http://sjworksitout.wordpress.com RUNNING, SINGLE LIVING, AND OTHER RECENT CHALLENGES Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:10:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ok i know i haven't written in two weeks. And i'm not going to write for two more. BUT when i do get back in two weeks, I'll have lots to say about moonlit accordion music  and gelato and shopping and history and traveling with friends and flying and eating and eating and eating ... http://sjworksitout.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/apologies/ I love nerd camp. Nowhere else do I get to see 330 kids do Japanese Taiso on MU’s quad in the morning, teach a class and watch students get excited about writing / designing the MSA newspaper, hold a discussion on facebook and philanthropy (learning some cool new websites for myself ... http://sjworksitout.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/on-nerdcamp-on-randomness-on-eating-veggie/ 1)  It's summer dishes time again!  My favorite aisles at Target and Wal-Mart are filled with colorful plastic kitchenware...all for 1.99 or less. 2)  Foxboro Hottubs:  Green Day does 60s rock = my new summer soundtrack. 3)  Good friends who love nerdy board games.  Favorites:  Apples to Apples, Quiddler, Settlers of Catan, ... http://sjworksitout.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/things-worth-getting-excited-about/ It is past 3:00 a.m., and with the weekend I have ahead of me (bachelorette weekend! wine! friends! catching up!) I should be asleep.  But for good reason I'm not tired. Just saw The Sex and The City Movie, and it is perfect.  It is all that I hoped it would ... http://sjworksitout.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/i-couldnt-help-but-wonder/ Back to the blogging roots...a few notes on running: iMix: The best is yet to come---michael buble You know me---the format Somebody told me---killers Rebellion---arcade fire The last time---gnarls barkley Closer to mercury---wheat Be gentle with me---the boys least likely to if you really love me---stevie wonder Running. I'm happily addicted once again. I don't know how I was able ... http://sjworksitout.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/sometimes-life-listens/ Now don't get any ideas, dear reader.  It is springtime in Springtown, and what with all the green grass and bunnies hopping and clear nights fit for strolling, a single girl's in extreme danger of getting a little antsy.  But the love I'm talking about has nothing to do with ... http://sjworksitout.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/im-kind-of-in-love/ Ok, so I'm a little behind on posts.  Please forgive. Just thought everyone should know, if you search for "bitchin running shorts" on google, my blog is on the first page of search results.  Something about that makes me very, very happy. Lately people have also done A LOT of linking from ... http://sjworksitout.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/ha/ Ok here's the scoop.  I'm super-tired.  But I promised that I'd write something every day for volunteer week, so today I will just be lazy and share some good volunteering websites with you.  Check 'em out! Volunteer Match Donation Dashboard Don't Almost Give Art for Change 826 Valencia All this reminds me that I am very ... http://sjworksitout.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/blogiving-thursday-edition/ I realize I would be doing a disservice to National Volunteer Week to only talk about giving money, when there are zillions of other ways to give and serve.  Philanthropy, after all, is at its base a LOVE of PEOPLE.  And you can love people for free. (Quick tangent. Indulge me. ... http://sjworksitout.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/blogiving-its-not-all-about-money/ I was only able to catch a few minutes of IDOL GIVES BACK this year, but the show delivered enough warm-fuzzy moments and celebrity cameos to make my little heart happy.  (I stumbled upon it during last year's Idol season, and I remember loving Ellen's quirky co-hosting and also crying ... http://sjworksitout.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/blogumbo-2/