msh258's blog
the ick.
When I look at a lovely bowls of perfect, deeply colored berries, or the luscious expanse of a bunch of kale all I see is delicious. And healthy. Yumm!!! You guys already I know that I make a general effort to stay entirely away from processed foods, and for the most part I prefer to pick local and organic varieties of foods.
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oh crap! maybe i'm european after all?!
Instead of working out or going for a run, I went to the market and picked up smoked prosciutto, french salami, and the most amazing sunflower-seed bread rolls... I slathered the rolls in the most unbelievable butter, topped them with the delicious meats and ate them with cornichons and roasted red pepper.
More...not so (Mc)Fit yet – please help!
I decided on the cheapy gym. Well, I’ve decided but I haven’t yet signed up…the choice between the two gyms in the end was pretty easy…I simply couldn’t handle the über-structured environment of the fancy gym and the colorful and young McFit location around the corner from my apartment was way more appealing.
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eurotrip, part 2: the new home.
So, I’ve arrived in Berlin. It’s weird. I mean, Berlin isn’t weird…it’s just the fact that people interact with me as if I’m German (though they assume I’m not from Berlin), but I’m not GERMAN German and when it comes down to it, I really don’t have a clue what’s going on half the time.
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eurotrip, part 1
I've arrived in Switzerland, wrangling with the European keyboard. The y and z are all funny. Anzwazs...no workouts to report. None since Monday. I don't like. Of course, I was getting my departure in order and trying to get some QT with killercadoogan and my family and friends and that was absolutely necessary before running away for 4 months. But now, I need to go for a run. Please make me!
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how appropriate...
and, my "beast of the year award" workout brings us over 1,000,000 minutes. congrats all!!!
New York
would you rather give up sex or be skinny?
No! People, this is ridiculous. A poll found that half of American women would rather give up sex for the summer than gain 10 pounds. A quarter of the male respondents felt the same way. Both men and women say they would forgo a promotion at work in exchange for a flat stomach.
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Newslinks
right...'cause nobody actually believes marketing schemes, right?
Apparently Coca-Cola is being sued for untrue claims that Vitamin Water is a healthy beverage. The company's response? "Well, nobody ACTUALLY believes us."
New York
i'm all for poledancing...
...but THIS might go just a little too far. I wonder what Momma Pole thinks?
New York
You Wrote We Like
i run to my own beat.
Over the past weeks I realized something: I don't actually LIKE to run with music. Sure, occasionally a good song can put a little more bounce in my step, but when it comes down to it I prefer to go sans ipod. At first, I couldn''t even quite make sense of this realization, since I have in the past sometimes used the lack of ipod to skip a workout (ok, that was a while ago) and the idea of purposely choosing to run without entertainment seemed crazy. Then, in thinking about it more, I realized that without music, I'm able to just let my mind roam and wander any which way. I get caught in loops of random thoughts or arguments, and go off on seemingly arbitrary tangents. I entertain myself.
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