 21, 2007
chik chik BANG!
![balance[1].jpg](http://www.breakingthetape.com/little-miss-runner-pants/balance%5B1%5D.jpg)
omg so i totally got to shoot guns yesterday!
like for real, bang bang, chik-chik, pull the trigger guns!!!
(actually there was only one gun small enough for me. but i shot it a LOT!)
and okay listen, i know what you're all thinking...the last thing this world needs is ME with a rifle.
but, i was highly supervised, wearing the proper safety devices and at an acutal shooting range so it was totally legit.
and besides that, turns out... I'M A TOTAL STUD!
oh my gosh. i cannot even explain to you how much fun this was. and how much even MORE fun it was when i
didn't miss!
here are some things that i learned:
1.) guns are loud. if you're going to be readjusting your headphone things... make sure its not while someone next to you is shooting.
that was dumb.
2.) when boys say "there's practically no recoil with this".. they lie. as my "balance" pic above will illustrate, i was quite shocked at how the thing wanted to throw me back.
3.) positioning is everying. i heard horror stories of peeps that had the butt of their gun in the wrong place and they walked around with a gimp arm for weeks. fortunately as previously explained, in no uncertain terms, i'm a stud.
therefore i was unaffected by this.
4.) you really do get to yell "PULL" when you shoot.
5.) there is not a man in the skeet box that hears you yell and sends them flying. instead there's a little remote with three buttons... HIGH, LOW, DOUBLE, and a trusty friend pushes whatever button when you yell pull.
not surprisingly i got just as much enjoyment out of hitting the buttons as i did shooting the guns.
you might say i'm easily amused.
5.) the absolute 100% most fun without a doubt part of the entire adventure is charging the gun. omg. i giggled like a school girl.
every time.
![chikchik[1].jpg](http://www.breakingthetape.com/little-miss-runner-pants/chikchik%5B1%5D.jpg)
6.) when smoke comes out the middle of the gun, its best not to cause alarm that "omg i broke it".
turns out thats totally fine.
7.) when shooting twice in a row, its important to remember to actually go ahead and DO that really fun "pumping" part. the gun will not work otherwise. and if you forget to do this more than once, you're a dunce.
9.) i'm a dunce.
10.) it helps immeasurably to keep your eyes open when pulling the trigger. you would assume this to be obvious, but trust me... its not.
and.. number eleven.) don't go shooting if you don't want a gun, because i never thought i would before and now...
now i totally do!
![learning[1].jpg](http://www.breakingthetape.com/little-miss-runner-pants/learning%5B1%5D.jpg)
December 19, 2007
"i think that's hooah"
sitting around this morning talking with my co-workers (well... what's left of them) i realized i was way out-numbered.
there's an ex-marine, ex-infantryman and ex-air force pilot. when talk turned to guns, guns and more guns, i knew there was no chance of conversation participation.
until, of course, i let it slip that... i've never even HELD a gun!
they. went. nuts.
"how? how is that possible?! didn't you go shooting in high school? where are you from? your parents don't have guns? what is wrong with you!!?!?!"
....ummmmmmm...
so.. yeah. to rectify the situation i think i convinced them to take me shooting tomorrow and call it "research" on post at ft. leavenworth.
apparently the gun for me is a remington 870 (no idea what that is, but apparently the ex-infantryman is bringing his youth one for me. cuz.. i'm so short. sad.), a 20 gauge and a bennelli.
again. no idea what those actually are. all i requested was one that does the chik-chick sound!!! and they assured me it would.
nice.
(i am SUCH a girl.)
November 26, 2007
new things...
i bought my first toaster oven, rice'n veggie steamer, and pomegranate this month.
i don't know what that means, but.. it feels very adult.
... i'm not sure i like the implications.
November 06, 2007
the set up
so... new house!?!
new set up.
yesterday in a fit of boredom -- its scary what i do (read:: how much i spend) when i'm bored -- i went out and hit "upgrade" on my entire work station. i'm officially loving life.
loving.
life.
September 18, 2007
dear 0% bodyfat guy...
dear 0% bodyfat guy,
next summer i would very much enjoy participating in a half ironman event type situation. if it is at all possible, i would very very much enjoy participating in said event type situation without the fear of death, dismemberment, or other great bodily harm.
as you may or may not know, it is a common practice of newb athletes, not unlike myself, to hire more experienced athletes to help them in this endeavor. said experienced athletes are often older, wiser, and much better looking than the newbs. not surprisingly they are also often referred to as.... "coach".
having had the highest honor of spectatorship thrust upon me two short weeks ago by IMMOO, it has become evident that to properly dominate the field, i must not only seek out a "coach", but that you, good kind sir, are that man.
i am (almost) certain that with your skills, knowledge, and dashing good looks, there is a fair possibility that i may survive my chosen half-ironman event, and live to, one day, perhaps even do it again.
with that thought in mind, it would be my great honor to officially request your services, in the form of "coach", for my half ironman event type situation.
yours very sincerely,
little miss runner pants.
