hey britt!!!!!!

looky! right around the corner from where i'm staying!  oooh quel suprise!!

the cutest tape dispenser EVER

available at the cutest frenchy store, pylones

CROSSFIT!!!!----u can rest when youre DEAD/ strong people are harder to kill and are more useful generally

"YOUR WORKOUT IS OUR WARMUP"
SETTING:  st. charles, 2010 CrossFit Games sectional qualifiers

OUR HEROES:  ninja kelley♥ and ninja andrew♥

well-informed and super-fun companion:  ♥ BRITT!!! ♥

GO KELLEY! LOVE YOU!!!

GO ANDREW!  (btw ur upper-body is magnificent)

HANDSTAND PUSHUPS!!  C'EST IMPOSSIBLE!!?!?!

CAN'T SEE THE RED DOT CUZ... IT'S THE PERFECT WALLBALL

THE CROSSFIT CULT

hardcore, masochistic, see-no-limits, all-encompassing, oh and witty

did i say all-encompassing?

britt and i took a break from the mania and i stumbled upon Anti-Crossfit. 

britt showed her strength; i showed my weekness....

(haute cakes, in New Town, St. Charles) YUM!

SUNDAY-- after 2 days of intense crossfit atmosphere and staring pure determination and human endurance for pain directly in the face--  i went to work and played my parts all NONdivisi and as perfect as possible, while sitting up absolutely straight in my chair, core engaged.  YES, lisa's version of crossfit.  (i also went to work --it was snowing and cold-- with just a light gymnastics-team-looking jacket ('..and....representing Romania.....')----YES YES CROSSFIT AS LIFESTYLE (even my weeny violinist lifestyle).  i swear it's contagious.  you watch these ninjas and you feel like doing difficult things and doing them showing no exertion as well....  YES YES HUMAN POTENTIAL.  inspiring.  no more slouching and whining for me.  (how long will this last?  i need to watch crossfit competition like monthly, i think)

me doing my own version of crossfit: