12.14 // birthday… drizzle?

Yes, just a boring words post…
I’ve been utterly, sadly lacking in posting… there’s just no time. School, running + abs, shower, dinner, homework, sleep, with maybe a little bit of reading in there somewhere. Life is ridiculous, n’est-ce pas? Mais c’est la vie… donc, q’est-ce que tu peux fais?
The weather today was depressingly dismal, and [...]

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11.19 // amazing cousin

So I jumped onto facebook – as it happens – and saw one of my cousin’s statuses (stati?) and did a silent scream, as this is what it said:
“…shopped Gucci and chatted with Garance Dore and Scott Schuman. My life is complete.”
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
My cousin is fabulous  :)

~ r

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11.04 // zanzibar!

I’ve had Zanzibar (Billy Joel) on replay for two days… it’s irresistibly catchy and good… That’s the trouble with so much modern music: it just doesn’t require much technical skill, particularly in reference to guitar and voice, though guitar more so. But I digress (which is actually an inappropriate use of the word ‘digress,’ but [...]

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11.02 // Discovery: @fakeAPstylebook

Stumbled upon this little gem of English geekdom (sort of) in my late night internet gallavanting…
@fakeAPstylebook
It’s a satire of @APstylebook, a twitter feed offering [hypothetically] helpful tips for journalism and such. Apparently newspersons everywhere have found this not so much insightful as mockable.
Latest tweet:
“It is poor newsroom etiquette to throw yourself out of the window [...]

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10.30 // 3 xkcd finds…

WARNING: xkcd is extremely addictive. One click* and you’ll be sucked into a vortex of geeky humor for hours…
*click: originally, I typed lick. Totally alters the sentence.
~ r
 

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10.30 // if I only had the words to tell you…

So I finally, finally ran what I should run during a race – 23:21. Actually still a little slower than I’d hoped, but hey, it’s a 40-second PR and I’ll take it. The weather: warmer than expected (low 60s), but doused with the usual rain and wind. Great race  :)
And now a flow of fashion…

Natalia [...]

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10.29 // 3-day weekend

Well, folks, it’s that time of year again… and no, I’m not referring to the opportunity for seemingly the entire female teenage population of my town (minus a few – my friends and me) to dress as Skank-o-Holics and Whorealicious sexy policemen and what have you. Just for the record, I’ll be spending my Halloween [...]

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10.25 // early to bed, early to rise, is silly.

Two months until Christmas!!!
Sorry, random burst of Christmassyness feeling.
Does anyone else get annoyed when tucking skinnies into boots? Booties, to be exact. I dunno. Sometimes it just bothers me, how they can rumple up unattractively or puff out a bit and make your legs look wider. Hmmm.
Wow, I just realized I am ready for bed. [...]

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10.19 // crunch time

Today was a rather interesting day. It involved too small heels, too much subway, too much mundane talk, too much coach-to-runner drama, and too many donuts (two).
Spent the majority of the day – actually, I should calculate that to see if it’s true, but I’m too tired, so nope – in Lansing for some student [...]

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10.10 // Everyday (Buddy Holly) Is Playing In My Head

Sniffle sniffle cough cough, the anthem of the season.
It’s one of those deceptive days – the sun shines brightly outside, filtering through the just-turned yellow leaves, the sky is blue, the clouds are wispy. I feel bad for staying inside and neglecting this beautiful fall day. But when I glance at the thermometer – 47 [...]

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