January 2012
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Top 5 Thursday
Chili is already cooked for tomorrow’s game night! (only one potholder was lit on fire in the process…?)
I get to go see glowing zebra fish tomorrow for work(!!!)
Geometric prints, pearls, and jewel tones are balancing out my giant, giant ‘fro today
I’ve kept my yellow flowers alive on my desk all week!
I still sort of hate myself for having a Kindle, but Game of...
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2012.
“Learn something new every day”
That’s going to be my 2012 mantra.
Doesn’t have to be big. Can be something about someone else, a good news article, something about my own abilities, a skill or a little nugget of info.
But I’m going to learn, goddamnit.
December 2011
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so. so. cool. →
Whenever I’m even tempted to feel bored or blase about anything, pictures like this just sort of…remind me how alive I am?
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Top 5 Tuesday
emails from my ladyfriends that make me snort out loud in my cube
cake in the kitchen. brilliant.
a killer dress that also feels like wearing a t-shirt. win.
getting the ball rolling on marathon outreach/fundraising (www.bit.ly/marisamarathon …!!)
3 days til Florida, and then 4 days of work between that and going home for a week!
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in honour of the fact that life is short--via...
whitehottruth.com
wear your white shirts. get them pressed. use your good dishes — everyday. shave on weekends.
do not wait for special occasions. do not tuck your best away in the drawers, in the back of the closet, in your heart. don’t wait for holidays or invitations.
declare that your today is the special occasion.
call instead of emailing. (it feels so good to connect.)...
“There’s no denying that Boston, like other densely populated areas, has issues...”
– We hope so too, Boston Magazine. We hope so, too. (via hollabackboston
)
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Almost the weekend?
It’s early. Several observations:
I almost got hit in the head with a flying newspaper this morning. Centimeters from my nose. If I wasn’t quite awake before, I was after.
There are some CUTE boys out running as early as I am. Maybe I’m doing something right.
Tight, tight calves. So tight.
I should never have climbed back in bed to read email/write this…now I’m...
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Sparkly.
Because of basically a life hangover, I skipped my long run this weekend—two weeks before my 2nd half-marathon. Whoops? Sorry I’m not sorry; sometimes, you need an all-day party, latkes, wine, couch time, and seasonal [read: Christmas] movies.
So today, instead of a weekday shorter run, I tacked on a few more miles. I dragged all my gear to work, even planning ahead for the 70% chance...
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Become a thoroughly spiky person. →
texturism:
don’t become a well-rounded person. well rounded people are smooth and dull. become a thoroughly spiky person. gow spikes from every angle. stick in their throats like a pufferfish. if you want to woo the muse of the odd, don’t read shakespeare. read webster’s revenge plays. don’t read homer and aristotle. read herodotus where he’s off talking about egyptian women having public...
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Typical.
me: *straightforward question*
Leif: *vague answer*
Leif: something like that
me: …
Leif: by which i mean it’s exactly that and i take no joy in doing things i know will irk you. that’s exactly what that means.
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“As Jewish as I am I still get so nervous spelling Hannukah.”
– ME (via bffproductions)
Yep. I prefer “Hanukkah” or “Chanukah”, in case you’re wondering.
Advocate News: Possibly the Most Beautiful Ad for... →
advocatenews:
By Lucas Grindley
GetUp! in Australia released a commercial on Thursday from the perspective of one half of a gay couple in love. It builds to the big moment that they want legalized — a proposal to get married. Polls in Australia show support for marriage equality has…
November 2011
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Yeaaa, buddy.
I’d conveniently forgotten that the first run after a long weekend is…more difficult. Mentally and physically, both. But sometimes, when things are a pain in the ass, you push through that much harder.
This morning’s 5-ish miles? About 10-15 seconds/mile faster than usual, even with some creaking and soreness. Go figure. Maybe it’s the summer in November weather, or that I...
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“Mackenzie: there is no protocol for this kind of stuff
me: nope. no grownup...”
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ah, technology.
4.75 miles: check
singing “Super Bass” to myself over and over again for almost 50 minutes because my iPod shuffle ran out of batteries LITERALLY just as I walked out the door for a run: also check.
Running in a t-shirt in November, over the Mass Ave bridge and back?: check, check, check.
one tiny fail, but mostly win.
[sidenote: I think I am out of checks for BOTH of my checking...
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Hills: Ha.
Hills—not exactly as planned, but I did run around the Summit Ave area like a lunatic for 2.5 miles and then tacked on 1.5 miles of quicker pace for good measure. Next time I may map it out a little better.
And honestly? I sort of enjoy feeling a little sore today. That’s how you know you’re pushing your boundaries. Plus, running in a tank top in November at 6 pm?...
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Hills. Hatred. Have to Do Them.
Mentally preparing for what is actually my first attempt at voluntarily running multiple hills in a row later tonight.
Let me preface this: I hate hills. Loathe. Despise. Wish to eradicate them from the face of the earth.
However, I’ll say they’ve been getting easier of late, maybe because I’ve hypnotized myself to get through them. I require the combination of perfect song...
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Warm weather, here I come
Booked a weird set of plane tickets and registered for a second half-marathon—this time in Jacksonville, FL, right before Christmas. Any excuse to see Valerie AND escape Boston winter, while prepping myself to start Boston Marathon training!
Are those palm trees I spy? Is Valerie minutes from the beach? Am I really excited?
Yes x 3.
Losing Weight in the City: Inspiring Stories:... →
losingweightinthecity:
36.8 percent of runners are single—that’s 15,044 single runners. 15,043 if you take me out of that.
62 percent of runners are men.
That means, there are thousands of single men running this race. Those, my friends, are stats relevant to my life.
Why do you run?
Iiiiiinteresting.
October 2011
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“So if you want the movie, be the goddamn director.”
– The Frenemy
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“Dear Marisa,
I am pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to run in...”
– BAM. Friends, open your wallets (and strap on your shoes for a training run with me!)—my legs will run hundreds of miles in preparation and I’ve got to raise $5,000. Many, many more posts to come.
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Gray day: a haiku
//sad pink umbrella//
//met its doom in the monsoon//
//trashcan resting place//
thursday = rainy rainy and an office full of crazy
on the upside:
international affairs/public radio nerding out at the BPL with A
a mojito and some fried yucca
homemade peanut butter cups [don’t you wish you were my roommate?]
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i'm starting a list
…of the rules of my office, when i’m in charge some day.
1. Don’t be an asshole
2. Seriously, don’t be an asshole. I will have no hesitations about shitcanning an employee who makes other people’s days tougher, even if you’re talented. I can find other talented people who aren’t assholes. I promise.
3. If you haven’t at least tried to Google your...
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Running.
Highly cranky 1.5 miles, followed by a glorious 3.5. In need of mental tricks for getting through those warm-up miles, since I need to start upping both my number of runs and number of miles per run fairly soon…
Upsides of today’s run: upwards of two dozen adorable dogs.
“If there is no occasion for being elegant, we owe it to ourselves to make one,...”
– Giorgio Armani
When’s our next ladies date? says ouelletteda
Whenever you want—I’ve got a gold sequined dress that you ladies would appreciate!
Makin' bacon...
catalogliving:
The pig knew he should be grateful just to have a job, but he had to admit, some days were a struggle.
Pig, you are not alone.
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“Running in the morning has me appreciate all the choices that come later in the...”
– Deena Kastor (via desiresforlove, via queenoflean)
So true. 3.5 miles this morning, and so far, I’m fairly non-violent.