I am not a big runner, and once this is over I intend to quit running unless I need to use it for quick transportation. I just need to kick myself in the ass and get walking more. In order to do that I am going to train for this race (I am doing the 5K).

http://www.usaproductions.org/registration/rar-portland

If anyone is interested in doing this, I can create a team. Or you can just sign up individually and we can run together, whatever.

I think it will be fun

If you are interested, but not a runner, this is what I am using to train, but you kind of have to start tomorrow on the training to be ready for the race. : http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

Thank you to duckierose and BL-EP for the inspiration.

I will probably register in another month or so.

If you have become my friend since I ditched my car (or did it ditch me) nearly 11 years ago, you know that I hate asking for rides, and when I do, I often get kind of embarrassed. Because it is (mostly) my choice to be car-free after all this time.

But it is going to take me over an hour to get to Emmy and Don's today on the bus. And I would like to stay for all the musicals.

Here is my request.

I WOULD LIKE A RIDE TO THE MAX (or home) AFTER ALL SHOWS ARE DONE .

I do not want it to take me an over an hour to get back home again. Possibly later because it will be later at night. The thought of getting myself all the way home tonight is making me not want to go, but I REALLY WANT TO GO.

HELP ME FRIENDS

Never mind friends. I have decided to stay home today and get my priorities in order. They are seriously out of shape right now, along with the rest of me. I think I need this day. :-(

Hi.

I am in the (super) early stages of planning a massive camping trip at Lassen National Forest next summer. It's something like an 8 hour drive from either LA or Portland.

I already know that I have LA people interested, but I was wondering if any Portland people would be interested?

It would be an extended weekend, so like 4-5 days and it would be like 10$  per person for the entire rental fee (not per day, oh no, for teh whole weekend).

We would arrange car pooling/ride shares and things. 

I think that between splitting the site and sharing rides this could end up being relatively inexpensive.

SO really, anyone In Portland, LA, ANYWHERE who MIGHT be interested in doing this next summer, please let me know. Essentially, if only LA folks are interested I won't bother with all the planning and will just plan myself a different vacation, since I see them in October anyway.

The goal would be to plan it on a weekend where most people already have a 3 day weekend, and then they just need to ask for an extra day or two.

I would probably want to rent a minivan to drive out Portland people (I'll have to re-get my license and borrow a car to do it, but hey, we have a year).


PLEASE REPLY EVEN IF YOU ARE ONLY MILDLY INTERESTED!

More info will be available probably January/February.

I was talking to a few people about getting together again at the karaoke place by my house, The Pit Stop. Even though their books don't have a lot of stuff listed, they essentially have everything, you just need to ask the KJ. I didn't think they had broadway stuff because the old KJ said he didn't think so. But the new guy showed me all the Wicked and Rent when I asked, and I think they have pretty much anything available in karaoke files.

I know it is a little far and that people prefer How Can Be? or the Boiler room. But I really like the Pit Stop for a couple reasons. 1. It is less crowded and you get to sing more. 2. I don't have to leave early to catch the Max if I do not want to (or hope and pray that someone can take me home).

So I have listed a few dates below for those interested. You will notice that they are all Fridays. There are two reasons for this. 1. Claudia is in town and won't be 21 until January, therefore can not go into the bars. I intend to spend as much time with her as possible while she is in Portland, and that time tends to be on Saturdays. 2. Fridays seem to be even less crowded than Saturdays so we would REALLY get to sing more.

As always, I have crash space if people want to stay later than the max/bus goes (the #58 runs a little after 1 AM and drops you downtown) or want to get wasted and not have to drive. Joey's bed is free for one person and my couch turns into a kind of bed for two. Plus my floors are carpeted.

Please vote if you want to join me! (that 9/14 is supposed to read "8/14")

Poll #1422469 Karaoke Night
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

If you are itnerested, what day works best for you?

Thursday was my birthday, Claudia showed up, and after work I went to dinner with Joey and Josh, when I got home, Claudia was waiting for me!

I took Friday off and did some running around with Claudia. I introduced her to a few people at VooDoo Doughnuts. Also, I went with her to meet the guy she is subletting from and to see the place.

Saturday we did some shopping, moved her into the place, and then came back to my place for birthday stuff.

I'm too lazy to properly update and list the people who showed up here, but I was so very happy to see them all show up because of how they rock.

Then we headed out to Karaoke. Josh did his thing with the singing with the usual results. omg how cute is he?

Sunday I hung out with Joey a whole bunch, and Monday CLaudia and I took him to the airport to go to WIsconsin for the summer.

