Monday, February 18, 2008
Presidents Day!
Why am I the only person of all my friends to be working?! what is up with that? Stupid company...only 8 holidays per year! UGH!!! I'm pissed, I can be at home, studying for my exam, but no, instead, I am here, at work, writing my blog, reading other blogs, and doing stupid contractor shop submittals...like really....really...I need a 3 day weekend like everyone else sometimes too.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
I F-in HATE Lazy People.....
I am a creature of habit and of routine. I wake up, go to the gym, shower, get in my car and go to work. I go to the cafeteria to pick up my skim milk to go with my total raisin bran and fiber one medley that I am going to eat at my desk for breakfast. 9 times out of 10, I walk up to the 5th floor from the 1st floor. But that 1 time out of 10 that I take the elevator is because I have tons of bags/stuff with me that I would probably topple backwards and kill myself hiking the stairs. And you know what?! EVERY SINGLE F-IN TIME that I take the elevator there is some lazy ass bitch with her sausage, egg and cheese on a bagel, or with her muffin, that she just got from the cafeteria, and she is taking the elevator to the SECOND FLOOR!!!! Are you kidding me?!!!! There are exactly 27 steps to the second floor, I counted, 27 is not that bad.
Like the woman this morning....I get my skim milk, I take the elevator because I have my lunch box, my purse, my milk, and my backpack with text books so i can study for my exam at work. This woman gets into the crowded elevator that is going 'express' to the 5th floor; everyone in there was going to the 5th, then she was like, "2, please." 2 please?! 2 Please?! are you kidding me? Thankfully there was another woman in the elevator who's lips were faster than mine and blurted out, "You know, you could have taken the stairs for God's sake." She responds with, "I'm not ready for the stairs yet." Lady, its 7:40 a.m!!!! Of course, could i keep my mouth shut? Nope. "Not ready yet? I have already gone to the gym this morning, but yet, you aren't ready yet...." Yup, I'm a mean person, but whatever, she could use to burn a few calories.
I am over weight, but I do my best to burn a few extra calories throughout the day since I have a desk job. I dunno, I just don't get it. Why can't these hens get a clue?!
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Gym Attire Part I
Well, yesterday I was telling my roommate about this other woman at the gym, who clearly does not have a clue. There is this Asian woman, possibly in her mid 30's, can't really tell. She has standard gym attire, dumpy t-shirt and shorts, but then come the shoes. She wears Adidas Shelltops...like really...really, is she trying to take the place of Jam Master Jay in Run DMC?! I mean, sista, c'mon now, you can get a nice pair of saucony's, nike's, or adidas at Modell's for like $30. Does she not realize that when she is trying to run, walk, etc, that she is not getting the right support from her sneaker? I don't get it. But today....today topped it off....She had a pair of "non-workout" sneakers on, maybe sketchers or something with yellow shoelaces that had sparkles in them!!! WTF, is she practicing to play the part of Tinkerbell in some play! UGH!!!!
It gets better....she has this way of stretching and doing weights. She bounces when she stretches....didn't we learn at some point in the 80's that this was bad? Static stretching works best. Also, she does things like kalesthetics, I don't understand, like I said to my roommate, maybe it is part of her wanna-be tai chi routine. I can't say that I am the perfect gym person, and I wouldn't even come close to calling myself a gym rat, but there is common sense at the gym. As I am observing her, I am afraid she is going to pull a muscle, throw out her back, etc. Its the same feeling (melanie will understand this one), when you watch people use the rowing machine at the gym, they are soooo not doing it the right way!!!!! I know I am harsh, but really....why can't people get a clue?!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
A Foodie/Fat Girls Dream!!!!
