I've come to you today to toot my own horn. I, not five minutes ago, completed my first one mile jog. Ever. In the history of Marissa McWaterguns. Or Marissa Flemings. Or any other Marissa that pertains to me. I've never been able to keep going to finish one entire mile. I've been going to run on the treadmill since last week. I missed yesterday, but went all the other days. I've been skeptical of posting about it because it seems anytime I post about something I'm doing that excites me, I promptly stop doing whatever it is. Then I realized, that has nothing to do with blogging. That's just how I am. I often stop what I'm doing. I hardly ever finish what I start. So, the blog isn't a jinx, just me. BUT! The good news is, I jogged at 4.2 miles per hour for .85 of a mile and then jogged a little faster at 5.0 miles per hour the last .15 of the mile. I've never, ever, ever been a runner. I hated it. I still kind of do, but I figured out it's easier than the stationary bike. The bike makes my legs hurt so bad I can't peddle anymore. Whereas the treadmill doesn't make my legs hurt and I can keep running as long as I like, so long as I keep my breath steady. SO. That is all. I'm very happy. And very smelly. Woof it's bad. No seriously. God!! I'm going to shower.
says MarissaD at 7/29/2005 04:26:00 PM
July 28, 2005
Big Brother update. Wuh-oh. Eric got evicted. Maggie won HoH. This week is gonna be just as fun to watch as last week. I haven't actually tuned in a lot to the live feed because everything big that happens, happens between Thursday and Sunday. Sooo. Man. Gonna be crazy. I'm waiting for the live feed to come back up now.
says MarissaD at 7/28/2005 08:02:00 PM
July 24, 2005
Okay we're back. We all had a good time, save the first 10 minutes when I yelled at Adam because I'm a pro Kayak'er and he isn't. We paddled and paddled and paddled and finally stumbled upon an island that had people and dogs and a rope from which to swing into the lake. We parked ourselves and pulled the Kayaks ashore. Hung out for awhile. Figured out how to get the rope up to this tree so we could swing off. I chickened out first, then Adam chickened out, then Ben hopped up and took a flying leap. I couldn't let him best me so I decided to go. After approximately 3 hours of contemplation from the top of the tree, rope in hand, I jumped. The rope decided I was hot so it went straight for my vag area and when I let go, I slid down the rope. Don't think I didn't feel every single knot on that rope from the depths of my womanhood. Honestly it didn't hurt that bad because I had so much adrenaline running, but I won't deny there were a few sore spots. After my first jump, Ben decided to go again. He became the champion of the rope as he swung all the way out and dropped from a great distance. I felt like I wanted to go again, so, I did. It didn't take me quite as long to jump that time. I made a point to keep the southern flower away from the rope, which I did successfully. However this time the rope wrapped around my leg and then pulled itself out as I fell. In the end, I wouldn't call it the most successful rope jumping of all time, but at least I did it. And we ended up having a lot of fun with Ben and Melanie. She got some camera movies of our jumping, so I'll review them later and see how they turn out and then maybe I'll post them.
says MarissaD at 7/24/2005 12:20:00 PM
Since we didn't get to go canoe last week, we're up with the birds this morning to go with our friends Ben and Melanie. I think it should be fun. We're excited!!
says MarissaD at 7/24/2005 08:24:00 AM
July 23, 2005
So the show aired tonight that announced Maggie and James as nominees. Something big happened on the live feed that I missed. When I tuned in they were all sitting in the main room talking about who was coupled with who and sharing how they knew their partners. April and Jennifer continue to deny being partners as do Beau and Yvette. I find it funny, but because everyone else came forward and the four of them deny, deny, lie, lie, I guess the rest of the house believes them. I'm not sure. I don't think it really matters. Anyway, right now I'm watching a conversation between Maggie, Eric, Yvette, Beau and April. Maggie just made a speech about how she went to Kaysar and "spilled her guts" to him so she could have a clear conscious. She told him all about her strategy and how she wanted to play the game. Then she says "Hey, I play the game by my set of morals. Other people will play by their own set of morals so how can I fault them for it if they're within their morals?" Then Beau says, "Yeah Kaysar is definitely playing with his own set of morals." Makes me really want to punch everyone there.
First off, they've ALL seen seasons of this show. They know how it works. I would venture to guess they all have motivation that is 99% money driven. How in the world any of them can throw morality at the other people, I'll never know. They spent the first three weeks lying to each other about not having partners.
Anyway, the game is sufficiently been turned upside down. People who were wishy washy/leaning to the other side are turning back to Kaysar, Janelle and Howie. That makes me happy, but of course it could flip next week and probably will. This was a satisfying week, regardless.
says MarissaD at 7/23/2005 10:00:00 PM
July 22, 2005
I called today to cancel my Real service so I wouldn't be charged.
"Dear Marissa Per our conversation, please consider this e-mail as confirmation that your superpass membership will remain active through 08/22/05 at no further cost to you."
