tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53952853667858936372024-03-21T00:31:18.354-06:00the ontic bluestockingcontradictions, musings, scribblings, or otherwisethe ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-82754110027681311442012-02-13T22:16:00.001-07:002012-02-13T22:26:06.232-07:00CrossFit High...and LowI might be taking baby steps, but it's a lot of baby steps in different areas, so I'm pretty excited about it. I've come home from a few workouts recently on a total high, like a runner's high but longer-lasting.
I think the two big things that stand in my way are my lack of flexibility and self-doubt. Despite the baby steps forward, I don't know why I still doubt myself all the time. I am not the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-79250915039675720862012-02-05T09:23:00.001-07:002012-02-05T09:24:14.428-07:00WODfest and the Halfway PointIt's been four weeks since I started the Paleo challenge, and this past week was rough. Due to WODfest last Saturday the 28th (more on that soon), I spent Sunday catching up on sleep and taking care of my poor, sore body. This means I did not cook at all, and therefore had little food ready for the week ahead. Saturday's eating threw off my pattern (I snacked minimally all day and feasted late), the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-1758043041750213192012-01-25T22:11:00.002-07:002012-01-29T10:18:46.040-07:00Paleo Foods and RecipesNearing the end of week three of this Paleo challenge, and I have tried so many new recipes that I just love...now why haven't I eaten like this before? I don't necessarily feel more energetic, but I don't get drained as easily (even on the really long days), and I will say my stomach definitely has not felt upset for any reason. I also haven't been letting myself get overly hungry, and when I dothe ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-47647904703411770482012-01-19T22:31:00.000-07:002012-01-19T22:31:51.500-07:00The Goals/Paleo CookingThere are 3 workouts that we completed the first week of the Paleo Challenge that we will repeat at the end of the challenge, in 8 weeks to see what the new diet (and hard work) can do.
Our first WOD to redo at the end of the challenge was to row 1000m, do 50 thrusters with 35lbs, and then 30 pullups. I completed this at Rx in 12 minutes and 47 seconds. The pullups definitely were my the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-50502668287320464872012-01-10T19:17:00.004-07:002012-01-10T19:43:15.847-07:00New Challenge for a New YearLet the games begin, if by games you mean the Paleo Challenge. Most CrossFit gyms have Paleo challenges throughout the year, but what better way to start a new year than with a new challenge? For those of you who don't know, the Paleo diet is not a "diet" in the traditional sense, more so the how and what you eat (see link for a Paleo flow chart): a lifestyle. It is a way of eating based on our the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-1726681288270431152011-11-28T22:45:00.002-07:002011-11-28T23:00:12.126-07:00Why I WODYep. I'm addicted. To CrossFit and every WOD, or for those not CrossFit savvy, Workout of the Day.
Sometimes they (the WODs) make me feel strong. Sometimes they make me feel weak. But they always make me feel good (you know, after the feel like puking/dying bit). I guess that's why I keep going back for more.
I love it. I love hating it. I love the cuts and bruises, the aches and pains, the the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-87833706006986809522011-11-24T12:55:00.000-07:002011-11-24T12:55:12.524-07:00So much to be thankful forI love this time of year. It's always a whirlwind, and hectic, and stressful...and wonderful. This time of year is for family, for remembering how lucky we are, and for celebrating the joys in life. It's all too easy to forget during the daily grind how many reasons I have to be thankful, so I thought I'd create a list to make sure I don't forget.
This year I am thankful for...
1. My wonderful the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-71576206115816536882011-09-08T22:07:00.001-06:002011-09-08T22:09:21.749-06:00A grown-up revelationI think I've had a grown-up revelation. About marriage and its purpose.
Now, I've never been necessarily for or against marriage. I suppose I've just never worried about it too much. Or else I thought it might be nice, but didn't really think about why. But I now have so many friends who are married or getting married or at least in very serious relationships, and I can't help but be a the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-66302825904021696812011-07-16T22:56:00.003-06:002011-07-17T16:48:56.828-06:00How I've Spent My Summer Un-Vacation.Obviously, I have been busy. Busy is an understatement. Since my last blog, I have completed the Warrior Dash, The Buffalo Creek Trail Run, the Bolder Boulder, the Dipsea, and the Tough Mudder. Obviously, I survived since I'm able to write this post.
I will tell you, the experience of running the Dipsea was incredible, but in Colorado we have equally beautiful trails, so I guess I'm a little the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-58421289436731978572011-04-24T19:22:00.000-06:002011-04-24T19:22:48.837-06:00One down, six to go...One race, that is. Yes, I'm turning this back into my running blog since I am obviously hard-pressed to write about anything much these days.
Between yesterday (April 23rd) and June 26th, I have seven races I'm in, and I started off with the Boulder Distance Classic 15k at the Boulder Reservoir. I have not raced in about eight months. Last summer I did my first half-marathon, but then the heat the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-82605382378266173092011-03-27T18:09:00.000-06:002011-03-27T18:09:23.993-06:00Movies!So basically I'm reposting the blog I just did on books with movies instead. At least maybe this will jumpstart me actually writing again...I swear it will happen :-)
* 1 – best movie you saw last year
Inception and Little Miss Sunshine (yes I only saw LMS for the first time last year).
* 2 – A movie that you’ve watched more than 3 times last year
If I get stuck on a movie, I'll watch it the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-30362306348846576952011-03-26T21:56:00.001-06:002011-03-26T22:00:58.170-06:00Books!Oh hello blog, how are you? I don't have much to say these days, but thanks to a certain someone for sending this my way so I could actually do a blog post :-)
Books are some of my best friends...
* 1 – best book you read last year
Hm...that would have to be Spook...a wonderfully told story of someone trying to find something to believe in.
