The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Review

Helloooooooo

For today, I will provide my incredibly intellectual literature review of a book I recently read titled, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

If you're not familiar with this book it is about a disgraced journalist named Mikael Blomkvist, played by Daniel Craig (yum) and a freelancer surveillance agent and researcher named Lisbeth Salander who is a badass, played by Rooney Mara.

Anyway, so there's this guy named Henrik Vanger and he was previously the CEO of this family business called Vanger Corporation. Forty sum years ago, his grandniece, Harriet Vanger, went missing and he is desperate to find her killer. So this is where Mikael and Lisbeth come into play. They take on this decades-long mystery and try to solve it.

and yadayadayada there's sex and guns and action. I will not blow the ending for you, but I will say this was a good read. I'm not too much of a reader (although since I graduated college I've had a lot of time on my hands), but this book kept me on the edge of my seat. The main female character, Lisbeth, I must say is incredibly powerful, and you can't help but love her and how edgy and straight forward she is.

On that note, I must say the weather is dreadful (I know, I'm talking about the weather and I should stop).

However, the humidity and sun blazing down on my needs to end. It's too much. I am having the tendency to hide in my air conditioned house all summer, and if I keep hiding like this I may end up like Gollum.

But hey, I guess I can't complain. At least I don't live in Florida right now. 

Vacation with Geezer

Hello All!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Friday afternoon. For today I will combine "Breakfast with Geezer," and my "Trip to Tampa with Geezer." 

Well, whaddyaknow, all topics today involve good ole geezer.

Firstly, we hosted our annual breakfast we have every week. However, this trip involved driving 45 minutes for breakfast.

Remain on the edge of your seat, folks. 

I'll tell you why.

So, long story short I had an appointment 45 minutes away, and so we drive all the way out there just to find out, I can't have the appointment. **sigh** Although, we were a bit bummed we drove out that far for essentially no reason at all, we made a marvelous discovery during the drive back. We found out there is an IHOP in the town we were at. We now can take a trip to IHOP if we must.

I would call that a win. 

Now, onto my trip in Tampa. While driving around in Tampa, there are a few things I noticed that I feel necessary to share. 

1. Holy s*** it's hot down there (I know. No shit).

2. I have a record time of being on the beach for less than hour and still found a way to burn. And yea, I was wearing SPF 50. You heard me. SPF 50.

I know, not that kind of burn. You get the point.

3. There is BOTH several IHOP's and Waffle Houses (and unfortunately Denny's). In fact, there was a Waffle House right down the street from my hotel. 

Incase you wanted proof. There yah go.

4. There are A LOT of Booby Bars. Not even joking. Every other building. 

1 of hundreds.

5. There are A LOT of Hooter's. I found out later on the birthplace of Hooter's is in Clearwater. 

So, duh. 

No, not THAT Napoleon. 

There we go.

So there's that. 

To end for today, let's play "Who did it better?"

This evening's edition: 

"Who did the duck face better?"

I must say, Donald Trump is impressive, BUT Miley has an ACTUAL DUCK FACE. It's a tough decision. Ya'll can decide for yourselves.

And with that, have a fantastic weekend! 

Participation Medal

Hello Everyone!

So I have been meaning to post about my 5K I ran two weeks ago. The reason why is because my father and I realized some things about 5K races. There are types of people we noticed that would most definitely destroy us in the race. Unfortunately, it is a relatively long list. Neither of us actually prepared for this race, so we didn't expect the gold medal. However, I would've like a participation trophy or maybe a free pen or something. 

Oh wait. They did give out free pens.

Participation pen for me!

Anyways, here is the list of people who we felt (and who did) would destroy us in the 5K. 

• People who show up in large packs--they are intimidating as hell.

• People who wear the MOST RIDICULOUS outfits--the crazier you look, the faster you are.

• That one person who runs alone--you know they're good, because they're confident enough to run alone. I need a buddy just to assure I won't be the only one who's bad. 

• The little 10 year olds--my goodness seeing a 10 year old sprint past me at mile marker 2 while I am gasping for air really is a downer.

