tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75164931061041442072024-03-19T06:00:27.530-04:00être svelteparisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-8635546518757879822012-03-22T22:31:00.001-04:002012-03-22T22:31:22.821-04:00Somehow I've found motivation?!I'm so exhausted right now, I'm at the point of delirium.<br />
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I am so fucking proud of myself for this week.<br />
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I haven't eaten meat in a week! I've stuck with it!<br />
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I feel awesome!<br />
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I have so much energy (with the exception of right now), I am finally feeling like I don't need amphetamines in order to be productive, I've been keeping the house clean, and...<br />
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Working out every day and staying within my calorie range.<br />
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Needless to say, I'm pretty excited.<br />
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It's been such a long time since I've actually taken weight loss, dieting, and exercise seriously.<br />
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It seriously got to the point where I thought I'd never lose weight again and somehow my weight loss last summer was some freak accident that wasn't meant to happen.<br />
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Right now, it's a bit of a waiting game to see a change on the scale.<br />
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I've been trying to cut out my dear, dear love Diet Coke and coffee, so I've been drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day.<br />
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I'm afraid I might be retaining water right now, especially my muscles since I've just started working out again.<br />
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I think I'm going to wait until <i>next</i> Friday to do an official weigh-in to give my body some extra time to adjust to it's new active, healthy lifestyle.<br />
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I will post again soon when I am not half asleep and drooling on my keyboard.<br />
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</div>parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-85639755779967739802012-03-18T17:35:00.004-04:002012-03-22T22:31:02.120-04:00Goin' GreenWell...<br />
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It's been a while.<br />
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Hello, again, Bloggerland!<br />
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I tried the lithium for two weeks and then, successfully, lobbied my psychiatrist to put me on Wellbutrin instead.<br />
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I haven't seen a huge change yet, but I've only been on it for a week.<br />
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I've also taken a rather huge step in stopping my Vyvanse. While I do have ADHD, I think I've been using amphetamines for a long time as a crutch - especially for controlling my eating.<br />
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The first few days were utter hell.<br />
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I was constantly fatigued, distracted and felt like I could barely function at work. Not to mention eating everything within sight.<br />
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But now that I've gotten past that, I finally feel like my personality is coming back.<br />
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I'm not nearly as numbed as I was before - I actually laugh and goof around and feel like myself when I'm at work, which has gone a long way in helping me tolerate my job.<br />
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Now that I can't rely on drugs to control my eating, I have to actually pay attention to what I'm putting in my body. I can't just live off coffee with Splenda and one Healthy Choice frozen dinner to get me through the day at work - so I'm starting to plan meals and recipes and have been making, if I do say so myself, some bomb-ass grocery lists.<br />
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With this renewed interest in calorie counting, healthy eating, weight loss, etc., the boyfriend and I have been doing our research.<br />
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I'm the type of person that needs boundaries.<br />
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Huge. frightening. restrictive. BOUNDARIES.<br />
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I cannot be trusted to be left alone in a house full of food unless I have some very specific restrictions on what is acceptable and unacceptable for me to shove in my face.<br />
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It's purely psychological.<br />
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If I tell myself that I can't eat something, for whatever arbitrary reason it may be, then I will magically have the willpower to not eat said item.<br />
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Vaguely telling myself that I'm simply "on a diet" does nothing when I'm face-to-face in a brutal stare down with a cupcake.<br />
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To that end, we've been watching healthy eating documentaries all weekend on Netflix - hey, my ass may be on the couch, but learning about nutrition is a much more productive use of my ass-on-couch time than watching Portlandia...<br />
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So far, I can cross <i><a href="http://www.takepart.com/foodinc" target="_blank">Food, Inc.</a></i>, <i><a href="http://www.fatsickandnearlydead.com/" target="_blank">Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead</a></i>, and <i><a href="http://www.forksoverknives.com/" target="_blank">Forks Over Knives</a></i> off my Netflix Instant Queue.<br />
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I feel like I am an educated dieter.<br />
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I know the horrors of the meat industry.<br />
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I know that a plant-based lifestyle is much healthier than the alternative.<br />
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I know all of this - yet I still do not live in that fashion.<br />
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I still eat fast food at least 3 times a week.<br />
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I still eat processed junk foods.<br />
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I still guzzle sugar and fat like a kid with free reign in a Krispy Kreme.<br />
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But that is going to change.<br />
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I'm turning the boyfriend on to the idea of adopting a vegetarian lifestyle - and he's excited because this means that I'll actually start cooking more.<br />
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So far, I have enticed him to the green side with Vegetarian Shepard's Pie, in honor of yesterday being St. Paddy's Day, and Vegetarian Chili with Creamy Corn Bread for lunch today.<br />
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He has challenged me to make something delicious with tofu, and, if accomplished, he will join me in living completely vegetarian.<br />
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We are also working towards a goal of eventually cutting out all processed foods and living the whole food way.<br />
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Instead of my first choice for lunch during a hectic work day being joining my coworkers for Wendy's or Burger King, I'll have the convenient excuse of "I'm a vegetarian" to bolster my willpower to eat something healthy.<br />
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The lowest I got from the last round of weight loss was 116 lbs.<br />
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I've been back at 125 lbs for the last several months, which is intensely disheartening.<br />
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Out of 25 lbs lost, I've gained back 10 lbs.<br />
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It's certainly better than going all the way back up to 140 lbs, but it's still disappointing to see the scale going higher.<br />
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My new goal is lose 20 lbs by my 21st birthday - June 30th - and drop the scale to 105 lbs.<br />
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20 lbs in 15 weeks means that I'll need to lose 1.33 lbs/week, which is completely doable.<br />
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I'm back on a 1,200 calorie/day eating regimen and am hoping to get back in the working out saddle.<br />
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The boyfriend and I sprung for some tennis rackets the other day and broke them out yesterday for a game of tennis at our complex's courts.<br />
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So, here goes nothing!<br />
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Wish me luck, ladies!<br />
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</div>parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-85618195692122303952012-02-19T00:03:00.000-05:002012-02-19T00:03:27.136-05:00WonderlandI had a chat with my psychiatrist on Friday.<br />
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It went how it usually does.<br />
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Asking me basic questions.<br />
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Being surprised that I have a job. (This part never gets old.)<br />
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Ending with adding a new medication to my cocktail of psychiatrics.<br />
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This time, <i>drum roll please</i>, I get lithium.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As if it's not hilarious enough that pictures of Kurt Cobain flood Google image searches on lithium,<br />the name of this picture, originally used on a university webpage about the usage of lithium<br />as a pharmaceutical, simply names this picture 'Lithium Guy', seemingly unaware<br />that this 'Lithium Guy' is, in fact, the most famous user of lithium. Ever.</td></tr>
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Now I get stuck with the mood stabilizer from the 1800s.<br />
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Thanks.<br />
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I'm about 99.9% positive that my psychiatrist thinks that I'm bipolar.<br />
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And I'm about 99.9% positive that I'm not.<br />
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But never one to reject a chance to try out a new pharmaceutical, I suppose I'll give it a good two weeks and see if it has any discernible effect other than making me thirsty and fat.<br />
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Because that's what lithium is good at.<br />
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Making you thirsty and fat.<br />
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Oh, and fucking up your kidneys.<br />
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And... building up to toxic levels and, y'know, killing you.<br />
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So there's that.<br />
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But my dear psychiatrist thinks that I only need to be on a "little bit" of medications (which I'm sure is why I'm on the highest dosage of Vyvanse).<br />
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So my dosage should be low enough that it won't kill me.<br />
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And, in my opinion, low enough that it probably won't have any effect.<br />
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I guess we'll see.<br />
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Personally, I'm banking on this not working so that I can propose being put on Wellbutrin.<br />
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</div>parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-36482178259104513252012-02-06T20:14:00.000-05:002012-02-06T20:14:09.731-05:00I've crept back...I'm beginning to hate my job, mostly because it's making me hate myself.<br />
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I'm not good enough.<br />
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I'm not smart enough.<br />
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More than that - I'm brilliant. I'm skilled. I'm talented.<br />
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But I'm lazy.<br />
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I'm overworked.<br />
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I have this one client in particular who is on a quest to be the douche-iest douche bag of them all.<br />
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His company sends me art briefs on a daily basis.<br />
