Good Morning

I’ve had these blisters on my feet since my last long run and I finally popped them yesterday. I bought this gold bond to help in the healing process and I put it on in the morning before I got dressed. So I applied the cream, got dressed and then went to the bathroom to put my contacts in. I washed my hands and then put the contact in my eye. There must have been residue left over from the cream on my hand because it burned my eyes so badly that I was practically crying. Worst eye pain I’ve had in a long time. So now I’m wearing my glasses because I’m scared to put the contacts back in. I’ve always felt like nerd wearing glasses throughout middle and high school (which is why I never wore them) but at this stage of my life, I have overcome that fear of looking like a nerd (I can hear the shee in the background saying I still am). As I’ve gotten older, things like being accepted and liked, which still mean something, are less and less of an influence. I still prefer to fit in compared to being the outcast but how someone views me with glasses or without is no longer on my radar. I guess you could say my self esteem has improved over the course of my life to the point that I go into most situations without much thought other than how to make the best of it. My basic outlook lately is people care more about themselves and how they come off, then what they think of you.

While I was driving into work today the radio was playing some awesome songs at one point. They rocked Hey, Hey, What Can I Do by Led Zeppelin, Kid Charlemagne by Steely Dan, Horse with No Name by America, and then Sugar Magnolia by the Grateful Dead. Wmgk isn’t playing that good of music and Sirius once again will one up FM. I’m going to go into another music playing rant. Two competitors to Sirius radio are Ipod’s and Pandora, neither of which in my mind are competitors. Ipods only play music that you download. So if you want to be legal about it, you are paying money for songs to upload which will obviously cost way more than any subscription to satellite radio and limit the amount of songs you listen to. The illegal method is probably more preferred but you are still listening to songs that you choose. When I listen to the radio I want someone else to do the selection for me. If I pick my own songs, most likely I’m going to pick songs that I know are good and never expand into other areas of music. With Sirius I have plenty of genres to choose from and many different artists with many different songs being played. To knock Pandora down is simple too because once you listen to an artist’s station for more than a couple hours they keep playing the same tracks. Not to mention some of their taste in music is awful. You can’t compare Sirius to FM either because FM has commercials and only peasants will put up listening to commercials. I’m invested in their stock and have been watching it rise and once they report earnings for this upcoming quarter and the stock jumps to $1.50, just know that I told you so. I’m actually going to re position myself in the market for what I consider to be tumultuous times in the future.

By |2010-08-11T16:05:13-04:00April 28th, 2010|My Brain, My Life|2 Comments

Tidbits.

I bought a giant bag of peanut M & M’s from Sam’s club. I’m sure everyone is familiar with Sam’s but they give you big portions for less money. So I have this giant bag in my car that I just keep on my front seat and take from whenever I’m in between packs of BBQ sunflower seeds. The bag has one of these obnoxious, hard to close ziplocks where if you don’t meet them exactly right they only false close. This isn’t foreshadowing in anyway. So I have a lot of shit in my car and I have to move the M&M’s to back. Rather than put them on the back seat where they are liable to slide around, I put them in between the passenger seat and the back seat. The next day while slamming on the brakes for an inept driver, I hear some rattling and remember that I left the M & M’s back there. So I reach back from the driver seat and lift the bag only to have it shifted to the upside down position and a ridiculous amount come pouring out. I hear them sliding underneath seat and I see them all over the floor. At this point I’m outraged but remember the scene from Tommy Boy.

Richard – “Oh that sounds good: melted chocolate inside the dash. That really ups the resale value
Tommy – “I think you’ll be okay here, they have a thin candy shell. ‘Surprised you didn’t know that'”
Richard – “I think your brain has a thick candy shell”
Tommy – “Your… Your brain has the shell on it.”
Richard- “Are you talking?”
Tommy – “Shut up Richard.”

