Mihow

Author: mihow

  • Star Wars Half Marathon

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    I’m supposed to run a half marathon on Sunday and I am NO WHERE near capable of doing anything remotely close to what I have done in the past. I suffered from a stress fracture and broken toes back in January and stopped running/training for 8 weeks. I stopped everything, except for eating. I did…

  • Latest Cake: Sweet Sixteen

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    I had SO MUCH fun making this cake for a Sweet Sixteen birthday party for twins. The cake is vanilla pound cake made with all organic ingredients as well as free range eggs. The filling is swiss meringue buttercream icing. I used Satin Ice Fondant for the outside as well as gum paste and numerous different edible food…

  • S Town

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    This podcast changed my life. It was beautiful, tragic, heartbreaking and life-changing. If you haven’t started it, you should. But be warned: you can’t ever unlisten. Made many guttural sounds while out running. Tears streaming down my face. Heartbreaking and wonderful.

  • Praise the Lorde

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    I can’t dance to save my life. I mean, I can dance. I dance just fine. My body moves in relation to however my mind feels. Sometimes, I find a beat. But most of the time I just flail around a lot. I used to not dance. I used to be embarrassed to dance. I…

  • HOLY SHIT

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    We are going to get pummeled.

  • The Giver

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    Just writing quickly to say: The Giver crushed me. My heart hurts. I will write more about it at a later date. Ouch.

  • Alas, Babylon: A Book Review.

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    Back when I was planning what books to read and in what order, I skimmed some of the reviews for Alas, Babylon. I was surprised to see that SO MANY people reread this book every year. I figured they were exaggerating. Why would one do such a thing when there are so many books to read and so little time?…

  • Dystopian Book Reviews

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    I’ve been reading a lot of dystopian – even apocalyptic – literature lately. As I’ve mentioned in the past, I take comfort in this dystopian literature. I used to read a great deal of science fiction as a kid and in my 20s but in the past decade, I’ve avoided genres with too much gravity. I’m not sure what changed…

  • Goodie Bags, Plastic and My Ass.

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    Many of my friends on Facebook are aware of the intense hatred I hold toward all things goodie bag. Given what happened on Sunday, I think it’s time for me to vent in long-form. Now, this might become heated and I might upset people and I can already see the retro comments I’ll one day receive, but I don’t care.…

  • Brain Vomit: MRIs, Overdoing it and Failing at Moderation.

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    I had an MRI done on my foot last week. What a strange experience that was. Those machines are enormous. Why does all medical equipment and hospital furniture have to look so similar? The equipment, the chairs, the wall color—even the blankets are the same. Is it because they’re all designed by the same people and then…