"i woke up to this" written by Lilho on estrip.org

05/01/08 09:48 - 47ºF - ID#44205

i woke up to this

i am scarred for life. and scared for life as well.

i found a scorp in my bathtub this morning. at quarter to 6. not really awake, but that did the trick.

i was peeing and there it was. thankgod my bathroom is being redone and i can't use my shower, imagine if i had gotten in the tub...

the momma ho was here and i swiftly woke her and she saved the day with her amazing shoe smashing techniques.

i must get strong and learn to smash as well, if i want to survive this rugged desert life.

it kinda looked like this. it makes me want to puke.

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Category: school

04/28/08 05:22 - 44ºF - ID#44171

a little bit proud

sometimes we get lame projects in class. so, i made this video, and i had to remake it.

i think it turned out pretty nice. it made my mom cry. she's sappy. but it makes me cry too.

i love kids. especially ones that need help.

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Category: work

04/22/08 02:31 - 74ºF - ID#44099

good news! hopefully.

it looks like my wish may be granted. i am really hoping that the job with the hospital comes through. it would mean full-time with benefits, if i want, or i can stay on as pool and keep the higher pay rate. either way it's a sweet deal. i would make between 30 and 40 grand a year. not bad for a student.

i could pay for school out of pocket and start saving money and even pay off loans and credit card debt. i know it would be a lot of responsibility, and hard work, but i think i am up for the challenge!

also, i received a 100 on my presentation today! score!

if i get the job, some serious celebration will be needed soon.

this also means i must quit/cut back at other job. i will give the family through the summer to find someone else, and i think that is pretty fair.

if i work two jobs, it will be insane, like working 6 or 7 days a week, but that mad cash money. as much as i hate the thought, money really does help, and financial freedom is my goal.

i am speaking too much like a real adult, so i have to end this post.

ps. i love bacon, and that will never change.

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04/17/08 03:16 - 69ºF - ID#44036

if you set a time and date, stick to it

people are being shady this week. i'm always shady, but when it comes to setting a time and date, i commit.

1.) i had a date, but he didn't pick up when i called him after work. i gave him 45 minutes, and then ditched that plan to hang with another guy. if you don't get right back to me, i make other plans.

2.) my boss wants me to call her, and she doesn't pick up or call back. wtf?

3.) i am supposed to go on a fun field trip to the giant mexican market, and i show up at the school today. it turns out, the teacher repeatedly told me the wrong day. she said, friday about 20 times, and friday is tomorrow. today is thursday. please, get your days and times straight lady. of course, no one in the office believed me, and she won't either. i never would have said i could go on thursdays, as i have class and work later, and friday is my only day off.

so, what does this teach us? don't flake out people. if you make a date, stick to it, or else i find fun elsewhere.

p.s. i am now obsessed with shopping online, and have made at least three purchases this week, including clothing, beauty products, and footwear. i need help for my addiction.

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04/06/08 06:09 - 63ºF - ID#43927

i didn't cut out alcohol

i drank last night. but only two shots and a beer. omg a beer!!!

i think it's ok though, i hiked 4 miles, four time this week. that's 16 miles.

i didn't hike this morning. i went to sleep at 6, only to wake up at 8:45, with a loud banging on my window. i quickly got dressed and answered the door. it's the tile guy and his son, and they are here to work in the bathroom.

great. i prob reek of booze and club, and i didn't wash my face, so i looked like a cheap whore who just got raped.

anyway, i pulled myself together, and made myself respectable. i played with the little boy. he loves photo booth, and gremlins, and cats, and milk. we walked up the hill to the mailbox to check the mail. he told his daddy i am "bonita". he's four. haha! he was so cute, i just wanted to hug him and kiss him.

i love kids.

anyway, the tile guy is hot, and he works at the hospital where i do. he's a nurse by day, jack of all trades by night apparently.

he is married. but he does always say how pretty i am. i would never, ever. but it is fun to think about!

that being said, i should focus more on the hiking. i got new shoes yesterday, $100. dayum, i better have some mad hiking super powers now. i can't wait to try them out tomorrow morning!!!!!!!

the fact that the little half spanish son of my co-worker called me "bonita", totally made my day. it's just so cute!!!!