• Men who wear short shorts--you just know they gotta be good (and they were).

• Guys wearing backpacks--like running with no backpack isn't a challenge enough, they gotta wear the backpack. I can barely crawl across the finish line with just me, let alone something else on my back. Trying to run a 5K with a backpack I'd be like Spongebob and Squidward dragging those anchors

It wouldn't go too well.

• People with dogs- Not ONLY are you athletic enough to run a 5K, but you have your DOG trained to run a 5K. I can't even train myself, yikes.

• People who actually stretch- this could and probably is a lot of people, but I am not a good preparer of races. Or exercising at all really. 

• Lastly, that chick from Jurassic World--not only did she out run a crap ton of dinosaurs, but she did so IN HEELS. If she can be beat T-Rex in a 5K, she most certainly can beat me.

There you have it. Those are all the types of people who can (and did) destroy my father and I in a 5K a few weeks ago. But hey, I had fun and we finished the race without walking. I call that a win.

Keep running ya'll!

"Breakfast with Geezer"

For this week, my dad and I went to Quakertown Family Restaurant. Now, the only thing that drives me nuts about going there is the location. It's a maze trying to get into that parking lot. Otherwise, it's a great place. Great people. I do enjoy the wide selection they have on their menu, but I don't seem to venture anywhere past the breakfast menu being that I really only go there for breakfast. Besides, I can only handle trying to maneuver around Route 309 so many times.

Anyways, my dad (who I will refer to as Al from now on) and I both got there close to the same time. I parked in a different parking lot--because, you know, I can't handle the maze-like fashion of trying to get to that parking lot--and we both looked at each other and started texting each other funny things like teenage girls. 

You're probably wondering what these jokes are, and if you're not...well, I'm going to tell you anyway. 

There is a short clip of some sort floating around on Twitter of a piece of Adele's new(ish) song, "Hello." This particular footage is from a portion of the music video for this song, and essentially it combines that music video with a clip from Spongebob Squarepants. Don't even ask me what Spongebob is because that hurts me if you don't know what that show is.

Anyways, Al and I were texting quotes from this clip while still sitting in our cars. Obviously, the way I am explaining it makes this SIGNIFICANTLY less funny. I swear it's funny.

I swear. 

When Al and I finally decided to stop giggling to ourselves in our cars, we finally went inside and got some breakfast. We always have the struggle of whether getting breakfast from the "French Toast Food Group" or the "Egg Family." Every week, it's either egg day or pancake/french toast day, and we never fail to tell the waitress that (like they care). Yeah, we are those people. Telling the poor waitress unnecessary and useless crap that she doesn't really want to know. What are yah going to do? However, I am a waitress myself, and I personally love when people talk to me about random stuff. Well, I do love to talk so I can enjoy talking and talking with the customer. I guess that's why Al and I go on and on and on. 

We both decided today was "Egg Day." Although, I was not comfortable with the decision. I really wanted some french toast, but I couldn't handle "Jimmy Special," which essentially has one of everything. I'd probably explode if I tried to conquer that. 

I think it'd be like that episode in Scrubs when JD's head explodes, and Dr. Cox is incredibly nonchalant about the ordeal. 

Okay, I don't think that's relevant, but holy crap that show is funny.

Anyways, that's it from me for today. Hope you enjoyed the very first "Breakfast with Geezer." There's many more to come. Next week, I'll go back to helping all of you "beginning gym-goers" look like this:

 Work Hard, Twerk Hard. 

That's Miley's philosophy. What an inspiration.

"Breakfast with Geezer"

Welcome back!

I will be continuing my exercise tips next week, but something different for today.

I want to introduce a new weekly post I will be doing. In addition to my usual [awesome] blog posts, I am beginning a segment titled...

 "Breakfast with Geezer."

Now this isn't breakfast with geese or anything.

(I wouldn't want to anyway. Apparently they're vicious, who knew)?

