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Guys I’m getting a kitten. You guys. I’m getting a...

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:09:11 -0400

Guys I’m getting a kitten.
You guys.
I’m getting a kitten.
A kitten.
A BABY CAT.

My whole life I’ve wanted a kitten and my parents always said no. When we finally got Clark ~9 years ago, he was already 6 months old.
Tut is currently 2 months. He can’t come home with us yet, because he’s not fixed, but he’ll be fixed the first day the vets come to the shelter after he weighs three pounds.
And he’ll be living in my room, because it’s the smallest one, one of three rooms in the house with a door, and far less cluttered than my parents room. He’ll be exclusively in my room for awhile until he gets used to it. Which means my room will always be his safe place. Which means I will be his favorite and he will cuddle with me forever.

Guys.
Kitten.
Meow 😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱

Good news: they finally fixed whatever was leaking under the sidewalk by tower c and it no longer smells like sewage.

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:51:34 -0400

Bad news: they’re fertilizing all the flowers so the entire campus smells like shit.

just hanging out at chevron. brushed my hair today after i...

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:36 -0400

just hanging out at chevron.

brushed my hair today after i showered at the gym and everything!

guys seriously why is it so bright out? i am from pittsburgh. what is that big shiny ball in the sky???

i got to school so early the gym isn’t open yet. yes, i could go to trees, but the last time i...

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:47:33 -0400

i got to school so early the gym isn’t open yet.

yes, i could go to trees, but the last time i went into the locker room there the attendant yelled at me and asked what i was doing (uh, peeing?), and there’s no attendant at the pete.

guess i just keep waiting.

My Workout For Tuesday May 07

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:22:50 -0400

I earned 2094 points for my workout on Fitocracy!

Running +2094 pts
- 2:21:47 || 13.2 mi || 10:45 min/mi || moderate hills (+2094 pts)
- Pittsburgh half marathon. Didn’t go quite as I wanted. But almost 5 minutes faster than last year, so I’ll take that.

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just did cleans for the first time in forever.

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:55:10 -0400

dead.

i am dead.

also, FINALLY getting back to eating healthy after this past week of easter-eating.

i went to subway for lunch and the girl wrapped the halves individually, so i’m eating half now and will eat the rest before class starts!

sweetdez: detrea: fuckyeahhugsandkisses: a-little-insane: the best part about being the little...

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:27:54 -0400

sweetdez:

detrea:

fuckyeahhugsandkisses:

a-little-insane:

the best part about being the little spoon while cuddling is being able to rub your butt against the person’s junk

The best part about being the big spoon while cuddling is getting to rub your junk against the person’s butt

The best part about the big spoon is that it lets me get bigger portions of ice cream as I cry alone in my room.

Three types of people

i think i’ve got down the E in RICE.

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:25:07 -0400

i think i’ve got down the E in RICE.

quixoticandabsurd replied to your post: yesterday i woke up at 3:30. I think GUs are gross, but I...

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:32:17 -0400

quixoticandabsurd replied to your post: yesterday i woke up at 3:30.

I think GUs are gross, but I like the cliff brand gels that are similar. All the fuel I use is cliff brand, and I particularly like their gummy blocks. The chewing is much better than the slimy gel. Congrats on the great finish!

i didn’t have any issues with the texture or the taste or anything. i think it was just something in the ingredients that really upset my stomach, because i usually never take anything when i run. next year, though, i think i’m going to fill my little pouch with skittles or twirler nibs or something like that. i know i can handle those in general because i’ve eaten them before, and they should be alright when i run since they’re basically just straight sugar. but i really should start trying things out during training runs.

thanks! and congrats to you and alan! you guys are brave souls for facing the whole without enough training! you guys did great, all things considered!

yesterday i woke up at 3:30.

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:48:07 -0400

got dressed, ate some stuff, drank water.

brendan got here at 4:29 and we headed out after i loaded all my crap in the car. we parked on the north shore and waited for the t for 15 minutes before we realized t service wouldn’t start for another half hour. he was hungry, so we walked across the river, wandered around, and eventually found a 7-11 that WASN’T closed or blocked off by all the barricades.

he ate, i finished my bottle of water, and we headed over towards my start corral, which i entered by market square, which is actually where he wanted to wait for me, anyway, so yay! we hung out for a bit, tried to figure out where he should wait and where he should meet me, and eventually it was 6:35. corral c closed off at 6:45, so he gave me a kiss and i headed into my corral. i was near a couple people who wanted to go sub-2 (!!!!!!!!!!!), whereas my goal was 2:15. so, clearly, i was not actually placed in the right corral. but i went with it. we had the moment of “silence,” which is apparently actually impossible for the idiots i was surrounded by. there was the national anthem, the failed attempt at the macarena (everybody was too loud to hear we were supposed to be doing it), they sang god bless america, and we were off. it took me about 7 minutes to cross the starting line, and we ran past ryan clark.

