Isn’t Hazing Illegal?
August 3, 2008 by Kelly Turner
Filed under Fitness
Alright, i got tagged by fellow b5er Alicia over at Mental Health Notes because she likes to torture the newbies to let you all in on 6 unspectacular quirks of mine. Most of you know more about me than you probably should, but for those of you that don’t, please promise you’ll keep reading after this. Please?
Alright here are the rules:
- link back to the person that tagged you. (Done)
- Mention the rules on your blog (Doing this as we speak. read. type. whatever)
- Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours. (I’m pretty sure that’s not grammatically corrct, but I cut and pasted so don;t send me emails. Also, I think UNspectacular will be hard because, come on, its me, but I’ll do my best.)
- Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them (ha, suckers. payback’s a bitch.)
- leave a comment for each tagged blogger, to let them know they have been tagged. (so you have no excuse that you didn’t know. don’t even try it.)
I already did this once a while ago, so I will try and come up with new things
Alright, here goes.
- I have a really strange and almost offensive sense of humor. I never really thought it was all that strange, because my friends have the same, but then i found other people don;t take it so well/don;t understand it. Im sure you’ve seen some of the toothpastefordinner cartoons i put up on Every Gym’s Nightmare, and I think I put a few Natalie Dee’s up on here. A few examples of things that make me laugh:
marriedtothesea.com
toothpastefordinner.com
nataliedee.com
see, i bet none of you thought those were funny
2. I HATE CARDIO. I know. Im a personal trainer. I should be one of those people up at 5:00 am running 18 miles before work, but no. Screw that. I get bored very easily, and have to be completely distracted to even make it 20 minutes. I wish I liked cardio and didn’t have to suffer through it, but I just can’t. i still do it though, and thats what matters. I do it even though I hate it, because I know how important it is, so not doing cardio because even Kelly hates it is not an excuse. I guess you can use it once, but after that, you lose the right.
3. Before I became a personal trainer i was an Investment Associate for WaMu investments (which if you watch the news, WaMu is going down the crapper right now.) At 20,I started studying to get my series 7 license so I could sell securities (stocks, bonds, etc) but after about 3 days I wanted to jam a pen in my eye, so I quit. I still worked the job for a while, which was the least rewarding thing i have ever done in my entire life, so I left. Looking back on it, it probably wouldn;t have been a good idea anyway because no one is going to come to a 20 year old girl, who looks all of 16, and ask them where they should invest all of their retirement funds. Which kind of leads me to….
4. I’m a workaholic. Sometimes its good- I’m 21, studied to get my ACE certification while I was working full time, got hired at my current gig, and after 5 months got promoted to manager (which started last Friday, and so far so good, cause, you know, its the weekend.) I also write weekly articles to email to clients, which is seperate from my manager job, I write monthly articles for 2 local newspapers, write here, and write for my personal blog, Every Gym’s Nightmare. I’m very busy, but I like being busy. Down time makes me nervous, which is where the bad comes in. I feel like if I am not accomplishing something, i’m wasting my time, which leads to over extending myself and getting very stressed. I need to work on that.
5. This one’s a little heavy, but it has a lot to do with who I am and where I came from. i don;t feel like rehashing it all here, but I was severly bulimic for many years. I am fully recovered and have devoted my life to not only helping other’s get and stay healthy, but also showing people that suffer from eating disorders that you CAN recover, and you deserve to be healthy. If you want to read my whole story, you can read it here.
6. To everyone else, I am in love with my complete opposite. We have been dating for about 3 years, and still going strong. He is in a band, covered in tattoos, smokes, is the most unhealthy eater I have ever met in my entire life, and I couldn’t get him to go for a walk with me if i dangled bacon in front of his face. A lot of people ask how i can let him be so unhealthy, but I don’t let him do anything. He;s a big boy and can make his own decisions. I do worry about his health sometimes, but nagging him about it isn’t going to do anything. He doesn;t give me crap for leaving him to go to the gym, and I don;t give him crap when he bring home Jack in the Box for dinner. We do our own thang, get along well (never even had a real fight), respect eachother decisions, and have a great time. I love him dearly.
awww ain’t he cute?
The band: TripLikeAnimals
I also LOVE pictures, but don’t have any of myself. Not for any particular reason except, it doesnt occur to me to take pictures of myself. The last thing I want is to be one of those girls that takes myspace pictures of herself in the bathroom mirror. *shudders*
Alright, now to pass this little gem along.
I tag:
JessieP at ModelBehavior (she’s gorgeous, feel free to hate her.)
Chris at Surviving Myself (we gotta get some foo’s up herr)
Both Erin and Jenn at Fit Bottomed Girls ( i can’t pick a favorite. Also, their code validation thing never loads for me so I cant leave comments very often. Fix that please. but I’m pretty sure they read [RIGHT!?] so they’ll get the message)
Mizfit at MizFitonline (i’m sure she’s gunna kill me for this)
Cammy at The Tippy Toe Diet (if she has time, I know she’s got a TON going on)
and Leslie at The Weighting Game (I’m sure she’s done a ton of these things, but she has to think of new ones she hasn’y used before. so Ha!)
