I should probably stay off my feet more than I do, but I'm just too restless for that to be accomplished. Still haven't received a call from the doctor's office about whether they found a stress fracture in my foot x-ray or not. I'm hoping it's "or not", obviously. I think it would hurt a hell of a lot more if I did have one but I'm not a good judge of pain or injury. Either it hurts or it doesn't. Today my foot seemed to hurt because of my shoe, so I don't really know. I guess my problem is that I look for a basis of comparison, when really I'm the only one that can make that decision. It's weird, I know. I've always been that way. When I got my wrist tattoos, everyone told me 'oh it's really gonna hurt' and either I have a very high tolerance for pain, or I just brushed it off and told myself to stop being a pansy. Does that make any sense whatsoever?
My foot tattoo hurt, the others were just.. annoying. If it's on bone, then it actually hurts.
I'm a bad judge of pain. There.
Watched a rerun of Top Gear on BBC America tonight. Am glad there are reruns since there's a lot I've never seen, but I wish that America wasn't like.... five seasons behind the UK!! The episodes from 2006/07 are showing as "first aired 9/21/09"... but they were filmed in 2006 so what the heck? The David Walliams episode I know is from 2006 because I have a clip of that on my Little Britain Live dvd and that's from 2006. ack!
My father purchased a few copies of the book, "Born To Run" for us to read-- already like 1/3 of the way through since starting it this afternoon. I just can't put it down. It's just fascinating. Even if I didn't understand what he's talking about, if I were not a runner, it would still be an amazing book.
okay, off to read...
cheers.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
i trip on flat surfaces
I sprained my foot two weeks ago and have yet to mention it in this blog. I refuse to go to the doctor because they can't do anything more than I've already done, like tell me to ice it and tape it and don't run. Um, fucking duh. When you're as accident prone as I seem to be, you start to learn these things at an early age.
I have been known to injure myself unintentionally, quite frequently. When I was ten, I sprained the baby toe on my right foot so bad that I was on crutches for two weeks and the entire area of my foot was the color of a ripe plum. When I was fifteen, I proceeded to run into my own bedroom doorjamb and break the toe that I had sprained five years before. I've broken or sprained that toe now... four times? I had achilles tendinitis so bad when I was eight that I didn't want to walk anywhere, and I didn't even play sports. It just sort of happened.
My most recent injury is because the insoles in my running shoes suck. It doesn't help that I have no sense of my body in space, thus creating serious balance issues. When I'm walking or running, you will frequently see me looking towards the ground, and it's because if I don't look at where my feet are, I will trip over them.
I've now started comparing myself to Bella in the Twilight series because she seems to be accident prone and has major balance issues. My number isn't up yet, but I do have a hard time not falling over something, running into things... yeah it's kind of a daily occurance for me.
I'm liable to trip over my own feet, and despite my best efforts to walk in a straight line, sometimess my limbs seem to have other ideas, and I run into shit. Like doorways, chairs, the coffee table in my living room and car doors. I've been known to trip over a pair of socks sitting on the floor.
I have enough balance problems when I'm not injured, so this hobbling around on one foot thing is getting annoying.
knitting + studying. cheers.
I have been known to injure myself unintentionally, quite frequently. When I was ten, I sprained the baby toe on my right foot so bad that I was on crutches for two weeks and the entire area of my foot was the color of a ripe plum. When I was fifteen, I proceeded to run into my own bedroom doorjamb and break the toe that I had sprained five years before. I've broken or sprained that toe now... four times? I had achilles tendinitis so bad when I was eight that I didn't want to walk anywhere, and I didn't even play sports. It just sort of happened.
My most recent injury is because the insoles in my running shoes suck. It doesn't help that I have no sense of my body in space, thus creating serious balance issues. When I'm walking or running, you will frequently see me looking towards the ground, and it's because if I don't look at where my feet are, I will trip over them.
I've now started comparing myself to Bella in the Twilight series because she seems to be accident prone and has major balance issues. My number isn't up yet, but I do have a hard time not falling over something, running into things... yeah it's kind of a daily occurance for me.
I'm liable to trip over my own feet, and despite my best efforts to walk in a straight line, sometimess my limbs seem to have other ideas, and I run into shit. Like doorways, chairs, the coffee table in my living room and car doors. I've been known to trip over a pair of socks sitting on the floor.
I have enough balance problems when I'm not injured, so this hobbling around on one foot thing is getting annoying.
knitting + studying. cheers.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
tchotchkes and balloon boy
shut the hell up about balloon boy already! by talking about this crap, you're giving power to these idiots!! it's like when cnn was all a'twitter because oh horror of horrors, michael jackson died. sorry but nuclear wars and the planet burning because fat people want to drive hummers and put their trash on a barge in the middle of the ocean... MORE IMPORTANT THAN A CELEBRITY DEATH OR A KID WHO WASN'T ON A BALLOON AND HIS BATSHIT MEDIA WHORE PARENTS. go away!
