November Chit Chat
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What field do you study in, Courtney?
I'm getting so effing annoyed at my gym, doesn't seem to matter when I go, everything is always taken these days. I wish they had more than one cage. The squat rack safeties are too tall for me. I even tried to bench and all THREE were occupied and there were hardly any people in the gym errrggghh
I'm so scared of when the resolutionists come
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@Threnjen -- Can you talk to gym management about adding additional racks or benches? They may not know it's a problem. And yes, I'm also wondering about the resolutionists, and whether or not they'll be in the weight room or just hitting the cardio machines. Fingers crossed it doesn't become a madhouse!
As for what I'm studying, I'm getting my master's in religious studies.
And after I share that piece of information, I always feel like I have to clarify that I am NOT studying to be a minister and that I am not actually very religious -- I won't be offended or judge-y if you are super into God or Allah or whatever, and I won't care one ounce if you're not. I simply think it's a fascinating and relatively important topic. (And this caveat comes from lots of experience with people thinking I am or am not one way or another simply because I study religions, so apologies if none of you give a *kitten*.)
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That is super interesting!! What was the topic of your paper?
I don't even know where they could put another rack. No joke that gym is absolutely jammed to the seams with equipment. It is hard to walk around.0 -
The paper is on Mormon female missionaries. The church recently lowered the age for women from 21 to 19, and I think it's going to be a game-changer.
Never in a million years did I think I'd end up studying Mormonism, but here we are!
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I think we don't need to start a december chitchat thread... do we?
I thought I'd share this with you guys for the giggles:
Last night i was doing yoga on that stupid everlast "elastic plyo mat" that my mom gave me for xmas 2-3 years ago when I asked for a yoga mat. I never got around to buying myself a proper one after that but last night was kind of the last straw as I got really frustrated with it.
My family's been hounding me for gift ideas (as usual) so I sent them an email stating i wanted a real, non-stretchy yoga mat. My reasoning was that, instead of doing a downward dog pose, I really look like I'm doing the epileptic caterpillar out there... I'll let you guys picture that for a minute. lol0 -
Those plyo mats are terrible! At least you tried, caterpillar style!
I don't know if you have the store "Five Below" where you are, but they have nice yoga mats for $5. I just bought one for my hubby from there. He recently added in yoga to help with his flexibility, but since he wants "manly yoga," he bought DDP Yoga. I've done a few of the workouts with him and they are ok. I definitely see the appeal for non-yoga people, but I still prefer my other yoga DVDs.0 -
So happy to see this chit-chat thread! I have been too bummed to even look at all your great updates because I had unexpected gall bladder surgery a few weeks ago. I haven't been able to lift more than 15 pounds during recovery, but I threw that out the window about 10 days ago to lift my almost 40-pound toddler and tote him around pretty much everywhere- he was so thrilled I could pick him up again! We both were. Even though I'm not ready to go back to the gym yet, I feel like I'm not too far off (maybe the week after next) and I wanted to see what's up with all you great people! You're always so inspiring- even in the chit-chat you've cheered me up, so thank you. Symba- sorry you were sick but glad you're feeling better. Voekel, I hope you're feeling better too. Hope everyone else stays healthy during this flu season!0
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@Krok -- Funny. I'm totally picturing that in my head. Tried to find a good yoga fail vid, but they were all meh. Found a couple funny memes though -- And no, these are NOT meant to imply that you failed at yoga. These are just for fun!
And one more, just because it's FREAKING HILARIOUS!
Happy Hump Day!0 -
omg Court I think I peed my pants at the yoga sloth0
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NO NOT THE ELF0
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The sloth :-D0
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My favorite Elf meme was the little girl who set the house on fire (not really) to stop the elf. Her expression is priceless.0
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A guy was curling in the only power rack this morning when the one squat rack we have was also in use. I guess I'm fortunate that this is the first time I saw someone do this but I death glared at him while on the elliptical waiting.
And totally unrelated, do deadlifts make anyone else really sleepy? I've had 3 cups of coffee already and I still just want to get in bed for a nap.0 -
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At the risk of sounding like Mean Girls, I'm having a fugly day today
Thought this would be a great place to vent humorously. Hope it's just a fluctuation and I didn't just realize I've let myself go 
My pants were tight on me this morning and I've been contemplating undoing a button. I haven't though, not because I have standards (because I don't) but because I'm wearing the type of slacks that have like a million clasps at the waist. I also took off my faux nails last night so my hands look like nubs. Lastly, my eye is all wonky - I think I scratched something and my lid hurts so maybe I'll get to wear a patch with my ensemble this week.
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Sucks to have one of those days.
Yesterday I had a decent pants day, cause I caved in and adjusted my belt smaller so my pants weren't slipping down so much. However, the actual work part of the day was awful. I got to work in photo, which I prefer, but had 3 paper jams in the machine. And not in the easy part or with small orders. One order was 200 pictures and it jammed part way through the order near the last part of the machine so there was paper that had to pulled from every section, including in all of the chemicals. Had to do that 3 times (different orders, different paper sizes). Called tech support but no one called back like she said they would so don't know if someone has been in to fix it today or if they will be soon. I don't go in till after 4pm today and I'm not photo. I had a hard time last night between machine issues, trying to get some prints done, all the orders we get right now and having to help cover breaks cause we didn't have enough people working. This is also the 4th shift in the past few weeks I've had to call tech support. I may need to kick a few machines soon.
