I ran 1.8 miles today

And now I'm eating pomegranate greek yogurt. (When you're describing this type of yogurt are you supposed to capitalize it to be Greek? I have no idea.)

Buying Greek yogurt has become a small pleasure of mine. For a 6 oz. container it's around $1.25 but I can no longer help myself. It's terribly delicious, especially the pineapple one. It usually doesn't last more than a day or two in the refrigerator before I insist on eating it, which makes the rest of the week before I go shopping really depressing.

Back to my running now: It felt, well, awesome. I didn't necessarily enjoy it, but I liked it. I think I'm getting to the point of enjoyment. Maybe. I used to always listen to music when I ran; I have a bunch of running/action playlists on my iPod. Lately I've taken to listening to podcasts, specifically WTKGTS. I literally laughed out loud a few times, even though I'd already listened to the particular episode at least twice before. Shay and Colette always make me laugh.

The reasons I went running are as follows:

1. I needed to. I haven't played racquetball in a week or so now and I haven't done much other legitimate exercise either. Walking all around campus can sometimes be exercise enough. 
2. I had not gone running in . . . a while. I don't know exactly how long it has been but it's been long enough to justify going again.
3. The weather was perfect. It's just warm enough out that you feel like you're working out but you don't get overheated or too cold.
4. I didn't have much else to do. Tomorrow is the last official day of classes and I literally have all night to do everything else I need to do, which is not much. I'm going to start studying for an exam the moment I finish this post.
5. I needed to in another sense. Go read this post and that'll kind of explain why. Listening to the podcasts allows me to shut my brain off like I do when playing other sports and I needed to replace some of the hurt or emotion or whatever with the pain of running. It worked. (And don't worry, the emotions I talked about then are different from the emotions now. I'm over that whole situation from December.) 

So there you have it. If the weather is nice, go out and enjoy it. If it's not, still get out of your apartment and do something fun, especially before you get bogged down with end the of the semester school work. You won't regret it.

Last YouTube video I watched: Make It Count

Video blogging

I decided tonight I would outline my plan for making videos this coming fall semester. I'm quite excited to get back on a posting schedule, even if it's just a rando little vlog about my week.

I probably don't take video making as seriously as I could but when it comes to school, it really is a time for me to have fun w/ my camera and talk about small parts of my life. YouTube is a pretty impersonal thing for me. I may talk about what's going on in my life but there aren't any "guest stars" and I don't really even film the events themselves; I just recap them. I've gone through 2 years of college without my roommates really knowing about my videos. I don't really know why I have never told them. Freshman year it was just a lot of pressure. Sophomore year I probably could have. I think this year I'll be pretty outspoken about it. Having guests is a good thing, right? I know my roommates will think I'm a little crazy but if they haven't figured that out already they never will.

A few of my roommates, current and past, follow this blog so I guess the cat is out of the bag: I make videos on YouTube. Here, go check out my channel: orangesho13es. Yes, it is a take off my favorite orange sneakers, though the channel existed much before I owned the actual orange shoes. I'm not looking for fame or fortune, both of which can come in some sense from posting videos. I mean, have you HEARD of Shaycarl or Michael Buckley? Those guys are doing pretty well off YouTube. That's not what I'm going for, though. My thing is just having fun and making friends, plain and simple. Becca thinks I'm crazy for making friends on YouTube but it's a reality to me. It's inevitable in posting videos.

Now, I only have 40 subscribers but that matters very little to me. I love watching my own videos, which may seem weird or even narcissistic but it's true. I like to see my own growth and progress, both as a person and as someone who makes videos. Having so few subscribers does make it difficult at times because it's kind of like I have no one to be accountable to. No one notices when you don't make a video. I've come to realize that this is the worst part of it. It's nice when people notice you, even in the form of liking a video. But for some reason I keep doing it: I keep making videos and looking for ways to have fun doing so.

As for my actual posting schedule: I'm going for posting one video per week. There won't be any set day like so many YouTubers have. I'll post when I can somewhere between Sunday and Saturday. Last year I only missed 2 weeks out of the entire fall and winter semesters. That's pretty good if you ask me. So one video every week. Sound good? Last year it was all about my iSight camera because it was convenient. This year I'm striving for more public videos. Maybe actual recaps of events I go to w/ footage from those events. Dare I even vlog in public? We'll see how it goes.

Last YouTube video I watched: Kitchen: Impossible

I'm laying down . . . and time

I'm doing that thing where I lay on my back with my knees bent and sticking up so my laptop can lean up against them and also sort of on my stomach and then I have both my pillows supporting my neck so in all actuality I'm just laying back without having to do anything but move my hands/fingers while I type. I've got my fleece blanket draped over my feet and my letter from yesterday's post sitting next to me. It's a great thing.

Basically, I figured I would write this while waiting for one of my Spanish speaking friends to show up and help me with this research paper. And by help I mean "he'll read it and fix my mistakes and explain why I need to change things". He's quite helpful and good at explaining why things are wrong.

As school comes to a close, classes end this Wednesday, I've got a lot to figure out and I've had a lot to reminisce about as well. I'm basically halfway through my college experience; when did that happen? This past year has been a blur and at the same time I remember distinctly how time has moved as it has. What a weird sensation, that time element. Suddenly I have to start legitimately thinking about a career when last year it was probably one of the last things on my mind. I have friends getting married, or dating seriously enough that marriage really isn't that far off. Last year it was the biggest joke to even think about getting married at 20, and now one of my closest friends is. She's so happy and I could not be more happy for her but still: marriage is for, you know, old people.

What is it about time that makes everything else in life seem strange? For a year to go by when I was in elementary school was sort of forever. For a year to go by now is ridiculous. After going home for the summer I feel like I haven't been there for months and months and months and months, yet somehow it's like I've never left. By the end of the summer I can hardly wait to get back to school, though that's due to the lack of my school family in Wisconsin and not due to the fact that I miss homework and studying. Once I get back in Utah it's somehow like I've never left once again; I see my school family again and it is as if we were never really separated.

How does that happen?

Last video I watched: Vocal Point, Jump Jive n' Wail