Here's my exercise log, which I'm going to use to try to motivate myself to keep up with a reliable work-out routine.

June 11th: 33 minutes on the elliptical: ramp- 10, resistance- 10. 28 minutes working out, 5 minute cool-down. Total miles run: 3.12. Total calories burned: 324. Spent 10 minutes stretching afterward.

June 16th: 33 minutes on the elliptical: ramp- 11, resistance- 11. 28 minutes working out, 5 minute cool-down. Total miles run: 2.99. Total calories burned: 312. Spent 10 minutes stretching afterward.

June 18th: 33 minutes on the elliptical: ramp- 10, resistance- 10. 28 minutes working out, 5 minute cool-down. Total miles run: 3.01. Total calories burned: 298. Spent 10 minutes stretching afterward, and walked around the indoor track once (1/4 mile).

June 19th: 33 minutes on the elliptical: ramp- varied between 8-11, resistance- varied between 10-12. 28 minutes spent working out, 5 minute cool-down. Total miles run: 3.02. Total calories burned: 324. 23 minutes on recumbent bike: goal heart rate- varied between 150-160. Spent 18 minutes working out, 5 minute cool down. Total miles pedaled: 2.3. Total calories burned: 77.

Billy Mays' autopsy results are in.

Oh my god, he died because his heart was too big. Jesus, they may as well have said he died of kindness or something.

REST IN PEACE, BILLY MAYS. FYI, I TALKED IN ALL CAPS FOR ALMOST AN HOUR WITH MY FRIEND NATE TODAY TO COMMEMORATE YOU.

Chris and Lola are gone. He officially moved out today, and took our dog with him.

I'm all alone now. For better or for worse, I guess. I opened his closet to see if he remembered everything, and seeing it all empty made me burst into tears. Won't be doing that again.

Also, listening to "Long December" by The Counting Crows (aka the saddest song ever) is a poor choice right now. Another poor choice is going to a friend's wedding on the same day that your ex moves out. A third is messing up your friendship with someone by making out with them, like I did with Bryan, who I'm pretty sure isn't my friend anymore.

Ugh. Bad day. I'm going to curl up in comfy pajamas and watch Momma Mia. Oh, to be young and single on a Saturday night...

LlamaChic8 (10:01:26 PM): here's what you should do right now
LlamaChic8 (10:01:28 PM): go to imeem.com
LlamaChic8 (10:01:32 PM): search for "booty call"
LlamaChic8 (10:01:34 PM): by g love
LlamaChic8 (10:01:36 PM): listen to it
LlamaChic8 (10:01:38 PM): ??????
LlamaChic8 (10:01:39 PM): profit
superjonisu (10:01:57 PM): profit?
LlamaChic8 (10:02:04 PM): eh, it's a joke
LlamaChic8 (10:02:09 PM): like, here's a plan:
LlamaChic8 (10:02:16 PM): Step 1: Get some bread
LlamaChic8 (10:02:25 PM): Step 2: put some jelly and peanut butter on the bread
LlamaChic8 (10:02:29 PM): Step 3: ?????
LlamaChic8 (10:02:31 PM): Step 4: Profit
LlamaChic8 (10:02:40 PM): it's the third step that always gets in the way
superjonisu (10:02:52 PM): got it
LlamaChic8 (10:02:55 PM): if you could figure out what the third step is, you'd always be able to profit off of anything
superjonisu (10:03:00 PM): like got some bread
superjonisu (10:03:12 PM): take it out of the bag
superjonisu (10:03:18 PM): grease the bag
superjonisu (10:03:28 PM): turn the couch around
superjonisu (10:03:46 PM): stuff bag between cushions
superjonisu (10:03:55 PM): turn on porn
superjonisu (10:04:00 PM): ??????????
superjonisu (10:04:04 PM): profit
LlamaChic8 (10:04:07 PM): yes, exactly
LlamaChic8 (10:04:20 PM): you'll be on your way to a million dollars just as soon as you figure out the missing step
superjonisu (10:04:22 PM): put bread back in bag
LlamaChic8 (10:04:28 PM): haha
superjonisu (10:05:07 PM): did you follow that? it's kinda gross and involves a dude humping his couch
LlamaChic8 (10:05:35 PM): yeah, i got it

Happy Father's Day!

And also, Happy Solstice!! Today is the longest day of the year-- we get more sunlight today than any other day. It's all downhill from here, folks. ....that wasn't supposed to be as depressing as it sounds. Whoops.

Uh, yay? :)

I hate Facebook's picture uploader, it's SO GODDAMN SLOW. Ugh.

Massive picture post, with life updates, coming soon!

I'm off to Summer Camp, bitches!!


FUCK YES.

