ani

Brandi introduced me to the music of ani difranco back in 2005 and my life was forever changed.  Honestly some of the best lyrics written. Ever. 

Even though I'm partial to her older stuff, I'll never pass up the opportunity to see her in concert. And I'll religiously buy her cds (I'm old school, mp3s are too new fangled for me. Though I promptly upload cds I buy)

Nonetheless....I've been thinking about 2013.  And the best thing that comes to mind is Evolve.

One of the best.albums.ever.

I'm thinking 2013 will be the year of big change. Can't change the world without changing my world first.

"evolve" by Ani DiFranco

i walk in stride with people
much taller than me
and partly it's the boots but
mostly it's my chi
and i'm becoming transfixed
with nature and my part in it
which i believe just signifies
i'm finally waking up 

and there's this moth outside my kitchen door
she's bonkers for that bare bulb
flying round in circles
bashing in her exoskull
and out in the woods she navigates fine by the moon
but get her around a light bulb and she's doomed 

she is trying to evolve
she's just trying to evolve 

now let's get talking reefer madness
like some arrogant government can't
by any stretch of the imagination
outlaw a plant
yes, their supposed authority over nature
is a dream
c'mon people
we've got to come clean 

cuz they are locking our sons
and our daughters in cages
they are taking by the thousands
our lives from under us
it's a crash course in religious fundamentals
now let's all go to war
get some bang for our buck 

i am trying to evolve
i'm just trying to evolve 

gunnin for high score in the land of dreams
morbid bluish-white consumers ogling luminous screens
on the trail of forgetting
cruising without a care
the jet set won't abide by that pesky jet lag
and our lives boil down to an hour or two
when someone pulls a camera out of a bag 

and i am trying to evolve
i'm just trying to evolve 

so i walk like i'm on a mission
cuz that's the way i groove
i got more and more to do
i got less and less to prove
it took me too long to realize
that i don't take good pictures
cuz i have the kind of beauty
that moves

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I don't always buy bicycling magazine...

But when I do, McDreamy is on the cover!

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grocery shopping

why the mspaint fireworks??

Seriously. They looked DELICIOUS. 

Because I avoided buying these today at the grocery store and stuck to my list of:

-frozen fruit (I'm really enjoying morning smoothies)
-almond milk (important for smoothies)
-greek yogurt (because every 2months I like to believe I like yogurt.  But I don't.  At least now I only buy a weeks worth so I can choke it down before I hate it again)
and dish soap (I was at target, gotta wash all these pots somehow)

I also was in the mood for another vegetable. Green beans to be exact.  But since I don't think those are in season/felt like going to a real grocery store/canned is cheaper I went with the no salt added archer farms and google a recipe that involved a bullion(sp?) cube and water.  (Then I added a potato...because why not). It was the bomb.

I find it amazing I can find a image of everything on the googles.

I'm in the middle of changing up the diet.  I'm attempting....attempting. High protein, low carb goodness. But in the interest of full disclosure. I did break down and buy this.  It was delicious.   It probably was less calories than the box o' chicken wings I had to talk myself out of buying.  Maybe.

Morning run? Yes.  Evening cupcake.  Deserved. 

4.5ish miles this morning. Let's see if I can stay on track this week with Lillie being out of town aka license to sleep in looming over every run.

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measurements and such.

left arm-38cm
right arm- 38cm
left thigh-73cm
rt thigh-74cm
waist-111 cm
hips-134cm

figured I needed other barometers of progress. 

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Dinner

Pan fried? Salmon with roasted curry spiced cauliflower and braised spinach.

Word.

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last game at the Rob

 Run keeper stats....11:25 mi. WTF.  I clearly need to start all my runs with chevelle and harder rock and then progress to electronic.  Amazing.  This has been a good week of running. Because my first 3 days of running started off bad.  Very crappy.  I was really rethinking this whole half marathon thing.

GOALS:
Day 1- 4miles Actual: 4
Day 2-4miles  Actual:3.9
Day 3-5miles Actual:3.34
Day4-3miles (turkey trot!) Actual: Precious, precious sleep. Took Turkey Day off & did 3.59 Fri
Day5-5miles Actual:6.38
Bonus Awesomeness- Pull my bike off the trainer and do a ride!!

I still have time for bonus awesomeness tomorrow.  Maybe.  I don't know if it was the turkey trot day of rest or what, but Friday and Saturday were a lot better than mon/tues/wed.



And in other news...
Last football game of the season. And last game ever at Robertson Stadium. 
It's been fun Rob. Looking forward to the new stadium in 2014

Yay!!! I've missed winning!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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running.

Goal Last week: run then entire training schedule
Results last week: ran three days.

Gotta do better. My goals this week.
Day 1- 4miles
Day 2-4miles
Day 3-5miles
Day4-3miles (turkey trot!)
Day5-5miles
Bonus Awesomeness- Pull my bike off the trainer and do a ride!!