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"Make this! Make that! Whoops, we forgot some business cards we need made. Oh yeah! And this rush job that has to be done tomorrow morning!"<br />
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-- It's... 5:30 p.m....<br />
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<b>BUT WE'RE ON PACIFIC TIME!!!</b><br />
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So I get to work an hour early every day.<br />
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Leave 15 minutes late every afternoon.<br />
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Finish what work I can from home at night.<br />
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Every. Single. Fucking. Day.<br />
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The other day, the big douche client - who happens to be the representative for the biggest company our agency has - calls to discuss some pieces.<br />
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We had sent him two versions already and he was pissed.<br />
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"IT'S A WASTE OF MY TIME IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP SENDING ME PIECES I HATE. YOU OBVIOUSLY NEED MORE DESIGN DIRECTION. NO, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU. I'M GOING TO TELL YOUR BOSS SO THAT IT WILL ACTUALLY GET DONE."<br />
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Yeah...<br />
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You do that....<br />
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Go tell my boss who is so absorbed with event planning and getting new clients to even recognize that we have major issues with current clients.<br />
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Like she's going to take the time out of her day to babysit you.<br />
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So Tweedle-Dee finally gives some design direction and... voila, the piece is perfect.<br />
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It's amazing how when clients ask for what they want, they get what they want.<br />
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My client has yet to learn this, and has assigned us a 104 piece art brief with.... no design direction or copy!<br />
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And all of it is due in the next two weeks!<br />
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So after three weeks of having the client from hell under my wings, I <span style="font-size: xx-small;">maybe, sort of, kind of</span> had a total breakdown.<br />
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In front of my boss.<br />
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We were on a conference call with Sir Dick and he pointed out that on one of the pieces we designed we used the wrong photos.<br />
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"Really? Your team can do better than that. I'm disappointed."<br /><br />
The instant the phone call was over, Boss Lady immediately turned at me with flames in her eyes.<br />
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"WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?! THERE IS NO REASON THAT THIS SHOULD EVER HAPPEN."<br />
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Boss Lady's assistant, and the former Account Executive for the client, piped up. Trying to explain that it was just a mock-up of what we would be doing with the other pieces to illustrate what they would look like with pictures.<br />
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Boss Lady cuts in.<br />
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"NO!"<br />
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"NO!"<br />
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"[etre svelte], YOU'RE THE ONE WORKING ON THIS ACCOUNT NOW. WHY DID THIS GET SENT THROUGH? WHY WERE THOSE PICTURES USED?"<br />
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Well... uhh.... I know..... I know that the designer was doing it as a mock up.... and I think he was just afraid that his initial piece would be rejected because.... because it was so minimalistic.... so I think he just wanted to include something to show that there would be pictures in the rest of the campaign......<br />
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Commence completely embarrassing emotional breakdown in front of Boss Lady and her assistant.<br />
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It. Was. Awful.<br />
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I spent the entire rest of the day on edge.<br />
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Literally just sitting in my cubicle, trying to type up emails to clients and just stopping and crying.<br />
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Walking outside to have a cigarette to calm my nerves and just crying.<br />
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Microwaving my Lean Cuisine in the break room and turning my head so that no one walking in to get a cup of coffee would see the baby tears running down my face.<br />
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The rest of the day, Boss Lady's assistant kept reassuring me. Asking me if I should just go home for the rest of the day.<br />
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I hate that.<br />
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Pity.<br />
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So I'm stressed out about work and that just happened to be the straw that broke the camel's back.<br />
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I'm not a nutcase.<br />
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I can finish a day at work.<br />
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It was just some uncomfortable crying in front of co-workers.<br />
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And it left me feeling like I was going to have a panic attack all day...<br />
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Y'know...<br />
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No big deal.<br />
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I ended up getting anxious on Sunday, dreading going back to work after the Friday Cry-day fiasco.<br />
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Popped some Klonopin to soothe my nerves.<br />
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Started crying.<br />
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Popped some more Klonopin to soothe my nerves.<br />
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Started crying.<br />
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Just one more oughta do it....<br />
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I barely remember yesterday.<br />
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Apparently I went to the gym, not that I have any real recollections of when, or what I did, or how many calories I burned.<br />
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I woke up this morning a groggy beast of beastiness.<br />
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Went to work and slummed through the day.<br />
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Taking breaks to rest my head on my desk and question why the fuck I do what I do.<br />
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Hopefully I'll get over this soon.<br />
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I'm so embarrassed, I can barely look at Lady Boss any more.<br />
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I feel like a fragile little fucksack.<br />
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For once in my life, I'd like to feel emotionally stable.<br />
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Just. once.<br />
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It's been a while.<br />
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More than a while.<br />
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But I got the job!<br />
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So I'm working full time now, in addition to the housekeeping and babysitting gigs.<br />
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And school.<br />
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Yay......<br />
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But, surprisingly enough, that is not the biggest news as of late.<br />
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I've been having random, annoying medical issues for the past few months.<br />
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Overheating, stomach pains, and nausea at night before bed.<br />
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Stomach pains and nausea after eating.<br />
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Random bowel issues I won't go into.<br />
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So I finally saw a doctor and the consensus is......<br />
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<i>Drumrollllllll, pleaseeeee</i>.....<br />
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Well there isn't one.<br />
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He's doing a metric ass ton of blood tests to check me for a myriad of problems.<br />
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I feel like I'm on a twisted game show.<br />
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Throwing darts on a spinning wheel to see what terrible diagnosis I'll get.<br />
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It could be HYPOTHYROIDISM!<br />
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Or even HYPOPITUITARISM!<br />
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Or possibly GALLSTONES!<br />
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But the stomach issues, at least, are most likely caused by CELIAC DISEASE!<br />
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Fuck yeah, gluten intolerance!<br />
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The one thing on the list that there aren't accurate tests for, just my luck.<br />
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The only real way to find out - short of slicing out a piece of my small intestine and doing a biopsy, which even then isn't totally accurate because it only tests for inflammation without regards to the cause - is to put me on a totally gluten-free diet for at least four weeks and see if my symptoms clear up.<br />
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No magic pills here.<br />
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Just shitty tasting rice bread and bland food from vegetarian restaurants.<br />
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Don't get me wrong, I like health foods.<br />
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I love shopping at Whole Foods, I'm a proud soy milk drinker, and vegan/vegetarian restaurants are right up my alley.<br />
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BUT HOLY FUCKING GOD.<br />
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My diet for the past two days has been miserable meal after meal of blandness.<br />
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It's also been incredibly healthy.<br />
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Considering I can't suck down carbs like the out of control glutton that I am, I've been eating much more fruits and vegetables.<br />
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Salads even!<br />
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Though, salads are tricky.<br />
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Half of our damn salad dressings contained gluten, so I had to carefully go through the ingredient lists on each one and label the safe dressings.<br />
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Thank you maltodextrin, dextrin, and modified food starch.<br />
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You make life easy, donchya!<br />
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This is going to be a long and tedious four weeks, not to mention expensive.<br />
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I spent $5 on a loaf of gluten-free bread, the cheapest one they had at Whole Foods, only to come home and make a sandwich and realize that they were passing off compressed sawdust for bread.<br />
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Worst. Sandwich. Ever.<br />
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I've even tried dining at vegan restaurants around my office for lunch, only to find out that all of their gluten-free options are a fucking joke.<br />
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Java's Famous Quinoa Salad, my ass.<br />
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Sounds great on the menu, but once you're sitting in front of probably a pound of quinoa with sparse bits of tomato, avacado, and feta, you realize that, not only will you never in a million years be able to eat that much grain, but that when they say Quinoa Salad they just mean Quinoa.<br />