So now my car has so much random stuff under the seats that I don’t even care at this point. Some people make such a big deal about keeping their car clean and I understand that completely but when the car’s a leaser and you know you are going to give it back, I just don’t have the same appreciation. I feel that same way about scratches, dings and dents. I have this huge stain on my floor mat because I had a Gatorade bottle and didn’t screw the cap on exactly right and it leaked all over. You do see the root of the problem though. The manufacture’s are not idiot proofing their products. You can actually screw on that Gatorade cap so you think it’s tight but it’s just on another set of grooves. When I turned in my last car I had 2,000+ dollars worth of damage for retarded things. I accidentally slashed the leather of the front seat by slamming my key through it. I’d consider buying but that would make me treat it more like shit because now I know I’m stuck with it and whatever I do to it I will just have to live with. I should really just drive a Honder.

I made a Tommy Boy reference and it’s funny how the stories are somewhat similar. I’m Tom, he’s Tommy. We both are set to follow in the family business. That’s really about it. My business isn’t about to go under and my Dad isn’t marrying a smoking hot Milf with a “son” whose really her lover. It’s just a good movie and I thought worth mentioning. This is one of the only movies I thought David Spade was good in. I’m actually going on a sales trip this week and I always think about this movie and the similarities.

Just to add some filler in a non organized manner. I can’t recommend Gang’s of New York because other than Daniel Day Lewis the movie wasn’t very good. I made some money on my June $1 SIRI calls but am down on my May $5 C calls which didn’t turn out so well. Still 3+ weeks til expiration so I have my fingers crossed. I’m gonna read the Hunter S. Thompson Biography and see what I need to do to learn how to lead an more exciting life. I also haven’t run in 3 days due to bad feet and will look to get one more good long run in before Sunday. I’ll throw in some shorter distances but nothing to major at this point. I’m feeling pretty good though and look forward to things to come.

By |2010-04-27T01:02:03-04:00April 27th, 2010|My Life|0 Comments

Flipped, Turned Upside Down

So usually Wednesday Mornings are my Dunkin Doughnuts days. I get an everything bagel with cream cheese, 2 glazed doughnuts, and a medium coffee even though I don’t really drink coffee. However, last Friday the girl gave me a raisin bran bagel and I obviously wasn’t very happy. I didn’t get breakfast either Monday or Tuesday so I was already off my usual schedule but I decide to get a sausage, egg, and cheese from this place on Delaware ave. Now the people know who I am at this point and they know I always get a sausage, egg, and cheese, but today I wanted to throw them a curve ball. I ordered a Bacon, egg, and cheese and I think I blew the woman’s mind. She was in complete confusion and in complete malfunction mode. I’m not really sure what spurred this bizarre behavior from me but I wanted to swap things up a bit and keep things real. I actually thought the bacon was pretty good and maybe I’ll intertwine that with my normal meal. Aside from that though, everything is pretty normal. I lost 2 34 dollar heads up last night to some donk so I’m obviously not pleased about that and I went 2-2 on bball bets which netted me 2 dollars.

I put in a really good workout yesterday with 12 miles with all the miles between 6:10 and 6:30 which I thought was really good for the time being. I have a week and a half before broad street and with a run like that and still some more time to train I think race pace should clear 6 pretty easily. I feel pretty good today and hopefully this will continue into the weekend. Work has been busy and I have a lot of work to put in for the new website so I’ll have my hands full. Things are good though.

By |2010-04-21T08:53:55-04:00April 21st, 2010|My Life, Sports|0 Comments

Worst things in life.

