This manual has all the rules, gold star, and demerit info a young bunny would want or need to know about when starting out at a Playboy Club.

To read the whole manual, check out the ex playboy bunny site here.

the Bunny Dip is a back-breaking workout.

I decided for the sake of this article, I’d give the show a chance and watch it on the nbc site. I was not disappointed, and David Krumholtz is in it, so it can’t be bad. I’m not going to say I like it yet, since I’ve only seen one episode, but I am going to say I will definitely be watching the next episode. Plus, can I just pause and talk about how ridiculously perfect everyone’s hair is? I would kill to be coiffed like that everyday.

I just recently learned about the Longboard Girls, a group of young ladies who skate down mountain roads, hills, beaches and the like on their longboards. Fed up with the intimidation, prejudice and overall negativity of a male-dominated sport, these girls teamed together to bring a support-rich, helpful community to ladies around the world! Not only are these girls fearless, but they are smart, sweet, and look like tons of fun!

Learn more about the Longboard Girls here.

He no longer pretends the cool tiles are enough, just plants himself in front of the fan.

This is one of my discs. “But PepperJess,” you may cry, “you just said it’s too hot to do anything.”

To which I reply, “Don’t get yer panties in a twist…this is in Flagstaff.” It’s so hot in the Valley that I went on a mini-vacation with The Beau and friend and it was heavenly up there.

In honor of the Badwater Marathon beginning, I thought I’d do a little repost of something I wrote last year after I had finished The Chris McDougall book Born to Run, about (you guessed it) running and the Tarahumara tribe:

 photo credit Andy Batt via Outside Online. Jenn Shelton, an ultra-warrior on the path to zen.

I had never heard about “ultramarathons” before picking up the book Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall. Now I am intrigued to no end about this sort of running.

The book started with the author wondering why, if he bought the most expensive shoes and went to the best running doctors, did it still hurt to run? His quest brought him from professors and doctors all the way to the wilds of Mexico and into a tribe who barely wear shoes (much less than the $350 Nike’s) and floated upon the canyon floor. From waaay back in time (talking about Apache “vacations” when they would run from Arizona to the California Coast. Yes, you read that right.) to right this minute marathons (Western States, Death Valley’s Badwater, and the Copper Canyon Run). Every time I finished a chapter, I wanted to see how far I could run, just for the fun of it. That is why these people run. Not to win cash or be on the cover of magazines, but because running 100 miles in one day gives them a sense that life is theirs, always fresh and open to anything.

Since the 2010 Copper Canyon ultramarathon, which began with that book, is slated to be this coming Sunday (March 7th), I thought I would write about the 5 Things I have Learned about Running through this book.

1. Easy, Light, Smoooooth. This is the mantra of Caballo Blanco, an American that has decided to call the Copper Canyon area his home. He taught the author (and the reader) that if you are checking yourself while running, and have at least two of these in use, the third will come naturally. Running is a forward motion, not a bobbing, up and down one. It is not about lengthening your stride, but being light and grazing in your footwork.

2. Competition is not the name of the game. Here is a video of snapshots from the second year’s run in Copper Canyon. It seems like you form a definite bond, enduring that kind of grueling and exhilarating thing with people over and over. Sure, there is always a definite winner, but I think the point is that if you can survive the whole race, you are as good as 1st place.

3. Live to be 100 and able to run 100 miles. Eating a salad for breakfast, dehydrated corn is an amazingly revitalizing snack, and run run running for fun, not to lose weight are just some of the amazing things I learned about nutrition from this book. The Tarahumara people have been subsisting off what they could catch by running, or what the ground and limited water could give them, for thousands of years. Their life expectancy averages much higher than the U.S., all the while the elders still running well into their 80s. p.s. when looking up ‘pinole’ on Amazon, I was tickled by the fact you can buy pinole, chia seeds and the Born to Run book as a package deal!

4. Running injuries should not be a part of running. I also learned some fascinating things about the evolution of the running shoe and the subsequent skyrocketing of running injuries. The more padding and ankle protection, the more shock absorption and spring technology your shoe contains, the higher your risk for severe running injuries. There are even groups of people committed to running barefoot. Or almost barefoot. Crazy as it seems, they are on the right track. Shoes should be protecting you from nails, burrs and that’s about it. Your toes need room to splay to distribute your weight correctly, and your ankles needs to be free to toughen up.

5. I can’t stress the “fun run” aspect enough. Spurred by the book, I looked up as many pictures as I could of ultramarathon runners. In 80% of the pictures I have found, everyone is either smiling and cheering, or they look like they are inwardly reflecting. There are no intense grimaces of pain or competition, no mean-spirited psych-outs. Only ultra-love and ultra-fun. Not that it isn’t a hard thing to do, but people don’t do it for million dollar prizes. Hell, some of the prizes are even bags of corn or a belt buckle. Running because it is what you love to do. I think that is the best promotion you could give a sport.

I started the 30 Day Film Challenge! I hope I can keep up and write one every day. I start thinking about each question and I get sidetracked thinking about movies I dislike and love and – what was the name of the one with the guy who was in that other movie?- and as you see, it gets hard. Stay focused!

My little sibling turned 21 this week! I cannot believe that the little boy I used to pour milk in his “ceweal” is now old enough to live on his own and go to a bar and drink. *sniff*

You know how I know it’s summer? Take a look at that last (not very good) photo. That’s our freezer, stocked to the brim with ice cream, frozen yogurt, ice cream sandwiches and my cherished Girl Scout Thin Mints.

What’s goin’ on in your neck of the woods this week?

Made some super tasty cereal bars,

relished in a to-die for strawberry chocolate-pretzel split made by The Beau (in a waffle cone!),

hung out on tv with one of my closest friends and her extremely adorable and well-behaved daughter,

Got all my books from the library!!! For some odd reason it was all crime and mystery for this library go ’round. I think our noir double feature in L.A. had a big effect on me.

Started putting together my “summer essentials:” bubbles and water guns. Not a bad start, but I need to add my hammock and some blanket forts.

kind of getting the itch for some super-cute short bangs. I even got heart palpitations making this collage!

I need some sort of flower delivery service. A modest arrangement a week I think would help bring inspiration to me always!

1. Kate Spade + Bryce Dallas Howard = love 2. Marie Antoinette shoes 3. Confections Adorned 4. Kelly Reemtsen’s beautiful paintings 5. Liz Wolfe’s new work 6. tulip fields I need to visit

I used Chloe’s tips to find and brew some excellent coffee

Daydreaming about spring picnics, with vivid tablecloths and nails as fresh as Kaylah’s from Dainty Squid

I plastered The Beau’s fruit with sentiments he would enjoy on a day of which he’s not a big fan. Twig and Thistle Idea, found on Say Yes to Hoboken

This was last week, but I made an awesome and healthy smoothie thanks to joy the baker. I left out the kale and it was still great!

Rode to the library and got this book. I can’t wait til I can actually use it!

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Gratefully I was able to get my sewing machine threaded with help from my friend Melissa at honeyscrap. Now is the task of figuring out what to sew first! Pillow? Tote bag?

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I finally caved to The Beau and Mr. StaticEcho and listened to the podcast My Brother, My Brother and Me. I am kicking myself I didn’t start listening to them before! At least I have so much backlog to listen to, waiting for each new one. The Beau and I listened to it at dinner the other night and laughed so hard he teared up and my abs hurt!

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When real wonder women get their wings they’re made of rhinestones, they have to have coffee to be wonderful, and feel just as self-confident in red cowboy boots as in blue hot pants.