Dr horrible

Dr. Horrible and his sing along blog is the soundtrack for today.

if you somehow missed Dr. Horrible, go google it, youtube or hulu it. Totally worth it.

ok, anywho

recently come to my attention that the three blogs I highlight over there --->
are all gone. so obviously it's time for a blog / template update.

i'll be working on that - maybe this weekend, maybe sometime next week.

what's the wordpress thing peeps are talking about? should i migrate?

how's the running?
well, last night, I put out all the running stuff next to the door - the ipod, the nike+, the shoes, etc... set my alarm for 6:15... ready, willing and excited about my 30 minute run planned.
this morning I woke up at 8:15, after apparently snoozing for 2 solid hours.
i'll try again tomorrow morning.

oh! and it's my wedding anniversary this weekend! It's already been a YEAR!

to borrow a line from a movie

"I'm not dead yet - I think i'd like to go for a walk now"
- Monty Python and the search for the holy grail

used without permission, and from memory, so I might just have that quote wrong.

using it - when someone thinks that you or your blog are lacking life.

As my last post was 5 gigantic months ago, and since that is like capital F forever in the world of blogging and *gasp* social "not"-working, i am the poster child for a blog lacking life.

wow. i just read that sentence, and feel the need to reassure the possible audience that I do indeed use the English language daily, often times quite successfully.

I even teach it.

yea, that's new. Let's face it, in 5 months some things have changed, and you, my adoring blog reading public deserve to hear about it. Because, suffice to say, if you're here, and you're reading this far, you might possibly be interested.

so here's my toungue in cheek review - bullet point style
- after 31 years, i admit that the word tounge is out of my ability to spell. Everytime i try, that little read dotted judgment line shows up.
- I turned 31. there was no ticket tape parade, but there was a nice lake, and some ice cream cake
-I completed my second tri- yeah, that will get it's own post
- i started volunteering for the literacy volunteers of greater portland - good times i must say
-i got a fabulous hair future changing new hair style. and I like it!
-i'm been doing a lot more of the organizing stuff on the weekend - weddings,races, composting, etc.. you name it, I now have a t-shirt from it.
-i've embraced my new married name. possibly leading to a new name for my blog, and a new super identity, where I actually become Swiss at the end!

blog changes are a coming, as I reinvent this site, and embrace the newness of a new last name, a new year and some new running/ fitness goals.

no, the house isn't done yet.

Beauty/Pain

A woman of beauty
A woman of pain
In France or Jakarta
Her shadow’s the same
- Sally Ann - Natalie Merchant - I own House Carpenter's Daughter

I love the way Ms. Merchant sings the "In France or Jakarta" part - it sounds soulful and like she's sharing a secret.

official training program started on Monday - and i dropped a piece of paper yesterday that I couldn't pick up off the ground. OUCH!

calves are on fire, and I feel awesome. It hurts every time I stand up, and I couldn't be happier. 1.5. hour brutal class at gym - it sucked, and it was fabulous, and I want more. Haven't done suicides on a bball court since highschool, and I want to do them again - faster.

1000 meter swim yesterday, i know i can get better, and these are the weeks that I will.

30-40 minute run scheduled for tomorrow, shuffle loaded up - see you at the starting line!

in which my blood sugar plummets

I spent the weekend in a "well, I could do this, or I could go home, lie next to the cat and become one with my couch"

So it was a major plus that I actually went to the gym on Saturday. But pushed to hard, blood sugar plummeted, and I almost passed out. turns out you shouldn't run, and then use the arc trainer 4 hours after having 2 eggs, wheat toast and 2 sausage links.

in somewhat related news: I've added granola bars to my bag.

purring?

"Every streetlamp
Seems to beat a fatalistic warning"

Memory - Cats - I own: Cats - The Musical Soundtrack.

I love that phrase: beat a fatalistic warning.

I wonder how I could beat a fatalistic warning. I wonder if it would hurt? I wonder if it would feel good. I bet someone would be smiling at the end, but I'm not sure it would be me.

Is that why cats purr? Are they beating a fatalistic warning? Linus was doing this last night and this morning. He gained some winter weight, and hubby decided to put him on a diet. Needless to say, he's not happy about it AT ALL.

TS Elliot- you slay me!

don't monkey with the monkey

Wheels keep turning
Somethings burning
Dont like it but I guess Im learning

Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel - I own: Shaking the Tree/Greatest Hits

shocking the monkey - shocking the system - a stretch about what Mr Gabriel probably meant, but I'm shocking the system. I've added Shock the Monkey to the to do list.

Things that will shock the monkey:
actually running - i know, i think the change from talking about it to actually doing it will knock that monkey right off his little perch of judgment.

Since there are so many excellent lyrics in this song, I had to put the next 3 lines:
Darling, dont you monkey with the monkey
Monkey, monkey, monkey
Dont you know youre going to shock the monkey

Nowhere

"This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there
I’ve got a thousand voices, speaking in tongues"

Radio NoWhere – Bruce Springsteen and the E-street Band – I own Magic (AND I'm going to see Bruce and his band in BOSTON!!!

nowhere - a strange word to be sure - it could be no where, or now here. Too much boogle/scrabble/banana grams mess with my vocabulary.

i like words. i like using them, writing them, reading them. I have favorite words - ones that I enjoy saying:

anemone
vehicular
onslaught
prestidigitator
duct

I lived with a wonderful person for a while who hated the word Moist. Since then, I've discovered many more people with this strong feeling against "moist"
my "moist" words:
harass
detonate
opportunity (I ALWAYS spell it wrong, and it's had negative effects over the years)
receive


what's your favorite word? What words can't you stand?