If you saw me in a police car, what would you think I got arrested for? Answer, then post to your own journal if you want, and see how many crimes you get accused of.

10 minute mile!! Never thought the day would come!

Yeah, so I missed my goal by two pounds.

I was upset about it for like ten minutes and then I realized a few things.

1 - I learned a valuable lesson in this adventure. I learned exactly what it takes to shed weight from my body. I learned how I have to eat and that I have to bust my ass if I want to reach my goals. I also learned that I need to dedicate myself to the goal earlier and not just go crazy the last week.

2 - If I was technically trying to make weight for a fight (which, by the way is not going to happen) I could have done it, easily, in a sauna. 2 pounds of water weight is easy to shed. I've lost three at a time doing muay thai in Jay's garage on a hot day. But I knew I was going to go spar so I wasn't going to do that to myself and then try and exercise. When those guys do it, they have 24 hours to go rehydrate and fill themselves with quality food before they fight.

3 - I have lost 28 pounds since I started working out, or 15.5% of my body weight. I've lost 18 pounds since January of this year, or roughly 10.5% of my weight. That is nothing to shake a stick at. That is a real, and fantastic accomplishment. YAY ME!

4 - More importantly, I've lost at least 7% of my body fat. I'm not entirely sure where I was when I started, but the first time I measured it, I was at 37%, and I'm now I'm at barely 31%. In a few days, I'll be at 30%, easily.

5- I'm in very good shape cardio wise. My resting pulse is under 50 and its pretty difficult for me to go over 170 when I'm going full tilt. When I started doing cardio, I would top out at like 185 and feel like I was going to die. Now I can run a full mile without stopping! 11 minutes and counting.

So yeah, I went ahead and let myself have a cheat day last night while we watched UFC. I drank delicious vanilla rum and ate pizza and even some of asracer's delicious chocolate chip cookies. OMG, cookie orgasm. They were SO SO SO good.

( UFC thoughts, in random order: )

Anyway, cheat day over!! I'm rededicating myself! My new goal is to be 149 before my birthday party on Aug 8, because I want to be able to have whatever I want that day, so it seems a good stopping point/milestone marker. ;)

That is roughly 9 pounds (haha, I put on a pound eating all that pizza and chocolate!!) in just under four weeks and I think its not only doable, I think if I dedicate myself earlier I can easily achieve it. Also my final goal weight is 140-145, so I'll be putting myself in very close territory to that.

And with that? I'm off to the gym. And to get my hair cut. Later, I'm going to introduce my friend Laura to the joy that is Down Dog Yoga. Only this time I'm going to be very careful so I don't faceplant. Cause let's talk about how awesome it WASN'T when I did that.

(PS, I need a new girls kick ass icon with Gina Carano in it.)

Holy awesome. I just made a protein shake out of iced espresso instead of water.

Realised I neglected to post pictures of my roadtrip with Jenn to Zion Park in Utah. :)

Better late than never!



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It was a spectacular day with my best friend. We drove with the top down, we jammed loud music, we talked and caught up since we hadn't seen each other in far too long, we hiked, we got sunburned and then we went back to Vegas and saw Cirque's O. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect day, and I'll remember it always.

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Suffered from bad editing and shaky hand cameras, but was otherwise fantastic, engaging and enjoyable.

Johnny Depp and Christian Bale are off the charts. Johnny Depp almost made me cry at one point, which I kind of don't do in public theatres. Phenomenal. Christian Bale's accent prowess is a little alarming. Plus he's made of awesome. Also, he needed tighter pants, just saying. Damn 30's style suits.

One of the peeps I was with got like an hour and a half into the movie before going..."Is that BATMAN?"

Hee.

It was definitely slow in parts, and considering the length of the film, they could definitely have cut some of the long dramatic pauses.

Anyway, I enjoyed it very much. I want one of those cars in the worst way. Maybe I could buy an old cab from Edinburgh or London.

ETA: Bale gets the icon love cause he got robbed on the movie poster. ;)

On the day before we left for Scotland, my great Uncle Donald was laid to rest at Arlington Cemetery. My mom and I attended, and it turned out that my fears about bringing my camera that day were unfounded. My family was very excited that I brought it, because they wanted pictures and didn't know if they'd be able to get good ones. I did my best. ;)
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Chillin lakeside with Vicki and Vicki vsn 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0. Waitin on fireworks!

Happy Weekend, everyone!

This is for those of you trying to kill a couple more hours before you can head home.

http://badpaintingsofbarackobama.com/

Enjoy!

PS, they also need a badtattoosofbarackobama.com as well. And possibly barackobamatattoosthatlookmorelikebillcosby.com.

Just sayin'.

Santa Fe Crash Investigation

This is why I never drive drunk. Or buzzed. Or in anyway intoxicated. Ever. Because I grew up around stories just like this. This is also why I have no sympathy for anyone who gets a DUI.

