VMA's

This past Sunday, my book club and I got tickets to the season premiere of the Ellen DeGeneres Show. It was a long day involving bus shuttles from Burbank to downtown Los Angeles, waiting around, not getting any sort of free giveaways, and massive amounts of mac and cheese (not related to the show, but still part of the Book Club Day). The lack of free stuff was a bummer, especially since my friends had convinced themselves they'd be getting at least an iPad, if not two plane tickets to anywhere in the continental US and a bottle of Cristal. Completely realistic, right? Those last couple sentences sounded really negative, but it was actually a lot of fun.

Anyways. The season premiere was hosted in Club Nokia and the theme was the MTV Video Music Awards, since the award show was going on about fifty yards away in the Nokia Theater. For the first hour or so, we just watched the live feed from the VMA's, which included a performance by Florence and the Machine. I had never heard of this group before, but I loved the song they performed. Check it out (it's not the VMA performance, just the music video. In case you couldn't tell...)



The actual Ellen show was pretty awesome too. The guests were Lady Gaga (crazy), Katy Perry, Usher, Justin Timberlake and Justin Bieber. They didn't perform, but it was definitely entertaining.

Sneak Preview...

I realize it's been awhile since I've posted anything with actual words. That will change. Soon. Just not today. Instead, I will leave you with a sneak preview of what I've been up to for the past month or so...

Wordless Wednesday

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Wordless Wednesday

Mission Almost Accomplished

Today I woke up way too early and went to the 5k run. The weather was a little rainy, a little cool, and really foggy. Overall, decent weather for a race. Way better than the single digit temperatures we sometimes face at the Thanksgiving Turkey Trots my family does. Due to some traffic issues or miscommunication (or something), the race was delayed by about 30 minutes but no big deal. The results: I ran all but about 2-3 minutes in the middle, which I was pretty happy with, but obviously there is room for improvement. My pace was about as expected so again, room for improvement. I'm going to spare myself the embarrassment of telling you what my time was, just know I didn't finish last :) All in all, not a bad first 5k in normal temperatures, so we'll see what my future in running holds.

Half Way Point...and Temporary Insanity

In one of my earlier blogs, I stated that one of my goals this summer was to get through a modified version this work out plan (the link only takes you to the first week) that I started at the end of May. I say modified, because I crossed out all the non-running workouts and substituted in my own weight training (mostly squats, lunges, and push-ups, but not nearly enough of them).

Anyways, once I crossed out all the non-running days, I numbered all the running workouts, 1-24. I was hoping to get through all 24 days before this Sunday (more on that in a minute). Well, that didn't happen. BUT. I did make it Day 12, so I am halfway to finishing this running plan. Which doesn't seem like much, but it's about 6 more days finished than the last time I tried this, and I'm still going.

Onto the 'temporary insanity.' The reason that I wanted to finish this before Sunday is because I signed up for a 5k this weekend at Dockweiler Beach. I'm still participating, and my goal is still to run the whole time, I just think my time will be reeeeeeeaaaaallllllllllllly slow. But, as long as I run the whole time, and finish, I'll be happy. Wish me luck!