January 2012
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"These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things" Thursday
Google Hangout: I have been a fan of Skype for a while now, but it wasn’t until recently that I actually used Google Hangout. I love it! I found that I have fewer problems with it when it comes to both image and sound. Yay for seeing friends’ faces and hearing their voices!
Le Pen pens: I have a strange fondness for office supplies and planners… I like to think of these pens...
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Redemption Smells A Lot Like Sweat...
So this morning I failed to wake up to run my 4-5 miles… BUT I promised myself a good ass kicking once work was over.
I strapped on my shoes and hopped on the train to Columbus Circle. Once I got there, I ran. According to my Garmin, my first mile was done in 7:54. (Whoa Nelly!* Pull it back…) I slowed to an 8:20 pace and then realized that that was still a little too fast and then I...
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Note to self...
When setting your alarm of last defense to wake up for a pre-work run, it is important to make sure the alarm is set for AM and not PM…
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Home Sweet Harlem...
While sitting on the floor, drenched in sweat after completing the Plyometric Cardio Circuit from the Insanity Workout and contemplating my timeline for tomorrow morning’s run in Central Park, I heard someone walk up to my door. The footsteps were quickly followed by a piece of paper shooting across my floor. I expected a menu. (Any New Yorker knows what I mean… There were days that I...
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Truthful Tuesday: Go ahead, ask me anything... →
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Today’s 8-9 miles are in jeopardy after yesterday’s spill in Central Park.
While rounding a corner yesterday, I wiped out and landed on my right side. It also happened to be in an embarrassingly crowded spot. With all of the snow, families had come out in droves to sled down a few of the park’s snowy hills. I was lucky enough to bite it in front of one of the more crowded hills....
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How does one while away the hours at work when blogs (including one’s own) have been blacked out to protest SOPA and PIPA for the day?
Why, by preparing your taxes, listening to music, and drinking tea between experiments, of course!
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Paris vs. New York - A Tally of Two Cities
After reading this article about artist Vahram Muratyan, I had to head to his blog. Muratyan grew up in Paris but has spent a considerable amount of time in NYC. His blog showcases a project where he compares various pieces of Parisian life with their New York City counterparts in adorable prints. I am kind of in love with all of this. So colorful and clever and whimsical! I may need some prints...
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Fill In The Blank Friday...
1. The last thing I ate was a clementine! I love this time of year because clementines are in season. Yummmm.
2. The last song I listened to was All of This by The Naked and Famous while getting everything set for a day of experiments.
3. Using the letters in my name I can spell Caitlin : cat, at, can, it, in, nil, lit, tin, lait (French!)
4. If I had to dress in one color for...
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Tonight, my friend Kate returns to NYC for the long weekend! We have all sorts of fun things planned, including brunch, museums, and shopping, but one of the plans I’m most excited about is our hot date to see one of our sorority sisters in a play! Tomorrow night we’re going to see Sarah in Three Sheets at BrainSpunk Theater! One bed. Three stories. Sarah is in Three Pillows.
When...
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Guess who's moving to the city?
One of my best friends, an amazing runner, and former college roomie is moving to the Big Apple! I am excited beyond words!!!
runningsocialworker:
This girl! I start the new position on Feb 20th. I will be moving to NYC somewhere around the 11th. WOW, is all I keep thinking.
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Busy evening…
My Lions didn’t fare so well, and that’s a big bummer, but I’ve been trying to get my stuff together for tomorrow’s key acquisition/beginning to move. (I hate this part, but man am I excited to get into my new place!)
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It's been a while...
I’ve been trying to/meaning to get to this post for a long time now. I just got back to New York, and since I can’t get the keys to my new place until tomorrow, this seems like an appropriate time to get this done. Please forgive the picture quality… I don’t have an actual camera, so my phone is responsible for the photos I’m including.
My first two weeks at home...
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December 2011
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Vacation within a vacation within a vacation...
Only four days until my nested vacation starts and with each passing day I look more and more like this cat… So. Unbelievably. Excited.
After two marvelous weeks in Michigan with family and friends and an incredible Christmas, I’m heading to Tampa for fun in the sun and New Year’s Eve (nested vacation part 1)… Early in the morning on January 2nd, we’re hitting the...
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Today’s Holiday Festivities Brought To You...
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Tonight’s Packing Mad Dash Brought To You...
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"These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things" Thursday
I’ve discovered that lately, there are a few things that have really made my life awesome/easier/more enjoyable. Here they are:
Essie’s Bobbing for Baubles - I got this nail polish back in the middle of November and I think I’ve worn it almost every day since… (It has almost reached obsession on the OPI Cajun Shrimp scale.) It’s a lovely blue-gray and is chic but has...
3 more days until Michigan!
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Get up, Bambi. You MUST get up...
After an incredible 3-day-weekend, I did not want to get out of bed this morning.
But alas… I had to. Only 4 more days until I’m mitten (and I don’t mean Wisconsin) bound!
So excited for Christmas parties, “Holiday Nights With Grand Rapids Flights: A Brewery Crawl,” cookie-baking, seeing friends, being able to smell the Christmas tree, Woodruff Family Reindeer...
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Well hello there NYC Half Marathon Lottery Registration… We meet again.
In all honesty, I hadn’t really considered doing this race again (not because I didn’t LOVE it the first time, but because I’m running a 25k a few weeks later).
I went ahead and signed up for the lottery though because it is such an awesome race and because I know I can totally rock out with an...
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Today's Silver Lining
While working the weekend was not the most fun thing ever, I’ve discovered that it really takes the edge off of Mondays.
I’m rarin’ to go this morning! Coffee! Short week! Friends here in 4 days! Ready, set, go!
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Everybody's working for NEXT weekend....
Well, I am. I have a weekend of work ahead of me in anticipation of a rowdy, work-free, friend-filled tour de New York next weekend. (Four of my favorite people — yes, FOUR — will be in NYC Friday through Sunday.)
So what does one do on the weekends in a lab? The obvious…
Not care about what you wore because there isn’t anybody here to see it
Drink coffee
Write ALL THE...
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Just ran 4.07 miles in Central Park in 35:25… SAY WHAAAAT?!
I guess I must have really needed that.