Book of Randomness

Just like many women tend to wonder why anyone would feel the need to wear sexy/cute/expensive “under garments” under their clothes when they know NO ONE will be seeing it, they may also wonder why you would want the same for a sports bra.

Let me explain before you start thinking I’m crazy.

Then I’ll show you my favorites!

There is nothing like being a hot sweaty mess (and not in a good way) to tear you down and make you think you look like crap. So if the theory that wearing sexy/cute bras under clothes works, then where else would be better to apply it than at your “worst cute moment”, at the gym!

Plus you never know when you will get hot and need to take your shirt off!

My picks!

C9 by Champion® Seamless Camisole Bra – Turquoise Stripe

C9 by Champion® Racerback Running Bra – Fuschia

C9 by Champion® Seamless Racerback Bra – Mandarin

Nike Women’s Updated Determination Sport Bra

3-pack, FRUIT OF THE LOOM, Spaghetti Strap Sport Bras

Moving Comfort Women’s Phoebe C/D Bra

My thought is that sports bras are going to wear out their elasticity no matter how much you spend on them. If you buy cheaper ones, you will not only not regret wasting the money, but you will get to have new styles and colors all the time!! How much more exciting is that!?!

I personally have about 10 C9 sports bras from Target and I love them!

Remember to get the support you need if you have a larger chest. When you wash them, wash them in warm water and hang them up to dry. You don’t want the heat to ruin the elastic fibers.

Have a good (and cute) workout!

What you put on your feet is just as important as what you put in your body.

If you have taken my advice about CrossFit or are still working out at the gym by yourself (isn’t that getting boring??), you still need to wear the proper shoe when you workout.

“Workout shoes” come in a super wide array of colors, shapes, fits and styles. The important thing is which one you wind up with.

I am not sure of all the technical mumbo jumbo, but there are many people who believe that since humans were naturally barefoot, that this is the best way to workout. It is probably why you will also see those crazy people running marathons barefoot. It is probably a stretch for most of us though. That is why companies have come up with those weird looking “feetsie” shoes that are essentially just providing a layer between your bare foot and the ground. They may look funny, but there are those who strongly believe in the abilities and functionality of these shoes, especially for hiking.

If you are not into that look, there is something you HAVE to look for in a cross-training shoe. You want to find the flatest sole that you can. This means a very shallow tread as well as the actually look of the shoe.

Working out in running shoes causes the foot to adjust to having too much padding as well as a decline from the heal to toe. You foot is strongest when it is barefoot which is why specialist reccommend that you walk around your home in bare feet, especially if you wear heels regularly.

Since most of us are used to the padding and shape of a running shoe, it will take some time, and a little pain to get used to running and working out in a FLAT training shoe. Once you get over it (and I barely noticed anything), you will be much happier with your shoes!!

The shoe I found that is the perfect discription, very effective, and OH SO CUTE is the Nike Zoom Quick Sister + Training Shoe. It is so comfortable. Super light weight. Durable. Plus it is Nike + enabled to hook up to your iPod.

The best part about the shoe?? The newest edition, and the one I will be getting next, carries a bright pink Nike symbol that is patent snake skin. I can’t wait!

Amazon is offering free shipping on the shoe right now, so check it out. They run true to size, so if you wear a 7 like me, go ahead and order a 7!

Description from Amazon:
Product Features:

• White/ Dark Grey/ Metallic Silver/ Vivid Pink
• Breathable mesh upper.DuraDS at midsole
• Nike DiamondFLX technology at outsole
• Nike+ enabled for instant workout feedback when used with a Nike+ SportBand or iPod® nano and Nike + iPod Sport Kit

So you can see the bottom “Diamond” sole.

Orienteering… despite how it sounds is not going from sushi bar to sushi bar. You can thank our “beginners instructor” for that awesome joke! Just kidding on the awesome part…

Orienteering is defined as a family of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain (Wikipedia definition).

It turns out there are several “sports” such as car, ski, bike and foot orienteering. Who knew?

A few of my friends are doing an adventure race in about a month where they are required to kayak, swim and run while orienteering. They had never been orienteering before, so yesterday they dragged me along for their practice day.

