Paroxysmal

Taking back, again.

Feb 1, 2009
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I was just thinking about this memory.

Have you ever had a song that carried a bad or sad connotation, that reminded you of some shit in your life? My friend had that for all Mirah songs after bad things went down for her. Anyway. This memory isn't about that bad stuff, but about how we took back! those songs, creating a new memory to associate with them.

See, we were driving back up to school, on the highway. The day was marvelous. Sunny, blue-sky, hot. I was driving and we had the windows down. I had specifically made a CD (or several, seeing as Mirah has a lot of music) for the drive. And the whole way, the whole drive (probably an hour, a wee bit more) we sang and sang our guts out. We had the music up so loud that our shrieks we barely audible to each other, but we sang and smiled and I will always remember that. I think it's moments like that that make a person feel alive, you know? Like that first kiss you share with someone you really care about even when you still, at the time, don't know what's gonna happen. Maybe this is what youth is about, but I can't believe that stuff like this goes away later in life. I never really think about these things before a birthday, but maybe I am getting older. In more ways than I realize.

Being sick...

Jan 31, 2009
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all I think about is what I can't eat. Seriously. I just lay around and dream about curry and things with more flavor then white rice and un-adorned toast. Tonight, I'm throwing caution to the winds (and because I feel better) and going out to eat! Yes!

oh ohh

Jan 17, 2009
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Do you ever have the real bad urge to just dance? Move and grooove.

That was me last night, and I totally shook my butt off.

(I think it's 'round here somewhere).

Cold cold cold

Jan 16, 2009
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It's so cold and snowing.

( I love it ).

I also can't wait for tutoring to start! I met a number of the students when I went with my professor to class and they seem really nice / excited to practice some spanish, which is great. I hope hope hope I will do a good job. (I tutor for a conversation class -- this will my second semester doing it, and my second year tutoring in general). At my university tutoring attendance is required by all foreign language students at the elementary or intermediate level. Then Spanish is just wonky because this conversation class (at the advanced level) also has a tutoring component. Basically I'm cheap labor, which is fine since it's definitely helping me, too.

Tonight is recipe night! Gonna find something to make, and make it with a friend, and then eat it! Yes! Sooo good.

RealAge

Jan 11, 2009
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Have you ever heard of RealAge.com? You go there, take a test that asks questions about your habits (exercise, eating, if you have a pet, et-cetera), and then it will tell you your real age based on those. So, I took the test. I'm twenty, but according to my results my real age is 24! And based on my diet it's 27! Ahhh. They also give you a suggested plan of action for lowering your age. Here are mine:

Floss everyday.
Boost omega-3 intake.
Boost Vitamin E.
Vary veggies (Bright colors! They say to treat vegetables like different super-heroes each with their own unique color).
Pump up Potassium.
90 minutes per week of muscle-building exercises (They have this really great twenty-minute workout that requires nothing but your body).
210 minutes of cardio per week (This one could be a little ridiculous. But I do walk or bike everywhere, so that'll probably be good).

I like this kind of thing because it makes sense. Flossing everyday is just a duh kind of thing, but I had never done it until now. Who knew that flossing can actually help take stress off of your arteries and heart by ridding your mouth of bad germs!

To accomplish these goals my pseudo room-mate and I are going to share vegetables and fruits that we purchase, so we can be sure to get a variety AND ensure that they don't go bad before we use them up. Maybe all of this is kind of silly, but I'll let you know how it's going over the course of the next month. Also, thank you for the granola recipe!

I haven't tried it yet, but it looooks good (I think I was mainly seduced by the photo of it).

Also,

Jan 7, 2009
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Eat right. [ esp. vitamin E! ]
Exercise [ 20 min. workout here I come! ]
Make most out of life [ okay, so these are really general and generic ]
Cultivate shit other then school shit [ as in, HOBBIES! ]
Have fun, but also be studious [ GPA holla ]

So those are the 2009 goals, I think. I always like to do something like this because, even though a lot of people say that resolutions are crap, I like to think that they help me. Also, I want to be as flexible as I was in high school. YEAH. I think general and generic are basically the same word.

DO YOU HAVE GOALS FOR 2009?

I want to know them.

I want to go camping again, yeah?

It's a New Year.

Jan 6, 2009
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Here I come.

I have life goals, short and long.

And I will accomplish them.

Two more days of -- food service, picky clientele, lazy cashiers -- work. Then school!

How will this semester be? Brilliant!

(I hope).

love!

Yeah!

Dec 10, 2008
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I'm almost done with this semester! Yes yes yes.

oh you know

Sep 8, 2008
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It's been raining a lot lately, which is kind of beautiful and also REALLY REALLY wet. Life is really good. Studying and all that. Living! Tutoring starts today (I tutor peeps in Japanese and Spanish), which always gets me really excited! I mean so excited I even took a shower. How's this week looking for everyone else? I hope it's real good. Really, really.

Morning

Aug 26, 2008
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I don't use this enough. Hi!

School's started again -- Spain was amazing (photos up on my flickr... I think it's linked here, somewhere).

Busy semester, oh booy, but I think it'll be really nice. I can already feel myself improving.

I hope.

Love.

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