* 2 – A book that you’ve read more than 3 the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-16409995580887452392011-01-20T22:17:00.002-07:002011-01-21T22:14:36.387-07:00Love FestI am ill-prepared for this. This kind of...haunting. I say haunting because to me that word means a lingering feeling that does not manifest or become tangible, but it's noticeably there, like an invisible hand on my shoulder. I am haunted by a variety of complex love. It's almost painful to love like this and still have more to give.
I love my life.
I love the endless things that make me happythe ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-29440023582158493902011-01-09T16:56:00.000-07:002011-01-09T16:56:09.096-07:00New year, new...Helloooo 2011.
What is the significance of a new year? It's just more days, laid out, one after another, same as before but always different. It's an excuse in the horizon..."this year I'll..." and having to remember to write another set of digits at the end of a date that we're not used to.
But I suppose with a new year, you can officially label all things of the previous year in the past. the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-75691968999957444262010-12-27T23:01:00.001-07:002010-12-27T23:16:14.741-07:00FriendshipIt feels like only a few days ago that I realized Christmas was a month away. And...now it's gone? I can't even distinguish individual events from that past month: only frames, cut from the film on auto-play. I've had the pleasure of hanging out with friends every weekend and some during the week. Sometimes I forget how fun (not to mention healthy and stimulating) that can be. My friends have the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-56314357233605474042010-11-28T22:37:00.000-07:002010-11-28T22:37:00.024-07:00It's that time of year again?Holy crapping reindeer! Christmas is once again, just a few weeks away. I missed Thanksgiving...not really sure what went on there, but it just slipped right by me. As has much these past few weeks, well months really. I feel like I'm in the middle of a hurricane personified. My to-do list is growing, but I can't seem to get things checked off fast enough.
I did finally start my Christmas the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-31620116175159573472010-11-24T21:14:00.000-07:002010-11-24T21:14:28.009-07:00Erin-truthsSo I got bored and took some online quizzes. Sue me. But these are rather true. Happy Turkey Day!
Your Brain is Conceptual
You can't help but look at the big picture. You're good at putting things together.
You think long term. You always have a vision for the future and an idea of how you want things to be.
You are a very intuitive person. Even though you are constantly thinking, the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-9106608439529234652010-11-16T18:41:00.000-07:002010-11-16T18:41:24.581-07:00So that's what it's like...Tonight was the first time I've felt true gratitude from a job.
I've enjoyed my new job from day one, from the people to the purpose, but it wasn't until today that I truly felt like this is what I should be doing. No, it's not glamorous, and yes, there are plenty of seemingly trivial or annoying duties I have to take care of. Yes, there are people who frustrate me and situations that makethe ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-19838243190733822682010-11-09T22:10:00.000-07:002010-11-09T22:10:30.275-07:00Wet little feet now cross my threshold
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It wouldn’t have been true if she didn’t think it were. But she did, and so it was.
It was as true as a first snow, the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-19231001128648140302010-11-02T21:59:00.000-06:002010-11-02T21:59:41.229-06:00my mountains: my homeI don't know what my obsession with a home is lately. Things have been so foggy lately, and I keep bumping into metaphorical shapes in this density. Every time one thing gets settled, another is lost. I suppose this is just how it goes, but I'm almost desperate for something solid. I feel like I'm missing a place that I can feel completely at ease and removed from the outside world, and I need the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-56723417900744704372010-10-17T20:21:00.000-06:002010-10-17T20:21:32.568-06:00falling leaves, hide the path, so quietlyhaiku by John Bailey
I'm hesitant to say it, but I think Autumn is here! It's about time. I don't know about anyone else, but the 90 degree days were getting old!
Some consider fall to be a season of endings, where foliage dies and begins to decay in piles on the street. Where wind rustles the bare branches and frost pinches the edges of the leaves each morning. But I look at fall as the the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-68791352912094966682010-10-10T16:09:00.000-06:002010-10-10T16:09:58.883-06:00Passion Pit and Muse concertLast Saturday I went to the Muse concert at the Pepsi Center. This concert was supposed to happen back in April, but the snow kept their buses from getting over Vail Pass. I was excited to hear that they rescheduled, bummed that it was moved to the Pepsi Center, and stoked to find out that Passion Pit would open instead of the Silversun Pickups. I've recently become a Passion Pit fan, so this wasthe ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-17090750918790129722010-09-19T12:24:00.001-06:002010-09-19T15:13:06.036-06:00BLOG CARNIVAL: Life Expectations: Art from a non-artistI am not an artist. So when we decided to do this artistic blog, I was excited to create something despite the fact that I'm not hands on artistic. However, I ran into trouble as soon as I felt like I had to create something, hence the delay here.
I repeat, I am NOT an artist. At least not in the traditional sense of the word. I'd like to be, but I'm simply not. I am more an artist of idea, and the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-17882623775284472962010-09-08T21:29:00.000-06:002010-09-08T21:29:04.941-06:00There will be artI'm currently working on an art project to depict what I want in my life. Right now it looks foggy, much like what's going on right now. I can't paint the kind of happiness I want, but I can paint the variety of things I want out of life, or rather, the possibilities I want. So that's what I'm focusing on...of course I'm running into some trouble (as I do with art) where what I see in my brain the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5395285366785893637.post-5060985011907325072010-08-29T18:35:00.000-06:002010-08-29T18:35:05.532-06:00There is no now in thenSo much has changed for me in the past few months, and I really don't know how I feel about it. Outwardly, I know I look, sound, and act happy and enthusiastic. Inwardly though, it's the opposite. It's like instead of healing on all levels, I'm trying to heal, but in reality I'm further separating my selves, and I know I'm happiest when my outer and inner self are hosting a communal space, so to the ontic bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024030827252463096noreply@blogger.com4