I don't know about you, but if that was me sitting next to this man, I would have nicely asked to be moved. I am not judging, I am just looking at this from a safety point of view. Dude sitting next to him is looking a bit nervous don't you think?
What would you do?? Come on, be honest!
"It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like “What about lunch?"
If you knew, What I know, Would you try? Before your time Has run on you And worn you down
Would you know, What you desire, In your heart?
So these are my VFF's. My Vibram Five Fingers KSO's which means Keep Stuff Out. I like to say Keep Shit Out though. I run in them about once a week about 3 miles at a time. They are awesome. I really dig running in them because you are basically running barefoot and I am sure you all remember way back when, when you were kids running free. Yeah, it's like that only now I am not a kid bur a runner trying to find some balance and fun to keep it all interesting. Check them out here VFF's
Thanksgiving was awesome. Just my family. That's all I needed this year. And a great stat about my running. I hit 100 mile months 4 times this year. August was 125 miles. How cool is that?
Usually, Michelle, the wiser you are, the easier life gets.
But then, the happier you are, the less you need easy, the faster you can run, and the higher you can jump. Go for happy, The Universe
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony- First of the Month Wake up, wake up, wake up it's the 1st of the month To get up, get up, get up so cash your checks and get up
What up yo? You all doing good? I've been all buzy and shit and my blog is paying the price BUT I have decided to try this. I will try to write a post every single day of December!! Can I do it? Whatcha think?
What better way to start December than with a survey!! Steal it if you want to I didn't make it up yo!
Just pick the first word that you think of when you associate yourself with that category. Don't overthink it.
If I was a/an ___runner__, I'd be ___epic___
TV show: Dexter Song: All these things I've done ~ The Killers Movie: Garden State Book: Born to Run by Chris McDougall Fictional character: Hank Moody City: New York Fuck yeah Verb: Eat Color: orange Animal: gazelle Emotion: frustrated Article of clothing: running gloves Flavor: sweet Food: lasagna Vice: icecream Plant: kiwi tree Mythological animal: hobbit Letter: X Inanimate object: ipod School Activity: cooking Positive attribute: loving Negative attribute: needy
New York Concrete jungle where dreams are made of There's nothin' you can't do Now you're in New York These streets will make you feel brand new Big lights will inspire you Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
Wow, its been a while. 16 days to be precise. Missed me? Ok, calm down, I'm back.
But, I got the crap that is going around called H1N1. OINK ~ OINK! Or should I say, it's got me. I feel crappy and haven't been able to run. This makes me bonkers. So I am feeling like a crappy ass bonker lady with fever taking some shit call Tamiflu which will probably rip up my tummy, rendering me unable to eat. It's all good though, because I am now able to experience what is known as the phenomenon of daytime and crappy mindless TV both of which are incredibly boring and dull.
Give me Dexter and Mad Men with of course 30 Rock thrown in and I am good to go. But, please don't give me Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew or Ace of Cakes. Please. I beg of you. This shit is awful television which I suppose is why its so good.
I am usually very good at keeping busy, but when H1N1 has you, you kinda feel like zoning out for a while, popping back in for food and supplies. I have a great supply of Purell w/aloe and Clorox Disinfecting Wipes disinfect anytime and anywhere.* Pre-moistened with cleaners and disinfectants, these handy household wipes are ready to use. Just wipe and let sit for 30 seconds to sanitize or 4 minutes to disinfect.* Then toss and you're done.
How the fuck do they know that in 4 minutes precisely everything will be disinfected. I should really just wipe my entire body with Clorox Disinfecting Wipes wait 4 minutes and I should be good to go. No more Tamiflu that I spent way to much money on.
Raw Cool pre H1N1 but I'm thinking its lurking at this point. Remember how I detest lurkers? Well damn you H1N1 for lurking. So, the weather outside is frightful and I think by Sunday the weather should be awesome, so I may try to go for a run. I have been accepted into the Brooks Inspire Daily Program and I am very much excited about this. Essentially, I will be an ambassador for Brooks in my running community. More, when I know more.
Anybody know anything about Google Wave? I don't, yet I have been invited to join and of course, I joined. That is the way I roll. You invite me and I'm there. So, now contemplate that. I am always available for a good dinner with drinks or without. I'm easy. Something with pork belly perhaps? I heard pork belly is tasty. And I am all about the taste. Pumpkin ale too. Major props to any beer brewery that makes a good pumpkin ale. Seasoned with some nutmeg, cinnamon you know all that good stuff. I'm just saying.
In keeping with my ADD rattled brain and ADD rattled blog postings I will move on.
The year 2009 is coming to a fast and rapid close. I am happy about that because in the year of 2009 I broke my toe and some other shit happened that I didn't like. So, 2010 HOLLA!!!
See that right there? That right there is the secret to life. Eat one or two ~ doesn't have to say 26.2. But, just eat one and all of life's mysteries will be solved. HOLLA!