It turns out yesterday was National Orienteering Day, and although I participated in it, I’m still not exactly sure what it meant.

We arrived at the state park around 9:30 in the morning. After gathering our gear (I will list suggestions below) and putting our shoes and sunscreen on, we walked towards the check-in. We were greeted by some very nice gentlemen who helped us newbies through the process.

When you go orienteering, you are given a race number, a map, an electronic key or punch and for beginners, a cheat sheet. Once we had everything, we were sent over to the instructor who is retired military and was trained in orienteering by the US Government. While he was old and a little crazy, he knew exactly how to explain orienteering to us in a clear simplistic manner.

The fundamentals of orienteering are being able to read a topographical map (where squigily lines represent the incline or decline of a mountain), using a compass and recognizing key attributes of the land. Orienteering maps have far greater detail than a regular topographical map.

You will soon become familiar with symbols that stand for “distinctive tree” or “Y in the road.” My friends and I were wondering though… what qualifies a tree as distinctive?

He described orienteering as a three step waltz. The first step is your brain, second is the compass and third is the map. The compass is used to link steps one and two.

Keep in mind that I am not an expert, and since I have only had one experience with orienteering, I am definitely NOT an instructor. So this is where my instruction will end. Go out and find an orienteering club near you, and they will undoubtedly be able to teach you better than I could ever possibly try. The clubs usually host an event once a month, and most never EVER repeat a course twice. Even REI (and possibly other sporting goods stores) offer classes.

Once we finished our first course, we decided we wanted to do another! Not only did it only cost us $2 each for our first course, but it only cost $2 TOTAL for our second. Can we say CHEAP! Great way to spend time with friends or family. Plus it is a great way to exercise. It is two days later and my legs are still a little tired!

Everyone who is semi-active, outdoorsy or likes to camp or hike should hit up an orienteering class or event. You never know when or what could happen in the forrest or dessert, and you may find yourself using orienteering techniques.

Things you will NEED

• Clothes meant for hiking or camping (you will want to make sure you are covered – long sleeves and pants (many people use special bottoms to ensure the undergrowth does not get in their pants or shoes))
• Sunscreen of course
• Compass
• Water

Usually you will not need to bring a map since they will hand it to you just before the event starts…. just to ensure fairness.

You WILL have fun orienteering. Bring a few friends the first time you go and you are sure to have a blast. Keep in mind 4 heads are better than 1 (well usually).

HAVE FUN!!

Orienteering… despite how it sounds is not going from sushi bar to sushi bar. You can thank our “beginners instructor” for that awesome joke! Just kidding on the awesome part…

Orienteering is defined as a family of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain (Wikipedia definition).

It turns out there are several “sports” such as car, ski, bike and foot orienteering. Who knew?

A few of my friends are doing an adventure race in about a month where they are required to kayak, swim and run while orienteering. They had never been orienteering before, so yesterday they dragged me along for their practice day.

It turns out yesterday was National Orienteering Day, and although I participated in it, I’m still not exactly sure what it meant.

We arrived at the state park around 9:30 in the morning. After gathering our gear (I will list suggestions below) and putting our shoes and sunscreen on, we walked towards the check-in. We were greeted by some very nice gentlemen who helped us newbies through the process.

When you go orienteering, you are given a race number, a map, an electronic key or punch and for beginners, a cheat sheet. Once we had everything, we were sent over to the instructor who is retired military and was trained in orienteering by the US Government. While he was old and a little crazy, he knew exactly how to explain orienteering to us in a clear simplistic manner.

The fundamentals of orienteering are being able to read a topographical map (where squigily lines represent the incline or decline of a mountain), using a compass and recognizing key attributes of the land. Orienteering maps have far greater detail than a regular topographical map.

You will soon become familiar with symbols that stand for “distinctive tree” or “Y in the road.” My friends and I were wondering though… what qualifies a tree as distinctive?

He described orienteering as a three step waltz. The first step is your brain, second is the compass and third is the map. The compass is used to link steps one and two.

