SR Blog “Rules”
Ok, here’s the deal:
Most of what I say on here is tongue-in-cheek, so don’t get your panties in a wad.
92% of the what I say is sarcastic, 11% is patently untrue, and the other 7% is just rubbish, so keep that in mind. I’m more of a pop-up comic book than a War and Peace… although I’m less funny than a comic and more boring than W&P.
Even though most everything I say is in jest, I never intentionally mean to offend anyone, so if I do please email me at skinnyrunnerblog@gmail.com and I’ll try my best to make sure we hug it out.
I’m not cool. I’m not even good at pretending to be cool. especially in pajama pants…
Likewise, even though I call myself beautiful and a supermodel way more than any sane person should, I am not sitting by the phone waiting for Ford Models to call. In reality, I have a pretty normal sense of self-esteem. I struggle with the same body issues that any woman, outside of Gisele and Marissa Miller, deal with.
I’m a very average, normal girl who has a heart for the Lord, an interest (ok, more like a deep, intense longing) for celebrity gossip and a passion for running.
Educational reading at it’s finest. I love you, People.
I am NOT politically correct and won’t ever be. If you want middle of the road vanilla, you’re at the wrong place. I’m a conservative Republican who doesn’t quite think Obama is the savior everyone makes him out to be. I’m also a Bible-believing, saved by grace, daily forgiven Christian. Life is good.
I encourage everyone to comment and voice your opinion, no matter how different from mine it might be. Salt isn’t the spice of life; variety is. I only ask that you do it in a respectful way and I, in return, will respect you. Then we can all get along, hold hands and sing kumbaya.
REPOSTED: A note about blogging and SR in general:
It has NEVER been a concern of mine to blog the way YOU want me me to. I DO NOT in any way feel obligated to make sure SkinnyRunner meets YOUR needs.
At the risk of sounding like a child throwing a tantrum, it’s MY blog; I’m the sole owner and creator and I don’t wrestle at night in bed wondering if everyone’s okay with me posting about teen pregnancy, politics, religion, or too much running and not enough celeb gossip.
If you don’t like it, there are 25,000 other people who do. Go read something else, please.
I like to keep things light on here which is why I poke fun of myself so much. But I also have the right to ask a thought provoking question to encourage conversation in a MATURE manner. If you aren’t mature enough to handle it and verbalize your opinions in a respectful way, I’m sure there’s another blog out there for you. This one just isn’t it.
Oh yeah, I can’t dance.
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Nothing wrong with a scarcastic, republican.
I found your blog thanks to @FitFluential via Twitter and I’m glad I did! I’ve only read your About section so far and I love your sense of humor! I love that you don’t take life TOO seriously and you can live (laugh) a little! I can’t wait to read the rest of your blog posts. I’m inspired already.
I just around to reading this and I must say your so right. A little sarcasm is needed in this world! People need to little chance to lighten up every once in a while. And thanks for not being afraid to go against popular society and say you didn’t vote for Obama and Christ is Lord…two statement that are also true of my life that people seem afraid to say. Thanks for keeping it real!
I found you via….somewhere – crap, I can’t remember where. anyway, i love your site and am incredibly inspired by your race/running times. I mean, seriously, I could be at an all out sprint and not beat that. Sigh.
never noticed this in your sidebar.
thanks for keeping it real.
you very funny gal.
Shout out from another conservative Republican, third grade Christian school teacher, aspiring half marathoner and lover of all celebrity news! Keep it up girl!
OMG finding myself reading last years posts because I enjoy them so much. And now, to hear you are a conservative Republican too? Love, love, LOVE you even more!!! Keep up the hilarity, the running, the fashion and the celebs!!
I have been following your blog for a few weeks now….and u are seriously so fun to read. I love all your celebrity stuff, and your running updates with photos! Way to put it out there plain and simple that you are a conservative republican, bible loving, everyday forgiven Christian…ROCK ON! LOVE IT! Hope you are feeling better, and I will be praying for a speedy recovery for you!
thank you. i think that’s one of the best compliments I’ve received.
And that’s why we love your blog! You write one of the most funny and interesting blogs and I look forward to seeing what you are up to next. I am not sure what I’m going to do when fishing season comes around. I’ll have withdrawl for sure!