#letsmove

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I just wanna be, I just wanna be....

Still hating running...but man it burns calories.  Can't wait to weigh in Friday or Saturday.

"Successful"
Drake (feat. Trey Songz, Lil Wayne)

[Trey Songz:]
I want the money,
Money and the cars,
Cars and the clothes,
The hoes,
I suppose,
I just wanna be,
I just wanna be,
Successful.
I just wanna be,
I just wanna be,
Successful.
I just wanna be,
I just wanna be,
Successful.

[Drake:]
Drizzy,
Oh yeah Trey I fucking feel you,
They be staring at the money like it's unfamiliar,
I get it,
I live it,
To me there's nothings realer,
Just enough to solve your problems,
Too much would kill ya,
And when I leave,
I always come right back here,
The young spitter that everybody in rap fear,
A lot of you all still sounding like last year,
The game needs change and I'm the motherfucking cashier,
Nickels for my thoughts,
Dimes in my bed,
Quarters of the kush,
Shape the lines in my head,
Take my verses too serious ya hate me,
Cause I'm the one to paint a vivid picture no HD,
Yeah,
I want it all,
That's why I strive for it,
Diss me and you'll never hear a reply for it,
Any awards show or party I'll get fly for it,
I know what's coming I just hope I'm alive for it.

[Trey Songz:]
I want the money,
Money and the cars,
Cars and the clothes,
The hoes,
I suppose,
I just wanna be,
I just wanna be,
Successful.
I just wanna be,
I just wanna be,
Successful.
I just wanna be,
I just wanna be,
Successful.

[Drake:]
Yeah,
I want things to go my way,
But as of late a lot of shit been going sideways,
And my mother tried to runaway from home,
But I left somethin in the car so I caught her in the driveway,
And she cried to me so I cried too,
And my stomach was soaking wet,
She only 5'2,
And 48 hours all before I showed up,
And brought a thousand dollars worth of drinks and got poured up,
Damn my reality just set in,
And even when the phantoms leased them hoes wanna get in,
I do a lot of things,
Hoping I never have to fit in,
So trying to keep up with my progress is like a dead end,
My girl love me but fuck it my heart beat slow,
And right now the tour bus is lookin like a freak show,
And life change for us every single week,
So it's good,
But I know this ain't the peak though
Cause I want...

[Trey Songz:]
I want the money,
Money and the cars,
Cars and the clothes,
The hoes,
I suppose,
I just wanna be,
I just wanna be,
Successful.
I just wanna be,
I just wanna be,
Successful.
I just wanna be,
I just wanna be,
Successful.

[Drake:]
Wise words from a decent man,
Back when I was trying to put a ring on Alicia hand,
This lost boy got fly without peter pan,
And my delivery just got me buzzing like the pizza man,
In person I am everything and more,
I'm everywhere these other niggas never been before,
But inside I'm treading waters steady trying to swim ashore,
I'm on a shoppin spree to get whatever is in store,
Just call me shop and bag drizzy,
And call me Mr.damn he ain't coping that is he?
And fans of these freshman is about to get iffy,
While this youngin that you doubting is about to get busy,
I'm a kill it I promise this I know you mad,
I've always treated my city like some shoulder pads,
To big homie use a flash if you must,
And I swear I ain't asking for much
All I want is

[Trey Songz:]
I want the money,
Money and the cars,
Cars and the clothes,
The hoes,
I suppose,
I just wanna be,
I just wanna be,
Successful.
I just wanna be,
I just wanna be,
Successful.
I just wanna be,
I just wanna be,
Successful.

It's like I know what I got to say,
I just don't know how to say it to you

[Lil Wayne:]
Pardon the swag,
But bitches cartate,
Long bread I don't eat shortcake,
How come I can't,
Miss a woman like I can't miss court dates,
Cheese,
But shes not in this portrait,
Life's fine but I don not portray,
I'm on the other side but it is a short gate,
I don't want the glow,
I want the glow ray,
And I'm a fuck the world,
But this is just foreplay,
Tired of hearing bullshit,
Bring her on to cowshit,
Haven't met a smell that's stinkier than our shit,
That's word to toronto,
So high up I got birds in the condo,
Ain't that a female dog,
Ask her who I am to her,
And she yell god,
Weezy baby I go real hard
No further details boy.

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decompress

life has been crazy....I think I'm having a-come-to-jesus-I-really-need-to-have-a-break-and-sit-on-my-couch-all-day moment.

And I'm really enjoying it.

This week I did my longest run ever 6.45 miles...craziness.  Now I just have to double that distance and thats a half marathon.  Easy as pie. This running thing...combined with the sheer amount of calories it burns.... is growing on me.

lunch. spinach+chicken+radishes+bell peppers+croutons+parm

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gmat-ting

practice...makes you realize you purged algebra-calculus from your memory.

apparently, I'm still really good at english, and really bad at math. ugh.

I don't know why i need to know about numbers less than zero anyways....theyre not real!

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