Welp, I am pretty sure I will be having nightmares tonight.
Not because of my scary movie marathon the other day. Noooope, because I had the ultimate pleasure of seeing this mess today:
That would be 51-year-old Doug Hutchison dressed as his 16-year-old wife (oh sorry, she may be 17 now) for Halloween.
Ol’ Douggie-Pants has given me the serious creeps since his role in The Green Mile. I’m sure you all remember the greasy faced Percy, known for killing the cute little mouse, Mr. Bojangles, and for being an all-around D-bag.
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Of all the movie characters I would like to punch in the face, Percy remains number one for me (the hunter who shot Bambi’s mom is a close second).
Marrying the 16-year-old Courtney Stodden amped up his creepy level further than I ever thought possible, but his Halloween shenanigans have trumped even that.
I have said it before and I will say it again, people are weird.
Moving on…
When I left you guys yesterday, I was headed to the gym for some intimate one-on-one time with the arc trainer. Sadly, all the arc trainers were taken when I got there, so I had to go with a back-up plan. The treadmill.
I haven’t ran on the treadmill since last winter, so at first I thought it might not be as bad as I remembered and I may actually enjoy it.
Not quite.
It started off okay, but two minutes in it started to go downhill. Basically this was the chain of events:
Fine, I exaggerate a little. But it was not fun.
It’s not that the treadmill is more difficult than running outside, it’s just that it’s so mindless and boring! I switched it up and watched TV instead of listened to music, thinking that would help keep my mind off the treadmill. No dice.
I don’t know what I’m going to do all winter. I don’t want to stop running. I like the way it makes me feel about myself, and I like what it does to my bod (running is the only exercise I have found that seems to keep everything “in check”), but I do not like the way the treadmill makes me feel.
I think I may try listening to an audio book. Maybe that will help?
Anyone actually enjoy the treadmill? What are your tips for not dying of boredom?
It was so gorgeous today, sunny and 16 degrees C, so I wanted to take advantage of it because I know these days are just about over. As soon as I got home from work I headed outside for a run. Compared to the treadmill, it was a breath of fresh air! I actually enjoyed it.
My little RunKeeper app came on at 1k into my run and said my pace was 5:45 per kilometre. Um, what? I thought it had messed up and had the time wrong, but at kilometre 2 it was about the same pace, so I checked to see what was going on and it was actually correct! That is the fastest I have ever run!
I had to stop at a stoplight around 3.5k and my pace went downhill from there. I find it so hard to stop and then run again, this is why running at a steady pace works best for me.
Anyway, I ended up finishing in about 29 minutes and I was so incredibly happy with myself. Maybe the treadmill taught me not to take running outside for granted? You never can tell…
Annnnd in other news, I discovered Peanut Butter Puffins.
I have never tried them before and OH MAN, they are good!
FYI they are:
- 100% Natural
- Dairy Free
- Low Fat
- Wheat Free Ingredients
- Gluten Free (Honey Rice & Multigrain)
- Cholesterol Free
- Vegetarian
according to the Puffins website. But that is not why I like them. I like them because they are delicious! They taste like peanut butter Cap’n Crunch!
I topped some Puffins with 1% milk and a sliced banana and I was in heaven.
Puffin' Delicious
Pretty sure I’ll be eating this combo for the rest of the week.
And with that, I am outta here! I have a work event tomorrow evening and probably will not have time to post, so I am hoping to have a cartoon story post I have been working on completed to put up here. Fingers crossed!
Have a great night!