"You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes."
Repeated frustrations and disappointments, Michelle, are always a reflection of repeated misunderstandings and presumptions. Oh, darn - The Universe
Happy Birrrrthday to Youuuu, Happy Birrrrthday to Youuuu, Happy Birrrrthday Dear Michelle, Happy Birrrrthday to Youuuu!
A few years back, not so long ago, heaven and earth erupted into a major celebration with the news of your impending adventure into this very time and space. You see, someone like Michelle doesn't come along all that often. In fact, there's never been a single one like you, nor is there ever ANY possibility that another will come again. You're an Angel among us. Someone, whose eyes see what no others will EVER see, whose ears hear what no others will EVER hear, and whose perspective and feelings will NEVER, ever be duplicated. Without YOU, the Universe, and ALL THAT IS, would be sadly less than it is.
Quite simply:
You're the kind of person, Michelle, Who's hard to forget, A one-in-a-million To the people you've met. Your friends are as varied As the places you go, And they all want to tell you In case you don't know: That you make a big difference In the lives that you touch, By taking so little And giving so much!
Michelle, you are so AWESOME! For your birthday, friends and angels from every corner of the Universe, including buddies you didn't know you had, will be with you to wish you the HAPPIEST of days and an exciting new year in time and space. You won't be alone!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Michelle!
PS - Michelle, this is going to be YOUR year!!
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. ~Lucille Ball
Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.
Today, be aware of how you are spending your 1,440 beautiful moments, and spend them wisely. – Source Unknown
"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." jack kerouac
Happy Birthday to me. I know who I am, and I know I ROCK!!!
“LIVE WITH INTENTION. WALK TO THE EDGE. LISTEN HARD. PRACTICE WELLNESS. PLAY WITH ABANDON. LAUGH. CHOOSE WITH NO REGRET. APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDS. CONTINUE TO LEARN. DO WHAT YOU LOVE. LIVE AS IF THIS IS ALL THERE IS.” MARY ANNE RADMACHER
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "WOW! What a ride!"
we cut the legs off of our pants threw our shoes into the ocean sit back and wave through the daylight sit back and wave through the daylight
Do you feel connected to me? Do you even want to be? Well, if you twitter or facebook or even read this blog then we are. Connected. Forever, pretty much. If you know my PIN# or my CELL # you can text me and or message me on my Curve. Which is very sexy, by the way. Blackberry pretty much rocks ~ and believe me, I am an APPLE person/nerd, but I am addicted to my Curve.
In a way, its creepy to be so available to the internets. If I poop, the world knows. If I feel depressed the world knows. If I am really happy, the world pretends not to know. Yeah, thats usually the way it happens. Scary.
Oh believe me, I pick and choose whom I let in. It is not as if the entire internets knows what I do and when. Because that would be stalker like. So, who am I? What do I represent here?
Well, at first it was all raw all the time. And I don't mean raw sex or raw naked, I mean raw food. I was so into it that I was blinded to to the amazingness that is cupcakes and pumpkin ale and chili and like real food. And so, little by little I started turning around in a complete circle and started eating cooked food. And I liked it damn it. A lot! Too much maybe, I gained just a bit of weight. Then my running took over. Then I got injured and started biking. Then I liked biking and incorporated that with my running and it all clicked.
Then I started twittering and facebooking and I connected. With a lot of old friends and more importantly, new friends. Runners and eaters and lovers and funny people and sad people and inspiring people and amazing people. To good to be true people.
Now I am connected to the world and the world is somehow connected to me. In a great way.
I am sad that my rawcool blog has fallen by the wayside because I love this blog. I want to keep it going. I want people to read me and know me. I am simply a lover of feeling good and having the best that life offers to me. And I go get it. I seek it out. I enjoy everything I do. And I love everything I do.
I try to be as positive as I can. Even, when I am depressed I am positive. Positivity attracts positive and good people. I am caring, perhaps to a fault but I can't help that. Nor do I want to.
So, look at this cute guy. He is a bit of a zombie isn't he? Woah, good segue huh? Just some thoughts about Halloween. It is COMING!! 13 days from today. I dig Halloween a lot and 4 days before the 31st is my day of birth. YEAH!!
The Light Shines In Darkness: ET LUX IN TENEBRIS LUCET
This is special to me. For a special lady. Whom I believe, believes that the light does shine even in the very dark of the night. I keep her in my daily thoughts because I love her, and I ask that you do the same. She doesn't deserve what she is going through right now.
You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it’s evolution Well, you know We all want to change the world But when you talk about destruction Don’t you know that you can count me out?
Don’t you know it’s gonna be all right all right, all right
I do not comprehend a lot of what happens in this world, but I try to deal with it as best as I can. Do you? What do you all do when shit happens and things seem hard?? Do you smile and pretend life is grand? Do you? I do! I am told not to, by WWLLD! She drills it into me to be real. Keep it real. Don't pretend. Ya know.