"Breakfast with Geezer" is a segment about my breakfast trips with my dad every week. As you all probably know, you may know my father as Al Penwasser. If you have any type of sense of humor, you'll visit his blog page http://alpenwasser.blogspot.com/. You will not regret it, he is hysterical. I mean where else would I get my fantastic sense of humor from? 

Yeah me neither. Anyways, my dad and I visit several diners throughout our area and I am going to begin writing about it every Thursday. So, not ONLY will you have one post a week from me, you'll have TWO posts a week!

Since, I am presenting this wonderful news to you, I'll stop for today so you take in the thought of me posting twice a week. 

See you next time!

And remember, whenever you're feeling down, and don't want to do anything. Just do it!

Oh Miley.

(Incase anyone was wondering, Al is not offended by being called Geezer). 

Cardio cardi card car ca can i have pizza instead

Alright, I will be honest I've been slacking in posting on here the past couple months. I am going to turn that around, because I know, the suspense is killing you.

 Yeah, I didn't think so either. 

But, as promised I will present some exercise advice for all those beginners like I was a few years ago. Now, originally I was going to have pictures taken of me doing the actual exercises, but unfortunately I was unable to do so for a couple reasons. 

1. I don't think anyone wants to see that

2. I didn't want to be that person at the gym.

So, therefore, I will explain in depth the exercises I do. I will, however go piece by piece each week so I do not overwhelm anyone so I'll begin with...

Cardio

Okay, for this I will explain what I do. You don't have to do this (I mean you don't really have to do any of this), but I generally do a few things.

1. If it is Chest/Tricep or Back/Bicep day, then I will do 30 minutes total of cardio. If it is Leg/Shoulder day, I will do 10 minutes cardio
2. Generally, I will ATTEMPT to run straight 30 minutes, but this isn't always the best thing to do. First, it's so mother******* boring. More importantly though, there is is this concept titled, "Cardio Bunny." This is where people think the way to lose weight is to just RUN, RUN, AND RUN. 

NO. You are not Forrest Gump, you don't always need to run. 

Now, I am NOT saying running isn't important, because it is very important. Cardio in general is important, but you do not need to run the same pace for 30 minutes, because not only is it so incredibly boring, but it is unnecessary. 

Here is my advice to you when it comes to cardio. 

1. If you are going to do just the treadmill, break it up. In other words, instead of running 30 minutes at the same pace, try to mix it up. Running 10 minutes of sprints every other minute, or try to change the pace every 10 minutes. 
2. If you do not want to just do the treadmill, trying breaking it up. For instance, do 10 minutes of running, 10 minutes of the bike, and 10 minutes of the row machine (Also, very good machine). It'll go a lot faster doing it in small time frames such as this. 
3. Or, if you don't like any of that, try out HIIT (high intensity interval training). For more information on that, visit http://www.bodybuilding.com/. I HIGHLY recommend this website for anything fitness related. If you do not believe me about any of the stuff I say, I promise this website will be incredibly helpful for you. 

I hope I helped a bit for your future workout today. Either way, here's a a little bit of Miley for your day. 

xoxo

Leonardo Finally Wins!

It has been quite awhile since I have posted...yikes! I was in hibernation, because it has been pretty chilly outside. 

I mean, even the snow from that fun storm back in January is still on the ground. Imagine that?

So, the Oscars 88th Academy Awards were this past Sunday. Guess who didn't watch it?

That's right. I did not watch it. I didn't watch it because I had no interest, but because I simply forgot about it. However, I did hear some fantastic news. I nearly cried tears of joy for this particular winner. He has been nominated for many years, but has never won this award. I am proud to announce the Best Actor in a Motion Picture is......

DRUM ROLL PLEASE

Finally! You go Leonardo! You finally w--

Uh oh. There seems to be a mistake. The real winner is...

"Not again."

Totally kidding, Leonardo. You totally won.

The poor guy was waiting way too long for this. 

Anyways, tune in for my next blog post where I teach fellow beginner gym goers some lifting ideas. I'll go by each gym day I follow and provide you with ideas on what exercises to do.

See you next time!