Excited times two

1.  The Olympics:  Yo London.  Even though the opening ceremonies are not until Friday, the US Women's National soccer team played and beat France today.  Big time come back from a 0-2 deficit to win it in the second half 4-2.  I personally thought they played terrible, but found a way to overcome that.  Still loved it.  Love the team, love the players, love the sport.  Highlights

...and you know that the best is yet to come!

2.  The Phillies:  they are hot and have won 4 straight nail biters...ok, they are still in last place in the division, but hey...it's still exciting to see.  Additionally, can't be disappointed seeing Cole Hammels signing the LT deal-EO.  i just hope they are able to contend for a spot in the playoffs.

...and one more thing.  going to OCMD tomorrow night for the weekend.  hooray.

I am busy

Sorry guys - i've been a little busy.  ok, maybe just lazy.

anyways, tonight starts a long weekend for me, so i'm super stoked.  i'm hangin' with my oldest bff to celebrate her turning 30.  first NYC then the Jersey Shore.  i'm sure there will be a lot of eating, sleeping, tanning, and laughing.
yay. bay. hay. gay.

so i've decided

Time is wasting away; i'm looking for a good investment.  (Money market) interest rates are still below 1%, which means saving money in the bank is kinda just worthless.  sometimes you need to take a risk and make a move, like swing for the fence, as opposed to being passive, a base on balls, for example.  

Plus, mortgage rates (wow) are lower than ever.  it's kinda a no brainer to refi my current mortgage, but for some reason, i am too lazy to make it happen.  I've been sitting back for way too long, waiting for THE perfect opportunity (that for some reason never came around).  Hm.  So i've decided, this summer is GO time.  An investment will be made.  If not in something tangible, it will be an investment in opportunity or potential business.  guaranteed.

it's supposed to be gorgeous this race weekend.  it's a good thing, because i wouldn't be looking forward to running in the rain, heat, or humidity.  yessir, i'm headed up to Philly for the Broad Street Run.  (ahem, that would be the greatest 10 miler in the country.)  today, that is to pick-up my race packet and to check out the running festival.  those are always fun.  Race in the AM on Sunday - yay/yikes/woo.

running shoes - check.  playlist - check.  6 solid weeks of training - check.  ready? - eh.

ahh, Philly, the city of brotherly love, home of Rocky Balboa and of course, my beloved sports teams who are doing work this weekend:  Playoffs for the Flyers and Sixers!  Phillies: visiting the Nats in DC.  Now if only there was something to talk about with the Eagles.  Naaaah, who really cares about the NFL.

Justin Timberlake

I just read that Justin Timberlake is launching an affordable home decor line www.homemint.com

Ew, but did you know about these?:

His restaurants in NYC - Southern Hospitality

His clothing line - William Rast which was also featured at Target last year

...which includes a pretty stylish eyewear line

The face of the new Givenchy Play Sport scent

I also heard that he was a sick snowboarder, golfer, and bballer.  not to mention that he is a semi-successful actor, formerly successful singer, boy bander and songwriter...and i'm sure much more to come.

I kinda just wish *NSYNC was still around.

why hello weekend

Let's just start with TGIF.  like seriously.

I'm about to crash, so that's what i'm planning on doing tonight.  it's funny because on friday nights, i do everything that i try so hard to avoid doing throughout the week.  For instance, i just gorged my face with junk food and drank 2 glasses of ginger ale.  that would never happen on a tuesday.  totes not going running tonight.  although this past week, i was very faithful in my training.  On Thursday, i even ran the 10 miles at pace and it felt so good.  it's about time...one week till race day!

If you haven't heard, Loyola University (MD) MLAX is #1 in the country.  I was totes planning on going to the game tomorrow against JHU; but apparently, it's sold out.  great.  what a bummer.  i'll prolly just ride my bike up to the field and pretend that i'm being all casual and come to find out there's a LAX game going on.  what a surprise.

Things that i AM looking forward to this weekend though are:  this friday night of doing nothing (like online browsing, watching netflix, and eating more junk food).  good preparation for my long run tomorrow morning.  a little cooking and cleaning in the afternoon.  bbq evening.  farmer's market sunday morning.  church softball afternoon.  Flyers playoffs - round 2 baby.

As i mentioned above, the Broad Street Run is next Sunday morning, so i'll be rock'n Philly in a week.  Oh, and Preakness at Pimlico is also next Saturday.  I've never been, except for the casual bike ride up the block to observe.  i'm sure that will happen again this year.

#np - Somethin 'Bout A Truck - Kip Moore

Represent

so you probably thought it was never coming.  woohoo.  a fresh post.  so i can't even remember the last thing that i shared.  but.  things have simmered down a little bit in life.  another busy season (at work) has passed.  what a relief!  i love summer and the feeling of just having some time to catch up.  this past week we had some great weather.  so i bought a new grill.  i played soccer 4 times last week.  the broad street run is in 2 weeks - yikes!

