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InstaFriday

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It’s been a pretty crazy and awesome week, you guys, and here are all the random InstaGram photos to prove it. Hopefully soon I will return to writing somewhat-planned-out-and-substantial blog posts, but for now I’m exhausted and reek of soy sauce, so I’m off to bed. I will definitely be posting about that delicious, vegan entree up there though, so get excited.
Happy Friday.

Music Videos

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I could watch music videos all day. I would take half-hour segments of music video countdowns over any reality show that’s ever come out of MTV, CMT, BET, VH1, etc.. ever. So that’s exactly what I’ve been doing for the last hour or so: scouring YouTube for new (or very old) videos that perfectly pair visual greatness with the audio I already know I love. Here are some of my new faves.

There’s just something about ridiculously hot men doing ridiculous things to a ridiculously catchy beat that really does it for me. Well played, Foster The People, well played.
Claymation is pretty much always a win in my book, especially when dancing aliens are paired with such an awesomely eclectic song. Homeboy’s voice is sexy in such a weird way. Just sayin’.

“I won’t let love disrupt, corrupt or interrupt me.” This video isn’t really anything special, but this song gives me chills.

Just a little “Karate Kid” tribute. Cheesy and awesome.
What are some of your favorite music videos?

Running Dilemma

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(Aww, I miss that long, sweaty mane.)

I have a dilemma. Well, I have several, but one particularly in the running department. So back in January I decided to start training for my very first full marathon (note: it took me 12 years to find that post, so I hope someone – anyone – clicks it. Just sayin’.) and since it was going to be my first one, I wanted it to be officially badass. I figured out that if I started training in January, I’d be ready for the big 26.2 by June, so I found the Seattle Rock ‘n Roll Marathon on June 23, 2012 and even though I live in Florida, I was going to make it work. Boom, adventures.

Here’s where the dilemma comes in: it’s May 12 already, meaning there’s a little over a month until the big day, and I haven’t signed up yet (I do, however, have the plane tickets. Priorities.) My longest run so far has only been 12 miles — and even that was several months ago because (if I’m being honest) there was probably a full month in there where I stopped doing pretty much everything vital to marathon training, i.e. running, eating, sleeping, not-drinking-excessive-amounts-of-alcohol.. you get the idea. I sort of started again from the beginning and still have yet to get to where I should be in order to semi-comfortably complete 26.2 miles (although I definitely eat and sleep a lot these days).

My question is, should I just sign up for the full marathon anyway and just aim to finish, even if it means crawling over the finish line? Or should I just sign up for the half marathon (which I’m pretty confident I could do fairly easily) and enjoy my time in Seattle that much more? If so, this would be my fourth half marathon and I’d have to find some other cool-as-eff race to be my very first full marathon, but I’d have plenty of time to train and to feel full prepared for it.

I would love any advice from you runners out there. Are any of you all doing an awesome marathon several months from now? Also, if any of you are training for your first marathon (or 50th..) and would like to help keep me in check, I would love to start some sort of virtual running club, linky party, sweaty-portrait-album, etc. if anyone would be interested. How cool would it be to have a marathon
blate (blogger-date!)?!

Also, I’m pretty sure I’m going to sign up for the Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon again this year, so let me know if any of you guys would like to do it with me.

 

InstaFriday

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I am proud to report that I have actually been running/hitting the gym the past two weeks, I have cooked several fairly-healthy-like meals and, perhaps most importantly, I scored my highest bowling game of all time (and yes, this also includes my brief stint on the bowling team in 9th grade). 
I think I’m really growing, guys.
(Follow me on InstaGram, my username is MackensieG!)

What I Wore

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 Dress: Plato’s Closet
Belt: Target
Necklace: INPink
Watch: Ross
Shades: Target
Bathing suit top: VS
I got this dress for $10 today! So obviously I had to wear it, even if it was for only the 2 seconds I spent behind the camera because it’s a zillion degrees out and I don’t want to get it all sweaty just yet.. The rest of the day will probably be spent in this.. again.
Happy Wednesday & thanks for reading!

Linking up with: The Pleated Poppy, Rae Gun Ramblings, Momma Go Round, Rolled Up Pretty and Lollipops

Best Weekend Ever

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Friday night my awesome friend Katie and I went to go see The Lucky One, where we swooned over Zac Efron’s sexy body and cringed over his portrayal of a U.S. Marine — C’mon, Wildcat, stick to dancing. The Corps would eat you alive. Oh, but the almost-sex-scenes = totally worth it. Afterwards we went to the restaurant I work at to eat sushi and drink crazy cocktail combinations (oh, snap, alliteration!) made by my very own manager/bar tender.
Look at these beautiful, custom-made sushi rolls. Nom.

