Placenter: McGovern Lake

For the last couple of months, i had convinced big poppa and myself that this route that i had picked that went around rice and through hermann park was more than six miles. When we finally timed ourselves, we quickly realized that it wasn't more than six miles but rather 4.75 miles. Haha. I'm very aware of how slow i run so i immediately doubted my time. Using Map My Run, i mapped a correct 6 mile loop for us to run. Running through hermann park is actually really nice. I definitely prefer it over memorial. And you're not overlapping anywhere and that's really important to me. After work one day, i decided to go for a walk/jog by myself. I knew there was this new public sculpture installation by Ai Weiwei at McGovern Lake so i decided to take a small detour to go check it out. I have this number belt thing with a pouch that i was able to put my small point-and-shoot in so i can bring it along. The installation is called Circle of Friends/Zodiac Heads. You only have until June 3rd to go see it. After that, it'll be moved to another city. I'm not sure how many cities it will be featured in total but i think that we are so lucky to have Houston be on their list. Ai Weiwei was part of the team who designed the bird's nest stadium in beijing for the olympics. I have such admiration for him and his fearlessness in speaking out against China's policy on free speech and human rights. These sculptures stand at ten feet high and weigh about 1000 pounds each. It's really pretty how they have them facing the lake. After looking at them and taking some pics, i started my jog back to the car which was prolly another two miles or so. I ended taking this path behind the playground area. As i jogged, i pass strange lady number one who yells at me if i knew the lord and savior jesus christ. I yell back with a hearty 'YES!' and keep running a little faster. Then as i approach the playground, two mi dang families are yelling at each other. Like screaming blood murder at each other. A lot of cursing and craziness. Something's about to go down! I slow to a walk to watch. Where's freaking security?!? A lot of arm flappin' and mouths yappin'. I see a sane couple ahead. We look at each other, shake our heads, and i continue on. As i get back into a miserably slow jog, i pass by strange creepy man number one, then two, then three. They all make annoying and unnecessary comments. I run a little bit faster each time i pass one of these creepy fellas. Even though i prolly clocked in a PR for finishing, i don't think i'll take that detour anymore. So much stress!

Vlog: Tirimisu Cupcake

A little vlog that i put together to thank croatia for her delicious cupcakes. I was hoping that this would encourage her to make me more cupcakes. I think it worked! I think i might go and make these just to make them so that i can have some. I should have put music to the vid but i was too lazy.

Trippin': Cairns - Marrdja Boardwalk

When i read marrdja boardwalk, what i had in mind was a linear boardwalk that lined itself parallel to a beachscape. Not quite so in this case. It was another trek through the forest. Which i love and don't mind. This hike is perfect for people of all ages. Instead of navigating uneven terrain, there are paths (boardwalk/metal planks) built throughout the forest. Shane showed us this really awesome tree that look like it was formed from intertwined branches. The one neat thing that we did was eat these green ants. Well, i ate ONE ant. And it tasted lemony! You could sprinkle these suckers on a taco. Haha. Who knew. I am very tired right now.

Musik Mundi: Of Monsters And Men

Of Monster And Men
Album: Into The Woods (2011)
Song: Little Talks

To say things have been way too busy would be an understatement. I'm gonna try to recap these last two weeks or so. I thot i was over and done with big poppa's accounting stuff for his biz. Not true. CPA tells me that i need to redo over half of my entries because i entered them incorrectly. ARGHA! A positive spin on it would be to say that at least it was just our first year. Five months to be exact. Back tracking I go. I have until september to finish. Big poppa doesn't make it any easier for me. Last sat was big poppa's sat off and we decided to bike along brays bayou to our friend geetar's dry cleaners. On the ride back, I almost passed out from the final ascent to street level. So hungry. So shaky. Total mileage was approx 18 miles. So sunny. So hot. No shade. Slight tan! Yay! And i wore my skanky tight super short shorts so that i didn't have tan lines mid-thigh. Big poppa = farmer's tan. Does not look good. Helped out at SEAS. All the teachers were on retreat. The kids ate us alive. Asked the kids sat night what the next day was. Kids answer with APRIL FOOL'S DAY! Darn. They're right. But it's also PALM SUNDAY. And mass was filled wiggling and fidgety kids. Palm leaves = major distraction. Two sat night's in a row turned into crawfish followed by beignets and coffee. Chez beignet last sat and then crescent city beignet this past sat. I actually don't even really like beignets all that much but i can never say no to hanging with friends. Big poppa is a beast. We ate dinner with his family and then he ate crawfish afterwards too. We ended the night at the tasting room. A glass of red wine is so good and really makes me relax. Voodoo was showing me snowboarding vidz and all of us were like, okay, next season for SURE! Park City or Mammoth, you're in my books. On sunday, big poppa and i had an old married couple day. Laundry and grocery shopping. I cooked while big poppa did handyman stuff around the house. We did not work out at ALL this weekend. Actually, the last time we worked out was wednesday. WHY? Because on wednesday, we did our own version of bootcamp at herman park. Run the hill twice. 25 sit-ups. Run the hill twice. 25 push-ups. Repeat. Man. My arms were sore for DAYS. Could barely pull the seat belt. That itchy spot on my back? Forget it. I think i had it the worst mainly cos i'm that out of shape and i can't even remember the last time i did a push-up. Prolly with jacques at his own personal sunday morning bootcamp. And the crazy thing is we didn't even finish all of our sets cos the mosquitos came out and it just really became unbearable. This song that i have posted is from an icelandic group. I think? And this song in particular reminds me of that viral youtube video of the father daughter duo singing 'home'. My 'training' so far isn't looking very good.

*photo courtesy of amazon.com*