CJ
Stumbled across your blog somehow–love it! I’m sure you’ll be running the full marathon in Nashville, but maybe I’ll see you as I’m running the half! Hi from across the country in Alabama!
I found your blog a couple of weeks ago, and I LOVE it! I am also trying to become a better runner, and your posts are seriously an inspiration to me. Seeing as I spend half my day reading Perez, the celebrity gossip doesn’t hurt either.
PS I am a liberal Democrat, and I don’t understand why people can’t just be respectful of other people’s views. Good for you for putting it out there!
I just read this and I love it! We have such similar styles and i love love love the sarcasm in your blog. People are so worried about pleasing people and saying the wrong thing. It’s your blog do whatcha feel!
This made me smile. I am not a conservative republican;however this post shows that everyone can get along, and enjoy one another regardless of their political affiliation. I am one of those that listens to all and everyside and then forms my own opinions, generally though I lean more dem. I now daily check your blog and look for inspiration into my running (which was just started,my end goal is the disney half marathon) and came across this little blip of your rules. Thank you for giving me a smile everytime a read, and opening my eyes to a whole new running world I was not aware of!
I love your sarcasm! Im also a conservative Republican, so that’s nice, too! Plus celebrity gossip is my biggest guilty pleasure! So you don’t offend this girl, at all.
I’m an very liberal democrat and I think your blog is awesome! Kumbayas all around.
So glad I found your blog! You are the best, I’m loving this place!!!
i just have to tell you that i love your blog and i may or may not check it atleast once a day! haha! but i love how you tell it how it is with humor mixed in. i LOVE the self portrates by the way! keep up the awesome milage, and if i’m ever in cali i’m looking you up!
I adore your blog and I constantly look for updates…even when my kiddos are fussing at me. HAHA! I hate that you even needed to add a “rules” page because guess what? this is YOUR blog. For whatever reason, you wanted to start it and you do a great job keeping us readers in the loop. I love your sense of humor and sarcasm. As far as the “paid ads” go, who cares if you’re making money off of it. I call it smart. Keep on rocking you, bible loving, conservative, saved by grace Christian. There’s no better way to be!
I agree with everything you said, all of it. Brilliant. I’m more encouraged already, and I’m really glad I stumbled across your site. Happy running!
Just found you recently and love you! You make me smile every day. I come here for a good laugh and other interesting stuff too. Keep it up!
I’m a crazy-liberal Democrat and I think you’re the cats pajamas. So you’re doing it right. <3
This entire page is the best thing I’ve read all day-Thank you! So psyched I found your blog!
Great blog… I found the other day and am enjoying it. You crack me up.
What?! You’re not writing this blog just for ME?! So totally unfare!
I think we can use more sarcastic Republicans like you around
Love your blog!
side note: I love the bottom design of the new blog layout — awesomeness!!
I love you.
Found your blog through another blogger–very awesome to discover another sarcastic, fun-loving conservative republican! I agree though…everyone needs to be respectful (not necessarily PC, though!) of one another’s views. Too often, someone will find out I’m a conservative republican (whether on FB or in person) and simply stop talking to me or un-friend me with no further discussion or reasoning. Glad you’re someone who just puts it all out there!
Love this, SR! And what I love even more is the fact that, even after professing my love for what I just read, I don’t feel at all weird coming out and saying that I’m the exact opposite of you…haven’t been to church a day in my life and worked on Obama’s campaign. There’s no judgment, no politicking, and no hurtful criticism here. It’s just your voice, your thoughts, and of course, running!
LOVE this comment. we dont have to be twinsies but can still be friends. ok, that sounded superlame i know….
Oh my Lord… I step away from your blog for a few months… and look what happens! It’s totally re-vamped! I love it
I so need to re-vamp my blogs… but I feel bad spending the money to do it 
Oh my God – this came at a perfect time in my life. I hate haters that bitch and whine about people and what they say/write – but then continue to read it. Only to complain about it more. I want to scream at them “Move on then! There’s a lot of crap in life I hate to but it ain’t going anywhere. Oh and Get a Life!”.
Ugh – sorry minor vent.
New follower here! Just read this and now I *heart* you. Not in a girlcrush kind of way but in a she’s pretty damn cool kind of way.
Can’t wait to read more!
