A Little Glimpse
24 05 2008I got tagged by oatmeal, linds and em to write 5 facts about myself. Im really not that interesting.
1. As much as I hate to admit it, I am hopelessly addicted to celebrity gossip sites: perezhilton.com in particular. x17online is a good one as well except the writers make me want to reach through the screen and strangle some 12th grade creative writing into them.
2. Up until about the 5th grade I pronounced hippopotimus, hippoMUpotomus and thought I was right. Then, in some cruel twist of fate, i had to do a report on the buggers and got up in front of the class an proceeded to say hippoMUpotomus about 10 times until everyone was laughing so loud I couldnt continue. Someone finally corrected me, but instead of taking the advice I fought them, and claimed I was the one who was right. A dictionary was brought out and I finished my report a nice shade of beet red.
3. I am the cheapest person you will ever meet. I go to mysavings.com and order as many free food samples as I can, I only shop at Grocery Outlet, Big Lots and even the dollar store when it comes to food and try my hardest to not buy ANYTHING other than gas and groceries. Im 21 with an investment account and an IRA, which I am diligent about depositing any extra money I have into every month, while most of my peers dont even know what those are.
4. I didn’t go to college and I probably never will. And I don’t care. I was told early on, if I wanted to go to college, I was on my own so I made the decision to start working early. I catch a lot of flack from it, especially from aquaintences that I see around when they are home from school, but eff them. Its the inevitable, “Oh, Kelly I havent seen you in forever, where are you going to school?” “Oh, hey I-forgot-your-name. I dont got to school, I…” “OH.” and then i get a pity look. I studied directly for what I want to do in life, have an amazing job, this blog, and an upcoming blog, and am starting to write articles for all the Fitness Togethers (my work) to buy from me, and I am also getting a cloumn in the local newspaper. So when you gradute with your degree in communications, dont know anything about hard work cause mommy and daddy paid for it all and end up working for me some day, I will laugh in your face. Sorry, tangent.
5.) Randoms: I can’t pronounce Malboro, I hate squishing spiders because if I feel them crunch, I almost throw up, other than in Seattle, I grew up primarily in Pennsylvania where my sister is now, but was born in California, I drink coffee consistantly throughout the day, even before bed, and I could live off of diet coke but only have it if the BF buys it cause Im too cheap to spring for it on my own. I used to do ceramics, Im kind of a recluse unless someone forces me out of the house, and I have hypothyroidism, which doesnt effect my metabolism but gives me weird heart palpatations and adrenaline surges every once in a while. It used to really scare me, but now that I know what it is, and when I get those “fight or flight” episodes for no reason, i just kind of suffer through them.
I don’t know why that was all kind of embarrassing stuff, but meh.
On to today. Again, the weather is gorgeous, so I took the dog for a nice long walk, and hit the gym as well, cause it was on the way to my parents house, who i went to visit. I don’t go to the gym much anymore because of the price of gas (im cheap, remember) so it was nice to be back. I did a heavy cardio day of 30 minutes on the elliptical, stretching, then 15 minutes on the treadmill and 15 on the stair climber, which i was able to do with a little more ease today.
Now i am off to deep clean my entire house.
Tomorrow is FolkLife at the Seattle center, where all of Seattle’s finest hippies gather to eat food, listen to music and look at local artists crafts. A bunch of us are going, which will be a lot of walking, and ill post pics if i get any good ones.
Enjoy the weekend!
College is overrated. I graduated high school a year early, went to a local college in nh then transferred to ASU where I am now and cannot afford. I have switched majors 3 times and stll don’t know what I want to do. I felt pressured to go to school, and therefore rushed into picking a major. I am now way deep in student loans, my parents have taken out home equity loans and loans from life insurance policies, all so I can get a teaching degree and make like $30,000 a year. Oh, and I’m getting my ACE certification, which is what I really want to be doing and will probably end up doing, and that’s only costing me a few hundred bucks vs. the $70,000 for my teaching degree.
