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Yup. I watched one of her real-time workouts last night, and at the end of it she was too exhausted to cool down and was like "Whew! That was HARD!" And then I'm like "Holy crap, if it's that hard for HER, the the shape SHE'S in, I may literally die. LITERALLY."
But hell, I think Ima try it anyway.
Random work giggle of the morning.. I love it when people write things like this in emails:
"As you know, service ships to GMCCA."
I don't even know what GMCCA is, so no... Not as I know.
Just like when people say "you know" all of the time in conversation. I feel like they are being verrrrrrrry optimistic on that count...
One of Thomas's friends says "you know" more than I can stand. Usually when he's at the house, I have to leave the room after about 5 mins to get a break before I throw something at his face and tell him to shut up. Example: "There's a, you know, you know - a bridge - that you know, spans the river in, you know, uhh, Paris, that is, you know, long. Longer than, you know, normal. It's made of, you know, bridge, uhh... you know, materials."
Me:
There's a guy in my small group (bible study thing) that does the same thing. It's so hard to stop hearing it once it starts bothering me.
Becky wrote: "And with post 1146, I have guaranteed her all the male click-stats. LOL"Oh I definitely clicked on it, but that much muscle on a lady is not what I consider attractive. I respect her, but that's about it lol.
Luke wrote: "Becky wrote: "And with post 1146, I have guaranteed her all the male click-stats. LOL"Oh I definitely clicked on it, but that much muscle on a lady is not what I consider attractive. I respect he..."
Yeah, she's a bit more defined than I would want to be... but I could settle for that. :P
I have a sort-of-cousin who, recently, picked up the annoying quirk of saying "yo" when he was talking. To use Becky's example, it would go something like, "There's a bridge, yo, that you know, spans the river, yo, in Paris, yo... "I don't know when or why he picked it up, but the last time I saw him it drove me to distraction...
I do tend to say "like" far too often, and am not generally aware of it. When I do become conscious of it, though, it, also, drives me to distraction...
And now that I've said it, it will drive me crazy today...
I use "really" a lot, both in speech and online. I have been trying to not do that... but it's really hard! :P
Really, really hard?
Becky wrote: "Yeah, she's a bit more defined than I would want to be... but I could settle for that. :P "I want those abs. I would not want my boobs tight & motionless under my chin like that. Or quite so much definition in the arms. BUt her Abs????? OMG, yes!
The reason I like Flavia so much is that she can be brutally honest. Like, she says that in order to get the Adonis lines and the extreme definition, you basically have to be down to about 10% or less bodyfat AND you have to be starving. Like, they are starving before they do these videos and pictures. And they eat crazy foods at crazy times to make certain body parts "pop."
Becky wrote: "I use "really" a lot, both in speech and online. I have been trying to not do that... but it's really hard! :P"I've been told that I'm a huge fan of the word "actually."
My pet words seem to change depending on the day.
I'll take the abs, butt, and legs. Maybe a little softer of a version of all of them.. But if it's me now or all the way.. I'll take all the way!!!
Dawn wrote: "I'll take the abs, butt, and legs. Maybe a little softer of a version of all of them.. But if it's me now or all the way.. I'll take all the way!!!"lol
Yo, really, you know interesting, you know, like yo, it's really, really a like, you know flowing conversation, yo, you know...really.
I don't know, what do you want to do?
Whatever you want to eat is fine.Except that.
And that...
And that...
That, along with "I don't know, what do you want to do?" is pretty much my life.
The bad part? I'm the one who won't decide and who sometimes secretly knows what they want but won't say it and just says whatever you want is fine when it's not fine but then gets frustrated when you don't decide the way I wanted you to decide in the first place.
*deep breath*
Dawn wrote: "Whatever you want to eat is fine.Except that.
And that...
And that...
That, along with "I don't know, what do you want to do?" is pretty much my life.
The bad part? I'm the one who won't d..."
lol
I'm pretty easy when it comes to food.
MrsJoseph wrote: "Becky wrote: "I use "really" a lot, both in speech and online. I have been trying to not do that... but it's really hard! :P"I've been told that I'm a huge fan of the word "actually.""
I use 'anyway' a lot as a segue. My reviews are littered with 'em?
Also 'also'.
I have a "you know" friend. She talks and talks and doesn't really let you speak a word. It's like saying "you know" and me saying "mmhmm" is her way of including me in a conversation. I can only handle that shit in small doses or I will lose it.
