no outlet

while i was running tonight, i passed a dead end road that had a sign "no outlet" at the intersection. and i am amazed and a bit disgusted that this thought seriously crossed my mind: "i wonder if they put "no outlet" instead of "dead end" because they were offended at being called "dead" ends, like its offensive to them, the dead ends, or something". seriously??! seriously. thats the silly PC world we live in. and sometimes it really and truly annoys me.

the perfect storm......ish.

a gorgeous autumn evening in the northwest + awesome sleek new running tights + loud, incredible new music + a very emotional life situation + questions on my mind + lonely, unexplored suburban roads with lonely, beautiful mansions on them + pent up anger from someone smashing into my car in the parking lot + a solid chunk of uninteruppted time = a completely amazing run + passion for running outside reclaimed after 3 months of treadmill running + a good, bloody heel and bloody good hills + a very delicious and unexpected pina colada slurpee from a thoughtful friend

cheap skin

well first off, i have to give a shout out to blue and white square, cuz they assured me that if i took the time to post tonight, that it would be rewarded. so thanks, guys. i expect you to make good on your promises. so i havent too much to say except that i think i have cheap skin. im ok with it, i mean we all have our trials and blessings in life. there are some people that are blessed with gorgeous, smooth, olive skin that has never seen a sunburn or a zit (think nordstrom quality skin), and then there are those of us that have skin with three color options: white, red, and freckled, and which consistently breaks out in the same annoying spots over and over (think dollar store quality skin). im not complaining here, folks, cuz i know we are all God's creations and i feel very blessed just to have a healthy, able body. im just making some observations. my skin has gotten me by just fine in my 29 years and i really have come to terms with my freckles and im ok with them. but i have a new skin thing going on lately and i think its to teach me a lesson. i thought i just kept getting spider bites, since i live in the basement. but i was getting too many of these ridiculous annoying itchy spots all over and decided that since ive not seen a single spider in weeks, its unlikely that they are bug bites. so of course, i googled it, and it turns out i probably have some sort of skin condition or allergy thing. and ya know what, im gonna bet that its caused by gluten. i say that mostly cuz i secretly mock the girl at work who is super over the top about any kind of contaminants or unnaturalness in anything she consumes, of course gluten included. i mean, this girl seriously came to work with a different type of water container every day for a week cuz she heard different reports about all kinds of crap that is in whatever type of container she had brought the day before. anywho, i know that gluten allergy is real, but i just sorta thought she was being a little dramatic about it. so it would serve me right if i have my own stupid gluten thing going. and also cuz bread is my favorite. suck. so apparantely ill have to be choosing between delicious pastries and non itchy/bug bitey all the time skin. darn.