i started off super strong! i felt great. i walked through all the water stops and drank gatorade at every other one and water at every one. i also walked for about a minute at five miles. my first two miles were under 9:00 and i actually finished my 5k in about 28, so that was GREAT! i hit the 10k mark at 1:01:19 with a 9:52 pace and my eta was 2:09:21, which was almost six faster than my goal final pace. so, y’know, awesome!

the climb up the west end bridge was pretty rough. i started battling with myself at about 7 miles. i wanted to just walk at 5 miles and 10 miles, plus all the water breaks. i ended up walking at 8.28. it was just really tough for me. i was getting really tired and just drained. i started doubting myself and it was just not good. i walked again at like 9 miles. i think around 9.5 miles, they offered gu. i never had it before, but i was pretty drained and hoped that it would help, so i took a strawberry banana one. it tasted alright, but it really didn’t do anything for me. i was still dragging.

as i crossed the smithfield street bridge, there were people offering twizzlers, so i took one. i think the chewing actually helped take my mind off of the running, and i sped up a lot for a little. i crossed the 11.3 mile mark at 2:00:34, which had slowed me down to a 10:40 mile. 30 seconds off my 2:15 goal. so, that wasn’t going to happen. 10:30 miles was still possible, so that was my new goal.

i started struggling again on the uphill. plus, my ankle was hurting. i tried to roll it out to stretch it a bit, and it helped, but i was still hurting. greg, a guy in a lot of my fitness minor classes, caught up with me and ran with me for a couple minutes before breaking off and running ahead. i never saw him again. at the top of the hill, i saw a girl on one of those gator carts, passed out. (later, when i heard about the person who died around 11.5-12 miles, i was told it was a girl and thought that was the girl. so.) i kept running and walking and drinking my water. so glad i brought my fuel belt.

i was definitely hit by the struggle train for the last part of this race. i walked on a downhill. i repeat,i walked on a downhill. i was struggling so hard. about the 13 mile mark, i was walking when i got a text from brendan that said “I see you!” so i picked it up. i ran. it wasn’t fast. it hurt. but i finished in 2:21:47. it wasn’t 2:15. it wasn’t 2:20. but it was over 6 minutes faster than last year. my final pace was 10:45 and last year was 11:10. so, improvement. next year, i’ll get that 2:15. next year, i’ll train better.

i went through the chute and picked up a bunch of stuff. got my medal (skipped the pictures), got a wrap thing, a cup, a bagel, water, fruit cups, chips, a banana. after a couple minutes, i found brendan and we started heading back. we stopped in point state park so i could sit down and stretch. i ate my bagel and a nugo bar that i brought as we walked, and he drove home.

we accidentally got on the highland park bridge because brendan got in the wrong lane and couldn’t get back over, so we decided to go to the coxcomb hill sheetz and get some good food in my belly. i didn’t feel well at all and i was shaking. i ordered a wrap at the mto, got a cup of strawberries, gave brendan all my stuff, and went outside to sit down at the table and put my head down. he came out and i slowly ate my strawberries. i ate half the cup by the time he finished his sandwich and we kept heading home.

i felt a little better at first, but as we got into new ken, i would keep coughing because i just ran 13 miles, but then i started to gag with the last cough. he asked if he should pull over and i said i would be okay, just get me home. as soon as we got to my house, i opened the door and started coughing again. and then i gagged. and then i could feel vomit coming up my throat. i threw up almost all of my strawberries in three goes. i was okay for a little bit, but then he started helping me to the grass in case i needed to go again, and i threw up the rest of the strawberries, the bagel, the nugo bar, and the gu halfway there. i made it to the grass and sat down and was feeling a lot better. i was actually hungry, but he tossed the last of the strawberries into the grass already. bummer.

we went inside, he brought all of the perishables, and my dad went out to clean up the vomit piles and the vomit on my shoes. we went back out and he went home to build a rubber-guarded lifting platform so he can do crossfit-y things. i ate my wrap and got some ginger ale and generally felt a ton better.

i showered- there was no massive bleeding holes from chafing this year!!!!- and got ready to go to grammie’s for dinner. i ate a ton. it was great. we hid and found 46 easter eggs and played with the youngins.

i went to work for a couple hours and hung out with some great people. it was rough because i was already getting sore and clicking everywhere.

i went to bed at 11:30 and slept until 9:30. it was solid. i didn’t dream. i didn’t wake up. i was OUT.

and now i’m sore. and hungry.

moral of this story: DON’T TRY GU FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING A RACE. YOU WILL VOMIT. also, eat no more than 2 hours before running or you will feel dead.

lesson learned.

awkwardsituationist: high tide and low tide in great britain....