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Even the basalmic-esque dressing it came with couldn't make it palatable enough for me to finish.<br />
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Or enjoy.<br />
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So I tried the other vegan/health food restaurant around the corner - yeah, it's a good area to work if you don't eat meat - and I tried their gluten-free salmon patty.<br />
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I'm beginning to notice a trend in these gluten-free foods.<br />
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It's called, "Well we know this one ingredient is gluten-free, so let's make a dish with exclusively that and slap the word 'patty' or 'salad' on the end to make people think there's more to it."<br />
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I'm a salmon patty kind of person.<br />
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I'm not a salmon shaped in a patty kind of person.<br />
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I would like some veganaise, celery, carrots, and pickle relish, thank you very much.<br />
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It should not taste like I'm biting into the side of a fish.<br />
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The only reprieve I've found in the world of gluten-free substitutions for normal food is this:<br />
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Deliciousness!</div>
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It tastes like actual pizza!</div>
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Or, in my case, chicken <i>and</i> cheese.</div>
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And barbecue sauce.</div>
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On a pizza.</div>
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Waiting on this four weeks to be over to see if there's any change.</div>
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Waiting for the test results to come back to see if there's anything else wrong with me.</div>
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For those of you winners that haven't yet emailed me your mailing address... you can still do so at <a href="mailto:misadventurescc@gmail.com">this address</a>.<br />
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And hurry! Because my self-control is waning and I've got tons of makeup goodies just sitting around waiting for me to break down and open them!<br />
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Before I review the makeup for you guys, let me again reiterate (redundant, no?) for those of you that don't know, I'm a member of <a href="http://www.bzzagent.com/">BzzAgent</a>, a word-of-mouth marketing firm that lets it's users participate in campaigns to try out new products and give honest feedback. I was selected to be a member of the Maybelline Baby Lips and Lots of Lashes campaign so I received these products for free.<br />
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I love it! - Free or not!<br />
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The Lots of Lashes mascara has a "heart-shaped" brush, which sounds a bit gimmicky at first, but it really does help to lengthen and evenly apply across all the lashes, even the pesky corner ones.<br />
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And because I tend to wear my eyeliner around just the outside corners, it's good to have really long lashes in those areas.<br />
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The lip balm is also awesome. It keeps my lips super smooth and, since I chose the cherry red Baby Lips lip balm for my own use, it has a sheer hint of color.<br />
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It's certainly different from regular chapstick, that's for sure. It's much glossier and sleeker in application.<br />
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I hope you ladies enjoy it! And if you weren't a winner in the giveaway, they still have coupons up on their <a href="http://www.facebook.com/maybelline">Facebook page</a>!<br />
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I'm glad you guys have liked it so far and your comments have been so nice and great to read! :)<br />
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The tattoos are finally finished - and healed up - so they're picture-ready now!<br />
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Drum roll, please!<br />
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All I was thinking was, <i>"Oh my god, they're not going to hire me and I'm going to be devastated and work is going to be super awkward from now on and I'm going to have talk to my bosses everyday and we'll both know the truth: I wasn't good enough."</i></div>
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I talked with boss man and he complimented my work and said that he had talked with boss lady and they were both really impressed with all the work I was doing and that they were very happy to have me on the team. He mentioned that boss lady had discussed briefly with him about me working more hours and that they would talk about it more.</div>
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I then talked with boss lady and she said that she hadn't really had a chance to talk with boss man in concrete details, but that she would definitely talk about it more with him and that she would let me know. She then proceeded to give me awesome compliments throughout the day about how much she appreciates my work and thinks I'm doing a great job. She also let me go to two more meetings with her.</div>
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I was talking with one of the graphic designers that works at the company and he said that boss lady was asking around last week about who they should hire on. He said that she had mentioned another intern and he was immediately like, "No! You should definitely keep [parisienne.love] at the top of your list! She does great work and her writing is awesome!"</div>
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</div>parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-32024971157423874922011-11-11T19:04:00.001-05:002011-11-11T20:33:18.788-05:00Giveaway Results!The results are in!<br />
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I used <a href="http://www.random.org/">this random number generator</a> to get the winners of last week's giveaway.<br />
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Some of your numbers actually came up multiple times since there were only 12 entries - so you guys just had the lucky numbers. ;)<br />
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<a href="http://notanotherteendiet.blogspot.com/">Little Miss Thin</a> - Mascara<br />
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<a href="http://thinthoughts-tkaye03.blogspot.com/">TK</a> - Mascara<br />
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<a href="http://glueandpieces.blogspot.com/">Peridot</a> - Lip Balm</div>
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<a href="http://eatnomore.blogspot.com/">Lissa</a> - Lip Balm and Mascara</div>
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</div>parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-1664409128839043192011-11-10T09:46:00.001-05:002011-11-10T11:18:38.731-05:00Working WomanWell, I had planned on updating earlier, but I suppose today works out fine because....<br />
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Today is the last day to enter the giveaway!<br />
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Today is also <i>Thursday</i>.<br />
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Thursdays are nice in my book because I don't have my internship, I just have housekeeping.<br />
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Days when I only work one job are few and far between, so when I get that small break of only working one job, it's pretty amazing.<br />
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Hopefully <i>*fingers crossed*</i> I'll only be working one job in just a short while.<br />
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I was at my internship yesterday and got asked to go to some client meetings with the boss lady.<br />
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It's a pretty big deal to go to meetings with her - I personally have yet to see another intern be asked to do so.<br />
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The meetings went great and it was a lot of fun meeting the people that you hear so much about and seeing the places where all of our hard work goes.<br />
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While we were in the car on the way to the meeting the boss lady turns and says to me,<br />
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"Thank you so much for getting those press releases written before this meeting. You're so fast at getting them done, it's awesome! If only you were here longer, I'd offer you a job."<br />
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<i>What do you mean by </i>"here longer"<i>... ?</i><br />
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"Well someone had said that you're only going to be here for a year and then you're moving back home or something."<br />
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<i>Actually, I'm here for at least the next four years while my boyfriend is in med school... so... if you're interested in having me work for the company, that's actually what I'm looking to do. I'd like for this internship to turn into a job.</i><br />
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"Oh, well what days are you available? Are you only available Monday, Wednesday, Friday?"<br />
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<i>No, I'm just working that schedule because it's a part-time internship. If it was a paid position, I'd be available Monday - Friday, 9 - 5.</i><br />
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Then we had meetings.<br />
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My plan of attack is to talk to her Friday morning when I go in to the office and say something like,<br />
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<i>So, [boss lady], I was wondering if you'd like to talk further about the employment opportunity you mentioned on Wednesday? I'm really interested in working for the company as a full-time employee and think that I would be able to accomplish much more if I was working in that capacity. Is this something that you are still interested in? Should I talk about this further with [boss man]?</i><br />
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At least the biggest hurdle is over.<br />
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I was planning on bringing it up with boss man on Friday that I was interested in having my internship turn into a paid position - and now that boss lady brought it up, it's much less awkward to ask for a job now.<br />
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Oh, and the tattoos got finished on Sunday.<br />
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They're in the peeling stage right now, so not too pretty looking.<br />
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I'll post pictures in about a week when they're smooth and nice looking again. :)<br />
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I'll announce the winners of the giveaway tomorrow!<br />
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</div>parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-60171894602559176332011-11-05T18:31:00.001-04:002011-11-05T18:39:13.826-04:00Makeup Giveaway!!!Ahhhhh!<br />
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The package arrived!<br />
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As I mentioned in my last post, I'm a member of <a href="http://www.bzzagent.com/">BzzAgent</a>, a word-of-mouth marketing firm that offers campaigns where members can try out new products and, in return, let BzzAgent know what they thought of the products and what their friends/family thought.<br />
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I was selected to participate in the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/maybelline">Maybelline Baby Lips lip balm and Lots of Lashes mascara</a> campaign and am passing on my good fortune to you!<br />
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The package arrived and I received not one, not two, but <i>five</i> Baby Lips lip balms and <i>five</i> Lots of Lashes mascaras.<br />
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Being diligent about trying out the products.... I'm keeping one set of mascara and lip balm for myself, saving another set to let one of my coworkers try out, and giving the rest away to you!<br />
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2 lucky ladies will receive one Baby Lips lip balm</div>
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2 lucky ladies will receive one Lots of Lashes mascara</div>
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1 <i>super duper</i> lucky lady will receive one Baby Lips lip balm of her choice and one Lots of Lashes mascara.</div>
