Our Real Life

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Manhatten Beach, CA

Is this really how smoggy it is over there? Seems like every Google street view I see in urban Cali is "foggy" like this...

Friday, January 7, 2011

Purple Diary

http://www.purple-diary.com/post/2637619693/two-first-edition-hunter-s-thompson-paperbacks

Daft Punk- Derezzed

DAFT PUNK - DEREZZED (From the Tron Legacy Soundtrack) from Warren Fu on Vimeo.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

lkbk i want that purse.

http://www.fashiontoast.com/2011/01/rock-formation.html

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Took an active rest day, and today I am supposed to workout again, but I am still incredibly stiff and sore from my workout on Monday. I think that means I will be doing some low impact yoga :P

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

I did my first http://www.bodyrock.tv/ workout yesterday. The exercises are similar to the cross-training moves they use in p90x, and they are incredibly physically challenging. I am soo so sore this morning, and I only worked out for less than half an hour! What I like about the workouts is that they are short but INTENSE. You are working every muscle in your body it seems, and you don't take breaks. I actually found the workout to be more rewarding than other routines I have tried in the past. I would recommend this regimen for anyone who is dead serious about getting in shape and has a high pain tolerance. HAHA and maybe someday I'll look like Zuzana up there :)

http://fuckyeahmake-up.tumblr.com/post/2593894438

Green flash from the sun

Grand Cayman

Monday, January 3, 2011

I really wish the weather was like this where I am...and maybe that I had her lovely bone structure. :)

LKBK

Bodyrock.tv

In honor of my new goals for losing weight, here is an awesome site that my roommate showed me, http://www.bodyrock.tv/
This woman is insane, and she legit looks like this in real life. I get the feeling that her routine is similar to p90x, which is great because that program will whip your sorry ass into shape like no one else! She emphasizes home workouts and using one's own body for resistance, and apparently it works! everyone should check out this couple's site if they are interested in effective, at-home workouts.
-S.

My New Years Resolutions...

In honor of me living to see another year, I thought I would share my New Year's Resolutions, for better or for worse. I have always been a little weary of making resolutions like everybody else because generally, they are never resolved. I have some meaningful changes in my life that I have wanted to make for a while, and there is perhaps no better time than now.
1. Finally reach my goal of attaining a healthy body weight.
I have struggled with weight for the better part of my teenage years and on into adulthood. at my heaviest I weighed 211 pounds, and for a person who is 5'6'', while that isn't horrible, it is certainly overweight and unhealthy. While I am nowhere near that now, I still have about 25-30 pounds to lose before I can say that I am at a healthy weight. In order to accomplish this goal I will stop eating at fast food joints in lieu of buying food at the grocery store and cooking. I will start exercising on a regular basis, even if it is just Yoga, or some sit-ups, or even an extra trip to the kitchen for the hell of it. I pledge to be more active and to commit myself to getting the body I have wanted for so long.
2. I pledge to cut back on smoking. I can hear you say it, "why don't you just quit?" well, I hate using the word quit. It implies that I will never ever smoke again. I am a realist. I know for a fact that I will have a few times where I absolutely cannot live without a cigarette, and I will allow myself the occasional pleasure, but being a regular smoker has lost its glitter for me, and I would be devastated if I were to get seriously ill as a result of my own stupidity. I am not sure exactly how I plan to go about this, but I think it just starts with having some willpower and self restraint.
3. Develop willpower and self-restraint. Aka treat my body more like a temple. When people say that they generally mean they want to diet and exercise more, but I mean it in slightly a different sense. You can be physically healthy but mentally unhealthy. You can be beautiful and have the best body in the world and still hate yourself. I pledge to take more time for myself, to place my needs before all else, and to carry myself like a powerful young woman with something to offer. This may very well prove to be the hardest resolution to keep, because it seems like the only person in the world telling me that I am worth a damn is myself.

I think this pretty much sums it up for the new year... I will be graduating college (finally!) in May and moving to the next phase in life. I hope to find a second job soon and start making a little more money, and start doing things for me!
Happy New Year
-S.

Happy New Year Folks

Manila, Face Hunter

This girl has perfect lips...

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Knitted cowl

Meet my new knitting project. :)

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

This is My Town...

This is my town, Portland Maine. We received 14 inches of snow over the weekend, and then business went on as usual, you know, because it's Maine and this shit happens all the time.

from lookbook

Made my day...

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Knitted stockings

http://lookbook.nu/look/1417275-Happy-Holidays

So I have noticed lately that the trend of wearing thigh high knitted stockings is coming back. I really like the look, and I like how they are more flattering than nylon stockings because the top of the stocking tends to roll down slightly. Still I have a feeling it's kind of a trend reserved for skinny girls whose legs don't touch :( ahh well, I might just knit a pair anyways.