Archive for the 'randomness' Category

fiddleheads

Friday, June 13th, 2008

161/365 – eat your veggies Originally uploaded by jennschac in may sometime i was at the grocery store and noticed a weird vegetable called a fiddlehead. they were so funny looking, and i had absolutely no idea what to do with them or how they taste. well, i ended up in line behind someone that […]

Hedy Lamarr

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Through my outreach activities I’ve learned about some really cool women and what they contributed to the field of science/engineering. There’s one that’s fun to talk about – Hedy Lamarr. The girls like hearing about her because not only did she create signal technology that’s used every day, but she was also a glamorous movie […]

the longest shopping trip ever

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

this story is amazing.

The difference between training and not training for a 10k.

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

What is 18 seconds Alex! Yup, today I ran the sporting life 10k for the second time. Only, unlike last year this year I didn’t train. I hadn’t run more than 6k outside since last May. And that was probably at the race. My time was 57:28 – not too shabby by anyone’s standards! So […]

now what?

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

so between the writers strike and the fact that i don’t have cable, i’m about out of television to watch. so far i’ve: watched all three seasons of arrested development and weeds caught up on lost watched four seasons of 24 (well, last year). not so interested in watching the next two. tried season 1 […]

new kids vs. spice girls

Friday, April 4th, 2008

when the spice girls announced their reunion tour, i was totally, 100% excited. i needed to get tickets, and i couldn’t imagine not seeing it. today’s announcement of the NKOTB (new kids on the block — i know we’re old, but we’re not senile yet people!) reunion tour brought mixed feelings. on the one hand, […]

all better

Friday, April 4th, 2008

this post is dedicated to jeff who msned me on invisible mode today cause he wanted to hear the end of the story. on monday night i took my camera to henry’s. first guy tried to twist it off (like i didn’t think of that) and called over a guy named mike to fix it. […]

remind me not to go here

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

i’m home and my blog looks messed

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

but i’m lazy so not going to fix it right now. maybe over the weekend. after i’ve organized my 1000+ pics from the trip/wedding. edit: fixed!

if i shang-had a million dollars

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

i would buy pumas from shanghai tang (okay, i nearly did). i would buy a $1000 dress by yoon hanii. i would stay in the grand hyatt. i’d be rich.