The past couple of days I have really been putting my mind into my exercise routine. Many times I have been doing my 35 minutes of cardio and at about the 20 minute mark I have thought “Well, maybe today I can just go easy” but I eventually talk myself out of it. During my weights, sometimes I won’t push myself until I simply can’t do anymore. Lately, however, I have been pushing until muscle failure (or what seems like it).
Tonight I got home from the gym and realized just how good I feel, mentally and physically. Sure, my legs are tired, but I feel like I could keep going. I have also gotten back into the habit of drinking half of my body weight in ounces of water (I weigh ~170 so I drink 85 ounces of water a day). I didn’t think that would make much of a difference, but I have more energy and feel a lot better.
I also rarely take any supplements anymore. I used to take a pre-workout supplement, but it make me feel like I was going to go into cardiac arrest any minute, so if anyone wants some N.O. Xplode or NaNO Vapor, hit me up. I still take protein and I think that anyone doing a lot of cardio should take protein if they don’t want to lose muscle mass. Of course, muscle mass also has to do with the amount of weight and reps you do, but still, protein is necessary. I occasionally take Creatine, but it really doesn’t make me feel any different so I think I may stop using it as well.
I can say, one supplement that I used to take that I don’t take anymore and wish I did is Nitrix. That stuff made me feel great at the gym, I would suggest it to anyone.
I was at West Town today doing some Christmas shopping. When lunch time came around, Hannah and I decided on this Greek place in the food court. It was actually really good, except for one thing:
They make their Tzatziki sauce with sour cream instead of yogurt. Tzatziki fail.
Hannah and I went to the Haunted Forest in Sevierville last night. Thankfully, we got in for free because she knew someone who worked there. If you pay $9 to get into this thing, you are wasting your money.
You have a guide that leads you around a made up paintball course and there is nothing scary about it. Watch out for the guy in the Michael Myers mask!!! When I said “Hey look, it’s the priceline.com guy! He can slash prices!” he didn’t get it.
Oh well, don’t go there unless you wanna drive an hour to waste money.
So I got this house a while back and it was pretty dull. All the rooms are pretty much the same color and it has dark wood trim. I decided that I was going to redo the whole house, just very slowly. I started with the master bedroom. Here’s what it looked like before I moved in:
As one can see, not much is going on. I decided to spruce it up a little:
I’ve painted a two-tone scheme with new baseboard, chair rail, and eventually crown moulding (I’m painting now). I’ve also replaced all the electrical outlets to more modern pieces and replaced the doors as well.
After looking at my bike in disgust for the past 2 months every time I rode it, I decided it was time to wash it. First things first, gotta get the hose…
Turns out, I had a friend waiting for me:
Yes PETA, I killed her, I’m sorry.
Anyway, I continued to wash the SV and here she is in all her glory:
She’s for sale if you would like to purchase her. There any many, many goodies that go with her too… Email me if you are interested.
Have you ever had a rodent problem in your home or office? I’m sure you went out and got some of those spring-loaded mousetraps and took care of the problem… or did it?
Were you dying to know the minute that the mouse was dead? Perhaps via email or text message? Well, then you need the mouse RADAR!!!!
Honestly folks, it sends you a text message when it kills a mouse….
Tonight I finally got my WDS working (I’ll get a write-up together tomorrow). After hooking up my Dish DVR and my 360 to my wireless bridge, I was cruisin’ on the internet in style. I turn my 360 on and look through my friend requests, approve them, and then am informed that I am in need of an update. Cool, no biggie. I download/install the update and it reboots my console.
This is the part where things begin to go downhill…
The first problem is that it hung on the initial 360 splash screen. Basically, I just had a green screen. I turn the system off and back on and I get the 3 red lights. This is no good. I do some basic troubleshooting and disconnect all peripherals that are not needed (e.g. antique HD-DVD player). I turn the 360 back on and… SUCCESS! Or so I thought… not 1 minute later the 360 freezes again.
At this point I’m digging through my boxes trying to find my receipt. I couldn’t find it, so I log on to xbox.com and register my console. This is the best part… are you ready? I register and I see this:
To truly appreciate that, take note of today’s date. 9/23/2008. HA HA!
I call up Microsoft after remembering that they had extended their warranties out 3 years. We finally get everything squared away and I have to send them my 360. I guess it will be another 3 weeks before I get to play…
