bike ride today
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: On the way to Triathlon
you know what's weird about today's ride - things kept getting in the way of me getting there - for one, an accident on motorbikes - i'll try to post pictures as warnings to bike-riding cousins later.

Then I ran into my dad. How weird is that that he chose to visit the park same time I was there.

And then? aaaand then i only had time for the following ride, which was ok:

duration 35:47
average hr 150
in zone 17:15

I was also good about the situps in the morning. Now I'll walk the dog and run, and then maybe do the other set of situps. I'm suppose to be serious about training this and next week because the big race is just 3 weeks away and I have to build both endurance and speed too.

This weekend it is rumored that I'll be running a 10K on Sunday.

job update
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Joblog
here's a subject I don't like to talk about online. anything to do with work that's personal.

So here's an update to all ye faithful readers. I have been looking for about 2.5 months now, and there is an offer, I repeat, there is an offer on the table that I am finally happy about. Hoorah, hoorah. Tomorrow i go in to finalize the other one that's important. Watch this space for updates with final decission in the next two weeks.

As a side note, I got a new suit.

and another side note - I should probably hold off on hang gliding till I have corporate life insurance that kicks in. Some dreams can not be put off, others are worth waiting for. I will do it.

Saturday's Events
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: my own bachelorette show
MD - after Thursday, I had to text him on Friday just to tell him Ken's (former friend) idea about sending the card to europe. I got back a "ha ha and thanks for a cool date." So, I still had no idea if I'll ever hear from the guy again.

So here's my little rave for the day. He's not doing anything wrong, but I hate waiting to know if someone is into me or not. With him, I simply can't tell. It may be just a physical thing for him, I don't know what his deal is and what he wants. It's frustrating. Especially knowing some stuff about him like that he lied to me about something and won't tell me something else. Bi had an interesting perspective on this. He said this guy has been around the block a few times, he knows what he's doing. He wants to be mysterious and stuff because he knows how women's heads work. I'm seeing other people, alas, but his tactic forces me to think about him more and talk about him with my friends to try and figure it out. And that's exactly what he wants. My problem with this, if Bi's right, is that this is then a game, and I HATE games.

So the good news came when MD actually texted me at 1AM to say hi and tell me he's packing. If the dude didn't play it so cool, I'd've offered him a ride to the airport and stuff. So, since I had enough drinks at the open bar to momentarily impair my judgement, I totally didn't play it cool and I sent him a message back with the offer. He was alegidly already asleep and didn't get my message until the next day (he doesn't want me to see his place because he probably never cleans or he doesn't actually live there). So he texted me back Sunday morning, which included "I'll talk to you soon" - Finally I'm getting some communication out of this guy. So now I know he's not done with me (although I'm not holding my breath because apparently this could just be an expression but not reality). But I still don't know his intentions. He better know them though because alas there are too many people that have no clue.

Which brings me to PA. What a jerk. Texted me yesterday to confirm Sunday plans, and doesn't keep them. I'm so done with him.

Coco
Mood:  blue
Topic: pets
CoCo

Coco is getting really skinny. Nothing wrong with her was found last time... that they could fix, anyway. She's geetting thin and faint. doesn't look good. I give her 1 week. Speaking of pigs, scientists are working hard on finding better ways to eat them.

schedule
Topic: Day to Day
ok, things are getting cloudy:

past
tue - interview, terrible wed, date with brandon
wed - movie with jen at home, I made beef stew and this is what dinner looked like.
Also then I went to badminton with chitra
thu - Date with MD - see separate entry.
fri - shopping with la, got suit finally. stayed in after.
sat - will do:
9 call Tanja
10 workout
12 dodgeball
2 cousin happy bday
4 pancakes for halloween
6 beer school
7 boo ball

sun - shop with gina? see PL? see liz? tix exchange?
mon - hip hop nite, pick up suit and hub cap
tue - interview, terrible wed at rinconcito
wed - badminton, reed in town
thu - halloween fun begins?
Fri - more stupid halloween fun
Sat - some sort of a run in the morning
Sun - halloween still
Mon - whiskey school

Saturday's Events
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Friends
Got to see NAV, PRI, CHR, LIZ at IHOP where we enjoyed pumpkin pancakes. Was weird to be in the same room with NAV again. I'm so uncomfortable with him. LIZ must have invited him. Finally gave LIZ her b-day present. TSK TSK on me for not making enough time to deliver it sooner. A.D. was nowhere to be found, not sure how he planned to get there at 5. GI was MIA.

Later that day, Jen and I were suppose to go to beer school, but it was cancelled.

Then I went to the Boo Ball with Bi, his sister and friends. Made fool of self. Dire consequences to follow. Bi is a great dancer, really surprised me. No more open bar for me. I was hung over till like 4PM Sunday.

Also, all of us went to wet to hook up with Ken, who texted me like 10 times earlier that day. We get there and after a while my friends leave. Ken ignores me the whole time I'm there, and I ended up hanging with his friends. His one friend was nice so it was OK but it was not why I came. Ken really pissed me off - you don't ask someone to come out and hang with you and then blow them off completely. If he was macking on a girl, it would be one thing. But he was just being a jerk. So I'm going to avoid him for a while, not good friend quality. There was a cute bartender there but I was too mentally involved at the moment with my car and with MD's deal to notice he was hitting on me. Ok so what happened is that somewhere between the first and the second club, I lost my car alarm lock. So I had to cab it back to transit and wait for AAA to unlock my car. What made it worse is that my cell died too so I had to borrow some dude's cell to call them. Crappy adventure.

Saturday's Events
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Family
Saw my cousins on the account of G's 21st B-day. Hope he likes his Grey Goose. Hung out for a bit and caught up. G's changed a lot since starting college. V always cracks me up.

Great Pumpkin Halloween Dodgeball Tournament
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Active
I am Dodgeball virgin no more.
Our team, Clockwork Orange, was really cool, Jenny B did a great job putting it all together.

Dodgeball is a game where 6 players throw six balls at each other until time runs out or until the players on one team are eliminated, by having the opponent catch their thrown ball or by getting hit by a ball. You can check out the Dodgeball USA web site for real rules.

Not sure how the game evolved, but I do know one thing, it's fun. There is a lot more personality and strategy then in other ball sports. There is a lot of teamwork, and it's very athletic and demanding. More adrenaline then other sports that I play, by far. Definitely a must do for everyone who likes a little competition.

Throwing the ball was tough, need to buy balls and practice. Need to wear adventure running shoes to not slip. Gets really hot, but good to cover most skin for protection from falling. Good to wear tight clothing because if a ball grazes clothing it counts as a hit. I throw like a girl. It doesn't hurt when you get hit, at least not very. I got hit in the head. I think in the men's league, it's bad to get hit.
There were a lot of people in costume, very entertaining. The fat men and Cobra Kai were some of the highlights. Sportsmanship is good in this game. It's good to have a lot of people on your team to help you get stray balls. Lots of laughs from all the dodging and catching and falling. Very fun game. Makes you feel like a kid again. Lots of psychology too.

Poop
Topic: haha
Reverting back to childhood, but this is funny. Note it's also very gross

I saw this driving the other day, and as it relates, I will share it at this time. You know who you are :-)

Tom Peters
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Hot People
Tom is hot because he has really good ideas about leadership and values the human capital and innovation in companies as what gives them the leading edge.