On a more positive note, I was looking at my bedside table and noticing that there's a lot of almost-tchotchkes all over it. Including: Several bottles of mostly empty lotion bottles, brown & pink pirate skull stress ball, clock, cell phone, chapstick, ear plugs, alka seltzer cold plus, quote candle, "tahitian vanilla" candle on a holder with tons of rocks and beach glass, matches, small statue of Horus, stamps, prayer beads, stick-on light, nag champa in a cool black wooden box, a photo of my dearly departed kitty Spooky, athletic tape, hair elastics, light from Ikea, and this two-inch tall Russian stacking doll thing from Sitka, AK.
Speaking of Sitka, I watched The Proposal and I was very much impressed. The part where Sandra Bullock's character is singing about sweaty balls with Betty White is FUCKING HILARIOUS. Something funny about the movie (kind of): When I was living in Boston, I remember somebody coming into my work and ordering a cup of coffee. Found out from a coworker that the person had been in earlier that day and that the coffee was for Sandra Bullock because she was filming a movie nearby. I thought it was cool, and I checked IMDB several times to see what movie it was, since I was assuming that if she was filming in Boston, that the movie had something to do with Boston. Well, at the end of the credits for The Proposal, there's "special thanks to: The Commonwealth of Massachussetts"..... It just dawned on me that it was probably The Proposal that she was filming there and that movie had nothing whatsoever to do with Beantown. Also, it means that Ryan Reynolds was in the area. And he's just so damn adorable and hilarious. Very cool.
alrighty, no more rambling.. off to read and zone out. nighty night!
-kate
On a more positive note, I was looking at my bedside table and noticing that there's a lot of almost-tchotchkes all over it. Including: Several bottles of mostly empty lotion bottles, brown & pink pirate skull stress ball, clock, cell phone, chapstick, ear plugs, alka seltzer cold plus, quote candle, "tahitian vanilla" candle on a holder with tons of rocks and beach glass, matches, small statue of Horus, stamps, prayer beads, stick-on light, nag champa in a cool black wooden box, a photo of my dearly departed kitty Spooky, athletic tape, hair elastics, light from Ikea, and this two-inch tall Russian stacking doll thing from Sitka, AK.
Speaking of Sitka, I watched The Proposal and I was very much impressed. The part where Sandra Bullock's character is singing about sweaty balls with Betty White is FUCKING HILARIOUS. Something funny about the movie (kind of): When I was living in Boston, I remember somebody coming into my work and ordering a cup of coffee. Found out from a coworker that the person had been in earlier that day and that the coffee was for Sandra Bullock because she was filming a movie nearby. I thought it was cool, and I checked IMDB several times to see what movie it was, since I was assuming that if she was filming in Boston, that the movie had something to do with Boston. Well, at the end of the credits for The Proposal, there's "special thanks to: The Commonwealth of Massachussetts"..... It just dawned on me that it was probably The Proposal that she was filming there and that movie had nothing whatsoever to do with Beantown. Also, it means that Ryan Reynolds was in the area. And he's just so damn adorable and hilarious. Very cool.
alrighty, no more rambling.. off to read and zone out. nighty night!
-kate
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Why Americans Fail At Making Cars
Go read MAKING OF THE FITTEST. It's awesome.
Also, praise everything holy for this change in weather! It's been quite chilly (by Southern California standards) since Sunday. Is really quite fabulous.
I dislike that driving the car that I do makes me somewhat hypocritical on my very vocal Sustainability/Eco-friendly/Green soapbox ramblings. It's not my choice, k? My parents both have super fuel-efficient cars, and I have a small tank that doesn't even fit people comfortably in the back seat. I wanted to know how much HP my car had, and after visiting the Edmunds reviews website, I found out that it has 132.
Then I found out that the Porsche Panamera has a base of 400hp, and gets slightly better gas mileage than my car. Okay what?!
I had to do a bit of a double take when I read the figures. I added everything up in my mind, tried to figure out some logic. Dodge Neon: 132hp/ 18-20mpg, the size of a Pinto. Porsche Panamera: 400 hp/ 20-23mpg av., wider than the Porsche Cayenne, and just 4 inches shy of being as long as a BMW 7series. WHAT?!
The Panamera weighs 3,968lbs.
Dodge Neon: around 2,600 lbs.