Alright- everyone go read these blogs now, because I just spent WAY too much time on this post before having my morning coffee.
YAY! I’m actually excited about this, probably because I haven’t done one before :)
and I sucketh at these but LOVED yours.
he is *so handsomehot* and Im all about the opposites attracting.
HATE cardio as well. loathe.
and am sorelynot a workaholic.
before I was a trainer I was a (waitforit) counselor. as in therapist. scary huh? :)
(Hey did I just do mine?! :))
M.
I laughed at every picture you posted. I have a pretty warped sense of humor compared to other people but I love it, my entire family is that way!
Thanks for the post!
Thanks for sharing.
(1) I thought the first cartoon was funny.
(3) Good for you for doing what you wanted with your life, taking a risk and finding your own path.
(5) Thank you for sharing about this. I’ve read some other stuff you’ve wrote on it on Every Gym’s Nightmare and think you’re brave.
(6) Aww, yes, you’re cute.
- Heather
I loooooooove cardio.
It is so funny to think of you and Miz twoofmyfavoritebloggers hating cardio.
But hey, you inspire me to love strength training. Which I do. Because it makes me feel Tough as Nails.
I too am in love with my opposite, fitness-wise! He smokes and likes to eat junk food but seeing as how we live together and he can’t cook, he gets all my yummy healthy meals and has to sneak out of the house to eat his McCrap like a thief if he wants any. =) He also doesn’t mind me spending an hour a day at the gym because he can play/ yell at his computer games as loud as he wants when I am gone and he never wakes up early enough anyway to be inconvenienced by my 5am strength training. But we get along fabulously (have for almost 5 years) in every other aspect of our lives. It is wonderful when you find your “other piece*” isn’t it?
*as in puzzles pieces. Me clever
Goodness you’re a hard worker! And those are some very cute pictures. Also the cake cartoon is great.
ModelBehavior- i just read yours so this isnt timely. but i recommend everyone else going and reading them because they are good.
MizFit- NO! I will not count that. and now you have to think of new ones because you said these. ha.
Rae- good, im glad im not the only one. and im glad you enjoyed it. i can spend days at a time on toothpastefordinner, they are so hilarious.
HangryPants- thanks! im glad you enjoyed it. just the first cartoon? what about the hamster? hes so artfully drawn with his little stick legs! thats high quality entertainment
tfh- thats because you are insane. no one in their right mind loves cardio. i would go get that checked out. kidding, and MizFit and I love you too. we are pretty much the same person so i can speak for her.
jj125- see! it works! people never believe me but as long as no one nags, everything is fine
sagan-it just shows how much i love you guys that i keep EGN around- writing takes A LOT of time, but i love it, and you guys, so I can’t get enough!
Dude, I just checked out the link to the boy’s band, they rock! What does he do in the band? Please tell me that’s him singing? I LOVE a man with a good voice!
p.s. My boyfriends in a band too, he’s a drummer, which just reconfirms my idea that we may be, in face, bestest friends.
Aww, Kell, thanks for not playing faves! Since Jenn and I don’t have time to do it and do it right, we’re pseudo-playing-along here! :)
For Jenn:
1. I have the strange ability to look at anything for 30 seconds and then come up with the perfect name for it. This gift/oddity has led me to name every appliance in my kitchen.
2. I’m the workout opposite of Kelly. I love cardio, but hate weight lifting. Unless the weight lifting is mixed in with cardio, then I’m okay with it. Regardless, I do it because I like being strong. I am woman. Hear me roar.
3. I’m obsessed with the public library. Seriously the coolest idea ev-ah.
4. Post-its and other office supplies make me happy. You should see me in Staples.
5. I have high cholesterol! Sad but true. I blame the genes.
6. Jenn can’t count. She only sent me 5 (and even said she was sending 6)
For Erin
1. I secretly like being sick, but not too sick. There’s something lovely about forcing yourself to veg out for a couple of days without guilt.
2. I have an insane love for pickled green things: pickles, okra, peppers, olives.
3. I work at home, and therefore talk to my dog all day. And sing to her. And let her sit in my chair.
4. I feel like I’m “playing grown-up” because in my head I don’t think I’m more than 22 years old.
5. I’m a music moron. I don’t know who sings anything. But I love music.
6. Gotta go…pug must go out NOW. I guess this can be my six: I count dog walking as cardio.
you’re right – I’ve done it! one of my faves I’ve written, in fact. Here ’tis:
http://theweightinggame.ivillage.com/dietfitness/2008/05/ive_been_tagged_1.html#comments
I LOVE TOOTHPASTEFORDINNER! I actually have that hamster one saved, ha!
Very cool tidbits. I must say, I adore your humor… and I think we’re too much alike.
FYI… not commenting on how cute he is.
:)