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Unfortunately, there weren't any coupons in this BzzKit, but if you don't win any free product in the giveaway, then you can always go to the Maybelline Facebook page (linked above) and use one of their printable coupons.</div>
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For my international ladies, I still feel the love. Don't fret and please enter as well!</div>
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In total, there are 5 chances to win some awesome, free makeup!</div>
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I'll give everyone until Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:59 p.m. EST to enter - getting all into specifics here ;) - and I'll post the winners on Friday, November 11, 2011. Then just follow the instructions for giving me your shipping info, etc. and your prize will be on its way.</div>
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Just remember! If you win one of the prizes, I'd really like to know what you think about the product - good and bad. So be sure to let me know how it goes!<br />
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</div>parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-59745048283794385562011-11-03T15:01:00.002-04:002011-11-03T15:06:29.085-04:00MIA No Longer and Upcoming Giveaway!I know I say this all the time...<br />
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"I'm busy."<br />
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"I'll catch up on your blogs."<br />
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"I'll update more, I promise!"<br />
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Yeah, well, that hasn't exactly happened lately.<br />
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I <i>have</i> been busy.<br />
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Sometimes I regret taking on so much at once.<br />
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Internship, housekeeping, school work.<br />
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On the weekends I'm super busy with my newest old lady obsession: couponing.<br />
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When I do have free time, I'm either sleeping or laying on the couch watching wedding shows and looking frighteningly like an overgrown root vegetable.<br />
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Obviously, diet and exercise haven't been that high on my ever growing list of priorities.<br />
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The only good thing that has come from my recent weight gain is that my boobs have come back.<br />
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I can finally wear my favorite push-up bra again without having huge gaps.<br />
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Yay for boobs!<br />
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Boo to everything else that has grown....<br />
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At least since getting back up to 120 lbs about a month ago, I haven't gained any more weight.<br />
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I'm maintaining now and, with all the crap I've been eating, that's pretty surprising.<br />
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I'm planning on working out with this girl that lives in my apartment complex.<br />
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So there's that...<br />
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Hopefully with working out instead of heavy dieting, I'll lose weight in more targeted areas and will <i>maybe</i> get to keep the ladies.<br />
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Fingers crossed.<br />
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Sunday I get the rest of my tattoo finished!<br />
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I'm excited to get it finished and... move on to more....<br />
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The bottom part of the right tattoo will be filled in like the left side.<br />
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And the ribbon on the left side will be filled in as well.<br />
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A GIVEAWAY!<br />
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I'm really excited for this!<br />
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As some of you know, I'm a member of <a href="http://www.bzzagent.com/">BzzAgent</a>, a word-of-mouth marketing firm that offers campaigns where users can try new products and give their feedback.<br />
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The latest campaign I've joined is for <a href="http://www.facebook.com/maybelline">Maybelline Baby Lips lip balm and Lots of Lashes mascara</a>.<br />
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I haven't received my BzzKit in the mail yet, but it's on its way and should be here shortly.<br />
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I know for a fact that it will include a ton of high-value coupons for the products, in addition to samples.<br />
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Obviously, I'll be keeping some of the product to try for myself, but I'd like to do a giveaway for some of the coupons and extra product for you guys to try!<br />
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All I ask is that you let me know how you like the products!<br />
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Once I get the BzzKit - and possibly buy some extra lip balms and mascaras for the giveaway - I'll post about it and details on how to enter.<br />
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So keep your eyes peeled!<br />
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I've been missing in action for absolute <i>aaaagggggeeeeesssssss</i>.<br />
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I apologize. Sincerely.<br />
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I've been swamped with work, school, internship, two kitties, and life in general.<br />
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And I'm still trapped at 120 lbs.<br />
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The scale will. not. move.<br />
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But enough belly-aching! No more complaining!</div>
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I <i>finally</i> got around to rewarding myself for the weight loss I<i> have</i> accomplished.</div>
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And about damn time!</div>
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I lost 20 lbs fucking forever ago!</div>
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And for a hot minute, I was more near 23 lbs lost!</div>
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And I sustained the 20 lbs weight loss for... like... y'know.... a really long time.</div>
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Time for some congratulatory tattoos!</div>
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I have to go back in two weeks, once it's healed, and get the shading done.</div>
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I got most of the shading done on the left side, but I didn't get a chance to get a picture.</div>
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All in all, it's about 80% finished.</div>
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It's of a matryoshka doll, and instead of having little dolls inside, there's a little person.</div>
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I've always loved this piece - this is the original artwork that it's based on and will eventually look more like.</div>
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I've got billions of idea going on in this little head of mine for future tattoos, so now it's time to get off my ass and work out and lose weight so that I can get more congratulatory tattoos!</div>
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Motivation - win!</div>
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I stalked the cats long enough and finally snagged a picture of them cuddling like the little canoodlers I always knew they were.</div>
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</div>parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-76014091454897065542011-10-11T19:08:00.000-04:002011-10-11T19:08:12.571-04:00Mer-meow!I've been a workin' woman.<br />
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Gone 3 days a week, all day.<br />
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First the internship, then the housekeeping.<br />
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Poor master Jaks has been a sad, sad kitty.<br />
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Staring up at me each day when I come home, crying.<br />
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Poor crying kitty.<br />
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Don't be sad!<br />
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A new kitty to keep you company during the day!<br />
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An itty, bitty kitten named Chloe.<br />
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Meow!<br />
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The boyfriend was also wanting another cat.<br />
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Jaks has become rather attached to me and the boyfriend decided that getting a female cat would help to ensure that at least one of our cats will be attached to <i>him</i>.<br />
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So far, it's working.<br />
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They cuddle and she purrs and he pets and they're so cute together.<br />
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At first, there was some hissing and growling, but now Jaks and Chloe have gotten used to each other and we'll catch them running around the house playing with each other and occasionally they rub their noses together and are insanely adorable.<br />
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Chloe has taken over the cat bed and thinks that it's hers.<br />
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Jaks does not like this new development and can often be found next to the cat bed, ready to pounce or ready to give up and nap on the floor.<br />
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Eeeeeek!<br />
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I love kitties!<br />
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Since I've been so busy, I'm hoping to update at least once a week!<br />
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Time to catch up on all of your lovely blogs while trying to keep Chloe from climbing all over my laptop.<br />
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I was warned that my teeth would not be perfect.<br />
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I went to a new orthodontist in Florida and, apparently, the brackets I had were different from the brackets he worked with.<br />
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I had already paid an $85 deposit, so I decided <i>fuck it, just take them off</i>.<br />
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Yeah, my treatment isn't complete.<br />
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I was, admittedly, quite worried that the braces would come off and I would be horribly disappointed with the results.<br />
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Thankfully, that was not the case. They're perfect enough for me!<br />
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I asked prior to the removal if it would hurt.<br />
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<i>Oh yeah. It'll hurt more for you because you haven't had an appointment in a while so your teeth will be more resistant.</i><br />
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What the fuck ever.
He was taking them off and I didn't even realize it.<br />
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I thought he was just removing my wire in preparation for taking off my brackets.<br />
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The only parts that sucked were the glue removal and getting the impressions made for my retainer.<br />
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The glue removal basically consisted of rubbing my teeth down with a drill and having flakes of glue fly everywhere, which smelled like burning flesh.<br />
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The impressions wouldn't have been so bad had the technician done them correctly.<br />
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In total, I had 7 or 8 impressions done because she kept messing up.<br />
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And I always gag horribly when I get impressions done. So that was fun.<br />
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By the end of that ordeal, my face was absolutely covered in pink impression crap.<br />
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Time to hit the bathroom to clean up and fawn over my new teeth.<br />
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I looooove them.
So pretty!
