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♥Special K♥

To do anything other than your best is to sacrifice the gift

About Me


GO TRIBE!
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Peyton Manning at his finest :)
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with great strength of character.
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I'm short. I'm half Italian, half European Mutt (British, French, Slovak, Polish, Dutch...). I have brown eyes. I also have brown hair when I let it be. My favorite sporting teams are the Philadelphia Eagles, the Cleveland Indians, the Syracuse Orangemen and Notre Dame's Fighting Irish. I brake for squirrels and sing in the shower. HIDDEN TALENT ALERT!! You know how Axel Rose dances to "Sweet Child of Mine"? I can dance just like that. Don't hate, participate. I make a living forecasting weather for national and international clients. In the fall I'm hoping to head back to college on a part-time basis to pursue a Masters of Science in Teaching, specializing in Earth Science. This is when all of the bad karma I generated in my high school Earth Science class will come back around. I'm not really a swinger, they just didn't have a relationship term that I felt was fitting, such as "Uncertain" or "Check back with me in a few weeks" or "None of the above". It's a rocky time, but I know regardless of how things ultimately turn out, I'll be a better person for it. I'm very close with my family and cherish all of my frienships with all of my heart. I also have a bird, fondly named Swoop (Fly Eagles Fly!) who makes sure that I don't sleep past 9am and he also sings while I am in the shower.
My favorite summer-time activities include: hiking, spending the day at Lake Minnewaska or Vanderbilt Mansion, BBQs, running, baseball, shooting hoops, wine tasting, camping, mini-golfing, sitting out on the porch, hanging out on a beach or near a swimming pool, umbrella drinks, and other acts of tom foolery.
IF LIFE HANDS YOU LIMES, MAKE MARGARITAS!

My Life List:
Become a high school earth science teacher
Go zip-lining
Thru-hike the Finger Lakes Trail (all 500+ miles of it!)
Visit Italy/Spain/Portugal
Get a dog named Duke and tell him all of my secret recipes
Volunteer somewhere on a regular basis
Go tornado chasing and/or hurricane hunting
Take ballroom/swing dance classes
Hike Mount Washington
Hike down the Grand Canyon
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My Interests

Running/working out, hiking, figuring out what makes different people tick, animals, Buddhism, weather, Cosmic Bowling, poker, and sports
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Music:

I dig 80s, classic rock, alternative and folky kind of stuff. My car radio is usually set to WPDH. My favorite bands include: Ryan Adams, Beastie Boys, STP, Nirvana, Doors, Chevelle, 3 Days Grace, Garbage, Poe, Filter, No Doubt (before they sold out), DMB (before he sold out), Smashing Pumpkins, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Chicago, CSNY and the Beatles

Movies:

Invincible, Tombstone, Napolean Dynamite, Office Space, Butterfly Effect,Remember the Titans and Pirates of the Carribean (yum)

I'll also admit, with some hesitation, that I am completely, and strangely, addicted to Lifetime movies. If it's a rainy Sunday, and it's not football season, you can find me watching Lifetime

Television:

The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, South Park, Family Guy, Judge Judy, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Brothers and Sisters, Grey's Anatomy, October Road, Ugly Betty, Animal Planet, and Forensic Files (although I've banned myself from watching that show before bed)

Books:

To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my all-time favorites, along with Where the Red Fern Grows, but I always cry at the end of that book. I like anything that is kind of Forensic File-ish. Occasionally, I'll pick up a box of chocolates and a trashy romance novel

Heroes:

Turkey, with lettuce, tomato, mayo, olives, pickles and provolone cheese

My Blog

Good morning Sunshine

After a deep sleep, lasting 10 hours, I woke up to the "cockle-doodle-do" of my cell phone alarm clock. Is it really 8am already?! Ugh. I tried snoozing until 8:15, but Swoop must have a thing for roo...
Posted by ♥Special K♥ on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:16:00 PST

Weather Jokes... :)

Hey, who couldn't use a few weather jokes in their life?   *Where did the meteorologist go after work? The nearest Isobar *What did one cloud say to another after he got some bad news? Are you ci...
Posted by ♥Special K♥ on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:14:00 PST

He was a good bird, he was a pretty bird...

Captain Jack Sparrow, one of my parakeets, died suddenly on Monday. It was pretty traumatic for me, and any one who knows me knows how sensitive I am to animals. For most, a bird is just a bird, but t...
Posted by ♥Special K♥ on Wed, 23 May 2007 10:11:00 PST

Remembering Grandpa Joe

Tonight, shortly after midnight, will mark a year since my grandpa's passing. It's crazy to think that it has been that long already. It seems that the years he spent in the nursing home went by ...
Posted by ♥Special K♥ on Fri, 18 May 2007 04:25:00 PST

Running Status Report

So it looks like I am really going to train for the half marathon in Vermont going on this fall. Today I went out for my long run, and ran 5.5 miles. Almost half way there! I felt comfortable running ...
Posted by ♥Special K♥ on Thu, 17 May 2007 03:00:00 PST

Don't take me too seriously

Lately, I have found myself in quite an interesting phase. I feel almost adolescent. It's a time of change, that is for sure, so perhaps what I am going through mirrors a growth similar to that s...
Posted by ♥Special K♥ on Wed, 16 May 2007 03:47:00 PST

New Additions to My Little Apartment Family

After having a stellar lunch at Ruby Tuesdays, it came to me that I really needed to get a bird. Ed, being the type that makes whatever I say happen, took me directly to Petco (where the pet...
Posted by ♥Special K♥ on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:03:00 PST

THE NEW RUNNING SEASON HAS BEGUN!

Ah, so what a relief! The last couple of days have been mild and generally beautiful! The other morning, I was sitting at my new table (yeah, that's right, no more snack table for me, thanks to my bro...
Posted by ♥Special K♥ on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:29:00 PST

Five Principles for Happiness in 2007- By David Bach

Principle 1: Give Yourself a Break We all tell ourselves the story of the one that got away. You can't move forward if you spend time focusing on what you shoulda-woulda-coulda done in 2006 or before....
Posted by ♥Special K♥ on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:32:00 PST