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Category: ocean

04/05/08 12:04 - 39ºF - ID#43910

it's been way too long

i am going to nc for my cousin's wedding mid may.

i haven't been there since i was 16.

i haven't swam in the ocean since then.

i also have an excuse to buy a perty new dress!!! i am going to wait until the week before, because hopefully i will look somewhat different/more fit, and i can buy a size smaller!

maybe a miracle will happen and i will regain a part of me that was lost when i stopped seeing and feeling the ocean. i miss it so much.

a reminder that i also have six weeks to get into beach shape! oh no!

ps. i have actually gained weight, and i'm hoping it's muscle. i look better though, so i'm not too worried about numbers.

i think i've decided to cut out alcohol. oh well, that doesn't mean i can't have other things!

ocean here i come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Category: fitness

04/04/08 05:41 - 43ºF - ID#43906

questions.

so i am now fitness obsessed. i am wondering, what is my calorie intake supposed to be.

i read that you shouldn't go under 1200 a day. that's about where i am at, with like 3.6 miles hikes 5 times a week, and weights and all that mumbo jumbo in between.

i just don't want to be under the limit so i stop burning...

who knows???

james writes at 09:28:52 04/04/08 - Comment #33505: There is no easy answer to that question. It depends on so many different things. Height, current weight, activity level, sex, age, and fitness goals.

First, get your basil metabolic rate. You can do that at this site :::link:::

That is the minimum number of calories a day you need just to survive. If you were in a coma, this is what you would need to not burn muscle and brains.

Next, you can figure out how many calories per day you should have in a day for all those above mentioned qualifiers. Do so here :::link:::

But, with weight loss there is a real simple rule I like to keep in mind. It takes an hour of intense cardio to burn 800 calories but only a minute to eat them.

I recommend you keep track of the amount of calories you have in a day. :::link::: That site has free calorie tracking web-based software. It is real easy to use, you can track what you ate for weeks at a time.

It sounds like you are walking a lot, but doing resistance training with those weights will do a world of good.

Also, to maximize the effect of your cardio read up on High Intensity Interval Training. It is the most effective way to burn calories, improve cardio-vascular health, while not burning muscle mass. Just google the sucker.

jenks writes at 06:44:42 04/04/08 - Comment #33500: regardless of number of calories, you shouldn't lose more than 1-2 lb/week.
I'd say 1200 is a good lower limit.

carolinian writes at 05:57:20 04/04/08 - Comment #33495: Judging from my appearance, I'm obviously not an expert or anything, but I think that there are no successful diets, just successful changes of lifestyle. What's most important about any real attempt to change your body is that you feel okay with it and are able to sustain it until they stick you in Forest Lawn.

My advice is that you not worry about calorie burning right now and concentrate on making your exercise schedule consistent and turn it into a daily habit in your life that you do and don't really even think about. A lot of people start exercising and never develop a consistent habit and then stop altogether, and that's a lot worse than having a consistent habit and not (initially) burning the desired number of calories.

Guess I should try taking my own advice this weekend. Maybe we need to create an (e:strip) Fit Club (like Celebrity Fit Club) to encourage each other.

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04/03/08 01:39 - 28ºF - ID#43880

the old days

i was just looking back at (e:paul)'s old journals. it makes me miss the old days. and also not miss the old days, due to the shitty condition of my life.

the only part of my life that could be considered any part shitty now is the act that i miss my friends. and everyone is so skinny here, that i now only eat fat free and salads, and hike a million miles so i can lose 15 lbs and look super hot in my bikini.

workouts are my new boyfriend. screw dates, who has time for that when you need to complete a 2 hr workout? maybe i can have workout dates now or something...

i think i will visit blo in june................

HOORAY!

