Ramblings of a Nanerbot

I’ve had issues with my weight since college and they got pretty out of hand once I graduated. Not obese out of hand but right now I’m the biggest I’ve ever been and I’m not happy about it.

Food and I have an incredibly unhealthy relationship. I love food. I want to be with food constantly and food is always there for me. But food doesn’t treat me right. And yet I keep running back to it, hoping things will change.

Well, not this time buddy. I’ve decided to make a real difference in the way I eat and work out and I figure by publicly recording my progress (or lack thereof) to the, oh, three people who read this blog, it will give me some sense of accountability and, thus, force me to be consistent in my efforts.

I’m doing a weekly weigh-in with my mom and my boyfriend (who wants to gain weight… must be nice.) and while I won’t put their weights up here, I’m going to be putting up mine. I want my weight loss to happen and I think this is one way I can force myself to make it happen.

I do my weigh-ins on Sundays so yesterday was my 3rd one. My weigh-ins have been as follows:

1/29 - 179

2/5 - 178

2/12 - 178

Not to make excuses but 2/12 was two days before that special time of month when women are extra skinny and super happy about life (not). Either way, while one pound isn’t a whole lot that one pound is the push I needed to let me know that hey, I can do this, one pound at a time.

So come this summer, I’d like to be down to 160… hold me accountable people (or person or w/e)! I’m gonna make this happen!

The Social Mediaologist: Pinterest and breaking news: The Whitney Houston experiment

Social Media is taking over… like it or not.

petitegreek:

And for an interesting read about how new social media outlets are becoming the source for breaking news (whether they were meant to be news outlets or not), check out a great article by my former boss!

via scottkleinberg:

Social media is always evolving.

I remember when I turned to Google for breaking news. Now, I search Twitter.

I remember when I only used Facebook to communicate with close friends. Now I have more than 21,000 subscribers.

I remember when everyone stopped using Digg. Now … Oh, that…

We have a gaggle of rotating male models who live across the hall from us. Sometimes they are delightful foreigners who are bushy tailed and bright eyed in the big city. And sometimes… you get these moronic, terrible human beings who blast Jay-Z and slam the door at 3 am. Well, we have the latter. And I don’t care if they are pretty… I will slap each and every one of them in the face the next time one of them decides to scream in the hallway at 11 at night.

Yep. I’ve turned into an old person. But just because they are pretty doesn’t mean I won’t go muay thai on their asses.. if they don’t starve to death first.

I’m too sexy… to not be a total asshole to my neighbors

The glasses are awesome and they are all (lenses included!) only $95! Check it out:

OBSESSED

I officially have the crappiest microwave I’ve ever seen. I bought it at Goodwill and the plate was lost at some point so things don’t rotate. I cooked a sweet potato the other day and it didn’t even heat up the center but it started a fire on the end. Suffice to say, I need a new one.

However… in the meantime I discovered something so silly that I figured I should share because maybe it’s not that silly after all.

This crazy cheap contraption saved my microwave! I don’t have anymore issues with over- or under-heating. So yea… maybe I’m the last person on earth to figure this trick out but this turned my $5 piece of crap into a real microwave! YAY!

I must confess, my life has become consumed by household projects to the detriment of my schoolwork and career. This past week I took over my bedroom and made some small changes in the living room - one of which was some paper flowers. I always have a hard time keeping fresh flowers in the house because, well, I just forget to throw them out and so they get gross and I’m fairly certain this reflects negatively upon my own definitions of organization and basic hygiene. Thus, I’ve done away with them for the most part and decided to create something that had a personal touch and was a bit less ephemeral.

And voila! Paper flowers! I found the how-to at talkcraftytome.com - a great DIY blog. Here’s a photo from their how-to:

Well, I thought I could not hope to get anything nearly as cool… but lo and behold, I think I got it! Here’s what I have:

(Pardon the crappiness of the photo - I lost the cable to my camera so I’m currently using my iPhone and it’s proving not so successful…)

The wine bottle is from my one year anniversary with Carlos, my awesome boyfriend, which he saved after all this time (we’ve been together for almost 5 years!). I’d like to keep experimenting so we will have to see how that goes… but DIY project #1 complete and successful! Although I can’t say the same for my cupcake holder flowers…