Not adding up? Yeah, exactly. The Panamera gets around the same mileage as I do driving as gas-conscious as possible. On the Edmunds website, the Neon was listed at having around a combined MPG or something of 28... !!! 28?! Really?? In what batshit parallel universe does the Neon get 28mpg???? I filled up the other day and I got about 22mpg overall, and MOST of that was highway driving. It increases to about 22.5 at maximum.
The only way that the Neon would get 28mpg would be if it were rolling down a hill with nothing to do with any sort of gas-induced acceleration.
So dear Chrysler: YOU FAIL. Especially compared to the Germans and the Japanese automakers.
Also, praise everything holy for this change in weather! It's been quite chilly (by Southern California standards) since Sunday. Is really quite fabulous.
I dislike that driving the car that I do makes me somewhat hypocritical on my very vocal Sustainability/Eco-friendly/Green soapbox ramblings. It's not my choice, k? My parents both have super fuel-efficient cars, and I have a small tank that doesn't even fit people comfortably in the back seat. I wanted to know how much HP my car had, and after visiting the Edmunds reviews website, I found out that it has 132.
Then I found out that the Porsche Panamera has a base of 400hp, and gets slightly better gas mileage than my car. Okay what?!
I had to do a bit of a double take when I read the figures. I added everything up in my mind, tried to figure out some logic. Dodge Neon: 132hp/ 18-20mpg, the size of a Pinto. Porsche Panamera: 400 hp/ 20-23mpg av., wider than the Porsche Cayenne, and just 4 inches shy of being as long as a BMW 7series. WHAT?!
The Panamera weighs 3,968lbs.
Dodge Neon: around 2,600 lbs.
Not adding up? Yeah, exactly. The Panamera gets around the same mileage as I do driving as gas-conscious as possible. On the Edmunds website, the Neon was listed at having around a combined MPG or something of 28... !!! 28?! Really?? In what batshit parallel universe does the Neon get 28mpg???? I filled up the other day and I got about 22mpg overall, and MOST of that was highway driving. It increases to about 22.5 at maximum.
The only way that the Neon would get 28mpg would be if it were rolling down a hill with nothing to do with any sort of gas-induced acceleration.
So dear Chrysler: YOU FAIL. Especially compared to the Germans and the Japanese automakers.
Friday, October 2, 2009
ah, running how i love thee
I went for a run on Wednesday- a two miler at a 10 minute pace. Certainly not what I'd hoped for, but considering I haven't actually run for probably around four months, I'm feeling okay about it. It's a start. My legs hurt something awful right now, even two days later. It's funny because I wouldn't expect anything to hurt considering I excercise 45min-2.5hrs 6 days a week. But that run just... wow. Yesterday I could hardly walk down my stairs. And if you've ever been to my house, you know I have a LOT of stairs. Not so fun. My heart rate and tempo and everything seemed pretty effortless at the time. Treadmills make me nervous so it's not quite as good as running outdoors. I'm always worried there will be a malfunction and I'm going to fall over/fly off and hit the wall/die etc. when I'm on the treadmill. It's like how some people have a fear of heights, or flying in planes- I have a serious fear of the treadmill and all of the electronic malfunctions it could have that would put me in harm's way. Especially considering I am not the most surefooted person.
Treadmills are not for the uncoordinated. I trip on flat surfaces, and when I walk, I generally look at the ground part of the time because I will trip and fall over if I don't.
Speaking of running, Edward Norton is a runner and is running the NY marathon with some Maasai dudes next month. He's raising money for a project. Check out the project and videos related to it here.
Dried mango is awesome.
I have freckles all over my shoulders from my recent vitamin D reading fests (i.e. sitting out in the sun slathered in copious amounts of sunscreen, while reading) on my balcony. Oh and for anyone wondering how my tattoos stay so fresh and new looking, even with sun exposure: I put extra sunscreen on them and wear some sort of fabric wrapped around them. If you don't have terrycloth/cotton wristbands, a sock or a hankie works pretty well.
that's all for now... au revoir.
Treadmills are not for the uncoordinated. I trip on flat surfaces, and when I walk, I generally look at the ground part of the time because I will trip and fall over if I don't.
Speaking of running, Edward Norton is a runner and is running the NY marathon with some Maasai dudes next month. He's raising money for a project. Check out the project and videos related to it here.
Dried mango is awesome.
I have freckles all over my shoulders from my recent vitamin D reading fests (i.e. sitting out in the sun slathered in copious amounts of sunscreen, while reading) on my balcony. Oh and for anyone wondering how my tattoos stay so fresh and new looking, even with sun exposure: I put extra sunscreen on them and wear some sort of fabric wrapped around them. If you don't have terrycloth/cotton wristbands, a sock or a hankie works pretty well.
that's all for now... au revoir.
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