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Libby

About Me



A sort of hippie, professional, sporty, lazy person with ambitions such as chilling out and retiring early.

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I like these sites:
Get in shape, meet new people - www.srrc.net
Laugh - icanhascheezburger.com
Kick some butt - www.hipeneverquit.com
Listen to good music - www.radioparadise.com
Save more, spend less - www.getrichslowly.org

My Interests

Long distance running, kickboxing, saving money, photography, comedy, camping, music festivals, gardening, cooking, working, dancing, decaf, investing, sticking it to the man, playing piano, laughing, learning new things, star gazing, science.

I'd like to meet:



Music:

Ben Folds, Beck, Cake, Counting Crows, Pink Floyd, Postal Service, JWG, anything electronic and bassey, Jayger, Trey Anastasio, Colin Hay, Wilco, Tom Petty, SiA, Tori Amos, My Morning Jacket, Death Cab for Cutie, The Who, Zero 7, Phish, Regina Spektor, Smashing Pumpkins, all jazz, all blues, all classic rock, Golden Egg, Guster, Kings of Leon, Liquid Soul, Radiohead, Eric Welch, anything but country (although old school country [Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson] is good).

Movies:

Movies I could watch over and over again are The Big Lebowski, Shawshank Redemption, Adventures in Babysitting, Independence Day, Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion, Christmas Vacation, The Breakfast Club, The Day After Tomorrow, Office Space, Half Baked, Pulp Fiction, American Beauty, Forrest Gump, Fargo, E.T., Magnolia, Little Miss Sunshine, A Christmas Story, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Boogie Nights.

Television:

Seinfeld, Golden Girls, Cosby Show, Family Business, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Kathy Griffin, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Price is Right, Planet Earth, Sarah Silverman, Flight of the Conchords, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Penn and Teller's Bull S--t, 24, South Park, Weeds, Scrubs, Family Guy and anything broadcast in HD.

Heroes:

My neighbor Tim, Lance Armstrong, Clark Howard.

My Blog

Two races, two cities, 26.2 miles.

On April 5 I ran the Lincoln Memorial Half Marathon in Springfield.  On May 3 I ran the Indianapolis Half Marathon.  I finished this year's Indy race 7 minutes faster than last year's race a...
Posted by Libby on Fri, 16 May 2008 01:32:00 PST

A few real life examples.

I've been blogging about other blogs for a while now and I hope it's not getting old.  It just seems like every time I read a new post at GetRichSlowly.org, not only can I relate to what the auth...
Posted by Libby on Tue, 13 May 2008 09:43:00 PST

Exercise = Energy

There was an article on GetRichSlowly.org today about exercise.  J.D., the author of the blog, has started exercising regularly and has been taking the lessons he learned to defeat...
Posted by Libby on Thu, 08 May 2008 08:47:00 PST

Save more, spend less.

Each day I read a blog at www.getrichslowly.org.  The website is a great resource to learn how to pay off credit cards, how to live without debt and how to save for your future.  I wanted t...
Posted by Libby on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:32:00 PST

Half Wits article

There was an article in the SJ-R today about the Half Wits training group.  This is the second year I have run with the group.  If you would like to start running, plan to join Abe&rsqu...
Posted by Libby on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:13:00 PST

See you at Bonnaroo!

Go here to see the lineup.  Tickets go on sale Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. EST.  Hope to see you there!...
Posted by Libby on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:41:00 PST

Memphis 2007 (updated)

Our trip to Memphis was a blast!  A few of the neighbors decided that we should all take a trip together, and in July it had been decided that Memphis was the place to be.  Only John, Angie,...
Posted by Libby on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:30:00 PST

Bonnaroo 2007

I figure it's about time I write something about Bonnaroo.  Believe it or not, I've spent the last 3 weeks trying to come up with a way to describe the experience, but I can't find the words.&nbs...
Posted by Libby on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:14:00 PST

Bat Attack!

Jon and I had a conversation at dinner last night about how devastating it would be to wake up to our house on fire. I mean, who doesn't talk about such a disaster at dinner?   Fast forward to t...
Posted by Libby on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:24:00 PST

Indianapolis Half Marathon

On May 5, 2007 Jon and I ran the Indianapolis Half Marathon.  It was only slightly grueling, but with the support of our fellow runners we finished and still managed to close down the beer tent a...
Posted by Libby on Fri, 25 May 2007 11:32:00 PST