I am also one of the cheapest people ever. My boyfriend and I have a written budget that we stick to each month. I barely ever go out with friends, because I can’t deal with trying to be frugal when they’re whipping out daddy’s credit card to buy absolutely everything. Oh, and don;t let me get started on the parking lots at school (where a parking pass is about $1200) filled with brand new bimmers and hummers. Disgusting. I’m totally happy with my 1994 VW. Well, it could usue air conditioning…
Have you checked out getrichslowly.com? It’s a pretty interesting blog if you’re into saving money and investing for retirement and all that jazz. It’s written by this guy who a few years ago pulled himself out of $30k of credit card debt. I sound like I’m his wife or something, which I swear I’m not, but I think it’s worth checking out, especially the archives.
I seem to be in a “spend spend” period right now, but I haven’t used my credit card for any of it so I guess that’s good. I tell myself that after my weekend trip to vegas I’ll go back to my penny-pinching ways and save enough to open an IRA (on top of my work’s 401k)…and hey, I might win a million dollars in vegas and then it will all be worth it! Right?
Kelly T-
You’re awesome. The end.
-SawSaw
omg i love folklife. jealoussss! eat some shiskaberries for me and get some henna : )
I feel the same way, but with a different perspective. For me, college and law school are worthwhile even though I’ll be paying off loans for a while. I can’t even imagine my parents paying for any of it! To help me out now, my mom sends me coupons. It’s pretty damn adorable.
Oh, and I had an IRA at 21, too! Also, I am *so* jealous that you live close to a Grocery Outlet. The closest one is 7 miles away, and that’s about 6 miles too far on $3.89/gallon gas!
hhmm…#4 sure does carry an err of arrogance. Just for the record, PLENTY of people go to school on their own dollar, work their asses off in college, and work full time simultaneously, and manage to carry a 401K and stocks at the same time at the age of 21. Myself included. Theres nothing wrong with not going to college, there’s also nothing wrong with going to college. Congrats on your success but i don’t understand the bitter undertone…
hannah- OBVIOUSLY college is a useful tool, but I feel that I get a lot judgement based onthe fact that i dont go- like its the next neccessary step in life. I tend to get the same reaction when I say that I dont go to college that people how dont gradute highschool get. I should say im jahovah’s witness- they dont go to college but its ok cause its a their religion.
Hallie- i purposely hide my credit card deep in the depths of my wallet, so i have it in case of emergency, but wont use it on a regulat basis cause im too lazy to dig it out.
i checked out the get rich slowly site, but couldnt fnd any archives or anything
sawsaw- ha, thanks. Its just cause i made a fool of myself in 5th grade and lived to tell the tale. It has made me a stronger person.
em- nah, its all about the sticky rice balls. Last year some guy was writing songs for people for free, and so i had one done, and then i met up with a freind who also had it done, and it was the same song. I hope i can find him and call him out on it.
liz- good for you. like i said, college is worth while for those that are using it for where they want to go in life, but the whole “go just because its what people do” thing puts me off. and grocery outlet is far from my house, but its by my parents so i make an efficient loop when i visit. The only groceries by my house are metropolitain market and PCC, which, holy expensive produce. They are building a whole foods too, which is exactly what this neighborhood needs, apparently.
hhmmm- well, since I’ve already been accused of being arrogant, you used “err” wrong. and if you read it, the last comments where directed towards the aquaintences that I get the criticism from, not everyone that goes to college. I know people do it on their own too, (my mom did) and thats fine. Dont think i was talking directly to you- that would be arrogant.
Awesome, thanks for sharing.
nat- how do i leave comments on your site? sweaty cheese is my favorite subject.
I didn’t realize that I had a comment moderating button on blogspot so I left them off. Found the moderating button, so you should be able to see it now.
I can’t believe so many people from your home town are so rude! You def. seem to have a good head on your shoulder and do alot of great things!
I have an exercise question about shoulder exercises. The are various ones I have heard are not good for your shoulders to do. What are safe ones that you recommend. Are overhead presses safe with free weights- I am confused as to whether those can cause shoulder injuries later on.
Also, do you know any good shoulder stretches. My shoulders hurt a lot from being at the computer hunched over all day. i have tried the shoulder stretch with a towel at the back of your head but couldn’t figure out what I was doing! and just ended up putting the towel in the dirty laundry! Thanks and have a good memorial weekend!
Oh sorry one other question, any good inner thigh exercises?
