059 Full On

2011.01.26 [10AM] What the hell? Again. I am going to be in Paris  for 3 months. That's what they're telling me. Of course they are giving me a choice, but in reality, it's not really a choice. I am the only one [currently employed] who can do it so it makes complete sense.Give me until tomorrow and I will get used to the idea. Oh yeah, I said yes, I will go.

2011.01.27 [1PM] OOOH no they didn't ... I just heard that they may not need me. Well, it's more complicated than that. I found out that the guy who was asking for me to come back to Paris, feels he's invested the last few months in another guy [makes me feel like shit] and he wants that guy now. Boo-hoo!

No one who can tell me what the hell is going on exactly. I can't get organized, I can't plan anything, I can't find an apartment ... fucking zero, nothing. Now the "fun-tastic" game is going to be betting on how much notice I get. 1 week, 2 days, 48 hours, or am I going at all?

Just when I had made peace with it.

 

Movin' on

Also learned that the KRAV MAGA level 2 test is sometime in March [2011]. I wasn't going to do it, but now, I really am getting very, very excited about it. I want to take it and I need to pass it. The test lasts for about 4 hours and is going to be full of the usual goodies, all involving some kind of lethal move. I can't wait even though I am not sure how I am going to pull it off. 1 hour is usually all I can do. 4 hours will be tougher.

Today in class I was partnered with a girl I think is completely insane, but instead of the usual "annoyance" I feel when I see her, I actually had a good time. She just goes for it and I have found that the more aggressive someone is, the more forceful I become when hitting back, at the end of the class, we were going at it, full ON. No one got hurt.

Tomorrow I will talk to John Whitman, the sexy instructor/owner/krav champion/author guy and I am going to ask him what the hell is wrong with me. I am still having a super hard time with anything that involves stamina [and that's everything in the class].

B-Hatch

there is this B at the gym who is taking a lot of the same classes I am [not that there is a huge choice, this is a small gym that only offers classes CROSS FIT, KRAV MAGA and BOXING]. She is the most annoying thing I've ever encountered. She keeps making comments during the whole time and interrupting the instructors with stupid, long and drawn out questions. There is no end to it. She keeps repeating that she's not doing this to be a better fighter but simply for aerobics purposes ... Then, what the hell are you doing here Bitch? This isn't a Jane Fonda workout, this is serious business and that incessant yapping is driving everyone up the wall. Once, while she was distracted because she was commenting on shit again, the instructor told us that the next drill would not involve the usual bag and while pointing to the girl he said: "We will use this bag instead." - Hilarious!

On another day, I overheard John [see sexy instructor description above] in the locker room and he was talking about her and how stupid and annoying she is. I love this stuff and I am waiting until the day someone shuts her up again like he did a couple of time during class.

My new TV

... Still lovin' it ...

My favorite Instructor
Another picture of John in action this time, just for fun. 

058 H.A.P.P.Y.N.E.W.Y.E.A.R 2011

Last week's workout from hell ... We had been been working hard for 45 minutes, I could see the light at then end of the tunnel, when Megan [the instructor] whipped out a board with HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 written on it, I have to say, my heart dropped. I knew, nothing good ever comes out of stuff like this.
Of course, I was right. Here is the thing, each of those stupid letter is a drill. Example:
push up, wall ball [with 12lbs medicine ball], plank with 10lb dumbell lift, lunges, bag punches, squats, ... ... ... whatever. The real evil comes in when we find out the real meaning of 2011. I never saw it coming, although I should have known, it was so obvious. So ... do each drill 20 time and when you get to the last letter, start over but this time each drill is done 11 times. Piece of  cake.
Have a Happy New Year 2011.

My new gigantic rectangle
My TV broke last week. Damn it. I contemplated [very very briefly] not getting another one, and just watch tv on my computer ... That thought lasted about a minute. I an just not strong enough. So after the gym I took a little trip to the store. When I got there, I saw all the beautiful TVs and after 2 hours I was walking out a proud new owner. I could have sworn that my old TV was a 46". I was sooooo very wrong about that. Anyway, I ordered a new TV choosing a 50" thinking that 4 extra inches should look just about right.
When I returned home, I took out a tape measure, just to check that my TV was indeed 46". Well, it wasn't. My old TV is 34". So, I freaked out, thinking that I had just purchased a gigantic screen, 16" bigger than the one I have. When the new TV was delivered a week later, I could not believe it. There is a gigantic black rectangle in my living room now, you can't miss it. My apartment is way too small for this. It's taking over everything, there is no balance. I am not really complaining, because the TV watching experience is amazing. I've just watched all the Star Trek movies [I had not seen the original before, so that was perfect.] That was a beautiful experience. And then I saw the season finale of Hoarders where this guy had 2,000 rats in his house and I could barely watch it, the image is so big, it was disgusting.
Anyway, this thing really, really works well, it's just too big for the living room ... Conclusion; I'll just have to move to a bigger place.

That's a super power
Today in Krav Maga we were learning how to do the "front kick" thing, which is a defense move [rare in this form of fighting] and we were training with a partner who was holding a shield bag. All we had to do was kick it over and over again. I kicked so hard, I don't think she was expecting it and she fell back on her ass. It's pretty rare that this happens and there were some cheers. I was embarrassed but not as embarrassed and the girl holding the bag. So I suspect I'll get over it quickly.

Freakishly cold
I'm getting sick. I can feel it coming. I am always cold at the office [temperatures vary between 50 and 65 degrees] it's just so crazy cold over there and we have to sit in it for hours and hours, it's hell. For the last few months, I have been wearing my thick NorthFace down jacket. But since I've been feeling sick I am now wearing the following layers:
- Thermal shirt
- Long sleeve shirt
- Hoodie
- NorthFace white down jacket without sleeves
- NorthFace black down jacket with sleeves
- UGS shoes
- And my new million dollar bag.
And I'm still cold. Damn it.

Visuals
TRON redux: I may have given the impression that it wasn't good. But it WAS. I think that nerds like us will always have a fascination for the kind of special and visual effects such a movie can offer. It got crucified in the media, but really, when you think about it, the story in AVATAR is as bland and secondary as in TRON. It's all about the context, the new world it has put together. Just for that TRON is "super" worth it.

SGU: I can't talk about it, I am so upset. Brad Wright says he's trying to get a movie out of it and get the stories told. I hope he can do it. I also found out a few weeks ago that SGA movie that was in pre-production is now indefinitely delayed. We all know what that means.