I love her. This zooey deschanel. She's pretty much the ultimate in chicks for me. This, of course, is based on the sum of all the characters she's ever portrayed. Elf, yes man, a bunch of other, this show I'm watching right now. Its new on fox. I haven't stopped laughing since it started. Even the dudes love dirty dancing at the end. That's awesome cuz I love dirty dancing.
So anyway, the new girl, on fox, is amazing. Watch it!
Its too bad we're going out tomorrow... my hair looks awesome tonight.
I never get to sit at home drinking jameson otr.
Got up @ 8 am. Put on my long sleeve drifit, shorts, socks, reeboks. Drove to sloans lake. Learned that it was cuz of this dude sloan who wanted to build a well and hit an underground spring. Turned his dry ass prairie into todays recreational watering hole that isn't a bar. Its a beautiful oasis in the midst of the urban sprawl of downtown denver. Or something. Did 3 laps for about 7.5 miles. It was hot.
On my way back to the car I saw a hot mom with her kid and her st bernard. The dog was huge. The kid was running around. The mom was smoking. She made it irresponsibly cool.
Met up with my friend. She's a chick. Watch how you can be friends with a chick.
Walked across the voltron bridge. It would totally form a blazing sword if only you'd let it!
So back to my chick friend. Chicks are weird I guess. Not sure if I've ever been friends with a single chick. She's cool. We hung out a ton already and I guess if any moves were gonna be made it would've been that night. But no moves were made and we were still cool.
Got to oktoberfest denver around 1p. Id like one stein of beer! No steins you say? Give me a plastic cup of beer! This continued for several more beers! Had a rattle snake brat. Tasted like alligator and chicken.
Saw joey chestnut waiting for the start of the brat eating contest. He was sweaty and looked kinda pale. Maybe he wasn't used to the elevation... and the drinking. He didn't win this time. Big sexy from aurora took it home! I like how they donated money to all the nonprofits that competed. I should totally get more involved. There was a group that encouraged physical activity for a better society. Ill check em out and see what's up.
Drank a ton more beers. Met a ton of cool peoples including a cool couple that's actually living not far from me!
Ended up with a few more steins than zero. Somehow. They're awesome. Ill use them for anything I drink! Mostly iced water.
Had an all around awesome time. My body is having trouble compensating for all the pain. Tomorrow is back to discipline. Totally worth it.
This week I've run 26 miles so far. People always ask why I run. I almost always half jokingly half seriously reply that its in preparation for the zombie apocalypse. That's one of the reasons.
Other reasons I run (in no particular order):
- health
- fitness
- fresh air
- the greatness of the outdoors
- annoyances of being indoors with some people
- peace with someone I love (self, duh!)
Today I got up and since I've got work later I normally take my 5-7 mile runs around the hood. There are plenty of trails within running distance and tons more within a 5-10 min drive.
Put down an easy 5 mile jog around the hood, then the trails behind the nearby community college, then back home. Get home, stretch, then up into the apt. Make myself a high protein omelet with 3 eggs enriched with omega3, light tuna, and scallions followed by a cantaloupe half. And of course a ton of water. You'd be surprised how dry you get living at this elevation. So I sit down to catch up on tv I miss cuz of work. I'm all excited to sit, eat, relax, and take in one of my top fave shows: community.
For some reason a roommate takes this opportunity to rustle every single piece of paper, bang every dish/pot/mug, and walk in front of me at least 10 times from when I start counting. Dude wtf? I know you have nothing better to do but please have some consideration for me. You can make as much noise as you want, just try to limit it when I'm home. So annoying.
So I leave and hit up my new coffee spot and am now enjoying a venetian latte (thanks a latte!). I didn't even finish my show! Good thing I can always come back to finish it.
I get so annoyed in that apt. Hopefully things will change soon so I don't have to deal it. I feel like I'm pretty consideration to others but its just like duh?
So yea, I run for a little piece of peace before I have to go to work. I deal with plenty of crap at work and I feel I shouldn't have to deal with it at home.
Here's a pic from a run where I found a hidden reservoir around the hood. It was nice.
