Midweek Links

categories Blogging, Life, Recipes + Food, Running + Training
By , July 11, 2012 6:13 am

This ended up being long, but I promise there is some good stuff in here!

All about ilaxSTUDIO

  • Don’t forget to enter the Crazy Tan Lines Contest/Giveaway for a chance to win a prize of your choice! Entries are due Friday the 13th by 5:00 pm cst. It’s okay if your tan is not “exercise” related – I love a crazy tan no matter how you got it!
  • On Monday someone from Runner’s World contacted me about potentially using photos of mine and Steven’s from the Corn Maze 5K (2011, 2010) for the Races+Places section of the October issue. Fun! I hope they use one.
  • If you do not already “like” ilaxSTUDIO on Facebook, you can here! I post a bit more there… ha ha. Maybe that is a reason not to like the page.

All about ZOOMA

All about FakeMeats.com

  • Like FakeMeats.com on Facebook if you don’t already! I am a Facebook admin for Fake Meats, which means I post lots of fun pictures, like this one…

Fake Meat “Chicken” Shish Kabobs

  • And we are starting a fun new contest on Facebook – Fake Meats in Famous Places. We are posting photos of Fake Meats in Famous places (obvious) and asking a trivia question. A winner will randomly be selected from someone with the correct (or a correct) answer and win the Fake Meats in the photo! Today’s photo is below. Look at Fake Meats on Facebook later for the question!

  • If you want to help take some Fake Meats in Famous places photos, let me know and I will send you some Fake Meats! We’ll credit your name on Facebook when we post your picture!

Phew. I need a breather from all these links. Here is a picture of the grill master. Just kidding! I just hold the utensils and food.

All about smartphones

  • I’ve been playing Zynga’s Swipeout sometimes on my phone. It’s like fruit ninja, but you are killing zombies instead of fruit. I don’t quit understand how the coins add up, or what the object of the game is… but it’s fun.
  • Another interesting game that Steven plays is Temple Run. You are being chased by monkeys and have to run, jump, slide under things, and collect coins.
  • I really love the PicFrame app for making fun collages. And it has a ton of settings to change things up. Check it out!

  • Erin told me about Foap, an app where you can try to sell your smartphone images as stock photos. I doubt any of mine will ever sell, but I have uploaded a few! After you upload them, they review them and may or may not accept them. I was surprised they did not accept my sunrise/sunset photos. I wonder if they will accept this one I took last night (below). Note: if you use this app, turn off email notifications for ratings and new followers – I woke up to 130 emails Tuesday morning from Foap.

Random Random Random

  • Check out and like my trainer’s Facebook page – Essential Fitness LLC. He posts good articles and videos and pictures from class. I bet you wanted to see me jumping on to a step with a kettlebell? No?
  • The Girl Scouts asked me to tell you about their Cookie Classic 5K on September 8th in Grant Park (in Chicago). Every participant gets a t-shirt and a box of cookies! NOM.
  • And lastly, a good infographic on how to foam roll like a pro.

Yay! You made it to the end!

19 Responses to “Midweek Links”

  1. Michel says:
    July 11, 2012 at 8:20 am

    LOL!! I got an email about the Girl Scout 5k race and was like woot! awesome!

    That’s a lot of links today!

  2. kandi says:
    July 11, 2012 at 8:30 am

    I really want to enter your tan lines contest but have hardly any tan lines… My mom has a sweet watch tan line!! Maybe I’ll have her send me a photo… I’ll see what I can come up with.
    If you want to send me some fake meats jerky or something I can take photos with famous DC landmarks. I don’t need facebook credit for my photos though.

    • kilax says:
      July 11, 2012 at 11:50 am

      Are you really good about latering up the sunscreen?

      DC would be great! I was hoping you would volunteer. LOL. I will ask Steven about what he would like to send and get back to you, so you can pick some things you would want to try 🙂

  3. abbi says:
    July 11, 2012 at 8:41 am

    Cool about your photo! I don’t really have any killer tan lines to enter your contest…off to read your Zooma post!

  4. Liz says:
    July 11, 2012 at 8:47 am

    I’ll gladly take a pic in central park when I run there next week!

    • kilax says:
      July 11, 2012 at 11:52 am

      Thank you! I am actually going to Central Park this weekend! We are talking my friend’s son to the zoo and I was hoping to get pics there and by the Guggenheim. And lots of other NYC stuff. Do you live in Long Island?

  5. bobbi says:
    July 11, 2012 at 9:27 am

    My kids LOVE temple run. I need to get John to take a picture of my back tonight for the tan lines, haha. And EVERYONE SHOULD READ YOUR ZOOMA POST. GO NOW!

    (thanks for that infographic – sometimes I have no clue how to best use my roller)

  6. gina says:
    July 11, 2012 at 10:21 am

    Steve likes Temple Run. I have some FM product that can tour around NYC! COOL!

  7. Gingerfoxxx says:
    July 11, 2012 at 12:05 pm

    I was going to ask you how you do the picture collage things 😀

  8. Emily says:
    July 11, 2012 at 1:10 pm

    I got an email about the Girl Scout Cookie run, too! What a fantastic idea, WILL RUN FOR COOKIES!!! =D

    Love the picture of you doing the homey-g grillmaster pose. You look hard-core – don’t mess with you!!! I would be happy to take some pictures with fake meats locally in Chicago (how about at the United Center!?!?!?!?) I’ll also be at OSU this Friday, in NYC in August, and in North Carolina’s Outer Banks in September – I can take some pics in those places, too.

    Thanks for passing along the Foap app – that is awesome! Maybe we can upload some Fake Meats photos to Foap, too. How’s that for efficient double-duty!?!?!? =D

    • kilax says:
      July 13, 2012 at 6:01 am

      Ha ha ha. Thanks! I try to look hardcore when I don’t know what I am doing!

      I will have to give you some Fake Meats to take some pics!!! Maybe lunch in the next few weeks? 🙂 Ha ha! And I like your Foap idea! I did put the skewers on there! 🙂

  9. Erin says:
    July 11, 2012 at 2:05 pm

    All good stuff this week! I’ll take some photos with Fake Meats in the city. Not sure I’ll see anything recognizably famous in Michigan next week, though!

    A Girl Scout troop reached out to my running club looking for mentors to help the girls train for the cookie race. Not really my thing but I hope we find some people to do it.

    • kilax says:
      July 13, 2012 at 6:02 am

      Thanks for your first pic! Steven liked it. He said he didn’t know there were lions in Chicago (he has a thing for lion statues). We need to get downtown more often!

  10. Amy B @ Second City Randomness says:
    July 11, 2012 at 3:46 pm

    I actually wanted to do the Girls Scout Run. But obviously can’t because of the half the next day. SO SAD. If they do it next year, I’m all over it.

    See ya tomorrow, lady!

  11. Lisa Runs for Cupcakes says:
    July 11, 2012 at 4:11 pm

    Congrats on becoming a ZOOMA Ambassador! Can’t wait to read more from you and so glad I found your blog 🙂

  12. martymankins says:
    July 12, 2012 at 11:17 am

    Kabobs and the other food pics are making me hungry.

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