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I rock.

Although I don’t know if I could ever re-run this time or recreate it in any way shape or form, but I did it.

Hit the treadmill hard today with intentions of at least shaving some time off the 25:50whatever I previously held as a 5K PR. Cranked it up cuz another somewhat-elite runner was running next to me (and he didn’t have headphones…probably a real elite runner).

Here’s where it gets tricky though.  I put the incline at 0.  Yeah. totally cheating.  So now I’ve got to see if I can do this OUTSIDE where it counts, but there’s too much ice/snow on the ground right now to think about speed. Plus, treadmills are good for keeping track of speed and pacework, so I figure I’ll get some use out of them…hell, I’m putting a 10th of each paycheck into a savings account to BUY my own treadmill by this time next year (i hope anyway).

Also, it got kinda sketchy towards the end. I was rocking and hauling ass until the last 1K…then I got a major major MAAAAJOR case of painful gas (which I get when I do speedwork, which is why I’m NOT a short-distance runner — mostly out of respect for other people). I wasn’t about to stop on account of that.  I decided that the guy next to me who was the only one in the place NOT wearing headphones could deal with it — he was obviously a runner… he would understand.  I let ‘er rip.  Fortunately for him it was just the loud kind of fart, not the smelly kind.

Anyway, I got one of my goals for 2009 covered. I’m going to keep trying to break that and try to break it outside of course. I should sign up for a 5k to see what I can do in a race setting. I’m excited now!

thank you, Alexi Laiho, for being so hot and rocking at guitar. You pushed me through ANOTHER speedwork workout.

oh, and for anybody who’s interested, I’ve been listening to Children of the Bodom, In Flames and Dethklok during these runs.  I’m hoping to add more COB and some Death and Amon Amarth to the speed collection.  Also, Alexi Laiho is the lead guitarist of COB, in case you were wondering. He’s pretty talented and probably the  best looking guy in the entire genre of metal (unless you consider NIN to be metal…which I don’t, but if you do, Trent Reznor wins).

FINALLY.

Lack of internet kinda hurts my blogging. In the next few months I’m going to decide between internet and cable or an iPhone. I’m thinking the iPhone will win since I don’t watch much TV and if I reaaaalllly need to blog I can go to Mars Cafe, to the library or do it over lunch at work.

anywho… Kelly posted pics from the awesome totally 80s NYE party.  And they’re awesome.  I need to buy a point and shoot camera, but I’m trying to revamp my budget right now to allow for an iPhone or internet/cable.

Okay no more mentions of budgets or iPhones. BLOGGING.

The party was pretty fun, but as per usual we kind of petered out around 11 PM. I went to Kelly’s to help setup. While she was cleaning, I put up the backdrop for the “official” prom photos.

Kelly got most of that fabric from work...blue tulle was from Senior Portfolio night almost 2 years ago.

Anyway, backdrop was awesome.  Kelly and I started getting ready. Since I recently just chopped off my hair, my hair style consisted of me flipping my head upside down and spraying the living bejesus out of a can of hairspray all over it.  Kelly opted for a side pony with the same treatment and some crimping.  I overdid our eyeshadow (Maria’s BF, Marty, said Kelly’s looked “postapocolyptic”…like Mad Max style)…I think we both ended up with 4-5 shades of eyeshadow and some black eyeliner. Awesomeness.

People starting arriving and changing into their attire… with exception of Meredith who was literally sewn into her dress because somebody had been sewn in and cut out of it previously.  Awesome.  Oh, and Maria came already dressed because that’s how she rolls.   Carol had 2 dresses so she did photos in both, as did I.  Although, I couldn’t quite zip the one dress (and by couldn’t quite, I mean there was a 4-inch gap).

Anyway, party ensued. Everybody mixed their drinks and I did 4 shots of tequila rose (I feel like I’ve mentioned that before…I’m not a big drinker, so I guess I’m proud). Kelly and I opened a bottle of raspberry wine, which wasn’t very good…so she opened her one of 2 bottles of her favorite wine and we each had a glass of that.  I had a glass of champagne around midnight and spilled some of each of my drinks on my dress (which now needs to be dry cleaned).

Most of the night was spent arguing over whether Carol should move to Iowa or Texas. I think Iowa, but hell, I’d love to move to TX myself where it’s warm most of the year and where I can wear my hair as big as I please all year round…oh and drive a friggin’ truck.

Anyway, good times had by all. Music was good.  Friends were great. I even got a kiss at midnight.  Reluctantly by the boyfriend since he’s super allergic to felines and Kelly’s apartment still had a layer of cat fur embedded after vacuuming..so it was kind of a snotty New Year’s kiss. Oh well. I was drunk, so I didn’t care.

Anyway, here are some gratuitous photos of us from our 80s prom.

notice the postapocolyptic eyeshadow. Oh, and the awesome bow.