One of my biggest pet peeves is when people you meet think they already know everything about you and make comments and/or assumptions. Dude, you don't know jack about me so let's keep it that way.
Someone asked why I moved here. Why did I leave my parents? Why this and why that? Listen you immigrant, I'm a grown up now and I'm pretty sure in america you can do anything... as long as you ain't killing anyone. Or something. I don't understand why someone clearly not born in america would question my reasons for why I moved to a different part of the country. You moved to a different part of the world! Duh. Then you don't offer any of your own reasons. I got two words for you: come on!
Then there are those who assume there's only one reason for me to hang with a chick. Can't I be friends with someone with a vagina without wanting to be all up in it? Apparently not.
Golden gate canyon yesterday. 8 mile trail run. Moderate difficulty. Went all the way up to 9K feet. There were points where I thought I was gonna die but obviously I didn't. I made it all the way! Started at bridge creek and took the burro trail. There was a lot of brush in which animals could hide and whatnot. I carry a knife with me just in case. I always think of 127 hours when I'm out trail running even though these trails are hardly the same, its just good to be prepared.
Took a detour to climb up to windy peak. Beautiful. Befriended a chick with 3 dogs. Here's a pic of the view up there. I'm satisfied with my acclimation to the elevation. I'm going to try and hit up a 14er before years end. Should be awesome.
Got this book called run the rockies: classic trail runs. I'm going to try and hit as many spots before the snow comes and severely limits my choices.
People are still amazed that I do all this running without a specific race to be training for... its called life you lazy bunghole. As in its my life. You can do whatever you want with yours... including sitting on your butt watching my life pass you by.
Woke up to the smell of cigarettes. 7am. There's gotta be something better to do @ 7am besides smoke a cig... like run? Seems like my nose is a better at waking me up than my ears. Also I didn't set my alarm and I wanted to wake up naturally. Which would've been around the same time anyway but the smell of smoke is super annoying when breathing fresh air is a huge part of sleeping.
so I get up and dress in my long sleeve dry fit (which I can wear solo cuz I'm not so fat now) shorts, socks and my awesome reebok realflex with all those living dudes on the bottoms who work together to make sure I do the best I can when I wear 'em. They're awesome. My nike loving friend is pretty upset they're not nikes but I just cant put myself in a box and limit myself like that. I need choice and the freedom of choice is a basic tenet of being an american! AMERICA!
Put in 6.6 miles this morning. I feel pretty awesome. Sometimes people are all "why do you run so much?" My response: when the zombies come, you're getting eaten first. of course they follow up with "but zombies don't run" have ya seen 28 days later? Or 28 weeks later? 28 days is a movie starring sandra bullock that has no zombies however that is debatable. Those zombies don't just run, they run fast as shit! Also I am legend, those are kinda zombies and they run. Oh, and what is the first rule of zombieland? Cardio. That's right. Cardio. So run my friends. Start with just walking if you like. That's what I did. Now I'm running 30+ miles a week and I feel grrrrrreat!
Whenever I need new runners I go to roadrunnersports. They have really knowledgable and friendly staff and they have shoe dog! Its a self aware machine that analyzes your running and measures pressure spots and directs you to the right type of shoe for your running style. Or walking style. Ladies, shoes don't have to be uncomfortable. Seriously. That's where I went for my new balance minimus trail, which I wear when I run the trails. Also I went there to get my reebok realflex. My feet have never felt so awesome.
Check out the link to the right. You get discounts cuz you know me! I get discounts cuz I know me! 10% is no joke my peoples. Or if you wanna go to the store you can give 'em my digits (phone number) and still get the discount. however clicking on that link helps me AND helps you. *wink*
Safe running peoples. And remember, the zombie apocalypse can happen at ANY time so be prepared.
Here's a pic from my run today .
Yesterday my cheat day and rest day coincided. The worst thing about that was that they coincided. I didn't run but I did drink beer and I did eat deep fried foods. Sure it was fun at the time but I felt super sluggish this morning. In turn my morning run was just terrible. So it was less of a run and more of a walk/crawl. But I did push through for 6.5 miles.