After that we did a Portland Email Party meet up at her place and finally ate that Sturgeon from the work thing.

I totally forgot to take an EP picture though.

It is too quiet without Joey, but at least I get to play his video games.

Next weekend, Sushi with Claudia and then Brie's B themes Bday party!

Now is good.

Just had an great trip over the weekend.

Had a fitness dance class last night with Angela and typsie that I can still feel today.

My birthday is coming up, I have friends coming in to town and they will be in Portland for a month!

Joey is getting ready to take his summer vacation away from Portland.

Next week Karate starts back up!

Now is good!

I made a mailing list for home and garden and cooking and cleaning ND DECORATING etc. etc. etc.

please join it.

http://groups.google.com/group/email-party-home-and-garden/subscribe

6/10/2000
Hey everyone, I filmed [redacted] stupid little speech at graduation, I
was going to make it into something neat to post but it wasn't long
enough,.... I will think of something, so be prepared.

This was a girl who graduated with my sister. My sister didn't like her for some reason and we wrote her into our never ending story.

6/8/2002
Oh yes. I know all about the wonders of paying people to do shit on video. One night I was going to pay someone to pole dance in downtown lacrosse, they were drunk of course or it would have been lame, but the person with them wouldn't allow it. I don't get into peoples "scenes" anymore anyway, I lerned a long time ago that they are mostly idiots trying to play punk or weirdo or whatever. I usually just go and see the band or bands I want to see, and then run away. Seriously it got to the point a few years ago that when I would see bands that sucked or I just didn't care about them i would just sit around and be mean, and you can do that at the mall or the grocery store, why go to shows? Allright, I had very little sleep, I have to finish this email thing and shower myself awake.

Yeah, I was nearly 25 when I wrote that. FInally realizing I wasn't a teenager anymore I guess.

6/9/2003
I was out for a walk and decided there is no reason I can't pick up trash and get rid of it. I did have antibacterial wipes in my bag after all. Then I though It was something I caould have the kids do every week. And Joseph and I could keep doing it when we move.

Yeah, we don't do that anymore.

6/9/2004
Good thing about my sister getting married, I can now use her as a non-family personal reference because we have different last names
Good thing about Jessica getting married, I can use both her, and her sister as personal references because they have different last names

seems like I have been in a perpetual state of job hunting since I left college. Well, this one will last at least.

6/9/2005

The Erotica convention is going to ba CAKE. I even get a ride home tomorrow night. The job that I didn't want, and then they offered me more money, and I still didn't want it,.. well, I told my agent I would take it. She contacted them and her exact words to me were "They're disillusioned. They wanted someone who was DYING for the job." Sigh.

See?

6/9/06
Ok you guys... well, you localish people. My birthday is NEXT Sunday the 18th. Friday the 16th I am going to Jimmy Kimmel to see Fiona Apple, Sunday the 18th I am going to dinner and a movie with Josh and Joey.  However on Saturday the 17th I was thinking about doing something... btu I don't know what. Like a bar, or dinner.. with people, you know, since I can't afford to throw me a birthday party maybe some people want to hang out somewhere? I don't have a favorite place to go though, any ideas?

Seeing FIona was bad ass. worth sitting through Kimmel.

6/10/07

Pool Party

6/9/08
Things I have learned this weekend:

1. People love me and don't want me to leave.
2. People who dislike </a></b></a>weev secretly love him and just pretend to dislike him. They want to do it to him in his but or in theirs with his dick
   Sorry, tru fax.
3. I'm pretty.
4. People who drive to L.A. from the South in an R.V. are very lame and passive-aggressive, and hate listening to talk about pussies and guts, Also they have wagon tracks. Camp fire, I can has?
5. private room for karaoke=better than public karaoke, sry backstage
6. AMerican Dave does hate me and doesn't want to see me before I leave
7. </a></b></a>spittingatrain doesn't want to see me before I leave, but not because he hates me, because he forgot I was leaving.
8. </a></b></a>andy_van_galder likes to burn shit, even if it menas spending time drinking beerz with bros.
9. My boyfriend can STILL do awesome karaoke after a 5 year gap.
10. My son is still fucking hilarious.

That was moving weekend, right before I came to POrtland!

Now I can full report on the awesomeness of this month. (I'm not using LJ user tags because this is X-posting to facebook and i want it to make sense there too).

This month I started the EP Biggest loser.

It's been really inspiring, a community to discuss weight loss in a positive and safe way. Everyone there acknowledges that weight is not the end all be all of healthy living, and it's really awesome. Rose joined us for support, and even though she is not competing, she sent some things for the gift basket. When that came in the mail yesterday it was just another reminder of how positive this experience is for all of us.