So straight!<br />
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I don't know how it happened - maybe he pulled too hard when he was removing my brackets - but I had two teeth that looked a bit pushed back when I still had the braces on, but now they look flush with my other teeth and completely straight.<br />
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Magic!<br />
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Now I'm just busy wrangling my new retainer and learning how to speak without a speech impediment, which has been difficult.<br />
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Hopefully tomorrow at work, I won't be the magical slurring intern - but with my luck, I'll still be slurring my speech for weeks.<br />
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Overall, though, I'm glad this is over.<br />
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I was worrying myself sick over all the logistics of finishing my treatment and how my teeth would look once the braces were off.<br />
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I'm glad that they're up to my standards and don't look terribly unfinished.<br />
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parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-76421480261791016782011-10-01T15:34:00.000-04:002011-10-01T15:34:05.024-04:00The dreaded rising scaleWell, enough work talk.<br />
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I've been so incredibly stressed out lately with getting the internship, getting everything figured out with school, getting my financial aid finalized, classes, life in general - everything!<br />
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I've been a mad woman lately.<br />
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Stress is a very bad thing for me.<br />
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I am the <i>worst</i> at handling stress and lately I've been eating like a starved animal as a defense mechanism.<br />
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Up to 120 lbs again - DEAR GOD.<br />
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I'm supposed to get down to 110 lbs by the end of October. Looking rather unlikely now.<br />
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I'll be happy to just make it down to 115 lbs at this point.<br />
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I still haven't accomplished that.<br />
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The boyfriend has decided to start working out in the mornings before he goes to class.<br />
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I'm seriously considering joining him for 5 am romps in the gym.<br />
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I've got to get back in the gym habit.<br />
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I can't go on like this.<br />
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I step on the scale every day and it's just a further disappointment.<br />
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I look at myself in the mirror and all I see is how fat I've gotten again.<br />
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It, generally, is just a sucky state of mind to be wrapped up in for so long.<br />
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I want to be <i>happy</i>.<br />
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At least work keeps me busy and I can't snack throughout the day.<br />
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And at least I'll have some support from the boyfriend as he is going to the gym.<br />
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And hopefully exercising will help me two-fold by relieving some stress and releasing some much-needed endorphins.<br />
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I'm headachey and sad today.<br />
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We went to Coscto and did some really desperate grocery shopping.<br />
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Our cupboards were getting cobwebby, ya dig?<br />
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Bought some hummus and crackers, tons of Greek yogurt, bagel thins, veggie chips.<br />
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Mostly healthy stuff.<br />
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Which is good.<br />
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Suffering through the Saturday morning crowds, however, not so good.<br />
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Just added stress.<br />
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I'm going to go collapse in a heap on the couch and watch wedding shows or something.<br />
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Eventually, I <i>promise</i>, I'll get caught up on all of your blogs.<br />
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I've been so busy lately that I've been forgetting to!<br />
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parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-1798796216991015192011-09-29T11:24:00.001-04:002011-09-29T11:24:10.043-04:00Busy BeeWell I started the internship on Monday.<br />
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Everything, thankfully, got worked out.<br />
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My first day primarily consisted of stuffing, labeling, and sealing envelopes.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>My morning ended with my tongue covered in a barrage of paper cuts, but I survived.<br />
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The afternoon brought even more fun...<br />
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Going to local businesses and trying to pawn off said envelopes, which included a 2-for-1 lunch coupon among their contents.<br />
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I was kind of hoping to avoid the whole door-to-door soliciting thing with this internship, but I guess "street promotion" has its place in marketing, too.<br />
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At the very least, I know that this is a legit marketing/PR firm because they're quite good at naming things to make them sound infinitely better than they are.<br />
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For example, my job title, as an intern, is "Account Coordinator."<br />
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Oooh la la. Important!<br />
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In all honesty, though, despite the envelope stuffing and "street promotion", I've enjoyed the rest of the my time working there.<br />
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It's been pretty basic tasks so far - data entry, scanning magazine and newspaper mentions of our clients, sending emails and making phone calls.<br />
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But I'm consistently busy throughout the day and feel like I'm helping out at least a small amount.<br />
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I like feeling productive, and I definitely feel that way when I'm done with my day.<br />
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I'm not really <i>in</i> with my cool coworkers yet, but I've been working on it.<br />
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I was entirely too dressed up for my first day, so I tried to tone it down for Wednesday and look more casual. I ended up just looking like a businessy slob.<br />
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I wore a dolman top and dress pants and it just looked bad by the end of the day.<br />
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I also need to work on the footwear situation.<br />
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When I got home from work on Monday, I literally thought my toes were going to fall off from being pinched all day in my fancy flats.<br />
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Wednesday I wore dressy sandals, but they just rubbed in weird places and were also uncomfortable.<br />
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I really need to find a pair of soft flats that will be comfortable all day.<br />
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Now that I'm home on my day off - I only work MWF - I have no idea what to do with myself.<br />
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I'm used to being busy all day now.<br />
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It's only 11:30 and I've already exhausted my options by cleaning the house, doing homework, watching television, and sewing all morning.<br />
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I suppose I'll find something to occupy myself.<br />
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I'll update soon about other things that have been going on!<br />
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parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-34634749619461970012011-09-23T10:42:00.000-04:002011-09-23T10:42:13.252-04:00The Plight of the OverexcitedI get my hopes up.<br />
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Often.<br />
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The littlest things get me insanely excited.<br />
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I start planning for things far in advance.<br />
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Researching every little detail, buying necessary items, telling everyone and their mother about whatever opportunity I've found for myself.<br />
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And then it all comes crashing down.<br />
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Every single damn time.<br />
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I was supposed to start today, but something came up.<br />
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Something...<br />
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Big.<br />
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I got a call from the Center for Business Internships at my university and, lo and behold, I am not eligible to receive course credit for my internship because it's unpaid and the university seeks to uphold minimum wage laws.<br />
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Fuck.<br />
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Fucking fuck.<br />
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That's the main reason for taking on this internship.<br />
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So that I can graduate.<br />
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I'm not sure if I'm going to quit the internship or not.<br />
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I'm going to see what paperwork has to be turned in for the internship and if there's not actual proof of payment - my boss said he'd lie on the paperwork and say that he was paying me.<br />
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But he won't actually pay me.<br />
<br />
How generous.<br />
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<b>UPDATE</b><br />
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On the bright side.....<br />
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I just spoke with my university and the paperwork required is simply a signature from my boss stating how much he paid me.<br />
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That's it.<br />
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No actual proof - no pay stubs - just a lie on a piece of paper to get me 6 credit hours and on the road to graduation.<br />
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I've been a mixed bag of emotions the past couple of days.<br />
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Excited for the internship, horribly disappointed about not getting credit, less than excited about my boss not considering paying me, happy that I'll be getting my college credit after all.<br />
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I already sent out about a billion other applications in the time between finding out I wouldn't be able to receive credit to this morning, when I found out that I <i>could</i> receive credit.<br />
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It's nearly impossible to find a paid internship, though.<br />
<br />
I found plenty of other marketing internships, almost had another interview, and then I asked it if was paid or unpaid.<br />
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Of course it's unpaid.<br />
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Internships are just a loophole for free slave labor, as my gramma warned me the other day.<br />
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Thanks for the vote of confidence, grammy....<br />
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Waiting on a phone call back from my boss so that I can explain what needs to be done.<br />
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Then it's, hopefully, smooth sailing.<br />
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parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-51012368459242681982011-09-20T11:38:00.001-04:002011-09-20T11:38:28.145-04:00Thank you, loveliesYou ladies are the best good luck charm anyone could ever ask for.<br />
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Ever.<br />
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Guess who had an interview today?<br />
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And did awesome?<br />
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AND GOT THE INTERNSHIP?!<br />
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I did it!<br />
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I arrived super early, got lost trying to find the place, thanked god that I was so early that I had time to get lost, found the place, and then waited so that I wasn't <i>too </i>early for the interview.<br />
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Arrived at 8:40 am for the 9:00 am interview - the H.R. guy (who is also the co-owner/founder) says, "Well, the early bird sure gets the worm."<br />
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And then we were off.<br />
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Describe yourself.<br />