Fri, 03 May 2013 23:04:04 -0400

awkwardsituationist:

high tide and low tide in great britain. photographs by michael marten

TAKE ME HERE

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Fri, 03 May 2013 15:25:34 -0400

teacupsandtrainers: “Observations involve the precise...

Fri, 03 May 2013 10:25:06 -0400

teacupsandtrainers:

“Observations involve the precise measurement of naturally occurring behaviour in an objective way.”

- Advanced Psychology, Research methods.

Oh, wow.

third full sentence?

“In terms of theε, δ definition of lim x->a f(x) = L, what is x? What is f(x)? what is a? What is L? What value of ε is given? What is the corresponding value of δ?” - Essential Calculus Early Transcendentals

W O W.

pretty good day!

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:45:38 -0400

work was long and boring, but whatever. money. also might FINALLY be getting a promotion/RAISE, but we’ll see if that happens.

spent some quality time with brendan and his kitty who was seriously all over us when i was giving brendan a bj and we were having sex later which was super awkward but i mean whatever. cats, man.

pirates got creamed. ugh. oh well. there’s always tomorrow!

did some headstand stuff while brendan showered/i was watching next american ninja or whatever it’s called. i was near his couch so when i went too far i wouldn’t land on the ground and freak myself the fuck out. just landed on the couch instead!

exercise-wise, eh. i did a lot of walking at work. i helped unload the truck, so i was moving boxes for around two hours. sex totally counts as a workout, plus the headstands!

eating-wise, did good! i had a few little treats: two mint bliss candies with lunch, a bite of brendan’s cookie, and a cup of diet cherry 7up. but other than that, it was GREAT! i had 147 grams of protein, which is about where i need to be at to be building muscle, so yay! ate a total of 1704 calories, which is maybe a tit bit low, but i was honestly really full most of the day. when we were at giant eagle to get him some chips, i was trying to find something good that wouldn’t be a treat, because if i got fritos, i would have eaten the whole damn bag. so i got a can of cashew pieces instead!

so, good day.

now for bed.

tomorrow is weigh-in to see what damage finals week caused, and then repeat today!

protein pancake making time!

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:44:42 -0400

awww yeah

straight into work with an 8-5 tomorrow.

straight back into eating better and getting in shape!

tomorrow’s lunch is going to be these very vanilla protein pancakes with some honey, blueberries, and carrots! for snack i’m going to take one of my protein shake things i picked up at trader joe’s on friday. my other snack will be a couple cheese sticks!

no idea what dinner is, but breakfast will be probably eggs and fruit. maybe some toast.

and my exercise will be frolicking with brendan. might throw in some snatches/squats/kb swings.

yay brendan is coming to get me in like 5 hours!!!!!!!!!

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:41:26 -0400

i am so ready for a summer full of cuddles and getting my eating back on track and running and working out and making $$$$$ (except i make minimum wage so really it’s more like $) and taking two classes and one of them is with george and did i mention cuddles?????????????!!!!!!!!!!

we-are-zamily: This is the most frustrating pirates game ive ever watched. Second behind the blown...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:51:03 -0400

we-are-zamily:

This is the most frustrating pirates game ive ever watched. Second behind the blown call vs the Atlanta Braves 2 years ago in that 7 hour 19 inning game.

I just cant with Tim Timmons right now. (he’s the homeplate ump)

all in favor of rewinding a few hours and ejecting timmons before he blew SO MANY calls that might have resulted in the pirates NOT being massacred?

like:

um excuse me that was not a fucking strike are you BLIND IT WAS LIKE A FOOT OUTSIDE THE STRIKE ZONE
marte got hit TWICE IN A ROW and that was less deliberate than one high, inside pitch? oh, okay.
THREE different times the pirates got hit and not a single cardinal was ejected.
meanwhile, THREE PIRATES, including TWO COACHES got ejected.
i’m sure there were a lot of others
but i just got really frustrated and tim timmons is on my shit list.

so, yeah. i’d call this progress. i don’t know WHY...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:48:00 -0400

so, yeah.

i’d call this progress.

i don’t know WHY THE FUCK this keeps uploading the 2 minute version when i have it cut to 35 seconds. if you feel like watching this, start at like 1:15.

I got to my gynecologist appointment 50 minutes early, so I got...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:34:13 -0400

I got to my gynecologist appointment 50 minutes early, so I got out at the time I was supposed to get there! No buses back to Pitt for 40 minutes, so I went to giant eagle and got 2 pounds of giant strawberries for less than $4! Plus some cheese and Luna protein bars. Now I’m just waiting at the bus stop on this beautiful day and eating some strawberries!

groovyphilia: Apparently, this was the guy who was deported for...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:22:46 -0400

groovyphilia:

Apparently, this was the guy who was deported for being too handsome.

Suddenly, I understand.