Keep in mind that I am not an expert, and since I have only had one experience with orienteering, I am definitely NOT an instructor. So this is where my instruction will end. Go out and find an orienteering club near you, and they will undoubtedly be able to teach you better than I could ever possibly try. The clubs usually host an event once a month, and most never EVER repeat a course twice. Even REI (and possibly other sporting goods stores) offer classes.

Once we finished our first course, we decided we wanted to do another! Not only did it only cost us $2 each for our first course, but it only cost $2 TOTAL for our second. Can we say CHEAP! Great way to spend time with friends or family. Plus it is a great way to exercise. It is two days later and my legs are still a little tired!

Everyone who is semi-active, outdoorsy or likes to camp or hike should hit up an orienteering class or event. You never know when or what could happen in the forrest or dessert, and you may find yourself using orienteering techniques.

Things you will NEED

• Clothes meant for hiking or camping (you will want to make sure you are covered – long sleeves and pants (many people use special bottoms to ensure the undergrowth does not get in their pants or shoes))
• Sunscreen of course
• Compass
• Water

Usually you will not need to bring a map since they will hand it to you just before the event starts…. just to ensure fairness.

You WILL have fun orienteering. Bring a few friends the first time you go and you are sure to have a blast. Keep in mind 4 heads are better than 1 (well usually).

HAVE FUN!!

Second Fave Find Friday!! YAY!

Have you ever struggled with diets? Tried everyone in the book and yet somehow you are still yo-yoing? Well, here is your life saver!!!

I have mentioned it in the past, but Hungry Girl has been my lifesaver for about a year now. When my family started on our fitness kick last year, our trainer told us we weren’t allowed to eat: dairy, grains, sugary fruits, etc. Now those things right there, are my life!! Needless to say, I was a little bummed. We tried it for a couple months, but no one can eat like that forever. ( I literally craved McDonald’s for a month after, weird right?)

Sooo…. HUNGRY GIRL!!! The greatest way to continue eating the foods you love without adding the inches to your waist. Better yet, LOSE some of those inches!!

Lisa Lillen, the creator, is NOT a nutritionist, she is a self proclaimed foodologist who has spent the time and research trying to find good tasting and healthy food items. Lisa develops these recipes based on her idea that “food is [her] passion and it has been [her] lifelong obsession.”

Hungry Girl now has two books out, Hungry Girl, and Hungry Girl 200 under 200. Both are great. They are full of more ideas than you can possibly imagine. Comfort foods, cocktails, desserts, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and you name it. There is even a section on typical party foods.

The basic concept behind all of the recipes is that you take a regular dish and just exchange a few ingredients for smarter choices… all while maintaining the delicious flavor!!

If you don’t want to jump right into buying the books, you also have the option to sign up for the daily newsletter which gives you some recipes and healthy grocery store finds. The pink links will take you to where you can buy the books!

Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World

The website is also a fountain of information and well designed!

There are sections called top ATE. For example, the top ATE: holiday favorites, long lasting snacks, and summer beverages.

The most useful top ATE is the one on calorie saving swaps. Hungry Girl uses simple substitutes like using the liquid egg substitute rather than a traditional egg. My own swaps that I ALWAYS stick to: turkey instead of ground beef, whole grain pasta (and all breads) instead of white, and olive oil spray instead of olive oil.

It is because of this mentality that you can cut out tons of calories without having to try to hard, or even worse, STARVE!!!

Hungry Girl: 200 Under 200: 200 Recipes Under 200 Calories

My only complaint with the Hungry Girl books is that they suggest using a product called Shirataki Tofu Noodles… I tried them once, and found I’m not such a fan. They are quite slimey and have an odd consistency… but go ahead and try them. If not, just substitute with whole wheat pasta.

Good luck!! Sign up for the newsletter at Hungry Girl, and buy the books!! Trust me, it will be worth it!

I forgot to mention they also have a fun little game called Whack-a-Snack!

This past week, I somehow received all of my magazine subscriptions in a matter of two days… Between that “wake up call” and my lovely budget crunching mode that I’m in, it made me wonder, when did I get all of these magazines?

I like many girls my age went through the various magazine stages. From Highlights as a little kid, to Seventeen when I hit 13, to my current obsessions.