Saturday, Cinco De Mayo, started with my waking up bright and early to serve people food for the next 12 hours. Don’t get me wrong, though, I made the best of it by wearing a sombrero and discussing La Batalla De Puebla (in espanol, of course) with my Mexican coworkers. They also tricked me into taking a shot of water that came from a Patron bottle.. cool, guys.
I finally got off around 11:15 p.m. and went straight home to change into the most Mexican dress I own and head to Gainesville where I celebrated one of my Cardinals, Liz’s graduation with real life shots of Patron. Congratulations, Lizzykins!!! It was fabulous. I think I was too tired to take photos.

Then Sunday came and it was time to celebrate another friend and fellow UF alum, Patsy’s graduation… with pool volleyball, gas station wine and FourLokos. Yep, we’re that classy. Then one thing lead to another and we were all in Daytona Beach singing and dancing to live music, eating seafood and running down the beach. Absolutely perfect.


At one point an adorable hippie guy even started twirling me around the dance floor and flipping me around ballroom-dancing-style. It was amazing. I may have had one too many margaritas, though, and forgot to get his number. Woops. 😉

So then on Monday (aka extension-of-Sunday) I put on this outfit and went out for MORE delicious sushi with Katie and Lindsay, both of whom I’ve been friends with since pre-school at least. Look how epic this sushi is:
That top one is a Spicy Cajun Roll with chili sauce and three different types of topiko on top. I think it’s safe to say I’m addicted to sushi. Then we continued to catch up over donuts and ice cream at Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins. Overall it was one of those epic, spontaneous adventure-filled weekends that I’ve been craving. It was the best.

Music Monday

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You guys, I had the best. weekend. EVER.
It has seriously been a total blast and I’m not even letting it end yet. I’ve officially declared today an extension of Sunday and I’m continuing the fun streak by going out to dinner with two of my oldest, most wonderful friends. I will share all the juicy details of the last three days with you soon, but for now I will leave you with you the soundtrack of my weekend powered by the Motion City Soundtrack Pandora station. Perfection.

InstaFriday / Friday’s Letters

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Dear InstaGram Followers, I apologize for my blatant narcissism when it comes to taking self-portraits lately. I’m just scared that if I don’t document myself, I’ll have nothing to show my blog readers when InstaFriday rolls around — especially when all I do for the day is eat and work.
Dear Hair, Thank you for growing so fast! Seems like just yesterday I chopped off 17 inches of you and couldn’t fit you into a pony tail, and now look at you! I can curl you and everything!
Dear Body, I apologize for forcing you to run 5 agonizing miles in 90-degree weather the other day.. I won’t try that again for a while, I promise. You definitely made me pay for it by being ridiculously sore for the next 48 hours. But get yourself together, man, we’ve got 26.2 miles to run in less than two months. 
Dear Family-that-left-me-zero-dollars-on-a-$140-restaurant-bill, RUDE. Seriously, people, if you can’t afford to leave a tip.. eat at McDonald’s.
Dear Blog Readers, Please keep your fingers crossed for me and my professional attire. I will give more details when/if they become available. Love, Kensie
Dear Ziggy, You are just the sweetest little snuggle buddy in the whole world.You’re probably the ONLY living creature that could snore all night in my presence without feeling the wrath of sleep-deprived-MacK-smash.
Dear Veganomicon CookBook, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: YOU ROCK MY WORLD. This edamame salad and jicama/watercress/avocado salad with hot sauce dressing were amaze-balls. Fact. 
Dear Big Mack, Just because the brownies are dairy-free doesn’t mean they are healthy. You still can’t eat half the pan in one night! Well, actually, you can. And you did. Congrats. Now go eat celery and do squats.
Dear Nails, I finally gave in and bought Essie nail polish because after passing it up a couple weeks ago, I continued to think about it every time I looked at my hands. Considering it has actually stayed on without ridiculous chipping for the past couple days makes me think it was worth it.
Dear Sonic, Never stop doing what you do. Your Chicago Dog (without relish) is so wonderful and your sweet potato tots are to die for. Just one more reason why Big Mack needs to hit the gym.
Dear Boys, I’m done with you. In the words of Mindy Kaling: “Men know what they want. Men own alarm clocks. Men sleep on a mattress that isn’t on the floor. Men buy new shampoo instead of adding water to a nearly empty bottle of shampoo. Men make reservations. Men go in for a kiss without giving you some long preamble about how they’re thinking of kissing you. Men wear clothes that have never been worn by anyone else before.” Yep, that sounds about right. Men it is.
Dear Friday, This is the first time in a while that I’ve been stoked about it being the end of the week. I’m done with school. I’m moving on. I’m ready for a new adventure and I can feel it coming. It’s waiting around the corner with as much promise and anticipation as a 9-5er at 4:58 on a Friday. It’s time to crack open a cold one and get this show on the road. I’m making moves.
Happy Friday.
Love,
Kensie
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