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03/31/08 09:35 - 55ºF - ID#43853

allergies

im really sick of this whole wildflower, prettiness bloom that has hit the phoenix area. while the hills are alive with the sound of pollen, my head is alive with the sound of misery.

im pretty sure my massive allergy attack had led to a vicious sinus infection.

wtf??? i thought my allergies would be better here, and they have been, but now i am being attacked.

i think it's becasue we had a record amount of rainfall this winter, and things are now blooming.

this has foiled my hiking everyday plan, and i struggle to make it through the day.

i don't want to take antibiotics again, and pseudophed(sp?), makes me crazy and sleepless.

so, now i must ho find a natural cure.

i just read this thing about salt caves, and supposedly they are really great for breathing and allergy issues, but the closest one in still far...

help!!!!!

i will hike tomorrow morning if it kills me, i can't take the sedentary lifestyle anymore! (it's only been three days.)

i would like to live in a bubble.

this photo i stole online, but these are the same damn yellow flowers that are hindering my well-being. i hate them. forever. it's like i am constantly walking through a field of wildflowers, which i think is like number one on my allergies list, maybe even worse than cats. but i still hate cats more. i hate the flowers second.

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03/29/08 11:47 - 29ºF - ID#43821

a message?

so, i haven't blogged in a while. im preoccupied with life or something i guess.

i ditched the mormon, the way he spoke to me was not ok. plus, im prtty sure that he thinks women are here to serve men. f that. i will serve no one. ok, maybe my mom, but that's it. the rest of you can serve yourself.

everything else here is just dandy. im obsessed with hiking now, and try to go 5 times a week. it's an intense work out, and who knows what this mad fitness streak will lead to.

i love arizona.

i did not love this message:

"f you wanna some sex by webcamera, just wright me: cz1000 AT mail.ru and we will spend very good and tender evening together"

wtf? i never get messages, and now i get this? can someone send me a nice friendly message so it can negate that one? please.

here's a pic of the place where i hike:

terry writes at 09:45:50 04/01/08 - Comment #33343: you can't quite say that (e:jenks) is 100% false (e:joshua). Mormons really do believe that God was once like us and we can be like him. In other words the possibility for god-hood does exist, with the possibility of "ruling your own planet". And while women may be "equal" and "sealed" to their husbands, there is a very strong tradition of women taking on a woman's role (ie: mother, housekeeper) and deferring to the husband's judgement in most other areas. Again, not all Momos are like that, but it's there. An example is that only men can enter into the Priesthood, which bestows them with powers (offering blessings and healing by laying on of hands, etc.) that women cannot have. Also, the organizational structure of the chirch puts the men into the priesthood and women into what's called the "relief society" where, in my experience, they baked cookies and organized events. Every Sunday after the main service the men go to one room to discuss priestly matters and the women go into another to plan the next bake sale (to be honest, they may do other things too, as a boy I was never allowed in there).

joshua writes at 05:46:13 03/31/08 - Comment #33327: Jenks - having a Mormon for an uncle I can tell you that this is 100% unequivocally false and probably came from someone who is totally ignorant of religion let alone the wild and wacky world of Mormonism!

The truth is that Mormons believe strongly in the concept of God's house "having many mansions" as Jesus says in the Bible. What they are referring to are different levels of heaven that people get slotted into depending on how well, pious they've been. The idea that women are not spiritual equals is false. Its incredibly important for Mormons to be "sealed" in heaven with their wife or husband - its a bond similar to marriage except more intense: when they say forever, they really mean forever. When my grandpa died it was important for my uncle to seal my grandpa and grandma before he actually passed on. I see it as his own religious imposition on a man who thought Mormonism was silly and crazy up to the day of his death, but whatever.

jenks writes at 05:13:22 03/29/08 - Comment #33247: i've been meaning to look it up to confirm it, b/c all the mormons I know are SUPER nice, but someone was telling me that they believe that when they die they go to their own special PLANET and rule it, and that women can't go to their planets til their men "call them" there.

WTF?! sounds redic, hope it's not true...

brit writes at 02:43:03 03/29/08 - Comment #33238: be careful on them trails ho! I wanna go hiking when I come visit.... maybe less of an intense workout for me and more of a fat bastard wobble down the hill with a bottle of wine though?

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