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So har har har, let's pretend I never made that new post-a-day resolution, shall we?

I've got a quick update on the 52 in 23* list:

• Big old check mark for running the Mini Marathon in Indy (#2 in Running).  I ran a good part of that in an under 10 minute/mile, but I'm not quite ready to cross that goal off my list yet.
• Went to the Bronx Zoo back in April and tortured Marek by chasing peacocks around and making them pose for me.  (#4 in New York)
• Sent my friend a little letter in the mail as he heads off on the next leg of his great adventure. (#13 in Other)

Now here's an interesting thing to consider about the list: I'm contemplating giving myself a check for the last one - buy a Clarisonic (#14 under Other) - even though I haven't actually bought a Clarisonic.  I am horrible when it comes to taking care of my skin, and can't be bothered to wash it every day or night because I'm so lazy (not wearing any make-up helps too).  I purchased that Olay washer thing that's similar - it was only $29.95 and I figured it was a good trial.  I've used it maybe three times, and every time I look at it, I just thank God that I didn't drop $200 on a whirling brush that I would never use.  So what do you think?  Does that get a check (with an asterisk to note that I didn't really do it), or do I get a big ol' FAIL on that one?

I already know I'm going to fail on another one - visit my friend in Denver.  The travel schedule just did NOT work out for that trip, and now she's moving back East, so I've lost my chance to visit her there, which I'm really bummed about.  Not because I didn't get to go to Denver (there's a Texas de Brazil there, so there's ALWAYS a reason to visit Denver), but because I told her I would visit, never did, and feel like a horrible friend.

In other news, I finally got a project at work, which means I finally get to start traveling!  This is good news, plus it was a project I was hoping to get to work on, and then there are projects coming up after this one is over, so hopefully I will be nice and busy at work.  The flipside of this is that I'll be out of town and I can't go see the extended editions of Lord of the Rings in the theatre, and this makes me wicked, wicked sad.  These are some of my favorite movies, and I was super excited to go see them in the theatre.  Oh well.  Maybe they'll do this again when The Hobbit comes out.  (And fingers tightly crossed that I won't have to work on the project that night and can just go where I am.  By myself.  Like a loser!)

And for some real har hars, my favorite commercial of the moment.  It always makes me laugh whenever I see it.