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<i>I'm a senior-standing Marketing major at the University of [Insert Midwest State here]. Obviously, because I'm now in Florida, I'm taking classes online. I recently moved to South Florida with my boyfriend because he started med school. I'm looking for an internship in marketing and its related fields so that I can gain more experience in marketing before graduation and so that I can gain more course credit.</i><br />
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What's your greatest strength?<br />
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<i>Loyalty - blahblahblah. Reliability and dependability - blahblahblah.</i><br />
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What's your greatest weakness?<br />
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<i>Perfectionism - blahblahblah.</i><br />
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Do you have any questions about our company?<br />
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<i>What do you think set your company apart that allowed you to become one of South Florida's "Best Places to Work" ?</i><br />
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What do you know about our company?<br />
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<i>Discuss website, awards, clients, services, etc.</i><br />
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<b>What's your availability like? Let's make a schedule for you!</b><br />
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<i>Ahhhh yeahhhhh.</i><br />
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Obviously, there was a lot more to it than that.<br />
<br />
But it was a pretty awesome interview.<br />
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The guy that interviewed me was really nice and professional, but still hip and young.<br />
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He was talking about "balance" in the office and said, "Well you can't be too strict because then you just look like an ass-hole."<br />
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When we were discussing reliability and how I believe successful workplaces are those where employees can depend on each other - I got a fist bump.<br />
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<i>A fist bump</i>.<br />
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Apparently their experience with interns is that they don't take the job seriously and aren't reliable.<br />
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I was told that I seem very serious-minded, business-focused, and professional.<br />
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That's better than a nervous wreck and a total spaz!<br />
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Unfortunately, the internship is unpaid and it's a 2 hour bus ride away.<br />
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On the bright side, it's only a 40 minute drive, but that requires a car...<br />
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I'm thinking about taking up an evening housekeeping job part time to help with expenses and avoid conflict with the internship position and school scheduling.<br />
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Here's to things finally starting to fall into place! :)<br />
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parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-10650489402759993512011-09-19T12:03:00.001-04:002011-09-19T12:03:10.734-04:00Crazy Anxiety TimeI have an interview.<br />
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Tomorrow.<br />
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Commence freak out.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>I need to graduate this year.<br />
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My mother is, again, being an idiot and taking forever to do/turn in my financial aid paperwork.<br />
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I seriously cannot take another year of this hassle - especially now that I'm living out of state.<br />
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I either have to go back to the midwest for the Spring semester - which I really do not want to have to do - or I have to get an internship worth 6 credit hours and then go back during the summer to finish up my classes.<br />
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I applied for approximately 7 internships yesterday and got an email back from one of the firms.<br />
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Interview is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 9 am.<br />
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The only problem is that I don't have a car.<br />
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If I take the bus, it will be a two hour ride.<br />
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Not really looking forward to that.<br />
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I can possibly get a ride from this girl I know - it depends on if she has to babysit during the day tomorrow for this family she nannies for.<br />
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Here's hoping I don't have to suffer the bus.<br />
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I'm terrified of missing my stop, missing a transfer, or getting lost, culminating in me being late for the interview.<br />
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As if that doesn't cause enough anxiety for me as it is - it's a fucking interview!<br />
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I like working.<br />
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I liked my last job.<br />
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I'm good at working on projects.<br />
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I <b>hate</b> interviews.<br />
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<i>Hate</i>.<br />
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I'm great at public speaking, but talking one-on-one about <i>myself</i>. Fuck.<br />
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It's incredibly overwhelming for me.<br />
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That's going to be the biggest hurdle for me when it comes to snagging an internship - getting through the interview without making an ass of myself.<br />
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After emailing the firm back to confirm the interview date and time, I spent the morning trying on possible interview outfits and talking at myself in the mirror.<br />
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What sucks is that one of my biggest skills is communication.<br />
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I was on my university's debate and forensics team for three years and am excellent at persuasive speaking - I just need to apply that to interviews and talking about myself.<br />
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Otherwise, I just look like an idiot that doesn't know their strengths and weaknesses.<br />
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Blahhhhhhhhhhhhh.<br />
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Time to take some Klonopin before I make myself sick from worrying.<br />
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parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-73335035720337338102011-09-13T14:37:00.002-04:002011-09-13T14:37:56.896-04:00Mad Men, you cruel temptress of television lazinessSo I've been rather MIA lately. And this is why.<br />
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As many of you know, and as evidenced by my insane Banana Republic shopping sprees, I have an intense love for Mad Men (and all things marketing/advertising-related in general).<br />
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<a name='more'></a>I even made a Mad Men avatar of myself <a href="http://www.amctv.com/madmenyourself/">here</a>, complete with my coffee and cigarettes, haha.<br />
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The boyfriend hadn't seen the show and I had only seen the first season because I didn't have cable for the longest time and Netflix, my dearest love, didn't have Mad Men for the longest time.<br />
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Spurred by the fact that the boyfriend was utterly uneducated in the ways of the early 1960s advertising world, I soon made it my mission to watch through all of the past seasons with him in order to be fully prepared in time for the March 2012 Season 5 premiere date.<br />
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With my love of Mad Men <i>and</i> fancy dress parties, it only makes sense that we host a Mad Men Season Premiere party in our swanky new digs.<br />
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We finally got a proper television stand and it fits perfectly with the mid-century modern style.<br />
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Mad Men on the screen - of course.<br />
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I've been all a-flutter coming up with ideas and looking up other people's Mad Men parties for inspiration.<br />
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And I'm so excited about the dressing up and the forcing all of our friends to dress up in appropriate style.<br />
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For now I'll just occupy my time with watching the show every evening once the boyfriend is home from school and drooling over pictures of others' classy Mad Men parties.<br />
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All of this slovenly television watching (and Betty Draper inspired <a href="http://misadventurescooking.blogspot.com/2011/09/just-epicurious-kind-of-evening.html">fits of housewifery, cooking, and baking</a>), however, has taken its toll on my figure.<br />
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I'm now hovering between 117 and 118 lbs again.<br />
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<i>Sighhh</i>.<br />
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It's so frustrating to have come so close to being under 115 lbs and then slacking for two weeks and gaining again.<br />
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I still want to make it to 110 lbs by Halloween and it's still possible if I lose 1 lb/week.<br />
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Once you start plateauing, though, 1 lb/week weight loss seems like an utter impossibility.<br />
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You get used to maintaining a certain weight - used to seeing the same number on the scale day after day - used to the consistency and monotony.<br />
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It gets to the point where you're so used to what you're at, that the idea of weight loss seems like a distant dream.<br />
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Logically, I realize that losing 1 lb/week is completely attainable.<br />
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Logically, I know that all it will require is going to the gym for an hour every day and eating a sensible 1400 calories each day.<br />
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Somehow, though, being in this current rut has drained me of all motivation and desire to get out there and make the changes I need to in order to have the body I want.<br />
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I'm going to the beach on Thursday with a group of girls that I had dinner with the other night.<br />
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One of them - another wife of one of the boyfriend's fellow med students - is a force to be reckoned with.<br />
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She's opinionated to the point of it being a fault, overly sociable, and one of those naturally thin types.<br />
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Dear god, everything that triggers my social anxiety all rolled up in one person.<br />
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Not only is she extremely skinny - but she's gorgeous.<br />
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She's tan and toned and has an attractive and adult-looking face.<br />
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I feel like a pudgy, awkward teenager hanging out with her 25 year old, grown into her good looks older sister.<br />
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(I tried to find a picture to express this sentiment, but everything that came up was Khloe Kardashian...)<br />
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I managed to go to the pool with K and J and not totally freak out about my looks because K is a bit heavier than me and J is comparable to me.<br />
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New skinny-mini, however, is throwing a wrench into the whole "feel good about yourself in a bathing suit" thing.<br />
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I wanted to start wearing my two-piece out in public because the one-piece, though figure-hugging and flattering, is a bit short in the torso area and, once in the water, the top has a habit of trying to slide down.<br />
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But it looks like Thursday I'll be back in the one-piece - perhaps with the optional straps attached for extra support - in order to cover up and not feel <i>as much</i> like I'm in competition with (and being compared to) the thin beauty.<br />
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Blargh.<br />
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I will just never have the frame to be <i>that</i> skinny.<br />
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Some things, I suppose, are better to just ignore.<br />
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My mother's favorite prayer has always spoken to me on that point - even though I am decidedly not religious and decidedly against my mother.<br />
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<i>God, grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference</i>.<br />
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Here's hoping that I'll break this plateau sometime soon!<br />
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Oh, and I didn't win a Kindle - oh well. Maybe next time.<br />
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Shiny, sleek, new.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jaks likes it, too. Cat thinks he's people...</td></tr>
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<a name='more'></a>Well, new for now.<br />
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My iPad 2 will probably become old news in just a few short months, considering how quickly Apple likes to make sequels.<br />
