http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:10:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Notice anything funny about my shoe in the picture below (not that it is old, dirty and worn out)? Yes, one of shoelace bows is missing. Let me tell you a little bit about Data's shoe fetish. One time, Steven bought an expensive pair of shoes at the Kenneth Cole store downtown. Over ... http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2008/07/23/warning-to-future-house-guests/ On Tuesday mornings, sales representatives visit our office to promote their products, as well as (more importantly?) give us free breakfast. Every week it's something different - bagels, croissants, yogurt, huge fruit platters, quiche (someone brought two huge quiches today!), donuts, etc. Normal people can go to the presentation, listen to it, ... http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2008/07/22/tuesdays/ Today is my three-year blogging anniversary! You can't really tell by looking at the (drop-down) archives in my sidebar, but I have, in fact, been blogging since July 21, 2005 (just not on wordpress). Crazy! What would a blogging anniversary be if I didn't talk about blogging? One of my favorite parts ... http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2008/07/21/tres-anos/ I'm starting to think that maybe I am NOT stuck in a slump (mood wise), but am really just a kind of negative person. Because if I was just stuck in a slump, wouldn't all of those negative thoughts have left my head by now? At the beginning of each week, ... http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2008/07/20/no-explanation-yet/ Ever since we started bowling so vigorously three months ago, my left hip has been in a lot of pain. It usually begins to flare up towards the middle of the second game. By the third game (and there’s almost always a third game), I am almost hobbling back to ... http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2008/07/17/bowlers-hip-its-for-real/ Whenever I write a seemingly personal post, like yesterday's, I feel like I should follow up with something more generic. Something true, but something that doesn't make me feel so exposed. And I think I am trying to do that with today's topic, but I really think it makes me sounds ... http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2008/07/15/example-53-of-how-im-a-hypocrite/ Kyra's post about weight today really struck a chord with me, mainly the part when she said (wrote?), "Sometimes I feel as though I have had to give myself permission to lose weight." For at least three-quarters of the past year, I haven't really cared about my body. I ate whatever ... http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2008/07/14/not-a-clue/ Whew. What a weekend. I'm so happy I took tomorrow off as well. I need to rest. We went to our first Cubs game today... The nerve wracking 9th inning The Cubs lost, but we still had fun! On our way to the ballpark, while we were still in the Loop, a woman stopped ... http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2008/07/13/next-time-ill-clap-for-the-right-team/ Last weekend, while on the boat with Steven and my family, Steven leaned over to me and said, "If you stick your head out of the boat, and breathe through your nose, that's kind of what it's like when you are in free fall when you go skydiving." Of course, I ... http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2008/07/12/donk-yeah/ If you had to wear only one pin everyday for the rest of your life, what would be on it/what would it say? Using the “flair” application on Facebook made me think of this. It seems like the flair can actually be used to say a lot about yourself! Kim's Facebook flair But ... http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2008/07/11/friday-question-32/