This video is a great reminder of how far we’ve come. Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to enter the Boston Marathon. During the race, she was physically attacked by one of the race organizers for having the audacity to participate in a “male” sport.
She went on to become an advocate for women’s athletics, and she opened the door for millions of women, including myself, my mom and my younger sister, to be able to participate in marathons, and other running events.
I saw this the other day, and I had to share it. This doctor used a genetically mutated form of the HIV virus to attack the cancer cells of a little girl who was on the brink of dying from her disease, and it worked.
She is in remission, and living the life of a normal, happy kid, thanks to this bold and exciting new treatment.
Things have been super crazy at work this week, I forget what Derek looks like since I haven’t seen him in ages.
Even though it’s busy, I really feel like I’m learning a lot, and am taking on a bunch of new projects so it’s really exciting. You can tell you like your job when you really don’t notice you’ve been at for for 12 hours without taking a lunch break.
As ever, when things get hectic, there is one thing that gets me through, and that is this video.
Enjoy.
Allie Brosh, the hilarious and brave writer of the blog Hyperbole and a Half is back and posting again after almost a year and a half away. Hers is the first blog I ever read. She is incredibly talented, and I am so excited to hopefully see regular posts in my feed from her again.
I love her ALOT.
“If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter”- Blaise Pascal.
It is actually much harder to write something in a few words, than it is if you are given all the words in the world. If you only have a few words, each one is that much more important, because there is a lot more room for misunderstanding or misconstrual.
A few months ago, I read Not Quite What I Was Planning, a collection of 6 words memoirs inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s “For sale: Baby shoes, never worn.” I think back to it every so often, trying to decide what my 6 word memoir would say, but it’s very hard to commit to something like that, it feels so final.
Although, really, your 6 word memoir would just be a snapshot of that time in your life, and would change in the future certainly, and could change almost as soon as it was written, because even if your experiences haven’t changed, your perspective might have.
So as of right now, this minute, my six word memoir is: Learn, travel, try; always missing something.
See more 6 word memoirs at Smith Magazine.com- Six word memoirs.
Check out true stories told in one sentence here.
Just a few lovely things I’ve seen while I was out and about recently:
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| On Venice Beach: Love Making in Progress, Do Not Disturb Creation. Legitimate. |
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| Beautiful graffiti portrait |
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| On an LA apartment building |
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| I walk by this heart every day on my way to work. I always wonder who put it there, and why. |
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| After the Las Vegas Rock ‘n Roll Marathon with my momma |
Even though I liked it, I decided not to go back after awhile because it was very expensive, and most of the workouts (except for the really heavy weight lifting, which I didn’t like anyway) I could do at home, for free, and on my own schedule.
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| A personal trainer who looks like this. |
I’ve stopped doing it since then, just sticking with running, and my week day elliptical and body weight resistance training, but I check back in with them every now and then just in case they decide to switch up their format again.
aside from the obvious, like a puppy, an end to all global suffering, disease and hunger, and the ability to wear heels all day every day without excruciating pain. Here are a few things I would be very excited to find in my stocking.
Comeback Sweater from Tobi, $38
Raise the Bar Wedge Sneakers from Skechers, $89
The Amaranthine Headband from Anthropologie, $32
Calvin Klein Euphoria for Women Perfume, $57
Michael Kors Chronograph Watch in Rose Gold, $250
Nikon D40 Camera, $399
loveliness. 