I went home this weekend to spend time with my mom, since it's her birthday on Monday. My new job starts tomorrow (eek) and my classes resume on Tuesday, so there was no chance I'd be able to come home on her actual bday. I'm broke and destitute, so I made her dinner instead of buying her a gift. It turned out really, really nice-- I made chicken, seared it with some olive oil and onion, then dumped in a bunch of white wine, chicken broth, lemon juice, garlic, mushrooms, parley, sage, and celery salt. I served it over rice, with a nice salad. It was good! My whole family liked it, so yay. The only bad part was that when I tried to flambe the wine, it didn't catch on fire, so I just boiled off the alcohol instead. It all worked out, though.

It was nice to have something to do yesterday, because I was having a really sad day. On Friday, I felt fine about the whole Chris thing. I mean, not FINE, but okay. Yesterday, though, I just wanted to bawl the whole day. I felt insanely, uncomfortably guilty about breaking up with him. He made me a mix CD before I left for the weekend, and I kept listening to it because I feel so guilty. One of the songs is "I Can't Get Over You" by The Queers, which has these lines:

I know I'm stupid,
and I know you're gone.
I know a lot,
but I can't get over you.

And it breaks my heart, because what the fuck am I doing, really? I broke up with a guy who loves me, who knows me, who's seen my at my worst. Like, Chris knows my family. He knows the aunts that I hate, and which cousins' weddings I've been in. He's seen all my underwear, even the ugly pairs. The thought that I'll have to teach all those things to someone else is fucking exhausting. And I did it to myself.



I get the feeling I'm going to be using this icon a lot in the next few weeks. Sad, pensive Stamford!Jim FTW.

I know ya'll are busy squeeing over The Office season finale (I am too, in a way), so here's a fucking downer for ya.

Chris and I broke up yesterday. We were together for four years, two months, and nine days.



Back to the drawing board, I guess.

Cons: Chris and I are probably going to break up. I told him that I'm unhappy, and that I'm willing to stick it out for another month to see what happens. I don't know that I'll last the whole month.




Pros: I'm sitting on my couch, reading fanfic and enjoying my week off, and my puppy is sleeping on my feet and keeping them warm. So that's nice.

AAAHHHH holy fuck I'm done with my first year of grad school!

I had both of my finals yesterday, and now they're DONE and I'm DONE like a big, DONE thing.

I'll have my Master's in a year!!

I start my new job in two weeks!!

My thesis is going to be about porn!!

My professors like me!!



Life is pretty good right now. :D

This weekend has been good/bad/weird. The good/bad/weird parts keep coming in fits and bursts, you know?

THE GOOD:
Lina and Alissa came to town this weekend for IWU's graduation, which was AMAZING. The three of us were BFFs in college and spent pretty much all our free time together for four years, and then we graduated and they moved out of BNorm and abandoned me. :( Woe. BUT they came back this weekend, and we've been partying it up. Alissa and I went to the Community Production of Urinetown (BEST MUSICAL EVER), and then the three of us went out to the bars and hung out and danced our asses off for hours. We listened to a bunch of hippie music and boogied down! Then we hung out with our friend Derek, yukked it up, and then passed out. We were up until dawn, which was just amazing. I miss my ladies!!!

We went for breakfast this morning, which was also amazing. Then to graduation at IWU (our alma mater) which was interesting, since I didn't go to any graduations except my own. It was nice to see it from the other side, you know? And I got to see a bunch of people I haven't seen in a year, and it was nice to catch up with everyone. And my professors!! I saw SO MANY of my old professors, and they all remembered where I'm going to grad school and what I'm studying. It made me feel so awesome! I hung out with Brad, my thesis chair, and caught up with him for probably about half an hour. I miss him so much. He gives the greatest pep talks in the world, and he always makes me feel awesome about myself.

THE BAD:
I ran into the bitchy professor who wrote me shitty letters of rec as I was talking to Brad. And of course, she found a way to talk shit about my program. "So, how's ISU? Is it hard? Like, are the standards really high?" It was so fucking dumb, and the implication was clearly that she doubted that my grad program is teaching me anything. So I stayed judicial and just told her how much I love my program, and how prepared I feel after graduating from IWU. And THEN, she fucking asks me to compare ISU and IWU and tell her which one is more difficult. ....uh, the one where I'm completing advanced study, would be my guess. Clearly your graduate program wasn't too great if you can doubt that a Master's program is harder than a Bachelor's. So again, I stayed neutral and told her that parts of ISU are easier (since the study is focused on counseling, that's easier in a way than taking four classes in four different departments, like in undergrad), and parts are harder (the intensity, depth, and amount of the work). She shrugged and walked away. So there, you cunt. I'm not going to give you any material to use against me, mmkay?

THE WEIRD:
Just being at IWU in general. Being at graduation. Thinking that I've been a college graduate for a whole year. Remembering who I was a year ago, and realizing who I am now. It's one of those weekends.