Every Holiday weekend, it seems someone gets KILLED because some drunk asshole decides that they're just fine to drive and then manage to somehow get on an interstate going THE WRONG DIRECTION. When I was about 8, an entire family was killed on Christmas Eve, and I'm pretty sure I never got over that. I guarantee their friends and family didn't.

I don't care if you think you're fine. Think about, please. PLEASE.

/PSA for Holiday weekend.

There is hope.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT ORDERS JUDGE BURNETT TO TURN OVER NEW EVIDENCE

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT ORDERS JUDGE BURNETT TO TURN OVER NEW EVIDENCE IN DAMIEN ECHOLS’S APPEAL FOR NEW TRIAL

Affidavit States Foreman Urged Jurors to Convict Echols Based Upon False Confession, Denies Atty General McDaniel’s Efforts to Keep Evidence From Court

(Little Rock AR, June 29, 2009) – On Thursday, the Arkansas Supreme Court ordered the Craighead County Circuit Court and Judge David Burnett to “correct supplemented record on appeal,” requiring the lower court to include a sworn affidavit by a prominent Arkansas attorney that alleges extraordinary juror misconduct in Damien Echols’s original trial. Legal scholars believe the juror’s actions led to a wrongful conviction of Echols and Jason Baldwin. The Supreme Court’s action turned back efforts by District Attorney Dustin McDaniel to keep the exculpatory new evidence from the justices’ consideration. McDaniel had asked the Supreme Court to deny Echols’s request to include the affidavit, originally filed in May 2008.

Known as Baldwin exhibit 76, because it is concurrently under consideration in Jason Baldwin’s hearing for a new trial in Jonesboro, the sworn affidavit reveals shocking details of improper conversations that the jury foreman, Kent Arnold, conducted with the attorney while the original trial was in progress, clearly violating the law and the rights of Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin to a fair and impartial trial. In those conversations, Arnold indicates that he had prejudged Echols’s guilt and was trying to convince other jurors to convict based upon news reports of the so-called confession of Jessie Misskelley, which was barred from admission at the Echols-Baldwin trial. In essence, the jury foreman introduced Misskelley’s false confession into jury deliberations.

In addition to the juror misconduct, new evidence includes DNA and forensic findings that link others to the crime scene, and not Damien, Jason Baldwin or Jesse Misskelley.

The Arkansas Supreme Court has given Judge David Burnett 30 days to complete the record. It will likely take another 30 to 60 days before the Court is ready to review the new evidence.

http://courts.arkansas.gov/court_opinions/sc/2009a/20090625/20090625.htm

(emphasis is mine. CAPSLOCK is theirs.)

I know you're not having a good day, and I know that things are really terrible for you right now, but I wanted you to know that you are loved. You are one of the most interesting, intelligent and awesome individuals I've met and I'm so grateful to know you and call you a friend. I hope things get better for you soon, baby!

(big frakking hugs)

I made an appointment to get my windows tinted on my car for Thursday! It sucks that I may be stuck not being able to roll them down, but I WILL have lovely tinted windows for my drive down to North Carolina on Friday morning! Plus, sunroof.

Its only been like two years since I bought my car. I guess it was about time!

I'm pretty proud of how many things I've been getting DONE that I've been procrastinating forever about.

Just booked a hotel for London in September. I love Hotels.com for reviews and Sidestep.com for the lowest prices. I found it for $10 less w/ free breakfast! (which is another $15 bucks, easily)

We'll be staying here, by the way. http://ping.fm/hFasc It's in Kensington near the Natural History Museum and next to an Underground station, which has a direct train to Heathrow, so we won't have to pay for a cab.

I'm so excited! I'm using TripIt.com to keep track of all the details. Its a fairly awesome site. It allows you to forward confirmation emails to an address or add details yourself so that you can keep track of all the phone numbers and confirmation numbers on the same site.

It also automatically gave me directions from Heathrow to the Millennium Gloucester from Google maps, but unfortunately it won't let me edit those directions to be "public transport" instead of "driving".

You can also share the trip with whomever is going on it, and do cool things like add photos of hotels and places you want to visit. :)

( Sorry, couldn't be helped. )

I'm very much enjoying the most recent season of True Blood. Love it love it love it!

( Spoilers!! )

Can't wait for next week! I hope people are still watching. I read somewhere that the S2 premiere had as many viewers as the Series Finale for the Sopranos. HOOORAY!

Headed downtown to the Folklife Festival with my father and his wife. Wish me luck and patience! ;)

Visiting a friend in the hospital and then headed to the Pirates Tavern in Silver Spring for dinner and grog!

Eight 3" long wood screws ought to keep that sucker up for another few years. ;)

PS, my attic is about 400 degrees right now.

FFS...no amount of shit she gives me is going to make me pop out a kid just for my freaking stepmom.

Rarely do I feel GOOD while I'm doing cardio. But the peaceful calm that settles while I stretch after makes it all worth it.