boxin it out

I'm back on the exercise track, that is until I get shipped to NC next week. But I'm up to four straight days of the gym, which hasn't happened in months. I'm working on getting ready for 3 weeks of beach vacations coming up this fall/winter! Gotta get the most out of those annual days.

The last week I got a number of yoga classes in and tonight I got to go boxing, with the wrapped wrists and all. This is the class I would always take when I'm watching Alias, needing to get out some aggression, or feeling a little badass. Jab, hook, upper cut.....Tonight was great because we cranked up 60 minutes of AC/DC, including my favorite Shoot to Thrill (minus the Iron Man footage) which Jilly Bean would be so proud of:



Jab, hook, upper cut, cross....working on my captain and tenille's, bitches.

effective telemarketing

So I call all "advertising" telemarketing which stems back to a long standing joke with Helga. Apparently her family was having a hard time understanding her career choice and when she would explain "I'm in advertising" they would jump to "So, what? that's like telemarketing?" I'm completely on board with this conclusion, and generally find any form of advertising something to do with annoying telemarketing.

For example, I ran across this ad suggesting that parents should get their young sons karaaraarate lessons (judo chop). Well, yes, we all need some ass-kicking lessons from time to time (gotta keep captain and tenille in shape), but I'm not sure this child is going to make it to a black belt. I do, however, agree that he is going to have to tone up those legs if he is going to fit into 3 inch heels:

Effective telemarketing? Yes, I do believe for any homophobic father, done and done.

an alaskan update part 1

Well I safely made it to Anchorage on Thursday afternoon/evening after a grueling 13 hours plane ride. Yep I was literally on airplanes, and not necassarily on layovers in airports, for what seemed like ever. I almost took a bump which would have caused me to get into AL like 8 hours later, and that might have pushed me over the edge. I am not made (all 6 plus feet of me) to sit in tiny airplane seats for that long of a time.

I made it safely and got to start hanging out with my little cooper, the pooper, Bri and Ryan's one year old son. He is super cute and amazing calm, patience, and fun for a 1 year old. Today is his 1 year old birthday party and they are throwing a big BBQ. The only job I got was to cut up the strawberries but I did buy him a really too big t-shirt that says "someone loves you in Cville". I'm amazing, I know.

Well here are some of my beginning observations of Alaska:

• Yeah well they ain't kidding about that "it's light out for 21 hours a day" thing. That is for real. It might not be sunny out, been mostly cloudy, but is it light enough to read outside until 2 AM in the morning. Crazy business.
• Bri says Ambien is the most filled prescription during the summer, yeah I bet.
• I saw my first moose yesterday and by the time Ryan quick flipped a bitch in the road to go back to see it more up close, it was gone. So it may have been possible that I saw a moose mirage, but I'm sticking with my story.
• We went to a home brew store yesterday and to a brewery. I loved it and got some gifts. Surprisingly there are alot of breweries up here, drinking is in style.
• People refer to me from "the lower 48." Yep, this is an attitude sort of like I have for the Carolinas or the Dakotas, where I tend to lump states together, well up here they lump all 48 of us together!
• I went for my first hike yesterday and apparently most people hike with guns here because of the bears and some rabit mooseseses. I just brought my captain and tennile, but Ryan had holster a gun whilst Bri holster Cooper whilst I took pictures of the landscape. I was really pulling my weight.
• Bri and Ryan are doing well and are happy and amazing and still loads of fun.

another reason not to try to steal my purse

Check out this amazing little lady kicking some major ass when someone tried to steal her purse....this would totally be me too if you tried to steal from me or any of my friends/family. I'd take my "captain and tenille" and my ass kicking boots and do something just like this:

Why do you think I take those boxing classes and do all that yoga??? Strength and flexibility, bitches.