  • Almond Joys – the coconut and chocolate make me nauseous
  • Airplane Bathrooms – They are so confining and reek like shit. Plus the plane is always moving so you’re swaying when you piss and keeping it accurate is a challenge. I’ve never even tried to take a shit on an airplane. I just have that as a no-no on my list of things I’ll never do.
  • Old Dress Shoes – I don’t get dressed up that nice often enough so whenever I go to find my suits and dress shoes, they are always 3 sizes too small and wearing them becomes such a hassle. When you’re feet are scrunched up in the front of the shoes and then you start getting blisters from walking around. Nice events are always a drag.
  • People who sit on machines for more than 2 sets – The etiquette is use a machine and get off. If you want to do one set, take a minute break, then start again, that’s why I have 2 sets as the number. If you use a machine and then break for 5 minutes without getting off, I have a problem with you.
  • Grape Jolly Ranchers and Yellow Starbursts – I really don’t think I have to go in detail here as these are self explanatory. I actually think everything purple and yellow should be eliminated from retail.
  • Getting rickrolled – It’s not really so bad as much as it gives the person who got you such satisfaction. I’m skeptical of a lot of links and will always cursor over them before I click.
  • The yellow pages – The yellow pages is a complete fraud of a company. They will call you up, verify your listing and by doing that you are agreeing to letting them send you some material that they can charge you for if you don’t cancel the subscription. They are a scam and their book is obsolete and I hope the operation goes kaput.
  • Waking up when it’s cold outside and you are under a blanket. This really tops, at the bottom, my list because you are awake and ready to start the day except that it’s comfortable where you are and the outer world is frigid and mean. I hate getting in my car too to go to work because the heat always takes a couple minutes and those first few minutes are the worst part to every day. (This was more meaningful a few months ago).
    • By |2010-08-11T16:06:42-04:00April 20th, 2010|My Brain, My Life|0 Comments

    Beer Pong Table

    The highlight of the weekend was the building of a beer pong table outside. Usually projects like this are talked about but never completed. Although not entirely finished, the framework was screwed down and legs were added. We ran out of batteries for the drill about 90% of the way done, so there are still a couple of screws to drill. The cost of the table was 78 dollars. We bought a 4×8 piece of plywood and got it cut so it was a 3×8, 4 2×4’s for the framing, and 4 4×4 for the legs. An electric saw was also needed and I happy to say that no one was injured in this process. I actually had the drill slip while I was drilling a nail and it missed Jon’s hand by about 3 inches but he wasn’t looking and didn’t even notice what had happened. It still needs to be painted and designed but all in all it was a job well done. Jill took some pictures of the process so I’ll put them up when she gives them to me. I have a couple from my phone that I can put up now.

    We were transporting the lumber and had to have it exit the vehicle by opening up the glass plate. We were both a bit skeptical of the process but it ended up working fine.

    Me looking like a tool while the guy was getting the 4×8 down. This is how I go out in public. I had no undershirt on and the the socks, sandals, mesh short combo is my look.

    I won a nice chunk of change playing poker Saturday. I played 9 tournaments and lost 50 bucks so I decided to play a 215 heads up which I won and then I won a 4 person 115 dollar heads up. So I actually cashed out that money and hopefully my run will continue and not be effected by the cash out curse. I also have 60 dollars in my sports betting account which is amazing because I’ve only made one deposit in the last month for 60 bucks. That’s called stretching it out.

    From the business front, I’m hoping that the website will be nearly finished by the end of this week so that’s one thing that should be good for business. Here’s a picture of my newly acquired business card. I think JC was a bit surprised to see that I appointed myself Vice President but it’s only a title. Another Monday to kick off the week, yee ha.

    By |2010-08-11T16:08:09-04:00April 19th, 2010|My Life|0 Comments

    Female Boxing Match

    Saw this on TMZ:

    I would absolutely go to this if anyone is interested. Even though Gina Lynn is well passed her prime and she’s only 5-2 I think this would make for an interesting cat fight. My first impression is that the neo Nazi is going to whoop her ass because she seems ferocious and not to be messed with. But for some reason I think Gina Lynn will put up a fight. I’ve never been to a boxing or UFC fight but I get the feeling it would be hard to see what’s happening unless you had really good seats. Is this true?

