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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Why the f*ck is Sheryl Crow famous? She's possibly the worst musician/songwriter ever...
I feel like I should write something, because it's Monday and we had a hectic sort of weekend. I can't really think of anything super-entertaining to say...

I found out why you feel like shit when you oversleep. It's because almost all Americans carry a sleep-debt, and when you oversleep, you're body is like, "ok great, we're about to catch up on the 37 hours of sleep we've missed!" then when you don't sleep for that next make-up round in full, you're body gets all disoriented and you have a headache and such. And you feel MORE tired than before (because your body essentially thinks your sleep was interrupted). Cool huh?

Today I'm going to try to go to the gym on my lunch break. Do the treadmill with alternating weight stuff. I feel slow as shit today though. All morning I've just been dragging ass. I didn't go to bed until about midnight (which was stupid of me), but still... can't shake it. I hope moving around can help me to perk up, otherwise it will be one of those half-hearted, useless workouts.

I'm starting to get psyched about California next week. I love it there...

Friday, August 15, 2008

I just discovered the joy of eating a peanut butter cookie with chocolate milk.

Good night.
Last one...
- We do not swallow spiders in our sleep (I’ve heard people say ten per night, I’ve heard others say eight per year, neither are true).
- Your hair and nails do not continue to grow after you die. What it is is that your body dehydrates, so your body is shriveling, making it look like those things have continued to grow.
- You do not need to drink 8 – 10 glasses of water per day. You only need to drink enough to replace what you lose. The average person should only really need approximately four servings of water (a total of 36 ounces) per day, but obviously more if you’re working out.
- We, in fact, use 100% of our brains.
- Natural blondes will not be extinct in 200 years.
- That whole thing about toxins being excreted from plastic water bottles? Yeah, don’t sweat it. http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/petbottles.asp
- HEY MOM! CHECK THIS OUT! We were just talking about this one… where someone ate pancakes made from old pancake mix and died from the molds that had grown in the mix. However, we’re talking like, open box of pancake mix that’s been in the cabinet for two years… http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/pancake.asp
- This is to funny… a guy who wrote a letter to an airline describing his experience of sitting in a seat that was right next to the bathroom. Including pictures: http://www.snopes.com/travel/graphics/seat29e.pdf
- One of the many reasons why cake-smashing at a wedding is stupid: http://www.snopes.com/weddings/embarrass/cakefight.asp
- Proof that people who seal their houses up with trash bags and duct tape are idiots: http://www.snopes.com/rumors/ducttape.asp
- Bert-sama Bin Laden?? http://www.snopes.com/rumors/bert.asp
- Being an only child (or only son) does not exempt you from military service.
And that completes my reading of Snopes.com. :)
Black guys love to hit on me.

I don't get hit on very often, however when I do, it's either by a crazy person (literally, someone insane), or black guys. Recently, it happened about a month ago while I was in court for a speeding ticket, by a young man who seemed to think he was Chris Brown or something (while he was attractive, he also might have been crazy too), and today it happened while I was going into City Hall to pick up a death certificate for work.

All in all though, I only get hit on about four times per year. At least as far as I can tell. So, that's nice at least.

Trying desperately to work out more. I've lost 3lbs since I started complaining (like a month ago), however nothing is happening now. I might be building more ab muscles (I've been rowing like crazy), so that would explain it. Just frustrated with myself. Pics from Missy's wedding show a definitely slimmer me, however, I was also less muscular so my arms look thinner in those. But if you check out my face, I've gained a little. Argh. So hard to squeeze so much into a day.

I got up this morning and rowed for 20 minutes while watching 30 ROCK. Considering tomorrow I won't have time to go to the gym, and will also be having a fabulous dinner with Andrew, Julie, Missy and Scott, I think I need to work out again today. So, I'm intending to go to the gym on my lunch break (12:30 - 1:30). What this will entail will be somewhat gruesome. I will set a treadmill for 30 minutes. I can't run to save my life, so I will start out jogging for the first five, then switch the incline and essentially power walk while holding my abs tightly. Every five minutes (give or take) I will hop off the treadmill, do some weights for about one minute, then hop back on. This makes you sweat like crazy and gives you a really diverse and intense workout for your 30 minutes. Then I'll have about 20 minutes with which to get my ass back to work. Luckily, I am low maintenance, so showering and getting dressed takes me less than 10 minutes so I should be good.

I SHOULD do this every day. However, I'm noticing that my ambition for such things is slipping. I think after about three years of insane scheduling and overachieving; I'm finally getting tired. I've found myself saying things like, "I don't really want to think about that right now." or "I'll do it later." Ugh. I think I have a fear of laziness...