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On top of Philadelphia City Hall
SACM and I took a tour of City Hall, ending with a cool few minutes at the top of the world’s largest masonry building, near a 37-foot cast iron statue of William Penn.
Short video of what it looks like from the top:
New suits
For $1,300, including tax, I bought four new suits: a buy one, get three deal, in which I paid very full retail price for a nice Italian suit and got three others. All in all, for not much more than $300 each, I got my hands on the first four tailored suits I ever owned.
I also got a haircut that turned out to be the first paid haircut since before I was a junior in high school.
Muck Fest Tough Mudder Philadelphia
I ran my first ever Muck Fest, as a way to raise funds for MS, held near the Newtown square HQ of SAP.
It was tons of fun — we ran the 5 miles in a couple hours because, well, we kept dragging each other down. Some favorite obstacles, in addition to just running in the mud:
Start off by being sprayed with water
Run up a muddy ledge, with many people falling
run across a narrow muddy path with big pits of deep muddy water on either side and fight through big balls that are tied to a crane and being swung at you.
run up and down muddy sea saws
Muddy pit jump
Run across muddy planks in pond
Nylon Spider netting in mud
Teepee of rope ladder
Tent above muck to army crawl
Seesaw into the muddy water
Steeplechase metal climbing
Rope hang spinner
Things on my 1-2 Year Goals List That I DidThis Year
Spend more than 1 week with my mom and sister. (Over Christmas.)
Learn more about visual art. (Took Art History class.)
Be in a theater piece outside of school. (2013 Philly Fringe Fest.)
Be more open. Make an effort to connect and communicate more. (Saying my feelings out loud.)
Be a paid artist. ($300 for stage managing a dance piece. I'm counting that.)
Study three or more new movement techniques. (Bhuto, Viewpoints, Alexander Technique.)
Start to learn to play an instrument. (Ukulele.)
Be romantically involved with at least 2 new people. (Yep.)
Read more. (Lots of reading.)
Make a newsletter of artistic accomplishments to send to friends, family and colleagues. (I did that. I think I will not do it again until I am semi-famous.)
Go to at least 5 auditions for Summer/Fall 2013. (Brat, Theater Exile, Rando Film, School Auditions, SCTC, Asylum, Azuka...)
Do something cool summer 2013. (understudied&SM'd dance show, ASM'd Found, was in Philly Fringe, made lots of new friends.)
Learn about astrophysics and the universe. (Read Hawking's Baby Black Holes, watched ALL the documentaries.)
2013 Resolutions
Get a hobby
Rid toxic people from your life
Get off antidepressants
Lose 30 pounds
Get a boyfriend
Stay at FSU
Make 2 new friends
Pass something
Running and blogging became my hobbies.
It took most of the year to rid one toxic person and there are more I'm dealing with.
No.
Ehh, yeah-ish.
Ha. No.
Yes.
I did!
My GPA stands tall.
Overall, this list was not healthy. I might as well have written BE HAPPY AND YOU.
'Resolutions'
My resolutions are stupidly similar to the resolutions that everyone else has. I suppose I shouldn't say 'stupidly similar' because that's basically shitting on everyone else's resolutions, and I don't want to do that at all. After all, what makes the things that I want to do better than what someone else wants to do?
Exactly, it doesn't.
one. And here's the biggest one: I want to lose 20 pounds. While I know that I am fit, my weight has been creeping up as of late and part of that is due to the fact that my previous attempts at weight loss have led to me failing miserably at feeding myself the proper amount. Now that I have a better idea of how to eat, I want to try again. Whether this means upping my training or what, I don't know. I don't have a specific end date, no weekly goals, I would just like to lose 20 lbs and then go from there. Basically, I would like to look as fit as I am because people looking me over and giving me the stupid-ass raised eyebrow when they find out that I am part of a sport that trains six days a week pisses me the fuck off. two. More vegetables. Because I've been failing at this. If I can get a salad for lunch and make sure to eat some veggies for dinner, I'll be extremely proud of myself. three. Acknowledge that 'hey you know what makes you feel like death? All the fruits/granola you really like' and stop eating them. At no point in time will they make me not feel like I am going to throw up. It would probably be easier and more enjoyable if I just avoided the lot of them. four. More coffee Or drink more water. Or that. five. Recognize that you are accountable for your actions. Do you know why you didn't erg this morning? Because you decided to go back to sleep and wanted to make your erg session in the evening, not at 5 AM like yesterday. That's fine, just acknowledge that you had an opportunity and you didn't take it. Same with the rest of your life. six. Read more, read multiple books at once, etc. seven. Get back into weightlifting. ... also I kind of forgot to post my training yesterday, so I might do that today even though it wasn't super intense or anything.
New Years Resolutions 2013
Academics:
Do all work. Be efficient. Don’t waste time.
Start work earlier
Figure out if a Film Studies minor would be a good idea. (it isn't)
Attend movie makeup class during the summer
Get an internship
Body:
Do something about stomach pudge
Get a/some tattoo(s)
Perhaps get another ear piercing or two (to be determined)
Work on leg flexibility
Take better care of skin
Family/Family Friends:
Keep in contact with people more often
Send an update letter every 3-4 weeks
Financial:
Save money; little to no unnecessary spending.
Image:
Work on a fancier clothing style. Inspiration: 20s (fanciness, clothing accents), 90s (color, contrasts), fitted jackets, skirts, dresses, tights, patterns
Wear earrings
Complete therapist’s assignment at least a few times ;D
Mind:
Be kind
Be loving
Be accepting
Make wise decisions
Personality:
Be more friendly
Be open to options
Be more independent
Social:
Make guy friends in Amherst class! ***NUMBER ONE PRIORITY!!*** The rest of this list flows from this first point. (made one "friend". most amherst guys are dumb.)
Get out of the MoHo bubble more often
Possibly get a boyfriend (cha-chinggggg~)
Make new friends in general
some new years resolutions
Stop dwelling so much on the past
Stop getting jealous so easily
Stand up straighter
Stop biting the skin around nails
Focus more on my career and stop caring so much about boys
Continue making new friends
Be hard on yourself but not to the point where you hate yourself, just enough to make necessary changes
Become stronger physically and mentally
Don't let people take advantage of you
Higher GPA