Also I took a drag of a cig last night. Totally proved my point that smoking sucks and tastes terrible. Occassionally I just have to remind myself. As long as I don't start again the world will be a better place.
Last night I called a friend of mine for some midweek funtimes. We went to a bar near 8th and colorado where they had team trivia for fun prizes like appetizers and money off the tab. We were terrible and came in near last but it was still fun. They just better watch out for next time.
So this friend of mine, she's cool. She's smart. She's pretty. We have fun. I don't know if we're just going to remain friends of what. I sort of tried bringing it up last night but it just fell off the table real quick. its not a big deal. Whatever happens right? People always try to label things. Why can't things just be? And if the relationship evolves... sweet! If not then sweet!
Here's the daily pic from my terrible effort this morning. For some reason it makes me think of having to catheterize a female
I'm a terrible owner. I'm running my body into the ground by running hard daily. Yesterday was supposed to be an easy day but it turned into an easy 7.1 miler. Then I went to work. If you keep pushing yourself your body won't recover, and then your performance, your sanity will suffer. So I'm taking a much needed rest day. I wanted to sleep in but that was thwarted by lawn maintenance and a deaf or inconsiderate laundry doer. There's not much you can do about the lawn guys but you don't have slam the washer door.every.time. so I left the house tempted to run my frustrations off but thought better of it.
Took 'da lil cracka' (my little white car) for some much needed maintenance. Here is where I tell you what you should already know: take your car in for regular maintenance. I'm just the worst car owner. Just ask my buddy seth back in the jerz. We spent probably 2 days trying to fix some spark plug issue that could have been avoided had I been taking DLC in for regular maintenance. So I live in fear of that call where they find more problems and this that and the other thing needs to get fixed. I know! I suck. So I hate my ride until I get it fixed. Then it gets fixed and then I'm in love again. Ranking as The worst girlfriend I've ever had.
Here's a pic of a lonely tree. Its a metaphor... my car is a metawhore.
After yesterday's treacherous trail run at eldorado canyon, I decided to take it easy and run around the hood. Ended up being an easy 7.1 mile run. Took some new routes around the hood and found some really nice spots. Behind the community college there's a intersection of trails and some pond-esque thinking/make out spots.
Some pics from the run: One of them I figure would be raiden's (the lightning guy from mortal kombat for those that should know but don't) tramp stamp.
went to eldorado canyon state park today to conclude my week. up until today i ran a total of 24 miles according to imapmyrun and, starting saturday, mytracks by google. i think i like the latter better. it's not causing my phone to crash midrun so far. we'll see.
was kinda of a crazy day. wanted to sleep in but got up at 8. decided against trying to go back to sleep cuz i never can anyway. got up and got my new balance minimus trail shoes on grabbed my bottles of water, my fanny pack (yea, i wear a fanny pack when i run. it's awesome), and a almond cranberry bar by glennys. its supposed to gluten free, all natural goodness sweetened with honey and apple juice. crazy right? so i'm trying to go gluten free so i bought a box to try ok? theyre pretty good but theyre frikkin tiny as hell! i'm a man in case you didnt notice. i have to eat all 5 to feel anything. so against my better judgment i was drawn to the mcdonalds drive thru where i battled with myself and got a mcskillet burrito. i was worried how my body would handle it after the week of eating "right". but no adverse reactions. so i know i can eat at least that.
so i get to the place and i'm all like, "where am i?" i put the same name in the gps but it brought me to the opposite side of the park. of course i'm like "sweet!" cuz thats where parking is for the walker ranch trail loop.
so i'm out and mytracks on. i'm running and see a few peeps coming the opposite direction and i'm like hey! and theyre like hey! so that was cool.
anyway, for the first mile and a half its all downhill. i know i'm in trouble cuz it's pretty steep. then it keeps going. long story short, the uphill parts of this trail are not meant for pussies. my app says it's almost a 12% incline at points. i thought i was gonna die. i didnt. i made it all 8.1 miles. i'm awesome. next time i wont be a bitch about the hills.