Yesterday, was the annual alumni soccer game at Messiah College.  I am proud to say that i was one of 2 representing the class of 2004, which was also the oldest class represented.  (let me clarify in saying one of two who played.)  

yeah, let's see how you do 8 years out. such a great thing to be able to catch up with old teammates and see their faces.  it's a weird (but great) thing to see faces and automatically think back to good memories and the passion of the game we shared.  those times will forever be seared in my mind.  ok, obsessive?  maybe.  but perhaps you already knew that.  i try to hide it, but on days like yesterday, i can't help but bask in it all.

ok, moving on now...it's supposed to be all rainy today.  and i was planning on going back down to the  Baltimore farmer's market this morning, but i'm not walking around in the rain.  and i kinda just wanted to sip coffee and eat a hearty homemade omelette this morning.  gotta love a lazy sunday morning.  in about twenty minutes though, i'll be rushing around trying to get ready for church.

Game 6 tonight for the Flyers at the Fargo.  Better pull it off boys.  i will just leave it at that.

it felt so good

today i left work at 5ish.  felt real good.  

i went for a 5mi-ish run.  felt eh, good (minus the hail storm).

the flyers won in OT.  game 1 in the NHL Playoffs - came back from a 3-0 deficit to win at Pittsburgh.  eat it.

the phillies finally won big at CBP with Halliday on the mound.  i've missed these guys.

thank goodness for technology in mlb.tv and streaming flyers radio.

it all just felt so good.

Need.Miss.Want.

sun | sand | surf

the boys of FNL

casual life | casual clothes

Stoked for the first outdoor soccer game of 2012 tonight.  Going to be epic.  Tomorrow is big time...BIG TIME!  so over ittttttt.

1.2.3.4.5.

1.  Day 2 of (10 miler) training.  it was cold outside.

2.  The Voice never disappoints, such a great show and i love the battle round.  #teamblake - although i think christina has the best team.  

Each team has some great talent, but christina can you please get rid of the plate hat?  it's hideous.

3.  busy season needs to end right now.  we are close kids.

4.  i planted some herbs and a tomato plant yesterday.  and a flower in a pot.  i hope it produces.

5.  who's up for some summer bbq?

aquatic apes x glidesurfco

#NP

1.  Wanted - Hunter Hayes

2.  Suntan City - Luke Bryan

3.  Space - Josh Hodge (ft. Catitlin Crosby)

4.  Far Away - Tyga (ft. Chris Richardson)

5.  You Ain't Seen Country Yet - Josh Thompson

6.  Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars

7.  When She's On - Chris Young

8.  Good To You - Marianas Trench (ft. Jessica Lee)

9.  Time is Love - Josh Turner

10.  3 Words - Elliott Yamin

Cafe Zen | March Madness

chill'n yo

8 countries

I've visited 8 countries (3.55% of the world).  Poor. I counted Japan bc i was there on layover and South Korea because I was born there, and the US because I live here, duh.

Create your own visited map of The World 

I've visited 19 states (38% of the US).  Poor.  Although I've visited CA one time when I was on a layover, but didn't count it.  How about you?

Create your own visited map of The United States

I wish I had someone to travel with.  there's still a lot in this world to see.
TGIF.  Hello to the freaking weekend; hello to warm weather.

eat! beat! sweet! tweet!

Eat:  Fresh bread - maybe with some bacon jam.

Beat:  Glass - Thompson Square...girl kinda sounds like Allison Krauss.

Sweet:  March Madness starts! who filled out a bracket?!  ok, me neither, but it's so fun to watch.  wait there's 2 for today...the fact that it's supposed to be 80 degrees today East Coast! (and it was yesterday too-woo.)

Tweet:  @JLin7 :  Im proud to be asian!!!

bring'n it back old school

i love how J.Crew is bringing back all of those old school brands, or should i say, old school styles.  Well, maybe neither, maybe just classsiiiiic:

Nike:

Lee:

images from FreshnessMag.com

And, talk about old school, how 'bout Lionel's freaking awesome country duets album coming soon:

1. You Are - with Blake Shelton
2. Say You, Say Me - with Jason Aldean
3. Stuck On You - with Darius Rucker
4. Deep River Woman - with Little Big Town
5. My Love - with Kenny Chesney
6. Dancing On The Ceiling - with Rascal Flatts
7. Hello - with Jennifer Nettles
8. Sail On - with Tim McGraw
9. Endless Love - with Shania Twain
10. Just For You - with Billy Currington
11. Lady - with Kenny Rogers
12. Easy - with Willie Nelson
13. All Night Long - with Jimmy Buffet

ok, actually, all of the songs are real cheezy, but that's what's so great about oldschool, lionel, and country music.

when you don't feel good

the worst is when you don't feel good.  i mean, you aren't coughing or barfing, but you just feel nast.  seriously, that's how i was feeling last night and all today, including right now.  didn't eat much.  i may have thrown concentration out the window today at work.  it seriously took so much effort just to focus and hm, took me twice as long to do the simplest things.  plus, i totes took a few accidental naps at my desk today...one involving drool.  awesome.

i hope it goes away.

NCAA March Madness starts very soon!  Loyola, MD men grabbed the automatic bid to the big dance this year.  umm, yeah, i kinda coach there.

ramblings on a friday night

The new edition of The Bridge came in the mail today.  yay - recaps and pics of the MWS National Championship.  new framer coming atcha.

it's been a rough couple of days at work and all i can say is TGIF...thank God.  

so confession.  i am now following justin bieber on twitter.  can you believe he has almost 18 million followers?!  whhhaaa?  so if i mention him, the chances of him responding is like 1 in 18 million....so you're saying there's a chance.  yeah, twitter is a weird phenomenon.  i cannot explain, but it just is.  you should see for yourself.  and yes, i truly enjoy it.  ohhh social media.

yesterday, i got a speeding ticket.  i didn't get pulled over, but it came in the mail.  so anyone who lives in bmore...there's a speed camera on chaz street heading south (i believe it's near friends school, Loyola's FAC and Notre Dame of MD Uni).  ugggh!

finally, it's march.  one more month to go.  now comes the last stretch.  finish strong! so ready to have a normal day.

#np:  Terrified - Katharine McPhee (ft. Zachary Levi)

Eat.Beat.Sweet.Tweet

Eat:  Seafood

Beat:  Dierks Bentley (ft. Karen Fairchild) - When You Gonna Come Around

Sweet:  Messiah College alumni Adam Brock is in the top 24 of American Idol.

Tweet:  @DickieV :  Congrats to Loyola Md -1st 20 win season in 63 years. #PATSOSBABY

DUDE

ok, so honestly, i don't even know what lent is.  i was in wegmans and i saw someone with the ash thingy on their head.  yeah, dunno.  wait, ash wednesday right?  DUDE.

last night, i played a little indoor...late.late.  it's just really annoying because by the time i get home, it is midnight, and then after showering, i need a little time to simmer.  too late to have to wake up at 6am.  but i guess it's worth it.  hi - i'm watching american idol.  so much talent!  go country music.  DUDE.  oh no, the asian made it in.

love this, well, not the annoying song, but motivation factor is like whoah.  DUDE.

i'll race you

today i signed up for the baltimore 10-miler to take place on June 16, 2012.  cake.  yesterday, i signed up for the famous broad street run for May 6, 2012, the largest 10-miler in the country.  not cake.  apparently, everyone wants to run it this year.  it took me 3+ hours to register, since the site was overwhelmed with registrants.  The race apologized on their website (and via twitter):

"Registration for the Blue Cross Broad Street Run has exceeded our wildest expectations with over 30,000 runners registering in a record 5 hours."

Well, what did you think, retard.  you are only the largest 10-miler in the country and you've sold out the last i-don't-know-how-many-years-in-a-row.   

I'm thinking one more for this summer...maybe a tri.  ok, prolly a tri.  sheROX?

ALL CAPS

I DECIDED TO POST TODAY IN ALL CAPS, LIKE MY UNCLE EDDIE GASIOROWSKI DOES ON FACEBOOK.  I'M WATCHING SMASH.  HAVE YOU HEARD OF IT?  

I THINK IT'S BORDERLINE BORING, BUT FOR SOME REASON, AT THE SAME TIME VERY INTRIGUING.  ONE, BECAUSE IT'S TAPED IN NYC.  TWO, BECAUSE KATHRINE MCPHEE AND DEBRA MESSING ARE IN IT; AND THREE, BECAUSE DEBRA MESSING IS TRYING TO ADOPT A KID FROM CHINA.  PLUS, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON.  TONIGHT, MY SOCCER TEAM LOST BY ONE GOAL IN THE LAST 2 MINUTES.  POOR.  THE WORST IS THE FACT THAT I ACTUALLY PLAYED DECENT, BUT MISSED A FEW GOALS THAT I SHOULD HAVE SCORED.  FRUSTRATING.  REMEMBER WHEN SCORING GOALS WAS LIKE CLOCKWORK?  UGH.

I'M LOOKING TO SIGN UP FOR A FEW RACES THIS SPRING/SUMMER.  I'M THINKING BMORE 10 MILER AND PHILLY 10 MILER (BROAD ST. RUN).  10 MILES IS A GOOD DISTANCE, RIGHT?  SIGN-UPS OPEN ON WEDNESDAY.  I HOPE I GET IN.  OH AAAAND A TRI.  REMINDER:  CUT YOUR TOENAILS.

