I have to ask for your patience while I find a replacement for my dear Picnik.com. They’re closing in April and my severe state of mourning is affecting my will to photo-edit to my proper potential.
OUaL WILL NOT SURVIVE WITHOUT YOUR BEAUTIFUL EDITS AND COLLAGING, PICNIK!!! UN-DO IT! DON’T LEAVE ME!!!
/tear
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Ways to Convince Your Ohio Friend/Coworker to Permanently Relocate to Your Spare Bedroom
(or some other residence of her own maybe if your husband isn’t cool with that)
1) Wine and dine her at the classiest establishments. Develop a scary-obsessive love with your side dish and never stop talking about them :
2) Act like stumbling upon a red carpet is just like, totally no big deal. Get yelled at by security for walking real slow, iPhone out, shamelessly gawking at Drew Brees during his interview. Insist “they won’t notice!” if you walk back the opposite direction and do it again.
(be wrong)
3) Sit nosebleed, drink overpriced beer, eat most of the caramel corn you decided to share, leave early “to beat traffic” and miss the year’s best buzzer-beater finish.
4) Convince her “it’s just a little rain – California is totally overreacting” and go for a bike ride, based on the fact you’re both tough Ohioans that can handle slightly-less-than-ideal conditions…
Get stuck in a torrential downpour at the 7.5 mile turnaround. Head back into massive headwind. Get a flat tire.
Call neighbor boy for rescuing.
Spend all day thawing out and praying her shoes dry before she has to pack her suitcase tomorrow.
5) Plan a “surprise fun activity” that includes driving an hour to a secret backlot neighborhood, pulling many groin muscles, and an overzealous former circus performer wrapping you in silk.
Refuse to believe it was anything but the best time ever.
Tell her that she’ll “never do anything like it again!” and “at least it wasn’t raining!” to convince her so.
I know what you’re thinking (TWINSIES!) but no, we didn’t plan our matchy outfits.
Check out this hilarious video of Jimmy Fallon taking a class by the same Cirque Style Fitness instructor we had. I like to pretend our session was nearly as entertaining.
http://iheartjimmy.net/tag/cirque-school/
6) Make it all right.
Vow to run an extra few miles this week.
The end.
Sarah OUaL
* unrelated, but possibly even more awesome : Aspaeris is having a sale – 50% off with code “cooleronline” Sound familiar? Yeah, it’s because they’re on board with your very own SoCal Ragnar team, So Much Cooler Online.
Visit their store to get the compression shorts we’ll all be running in. If they’re gonna get my ass through 34 miles, I bet they’ve got some magic for you, too.
Ha ha! I totally thought of you when I got that email from Picnik! If you find something as good, be sure to share. I’m on the look out for a replacement now too!
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you look like you have been doing the circus workout your whole life, you look fabulous
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I’m going to have to ask my parents if I’ve got some secret circus blood in my genes or something… The truth finally unfolds…
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Great post!
Cheers
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At least I’m not the only one who will be quoting Anchorman til I’m 80.
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NO! Picnik is closing in Flickr too! What to do!
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That class looks like a blast!! I ordered my compression shorts using the code – thanks for that!
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Great! Let me know how you like them :) I slept in mine last night
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I WANT TO PLAY WITH THE DRAPES. Must find local class.
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I was also quite sad that picnik is leaving – how else am I going to make my wrinkles go away? geesh. I did hear, and see, that they are moving to google+. Right now they don’t have ALL the same features, like, no wrinkle remover, but they do have some of the features. Also, google has a program called Picasa, which I use for my collage needs and various other editing things. It’s no Picnik, but it’ll get your collaging needs done.
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Have you tried fotoflexer.com? they have some cool free photo editing SW :)
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Thank you! I’ll have to look into it
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She totally SHOULD move here. Sexi Mexi all the time!
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ordered the shorts. going to give them a try! Thanks!
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Yayyyy twinsies! Let me know how you like them
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RIP Picnik, so sad they are shutting down, I love your editted photos.
When I saw you tweet about that class I didn’ think it was actually that class! THat is awesome, you look like a natural
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I’m so sad about picnik!!!!
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Damn Gina\! you look like a pro & doing the spits. say what! :-)
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Well, you’ve convinced me. When am I moving in?
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I’d love to move there!! Haha. What a fun weekend. Having friends visit is the best!! I feel almost the same when friends from Minnesota & Iowa visit Denver. I definitely have to find a circus class for them next time!
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i had no idea picnik was closing! i use them for editing all the time. let me know what you end up using as a replacement.
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Ummmm, has anyone ever told you that you have some SERIOUS splits skills? In the words of Phoebe, you’re very bendy! I bet I’m not the only one scarily impressed by your flexibility!
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That Friends reference just made you my new favorite person.
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Please tell me where you found sweet tots??!!!
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WTF, why is my name that? I swear I can’t even figure out the simplest things on the freaking internet. For the record, my name is Nicole. :)
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Big Wangs in LA on Grand. Freaking delicious.
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Tag, you’re it! http://runwithkate.blogspot.com/2012/01/suars-random-questions.html
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I try to comment on your posts all the time and for some reason at work it wont let me….Maybe thats a hint I shouldnt be blogging at work?!
Anyways you are quite hilarious. I love reading how “real” you are….and it makes me feel way better about myself to run strictly because I drank an entire bottle of wine the night before…. And that you cuss as much as me…. I think we should real life friends….and yes I know that sounds super creepy!!!!!!! To bad I live in Texas!!
Thanks for entertaining me and making me feel like I’m not the only one in the world who has shitty runs sometimes!!
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Oh no. Is something broken or does your work have an anti-OUaL security filter?
You don’t REALLY love Texas, do you? You could move to SoCal to be besties.
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awww, i’m sorry about ur impending loss….haha.
wow, i’d be ur bestie right there, sign the lease i’m moving my lazy runner bum onto ur sofa. ;)
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