Today was just absolutely gorgeous. The snow on the sidewalks has melted enough that they are mostly dry; it was sunny, not too windy, and not at all cold.
It's a rare day when I can run while listening to John Mayer, Jack Johnson and the Postal Service, but it was really just that nice outside. Glorious.
So, as some of you know, I've run a few half-marathons in my time. And, as some of you know, I've been struggling with something of an injury lately (plantar fasciitis in my right foot). I thought running outside would be bad for it - the articles all say that running on the treadmill has less impact, so it's better when you're recovering - but I decided today was just too awesome to waste worrying about a sore foot.
The first 12 minutes were pretty great. Then there was just too much of the same for my foot to handle. Starting out uphill, everything was fine. But too much uphill, and it hurts. Same thing going back - too much downhill, hurts. The uneven (snow covered) ground, hurts a LOT. Wasn't expecting that one.
At this point, I have more endurance and energy than I can actually use whilst running, which is unfortunate (and so unusual for me). Running did hurt at times, but all in all, it wasn't so bad. And even though I feel like a frightened dog waiting for the next jolt of pain, it was totally worth it to get outside and actually run in the fresh air.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Bikes and Birthdays!
Tonight is (as some of your may have read on my Twitter or Facebook) most decidedly not a library night. I'm thinking about going to the Coffee House to do some homework, or possibly taking a long hot bath while drinking some red, red wine.
…As you can tell, I've decided to do a little bloggy blog instead of either of those marvelous ideas. Today's blog promises to be an actual update. Here we go!
Last week, I had my 25th Birthday! Holy smokes, folks.
Who has two thumbs and is a quarter-of-a-century old?! This girl!
Originally I was going to go to Chicago to see all my Windy City friends for my birthday, especially because Lizzy was in town that weekend, but I just couldn't make it
Two of my good friends from school - Justin and Samantha (yes, there are two of us) - also had birthdays last week, so we had a big combo-party for all of us and our friends. Did the whole dinner and drinks thing, and somehow stayed up until 4am? Yes. It was tons of fun. Look it! Picture!
Not sure how this happened, but there are actually no pictures (on my camera) of the three birthday kids. So instead you get to see me and some of my girlfriends with our fun girly drinks. Pictures from later in the night are not so good - can't imagine why - so this picture was the first one of the night!
Moving on...
The weather here has been really nice. And there's a lot of turmoil in the middle east. Can anyone guess where I might be going with this? I think it's about time to buy a new bike.
For those of you who don't know, I used to have a fairly okay bike when I lived in Chicago. It was a GIANT bike! And it was pretty, and blue, and my roommate Jeffy helped me pick it out, and actually was kind enough to go pick it up for me! One day, Jef and I rode our bikes to the Whole Foods at Roosevelt. We locked up our bikes (actually, Jef locked up our bikes) on the bike rack in the parking garage, which has video cameras pointed at it. An hour later, we came out with all our whole-food goodness, and - lo, and behold - my bike was gone. I almost cried, but I don't really do that, so instead we called the coppers, who couldn't do anything about it. This is Chicago we're talking about, kids.
After that, I didn't want to buy a new bike. I was pretty tore up about the old one getting stolen and everything. But you know, I think I'm ready now. And since gas prices are likely to rise, and the weather really is quite nice these days, and I live rather close to school anyway, and it's good for the environment, and hearts and stars and unicorns… I think it's about time to start thinking about getting a new bike.
Maybe one like this?
SO! Look for updates on that.
Right.
Thanks for reading, sunshines! <3
…As you can tell, I've decided to do a little bloggy blog instead of either of those marvelous ideas. Today's blog promises to be an actual update. Here we go!
Last week, I had my 25th Birthday! Holy smokes, folks.
Who has two thumbs and is a quarter-of-a-century old?! This girl!
Originally I was going to go to Chicago to see all my Windy City friends for my birthday, especially because Lizzy was in town that weekend, but I just couldn't make it
Two of my good friends from school - Justin and Samantha (yes, there are two of us) - also had birthdays last week, so we had a big combo-party for all of us and our friends. Did the whole dinner and drinks thing, and somehow stayed up until 4am? Yes. It was tons of fun. Look it! Picture!
Not sure how this happened, but there are actually no pictures (on my camera) of the three birthday kids. So instead you get to see me and some of my girlfriends with our fun girly drinks. Pictures from later in the night are not so good - can't imagine why - so this picture was the first one of the night!
Moving on...
The weather here has been really nice. And there's a lot of turmoil in the middle east. Can anyone guess where I might be going with this? I think it's about time to buy a new bike.
