Thursday, February 23, 2012

I'm a Genie in a Bottle, Baby

On Tuesday I went for a lovely run with Lisa.  All there is to say about it is: Holy Headwind, Batman.  It was ridiculous.  At times I felt like I was standing still, running on a treadmill!  But at least the pouring rain that had been going on earlier held off.  I'm feeling rather depressed about the weather around here and how far away summer is, but that's a story for another day.  Anyway, I pounded out 8.25 miles in 1:19 and felt pretty good!  Came home and JMan helped torture me with an ice bath:


My notoriously evil left leg has been showing signs of issues on the horizon again so I've decided I must bear the terrible, terrible ice-bath-pain (it hasn't improved since my first ice bath).  And I am not exaggerating.  It is 100% torturous.  The first 2 minutes are so incredibly painful everywhere, but that mostly eases except for my toes, my toes hurt SO BAD the whole time, and even after.  I need booties or something.


In other news, it's almost time for FLORIDA and SUN!  You've seen #5 and #4, but now it's time for my 3rd most favorite Disney movie of all time... are you tired of this game yet?  Hopefully not, because it's ALADDIN!


Aladdin is JMan's #1 most favorite Disney movie so I think he is a bit offended it's only my #3.  


Seriously.  Look how ridiculously tiny that waist is.  

In book news, remember when I told you all about how bored I was reading Mazerunner and how I wasn't going to read the rest of the series?  Well a few days later the next book, The Scorch Trials, ended up at the top of my library queue, waiting to be picked up.  Why is it that all of your books you're waiting on at the library always come at the EXACT same time, ensuring that there is no possible way you can finish even half of them in the small 6 week window?

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Anyway, this time I had the audio book, and I didn't have much else on audio, so I decided to give it a go after all and listen during commuting (in case I haevn't shared, I commute a decent amount and this is a common practice of mine, I listen to far more books than I actually physically read; I highly recommend it).  Well I don't know if the second one was really more well-written than the first (doubt it) or if it is just a better listen than a read (likely), but I was definitely intrigued by this book.


Is it high quality literature?  Not really.  Is it better or equal to The Hunger Games?  Definitely not.  But it was interesting and I actually listened to it instead of wanting to throw the book out the window like Mazerunner.  So I shall continue on to Book #3: The Death Cure.  So what's the point?  I don't know, if you're bored commuting, these books aren't so bad.

3 days!

What are you reading right now?  Anything good you recommend?  What's your 3rd favorite Disney movie?

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Loving your countdown to Disney! I know you'll probably think I'm a freak of nature but I'm not really into Disney movie, but if I had to pick one I would say Little Mermaid only because it is in the ocean :). Good job taking care of yourself before your race...ice baths are painful but necessary sometimes!
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I think I only love them so much because I watched them when I was 8, perfectly susceptible to the amazing songs and princesses / mermaids!
Good job sticking through the ice bath! I've only done it once so far, but I know that once marathon training kicks in I will need it!
Reading right now - 1000 White Women by Jim Fergus and a health book but I have hardly started that one.

3rd Favorite Disney movie - hmmm that is tough. But I will say alladian is a big hit in our house.
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Recommend 1000 White Women?
Reading right now - 1000 White Women by Jim Fergus and a health book but I have hardly started that one.

3rd Favorite Disney movie - hmmm that is tough. But I will say alladian is a big hit in our house.
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I can't wait to see number 1 :)

I'll even give you my top 5 :D

1. The Little Mermaid - man she was hot and I love her
2. The Lion King - Seriously Simba was da bomb!
3. Beauty and the Beast - LOVE IT! tale as old as time mutha %&&T&'s!
4. Aladin - I think he is so bad ass and gotta love that genie ;)
5. Tangled - yep I'm giving the new one I spot! It seriously blasted away Sleeping Beauty and Snow White.

Favourite non-disney movie - Thumbelina :)

Ice baths....they look crazy
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You will definitely be pleased with my #1 and #2 then.� :-)� Favorite non-disney movie is probably Fievel Goes West!
Right now I am reading book 9 of A Series of Unfortunate Events with the kids. I haven't read a grown up book in awhile, as my writing and vocabulary show.

I like a lot of the non-animated Disney movies. Do those count? Mary Poppins, The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday. I do like The Little Mermaid and Lady and the Tramp, but find some of the others really dramatic and sad. I saw the Lion King when I was in my 20's and cried like a baby when Simba's dad died.

Speaking for crying, your icebath looks scary! My toes get too cold for that. I do the old-fashioned sit in a tub with ice wearing shorts and wool socks.
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I LOVE the original Parent Trap! I totally have that song downloaded and I could also definitely bust out "Chim chimeney chim chimeney chim chim cheroo - good luck will rub off when I shake hands with you!" righ tnow!
Ice bath?!!!-- AHHHHHHHHHHH. :)
I loveee all of your Disney movie posts. I am obsesseddd with all things Disney. I even dressed up as Cinderella for halloween this year in a legit Cinderella costume. I love Aladdin. Definitely in my top 5. Beauty and the Beast has to be number 2 for me. Cindy is my fav!!! I would watch it alllll the time growing up. :) I am SO incredibly jealous of your upcoming race!
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i love listening to books in the car. But I never know what to say when I talk about it. I feel weird saying "I read that" b/c technically I didn't. And I also feel weird saying "I listened to that" and then having to explain. "I audiobooked that" is also awkward. See? There is just no winning. :)
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