057 Teenager-ish

JEEEZ ...

ALIEN

Wouldn't it be great if the next Alien prequel happened for real? Wouldn't it even be more awesome if the rumors of Ridley Scott re-teaming with H.R. Giger were totally true?





TRON
Disney spent 170 million to produce TRON was it worth it? Was it not completely expected that the plot would be thin and lackluster? Did we not expect the PG rating to water everything down?
Didn't we all cry when we discovered that what was advertized did not realize? And all that anticipation was for [almost] nothing? I am too young to speak of nostalgia when I discuss TRON, but I feel it anyway.

WALKING DEAD [AMC]
OMG, I finally did it, I watched the last two episodes of Walking Dead (AMC). I loved it, I did. I am not sure if that's because I was waiting to watch it for so long. This series just works. I don't know how and I don't particulary care, but I keep wishing this thing was a movie so that we could find out what happens next without waiting months and months and months for it.



 THE CLOSER
Was it not hearbreaking when you heard that The Closer was in its final season? It's such a good series, not many people care, but enough do. "Bye Bye now ..."







 AX MEN

 Ax Men is back and it's goooood, Ooo so good. I just saw the season premiere and it was hilarious. You should have seen the manly men logging crew's face when the boss introduced the newbie ... It's a girl.
OH MY GOD. Some of the guys were so surprised, they mouths hung open, they just couldn't believe it, a chick, in the woods! Ah! and she's good too. And then, just so you know, The crazy father and son team is back together. The father
managed to get his son back on board and now they are logging in the river again, together. Of course, none of that could have gone on without the delicious moments [I was personally expecting] when the trailer with the boat was not hooked properly and so it came off the back of the truck as they were driving. Both trailer and truck were in pretty bad shape. The back of the truck was all smashed up and the trailer arm was bent. I mean, just ridiculous.There was some blood spilled when they tried to separated the two [after scraping the road over several feet, the front of the trailer got stuck under the truck.] I mean, you can't write that stuff,
it's impossible. These two are the best. And then there's the crazy guy out in the swamp, who's also looking for logs in waters infested with crocodiles and snakes. He just jumps in it with "short' shorts and barefoot. He also carries a gun that he keeps shooting things with all over the place, crazy dude. On this episode he put together a "homemade" explosive that he just dumped overboard to try to free the log from the bottom of the swamp. There were some tense moments there. Lovin' it.

Eye of the Tiger
Just went to the boxing class again today. this is the first time I go on a monday and I got to meet the tall, cute Italian: Marco. What the fuuuuuck ...? . First of all, I was under the impression that John, the owner of the gym, who teaches the wednesday class and yes, he is the one I have a small teenagerish crush on.
This is him:

[Not bad]. Anyway, I was really under the impression that this guys was the hardest and toughest of them all and that the wednesday class was the only class I should really worry about. And in fact, it is the one I get anxiety over. And then when it's over, I need a few hours to recover from the shock and then a couple of days to recover from the pain.
Marco on the other hand,  is one of those guys that teach Old school. He's got the timer in his hand and we basically do drills for one hour. he's just insane. And stuff, I would really never think about. Stuff that's just too cruel and too convoluted to even imagine. And then, to top it all, he also clocks the down times, the water time, ... It just never ends. Well, it did end an hour later and as usual i ran back to the office craving a coke. And every time, it is usually the best Coke I've ever had in my life.

I am looking for the day I get this rock hard body, similar to this picture here. And then [totally by accident] get into a good street fight to test my skills.

056 Apple-licious

Back in New York again (second time this month). Always for work. One week at a time.

LAX
Tried to go to a bathroom in LAX. There was some kind of bad lingering smell I could not get over. I don't know how people get so comfortable in there to do the "whole" business. I mean, if it's not an emergency, Just don't do it! Anyway, I get into the stall and I just freeze ... I can't move, I am standing there, with my eyes closed and then I start dry heaving. Here is a cool definition of Dry Heave:
Dry heaves occur after nausea and vomiting. It refer to repetitive involuntary throwing up that is not accompanied by vomit. Nausea stimulates the region of the brain that controls vomiting. Even after the vomiting has halted, the brain's vomit center may be active. This leads to continuation of abdominal musculature contractions without expelling gastric contents, causing dry heaves. Prolonged dry heaves are serious and require immediate medical attention as they may be indicative of intracranial pressure.

I have to say, that this rarely happens to me. and so I was finding it hilarious and disgusting at the same time. There I was, dry heaving and laughing at the same time (mouth closed the whole time). In the end, I had to walk out of there quickly before things got even more insane. Later on, in the plane, I swear I could still smell "it." I know it wasn't real, but I just couldn't help it.

Commute-ations
Lucky me, I get to walk about 12 blocks to go from the apartment to the office (all in Manhattan), and right in the middle of the action. The streets here are always crowded. Yesterday morning, this guy stops right in the middle of pedestrian traffic, whips "it" out and starts to pee right there, on the sidewalk. He doesn't even bother to move to the side (as any normal human being would). And no one seems to care. What the hell?

The Heat is On Baby!
The building I stay in, has this stupid heating system. Basically, there is one big central heater that heats all the apartments (20 at least). The only problem (and it's a major one), is that I have no control over it. There is no thermostat in the apartment. So, it's 33deg in NY and inside the stupid apartment, it's about 95deg

There is no way I can sleep like this. I just lay there on the bed, no covers, just sweating. So, on night 2, I get the brilliant idea to turn the AC on. Why not? It's a genius idea. It will counteract the heat and I will be able to sleep.

I turn on the stupid AC which is a basic box in the window. The damn thing is soooooo freaking loud that I can't sleep will all that rattling and grumbling. What the hell is going on here? So now I have a choice: heat and quiet or somewhat cooler but noisy... In both cases I can't sleep anyway. Damnit.


Horizontal Rain
This morning, the walk to the office was just annoying. Today it is raining. I quickly discovered that the streets of Manhattan are like big canyons and when it rains, The water gets funneled through and so as a pedestrian, I am assaulted with windy-rain coming from all directions. Horizontal is the hadest one to avoid, it's crazy.

Ass Kicking shieeet
We are now on day 3 and I am getting more and more exhausted, (since I can't sleep at night) and I don't know how long I am going to make it. This is so stupid, I only have to survive until Friday when I leave. Although I want to go boxing on Saturday morning and for that I have to be ready, cool and collected. My best performance is usually barely enough to make it through. I can't afford to be weak and tired.

I got to kick some ass when I get back in LA and cool down a little bit.

ironic.