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Oh well.<br />
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For now, I've been loving the ability of my iPad 2 to multitask along with me.<br />
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School, blogging, cooking, internet-ing.<br />
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I keep a planner app on it that keeps track of all of my classes and assignments for me and gives me alerts the day before assignments are due.<br />
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My iPad also spends lots of time in the kitch with me.<br />
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My <a href="http://misadventurescooking.blogspot.com/">food blog</a> would probably be nonexistent if it were not for my iPad.<br />
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I find awesome recipes online - because all of my cookbooks are still trapped in the backwards lands of the Midwest - and then email them to myself, open them up on my iPad, and get to work in the kitchen.<br />
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It's the perfect size for reading recipes - it doesn't take up too much room on the counter and the smartcover also acts as a stand that keeps my iPad just upright enough to be readable from multiple angles - the standing while washing hands and looking over shoulder angle, the stooping to rescue burning food from the oven angle, the head buried in the fridge angle - that stand has me covered.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mama needs a fancy new iPad to go with that KitchenAid Stand Mixer...</td></tr>
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But my food blog isn't the only blog to get some lovin' from the iPad.<br />
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Amazon recently started offering craft books in Kindle editions!<br />
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Glory hallelujah!<br />
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My <a href="http://misadventurescrafting.blogspot.com/">crafting blog</a> rejoices, and so does my hermit-ness.<br />
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No longer do I have to, <i>gasp</i>, leave the house in order to get new patterns!<br />
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And I don't have to wait 7 - 10 business days to get books delivered!<br />
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I now have four crafting books right on my iPad, through the free Kindle app, and can access printable versions of all of the patterns.<br />
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And it would be a <i>travesty</i> if the only books I had on my iPad were crafting books.<br />
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Considering I'm taking all online classes, and I, as per usual, procrastinated when it came to buying my textbooks for this semester, I decided to get all of my textbooks as e-books this year.<br />
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Have iPad, will buy overpriced e-book rentals!<br />
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In all honesty, the format is awesome.<br />
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I don't have huge, ugly textbooks taking over the house, I can easily navigate to the pages I need, and I can search for specific phrases which makes taking my online quizzes <i>that</i> much easier.<br />
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Oh, and the most important plus, <i>no more papercuts</i>.<br />
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So <i>why</i> am I pondering cheating on this technological marvel?<br />
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Because that damn sleek, shiny, new design makes it impossible to use my iPad how I want.<br />
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My dream was to get an e-reader so that when the boyfriend and I moved to Florida we could lay by the pool together and read our textbooks and study outside in the sunshine and <i>not</i> develop the pale glow of students that never leave their dark apartments due to intense studying sessions.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was just, uh, studying the lymphatic system...</td></tr>
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My dream was to get a cute little case for said e-reader and tote it along with me to the beach.<br />
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To wear my little black swimsuit and my retro sunglasses, to throw out a beach towel, to whip out my little e-reader and lay on the beach reading. Something I could never do back in the Midwest.<br />
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<i>Stupid, shiny iPad</i>.<br />
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I can barely see the screen when I'm sitting on my covered, shady porch.<br />
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I went to the pool on Monday and I actually <i>envied</i> a girl who was studying outside with her traditional textbooks sprawled around her.<br />
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What I wouldn't give to lay outside and tan while studying!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Okay, so I probably wouldn't give up my first-born child. But maybe.</td></tr>
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Fresh air!<br />
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Sunshine!<br />
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Leaving the dark confines of the apartment!<br />
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I joked with the boyfriend that getting a dedicated e-reader that I could use outside might cure my seemingly agoraphobic state as of late.<br />
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He was not amused, hah.<br />
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In all seriousness, though, for as much as I love my iPad 2, the reason why I bought it is the least-used function on it for me.<br />
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I bought it to be an e-reader but I hardly ever use it for reading.<br />
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I use it like most people would probably use a netbook or even a traditional laptop.<br />
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It's so tiny! So portable! So.... matte!</div>
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I want an <i>e-reader</i>.</div>
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I want it focused on <i>reading</i>.</div>
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Olivia Lee over at <a href="http://countmybones.blogspot.com/">Count My Bones</a> recently had a post about having the 'rich kids blues'.</div>
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The iPad provides tons of functionality and has a multitude of uses, but when looking at it as <i>just</i> an e-reader, it kind of falls short for what I want.</div>
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I'm a proud <a href="http://www.bzzagent.com/">BzzAgent</a>, a consumer member of a word-of-mouth marketing firm - basically I get offers to join 'campaigns' where I get to try new products and then give feedback and tell friends and family what I think of the products, the good and the bad.</div>
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BzzAgent is starting new daily campaigns, where instead of being one of the few chosen to participate in a campaign, you get to sign up for campaigns that you're interested in and then justify <i>why you're freaking awesome</i> and deserve to try out <i>equally freaking awesome products</i> in return.</div>
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Guess what the first one is!</div>
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Kindle3Kindle3Kindle3Kindle3Kindle3!!!!</div>
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parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-16466912466219195922011-09-06T16:21:00.003-04:002011-09-06T16:21:50.706-04:00Shameless Apartment Porn - Pic HeavyLabor Day went splendidly.<br />
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I met some girls that live in my apartment complex - one goes to the boyfriend's med school (we shall call her K) and the other is just like me (we shall call her J) - dating a guy that goes to the boyfriend's med school and taking online classes through her old university for the time being.<br />
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They invited me to go with them to the complex's pool yesterday and we ended up spending nearly 3 hours poolside - chatting, gossiping, relating stories about med school and med school boyfriends.<br />
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I worked on my tan and only got slightly burnt - mostly on my nose, a smidge on my chest and shoulders.<br />
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All in all, it was a nice change of pace.<br />
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Finally getting out of the house, even if the pool is only 20 feet away from our back door, and getting to spend more time with people other than the boyfriend and Jaks the cat.<br />
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I've been in hermit mode lately.<br />
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Taking classes online and not working means I'm in the house almost 24/7.<br />
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It can make even the most socially withdrawn people a little stir crazy after a while.<br />
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Going to the apartment complex's over 18 barbecue the other week, going out to dinner with the boyfriend's med school friends on Saturday, going to the pool with my (hopefully) new friends yesterday - it's all been really, really good for me.<br />
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We have plans to eat dinner with J and her boyfriend at their place next week.<br />
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The boyfriend seems excited that I've met people.<br />
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He's been encouraging me to invite them over sometime for a girls' night or have one of the couples over for dinner some night.<br />
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I've actually been <i>wanting</i> to have people over - and not just because I'm starved for social interaction...<br />
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The apartment is almost completely finished!<br />
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All we're waiting on is a new coffee table and tv stand for the living room and a piece of art that has yet to arrive for the bedroom.<br />
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You know what that means - shameless apartment porn time!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New decorative pillows for the bed - just waiting on the art to arrive to put over the headboard.</td></tr>
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Gets your juices flowing, amiright? Haha.<br />
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Now I just need to find a home for my sewing machine and accessories so that they're not always scattered across the dining room and then we can have people over!<br />
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I wish our dining room table was bigger just so that I could have more than one couple over for dinner at a time.<br />
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I love cooking and, for being a hermit woman, I do love entertaining.<br />
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I used to have fondue nights and big parties at my old apartment - so I'm excited to break in the new apartment in a similar fashion. ;)<br />
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Time to catch up on all of your blogs - I've been slacking lately.<br />
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parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-88944486319893348192011-09-04T17:59:00.000-04:002011-09-06T16:21:24.817-04:00Binge Monster on the Prowl!Well I did go back to the gym the other day.<br />
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I managed to go a whole 5 minutes longer - but I did more incline on the treadmill and higher resistance on the stationary bike, so I ended up burning 245 calories instead of 175.<br />
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Unfortunately, my eating for the past few days has been totally out of control.<br />
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I managed to not take my medication on the worst day possible.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>Yesterday we went to Costco for the first time and it is a veritable mecca of food.<br />
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By the time we got home, I was starving like some tortured, caged animal and went fucking crazy on the food.<br />
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Stuffed grape leaves.<br />
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Greek yogurt.<br />
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Muffin.<br />
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Toasted croissant with Maine Lobster spread.<br />
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Oh, and I had already eaten two muffins and a slice of pizza for breakfast.<br />
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<i>And</i> we had dinner plans to meet up with friends at an Irish pub that evening.<br />
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An hour before we had to leave for the restaurant and I was in full-on binge monster mode.<br />
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Rawwwr!!!<br />
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Today has gone... slightly better?<br />
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It's dinner time and all I've eaten today is a Greek yogurt, chicken and spinach burger on a croissant with light Swiss cheese, and coffee.<br />
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Hopefully I won't overdo it at dinner - and maybe I'll even hit the gym again tonight.<br />
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As for tomorrow, Happy Early Labor Day!<br />
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The weather is supposed to be nice, but I'm sure the beaches will be crowded due to the holiday.<br />
