Hometown: The Roch, MI (aka. The Crotch, aka. Crotchscratcher, aka. Crotchmolester, aka. Rochester)
Currently Living: Clawson, MI
Height: 5'8
Weight: Ha ha, yeah right
Favorite Color: Blue (preferably navy)
Profession: Researcher
Favorite Nickname: Trick, Sloan
Favorite Drinks:Vodka Tonic, Guinness, Diet Dr. Pepper, Dirty Martinis, red wine
Favorite TV Show: Friends, Sex & The City, Project Runway, The Amazing Race, Iron Chef America
Least Favorite TV Show: A Baby Story, I Love Lucy, Martha Stewart, Everybody Loves Raymond, every hour long drama
Favorite Books: The History of Love, Beloved, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Fight Club, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The of Being, SurUnbearable Lightness vivor, Empire Falls, The Corrections, The Bell Jar
Favorite Movies: Little Miss Sunshine, Anchorman, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Wordplay, American Beauty, Life is Beautiful, Amelie, Breakfast Club, Singin In The Rain, Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sleeping Beauty, Dancer in the Dark, Duets, The Virgin Suicides, The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Austin Powers I, II & III, My Best Friends Wedding, Moulin Rouge, Tommy Boy, Billy Madison, The Shining, Gone With The Wind, Bridget Jones' Diary, Chicago, Love Actually
Guilty Pleasure Movies: Xanadu, Dirty Dancing, Overboard, Groundhog Day, Steel Magnolias, 10 Things I Hate About You, Bond movies, Footloose, Clue, Murder By Death, High Spirits, A Cinderella Story
What I Do Too Much: Check email, crossword puzzles, complain about my job to friends and family,
Obsessions: sushi, Indian food, ranch dressing, toenail polish, song lyrics, hands, awards shows, symmetry, avocados, maps, dreams, This American Life, the display in my car that tracks my MPG
Pet Peeves: loud eaters, slurping, gulping, arrogance, snoring, bad grammar, repetition, late mergers, ripping cardboard, the word "chunky", intolerance, couples in a restaurant sitting on the same side of a booth, pop-up ads, privacy manager, men that drive without shirts on, being foolish, unfairly jumping to conclusions, being made fun of, cat-calling, people who type too hard
Greatest Fear: crossing bridges
Relaxing Activites: late night drives to sing by myself, headstands, hot baths,
Wish I Was: Ansel Adams, Jenifer Aniston, in love, living alone
Prized Possessions: ring from my grandparents, flower pot of my Grandma's, electric blanket (temporarily broken), tongue scraper, my bed
Craziest Thing Ever Done: getting a tattoo, strip Jenga
Things I Eventually Want To Do: skydive, buy a guitar, learn how to play the aforementioned guitar, take flying lessons, travel to France, write a novel, learn how to play the harp, tap dancing lessons, run a marathon
Thursday, August 19, 2004 I will walk 500 miles, and I will walk 500 more....
Captain's Blog: Day Zero.
Tomorrow marks Day 1 of the 3 Day walk. So that would make today Day Zero. Get it? 1 minus 1? Zero? Right. So today we had to go out to Ypsilanti to register for the walk, account for out $2000, and fill out our medical waiver. Plus we got to watch an exciting orientation video. Honestly. I really loved it. Because it had a nice smartass funny vibe to it. They warned you that whining would cause blisters. And during the video, they had to stress the importance of 'HYDRATION'. And they warned that YOU MAY DIE DURING THE 3-DAY WALK. Cut to, "We Believe That We Can Make A Difference." Wait, I was still trying to get over the fact that I was going to die.
So Team Breastsavers had dinner at PF Chang's for celebration. Where, when we called, it was only a measely 20 minute wait. But when we were finally seated, it had been 1.5 hours. Nothing better than, 4 girls who have to be on their feet for 72 hours, standing waiting for a table for 90 minutes. But holy moley was it worth it. I would do just about anything for lettuce wraps (if you were smart, you would be making note of this).
So, I will do my best to post all of the happenings from the weekend on Sunday night. I have a pen and paper to take good notes. I know it's going to be an amazing weekend and I'll have lots of stuff to share. I promise I'll break it down day by day, so you can get a fair appreciation for what we actually had to deal with. Wish us luck. Think of us fondly. Cheer us on. Say a little prayer for us. Send us money. Send us you well wishes. Hope for good weather. Thank you for your support.