Cuz that's how we roll.

...since we never went to prom together in high school.

cuz we're all hot in 80s attire. I'm short.

Danielle and I representing Monti

oh god, the tulle!

I swear to God it fit 3 pounds ago. 3 friggin pounds extra=4 inch gap.

…wear it.

It’s likely that it won’t fit come New Year’s, but I managed to cram into the black dress I bought for our 80s new year’s shindig…after running 8 miles yesterday. Now I just can’t gain any weight over the holidays…. HA.  Looks like I’m wearing the other dress I bought.

I thought I got over this Freshman or Sophomore year of college, but somehow, I managed to find my way back.

I used to have a real problem with buying stuff on e-bay.  ALL the time. Mostly funky fashion finds, like my leopard print boots.

wellllll i wanted a new dress for our 80s party, and I started looking around e-bay. I found this kickass seller, bleubird vintage, on e-bay and kind of went to town on all its items. i figured i’d get outbid, but miraculously, i won all the things except one (which I purposely kept low because i realized i really didn’t want it after i placed the first bid).

so now i’ve got 2 dresses for our party.

here are all the things i’ve won… (i wonder if any will even look good on me… )

a while back my girlies and i talked about having a formal new years party like i had a few years back. the other girls have bridesmaids dresses they were planning to wear, but i don’t really have anything but prom dresses from high school… so i thought it’d be fun to look for a vintage dress (circa 1985) on e-bay.

i tossed a few dress ideas to the girls and we all decided to have an 80s new years party. so now everybody’s in on the fun.

My awesome e-bay finding for our 80s New Year

i won this totally awesome “calee pink” dress–no bows or sequins, but there are definitely ruffles.  here’s a pic for those of you too lazy to click.

i didn’t mention that i didn’t even win this dress on my own. the e-bay auction ended at 5:30 PM…and I left work to go home for Thanksgiving at 4 PM, so obviously, i had to enlist the help of one of my girlies.  muh friend kelly ended up placing the winning bid after watching the dress all day and refreshing the page endlessly… well, until 5:30.  then she called me right away to let me know i won. gee, what else are friends for? haha, i’ve already changed my password back, so no iPhones or HDTVs for kelly!

(i’ve spent the entire night doing laundry (11 flipping loads… 2 more left to go) and creating the perfect playlist for the evening… David Bowie, Bow Wow Wow, The GoGos, Michael Jackson, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Queen, Metallica, Motley Crue, Cinderella, The Bangles, B-52s, Sinead O’Conner, Prince, Oingo Boingo, Boston, Bon Jovi, Cyndi Lauper, Foriegner, Journey, The Motels, The Waitresses, Huey Lewis and the News, Men at Work, Duran Duran, New Order, Depeche Mode, Men Without Hats, Rick Springfield, Milli Vanilli, Rick James, Robert Palmer, Roxette, Nena, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Roxette, Patrick Swayze, Wang Chung, The Vapors, The Clash, The Pretenders, Paula Abdul, Whitney Houston….. and of course… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0].

haven’t seen that time for a while.

i’m up cuz i’m doing laundry… not the most glamorous thing in the world. 11 loads total — 3 left to go. w00t.

homes for thanksgiving — took the day off tomorrow (thank goodness cuz i’m up doin laundry!). hopefully i can get some sleep in tomorrow…but who knows. not sure what all the deener has planned and emee will probably be up and letting us all know she’s awake tomorrow (or in just a few hours more likely).

sometime last week i decided to move this blog from runningchimes.blogspot.com to runningchimes.wordpress.com. ideally i’ll have my own blog on my own site, but i’ve got to build my own site first… and who knows when that’s going to happen. i’m kinda swamped at work now and i’ve got a couple of freebie freelance projects i’ve promised ppl (why I do that… I don’t know).

anywho, this blog isn’t going to just be a bunch of running graphs and nerdy spandex, shoe and gadget talk.  although, i’m not going to promise there won’t be any nerdy design talk… yeah. this blog is a little bit more about life than the other one.

the sole purpose for the original blog was to get me excited for the des moines marathon and create awareness that i was training. basically, without that blog, i probably wouldn’t have ran the marathon. sad how technology impacts our lives. if i didn’t have something holding me accountable, then i wouldn’t have done it (kind of like the rest of my life).

which brings me here. if i blog about my goals, does that mean maybe i’ll achieve them?  well only time will tell.

ok one thing i do miss about blogger is the foxytunes signature insert.. :/

well for anybody who cares, i’m listening to a bunch of 80s music that i’ve been downloading in  preparation for our Party Like it’s 1985 new year’s party… which is going to rock. bloggity blog blog blog to come.

right now: The Cure: Friday I’m in Love (an old classic)