Category Archives: health and vitality

Gas permeable might not be so bad; when it comes right down to it, I’m really just a lot of hot air anyway.

All my life, all I’ve ever wanted has been Lasik™. Okay, not really. When I was a kid, I really really wanted glasses, so much so that I might have even lied on the eye exam (foolish, foolish girl). Mom? … Continue reading

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Oh, ye of little faith.

Now that I’ve committed to Yoga (at least once per week for the next couple of months, anyway), I’m trying hard to do my best at it. I mean, even though the class I signed up for is fairly inexpensive … Continue reading

Posted in Canada, failures, fiascos, health and vitality, It's All Good, mediocrity, oh brother what next, Recreation | 14 Comments

What is Lent called if I’m not Catholic? Deprivation for no reason?

I am not quitting Project: Proxy like I said I was. Sorry for all the drama.  (No I’m not; drama is the whole point of this blog.) It was the heckling of longtime AoOL reader Cristin that was the deciding … Continue reading

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Promising Blogger Shredded to Death

25 January 2010 Alberta, Canada Twenty three year-old blogger and promising young novelist, Camille Archives of Archives of Our Lives, died today after struggling through the popular twenty-minute workout DVD, Jillian’s 30-Day Shred. According to the last blog post she … Continue reading

Posted in failures, health and vitality, It's All Good, mediocrity, oh brother what next, sad things, woe is me | 24 Comments

Jackie Chan Can’t Hold a Candle to This…

You may or may not remember—and I don’t expect you would, but just in case—that I’m very well-versed in the art of self-defense. Image from here. Any time I’m walking alone through a dark, deserted parking lot, I keep my … Continue reading

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

I’m such a hypochondriac.  Any time I feel the slightest bit of discomfort, I immediately diagnose myself with some horrible—and incurable, obviously—disease.  It’s a real problem.  My doctor had to start screening his calls because of me.  I’m not kidding.  … Continue reading

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