I now receive: Women’s Health, Shape, Glamour, and People Style Watch.

While this may not seem like “a lot,” when you routinely run out of time to look at all of them, and you eventually throw them all out anyway, you realized what a waste. Plus, it is not very “green!”

My Women’s Health and People Style Watch are more expensive than your traditional $12 subscription price. But I suppose they balance out with the great $12 for two years I paid for Shape!! YAY!

But add it up, I’m suddenly spending OVER $50 for some paper!! Information I can easily access online!

I know you are thinking, $12, big deal, you are practically robbing the magazine! Turns out, you are actually making them more money simply by taking them up on their “great offer.” Magazines make their money with advertising. They are making mucho dinero on your “savings” because you add to their circulation numbers. Higher circulation=More expensive Ad buys. Personally, I think Ad buys are a little overrated when you think about the “impression” you get with the readers. I mean I skip the ads. I’m sure you skip the ads. That is why we find ourselves surrounded by “advertorials.” You guessed it, they are trying to trick you. Bummer!

By the way, this holiday season when you are checking out all of those nifty gift guides, make sure they are not paid for. Some publications are so strapped for cash that they are actually offering up their gift guides as paid advertisements. It will guide you alright, right to their customers’ products. Not so trustworthy is it?

SO what is my point? Well my point is that I do not need to spend $50 a year on magazines. I’m not sure which ones I will end up giving the boot, but you can be sure some of them will get it! I can go online and try to do my little part of the environment and my pocket!

By the way, did you know that the website, Perez Hilton makes $110,000 A MONTH!!??!! Man I wish I had all of the latest gossip to share!

Holy Hell it is hotttt tonight. It is Saturday night, and you guessed it, I’m home. Still a little sick, but I did make it to a little BBQ get together this afternoon. Now that I’m back home writing this, I’m getting a little sweaty! Ewww. I’m not sure if it is the hot humid weather or if I have a little lingering fever, either way, it blows.

On to happier more helpful things.

The other day I was looking at all of the bookmarks I have, trying to decide which ones I could get rid of… then I realized how much I use mine. So there ya go….

The 10 Bookmarks every modern girl needs:

• 1- Your Bank. Who doesn’t need immediate access to their bank account when they have, let’s say, spent too much??? I am quite familiar with this concept… you may also want to bookmark your credit cards…
• 2- Google. For the always important quick find.
• 3-Blog. To keep all of your people up-to-date. Besides, if you spend at least an hour or more a day on something, do you really want to go searching?
• 4- Twitter. I must say I never thought I would have Twitter bookmarked. Yet, here we are. If you have a blog/website/business, Twitter is the new, ever powerful way to keep in touch with your clients. (I have more on this coming up in a blog, thank you Twitter 101, and yes, there is a class)
• 5- Weather.com. Because every girl needs to know how to dress tomorrow!!
• 6- CrossFit or Gym. For me, it is great to be able to access the W.O.D. (Workout of the Day in CrossFit speak) so that I can get mentally prepared for the workout ahead of me as well as eat correctly so I have the most energy. If you go to a normal gym, you might also want to keep up with the class schedules.
• 7- Facebook. Whether for personal or professional use, Facebook is a clean, easy and straight-forward way to keep in touch with friends and customers.
• 8- IMDb. IMDb is my lifesaver when I have a face that I cannot put a name to or vice-versa. Great for a movie or TV watcher.
• 9- eBay. Whether you are a buyer or seller, having eBay around is very important! It is so much fun just to see what you can find sometimes!
• 10- E-mail. Which ever medium you decide to use, gmail or yahoo, you need it around! Duh!

  So why do you keep searching around for everything??

  There are many other things you might find important to have bookmarked. For example, I have other bookmarks for this blog, my salon (to make quick appointments), the Women’s Health monthly giveway, and a few other.

  The choice is yours, but please…. simplify your life!! Your sanity will thank you!

Do you ever get to the gym and think holy cow this is boring? I mean, on the rare occasion you actually get your ass to the gym.

As a competitive athlete during my school years, I relied on the practices and team workouts to keep in shape. I was lucky enough to be blessed with a semi-reasonable metabolism so I never really had to worry about my food intake because it balanced out with my activity level. I assumed that since I was always athletic, I would be fine after college. Boy was I wrong.

Caught up in my new life, new job, new boyfriend, new schedule, and a lack of someone dragging me to a gym, I found myself 20 lbs heavier in no time at all. A harsh harsh reality for someone who had always been in shape.

I finally made the decision to sign up for 24 HR, I occasionally went with the BF, and a couple times with co-workers, but that probably lasted about 3-4 weeks. I had 5 “free” private training sessions from signing up, which were going well until I my trainer who was a girl my age went out with my friends and me and started buying shots. Obviously her power in the gym was no longer.

Five free sessions gone and no motivation left, I had nothing. Then something interesting…

Quit my job, quit my boyfriend, freed up my schedule, planned a trip to a tropical location. Can we say bikini?!?

Here I was, overweight and having to be in a bathing suit in front of the general public… now to me, that was enough. My entire family needed to lose a little around the mid section, if ya know what I mean, but here was the motivation.

After a few weeks, I had finally convinced them to do something. We all ended up with personal trainers. WHOA EXPENSIVE!!!!!

After a few months, we found an even better, more affordable option.

Ever heard of CrossFit?? No? Maybe? Yes? However you answered doesn’t really matter. You may end up thinking I’m crazy (I am, so I’m ok with that assumption), you may be curious, or my may already be “one of us.” Yes, drink the Crossfit Koo-laid!

CrossFit is the new workout craze that is taking over the world. People are slowly learning the benefits of this type of gym and workout. In reality, it has been around for years, but it has seen slow but steady growth, due in large part to its local nature.

CrossFit gyms are no 24 Hour Fitness. You will not find rows or treadmills or stationary bikes, in fact, some won’t even have any. What you will find are pull up bars, rowing machines, kettlebells, boxes, free weights and GHD machines (which I affectionately refer to as the torture machine). I have read that CrossFit is a combination of Boot Camp, Gymnastics and Cardio. I am not sure how that is supposed to describe that to someone, but there it is.

You may get frustrated with me right now, because I am not going to be able to explain the true benefits nor the real feel of this type of workout to you. It is something that you need to experience for yourself. And while we are on the subject, you have to promise me that you will give it a full month before you make your final decision. You will hurt like hell the first few weeks, and I am sure you will want to quit on a couple of occasions. But think about this… CrossFiters have noticed an improvement in their personal and professional lives outside of the gym. Apparently a lot of people have gotten promotions and better sex drives…? Is it weird that those two things stuck in my head? Yeah, I thought so.

What it will offer you and who should try it

If you want to lose weight, tone up, have energy, be able to keep up with your friends or kids, get in shape for ANY sport, become a personal trainer, extend your life, or just have fun, CrossFit is for YOU!

CrossFits are like a little family. The family that yells at you when you miss a day, yells at you when you try to cheat (you’re really only cheating yourself you know) during a workout, but supports you unconditionally when you feel like you are about to die.

I have a love hate relationship with CrossFit as does everyone. I laugh more during my workouts than anywhere else. My closest friends are CrossFitters. My body is in better shape and I feel more physically capable than when I was in sports. But man does it hurt sometimes. I don’t even know what it feels like to not have at least one body part be sore.

You will get a whole body, cardio heavy workout in a matter of minutes. In fact, some of the workouts are only 5 minutes long. Some are an hour. You never know, and the benefit is that your body never gets used to it. You have to leave it and you guessing.

Don’t worry ladies, you won’t bulk up if you do CrossFit! You will just have a much more toned and proportional body!

Oh and PS, many CrossFitters adopt the Zone diet to help maintain your energy levels, but let’s take it one step at a time shall we?

I’m sorry for the back to back lists, but my friend just sent this to me and I wanted to share! Once again, for time saving measures, I have included my faves. Should you want the full list (which is definitely still good) I would by happy to send it to you. In Blue you will find some of my comments. I did want to add one of my own: Who has the time and will power to create these lists to e-mail to people!!??

ENJOY!