Snow, not enough

Pathetic.  it snowed for about 2 hours yesterday, but melted by the time everything was said and done.  Ugh.  I love summer, but if it has to be cold, why can we not have snow.  I'd like a snow day.  I'd like a shred sesh in powder.  and i'd like to see the beauty in a snow covered landscape.

Anyone know where this is?  looks like a good time...life changing.

Jason Wu for Target

Jason Wu for Target

Here's the preview - available starting tomorrow, February 5th.

Hot setups, except for the kitten.  i don't get it.

hope you have a wonderful weekend!  kill it.

eat. beat. sweet. tweet

Don't be alarmed.  just a design layout change.
Who's excited about the Superbowl?!  Ahem; well, not me.

except for the fact that miranda lambert and blake shelton are duetting america the beaut. and david beckham's underwear commercial is debuting (see below).

eat:  bacon!

beat:  Only Human - Tim McGraw (feat. Ne-Yo)

sweet:  DB for H&M

tweet:  @CarliLloyd:  @AlexBKreiger good luck with surgery!

Thursday baby.  ohhhh yeahhhh.  time for coffee.  hitt'n the ground running.

I can not hide my love

Kelly Clark is awesome.

She just won another gold medal in the winter X-games for SuperPipe.

Kelly Clark is THE best half pipe rider in the world.  I mean, seriously, she can throw down a 1080 like i can throw down the 2 inches i can get off of the bump in the middle of the blue route.  She is also very open about her faith in Jesus Christ.  You may hear her at the top of the half pipe singing worship songs; she rocks a huge Jesus sticker on her ride (pic from her Instagram).  Here's a little vid of her life and testimony...i know, it's semi-long, but maybe skip to 2:40ish.

i love snowboarding.  i love Jesus.  I love Kelly Clark.

American Saturday Night

She's got Brazilian leather boots on the pedal of her German car

Listenin' to the Beatles singing back in the USSR.

She's goin' around the world tonight, but she ain't leav'n him.

She's just going to meet her boyfriend down at the street fair.

It's a french kiss, italian ice

Spanish moss in the moonlight...

Just another American Saturday Night.

There's a big toga party tonight down at Delta Chi.

They've got Canadian bacon on their pizza pie.

They've got a cooler full of cold Corona and Amstel Light.

It's like we're all liv'n in a big ol' cup

just fire up the blender and mix it all up.

It's a french kiss, italian ice

Spanish moss in the moonlight...

Just another American Saturday Night.

You know everywhere there's something there known for

although usually it washes up on our shores

My great great great granddaddy stepped off that ship

I bet he never ever dreamed we'd have all this.

You know everywhere has somethin' they're known for

although usually it washes up on our shores

Little Italy, Chinatown, sittin' there side by side

live from New York, it's Saturday Night!

It's a french kiss, italian ice

Spanish moss in the moonlight...

Just another American Saturday Night.

- Brad Paisley

game time

so here we are again.  friday night.  tired-weary.  plopped on the couch.  i skipped the workout tonight.  i was too hungry by the time i got home.  One song:  rainy night in georgia :: chris young - love his deep sexy country voice and the jazzy runs he rocks in this song.

USWNT plays Costa Rica - NOW.  game time.  tea time.  peace out.

have an awesome weekend!

What hurts the most is being so close

I love that Rascal Flatts song.

Yesterday...

...it did not end pretty.  Aww, little Billy Cundiff.  He is so cute.  i'm ashamed that he is wearing #7.  DB is too.  It wasn't all bad news though.  The USWNT spanked Guatemala 13-0 (and just a few days after their 14-0 win over the Dominican Republic.)

Talk about making a statement, heh.  Lori Lindsey scored her first career goal with the Natty team.  

I love a great personality.  

"It's fun to get a goal and put a good team performance together...As was pointed out, I'm 128 goals behind Abby so I feel like she should be getting a little nervous.  I'm right on her heels."  - LL aka Lightning

Winter X

BS Fridays

yay!  it's friday!  i look forward to Friday nights during busy season.  not that it's busy season, but because i lie on the couch for hours watching tv and sipping chai tea...and i'm totally ok with it.  i'm thinking of remodeling my master bathroom.  i kinda want a bathtub so i can watch tv in the tub. and read. and drink coffee.

tomorrow, i need to do a little food shopping.  i am making some venison chili for the ravens game on Sunday.  sounds delicious.

it's been a long week.  right now, i'm very thankful for my couch.  saturday morning will be here too soon.  see you in the office.
p.s.  quick shout out to my bro - happy birthday!