Happy day after Memorial Day, folks! In Houston I'm happy to report it's getting extremely hot and humid to the point where you sweat thinking about going outside and my Prius can report that due to the intensity that I'm running my AC I'm getting up to 3 MPG less than what I'm used to. Now, I know that may not mean much to other people but I'm extremely touchy when it comes to my car's MPGs. It's a point of conviction. A point of pride. And, when it goes down, even minutely, a point of hostility.
As mentioned before and as almost all of you have experienced: heat degrades the quality of runs. It sucks. Heat takes more out of you; you don't run as fast; you can't stay out as long; you want to sit in your car and cry instead of opening the door and facing another run that's way below your PR time. I can't tell you how many times in the past week my mascara has stained my cheeks before work.
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As the title of the post suggests one contest has "closed". That contest? The 16" figure of me contest. Why did this close? Oh, because it was an expensive contest to run... a $30 contest. But rather than having the incredibly generous offer $90 (expired) gift certificate to the 1MiniMe.com store, the awesome sales woman renewed my certificate (YES!!) and I paid the $30 for shipping. Since I am footing the bill for shipping I decided that I'm going to keep the 16" Matt replica until Sara makes me get rid of it... and then I'll hold a contest around it.
For those of you wondering, I chose the indomitable Matty Kung-Fu Street Fighter as my body:
I then gave them the ugliest pictures of my face that I could take to model my future 16" likeness on:
Now, the waiting game... five weeks. But all 35 days of waiting are going to be worth it. This thing is going to have magical properties; how could it not?
I will post SOOOOOO many more photos once my prized, street-fighting, crime-chasing, body building likeness arrives. In the mean time, I highly suggest you browse the 1minime.com site because they've got some awesome models, e.g. French stereotype, awkward horse and jockey, and everyone's favorite XXX statues that I can't link to but have browsed and they're NSFW but awesome!
Have a fantastic Tuesday, folks!
3 comments:
Can't wait! The KungFu body is spot on from what I've seen in other photos.
Your poor mascara - next time wear the waterproof stuff.
I am eagerly awaiting that amazing prize! LUCKY you!
Wow that looks just like you. Sweet site though. Now I need to justify buying a bobblehead...
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