For those of you who don't know, I used to have a fairly okay bike when I lived in Chicago. It was a GIANT bike! And it was pretty, and blue, and my roommate Jeffy helped me pick it out, and actually was kind enough to go pick it up for me! One day, Jef and I rode our bikes to the Whole Foods at Roosevelt. We locked up our bikes (actually, Jef locked up our bikes) on the bike rack in the parking garage, which has video cameras pointed at it. An hour later, we came out with all our whole-food goodness, and - lo, and behold - my bike was gone. I almost cried, but I don't really do that, so instead we called the coppers, who couldn't do anything about it. This is Chicago we're talking about, kids.
After that, I didn't want to buy a new bike. I was pretty tore up about the old one getting stolen and everything. But you know, I think I'm ready now. And since gas prices are likely to rise, and the weather really is quite nice these days, and I live rather close to school anyway, and it's good for the environment, and hearts and stars and unicorns… I think it's about time to start thinking about getting a new bike.
Maybe one like this?
SO! Look for updates on that.
Right.
Thanks for reading, sunshines! <3
Monday, February 21, 2011
What's New and What's Good
Here's a fun new concept. A post with two sections talking about What's New and What's Good. Basically I get to talk about whatever I want. Sweet.
What's New: The News
Okay - maybe it's just me, but the news is so... different these days. I'm not talking about the content (which I'm sure we could discuss in length, filling many, many blogposts) but I'm talking about what people wear, and the way they act. What happened to wearing suits on the news?
Who told you it was okay to wear shiny knee high boots on national news?! Who said that you could set your cell phone next to you on your stupid couch and everyone could watch it light up while you get phone calls and text messages - while you're doing your job?! WHO did your makeup?! It's not flattering. Who picked that atrocious tie? The pattern makes our eyes hurt. What's with the gaudy jewelry? Don't you people get paid a lot?!
This is primarily aimed toward women anchors on the news, but it applies to men sometimes as well. Call me conservative, but I have a hard time taking you seriously when you're reporting national news in the same outfit that an office manager wears to work, or a 20-year-old wears to the bar, or the class clown wears to his first ever job interview.
This is especially aimed at whoever is dressing our news anchors. Let's be honest: they're not dressing themselves.
Please be professional. K, thanks.
What's Good: Smosh!
Smosh is my new favorite YouTube comedy sensation. They are by no means "new," but they definitely fall into our "good" category! Smosh consists of two guys - Ian and Anthony - who did lots of sketch comedy videos, a few ironic music videos, and some generally funny blogposts. They have a YouTube channel, as well as their own website with games, out takes, extras, and uncensored versions of their videos.
Here's one of my favorite Smosh videos on YouTube:
And a link to their own website: Smosh
And that concludes our first ever game of "What's New and What's Good." Thanks for reading, sunshines.
What's New: The News
Okay - maybe it's just me, but the news is so... different these days. I'm not talking about the content (which I'm sure we could discuss in length, filling many, many blogposts) but I'm talking about what people wear, and the way they act. What happened to wearing suits on the news?
Who told you it was okay to wear shiny knee high boots on national news?! Who said that you could set your cell phone next to you on your stupid couch and everyone could watch it light up while you get phone calls and text messages - while you're doing your job?! WHO did your makeup?! It's not flattering. Who picked that atrocious tie? The pattern makes our eyes hurt. What's with the gaudy jewelry? Don't you people get paid a lot?!
This is primarily aimed toward women anchors on the news, but it applies to men sometimes as well. Call me conservative, but I have a hard time taking you seriously when you're reporting national news in the same outfit that an office manager wears to work, or a 20-year-old wears to the bar, or the class clown wears to his first ever job interview.
This is especially aimed at whoever is dressing our news anchors. Let's be honest: they're not dressing themselves.
Please be professional. K, thanks.
What's Good: Smosh!
Smosh is my new favorite YouTube comedy sensation. They are by no means "new," but they definitely fall into our "good" category! Smosh consists of two guys - Ian and Anthony - who did lots of sketch comedy videos, a few ironic music videos, and some generally funny blogposts. They have a YouTube channel, as well as their own website with games, out takes, extras, and uncensored versions of their videos.
Here's one of my favorite Smosh videos on YouTube:
And a link to their own website: Smosh
And that concludes our first ever game of "What's New and What's Good." Thanks for reading, sunshines.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Here's something we haven't done in a while…
UPDATE!