Our recent new hire just stopped showing up and hasn't called so now we're just short staffed every night she was supposed to work, and I'm working on a couple of my days off, switching me to 6 days a week instead of 5 and with 40 hours or more every week this month. Good for the wallet but oh I'm going to be tired by the time the holidays end.0 -
Ugh I hate printers. I have a still of the scene from Office Space where they pummel the printer as my desktop background. Hope your work woes improve soon!0
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Posted this on MissHoliday's page, but figured I'd share here too. I'm IN for the eye patch:
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Bwahaha! Nice one Crabada...and the Yoga sloth - roflmbo!!
Today lifting was ok...I felt a little bit slow on the BP...I think because it is not done often the muscles "go to sleep" lol...
Hey, if I may, does anyone know of a good review app (for iTouch) that I can download...one that requires manual input/does not require GPS tracking (weightlifting, stair climber, walking etc)?
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Thanks Crabada - the eye patch really helped my gainz
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MissHolidayGolightly wrote: »At the risk of sounding like Mean Girls, I'm having a fugly day today Thought this would be a great place to vent humorously. Hope it's just a fluctuation and I didn't just realize I've let myself go
My pants were tight on me this morning and I've been contemplating undoing a button. I haven't though, not because I have standards (because I don't) but because I'm wearing the type of slacks that have like a million clasps at the waist. I also took off my faux nails last night so my hands look like nubs. Lastly, my eye is all wonky - I think I scratched something and my lid hurts so maybe I'll get to wear a patch with my ensemble this week.
i bet this won't comfort you, but i just enjoyed your 'bad' day more than i enjoy some people's 'good' days. as far as the eyeball scratch goes . . . take it to emerg and get them to put some coloured dye into it. that way, after they've finished shining and infra-red light on your eyeball to look for the scratch, you can go to the gym and work out with fluorescent fluid leaking out of your nose.
ask me how i found out about that. go on, i dare you.
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@BPJ (I always have to think and make sure this isn't PBJ ) -- What is a "review app"? I'm not sure what you're asking for. Sorry if I'm just confused. 0
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Lol Canada...
Crabada...I actually have never thought of that - PBJ...ha!ha!
I meant a well-reviewed app..an app with great ratings...one that does not require GPS enabling to track activities like stair-climbing, weight lifting, etc. The few I found require one to enable GPS...0 -
@bepeejaye: Runkeeper will let you manually enter activities, but I am not sure if you can run it without GPS, as in, I don't know if it will let you open it if there is no service connected to your device (either wireless or cellular). I just tested the app in airplane mode on my phone and that worked, so I would guess you could still open the app on your iPod even if no wifi is connected to it.0
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I think it also has a "stopwatch" mode so that it will track the amount of time that you do an activity rather than using GPS, but I have never used that mode and am not sure how accurate it is.0
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Bwahaha! Nice one Crabada...and the Yoga sloth - roflmbo!!
Today lifting was ok...I felt a little bit slow on the BP...I think because it is not done often the muscles "go to sleep" lol...
i agree about that. it seems like very single post-bench-press day is doms day all over again, and as far as progress, i'm not making a lot.
last week i did a bit of extremely-light bench (well, 45 instead of 65, and it felt light) in between Official Bench Days. and for what it's worth, i did make my 5lb increase on bench last night for the first time in i don't know how long. i'll keep this up for a while and see if it unsticks my progress with benching at all.
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canadianlbs wrote: »MissHolidayGolightly wrote: »At the risk of sounding like Mean Girls, I'm having a fugly day today Thought this would be a great place to vent humorously. Hope it's just a fluctuation and I didn't just realize I've let myself go
My pants were tight on me this morning and I've been contemplating undoing a button. I haven't though, not because I have standards (because I don't) but because I'm wearing the type of slacks that have like a million clasps at the waist. I also took off my faux nails last night so my hands look like nubs. Lastly, my eye is all wonky - I think I scratched something and my lid hurts so maybe I'll get to wear a patch with my ensemble this week.
i bet this won't comfort you, but i just enjoyed your 'bad' day more than i enjoy some people's 'good' days. as far as the eyeball scratch goes . . . take it to emerg and get them to put some coloured dye into it. that way, after they've finished shining and infra-red light on your eyeball to look for the scratch, you can go to the gym and work out with fluorescent fluid leaking out of your nose.
ask me how i found out about that. go on, i dare you.
No I love it! What's humor without self depreciation? I have drops from a previous eye scratch trip to urgent care (I call them my eye roids. They're going to get yuuuuuge!) The fluorescent leaking sounds great though! I'll keep that in mind for the future.
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MissHolidayGolightly wrote: »So, dare accepted: how do you know all about that??
i fell asleep with contact lenses in once, and woke up in a wild clawing frenzy that scratched one eyeball. during my painfully self-conscious teens. sitting in some coffee shop after the e.r. with a patch over one eye, feeling Romantic and Interesting, and wondering why everybody was spilling coffee down their fronts and suddenly remembering urgent business somewhere way over there when they caught sight of me . . . . then i wiped my nose on a napkin and realised it must look like i had a leaking yellow highlighter pen in my left sinus somewhere.
plus, my kid got something in his eye once and for him they did that blacklight-postery dye. that one was great. the doc turned out the light and dropped the shades, and there was nothing but one wildly glowing purple eyeball and a cascade of giggles.
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