meghan and i ran the crystal city Friday 5K tonight. or, most of it. the storm came in and they shut down the course.
but as i was jogging (and then walking....and then more walking) along the streets of arlington, i realized...
how many times have i been out driving and a road is blocked off because of a race? i used to get annoyed. now i'm the person on the course.
i'm still SO slow and don't really even run that much of the 3.1 miles, but the fact that i'm the person ON the course now instead of driving by it....i'm proud of that.
4.19.2013
3.15.2013
exciting!
considering it's my career field, i do not go to enough live performing arts events. i'm that person that comes into my office in the morning raving (er, or ranting, usually) about a redskins or a nationals game...to blank stares, of course. i would say you could consider it being well-rounded, but that would mean i have to demonstrate equal participation in the arts.
some of my arts experiences haven't been great. sitting in a dark theater for like, four hours watching tamburlaine, wishing my legs would fall off to spare me the misery and maybe provide some excitement. and then pretend to like it afterwards. or that crazy ass attempt at a modern rock opera of the tempest that was so awful, i escaped at intermission...the only event i've ever bailed on. i'm just not a classics person.
but i've always loved woolly mammoth theater company. their plays are quirky, funny, sometimes incredibly weird and inappropriate - and their messaging and branding is just the same. i feel like you can be a normal person in their space. i don't go there enough.
because i found myself really excited about almost all of the plays for their 34th season, i bought a flex pass subscription this morning! this is the first time i've purchased a season subscription/tickets to anything, much less the performing arts.
i'm really really excited. and now i don't have to feel guilty about continuing to talk about the nationals and redskins*.
(*lorenzo alexander...sad face.)
some of my arts experiences haven't been great. sitting in a dark theater for like, four hours watching tamburlaine, wishing my legs would fall off to spare me the misery and maybe provide some excitement. and then pretend to like it afterwards. or that crazy ass attempt at a modern rock opera of the tempest that was so awful, i escaped at intermission...the only event i've ever bailed on. i'm just not a classics person.
but i've always loved woolly mammoth theater company. their plays are quirky, funny, sometimes incredibly weird and inappropriate - and their messaging and branding is just the same. i feel like you can be a normal person in their space. i don't go there enough.
because i found myself really excited about almost all of the plays for their 34th season, i bought a flex pass subscription this morning! this is the first time i've purchased a season subscription/tickets to anything, much less the performing arts.
i'm really really excited. and now i don't have to feel guilty about continuing to talk about the nationals and redskins*.
(*lorenzo alexander...sad face.)
3.01.2013
this is what 22 years of friendship gets you
TJ: i should have known you were in a good mood b/c your status went from a link to a collapsing silo to a puppy in footy pajamas
2.02.2013
oh, frank
so, backstory, for this to make sense: we have this thing in my family, where we use too much tape on EVERYTHING. My dad more so than my mom, and apparently I picked up this habit. you should see the way our christmas presents are wrapped.
Before conference, a few of us were working late, and I was packing a couple of boxes while the others were in a meeting. As I was going about my business, packing, taping, packing, taping...I noticed they had stopped talking. I look over and see them staring back and me quizzically. they say "how much tape are you going to use on those things?!!?!" and i just laughed.
i thought this was funny, given that clearly i come by it honestly. so i emailed my parents to tell them. this was frank's email response:
"YES ! ! !
Before conference, a few of us were working late, and I was packing a couple of boxes while the others were in a meeting. As I was going about my business, packing, taping, packing, taping...I noticed they had stopped talking. I look over and see them staring back and me quizzically. they say "how much tape are you going to use on those things?!!?!" and i just laughed.
i thought this was funny, given that clearly i come by it honestly. so i emailed my parents to tell them. this was frank's email response:
"YES ! ! !
Most excellent young lady ! You can NEVER use too much tape - I'm so proud I'm crying on the keyboard - zzzzzzzzzzzzzztttttttt = ooops, I I I th ththink iiii mmmmssstt haaaveee jjjusttt sssshoorrrtttrfed itttt oooouuutttt
love - Papa"
at least this typing craziness was intentional. he's really come a long way in that respect. oh, frank.
12.16.2012
funny
friday night. franklin, ben, jess and i are watching previews, waiting for the hobbit to begin.
the preview is for oz: the great and powerful, the scene where james franco (aka oz) is being swept up by the tornado, and he's crouching in his hot air balloon:
james franco/oz: "i don't want to die! i haven't accomplished anything yet!"
ben: "cut off your arm!"
HA!
the preview is for oz: the great and powerful, the scene where james franco (aka oz) is being swept up by the tornado, and he's crouching in his hot air balloon:
james franco/oz: "i don't want to die! i haven't accomplished anything yet!"
ben: "cut off your arm!"
HA!
12.07.2012
growing pains
it doesn't matter if you're 11 or 29, growing up can be challenging. especially as you get older, even the smallest of realizations can be tough to deal with.
1) seeing your parents as actual HUMANS with their own personalities, emotions, perspectives - and not just Mom and Dad.
2) the fading safety net - whether that net is your parents, school, sometimes even friends from different chapters in your life - it's ever changing.
3) realizing that inevitably, if someone uses the word 'duty' or 'duties' at all, i will laugh. i. will. laugh.
1) seeing your parents as actual HUMANS with their own personalities, emotions, perspectives - and not just Mom and Dad.
2) the fading safety net - whether that net is your parents, school, sometimes even friends from different chapters in your life - it's ever changing.
3) realizing that inevitably, if someone uses the word 'duty' or 'duties' at all, i will laugh. i. will. laugh.
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