Upping it up

up the stairs, at least.

A scourge of sanspantsers swarmed sThompson sArena, skillfully scaled stairs, and shortly scooted somewhere.

Downstairs have suddenly become much harder than I remember them being...

Mascot Proposal

Greetings from the land beyond! I thought I'd add some inanity to the blog.

As we all know this fuel cell has been, perhaps inadvertently, flirting with homestarrunner.com. And if you've been reading coach's blogs carefully, and following his links, you'd have been introduced to Lil Brudder, the puppy with one leg and the heart of a champion.

Well, here's a little guy who I call Lil Brudder. A real fighter. His sad story started when he was neglected over last winter break. He had only one green leaf remaining (kinda like the lil pup's one leg) when I found him. Today with the help of constant love, a big window, a flourescent light and miracle grow, he's got a total of 8 leaves. Brings a tear to my eye. We're hoping to take him off the incubator by late March (fingers crossed!!).

Here he's pictured against a desolate New Hampshire landscape, overlooking it introspectively. You can almost feel his sense of perseverence. Lil Brudder: Inspirational, determined, hater of pants.

I think there's a little bit of him in all of us.

Much love,
Raindog

ps--oh yeah, and I've been working out a lot. Joined a gym, got a hold of some of seig's [intentially placed apostrophe] track workouts. yay me. Other than that, I'll be a little bored here until my job starts in two weeks (I'm a Garden Coordinator, but I'll figure out what that means later).

Kickin into Gear

Mackey, Liz, Kristen, Billy, Sunshine, and I all did the track workout this afternoon. My first track workout in 8 months or so...felt pretty good, that considered. 400 Splits: 71-77-76-77-78-74.

Booyah.
Zak

Be True to Your Cell

Sunshine and I thought we'd go out for a nice little jaunt (in shorts, mind you) on Rip Road. A harmless, mid-afternoon jog turned horrifying, however, when we saw the FULLY PANTSED legs of one Kristen Grant, one Alison Kay, and one Liz Middleton. No Pants is not just a name, people. It's a lifestyle. Get some spandex and get with the program.

Disheartened and disillusioned,
Coach

(cue homestar's reaction to Li'l Brudder....http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail109.html)

Trimming the fat

2. (2/134=~1.5% my body weight)

That's how many pounds I lost over the course of break (perhaps a bit more, but I'm taking the conservative estimate). Booyah for working out and getting body fat down! Lean, mean, ultimate machine right here--this guy. And for any doubters, know that one Bruce Lee ranged between 130-135 lbs at what many consider the peak of his fitness (and I'm the same height, so booyah).

Oh wait, what, this isn't the Mideast blog? I'm sorry, let me put my ego away for a bit.

I fell off the horse a bit last week, only getting one session in with the weights (lower body, a solid workout), though I did a fair bit of weightless stuff so I think it works out all right. Coming back up to campus tomorrow, will probably hit the gym that afternoon/evening since nobody'll be back yet.

In other pantsless news...

The Coach, 12/31
"got a run in today. doing other various weights-less exercises."

Sunshine, 12/31
"i got one in tuesday and another will go in tomorrow before i head back to campus"

Saw The Carr today, he's been getting a good workout nightly courtesy of his girlfriend...I jest. He hasn't updated lately but will be back on campus Wednesday.

Should've known to ask Emmy about Dermott. Here's an update on him, through her:
"I haven't talked to him in over a week, but I did go down there and visit for a while and he had been lifting, mountain climbing, and skiing so as far as I know he's alive and well and has not run off to join a nunnery (Owen's primary concern)."
Good thing, Owen, you'd never be able to set your plans to steal him from Emmy in motion had he run off.


On another note, did you know that being properly hydrated has numerous health benefits, like improving your flexibility and helping with the fat-burning process? You sweat a lot when you sleep, just a glass before and after you sleep will make a big difference ,and hydrating throughout the rest of the day helps too (just take a drink when you think of it, it adds up). Carrying a nalgene around with you is a wonderful facilitator for this.