Not sure what it is about the shoreline but I've always felt some kind of connection with images like this. Duh! Its pretty! I mean its awesome. Tough guys like me don't say the word pretty unless its in the form of "that chick is pretty hot" or "I feel pretty. Oh so pretty!" No wait. West side story is a pretty awesome movie though.
i think my biggest hindrance to really putting up some real mileage is that i feel the need to stop and take pictures of everything. duh. just run dude. that stuff will still be there when you come back. oh, will it? what if the world just up and disappears? what then smart guy?
some dude suggested i get some fancy shmancy camera and take with me on runs. um. i'll probably break it. thats why i bring my droid2. it's kinda gangsta. i guess i could bring an awesome digital slr. someone could do the research and find me an awesome running camera bag with easy access. *wink*
My buddy has two beautiful akitas. This was taken the morning before his wedding overlooking the hudson.
I don't know when I started drinking coffee. I remember being young and seeing my parents drinking the stuff. I always thought it smelled good but I remember it tasted terrible the first time. I just realized I've been a coffee drinker for years! Drinking the stuff as if my life depended on it. Maybe it does? Who knows?
Maybe it was during college to help me with all those late nights of partying... studying... study parties!! Yea, that's the ticket. Was it a necessity for college survival? Or was it cuz I wanted to belong? Or a combination of the two? I think I drank coffee cuz I needed a late night study spot so it was dunkin donuts for coffee and "studying" with chicks. After college it was DD then starbucks. First it was coffee then a shot or two of espresso within. Oh and tons of sugar and cream.
Now I'm just a straight up medium sized coffee. Black. Like I like my men. Ha!
So I found this coffee spot voted "best" by a tv channel. Its near my house. Feels less corporate than starbucks. I guess its the fireplace. Whatever, I like it. Its called forza coffee. I think its italian for awesome.
Today I ran some errands and came in for a cup. So there's a couple sitting in the leathery seat area and I'm like hey dudes mind if I sit here? They're all like sure! So I'm sitting here and they don't exactly start making out but they give each other quick pecks on the lips with a really annoying smacking sound. A lot. Like once every 45 sec. So gross. Maybe they're doing that cuz they need it. Or maybe cuz the dude is super gay and he doesn't know it yet and maybe she doesn't want him to know! But he's totally gay! I know cuz when our eyes met I knew. Haha I don't know. They're lucky my coffee is good cuz otherwise I would spill it on their crotches.
public displays of affection are ok... if its between good looking people. And if its after lunchtime. Don't do it and take breaks to eat your oatmeal.
I don't know if its cuz I never really paid attention before, or if the sky back home is just boring, but when I look up its like so nuts! The clouds have all this character and the sky just seems SO F'N HUGE! Is it cuz I'm high? I mean the elevation is something like 5300 ft.
So these clouds are all over the place. If you wanna come by here and sit with me sometime we could just sit and stare at the sky, man. One time we were riding in a cab and in the clouds I saw a dinosaur parade like with floats and real dinosaurs. So I described it to my peeps. They were like "Ill have what he's having".
So check out this pic I took while driving somewhere. It was following me.
Before I moved I participated in a scavenger hunt arranged by some cool dudes I call my friends. It was in nyc. It was super clever. I had a great time. I should've planned my ensemble a little better. I got sweaty. We were team #2 and we had to come up with a name. They made me do it. I'm mature and came up with the pirate poopers. Cuz pirates are awesome. #2. Poop. We wore brown. And pirate gear. I had 2 hooks at one point. On the subway. That was fun.
At the start I saw a dog. It was wearing pink assless chaps. Rich people are crazy. You don't need to be rich to be crazy though. There are plenty of poor crazy people as well as middle class crazy people.
Is it bad to dye your dog awesome colors? Like autumn sunrise...
"Damn baby! What you do to yo hair?"
"You like it? Its autumn sunrise..."
*funny faces*
*ejects spirit*
"Don't you ever do that to me again!"
Its from a movie. Called ghost. Patrick swayze. Demi moore. Whoopi.
Dude.
Finally got myself to the dmv to get my new license. its been x# of days since I came here so I figured its time to do that. Its just that every time I tried to go the line was around the block... just to get in! Then you have to get a number. Yes, like at the deli at the supermarket. Then you wait. You wait for a while. Its terrible. Thank goodness for my freakonomics podcasts. Super funny.