Well, it's been 3 months and 22 days since my last update. What's new, you ask? Well… Not a whole heck of a lot! Here's what ya missed:
In November, we had Thanksgiving… mmmm turkey!
In December, there was some craziness called "finals," although, lest you be confused, let me explain that these are not, in fact, "final" anythings. The tests I took in December were midterms for my classes, which are all full year classes. They count for 20-30% of my total grade for the year. (Except Torts, the only class in which I received a real grade, which I suppose you might say counts for half my grade… ugh, too much to explain.) Finals went pretty well, but we didn't actually find that out until January, so read on!
Also in December, I was home for my brother-in-law's birthday for the first time EVAR!
And of course, we celebrated Christmas! I got some awesome Arsenal gear from my dad, and some sweet SmartWool socks in my stocking. Plus, fun family times, and more mmmm… food!
January… I started getting bored being at home and having nothing to do. I thought we'd have more assignments over the break, but no. I read three books for fun (To Kill A Mocking Bird, Eating the Cheshire Cat, and Roanoke Island) and I worked out at the Rec on City Campus for the first time. Big steps.
Then, school was supposed to start.
But we had a terrible ice storm!
And school was canceled.
For TWO days!!
What is this, Texas?
Anyway, I finally got my "grades" on the second day. We get "quartiles" so we find out if we are in the 1st (best), 2nd, 3rd, or 4th quartile in each class. I did pretty well in Torts, and my quartiles were acceptable, so … yay?
I also started a new class this semester - Criminal Law! Everyone hates it and says it's super boring, but I'm actually enjoying it. Maybe it's the change of pace. It can't be because I want to be a criminal lawyer, because I really, really don't! I swear.
And now it's February. (Already?!) I've turned in a memo, started working on a brief, and need to begin practicing for oral arguments soon. Doesn't that sound so… lawyerly?
As you all should know, my birthday is coming up on Friday… I'm going to be the BIG 2-5! Holy smokes, folks!
And... that's all. My life still more or less consists of class, homework, and sleep. Yep - you didn't miss much!
Love <3
Samantha
P.S. Check out my favorite new artist/producer Kurt Schneider, and his piano playing, song singing friend, Sam Tsui:
P.P.S. If there are other things about my life that you'd like to hear about, leave a comment, and let me know! :)
Well, it's been 3 months and 22 days since my last update. What's new, you ask? Well… Not a whole heck of a lot! Here's what ya missed:
In November, we had Thanksgiving… mmmm turkey!
In December, there was some craziness called "finals," although, lest you be confused, let me explain that these are not, in fact, "final" anythings. The tests I took in December were midterms for my classes, which are all full year classes. They count for 20-30% of my total grade for the year. (Except Torts, the only class in which I received a real grade, which I suppose you might say counts for half my grade… ugh, too much to explain.) Finals went pretty well, but we didn't actually find that out until January, so read on!
Also in December, I was home for my brother-in-law's birthday for the first time EVAR!
And of course, we celebrated Christmas! I got some awesome Arsenal gear from my dad, and some sweet SmartWool socks in my stocking. Plus, fun family times, and more mmmm… food!
January… I started getting bored being at home and having nothing to do. I thought we'd have more assignments over the break, but no. I read three books for fun (To Kill A Mocking Bird, Eating the Cheshire Cat, and Roanoke Island) and I worked out at the Rec on City Campus for the first time. Big steps.
Then, school was supposed to start.
But we had a terrible ice storm!
And school was canceled.
For TWO days!!
What is this, Texas?
Anyway, I finally got my "grades" on the second day. We get "quartiles" so we find out if we are in the 1st (best), 2nd, 3rd, or 4th quartile in each class. I did pretty well in Torts, and my quartiles were acceptable, so … yay?
I also started a new class this semester - Criminal Law! Everyone hates it and says it's super boring, but I'm actually enjoying it. Maybe it's the change of pace. It can't be because I want to be a criminal lawyer, because I really, really don't! I swear.
And now it's February. (Already?!) I've turned in a memo, started working on a brief, and need to begin practicing for oral arguments soon. Doesn't that sound so… lawyerly?
As you all should know, my birthday is coming up on Friday… I'm going to be the BIG 2-5! Holy smokes, folks!
And... that's all. My life still more or less consists of class, homework, and sleep. Yep - you didn't miss much!
Love <3
Samantha
P.S. Check out my favorite new artist/producer Kurt Schneider, and his piano playing, song singing friend, Sam Tsui:
P.P.S. If there are other things about my life that you'd like to hear about, leave a comment, and let me know! :)
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