the blogging and the working out
In an attempt to be a more consistent blogger, as well as keep track of my fitness goals, I’ve decided to blog about my fitness. I realize this could make my blog less read-able, as posting about what I eat and how often I work out is not exactly interesting. The point is not to entertain others – the point is to lose the many pounds I have gained in the past year and a half. I’ve lived in denial for long enough – I’m fat, dammit, and I’m not going to be one of those ppl that just keeps getting fatter. Here are the reasons I will succeed.
1) I have a workout partner/colleague & we will keep each other motivated.
2) At least 3 days a week RB has the car and picks me up an hour after I’m done with my workday.
3) I have a free membership to the 20th St. Gym, and it’s a 30-second walk to it.
4) I’m tired of having a beer belly.
5) My mantra will be “CONSISTENCY.”
6) I’m swearing off beer; vodka/sodas only.
7) No fast food or eating too much in general.
Yesterday and today, AO and I worked out our arms, abs, cardio, & legs – gonna try for 3 days in a row tomorrow. GOAL : decrease the fat belly, fit in my new Joe’s Jeans 30 waist.
Gonna get a turkey tonight…
FIVE REASONS BOWLING RULES -
5. You can act like a complete moron while participating in the sport. In fact, I think that’s requisite.
4. You can engage your competitive spirit.
3. The more beer you consume, the better you play.
2. It’s the game they play in The Big Lebowski (don’t fuck w/the jesus)
1. The shoes, baby.
For the seafood lover in you…
The last time I went to Red Lobster is a dull memory in my mind, but I DO remember it – mostly it was those crazy biscuits, and we sat at a booth, but I have no idea who I was with. I was a child, so probably some parentally type ppl accompanied me.
RB and I were lured in by the commercials – the water splashing off the freshly killed crab claws, the sexy steam rising off the shrimp, the greasy look of the pool of butter…The bait looked like fine sushi, but tasted like 2 day old shrimp. We pretty much knew what to expect – and we’re not really sure why we decided it was a good idea. We spent $80 on an appetizer, 2 entrees and 2 fantastic cocktails. (What we usually spend treating ourselves with great sushi) The Biscayne Breeze was amazing. The one we went to was way the heck out on Wadsworth, but it was brand spankin’ new – filled to the gills with 50 yr olds, the only children we saw were there celebrating grampa’s birthday. There were a few other diners our age, but it looked like they went to RL all the time. I must say that my scallops were tasty, but the thing I loathed about the place was that EVERYTHING was drenched in some buttery-type liquid and covered in herbs. If you love seafood, you don’t go to Red Lobsters. We tried it, and we probably won’t be going back any time soon, until that trip is just a faded memory in the corner of our minds.
Dining in Portland
If you want to get a phenomenal meal in Portland, I highly recommend you visit Southpark Grill & Wine Bar in downtown, on Salmon Street. For about $35, you can enjoy the following: Get the “Farmer’s Choice” whatever they offer that day. You’ll be guaranteed some fantastic fish cooked to perfection. If you are a fan of trout, and they are offering it – get the Steelhead Trout – mine was placed atop a mound of couscous with apricots and hazelnuts. I drank a bordeaux with the meal. I started out with the delicately subtle Butternut Squash soup. For my pre-meal cocktail, I ventured a tad on the wild side and had the Lavender Martini. My dinner companions sampled it and said it tasted like Joseph’s baby aspirin, which I have never had but I remember the taste of regular baby aspirin and I could see what they meant. However, for some reason I thought it tasted like some unique chocolate. However, yesterday I tasted a yogurt covered pretzel and could have sworn it was blueberry yogurt. I will never know for sure…
best place for sushi in denver?
My vote is for Sushi Sasa on 15th & Platte. However, the Parking Nazis run rampant in that area, and it really pisses me off. I’ve paid $115 in parking tickets this past 6 wks, and it’s BULLSHIT!! What’s even more ironic is that I volunteered to drive my lunch buddies instead of having all 3 of us drive separately, and I get a $25 ticket on top of my $19 meal. BUT, the sushi was great, and I had a nice time hanging out. I need to be on top of my poker game to redeem the money I’ve lost on parking tickets.Most of the tickets I’ve received are the big $25 tickets, since the fine rose recently.Recone Helmut re-launched his BLOG. Really looking forward to the new pH10 album – visit the Helmutplex website for updates, and bug him to wrap up the record!!
this is the way i like to play poker…
i think RB won $67 last night. poker is fun, and i’m about to win some moolah.
i like to play poker
put 50 bones on my full tilt account today, for the first time. like live poker, i play better when i’m halfway hammered, so i’m trying to drink beer as fast as i can. it’s rogue chipotle for me! i started out a $1 buy-in with 45 ppl, went out 19th place. now i’m in a $2 turbo of 9 ppl. i’m gonna win this one fo’ sure! or not…depends on my luck, and the donkeys that happen to be playing with me.
one of these days i’m gonna pull the pics off the camera from our trip and i’ll write about it. at least we went last week before the snow and the 120 mph winds hit the west coast!
days 2 and 3…
the holiday handmade show was actually not as awesome as i had hoped it would be. i was happy with my decent sales, and bought some buttons and traded for some crocheted flowers, but the rest of the vendors didn’t entirely impress me. there were a lot of screen printed items, and they were all cute, but there was little variety in the types of items sold. do ppl really buy earrings made out of guitar picks and bracelets made from vinyl records? i suppose some ppl do. and not to talk crap, but it reminded me of bedford ave on a saturday night. we are babysitting my bosses dog, sancho. he is a sweet lil’ dummy, and he and rodney like to play together, but RD is also a master antagonist. Read: Little Bastard. we keep them separated when we can, but when we leave or if they are outside, they are both fine and ignore each other for the most part. it’s our presence that makes RD want to tear the ankles off of sancho. i also think that sancho carries fajitas underneath his neck fur, cuz rd is always trying to chew on him there.the nice little buzz i first got from having a blog is almost gone. our road trip kinda made me used to not writing everyday.
day 1 of candle sales
Off the chizzarts – I must have sold at least 2000 candles! With those numbers I will probably sell 2 million tomorrow and Saturday. I also got RB’s mom some nice things with all the money I made, as well as some Carob brownie bites (by Barking-Bones.com) for the mutt. They were supposed to be a Christmas gift but I couldn’t wait to let him have his treat – of course, he loved them! I didn’t eat dinner so I went to North Star Brewery in the hood for some grub. While I waited for my food I sat in between some hicks talking about the Dallas Cowboys (who beat the GBP tonight). Referencing Michael Irvin’s love of crack, the d-bag on my left loudly proclaimed that “you can take the n-er out of the ghetto, but you can’t take the ghetto out of the n-er” so, in addition to rolling my eyes to the bartendress, I proclaimed “right! and you can kick the shit out of the cowboy but you can’t really take the cowboy out of the shit!” I should have told the waitress, “sorry, but I didn’t ask for crackers with my meal”
The Rocky Mtn Rollergirls are playing the Gotham Roller Girls this Saturday, but I might have to go see the School of Rock performance at the Oriental Theater for $10 instead…
