July 2011
3 posts
Fuel
During today’s run I learned a hard lesson about proper fueling. I know, it’s so important to fuel well, but sometimes it’s complicated/inconvenient. I have been playing volleyball during lunch at work, and it is so much fun, but that means I don’t really have time to actually eat food during lunch. I ate some leftover noodles right after but it wasn’t much and...
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back! (bay)
So I’m baa-ack! I know, you’re thrilled to no end, right? Did you miss me? Probably not bc the only person that reads this is probably my sister Mariel and I see her all the time. Hi Mariel!
Anyway, I wanted to write about my training a little bit - training for the SF Half now. It’s in two weeks! So most of my training is behind me. Just wanted to write a little bit...
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
I’m training for the Long Beach marathon. It’s my first one. I know, or at least from what I’ve seen, that tumblr is generally used by really creative ppl, like my sister, and that it’s for posting awesome photography and cool links and whatnot. I tried to do that for a little bit but then FAILed. So, instead, I’m resurrecting my tumblr by using it to capture my...
March 2009
4 posts
Tigers
What are we now but voices
who promise each other a life
neither one can deliver
not for lack of wanting
but wanting won’t make it so.
We cling to a vine
at the cliff’s edge.
There are tigers above
and below. Let us love
one another and let go.
from Wideawake Field, by Eliza Griswold,
leather jacket
For awhile now, I’d been wanting a leather jacket. So when I went to H&M, to my delight, I saw it. On the hanger, it was seemingly perfect - leather, the perfect caramel brown, cropped, little pockets on the side. It looked like exactly what I wanted.
So I tried it on. It looked …just okay. A little snug. The color was good, but I wasn’t sure if it went with the rest...
again
D: B - will i love again?
B: Yes!
D: You think so?
B: I know so. Love is out there! You just have to be open to it and it will come find you. You're too cute for it not to.
excellent day
today, i had an excellent day. it was so good, i wanted to write about it so i wouldn’t forget.
-started with coffee with laura
-class
-took a break - hung out w. bianca and classmates outside in the sun - it was a beautiful day!
-went back to class
-had delicious indian food on second street with laura, bianca and sharon and good conversation
-took a walk down the street to buy...
February 2009
3 posts
he's just not that into me
i’ve been all about this book, this idea, ever since i read it. and, generally, it’s worked out for me. i know what it feels like when someone’s into me. he’d call when he said he was going to. he would follow through. he would make it clear that he was into me. i wouldn’t have to make excuses to myself for him or find ways to convince myself that he really does...
transitions
In one of my classes, we’re learning about transitions and the idea that for transitions to occur, there needs to be an ending, a middle period of lostness, and then a beginning.
I’ve experienced an ending. And while it might be scary, I think I need a period of lostness, a middle where I’m figuring out where I am and who I am and who I want to be. I need to ruminate on these...
20 Random Things
1. I find satisfaction in crunching leaves with my shoes. When I think no one is looking, I go out of my way to stomp around on them. 2. I was a faithful user of Bonnie Bell lip smackers for many years. I finally moved on because I thought 25 was a little bit past the age of sparkly chapstick. Secretly, I still think it’s the best 3. I recently learned how to carve. I almost broke...
January 2009
2 posts
resolutions
I know sometimes people are against resolutions because they never work, we don’t meet them, blah blah blah - but I’m a firm believer in making explicit the things we want to accomplish. Plus I like making lists. So here goes - these are my goals for 2009:
Mind:
Keep up with current events - read the newspaper and watch the news more frequently
Practice my geography (play geo...
December 2008
9 posts
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes...”
– Robert Frost
move along
it is still sometimes strange that g and i are no longer together. for so long, we were best friends - a part of each other’s lives, everyday. it’s weird that we both have these completely separate lives now. it’s taking some time to get used to it - it’s a whole paradigm shift. for a while there, we talked about marriage, about what it would be like, what our kids...
“a girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”
– coco chanel
I want to be better than I am. →
salsa!
went salsa dancing last night with a coworker. it’s a different world, salsa dancing. there’s protocol and etiquette that’s unlike the real world. here are the differences, based on my humble two salsa experiences:
if a guy asks you to dance real world: depends on if they’re cute and you’re in the mood to dance w/ a random. saying no is normal. salsa world: you...
“Love is not about finding the right person, but creating a right relationship....”
– unknown
finding the one
For so long, I grappled with finding and being with “the one.” How do you know when you’ve found “the one,” the person with whom you’re supposed to share the rest of your life? How do you know there isn’t someone out there that’s better for you?
I was recently with a potential “one.” I fell crazy in love with a wonderful person who...