I guess it's better than YOLO.
"Hey Otto, let's go do some crimes."
I have a friend who is very intelligent and converses very well in person, but get him on the phone and it's a whole different story. He pauses... forever... and you are left wondering if you were supposed to say something else. Two minute conversations turn into 10-15 since you just keep talking to fill the space so it doesn't get awkward lol.
☆αlly☆ (litєrαry єscαpist) wrote: "I have a "you know" friend. She talks and talks and doesn't really let you speak a word. It's like saying "you know" and me saying "mmhmm" is her way of including me in a conversation. I can only ..."
A newish coworker of mine the other day discovered my love of Harry Potter, and asked if I had been to the thing in Universal...
And as I start to answer she proceeds to tell me about how she'd been and enjoyed it, though she had never seen the movies or read the books or anything...
And as I started to say something about the cool easter egg things they had there, she continued to say about how she was embarrasing her nephew by asking him all sorts of things, and she said how cool the line for the Hogwarts ride was...
And as I tried to agree and say about some of the stuff in the line, she continues to go on and on...
And I just wanted to scream, "Why did you ask me a question if you won't let me answer it!"
Colleen wrote: "And I just wanted to scream, "Why did you ask me a question if you won't let me answer it!" LOL! We have one of those in our office. She's also one of those people that likes to "top" people off. For example, if you tell a story about your dog that will trigger her to tell a super exaggerated story about her own dog. It's frustrating.
I say "like" way too much some days and "anyway" way too much in my reviews...that is when I write them.
OMG! I just went into the coolest B&M bookstore...ever!It was crowded with nary a space to shove a book. There was a spiral staircase, books strewn everywhere and piled on everything.
There was also a cafe and cool bookish nicknacks.
And weird/strange books were everywhere:
I want to go there now. Why can't I have cool bookstores near me :(
That... does not appeal to me in the least...
as someone that spend years working in merchandising, that makes me cringe lol.
Yeah, those piles make me twitch. How do you find anything?!
And if you find something, how do you get it out without knocking everything else over? o_O
The piling thing is an issue, but I prefer rooms and stores like that to big box stores.
I prefer the internet. *hugs the tubes*
☆αlly☆ (litєrαry єscαpist) wrote: "as someone that spend years working in merchandising, that makes me cringe lol."Jackie wrote: "Yeah, those piles make me twitch. How do you find anything?!"
I totally would never go here if I wanted to find something specific. But to just look at books? Books everywhere my eyes could see?
Glorious!
What I thought was really cool was this - This is the "Fantasy" Section. I use quote marks because the place is a pure mess. And there were some uncool things like books not being in a good place.
But still.
Fantasy Section:
And right beside the Fantasy Section:
The magicks shelf is pretty cool.
:)Hey, when did you change your name?
MrsJoseph wrote: ":)Hey, when did you change your name?"
About half an hour ago. :)
I've been obsessed with an e.e. cummings quote recently after rediscovering it, so I'm doing a bit of a homage.
...I tend to grit my teeth over "anyways" and the ubiquitous "I 'could' care less"......Anyways some people could care less...
gag
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I would probably feel like sitting down and organizing that book store... I'm the type of person who straightens cans on store shelves.
I'm the kind of person who gets angry when he finds things shelved in a store over the wrong bar code tag.... grrrr.
I don't think that book store would necessarily bother me, because that's the way it's supposed to be, by the store owner's definition. Now if the store was normally well organized, or if I was looking for something specific, then yes, that would drive me bat shit crazy! My first job was working for a major pharmacy chain, and I found myself "facing" shelves at other places, then reminding myself that I didn't work there.
I too get irritated if things are not where they are supposed to be, on the shelves.
Oh and I hate when you have them check inventory, and there's supposed to be 3, but when you get to the section it's empty. Aarg!
Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "I'm the kind of person who gets angry when he finds things shelved in a store over the wrong bar code tag.... grrrr."You'd hate my local store. I have no clue how they organize things, but it's not by any system I've been able to figure out.
The mass market paperbacks fill an entire side of the aisle by alphabetical order, then the hardbacks and larger paperbacks are just randomly placed on the opposite side of the aisle.
The missing inventory thing is infuriating.
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I know! I can't hate her either. I really tried.. But she really is easy to relate to. Especially when she starts stumbling half way through the work out and slowing down... I can relate, as I'm already laying on the ground cursing everyone and everything in sight.
I get angry when I work out. It's just the way I is.