"Look, I'm not the one with the problem, okay? It's the world that seems to have a problem with *me*! People take one look at me and go Aargh! Help! Run! A big stupid ugly ogre! They judge me before they even know me." -- Shrek
Please don't judge me. Get to know me. I am a wonderful person. I am connected to you all in small ways and big ways. I love you all.
From Behold the Metatron, where I first discovered the moonlight, to Herrad, where it was given to the metatron, to Celeste who can best explain the moonlight, I have been mesmerized by the moonlight and the way it effects me.
MOONLIGHT
Moonlight in this case represents the glorious brain-sharpening, mood-enhancing experience one feels when reading or seeing something inspirational in other blogs. Something that sets the tone for the rest of your day, puts a smile on your face, stimulates your work, or makes you feels awesome about life. It is not often one feels wonderful. But some days, some blogs do just that.
I want to give “moonlights” to all the special blogs I encounter.
There are no obligations attached to the recognition. But if you feel like it, you can pass it on to whoever has also given you that something special, what in Spanish they call “eso”, or “it”. Whatever “it” is that lifts your spirits and helps you to up your mental game.
I don't pick and choose blogs to give awards to. So, I invite you to take this MOONLIGHT and pass it on.
It is OCTOBER. The month of my birth and my most favorite month of the year. Not so much because it is my birthday month, but more because it is a new season and a change from the never ending humid hotness of summer when everyday is the same day. Autumn brings with it beautiful sunrises and an explosion of colors.
I am a fall junky. I love sweaters, rain, changing leaves, soup and pumpkin bread. Normally, the prospect of fall is dimmed by winter’s promise of cold, dark days, but after the summer we’ve had, I’m not intimidated. I love the crisp cool days where running is not only a pleasure but I crave it more now then ever.
Utter joy. Octoberfest and pumpkin ales, leaves changing colors and then slowly falling down for us to jump into and play. The crispness in the air, the first frost that kills the bugs …. Plus the thought of Thanksgiving and the upcoming holiday season is always anticipatory!
October 4th is Harvest Moon. Q. What is a harvest moon? A. Simply put, the harvest moon is the full moon that occurs closest to the date of the autumn equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. Some people claim that the harvest moon shines brighter and more golden than during normal full moons. However, since the time between moonrises on successive nights is shorter in autumn than at any other time of year, there is very little darkness between sunset and moonrise. The continuance of the moonlight after sunset is useful to farmers in northern latitudes, who are then harvesting their crops. The full moon following the harvest moon, which exhibits the same phenomena in a lesser degree, is called the hunter's moon. A similar phenomenon to the harvest moon is observed in southern latitudes at the spring equinox on about March 21.
I dig this shit. It is all so mysterious and far away. It is nature at its finest. And not to sound all geeky or corny I will move on.
I've made peace with a lot of crap in my life and have decided to surround myself with only positivity. I have also decided to be a helper person to my friends. Let me explain. I will be there for whomever needs me. It is the way I roll. It is who I am. I can't pretend to be somebody else can I?
Yikes, somebody check my brain please??
Anybody watch Dexter and Curb your Enthusiasm? Freaking awesome!!! Creepy and hilarious. If you dig watching serial killers and serial killers kill serial killers and if you dig laughing uncontrollably then these shows are for you.
Mad Men ~ What can I say? Never have I seen the 1960's brought to life so vividly. This series is a must see, well written, wacky at times, amazing sets and wardrobe PLUS Jon Hamm. Said to be bringing gentlemen back, I think he needs absolutely no explanation.
And now this:
Ohhhhh if you want to come... If you want to come over -- Come over and get high we can listen to The Dark Side of the Moon If you want to come over -- Come over and get high we can listen to The Dark Side of the Moon
Charlie Mars ~ fucking hot ~ Mary Louise-Parker ~ fucking hot ~ I would do them both!!! At The Dark Side of the Moon!!!
We find the body difficult to speak, The face too hard to tear through, We find that eyes in kissing stammer And that heaving groins Babble like idiots. Sex is an ache of the mouth. The Squeak our bodies make When they rub mouths against each other Trying to talk. Like silent little children we embrace, aching together. And love is emptiness of ear. As cure We put a face against our ear And listen to it as we would a shell, Soothed by it’s roar. We find the body difficult to speak Across its wall like strangers.
No deep thoughts… no profound post… just a feeling of contentment and a smile on my face.
Sure, I gotchya. New York, third-wave, feminist, college-educated, single and pretending to be happy about it, over-scheduled, under-sexed, you buy any magazine that says “body image” on the cover, and every two years you take up knitting for a week.
I am a jaded, no bullshit kinda gal with tattoos! I used to eat raw. I used to eat crap. That is all about to change!! The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up
with the rain.
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