• The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. This recently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will never be ending a work email with the phrase “Regards” again.
   

• Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you’re going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you’re crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.
   

• I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.Oh man was college a rude awakening for a girl who NEVER took a nap.
   

• Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn’t work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or faq’s. We just figured it out. Today’s kids are soft. And why do 6 year olds have cell phones and demand that I do things for them when I don’t even know them?!?
   

• There is a great need for sarcasm font. I totally feel this one… I usually feel misunderstood in print.
   

• Sometimes, I’ll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what was going on when I first saw it.
   

• I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I’ll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone’s laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I’m still the only one who really, really gets it.I’m probably the worst about this one… definitely did it the other night!
   

• The other night I hit a new low at an open bar. I had already hopped on ” highway blackout ” when, inevitably , I had to find a bathroom. Eventually I decided it was probably on the other side of the bar so I tried to walk over there, but ran into a girl coming the other way. We played that, Both go left, Both go right game to no avail, so I finally put out my hand to guide myself past and that is when I realized, yup, that’s a mirror I just tried to walk through. And the girl on the other side is me. Even cats can recognize their own image.
   

• How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
   

• I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
   

• The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text. Bad, but true.
   

• A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.
   

• Was learning cursive really necessary? I was JUST thinking about that. How many people use it anymore? And do they still teach it in schools?
   

• I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
   

• Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.
   

• Whenever someone says “I’m not book smart, but I’m street smart”, all I hear is “I’m not real smart, but I’m imaginary smart”.
   

• How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear what they said?
   

• Everytime I have to spell a word over the phone using ‘as in’ examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss’s last name to an attorney and said “Yes that’s G as in…(10 second lapse)..ummm…Goonies” I deal with this on a daily basis with “M” and “N”
   

• What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?If I could afford it, I think I would try it. But then again, wouldn’t they find out that I hired both?
   

• While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it…thanks Mario Kart.
   

• MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.SERIOUSLY!!

   

• Bad decisions make good stories. HAHA
   

• Whenever I’m Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don’t mind if I do!
   

• Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?YES!!!
   

• Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? I know my name, I know where I’m from, this shouldn’t be a problem….
   

• You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you’ve made up your mind that you just aren’t doing anything productive for the rest of the day.
   

• Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don’t want to have to restart my collection.
   

• There’s no worse feeling than that millisecond you’re sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
   

• The best thing about sex is that part where I have it.
   

• I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
   

• “Do not machine wash or tumble dry” means I will never wash this ever. I just ignore this usually… or I guess handwashing isn’t TOO bad.
   

• I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There’s so much pressure. ‘I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren’t watching this. It’s only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?’
   

• I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Dammit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What’d you do after I didn’t answer? Drop the phone and run away?
   

• I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
   

• I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it’s on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my itunes.
   

• Why is a school zone 15 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles…
   

• Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is. For me, my watches are more of an accessory… is that bad?
   

• It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.
   

• I think that if, years down the road when I’m trying to have a kid, I find out that I’m sterile, most of my disappointment will stem from the fact that I was not aware of my condition in college. Gee… you think this was a guy?
   

• Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn’t know what do to with it. This one creeps me out…
   

• Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, hitting the G-spot, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey – but I’d bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time…
   

• It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text. OMG I know!
   

• I think the freezer deserves a light as well

I REALLY tried to cut this one down… but I guess I liked too many of them. I hope you don’t feel like I just wasted precious time in your life!!

I mentioned it before on the About Page, but if you EVER have any questions about ANYTHING, please let me know. If you are a curious girl (or boy) like I am, you wonder why, how, who, when, where, etc. ALL the time. But do you really have the time figure everything out?

Well I have some time, and I am willing to give you some!! From my time working in public relations and marketing (having to track people and contacts down – yes I have probably talked to you or sent you something in the past ), I have gained this crazy ability to find almost anything on the internet, and at an alarmingly quick rate. Let me know who you want to know and we’ll figure it out! Plus I’ll be glad to share the findings with everyone on Book of Randomness.

Thanks!!!

PS, please let me know if you are enjoying/learning from the entries so far. More importantly, if you like it, tell everyone you know!!!