A free month? *blink*
I don't know how I can refuse. In fact I literally don't know how to refuse something like that. How could I possibly? How? That's right. I can't.
says MarissaD at 7/22/2005 06:47:00 PM
July 21, 2005
I'm definitely not going to get a subscription to the 24/7 Big Brother house because yo, my life has been sucked away for 2 days. I have one more day of listening in on them and knowing all the secrets. So I'm going to make my schpill for what I've seen.
The house before tonight was basically divided into two groups. Cappy, Maggie, April, Jennifer, Beau, Yvette, James, Sarah and Rachel versus Michael, Janelle and Kaysar and Howie basically rounding in their corner without anyone realizing or caring. Cappy is basically the ring leader even though they all deny it. Maggie has her sway with him because she's smarter and I think he knows that. They all had a plan to get rid of Michael this week, Janelle next week then Kaysar. Of course in Big Brother style, Kaysar won the Head of Household so they're all freaking. Michael said he wanted to stir things up a little before he left the house and it seems like it's working a little. Making the bigger group turn against themselves. And that's what they're starting to sort of do, but not so much because of him. I think that's good.
As for Janelle and Kaysar, I think right now they're the two most people with the most honesty and integrity. They're not making Janelle out to be a very good person on the show right now, but having this 24 hour access really shows who is talking straight and who is full of shit. I expect Yvette to get caught soon for being gossip and a hypocrit. Someone suggested that she go speak with Kaysar and make sure they were on good terms because everyone is afraid he's going to nominate her for personal reasons. She mentioned that she thought Janelle was riding his tailcoats and felt obligated to remind Kaysar that Janelle was one of the votes to evict him week 1. (Which we know she did because her partner in the game was her only other option.) Yvette wanted to go remind Kaysar of that, but she said he would be a little bitch and go tell Janelle. I find that highly ironic because she and all of her group do that exact same thing approximately 74 times a day.
On to Janelle. It's obvious that she's a smart chick. I think everyone has figured out that she was playing dumb the first week or two. Listening to her conversations and watching her interact make me really like her. If I hadn't watched the live feed, I would hate her. She had a conversation with April outside shortly after the HoH competition. April is so concerned that she is going to be nominated, mostly because everyone in that house is only worried about themselves. Which, I can't blame. Anywho, April said in so many words for Janelle not to believe anything that Michael had told her. Janelle said Michael hadn't said anything bad about April, which, as far as I saw was true. Janelle said she hadn't said anything bad about people except one person that she dislikes, which as far as I saw, was also true. April went on to share the discussion with her croonies at which point she said she didn't believe Janelle.
So the irony, I guess, is the people BB try to make out as shallow and bad are the ones that are actually smart and thoughtful. The ones who look happy and peppy and lovely are the ones that, in almost every conversation, say 'What did so and so say about me? What have you heard about me? Am I blah? I me I me me I blah?' And then they turn around and talk trash. My eyesockets hurt from rolling them so much. Michael got a raw deal. He's nice and smart.
In the end, I hope Kaysar or Janelle win. They probably won't. I'm hoping the huge group self destructs. They have to at some point, I'm just hoping it's while either Janelle or Kaysar are in.
So okay, this has consumed my life for a few days. It's bad and that's why I won't even attempt to ask Adam if I can get a subscription. It has shown me how things are twisted and I'm sure they ask leading questions in the "Diary Room." I'm sure one person might find this post interesting. Sad that it's probably the longest post I've ever written. I'm a reality whore. :(
says MarissaD at 7/21/2005 10:20:00 PM
Okay yeah it's probably fake. I know, I know. It's still neat to think about.
says MarissaD at 7/21/2005 12:53:00 AM
July 20, 2005
Wow. This is the first time I've heard of a reality contestant blogging WHILE playing. Weird.
says MarissaD at 7/20/2005 11:07:00 PM
I put a banner down at the bottom of the page. It's to a survey taking site that I've been doing for awhile. It doesn't generate a ton of cash or anything, but I get $5 and $8 checks now and again just for doing one or two surveys a month. So if you want to get in on the action click that link down there. I get like half of a dollar everytime someone signs up. Woo.
P.S. I can't stop watching Big Brother Live 24/7.
says MarissaD at 7/20/2005 06:17:00 PM
I found the setup exe so I installed it and have been watching the Big Brother free 3 day preview live feed for the last hour. This is dangerous. Bizarre, interesting and dangerous.
says MarissaD at 7/20/2005 12:03:00 AM
July 19, 2005
Since I now feel obligated to warn everytime I have curse words, this is your damn warning.
I've known for awhile that Real is the biggest pain in my ass, but I'd forgotten how painful it can be. I wanted to watch some clips from Big Brother 6 which I've been watching. You have to have Real Player. So I thought, "Fine. I'll just go get the free shit so I can watch what I want to watch and be done with it." Apparently to get the free shit you have to give them your name, address, valid credit card number, blood type and social security number. I'm sorry, but CBS can bite me. Along with any other entity that chooses to use only Real as an option. That shit is bullshit.