I’ve always figured that people should only go to college if they’re going to enjoy it. I know so many people who just go because they feel they should but they don’t have any idea what they’re going to do with it and they hate it. And then there’s a lot of successful people who don’t bother with the college thing because it’s not their thing. If you’re not happy, then what’s the point? Anyway, it all depends on your definition of “success”… I’m in university right now but I’m only taking classes that I’ll have fun with (including silly ones like “magic and divination”… hehehe). That’s really great that you’ve figured out that it’s not your thing!
oh ms kelly,
you will be writing for a newspaper!? thats good news, thats a very good achievement! way to go and congratulations!! all of us will be a witness to your fame and success…..good luck!
yuck, i don’t like bitchy girls,
peace
I’m a little jealous of #5, i love coffee and coke but i can’t deal with caffeine, it’s like crack to me. I guess i never built up a tolerance….sigh.
nat- sweet Ill be stopping by
molly- shoulder exercises are safe if you do them with proper form. Shoulder presses are fine, but i recommend doing them sitting down so you are supported a bit better. Keep your core tight, belly button in, and press through your ears. Make sure you are using the right amount of weight. For the computer hunch, do rows. If you build those muscles it will pop your posture right up. You can do them with a rowing machine (with the added benefit of cardio) with a stationary cable machine. or with free weights. search row in google or youtube and you can get a lot of variations based on what your equipment accessability is.
as for inner thigh, walking lunges or cable adduction (cable is strapped to your ankle) are great. i addressed these in the previous post, so you can read thgat for more info.
sagan- im not going to lie, the money is a huge issue and was ahuge deciding factor, because of course there are some classes i would like to take, to both help with my career, but also just to learn. I wouldnt mind taking a few nutrition classes, and a friend of mine is taking abnormal child psych (or something like that) and a class about how the criminal mind works. Ive always been interested in howhy people are the way they are, and would love to take some classes someday. I didnt know what iwanted to do when i graduated highschool, and wasnt going to put myself into debt while i figured it out. Learning for the sake of learning (like you seem to be with you magic class) because you enjoy it is never a bad thing.
so am i talking to the next david coppefield? the statue of liberty guy, not Charles Dickens SEE, IM EDUCTATED.
haydee- you are too sweet for words. i just want to put you in my pocket. its just a tiny little thing to drum up business, but my ugly mug will be right next to it, so maybe ill get recognized, lol.
jessieP- dont be jealous- its not good. I get headaches without my caffiene and more than a little irritable. i wish i could cut back but, well, im just too lazy to try i guess.
hhmmm- give it a rest. and I hope you are not of the women sex because you are merely degrading yourself by generalized statement
For me personally, it was almost as if I wasn’t given the option NOT to go to college. I mean I could have not gone, but the opportunity cost would have been a lost relationship with my parents who glorify education. And I’m one of those lucky ones whose parents are able to foot the bill and they are damn proud of it because they put themselves through college (they were the first to go to college in their respective families) made some cash and are now paying my way. I sometimes feel real funky about this. I worry that because I don’t know the same financial desperation and real independence that my parents did that I won’t be able to navigate life with the same motivation and confidence and find that genuine success.
College is not for everyone. Had I really mulled it over instead of being a robot and just jumping from high school to undergrad like my parents wanted me to, I’m not sure that this is the path I would have taken.
Anyways, despite Kelly T’s lack of college she is motivated, she has a knowledge of finances (that is waaaayyyy more advanced than my own–see she is right!! GODDAMN ECONOMICS DIDN’T HELP!), she has goals.. she is on a path of DAMMMMNNNNN SUCCESS
sawsaw- i think the fact you realize and are a little nervous that you might be missing out on the opportunity to learn from some financial hardship and having to work for what you want leads me to believe (not like my opinion matter over other people) that you will be just fine. Its the people that expect things handed to them that worry me. Or anger me when everything does get handed to them and they dont learn a lesson. Ah well, we get the character building then, dont we?
I cant tell by the email adress but i do know what company they work for and we can let thier boss know what they are doing under the company’s name. KIDDING. even im not that bitchy.
oh, and dont feel too bad about the money thing- i worked for an investment firn for about a year, so i kind just soaked some of the stuff up after getting yelled at by clients about things that i didnt have any control over. like THE STOCK MARKET.