So that was the first awesome thing to happen this month.

Second, Aundria and Emmy planned a nice surprise party for Don. Essentially, we all went to his favorite strip club while they finished up having sushi. He seemed genuinely surprised to see us all when they brought him in, and it was a lot of fun. We had a spontaneous dance party on the floor. which was kind of really awesome. Especially for me since I didn't end up going dancing Friday night due to not feeling comfortable asking Kat to go that much out of her way to bring me home, and also not wanting to bus an hour there, and an hour home. So yay dancing.

Next weekend Josh, Joey and I are renting a car and driving up to Ocean Shores to visit his parents and have a little family vacation weekend before Joey goes on his own summer long family vacation to Wisconsin. I am excited about this, yay!

The weekend after the is my birthday. Claudia is coming to visit too! yayayay! I am hoping I get a chance to introduce her to April and Amber before my birthday thing since we're all on EP together.

The weekend after that is Brie's B themed birthday bash. This morning I figured out what I am going to be wearing. It's kind of awesome. I feel relatively comfortable in it now. But I hope that in three weeks I will feel even better about it.

HOORAY FOR JUNE.

email party and I have started a fun game for weight loss, inspired by the contest we had at work, which was inspired by Biggest Loser.

This is not PART of email party, but created by us.

If anyone wants to join, here is how it works.

No one will know your weight except me. We use your starting weight as 100%, and the person who loses the biggest percentage of weight wins.

The prizes are gift baskets, each contestant donates one item by mailing it to me. It should be something that has value but you aren't using. You can buy something if you're like, but we're trying to keep it simple since we have no exact way of verifying weight.

The first and last weigh ins need to be accompanied by a picture of your scale with your feet on it.

We are not planning on being overly chatty, though we will have an advice thread. Plus, this is EP based, so people may accidentally get chatty. SO if you join and don't want email, that's ok, just go on digest or no mail. If you do this, make sure you tell me so I can email you a weekly reminder.

Finally, and the MOST important thing. If you aren't interested, don't say so. You don't have to tell me why. Your silence will speak for you. kthx

SIgn up. We start Wednesday. FUll rules posted to the group on Tuesday evening.

Sign Up here

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What it's like to be me, or: ADD girl gets herself turned around and lost.

The premise of Friday night was simple enough. Get on a bus to NE Portland to go to a friend's Housewarming, have one Long Island Ice Tea from a fountain, leave before midnight to make sure I had enough energy for another friend's graduation the next day.

CLick here if you want to read about how lost I got in Portland on Friday, and see my feet all cut up and bleedy.

plan to take karate, but I also want to take something else. Help! Here are the classes that meet my requirements for time, day, location.

Fitness, Total Body Conditioning      CH12521 - Summer 2009
Jun 20, 2009 - Sep 19, 2009   9:00am to 10:00am
Day(s):  Sa    Ages:  14 yrs, 0 mths and up     Cedar Hills Recreation Center
Status:   Active    Enrolled: 19 / 32    Waitlisted:  0
ID: Regular $45.00, Senior $33.75
Instructor(s):   N/A

Fitness, Core Work      CH12508 - Summer 2009
Jun 20, 2009 - Sep 19, 2009   10:00am to 10:30am
Day(s):  Sa    Ages:  14 yrs, 0 mths and up     Cedar Hills Recreation Center
Status:   Active    Enrolled: 16 / 32    Waitlisted:  0
ID: Regular $23.00, Senior $17.25

Karate - Intermediate      CH12536 - Summer 2009
Jun 24, 2009 - Aug 12, 2009   6:00pm to 7:00pm
Day(s):  W    Ages:  8 yrs, 0 mths and up     Cedar Hills Recreation Center
Status:   Active    Enrolled: 4 / 20    Waitlisted:  0
ID: Regular $44.00, Senior $33.00
Instructor(s):   Marilyn Mays

Fitness, Dance N' Fit      CH12510 - Summer 2009
Jun 15, 2009 - Sep 14, 2009   6:15pm to 7:15pm
Day(s):  M    Ages:  14 yrs, 0 mths and up     Cedar Hills Recreation Center
Status:   Active    Enrolled: 16 / 32    Waitlisted:  0
ID: Regular $49.00, Senior $36.75
Instructor(s):   N/A

Josh and I are planning two trips this summer. WHEE! One with Joey in June, and one without in August. I am so very excited. I love taking trips with Josh. Usually this consists of moving.

