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.
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