(oh, and, one more thought!!?!
YOU'RE PRETTY!)
August 09, 2007
O.D.G.
for those of you out there at all familiar with the design world, or have any knowledge what-so-ever about design history, design programs... shortcut keys....
YOU. WILL. LOVE. THIS.
i know that doesn't include most of you, but for those of you that it does...
well. enjoy!
ORIGINAL DESIGN GANGSTA...
.... white spaaaaaace!!
HOLLAH!!!
July 02, 2007
i got nuthin.
i so have a whole lotta nuthin to say lately.
my blogging has sorta sucked.
...i guess i kinda go in phases.
and currently, i'm in a nothing-to-say-phase.
probably because i've been traveling, meeting family, and generally being busy in every way shape and form that doesn't have to do with tri, that my blogging fodder has been somewhat non-existent.
however, i've got a 12 week boulder backroads plan that starts next week, so between this weekend's tri, and next weeks return to running.. i'm sure i'll have something to say here soon.
i mean this is me we're talking about there.
i can't stay quiet for that long.. can i?!
June 26, 2007
something different
i. hurt.
yesterday's workout at The Fit Pit (kc's crossfit) was a quiet killer.
5 weighted squats
5 hang clean
5 thrusters...
on the minute, every minute, for 20 minutes. which totals 300 reps of all three movements.
my quads. are SORE.
i was up from about 3-5am this morning rolling around in muscle soreness/pain.
apparently taking the last 3 weekends off from any type of exercise at all has finally caught up with me. ouch.
anyway.. as a result i came in about 25 minutes late to work this morning and really have nothing interesting to post. what i DO have though... is some audio i think you might find funny.
recorded from some radio station in i-don't-know-wheresville-USA... i give you
give it a moment to upload and take a listen. its pretty good stuff.
and with that said.. i have some work to go attend to.
enjoy!
June 08, 2007
outtie
alright folks. i'm heading out sunday morning... early.. for NUEVA YORK!
Army Guy's getting home soon and i've promised to celebrate his homecoming, so... i'm outta here!
i'll be back sometime Thursday of next week with exactly 1.5 days to prepare for my first triathlon... Topeka Tinman.
...yeah. i'm not real sure how that's gunna go, but... i'm prediciting a MAJOR victory!
in the mean time.... enjoy my superbly random playlist (to the left. and don't worry, when i get back, i'll take OFF autoplay!)... and i'll catch'ya on the flip side!
HAVE A GREAT WEEK/end. !!!
June 07, 2007
knocked up
one of my most favorite people, Soccer Boy (my race the pace car fiasco friend), is back in town for the summer. he and i have been friends since college and lately have become movie pals.
and... we're on a roll.
a few days ago i got a call letting me know he's back in town, and he wants to go see Knocked Up. finally last night our schedules aligned and we made it to the 8:00 show.
can i just tell you people, how hysterically funny this movie is!? luckily soccer boy and i go a ways back, because there are some sort of embarrassing scenes, but... even so, they're just damn funny. and very real.
or.. what i imagine would be real, since i'm neither married or with child, so i don't exactly know, but... relationship-wise, some of the situations, and all of the dialogue.
its good stuff, and i highly recommend it.
in other, completely unrelated news (and fella's... this is a girl issue. so be forewarned... continue reading at your own risk)...
my boobs are getting smaller.
i've been training now, for i don't know how many months... and training and training. eating right. training. and its all been good. some weight has come off... or at least re-istributed.. and, whatever. its all been according to plan.
but lately?! i've been noticing a change. and i just can't ignore it anymore, cuz my bras.... don't. FIT.
so my question to you ladies out there, that have been doing this for weeks, months, years at a time....
WHAT GIVES!!!?!?!
i got on the scale this morning and noticed something new too....
consistently, for about a week... my body fat percentage has gone down. roughly 4%. my weight, however... has not changed.
i finally put two and two together and realized all of that fat has probably come directly from my mammories and i am so not okay with that.
i have lots of places on my body that i would love to see shrink. my boobs are not one of them.
so.... when can i expect this to stop? do i need to buy new and smaller bras, or will they rebound? what do i have to do to get this same affect in... say... my ass.
because i trained for two marathons. and i did spin, and i've been swimming and biking for months and i never had this. this cannot be good. i'm going to be disproportionately shaped.
HOW DO I MAKE IT STOP!!!?!?