In any event the stuff I brought wasn't sufficient. Why? Cuz they wanted to know what my middle initial stood for. None of my stuff said it. Just the letter. My passport said it. And I thought it was in the car... where it was. Until about a week ago. So I had to leave and come back. That was yesterday, after my run at the boulder reservoir. This morning I came back. And got it done. Only 2.5 hours spent. Back home I remember spending like 30min? Anyway, now I gotta wait for them to send it to me in the mail.
My mail is all screwed up. "Why haven't I been getting mail?" Its been like x# of days already. I did all this stuff @ usps.com. and I chased down the mailman and TOLD HIM I live here. So maybe now ill start getting mail. So I can get my license.
I ruined my reeboks yesterday... at least until my next mud run. As a reward for getting my dmv experience done with I went and got the new balance minimus trail. They feel super sexy. If I were tougher id actually run barefoot. But since I'm not, these babies are the next best thing. I ran today and felt awesome. Now if only they could make clothes that made me feel naked.
I try to seek out adventure whenever possible. Boulder reservoir has this 5+ mile loop around so runners like me can go and do the running thing. The trail is mostly paved and gravel. There is, however, a section about 75% through where the water level is down and you can run on the beach. So I went down to the shore line and started running and running. Then all of a sudden it was just knee deep muck. It didn't smell bad and looked like it was going to be over soon so I trudged on through. It finally ended but started again. Like it really mattered I was already dirty! I guess it'll prep me for my first mud run.
It ain't adventure if you ain't gettin dirty
Since I turned into a runner, I tend to run in places that are awesome. Standley lake is one such awesome place not 20 minutes from whence I live. Its man made. You can fish there. Its beautiful. I run there sometimes. So I run and take pictures. Here's one:
A pic of a guy fishing. Or pissing.
Before I moved I took my car to M&R auto for a "check up". Actually I took really poor care of my car. I'm a bad car owner. Actually I'm a bad owner of anything. So I try not to have nice things.
So anyway, after I dropped my car off I went for a walk down by the raritan river. Or bay. I'm bad with topographics or geographics or whatever they call these features. I should learn stuff so I don't sound stupid. Its a pic of a fire hydrant. Check it out
I take tons of pics with my droid2. I have this awesome app and I set it up so it does different stuff. I think the results are amazing!!
Here is a pic taken of a cake that my bff kait made. For her wedding. For her man. She's a baker. She makes cakes. And other stuff that taste terrible. Terribly awesome! I don't have to tell you what it is. Cuz if you don't know... you should punch yourself in the nads. Cuz girls have nads too.
Anyway this cake tasted awesome. It made my day... even more so than the whole wedding thing! Jk! Jk!
Its easy to be lazy when you have nothing to do. When you have 3 jobs and run 15 miles a week, you don't have time to be lazy. However its obviously a course for total destruction or at least exhaustion. I decided to quit one of these jobs for several reasons. One reason was that because the job required me to get up at 6a drive to downtown, work til 12. Come home and get ready for my regular evening job. That was 3 days a week. It was super exhausting cuz id sit in front of a computer and review digital notes for 5 hours. Another reason I wanted to leave was because it was unfulfilling ie BORING! The last reason is not something that generally would cause me to want to leave but - my boss was kind of annoying. Well, actually super annoying. She would complain the entire time I was there about how stupid people are and this that and the other thing. I'm sure if I stuck around id eventually just tell her to shut the front door. Financially it was ok but wasn't an efficient use of my time.
Anyway, I'm done with that now and my regular full time job has changed my schedule to be pretty random through the week. I now have more free time to do things during the week cuz with a M-F schedule, I had to cram all my fun on sat and sun. Sure now id have to work the occassional weekend, but whatev. I really don't have anything else to do except work, run, work out, eat... and of course go out and dance my pants off.
So now my 3rd job is doing home nursing care where just 1 shift would cover those 3 days at the job I quit. Plus it's 1on1 nursing care so overall I'm coming out on top. And of course that's where I love coming: out on top. Duh.
