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Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:41:04 -0500

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My mom calls him my "might have been"

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:34:29 -0500

…and damnit, I miss him.

unconsumption: pseudoselfaware: Genius! This photo, which has...

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:39:03 -0500

unconsumption:

pseudoselfaware:

Genius!

This photo, which has been making the rounds here on Tumblr, and on Pinterest and Facebook, shows us a simple plastic jug repurposing idea: Cut off the handle part of a discarded plastic container, and use it as a scoop/shovel/dustpan. (Genius, indeed!) Chances are, you’ve seen it already.

What you probably haven’t seen, though, are other jug uses from the person who initially circulated this photo [actually, these photos (plural)].

I (Molly) dug around online and found this source, a Naver blog, for the above photos. On that Naver blog, I also spotted this post highlighting this shoe storage idea: Maximize shelf space by “stacking” shoes in … plastic jugs! Also genius!

For a more whimsical use of plastic jugs, making toy trucks from them (as featured in this earlier Unconsumption post) still gets high marks from me.

Tell us if you’ve come across other plastic container-related reuse ideas that you think we should know about.

I am going to organize the shit out of my sohoes.

…after a few more weeks of milk-drinkin’.

I secretly like this song.

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:29:52 -0500

I secretly like this song.

brooklynmutt: “Our favorite correction letter ever, from 5th...

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:55:38 -0500

brooklynmutt:

“Our favorite correction letter ever, from 5th graders @ Burning Tree E.S. in Bethesda MD.” - @RonCharles, Washington Post

Things I Want To Eat Right Now

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 02:11:52 -0500

BK fried fish sandwich
Steak & Shake
Pecan pie
those peanut m&ms with the shortbreak and pretzel pieces
Pancakes and/or waffles

I think I found my passion.

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 20:31:24 -0500

Y’know, besides periodically creating and neglecting blogs, and starting posts with “I” (so self centered).

I believe I will pursue a career in venue booking/show planning/promotion! I already have a thing for making friends with bands, and I go to shows all the damn time anyway, and somebody has to put them together…why the hell not me?

Bonus, the schedule is way better than 9-5 crap I do now, and the job is not so soul-sucking. And I could continue writing reviews and taking show photos! Winning all around!

Speaking of, looks like I have a long night of texting ahead of me.

Breaking the fast

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:56:08 -0500

First meal of the day — half-assed chicken salad:

Leftover roast chicken
celery
Chobani 0-fat greek yogurt
mustard
salt
pepper
cracker chips

I have the weirdest pancake craving right now.

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:56:10 -0500

I don’t even really LIKE pancakes.

What’s more, I googled it, and apparently this is a thing.

10 weeks 'til I move.

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:55:00 -0500

6 weeks ‘til I visit, for apartment shopping and making good on a long-overdue booty call.

So I have 6 weeks to kick this whole ‘fitness’ thing into high gear. I’m in pretty damn decent shape already, but my midsection is a point of personal contention.

Things I intend to do for the next 6 weeks to help with this:

Sunflower seeds! In-shell, ~60 calories worth of sunflower seeds takes me all damn day to eat, and tricks my brain into thinking I’m stuffed ‘cause, well, eating all day! Perfect mindless snacking food.
Salads: lotsandlotsandlots of salads. Salads every day. I didn’t used to like salads but it’s like a switch in my brain flipped and now I’m obsessed. Spinach salads with bell peppers, carrots, cherry tomatoes, sugar snap peas, mushrooms, cheese, a wee bit o’ dressing (on the side, so I can dip a fork in and stab things), raisins, almonds, chicken, eggs or some combination thereof. Also, chicken salads made with canned chicken, greek yogurt and celery
Drink. More. Water. Damnit.
Walk. More. Damnit. I looked at the stats from my Fitbit…I’ve been doing an appalling job of walking enough each day. There were some horrifyingly low numbers — no more!
Start running
Ab exercises & stretching. Not a bazillion crunches (Brittney Spears Syndrome? Nothanks), and obviously I know ab exercises do not give you a 6 pack or burn fat, but just for the sake of tightening up (in the middle…I guess stretches are for quite the opposite).
Bike. More. Damnit.
Gymming. 3xweek. No more excuses.

I think it’ll be easier to stick to because I have a specific goal — must look good in 6 weeks for boy, and in 10 weeks for city.

jtotheizzoe: motherjones: discoverynews: Lonesome George,...

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 05:54:42 -0500

jtotheizzoe:

motherjones:

discoverynews:

Lonesome George, Last-of-Its-Kind Galapagos Tortoise, Dies

Lonesome George, the giant tortoise who became the face of the Galapagos Islands conservation effort, was found dead in his corral Sunday morning, according to a statement by the Galapagos National Park Service. He was believed to be more than 100 years old and weighed 200 pounds.

keep reading

Image: Teddy Garcia / Reuters

R.I.P.