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Depending on how much the boyfriend has to study, I might convince him that it is <i>finally</i> time to hit the beach.<br />
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Also, no pictures in this post - I just updated my food blog and my craft blog so I'm getting lazy, haha. My most sincere apologies!<br />
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parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-87419401501588072782011-09-02T10:57:00.000-04:002011-09-02T10:57:36.885-04:00Back to BusinessWell, now that I'm out of my self-pity, scalp-falling-off slump, it's back to business. (I switched from Vaseline to hydrocortisone cream and tried doing the dry washing that Kitty suggested and it worked much better. Thanks for all of the advice, ladies!)<br />
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I went to the gym a couple of days ago for the first time in about two months.<br />
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It was easy to tell that I hadn't been in a while.<br />
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I used to be able to do 30 minutes on the treadmill, 30 minutes on the stationary bike, and then do weight training.<br />
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When I went last time, I was barely able to do 15 minutes on the treadmill and 15 minutes on the stationary bike.<br />
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I was panting, soaked, and out of breath by the end of those 30 minutes.<br />
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The boyfriend, however, gets out of class early today so we're going to go back to the gym today and try again.<br />
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It's a very good thing considering I weighed myself this morning and I'm back up to 116!<br />
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Now I need to lose 6 lbs instead of 5 - not progress, in my opinion.<br />
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At least the cat is losing weight, according to Wii Fit.<br />
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He's much better at sticking to his diet considering he can't feed himself.... haha.<br />
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Hopefully we'll get to the apartment gym before 2:00 pm today.<br />
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Last time we went, towards the end of our workout a ton of middle school and high school students began showing up once they got out of school.<br />
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Since when did middle schoolers go to the gym?!<br />
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And I definitely hope we go for longer than 30 minutes.<br />
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I only burned 175 calories last time and I need to be burning 290 calories per day - not gonna cut it.<br />
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I plan on bringing (and drinking) lots of water this time.<br />
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And I bought some fancy shmancy insoles to support my arches so that I don't have another ankle sprain from hell on the treadmill like I got earlier this summer.<br />
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I'm prepared.<br />
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Now, in the words of Nike, to Just Do It.<br />
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Sighhhh.<br />
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parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-21724743842869960902011-08-31T11:08:00.003-04:002011-08-31T11:12:17.645-04:00I Complain A Lot.Well today started off absolutely splendid.....<br />
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I wish.<br />
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Woke up constipated and cranky, so, being me, I rush off to take laxatives.<br />
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Must eat more fiber and quit with the laxie business.<br />
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I also look like an insane person today.<br />
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Because my scalp is so fucked up from the over-bleaching and dying adventures, it's been flaking and peeling and itchy and disgusting.<br />
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I haven't really talked about this, but I have a problem with picking.<br />
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Like, a serious problem.<br />
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Because of my anxiety and OCD tendencies, when I get anxious or upset I start scratching and picking.<br />
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I have a freaking scar on my left arm from scratching in the same place so often.<br />
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I also tend to freak out at the slightest bit of dandruff or dead skin and will pick at my scalp until it bleeds.<br />
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Obviously, this is not helping anything.<br />
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I was going insane last night and scratch-scratch-scratching at my already weakened and wounded scalp.<br />
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The boyfriend rushed onto the scene and looked up what to do.<br />
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Apparently the internet suggested putting Vaseline on my scalp to help protect the skin and let it heal.<br />
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It also has the added bonus of being greasy and disgusting so it prevents me from scratching because I don't like washing oily Vaseline off my hands every 5 minutes.<br />
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But FUCK YOU, internet.<br />
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I woke up this morning and took a shower and instead of the Vaseline washing off my scalp, it spread to cover all of my hair.<br />
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I showered more than 3 hours before this picture was taken and my hair <i>still</i> looks wet from all the Vaseline.<br />
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I look like more than a ridiculous greaseball right now and, goddammit, I have things to do today that require going out in public.<br />
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I do not want slick-backed hair. I do not want petroleum jelly everywhere. How am I supposed to go to Starbuck's and study all afternoon when I look like - and feel as moody as - this:<br />
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Once I get my FedEx delivery, I'm going to take a thousand showers until this greasy mess is OUT. OF. MY. HAIR.<br />
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One of the things that requires my real life presence is Banana Republic.<br />
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This is another reason why I am so cranky today.<br />
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I went to Miami to exchange the two dresses and cigarette pants that I had bought online which had ended up being too big.<br />
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Silly me, thinking I had just lost weight.<br />
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I probably am more of a 4 than a 6, but when I went to try on different sizes of one of the dresses, I ended up having to get a 0 and it was <i>still</i> too large.<br />
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Going from a 6 to a 0 - are you fucking kidding me, Banana Republic?<br />
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If you're going to have a limited collection like the Mad Men collection - and you're not going to have the full collection available in stores, only bits and pieces at each store - THEN JESUSFUCKINGCHRIST MAKE YOUR SIZES CORRECT so that your online ordering population isn't waiting 7 - 9 business days for clothes that don't fit only to find out that the clothes they bought aren't available at any of their local Banana Republics and the sizes that they need to exchange for are now sold out online.<br />
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FUCK YOU, Banana Republic.<br />
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I had one dress that they <i>did</i> have at my local Banana Republics - I went to three.<br />
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I exchanged the 6 for a 0, which was still too loose, so I went online and found out that it's offered in a 00, just sold out in the color I wanted.<br />
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I ended up buying the 00 in a different color for 40% off today to replace the one I <i>did</i> want, but which was too loose. I will probably still end up making alterations to the 00 in order to make it fit correctly.<br />
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As for the other dress I bought, it's not sold in any of the stores I've been to. And it's sold out completely in the color I want.<br />
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I could get it in black in a 00, but I'm not sure if I want another little black dress.<br />
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The grey was classier, in my opinion. And more unique.<br />
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And the goddamned, hot-ass cigarette pants that I loved so much.<br />
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A size 6 and literally falling off of me.<br />
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I have not found them in ANY stores, though none of the Mad Men collection is online-exclusive so <i>some</i> stores must have gotten them.<br />
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I get them in the mail, too big.<br />
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Take them to the store to exchange so I don't have to wait for them to arrive in the mail, again.<br />
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The stores don't have them.<br />
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Look them up online to exchange them through mail - sold out in all sizes below 10.<br />
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WTF.<br />
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This is my plan to get back at Banana Republic for being completely evil.<br />
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I bought all of my Banana Republic clothes for 30% off because of a deal they were having.<br />
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I got an email for 40% off two items for today, Wednesday. They're having a deal where on Wednesdays 8/31 and all of September, you get 30% off one item or 40% off two items.<br />
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So I re-bought the dress I had already exchanged in a smaller size and I bought a purse. Got 40% off and saved $100.<br />
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When I exchanged the dress initially, I was given coupons for the same Wednesday deals - in store.<br />
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This afternoon I will return the two dresses and cigarette pants and buy another dress and pants and get 40% off.<br />
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Thus saving me money over what I originally paid when I only got 30% off.<br />
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Take that, Banana Republic, you horrible-sizing bitches.<br />
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I will post pictures of the classiness from Banana Republic once my hair returns to normal and I, y'know, get the classiness.<br />
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Gotta wait 7 - 9 business days to see if the 00 fits me. Hah.<br />
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parisienne.lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10038110081309958560noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516493106104144207.post-72614146620433485342011-08-30T14:57:00.000-04:002011-08-30T14:57:56.802-04:00Botched Beach Day and More Incessant VanityThis morning was terrible.<br />
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I am a very bad person and did a very bad thing.<br />
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I had <i>tripe</i> and <i>cupcakes</i> for <b>breakfast</b>.<br />
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Needless to say, the two don't exactly go together well and I ended up taking a nap right after waking up in an attempt to ignore my churning stomach.<br />
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I eventually woke up for the second time of the day at a fairly reasonable 10 am.<br />
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I weighed myself on the scale and Wii Fit and - SURPRISE - 115.7 lbs.<br />
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How did I go from 118 to 115 in barely two days? I didn't.<br />
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I am an idiot and was reading my scale incorrectly and was assuming that Wii Fit was lying to me each time it said I was in the 115s.<br />
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So, sort of yay? I'm closer to my goal weight, but I didn't actually <i>lose</i> any weight.<br />
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The boyfriend got out of school early today so we had planned to go to the beach. Unfortunately, it started drizzling and was overcast and scary when we were leaving the house - so instead of beach fun times, I finally got around to getting more pictures out of the boyfriend.<br />
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If you're as disordered as me and despite everything still are a foodie at heart, this is my <a href="http://misadventurescooking.blogspot.com/">food blog</a>.</div>
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And if you delve into the craft world every now and again, this is my <a href="http://misadventurescrafting.blogspot.com/">craft blog</a>.</div>
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I've also kept them on a separate Blogger account so that my friends and family can read them without having them find my slightly concerning (probably to them) weight loss blog. If we could keep it that way, that would be great, haha.</div>
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Hope everyone is having a wonderful day and I swear I'll make it to the beach.... eventually.... And when I do, believe me, there will be an update.</div>
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