    By |2013-03-15T03:33:46-04:00April 16th, 2010|Celeb, My Life, Sports|0 Comments

    The kid

    I’ve thought long and hard about this and I want to name my first born “the kid”. What a cool name. First off it’s two names in one. You can’t just call him kid, it has to be “the kid”. The first reason it’s awesome is because he will actually be a kid. There are plenty of people nicknamed something the kid but they usually are older and it’s a contradictory nickname which makes it laughable. I want people to call the little guy whatever they want. I don’t care if it’s billy the kid or gerald the kid as long as whatever you are calling him is followed by the kid, then he will obviously be the coolest person around. Think about it, the teacher is asking a question and “the kid” raises his hand and the teacher say’s “yes, the kid, do you know the answer ? Everyone in class is like what kid is she talking about but it’s obvious there’s only one real kid. His name is epic and out of all the other kids, he’s THE KID. I really see this catching on because as he gets older it’s awesome to have the nickname the kid. He will be ageless throughout time and enjoy being forever young. I’d be doing him a disservice not naming him the kid. Ted Williams, Griffey, Billy were all the kid. Willie Mays was the say hey kid. My son would be the motherfucking kid.

    Absurdity aside, I went on a run the other day and I’m amazed at the rudeness of bikers. I’m running on the far right hand side of the trail and they have this crazed reasoning that whenever they are going to pass they have to scream at you and tell you what side they are passing on. I’m on one side of the track with no oncoming traffic and you have the nerve to yell that you are passing. There is no need for this and you just scared the bejesus out of me in my state of tranquility. I honestly think that all bikers are pussies who can’t gut it out running so they cling to their lame vehicle of transportation. It’s a poor man’s exercise.

    I also thought heavily into the word extraordinary. It’s two words combined, extra and ordinary. Now if you are extra ordinary, chances are you aren’t extraordinary. This popped into my head because I know I’ve gotten pretty good at running and I was wondering what it would take to be extraordinary. I don’t have the time and patience to be this term but I’m still closer to it in the field of long distance running than I would guess 95% of the population. I would like to think that everything I do would be to attain the status of extraordinary. People’s commitment towards goals is what can make them better than other people. I’ve set a goal for myself and I will do what it takes to achieve this and for that, I will succeed in life. If I ever give any words of wisdom, setting goals is crucial because it makes you strive for something and put forth the energy towards a goal instead of wandering along. That’s why this weekend I have set a goal of drinking an entire 30 pack by myself. It’s lofty but now I have a measure and we’ll see if I can live up to it.

    By |2010-04-15T00:02:04-04:00April 15th, 2010|My Life|4 Comments

    Normal

    So the alcohol has been drained from my body and I feel normal again. A new line “get the poison out” is catching on. I heard it on the Howard Stern show when the creator of the sybian was dirty talking this girl on the sybian and used that line. I also heard it on ESPN so I’m not really sure where it’s origin was but if you come to this blog I’ll try to give my best updates on newest culture trends.

    I went to the gym today (but not this morning) and ran 6 miles in 35:15 which was pretty good. I felt really good and could have continued. I don’t know if I would have been able to go the full ten at that pace but I think I’m in line to get there by May. I weighed in at 178 which is still about 5-8 pounds more than my ideal running weight but I know that’s going to be hard to achieve as long as I continue to drink on the weekends. I’m really taking this running as serious as I can because at this age, these are going to be my last few best effort attempts at setting times. Plus it keeps me in really good shape.

    My dad is a habitual gum chewer and I pretty much never developed the habit but lately he’s been buying different flavors and I’ve come into contact these past few days. He usually buys the blue trident which I find very off putting but there is this orange and pink flavor that get me hooked. I start off with 2 pieces and they will lose their flavor within one minute. But the geniuses within the Trident gum factory have this planned so you just pop in another piece. 10 minutes later I’ve had 5 pieces and this huge wad of gum in my mouth which I don’t spit out for hours and just keep adding to it with more pieces. I know it’s bad for my teeth but once I get started there is no stopping. I have to go back to the dentist this Thursday which isn’t helping the cause. I have ok teeth, besides the two crowns on my front, and would like to keep them that way so I’m going to have to put an end to this gum popping.