Sad stuff. Last of his subspecies. Pour one out for the old guy.

So sad :(

This may or may not be my next bicycle.

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:45:28 -0500

This may or may not be my next bicycle. :

…I just don’t know how I feel about the step-through.

Seriously considering a Republic bicycle.

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 00:32:40 -0500

Republic now makes those gay Dutch bikes and, more importantly, front-loading cycle trucks.

Republic makes them for less than $1,000, by a lot, which is WAY better than I can say for any other cycle trucks in the US (I have yet to look into gay Dutch bikes, because quite frankly I’m not sure I can handle the step-through, but I’ll be damned if they don’t have the front AND back rack which is pretty appealing). In fact, cycle trucks are pretty damn near nonexistent in the US. So.

But with the front-loading cycle truck I can keep an eye on my cat while I ride him through the streets of the big city, as I won’t have a car or be within walking distance of my preferred vet (Bansfield Hospital — my cat has health insurance and I don’t).

Of course, then I’d have to plan to have a third bicycle. In a studio apartment. With limited wall-mounting space. Plus, I don’t really see wall-mounting a cycle truck/gay Dutch bike.

Then again, maybe I’ll luck out and my apartment building will have bike storage (at least one ad thus far has mentioned it!)…even if I have to keep the polo bike and regular single speed on the wall, not having to keep The Big Heavy Car Replacement in the apartment would be useful.

Decisions!

Another blog bites the dust.

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 11:20:14 -0500

Yeah, I know, I stopped blogging for awhile, as I always do.

But, now that I remembered I actually have a blog, perhaps I’ll start using it again.

Things I’ve been doing lately:

Skyrim
Being social
Being antisocial
Being active
Being lazy
Skyrim
Taking care of kitties
Eating
Sleeping
Coffee-drinking
Skyrim

I've been so busy lately!

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:16:01 -0500

Activities include bikes and boys and beers, not so much on the sleeping, therapy, adderall, and all kinds of things I’ve probably forgotten (much like this blog).

Second Thoughts

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:11:37 -0500

So I’m supposed to move with my job to a different office in three months.

But I don’t know how much longer I can work for said job. And I don’t know what else I can/should do.

I’ve been looking up community colleges with Dietetics programs with the thought that I could move to the place where the college is, work for a year, get in-state residency and get a 2-year RD degree…but they’re really 2.5-3 year degrees, and all the places suck. I could just stay here for 2.5 years where I already have residency (and it’s one of the cheapest of the community colleges I looked at) but then I’d have to stay here for 2.5 years. And I was really looking forward to moving.

Maybe I don’t want to be an RD at all. But what else do I want to do? I need to figure out what I want to do and where I want to go and fast, but I don’t know where to start.

So off my game tonight.

Wed, 30 May 2012 21:40:01 -0500

So after a fantastic time kicking ass and taking names at polo two weeks ago (and then reluctantly skipping last week for a friend’s birthday I’d promised to go to before I realized it was a Wednesday), tonight was a huge fucking disappointment. Couldn’t stay on my bike, couldn’t steal the ball, managed to block a few (I spent a lot of time in goal) but missed a lot of easy ones, couldn’t even effectively get in anybody’s way. Everybody was super nice about it but after the last game I just rode off.

Definitely going to have to start practicing on my own, not progressing enough just playing once a week (or less).

Memorial Day Weekend Awesomeness

Tue, 29 May 2012 06:01:50 -0500

So my long weekend was awesome, but not for the reasons everybody else’s probably was:

Kicked major ass at the gym: New squat PR of 125lbx5, new deadlift PR of 150lbx1 (I haven’t been doing DLs very regularly so pulling this at the end was mighty satisfying), climbing back up the bench press ladder and a new overhead press PR of 50x3
Went hiking today - 7.5 miles in an hour and 20 minutes with roughly 15lbs on my back
Ate like crap (cookies&icecream, baby) and don’t even care (I did just eat a nice healthy meal, though)
Watched like 1.5 seasons of Eureka
Did the aforementioned shopping and managed to get rid of another bagful of clothes
Actually managed to cut down on my fabric stash instead of adding to it/keeping it the same and coming out with a really awesome pair of winter pants in the process

I’d call it a successful holiday weekend. Not so prepared for work tomorrow, but we’ll see how that goes.

brooklynmutt: “The best New York Times typo [mistake] EVER.” -...

Mon, 28 May 2012 23:15:01 -0500

brooklynmutt:

“The best New York Times typo [mistake] EVER.” - @BorowitzReport

Good going, guys XD

This has got to be one of the best things I've seen on the internet for awhile.

Sun, 27 May 2012 23:55:46 -0500

This has got to be one of the best things I've seen on the internet for awhile.