I am participating in my first 5K on October 25th! It will be an exciting day. Not only for me with accomplishing a short term goal I set for myself, but for those who are trying to fight against cancer.
The word LIVESTRONG has a powerful meaning to me. Not only in fighting against cancer but applying it to any battle that we come across in our lives. To me it is setting goals and attaining those goals that you have set for yourself to better yourself! I have personal experience in living strong with setting a goal to lose weight and become more active instead of sedentary. This will be my first 5K I have ever ran. 3 years ago I would not have been able to do this. I would appreciate your support as I go and LIVESTRONG for myself and all of the other battles that people around the world are fighting! This to me is not only about raising money but about proclaiming to the world the ability we all have to LIVESTRONG in whatever we desire! It is about the ability to change, to not be a victim of circumstance, but to rise above and be strong.
The Lance Armstrong Foundation unites people to fight cancer, believing that unity is strength, knowledge is power, and attitude is everything.Through the dollars and awareness that we raise, we can inspire and empower individuals, and we can make life better for the more than 10 million Americans affected by cancer.
If anyone is able to donate and would like to here is a great place to do it at!
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=262612&supid=234017143
Monday, October 13, 2008
Am I really known?
So Facebook has a "fun" little application where you can be compared by your friends with their other friends.
Hmm....
Why do I have this application?
Do I really want to subject myself to the knowledge that I am #3 among all of my friends ranked the craziest. Luckily I lost a place, previously I had the Number 1 and 2 spot.
Or do I want to know that I lost 2 places as being most entertaining.... and 1 place as best public speaker. Great this happened right after my lesson in church on Sunday! Hmm is that saying something.
The only one I agree with is best shopping companion having lost 1 place, if you know me, you know I don't like shopping so I do not make the best shopping companion. Though I guess that would all depend on who I was going shopping with. If it was a girly girl, she would quickly drop me, if it is a guy, well then I might be his favorite girl shopping companion ever, since I don't want to stick around and walk up and down every single aisle in the store!
Honestly though, this comparing people thing is just pretty much pointless. The times that I have gone through and compared, most of the time I am comparing facebook aquaintances and I don't know them well enough to know if they would skip out of class or not. I also adopted my friend Jason's idea of family or framily :) trumps everything. When it is a good thing and a family member shows up or someone that might as well be my family, they are inevitably chosen.
I probably get an e-mail at least once or twice a week telling me that my rankings have changed. Normally I delete it! I should really just go in and tell facebook to stop sending me e-mails on this thing, but I don't feel like sifting through all the mumbo jumbo to turn it off. So I will just keep deleting those and get excited when I see 10 new messages in my inbox, only to find that they are all Facebook drama.
Hmm....
Why do I have this application?
Do I really want to subject myself to the knowledge that I am #3 among all of my friends ranked the craziest. Luckily I lost a place, previously I had the Number 1 and 2 spot.
Or do I want to know that I lost 2 places as being most entertaining.... and 1 place as best public speaker. Great this happened right after my lesson in church on Sunday! Hmm is that saying something.
The only one I agree with is best shopping companion having lost 1 place, if you know me, you know I don't like shopping so I do not make the best shopping companion. Though I guess that would all depend on who I was going shopping with. If it was a girly girl, she would quickly drop me, if it is a guy, well then I might be his favorite girl shopping companion ever, since I don't want to stick around and walk up and down every single aisle in the store!
Honestly though, this comparing people thing is just pretty much pointless. The times that I have gone through and compared, most of the time I am comparing facebook aquaintances and I don't know them well enough to know if they would skip out of class or not. I also adopted my friend Jason's idea of family or framily :) trumps everything. When it is a good thing and a family member shows up or someone that might as well be my family, they are inevitably chosen.
I probably get an e-mail at least once or twice a week telling me that my rankings have changed. Normally I delete it! I should really just go in and tell facebook to stop sending me e-mails on this thing, but I don't feel like sifting through all the mumbo jumbo to turn it off. So I will just keep deleting those and get excited when I see 10 new messages in my inbox, only to find that they are all Facebook drama.
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