June 05, 2007
the wager
ok so yesterday i somewhat introduced you all to Blonde Biker Boy, right? also known as stunningly handsome makes the girls weak in the knees blonde biker boy... (you can guess who came up with THAT name).
well...this is a guy you need to remember.
why? BECAUSE.... if all goes according to plan... he will, in the coming weeks, be donning a clown suit for a saturday group ride, KCMultiSport style....
thanks to yours truly.
or... if the gods are against me (and lets face it.. the gods are always against me. which only now, in a painfully sober state occurs to me, and makes me sort of regret the bet) he will be laughing and pointing fingers at me... for i will be donning a clown suit for a saturday group ride.
here's whats up.
last night, while only slightly inebriated, blonde biker boy, all on his own and without any assistance from myself...!!!, came up with this brilliant plan.
to make a bet. regarding the employment status of anyone/everyone after a certain business trip he's got planned.
it looked something like this:
(if someone gets fired on the trip... he wins. if noone gets fired on the trip... i win.)
because i was completely of sound mind and not at all a little loopy, i'm a little unsure of when exactly this business trip is... but i believe it's within the month.
so like i said... keep blonde biker boy in your sights, because come july... one of us will be making quite the fool of ourselves on a bike.
and i sure as hell hope its him!
May 29, 2007
being single
as much as i'd like to have someone in my life to toss around with, share my good times, workout, laugh, learn, and love with...
sometimes being single is all its cracked up to be.
because tonight i came home, stripped off my gross pottery clothes, turned on the tv and sat down at my desk to settle in for the night.
i'm watching today's episode of oprah, drinking orange juice outta the jug and very conciously not doing laundry.
tonight is bliss. and tomorrow.. i plan on doing it again!
weeeeeeeeeee!!!!
April 06, 2007
the sound of music
ohhhhh.
my gosh.
i am the biggest retard ever. also the biggest dork. its 8pm friday night, i just finished dinner and i'm sitting on the floor in front of my tv watching... you guessed it... The Sound of Music.
i've only seen this move 3,476 times, have literally every word of every moment of the movie memorized and can sing and dance along with the entire cast... yet here i am. 27 years old. sitting on the floor watching like it was my first time.
what can i say. this movie was tradition in my home growing up. i just love it.
sad as it may be.
anyway... did you know Captain von Trapp was played by Christopher Plummer!?! and that these are the same. people!!!?!?!?!
HOLY MOLY PEOPLE... i had NO idea! i'm still getting over it.
its almost like the day i found out the Andy Griffith show guy was the same as the Matlock guy!
i was picking my jaw up off the floor for days. amazing.
anyway. i've got the rest of this movie to view, some packing to do, and then some sleep to get. i'm off to st. louis for Easter tomorrow morning, early early. i bid you all farewell...
so looooong, farewellllll, i hate to say good-byeee-eyeeee
*sigh*
love it.
have a fantastic easter weekend. i'll catch you on the flip side!
April 05, 2007
i'm bored. how 'bout you??!!?
me + free time + camera = lots of time wasted!
for whatever reason, k-state guy and i found these photos and the taking of them, to be highly entertaining.
we work for the government... we're easily amused. what can i say?
hmm. is there any food in my teeth?!!?
nope!
doo-dee-doo.....
"HEYYYY! K-State Guy!!!
hmm. what else should i take a picture of?!
OOOH! i know!!! (yup. Army Guy. as a doll. for christmas. my mom is sooooo funny.)
check out my new kicks. you're jealous. i know. (pay no mind to the carbonated beverage of choice on my desk there, eh?! i'm giving it up after lent. yes yes i know. but it's an addiction!!)
m'kay. thats it. my boss just walked back in. fun time's over...
rock on people. happy thursday.
March 13, 2007
more basketball.... n'stuff.
if you ever wonder what i do while at work (besides... work. obviously) let me clue you in.
and if you love college basketball (or.. just basketball in general) and don't know who bill simmons is... get yourself to readin', cuz its some good stuff.
now, i don't always agree (because obviously durant is my team's arch nemesis and must be squashed like a bug) but damn if the man don't make me laugh!
in other news.. i've got an afternoon bike ride lined up and... i'm not gunna lie... i'm gettin' kinda nervous. its been a few months since i was out on the roads and although i've been spinning all winter.. mostly.. its just not the same.
this is the real thing.
actual hills. actual wind.
cars to not run into, curbs to not run off of.
its the real. thing.
when i get tired i can't just stop.
when i stop, i can't just leave my feet in the clips.
when i clip in and out, i have to actually balance my bike.
i'm not sure, but i think there's a good chance i might forget one or more of those things. which could very possibly lead to a somewhat unfortunate experience.
so we'll see. but i have a funny feeling there's something about biking i might be forgetting.. and that doesn't bode so well for me!
