Aug 16, 2016 | Bright Ideas, Hobbies, Literature |
I walked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 0.60mi
time: 30:44
pace: 51:19min/mi
speed: 1.17mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1682866703
Went on a walk with The Other today instead of a ride die to stome unexpected schedule changes. It was nice! We walked up to the local park and like any adult I decided to play on the equipment.
I also found a Little Library at the park which made me so excited! In some neighborhoods there are a lot of controversy over these but I haven’t heard any complaints in my neighborhood. I have a hard time letting go of my old books but I think I am going to find a few to donate to this worthy cause.
Feb 20, 2016 | Bright Ideas, Fashion, kittens |
Best Christmas gift I ever got!
Feb 6, 2016 | Bright Ideas, Fashion |
I have been wanting to do something fun (and pink) with my hair for a while and I finally did it. I had a wonderful stylist who is very familar with fashion colors (her own hair was beautiful) and did a great job of understanding what I want, what would work and even did research before I arrived to make sure the end result looked fantastic!!
I told her I wanted it to look “natural” as much as pink hair can look natural and I think she hit the mark blending it into my normal hair. Fashion colors fade pretty fast (I will have to go every 2-3 weeks for touch ups) but the way its layered in even when it does fade it will still look good. Which is great cause I am a pretty low-maintenance kinda girl. The other great part of how she worked it in is that it looks better with waves or curls so its easy for me to let my hair air dry and my usually annoying waves actually work for me instead of against me!!
Jun 10, 2015 | Bright Ideas, Hobbies |
I biked with MapMyRide!
Distance: 6.73mi
time: 32:05
pace: 4:46min/mi
speed: 12.58mi/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1023746777
I’m sitting here after my workout just going crazy with the itches.
I am trying to avoid allergy pills before biking because I want my lungs to grow stronger and my meds give them an unfair advantage. I have taken a pill now though so I will see how long it takes to kick in. (spoiler alert – I didn’t actually take a pill cause lazy)
In other news tons of birds, bugs, and chipmunks on the trail today. They like to get in my way.
Maybe next time I’ll take my new friend.
Yes I put googly eyes on some garlic, and don’t tell me you aren’t thinking of things in your kitchen that need googly eyes.
OMG gotta go I hear the ice cream truck!
May 21, 2015 | Bright Ideas |
Look at this smug-ass paper clip!
Mar 19, 2015 | Bright Ideas, Food |
I got this a while back as a gift from Brianna and it’s probably the most awesome specialty kitchen tool I own. It’s called a “herb stripper” and its $7.99 on Amazon
You take the herb you want to strip, which normally you would have to do by hand in a slow, painstaking manner and put the stem into a hole, then pull the step out the other side. The leaves fall into the little bowl and you are left with an empty stem – viola’!
It works great. I have used it on cilantro, rosemary, thyme, and parsley. I assume it works just as great with other herbs. I highly recommend it!
Jan 25, 2015 | Bright Ideas, kittens |
Luna loves Brutus – she follows him around, tries to nuzzle him, always wants to know what he is doing. She loves him.
Brutus loves Luna, but more in a best friend “lets play chase but don’t eat my treats” kinda way. They play, yes, but he sometimes bullies her or chases her away from what he considers “his”. He is always around her but most of the time when she tries to snuggle him he activates “THE CLAMP” which is Brutus just grabbing hold of her neck and chomping down. (really hard! His jaw strength is amazing!)
But the other day, Luna made progress in her pursuit of Brutus’ affection! They both come in the bathroom with me when I shower (as I’m sure your cats do) and Brutus sits in the chair and usually falls asleep. Luna sits on the rug. After my shower I dried off and sat on the floor next to Brutus’ chair and started to pet him. Luna became very interested and starting pacing around the chair so I picked her up and put her on the chair. She sat as far away from Brutus as possible, almost leaning against me. He opened his eyes to look at her but I kept petting him and eventually he went back to sleep.
After some time, Luna crept closer. Eventually she put her paws over his paws. Again he opened his eyes but I kept petting and he went back to sleep. Luna sat like that for a while, looking very pleased with herself.
After a few minutes, Luna began to inch closer again. She started to sniff him and even licked his paws abit. I was taking pictures at this time but every time Brutus would wake up she would go still and wait for him to close his eye again then would continue inching closer.
Then she got close enough that their tails touched!
Closer still…
And finally, she flopped on him! Snuggling as close as she could (basically on top of him) she just pretended to sleep as he woke up and looked at this kitty now laying on him
It’s usually at this point that Brutus will bite or chase Luna away, but this time he started to clean her!!! She remained perfectly still the whole time and eventually (after looking at me to see why I was being a weirdo taping their snuggle session) Brutus went back to sleep! They were finally cuddling!
But then Luna’s ear started to inch and although she didn’t want to (it started with a twitch) she had to shake her head. It was at that point Brutus woke up, deployed THE CLAMP and I had to rescue a screaming Luna from the chair.
She didn’t go far though and I told her it was good work for one day. Little by little she will teach Brutus to cuddle and then he will love her as much as she loves him.
Jan 10, 2015 | Bright Ideas, Tech |
So I was watching a compilation of BattleBots on YouTube tonight and realized that the “wedge” is pretty much unbeatable. It’s almost not fun to watch – there should be a wedge only league or no wedge allowed or something. At one point it just turned into a fight of wedges….
The second most powerful the spinner – usually a spinning blade but sometimes the whole body spins. The problem with these is that once your spinning part stops, and usually it does, you got nothing.
So if I was gonna battle bot I would make my entire robot a magnet, then all I have to do is run into the other robot until it sticks to me, then bash it against the wall or into the area hazards. Problem solved. ALL HAIL MAGENTA (no relation to Magneto, a copywrite of Marvel comics) Years of Loony Toons has taught me this is a viable plan
That or I would just get the Honda Asimo robot to pick it up and smash it. That’s a good plan too.
Or better yet, one of those scary ass Boston Dynamics/DARPA big dog robots. Nobody is gonna fuck with that thing. Look at it! Imagine you are taking a hike though the forest and these things are around the next bend in the trail. I would wet myself, I’m about wetting myself now just thinking about it…
On a side note, while searching for images I learned that during the height of the Battlebot craze in 2002, McDonalds included Battlebots in happy meals. There were a total of 7 licensed robots, plus 1 fictional robot McDonald’s created themselves. I hope those Battlebot organizer’s invested their money wisely.
Jan 6, 2015 | Bright Ideas |
My car needs a name! I don’t mean just a cutesy name that only I use – I mean a name like a warship or a galactic destroyer has!! Since you all are some of the most creative people I know, let me know your suggestions – can’t make any promises but if you come up with the name I use you will be forever immortalized on my social media pages 🙂
Right now I am leaning towards “Skynet” although, “Fluffy Marshmallow” got a few votes as well…
Dec 31, 2014 | Bright Ideas, Current Events, Tech |
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