Ok, off to study. Two finals tomorrow oh fuck.

This song is amazing.

I'm going to tell you about something that's been bothering me.

My birthday was April 13th. Nobody on my flist posted anything wishing me a happy birthday.

I'm not mad. Ya'll are ridiculously busy right now, and I know a lot of you have a shit-ton on your plates. Some of you, I know in RL (and you all threw me a fucking awesome party, so yay!) It's ok, seriously.

It's just... I don't know some of you well at all, but others of you I feel like we've clicked, and I've chatted, fangirled, and squeed with lots of you. I've posted special things on your birthdays. And like, LJ sends out reminders when someone on your flist is getting close to having a birthday, so...

Ugh. Like I said, I'm not mad. I know it probably seems that way. It's just been on and off my mind for the last few days, and now I guess today is someone's birthday (Hi, person who's not on my flist, but is on the flist of several of my friends!), and seeing all of the well-wishes for her has made me feel a little off. That's all, really.

I really hope I didn't piss you off by posting this. Please don't throw garbage at me.

ETA: Ahhh holy crap you guys! :D Thanks for all the comments!

I really don't want anyone to feel bad about this, at ALL. Like I said, I know ya'll are really busy. And apparently I'm the only person in LJ-Land who still gets birthday notifications emailed to her. I'm so passe, right?

I hate posting emo entries like this. I don't like feeling as though I'm being needy or attention-seeking. In my line of work, those are pretty much the two most obnoxious personality traits a person can have. I more or less just wanted to be honest about what I was feeling, and find out if there was any particular reason why people didn't post. I'm really glad to know that it wasn't because I pissed anybody off or put my foot in my mouth or whatever. :D

This weekend was pretty awesome.

Kat and I hung out all weekend. Like, we literally have not been apart since 6:30 on Friday evening. So, pretty much, we spent the last 48 hours together. And it was EPIC AND AMAZING. :D

On Friday we watched Slumdog Millionaire, which I LOVED so much and I wish I could wear saris and dance in train stations every day. And we rented Space Ghost Coast to Coast and relived the glory days of Adult Swim on Cartoon Network, which was awesome. I was supposed to hang out with someone else yesterday, but that never happened so Kat and I just continued our night of awesomeness into a whole weekend. Last night we watched The Reader and made french fries and chicken strips, and today we watched Erin Brockevitch and ate even more junkfood. Then we did a shit-ton of homework together and gossiped about the cohort (*waves at awoodnymph, gamies, and lyricsbylauren*). Now we're doing more homework and kicking more ass.

All in all, it's been a fucking awesome weekend of relaxing awesomeness. So yay!!!

Go there and tell me what you think of me!

Usually, my monthly check from the university is $490 and some change. I'm supposed to get $540 a month, but after taxes and everything it comes to slightly less than $500.

This month, I got payed $523.80. Yay? It's an extra thirty bucks, which is SWEEEEET. I think Obama signed a bill, or something? And that's why he's the greatest president-- I just got an extra thirty bucks to spend when I go out to celebrate my birthday this weekend. Obama pretty much just paid to get me loaded this weekend. Thanks, President Obama!!

Also, I had two overdraft fees for a stupid error I made in my banking. They each came to $34.00, so a total of $68. I called my bank and begged a banker to refund the charges. After twenty minutes of begging, sucking up, and posturing, he FINALLY agreed to refund ONE of the charges. But apparently he had a change of heart (or made a stupid error himself), because BOTH of my overdraft fees got refunded!!!

Seriously, this has been a really good day. Yay Tuesday!

Soooo I've been pretty dead to LJ for the past week or so. Sorry! I've been hellaciously busy, but overall I've been really happy. I tend to blog less when I'm feeling good. Know what I mean?

So, here's the good news:

ME AND CHRIS ADOPTED A DOG!! Her name is Lola, she's supposedly a retriever/beagle mix (but we both see a lot of terrier in her, and I think she's got some spaniel blood, too), she's amazing, the biggest sweetie in the world, and we love her so much. I'll post pictures later tonight! She's really just the sweetest dog. She loves going to the dog park to play with the other dogs, playing fetch and tug of war, and snuggling. She's my sweet girl!! When I have babies, if I love them even a tenth as much as I love this dumb dog, they're gonna be spoiled rotten. :)

We've had Lola for a little over a week now, and she's finally getting really adjusted to our routine. Seriously guys, she's the best little lady. I can't wait to post pictures for you!

What else. I got a 97% on a Counseling exam, w00t! I got to see my parents last weekend. Chris and I are doing really well. This semester is almost over! I'm pretty sure I got the job I wanted for next year.

Fuck, I dunno. It's just been a great couple of days!