February 22, 2007
i'm baaaa-aaaack!!!
i'm back! and i didn't die on the slopes! hoorah!!!
my trip to colorado was, as always.... an adventure.
the weather was less than cooperative, the credit card gods were having an off day (both my hosts, on seperate occasions, lost their credit cards only to later find them but receive news that "sorry, its our policy to shred any cards we find" thereby making for a rather frustrating weekend.
apparently i'm not good luck. who knew?!!) and my diet took a serious nose dive into a sea of hamburgers, french fries and frosties.
damn i love frosties...
but the snowboarding... the snowboarding was good.
for now though, i've got oodles of things to catch up on at work and at home, so instead of my usual tales of snowboarding goddess-ness and triumphs on the mountain i'll leave you with a few pics, and hopefully will find time for more sometime soon!
me and j.lee's son after breakfast, saturday morning...
me and duncan after snow-shoeing at the gawd-awful height of 12000 ft....
seriously, how anyone breathes up there is just amazing to me.
(fyi, duncan has a licking-face thing. he wouldn't sit still for the photo, hence my strange and somewhat ackward facial expression. i don't really look like that in real life!!!
promise!)
me... in the mountains.
yeah.. that's pretty self-explanatory there, huh?!!?
February 15, 2007
outtie...
well kids, have a great rest of your week/holiday weekend.. i'm heading out in a few hours for denver to thoroughly enjoy my last weekend before lent!
(i'm giving up flour. again. my body seemed to have responded very well when i did it before for just 10 days.. i'm interested to see where i'm at come easter! its going to be a long lenten season!)
anyway i'll be back middle of next week with hopefully a good story or two and hopefully no broken bones!
January 29, 2007
the board.
heh...
i went to a board meeting last night.
that means i'm important.
i'm like the most important little miss thing to ever attend a meeting about anything...ever! in ze verrrld!!
heh!! i rule.
that pretty much rocks!
>>>insert wicked taking over the world cackle here!!!<<<
*ahem*
in other news...
i moved into my new apartment this weekend. i think i succeeded in unpacking at least... three boxes. i was less than productive.
(busy presiding over important business like matters at a board meeting.. obviously).
after said meeting was over i headed to the grocery store to find something, anything, that would not require more than a microwave for preparation. i decided on a South Beach dinner.
when i got home, dinner heated and smelling great i realized one important thing....
sh*t!!! where's my silverware? which box might it be in??
with the late night hour and my incompetence in labeling boxes correctly... i said screw the silverware. i'll eat with my hands.
i'm here to tell ya folks, eating garlic parmesan chicken and penne pasta...with you hands... ain't easy.
in fact its down right messy.
i don't suggest it.
January 17, 2007
so entertaining...
omg, i can't stop laughing. i'm in hysterics listening to these people, um... "sing".
*sigh*
oh holy. what i wouldn't give to be a judge for these first few audition days.
i just hope you guys are doing yourselves the favor of tuning into American Idol this week. there are some funky people out there.
this show tends to do wonders for my self esteem.
love it.
*sigh*
so entertaining....
January 13, 2007
the one and only
since flatman did it, i had to too. and the results are in.....
is anybody really all too surprised?!?!
...yeahhhh. me niether.
January 07, 2007
abc's and meme's.
well kids.... i've been tagged. and because i could never refuse my north dakota friend, stacy.. prepare yourself for a meme. alphabet style...
A-Available or Single --- i'm just going to forego the entire blog post i could write on this particular topic and just say... single. for now, i'm single.
B-Best Friend --- ya know it completely depends on the situation.. if that makes any sense to you. but in an overall kind of a way, J.Lee, my denver rat... she's my best friend.
C-Cake or Pie --- pie. and because you asked, i really do prefer apple. warm. with a scoop of vanilla BEAN ice cream... on the side.
D-Drink of choice --- an ice cold coca cola classic, all the way.
E- Essential Item --- does email count as an item? probably not... okay then, a computer. a MAC, preferably, with the adobe and macromedia suite installed and updated!
F-Favorite color --- currently i'm really into earth tones, but for the record, i don't really have a favorite. i'm not much of a "favorites" kinda gal. i'm entirely too indecisive for that!
G-Gummi Bears or worms --- twizzlers.
H-Hometown --- i'm going to kind of cheat a little here and say texas. the lone star state. i can't explain why, but that'll always be home to me.
I-Indulgence --- yes please!!!
J-January or February --- ummm... january. for sure.
K-Kids & names --- no, not currently. though in the next... lets see i'm 27 now (dear god) so in the next 5 or so years, ask again. hopefully i'll have an answer for ya!
L-Life is incomplete without --- i'm going