-Erin
LOVE the blog…and love that face that you stand up for what you believe in and being a Christian. Believe me, I live in DC and there’s not a lot of that left. And, who doesn’t love People? It’s the first website I read when I get to work (Sorry boss).
I am a very liberal democrat and I love your blog.
I think we have a lot in common. I am also a Christian, I am obsessed with celebrity gossip, and I am currently trying to work my butt back into shape by following the couch to 5k program. I will be following.
I just found your blog through Janae’s blog and I love it! I think you are completely insane for doing 2 marathons in one weekend, but insane in a good way.
And as a fellow follower of Christ who worries way too much about what people think (rather than just worrying about pleasing Him), I love that you do your thing without apologies. I’ll definitely be coming back to read more!
Well said, SR! I’ve been reading your blog for about a year, and your straight-forward, sarcasm is why I love you! Thank you for being you!
Soooo………I happen to be a fellow politically incorrect sarcastic blogger that is trying to stay motivated to run my first half-marathon. I like that you have an entire disclaimer page!!! haha. You must have gotten some negative feedback before????
Reading your newest disclaimer, I do not understand people who bully bloggers. Good for you for standing up for what you believe in. I am personally not a conservative, christian republican, but I still love your blog. I feel sorry for people who have nothing better to do than bully. You keep me motivated to keep running, even when I REALLY don’t want to!
Love this! I honestly can’t imaginge anyone getting offended by what you say…unless they don’t have a sence of humor.
Preach it, sister!;) Love it ☺ Just found your blog because of Runner’s World (http://trainingdaily.runnersworld.com/2011/12/07/two-weeks-down-25-runs-to-go/?cm_mmc=Twitter-_-RunnersWorld-_-Content-Blog-_-TrainingDailyStreak14) and I’m intrigued. I’ve flirted with running for years only to be sidelined by injuries and general laziness. I’ve been back at it pretty steadily for six months and hope to keep it up through the cold Nevada winter. Looking forward to seeing more from you.
Hey!! Found your blog via someone elses and I’m SO freaking glad!! Be yourself, girl! I always try to as well. I lived in Wasilla, AK for ten years. Loved it. Hated it. You know the drill. Best people EVER, most beautiful place but L O N G winters and not quite enough summer. Plus, as I didn’t have family up there it was a little lonely. But, geez I miss it!!
So I’m the same in some regards. Religion, politics, not being PC, gossip, etc… HOWEVER, I’m (almost) 41 with 13 children – 2 foster, 5 adopted and 6 biological. Did foster care in AK for 9 years. Have 2 native alaskan children. Just awesomeness!! I’ve been preggo 7 times (you can check out my blogger for details, or hey, just ask) and other than my boobs being put back together (you breastfee 11 years!!), have never even botoxed. But I’m vain and shallow so I work my ass off (literally) to keep things above gravity… Anywho, I’m enjoying getting to know you!!
Jenn
Your site is excellent. I am a little depressed by how much your awesomeness eclipses mine.
Hey SkinnyRunner,
You are awesome!
Came across your blog a few days ago and I think it is brilliant. So much information, so much gossip, so much fun!
I’ve been reading for a couple of weeks. You are precious….and have the most gorgeous legs. SO jealous. Now that I know you are a conservative CHRISTIAN republican only makes me adore you that much more! Who knew there were conservative republicans in California?!?!?!
Thanks for entertaining me! Much love from Texas!
Loved your blog until I found out your religious and political views (insert laugh). Met my husband at church (while volunteering in kids club, of all places) and voted for Obama ( not because else did) and I haven’t looked back. I guess you and my husband voted for the wrong team. But that’s ok you two are allowed to make a few mistakes in life. LOL!!!! Keep blogging and I’ll keep reading. I’ll be sure to read any of your political views with a grain of salt just like I do with my hubby. Always open minded just haven’t found any conservative arguments that would sway me to think differently:)
P.S. If only you could be a fly on the wall in the mist of our political conversations oh the things you would hear. But at the end of the day we both believe in “Cavalry”. It’s a truly amazing thing when you think about it.
Keep it skinny. T
I absolutely love your blog! My sis-in-law told me about you. As a new runner, you have taught me a lot. What I admire about you the most is that – YOU’RE A CHRISTIAN – Keep up the good work!