Xtreme Home Workout

Yes this is the one and only P90X.  I am trying this intense workout to get in tip top shape for spring break and the summer.  Now, I always thought that home workouts were stupid; all you need is the wonderful outdoors and maybe a mat to whip out some crunches on.  Not with this workout.  It's main focus is based on the idea of "muscle confusion."  Meaning, there is a specific order you must follow with the discs while working out.  Right before the body gets used to working out the same routine over and over, p90x switches it up with different discs containing new workouts that hit muscles that have not been used.  I am now on my fourth week out of the full thirteen weeks.  Results are almost noticeable the very first week.  Now I definitely have ways to go since there are still over nine weeks left for me, but I know this works.  Besides the work out, you must follow the nutrition guide.  p90x sets it up day by day, phase one two and three, recipes, and anything you need to know to assure yourself you are eating healthy.  At the beginning they have you eating mostly all proteins and hardly any carbs, but by the end of the process, it flips and carbs seems to be the major intake.  It can be hard to follow since I have sudden urges for certain sweets that are just too hard to resist.  Over all, I do think that it is a great workout and I am excited to stick with it and see and feel the ending results.

The New Generation of LUV

A skit from SNL that is poking fun at our generations new outlook on love and sex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlIhraqL7o

As we all know back in the old days, women were not even allowed to choose their own husband, clearly this is unfair.  But we can not say the years of 2000 have been any better.  Love no longer seems to be an important factor in a relationship.  Of course we all search for our "soul mate," but family values and the moral importance of keeping a relationship together has seemed to fade among recent years, considering about 50% of marriages end up in a divorce.  Most men (not all of course) and some women only are looking for one thing in a relationship, and that is sex.  This digital short from SNL shows the humorous side of our generations construed thought of love.

Rudy puts the RUDE in Rudy

This is my dog and his name is Rudy.  Not going to lie, he is actually really weird and acts like a little princess, just look at the picture.  He follows my mom around everywhere she goes.  The worst part is that he barks constantly whenever my mom or dad leaves the house and when they come back.  It is actually really annoying because normally I am trying to take a nap or something of the sort (since I tend to take daily after school naps because I am lazy).  I am really mean when I am woken up by something such as a little 7 pound dog.  Minus his uncontrollable barking and his tendencies to skid away whenever you try to touch him, because he is a big baby, he is actually really cute.  Steph Allen was talking about how cute he is except he is a little b-word.  Sadly this is the truth and he needs to stop being a little girl and get over the fact that people are going to want to pet him.  Anyways, he is turning five in July which is pretty stellar I guess.  This picture was taken while my dad was trying to go on a bike ride with him in a broken basket down in Florida.  I guess you can say that my family is kind of special, especially when they call my dog my "little brother".  So in conclusion, I have a cute dog but he is a pain in the butt even though my parents are obsessed with him. 

College is Around the Corner



As we know, it is second semester; the time when all seniors decide they are done with high school and no longer have to accel in their studies.  As much as we like to tell ourselves that our grades do not matter anymore, we still have not given up on that feeling to succeed. For me, I am exhausted from all these years of school and all I want to do is just take a break since I will be starting college this August.  Unfortunately I feel as if second semester is just as hard if not harder than any other year of my high school career.  Teachers should just give it a rest and bring down our stress level.  Seniors have many other things to worry about unlike most of the other grades.  I am all set for my plan next year, unlike many who are still undecided about what college they will be attending next year, but I still feel like I need to try hard.  Soon enough my bags will be packed and I will be heading out of here.  I am really excited to get out of Ohio, partly because I hate the weather, but mostly because I am ready to meet new people and start a new chapter of my life.  I have stayed in Mariemont a little too long.

Winter Wonderland

clear roads in Cinci after only a couple days since storm

This past winter there has seem to be a shortage of snow, but as soon as the 2011 winter hit January, a rush of snow followed shortly after.  A huge storm coming from the south seemed to drown most cities in Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky.  Fortunately for Cincinnati it did not seem to effect us at all.  As my family traveled down to Atlanta, it was different then the visit a month ago; there was snow and lots of it.  I am used to going down there and the weather being atleast twenty degrees above Ohio's horrible chilly temperature, but again, this time was different; it was just as cold and even more icy.  Unlike states up North, states like Georgia do not have the right supplies to deal with such a snow storm.  Roads still had a slick and thick sheet of ice covering the pavement, making it nearly impossible to manuver a car safely.  The lack of salt and total of eight plow trucks caused the lack of clean up.  Not only did it make it hard for people to get places, it also caused many schools to close for a whole week.  Crazy.  It is funny to relate these schools to the ones in Ohio, where we drive through inches of snow just to get to school like it is no big deal.  With only two snowdays on schedule, I am hopeful there will be more storms to come!

New Years Resolution

For many of us, we decide we are going to kick a bad habit it to the curb once the new year comes rolling around the corner, but how long do these resolutions tend to last? At least for me, I would not be surprised if it was a one week change.  As I went to the gym the first week since January 1, I noticed a tremendous amount of people at the gym, it was jammed pack.  Then I went again this week, funny thing is, it was not jammed pack, and I could easily get around the parking lot and to the desired machine whenever I wanted. It are simple things like these that show how hard it is to break a habit.  Scientists from the article show that breaking a bad habit is much harder because "'You're fighting against the power of an immediate reward'".  Not only do people try to lose weight or just simply hit the gym to stay healthy, others may try to quit smoking or to stop eating such bad food.  Come on, lets not make nearly impossible tasks for ourselves to just be disappointed. I think the whole new years resolution is silly, and if you were planning on changing something about yourself you should have been doing it before.  There is always that same lame excuse of "next year I will..." Stop complaining and get to it now!  Show scientists that you can trick your brain for the better.


http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/articles/2011/01/03/new_years_resolutions_brain_can_sabotage_success/

Snooki's New Years Ball Drop and Her Excessive Amount of Fame

We all heard that Snooki, also known as Nicole Polizzi, was planning with MTV to be dropped from New York Times Square's famous ball that they always use to ring in the new year; this plan fell a little too short. Since MTV did not get the "okay" to do this, they got denied as soon as their plan was exposed.  The people who backed up the traditional celebration in Times Square thought that it took away the real tradition by throwing a newly famous reality star into the mix.  So, MTV took Snooki back to the real Jersey Shore and did their show there on New Years Eve.  That is what confuses me the most, how can people on a dirty reality television show become so popular among America?  I will not lie, the show is quite entertaining, but not because we find these people as good role models or perhaps their fashion sense, it's because they create entertainment by embarrassing themselves.  Snooki and the rest of the Jersey Shore cast make thousands just to appear on a red carpet event, it is a little ridiculous the amount of fame and money they receive for being trashy.  What exactly is their true talents?  To me, and most likely many other people, they do not really seem to have any and that MTV has made them seem to be higher than the rest of society when in reality they are not.  This construes my idea of fame and who really deserves the appraisal.  Whether Snooki is dropping out of a ball on New Years or she is fist pumping in the club with a drink in her hand, there is no talent involved.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101230/people_nm/us_snooki