"...While fiber is considered a carb (and the grams of fiber are included in the total carbs listed on labels and packages), the calories from fiber are not absorbed by the body. So, many products subtract the calories that come from fiber from the total number of calories listed. For example, if you used your little equation to figure out the calories in a serving of Fiber One -- adding up the calories from 2g of protein (8 cals), 25g of carbs (100 cals) and 1g of fat (9 cals) -- you would come up with 117 calories per 1/2-cup serving. But since F1 has 14g of fiber per serving, you can subtract 56 calories from that total number (4 calories for each gram of fiber), which leaves you with 61 calories (rounded down to 60 on the box's label). This is pretty standard for high-fiber foods these days, and it's the reason the nutritionals on the package (as well as in recipes made with the stuff) don't always add up. The important thing to remember here is that those calories from fiber are NOT absorbed by the body, so no need to panic and add them all back in if you are counting calories."
Fiber subtracts calories?!?!?! OMG, this is my dream come true...something that SUBTRACTS calories. Ok, I know, I'm a little over excited, and I know I'm still intaking calories from eating high-fiber foods, but work with me here. No one has ever told me this!!! YAY!!! I <3 Fiber One! But for those of you that are curious (and not really loving Fiber One), here are some other high fiber foods.... http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/high-fiber-foods/NU00582 (THANKS SAM!!!)
Today, I am the one that got a clue...YAY ME!!!
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Are you asking cause you care or.....what?!
I grasp the whole part of asking to be polite, that is a part of daily life. But when people ask you, "How are you doing?" the answer is supposed to be, "I'm well, and you?" but with some people, its not. To them, they feel that they should truthfully answer it. I just wanna be like, "Lady, I got my own problems, I don't need to hear yours, I was simply just asking to be polite." Granted, it is one thing when a friend, a good friend asks you, cause they truly do care, but its another when its a co-worker, an acquaintance, you know? Not to mention, this person that i know, has a miserable life, well only cause the thrive on self-pity, you know what I mean? And, I can bet, this person has more money that Roosevelt ever did and yet, they complain about how expensive things are. Listen, you can die tomorrow, and where is all your money gonna go? And honestly, i hope you live a long life, but I don't want to spend a portion of my life listening to how "tragic" yours is. GOT IT?!
Ok, better now :D
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Oh....I thought you meant 'those' lips
"A PAZ (Reuters) - Prostitutes in the Bolivian city of El Alto sewed their lips together on Wednesday as part of a hunger strike to demand that the mayor reopen brothels and bars ordered closed after violent protests by residents last week.
"We are fighting for the right to work and for our families' survival," Lily Cortez, leader of the El Alto Association of Nighttime Workers, told local television.
"Tomorrow we will bury ourselves alive if we are not immediately heard. The mayor will have his conscience to answer to if there are any grave consequences, such as the death of my comrades," she said, surrounded by about 10 prostitutes who had sewn their lips together with thread.
Some 30 other women were shown fasting inside a medical clinic nearby.
Mayor Fanor Nava told local radio he would not reopen the brothels and bars closed after city residents fed up with underage drinking and crime stormed the red-light district in El Alto, an impoverished city just north of La Paz.
Prostitution in Bolivia is legal but pimping is outlawed.
Student activists who want the bars and brothels permanently shut down were also on a hunger strike, along with the leaders of an association representing bars, restaurants and karaoke establishments.
"It's not only us owners and the sex workers who are affected, there are thousands of waiters, cooks, bartenders, taxi drivers and street vendors who will be without income," said Ramiro Orellana, spokesman for the business group.
El Alto is one of the largest urban areas in Bolivia, with nearly 1 million inhabitants, mostly Aymara and Quechua Indians."
Whichever set of lips they sewed together, business is still down.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
My Pathetic Addiction
I mean, lets evaluate, they always end up solving the murder and figuring it out, so why do I keep tuning in? And on SVU, I can't stand that blonde actress that plays the DA, she's so annoying and also, since when did Ice T stop making rap albums and become an actor? And here's the rub, I really am starting to like Ice T's character and even turned to Ange last night and said, "You know, he's really not that bad of an actor." And seriously....seriously, I have my PE (professional engineer) exam coming up in April of 2008, I really should be studying for that every night and not watching Vincent D'Onofrio play a gumshoe....oy!