One year ago right now I was rushing to Andrews to being the primping of a bride. Yes, it's the Anniversary. I don't want to make a big to-do about it because I think in terms of marriage, the first just really isn't a huge deal. The traditional gift for the first year is "paper" so, ya know. It's weird that the first year went by so fast. We celebrated by having eggo waffles this morning at Adam's lovely momma's house. Then we headed back to Austin to go Canoe'ing, but thanks hurricane season, it's a bit rainy out. So instead we went to the mall to get an oil lamp so our house can be ripe with hippy smell. I also picked up the latest Harry Potter book which I will start reading tomorrow. I'm excited. Adam got some new flops cause his old $3.99 ones were approximately in the tear stage of "wear n tear". We then had dinner at our favorite chinese place, Super China. Now we're home and about to partake in a post chinese meal nap. Later tonight we've invited Melanie and Ben to go play Bingo with us. Oddly, we've found it difficult to find couples in our age bracket that fancy the idea of a night of Bingo being fun. I think late tonight we're also going to try to hit up Adam's favorite maker of migas, Kerbey Lane. I guess that's about it. It's been a pretty awesome day. Everyone's in a good mood. I can smell the patchouli from the oil lamp now. My Potter book is tempting me to stay awake instead of napping. I love my life.
says MarissaD at 7/17/2005 03:17:00 PM
July 16, 2005
As of 9:15 this morning Misti is doing fine minus one gallbladder. Now she can't lift for a few weeks. I might have to go halp her out. Love you Mist.
says MarissaD at 7/16/2005 12:28:00 PM
July 15, 2005
Amanda called me to see if I had read her blog yet. I hadn't so she told me about Misti being in the hospital scheduled to have her gallbladder removed. I wouldn't say I freaked out or anything, but I very quickly became worried and a tad emotional. I called Danny so he could basically tell me the same thing Amanda did. Except he said they have the surgery scheduled for tomorrow morning, which we didn't really know. As a morbid segue, last week when we were at my moms, we talked about my moms best friend when she was about our age. I think she was a few years younger. Anyway, her name was Christine and my sister is named after her. She passed away in her 20's from cancer and when we talked about it, it made me cry when I thought of losing my best friend so early. Misti laughed at me and said she wasn't going to die. I know she isn't going to die now either, it's just creepy and scary and it makes me want to drive there right this very moment to be with her. Only I have a one year anniversary to celebrate and with that comes a cake. We didn't save a piece of cake from our wedding because I frankly don't find year old cake to be appealing as a celebratory tradition, so we're going to get a new fresh cake, thank you. Seriously though, I love my best friend so much. And even though it's a simple gallbladder procedure and I know she'll be fine, this is still a scary event that I don't like one bit. I'm all weepy 'n shit. We really need to live next door to each other. Like really.
**warning-- This post contains bad words. --warning*
Preface: Our celebration station is this weekend. Our big O N E year anniversary of marriagehood. We had discussed going to a nice bed and breakfast but yo, that shit's expensive. We could've afforded it a few months ago but now we've paid off a credit card and given Uncle Sam his past due, thus $500 isn't so appealing for a night of food and massage. We've thought about what to do for the last couple of weeks and hadn't come up with anything. Sunday I basically told Adam I hated planning everything because it made me feel like we always do what I want to do because he always just says 'sounds good.' This was our deciding conversation. Please note the time stamps.
1:18:24 PM TekTekBang: so I have come up with an activity for sunday :) want it to be a surprise? or should I tell you?
1:18:52 PM Moe: you should tell me .. maybe so i can veto if need be :P
1:19:08 PM TekTekBang: sissy
1:19:18 PM Moe: i think we should do something like go canoe'ing or something..
1:19:23 PM TekTekBang: http://austin.citysearch.com/profile/10228824/austin_tx/zilker_canoe_rental.html YOU FUCKER! YOU
1:19:29 PM Moe: HAHAHHAHAH
1:19:30 PM TekTekBang: FUCKER
Now, I should mention that his use of the expletive is complete and utter sarcasm so no one should take offense that he referred to me in this manner. He's simply mad that I'm psychic and he's not.
Anyway, in case I don't post anymore this week, Happy Anniversary husband. One year strong. You get a big ole piece of paper. Yay.
says MarissaD at 7/12/2005 01:26:00 PM
July 11, 2005
Hello party people.
I've had one of the longest weeks of my life! Well, not really but it kind of felt like it. Last weekend we went to Adam's parents for a night then on to our family reunion. That was fun, fun and we both had a pretty good time. We arrived home on Sunday evening and lounged about on Monday. Tuesday Misti came to pick me up so I could go with her to visit Amanda in Dallas. We had some shopping and some funning as well as a little eating now and then. We left Amanda's on Thursday and headed to my parents in Glen Rose. Again, we had some funning as well as a little more shopping and a bit of eating. The whole week was funning. I got to spend a lot of time with Davis and it's pretty amazing to see how he's turning into a real little person with a personality and all. I finally got him to say Moe, though he only said it 3 or 4 times it was still neat. Now I'm back at home and it's a little jarring after being gone for so long. I don't adapt nearly as well as I used to. I guess that's another part of getting old that you don't really pay attention to when you're young. And by old and young I clearly mean not as old as OLD OLD but not as young as a teeny bopper. Clearly.
