( this week in mundane and derby-related )

Two things happened recently: I had to get rid of some jeans and my mom posted a picture of me in tight clothing to the internet. These are things that make a girl think...

( Drop a size in days! Skinny jeans! Melt fat fast! Your sexiest self! Lean bikini abs! )

I feel good today. Sore and good. Slept heavily, which was amazing. Woke up early and stretched. Going to need to stretch more.

( Skating stuff. Whiny, workout-y, etc. )

Feeling very scheduled at the moment. The next week is going to go fast. I am hanging on to my Google Calendar for dear life. It's great that it's Friday, don't get me wrong, but it feels less like a break than usual.

( Schedule breakdown )

November was the longest month ever. I got sick. There was an election. I went to four or five different parties for work and threw one for my company. My computer broke. There was some more financial crisis. I saw a good number of shows. Drove to Massachusetts and back. Got sick again. Started playing Warcraft. Decided to move Tyler in sooner ( Read more... )

I haven't really loved going to the movies since I moved out here. I was spoiled. Theaters here, most everywhere I guess, are giant and impersonal. People talk a lot and pee all over the bathrooms. I go to the movies a couple times a year, for Harry Potter and James Bond and whatever my friends want to haul me out to. Always enjoy it, just rarely ( Read more... )

( Reality budgeting starts today. )

I love how hard my subconscious works to facilitate my laziness. Amazing cinematic action-adventure dreams always hit their tensest, scariest, most cliffhanging parts right before the alarm goes off. Then you have to hit snooze. Just once ‘cause you’re about to find the monster, just once more to get out of the scary dungeon thing, just… another ( Read more... )

Playing with makeup in advance of some friends' wedding ( Read more... )

The economic stimulus package has landed. Yes, yes, it was mine anyway and that's a stupid idea and blah blah blah pessimism and reality, but still: money in savings = yay. And direct deposit to savings = one of the smarter ideas I've had lately ( Read more... )