    I’ve been playing poker and betting on sports off and on but nothing worth talking about. Rimm (Research in Motion, the people who make Blackberry) has made a comeback from it’s earnings debacle and all my other positions have been stable. I’m actually considering restarting and selling everything and then picking one or two companies I like and then writing covered calls on them. I think this would be more profitable then some of the positions I’m in now. I remember the Shee telling me that you don’t really have to know what you’re talking about when talking finance, you just need to know a couple of buzzwords. Positions are a good one because it’s so broad and sounds like a smart word. Equities is a nifty because any nitwit can invest in stocks but if you are putting your money in equities, whoa nelly, you must know what you are talking about. Just mentioning interest rates and their general effect on the market has credence. With interest rates low and steady it’s not surprising to see more money moving towards the equity markets, now’s a good time to load up on positions. Easy as cake.

    If you want to know my schedule and when to check for posts. I’ll usually post late at night on the weekdays so people can check first thing in the morning and see something new. Midday posts are rare but certainly not a never. If things come into my head sometimes I’ll quickly post something. Usually never evening posts and no weekend posts. I still find this as entertaining for me as I hope it is for you. I’m a bit surprised I haven’t heard anything from the quotes of the day, I’ve trying to pick good ones and thought it was a good addition but maybe I was off on that.

    I also have a drunk video from Jkash once he gets the right USB cord. The bbm is as follows (I’ve taken excerpts):
    Him: I’m mad I started the video late. You were not speaking English for a while before I started it.
    Me: Is the vid on your phone or camera cause some have different ports
    Him: Phone. I’m not a dumb shit. We have the same phone port. It’s smaller than most.
    Nowhere did I imply that he was a dumb shit but my question must have come across, how are you that stupid that you don’t know the difference between a phone and camera USB cord? I didn’t mean it that way but the response was pretty funny.

    By |2010-04-14T00:55:58-04:00April 14th, 2010|My Life, Sports|0 Comments

    Back to the grind

    I’m waking up at 6 tomorrow to go to the gym. I put in a lackluster couple of miles today and yesterday and it’s just not cutting it so I have to add more to the daily exercise. You have no idea how damaging these weekends are to my body. I didn’t drink at all Thursday night and I had a fine day at work and put in a good workout to feel good for the weekend on Friday. Then the alcohol just seeps into my existence and completely dehydrates me and defuncts me. A Sunday recovery day and all of Monday is what it takes for me to start feeling better again. I honestly feel like a broken record because I’ve done this so many times and have written about it just as many. I should be a guinea pig for the effects of alcohol on the human body and what damage is sustained from constant abuse. And believe me, this isn’t a call for help. I do this to myself and I 100% control it. Things are just more entertaining when you’re drunk and the aftermath is just a forethought when it’s occurring. I’m considering, and believe me this is a stretch, to try to lay off the booze till broad street which is still about 3 weeks away. I know that the alcohol effects my training because of days like today where I’m so thirsty that I just can’t do anything. The other thing is that when I was younger, my consumption wasn’t nearly as much as it is now and I think I avoided this feeling more often. I can’t write good blog posts when I feel like this. My brain doesn’t function properly. Don’t tell me this sucks, just chalk it up to an off day.

    By |2016-11-01T23:57:11-04:00April 13th, 2010|My Life|0 Comments

    Weekend

    I bought a case of Abita which turned out to be a pretty good variety pack. So I was drinking that on Friday. I was dominating the wagon in the first couple games but he ended up tying the series due to my drunkenness. We went to the bar and I was macking on some hideous 40 year old. I honestly can’t explain why I do things like that but it was entertaining none the less. I woke up Saturday and we had a softball game at 11:15. We ended up losing 12-11 and had a handful of things go wrong. I botched one in the outfield and forgot to back up the first baseman on one play. The wagon had a better batting avg than me so I have to fill out the stupid census that he ripped up because he thought it was incoming mail instead of outgoing mail. After the game I started drinking and played poker with Gusto for a while. Then we went to Riverpalooza at 5 or so. I was bombed by 7 and went home. Passed out til probably 9 or ten and some random girl came over. I actually met her at Mad River and got her number so while I was passed out Jkash and Gusto were working some text message game which is why she came over. She was fine but nothing ended up happening. She went to the bathroom and I ended up passing out so she left. I feel kind of lousy after a weekend like that but that’s pretty typical.

    By |2010-04-12T13:28:13-04:00April 12th, 2010|My Life|0 Comments
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