I am having my birthday party on June 20th at the Pit Stop at 9 PM. Come over to my place before hand for pre-drinks. It is 5 blocks from the pit stop.

this_is_not_art may be joining us for my birthday, all the way from LA! This would be awesome because I didn't get enough time with her during my last visit. SOmething about her getting married. Whatever!

I'm still planning to go to LA for Halloween, but have not bought tickets. I did take vacation time off though. That's pretty serious business.

http://anyvite.com/events/home/vivixqpllc

There's the link to the invite if I don't have your email address, or recognize it as yours.

I'm keeping it close to home instead of taking it to a better karaoke place. Just because I want to. ANd I hate leaving early to catcha  train on my bday

Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday to do collages!

We had fun for a few hours and then when everyone left I got champagne tired and was lazy the rest of the day.

Oh, and I got attacked by ants.


Geneveive came over first because she lives downstairs!

Additionally, I had amberleigh virgoqueen7 typsie saofoir praenomenal and moonchylde 

Joey helped me out a lot too, and made a hilarious collage. I have a picture of his.

I was going to take pictures of everyone's collage, but was already champagne tired.

As some of you know, I take karate with Joey.

Joey is going to be gone this summer. Since I have yet to find a softball team, and have decided that East of the river for kickball was just too much of a pain in the ass last time (sorry thirty_three ) I was thinking about taking karate again. But I would like to have someone take it with me.

Now, I am not sure how the out of district thing works, but if you are not part of the tualatin hills district, and are interested, I will email and ask. I THINK it costs 216$ a year, but you can do it quarterly too, so 54$ plus the actual class fee. But I will check, or maybe katlyn knows?

ANyway, here is the info on the class I am taking.

Intermediate Karate, Wednesdays at 6PM (I could do Friday too if anyone prefers, I think that class is a LITTLE less in depth, because it cost 4$ less, lol).

You can take this class as a beginner if you want to. We have a lot of beginners, or people who have only taken other martial arts in our class. Trust me, I took the beginners class my first time, and you still learn at your own pace in intermediate.

The fee is 44$ and it runs from June something to AUgust something (I'll grab the dates if anyone is interested). It's a two month class. It's like 8 or 9 hours for 44$ which is cheap. Again, out of district I THINK your total would be like 98$ for 8 hours, which is still a really good rate (I payed between 40-50 an hour for Joey's various guitar lessons in the past, to put it in to perspective, and I payed 12$ hour for Bellydance for like a month in LA).

At the end of the class you can take a test to rank up. It costs money to do that too because they have to rent the facility for the testing, we don't do that in the classroom. But as a beginner you can test up two ranks in one test if you work hard enough (I never have), and it would give me an excuse to work out more than one day a week to help you catch up on your kata! (I am working on getting my second stripe hopefully Saturday, so I know two parts of the kata, Joey is working on his third, because he is better at this than me!

Anyway, I am really looking for something athletic to do this summer.

If anyone has any other ideas for me (West of the river please), I would love to hear them! And yes, I am thinking about pole with _dilate_ bloodred37 and saofoir . Maybe if I don't end up finding a team west of the river, or anyone to do karate with I will do that.

P.S. I don't know how well LJ user names transfer to my facebook crossposts, so if this entry looks weird in facebook, sorry!

Had lunch with work people today. The California Turkey sandwich. Having "california" in the name, you'd think it would have avacado, but no! It had bacon, and turkey, which... IMPORTANT! You know? 

Tonight I think I finally get my couch! skeets said she would take me to ikea!

Collage party - Is Sunday, if you didn't get invited, I probably don't have your email address. If your Sunday is still open, let me know. The good news, is that between the couch and the few chairs I do have, we may not have to do our collages on the floor! Yay!

I bought two bottles of champagne, OJ, some chips, some taquitos and, that's all. But I am going back for some more food, soda, blank paper, glue, etc. Any suggestions?

My birthday is in a little over a month. I'll try to remember to post bday party details in places for people I don't have email addresses for. I think I am going to do karaoke.

Question

For my birthday what is a better option?

1. meet at my house to pre-drink, Karaoke down the street from my place in Beaverton, decent selection, not much broadway though. I am right on the 58 bus line and less than a mile from the Max. Also, my couch will be a fold out bed, so there will be reasonably decent crash space . ORRRRRR
2. Karaoke @ How can be, in which case I would have to convince someone to bring me AND Josh home after, since I am not leaving early to catch the Max, not for my bday anyway.
3. something else?

Joey's grounded from his computer (except reading and music) until Wednesday, so if you want to say anything pervy on my facebook, now is the time, lolz.