Interesting… talk about work ethic
Hii another bulking up question from me-
Are there any good exercises for the inner thighs? I’ve been doing lunges but I wanted to try and target more specifically the inner thighs, especially the lower part. I have such knobble-knees!
Thanks!
hey! i am new to your site and love it! i have a workout question but i am not exactly sure where to post it…. anyways here it is:
usually when i go to the gym i work out 2 muscle groups, i.e. chest and biceps, shoulders and triceps, or back and rear delts. my question is can you combine any two groups and work them out on the same day or are there some better combos than others? and why? thanks!
I loves these ‘behind the scenes’ things.
Love,
Miz, who is in dire need of finding her inner, frugal core.
I admire your cheap living. I’m cheap too but not nearly to the extent that you are, and yet I wish I was. I think being willing to go to certain extremes to save a few bucks is an admirable trait. Actually, I just admire your whole general outlook on life.
Hi Kelly, This is my first time posting, but I really like your blog!! I don’t know if this is too personal or not, but I have a question about your ed recovery. I know that you said that you went to therapy and I’m assuming that you started out seeing the therapist pretty frequently, but do you still keep in touch now? Like do you ever call her/him to check in or have an appt every couple of months or something or do you not need to anymore since you’ve completely recovered? I appreciate the time that you spend on this blog…it really is great!
Heh I know what you mean about celebrity gossip sites! Horrible writing, but can’t stay away! There’s something about those scandalous headlines that keeps me going back X_x
And hold on, you can order FREE food samples online?! How do I not know about this wonderful thing? I think cheap living is great~it’s better than spending money on things you don’t need and end up wasting things–that’s a bigger sin!
ellie- see my above response to the same question
jen- see my next post…and thanks!
mizfit- its not hard, just dont make very much money
Kristie- thanks, i appreciate that. I just cant justify spending 5 dollars on kashi crackers when i know i can get them somewhere else for 2. and its kind of just fun to see what i can, cause the discount stores never have the same stuff
Rachel- when i first started going, i think i went 3 times a week, for an hour. after a few months, i cut back to 2, and then 1, and then eventually once everyother month. there were times when i would hit rough patches and start to come in more frequently, but for the most part i slawly cut back.
i wouldnt say im completely recovered, i mean, its not a cure or anything, but i am recovered in the sense that i dont revert to my old habits anymore and have learned to eat appropriately and healthy. the last, maybe, 4 monthes we didnt even discuss food, cause thats not what the disease is about. thats what i tried to control because i didnt have any control over the environment i grew up in, but after i learned how to stop abusing the food, i had to figure out why i was. once that was in the open and I understood why i was doing what i was doing, i didnt need to do it anymore. i havent seen my counselor in about 3 monthes but i have talked to him, for different reasons (not about me). If I were to have a rough day or something i could definately call and schedule an appointment, but i dont need it anymore. i fee like he taught me how to handle my stress and the parts of my life that i cant control in a healthy way, so theres no need to discuss it on a regular basis- but im always at risk and its always something im going to have to keep in check- just like how an alcoholic will always be one, even if they havent had a drink 30 years. one bad day, and if you arent careful, youre right back where you were 30 years ago.
oatmeal- i HATE throwing away food. I tried to make curry the other night, which was a disaster and almost cried when i had to throw it out.
Hi Kelly,
I am also from Seattle and used to do gymnastics. What club did you compete for? I competed for SGA but I was never very good.
Hey Kelly, just wanted to thank you A LOT for your response to my question. Your answer gave me a lot of things to think about in regards to stuff that I’m experiencing right now, especially the part about understanding why you did what you did which eventually led to not needing to do it anymore. Wow, that was a really confusing sentence…but thanks so much for your answer!
Sally- I was competitive when my family lived in pennsylvania, but i used to go to metropolitain gymnastics in seattle for meets when i competed for highschool. My friends mom also was part owner (i think?)so we were there a lot to help with birthday parties for the little kids and for open gym every once in a while.
Rachel- of course. if you want to talk more privately, feel free to email me.
Yaaayyy so glad you posted these