Met up with a cougar last night. We drank a ton of beers. Beers are on the list of foods/beverages that should be avoided on my paleo diet. Good thing I'm supposed to start tomorrow.
We sat and we talked and we drank and we laughed. Then we drank and we walked and we had ice cream. We went on a slide. Then we walked and we talked and we drank some more. We laughed a lot.
When I left I realized that the only thing I ate was ice cream and beers. We were together for 8+ hours. That's a long time. That's longer than I usually spend with someone not at work.
I hadn't had so much real conversation with someone in so long. It was actually kinda nice.
Of course when I got home the question was "did you bang her?" Of course I didn't bang her. Sure the thought had crossed my mind but I had no idea how to start. Are there signals I'm supposed to be giving or getting? Should I just swoop in for the kill? Am I showing her that's not all I'm after but actually something meaningful? Am I trapsing into the friend zone? How does all this crap work?
Was that even a date? It was fun. I had a great time. I would like to see her again. I guess it was a date. I'm so out of the loop I don't know. We'll see?
I watch enough tv and movies to know... but its all theory!!
Went on this online dating site as I occassionally do, and saw a chick whose profile was simple and honest and vague, but specific enough to think we might get along. She wasn't super hot but she def wasn't ugly. I'm normally super picky when it comes to the ladies but I probably use that as a crutch so I don't have to take the chance in getting shot down if I try to talk to 'em.
Its like all of a sudden I don't know any cool things to say or even be mycoolself. Maybe I'm not actually that cool? Whatev, my mom thinks I'm cool. At least that's what she tells me via txtmsg.
Anyway, there's this slightly above average looking chick with a vague online dating profile. I send her a msg. I talk about how i cook when I'm hungry. How I'm kind of extreme. How I like giant geological features like mountains. How I'm taking french in my car when I drive around. How someone once called me creepy. That's just they way I talk. I'm me. Not some super slick internet dater. I may not be danny zuko, but I am pretty awesome. You should take a chance on me.
Sure there's a risk ill ruin your life, but I may just rock your world.
Back in the late 90s there was a sketch comedy show called in living color. A lot of todays famous actors/actresses/j.lo got their starts here. It was super funny and I'm pretty sure my parents didn't want me watching it because it was pretty much a bad influence on us kids. We watched it anyway cuz it was super funny and had a lot of physical comedic antics.
One show in particular featured a stereotypical jamaican family whose members each had upwards of 5 jobs. So in this one family of 5+, they monopolized something like >25 jobs.
Dad "Whatever happened to that nice korean boy with 100 jobs?"
Daughter "he died!"
Dad "oh no! You know that means? 100 openings!"
All "hey mon!"
I moved to colorado from the jers for a slower pace to enjoy myself in the great outdoors and whatnot. Got a full time job caring fot the elderly. Then I saw an opp to give flu shots whenever I wanted so I applied for and got that job. Then I saw another opp to review charts for compliance part time. So I applied for an got that. This week I had an interview and got hired for a job visiting people in their homes providing in home nursing care for spinal cord injured and other homebound people. Id be doing that 1-2 days a week.
*counts fingers*
hey mon!
What about all these americans who don't have even 1 job? Let me just say: stop being lazy and get a job doing whatever to support yourself and/or your family!
But seriously. I'm not working all these jobs to kill myself. Its all a means to an end. In my former life, I was financially generous and irresponsible so you can imagine the debt id incurred. its pretty scary. Like omg I wish I could die scary.
My "problem" is that I didn't think about the consequences. Another "problem" I have is that I just want to work at what I'm doing until the next thing comes along.
My solution: currently on a plan to utilize my current income and eliminate my debt in less than 1 year from now (Instead of paying with my soul)!! Of course my student loans will still be looming but at least rhe payments are lower and the interest can be deducted.
My plan: once current debt is cleared, I'm going to massage therapy school. After that I'm going back to further my nursing career. Or maybe something else. Who knows?!
Its not like all I do is work, trust me. There is still plenty of time in the day to do whatever I want. Just have to maximize your time managment skills, stay motivated, and not get lazy!
"Why can't you just be happy doing one thing?"
My response "how can you?"
