DIE SUPER!!! - G'morning, 2009!

[Lady Door]

Andrew treated me to an early birthday since we'll be spending my actual birthday up in Sacramento for a WoW TCG tournament.

We drove up to Point Reyes, a nice coastal reserve. It's where my dad grew up, and it's a pretty and remote little town. We went horseback riding up to a vista featuring Tomales Bay. Then we went into town and Andrew bought me a nifty puzzle ring that is two people embracing. Then we went to an awesome dinner at a local restaurant that uses only very local ingredients (beef included).

It was a nice day. ^_^

[Cmdr_King]

Is it wrong that I have immense trouble imagining Andrew horseback riding?

[Lady Door]

No. He doesn't like horses and he was very uncomfortable for the entire 1 hour ride. See how much he loves me?

[Idun]

I dunno. I think one of the main aspects for losing weight is that there are multiple variables to losing it. I hope what you're doing right now gets you on some sort of track for weight loss CT. I mean, it's win-win if it does work out for you because you'll have created much better eating habits than those who work out on a daily basis and see very slow results.

I work out, but not nearly like I do during the summer. I also eat whatever the fuck I want though. I counterbalance, I guess. I've been maintaining an extremely healthy weight without doing my 2-3 hour mile runs a day. I really wish I could get better eating habits (IE I've rediscovered Reeses) because I have indigestion problems and eating everything makes me bloat. Activia's helping! Good luck CT!

[NotMiki]

Man, keeping up good eating habits is frustrating.  I do a lot right - namely cooking healthy food for myself, and a lot wrong - namely eating too much of it too fast and too late.  Cooking your own food makes you want to just kinda wolf it down once you get it on your plate.  Kinda like opening a present when you already know what it is.

[Hunter Sopko]

No. He doesn't like horses and he was very uncomfortable for the entire 1 hour ride. See how much I beat him?

Yes. Yes we do.

[Cmdr_King]

Well, y'know how it is.  You have to be cruel to be kind.  Pain is love.

[NotMiki]

PAIN IS LOVE.

OK, XORN.

[Cmdr_King]

Just because Xorn's the God of Emo doesn't mean he's a masochist.  That's Emolicious' job.

[AndrewRogue]

What can I say. The idea of riding on a 1 ton animal who has any number of ways to kill me with my only protection being a tiny chunk of metal in its mouth that annoys it enough that it obeys for the moment?

Not exactly the greatest sense of security, ever.

[metroid composite]

So I just got back from girl on girl dodgeball.

Possibly the best event in the history of ever.  Also: yay: they were giving away free Curve magazines so I grabbed three (I can't find that freaking magazine anywhere).  Granted, not that it doesn't have it's hazards--dodgeball flying off the court and into my boob = OWWW.

[Hunter Sopko]

So I finally get around to watching this week's Zero Punctuation and who do I see? Newton Grant, my old boss in the CPM sales office and all around nice-guy/pervert. Forgot he worked for that company. Awesome.

[Lady Door]

At Panera, ostensibly for a NaNoWriMo write-in with another local writer. So far, I've done zero writing and am still catching up on email/newsfeeds/webcomics. We'll see how this goes once I finish my sandwich (yay sammich!) and the check-ups.

[Cotigo]

At Panera, ostensibly for a NaNoWriMo write-in with another local writer. So far, I've done zero writing and am still catching up on email/newsfeeds/webcomics. We'll see how this goes once I finish my sandwich (yay sammich!) and the check-ups.

So, you mean you're not getting any writing done today?  >_>

[Cmdr_King]

Hey now, horses are like, 5, 600 pounds tops.  Barely a quarter of a ton!

[Shale]

Got home today to find that my grandfather's been hospitalized with a stroke. He can move his left leg slightly, but his arm is completely gone, possibly for good. Mentally, he seems to be fine.

Ugh.

[Ultradude]

So uh stubbed toe, removed sock hours later to find it mostly purple.

...this sounds bad, no?

[NotMiki]

wait, you have a purple sock now?

[Ultradude]

wait, you have a purple sock now?

I REALLY REALLY WISH I DID.

It could have yellow flowers on it.

[superaielman]

So uh stubbed toe, removed sock hours later to find it mostly purple.

...this sounds bad, no?

Sounds like a broken toe. There isn't much of anything you can do with those besides tough it out.

[Ultradude]

Sounds like a broken toe. There isn't much of anything you can do with those besides tough it out.

Ugh. I'm gonna get out of shape waiting for the damned thing to heal unless I can get the old Bowflex set up.

[Xeroma]

BOY HAVE I GOT A STORY FOR YOU GUYS TONIGHT.

So I went out to the VCU Commons today to play fighting games with the people here. As it turns out, only two people showed up today. Still, had some fun games in T6 and SF4.

Then.... getting back was a problem. Recap:

9:30 - the two people in question left to work on school stuff.

9:55 - At the bus stop I was waiting on, I overhear students saying the buses stop running past 9 PM on weekends. I proceed to freak the fuck out.

10:00 - I go to the library and ask the security lady for assistance. THE FUCKING COPS CAME OUT. I proceed to be extremely afraid.

10:15 - After some discussion and identity verification, a cop calls in a non-specified taxi and tells me to wait. We talk, then he gets cut short and has to go take care of some crime that popped up.

10:45 - I waited for a fucking half hour and the taxi never came. I freak out AGAIN.

11:00 I wander over to the nearby 7 Eleven to find.... A BUS. I proceed to become horribly confused and scream at it so it doesn't ride off. This works. I then learned that it was actually just the VCU connector buses[IE; the ones free to students] that had weird times on weekends.

12:00 - I'm home and vaguely dizzy while I type this. My arms want to fall off from having carried too much weight throughout all of this[a 14 lb arcade stick, a 360, a small TV, a PS2, and games for both.]

Well at least I've learned things tonight so I won't let something like this happen again.

[Cotigo]

I was about to ask why the cops coming out would freak you out until you said you were carrying so much shit.  I guess I can see that they thought you were trying to steal it?

[DjinnAndTonic]

9:55 - At the bus stop I was waiting on, I overhear students saying the buses stop running past 9 PM on weekends. I proceed to freak the fuck out.

Understandable freak-out. You should have asked them for clarification.

10:00 - I go to the library and ask the security lady for assistance. THE FUCKING COPS CAME OUT. I proceed to be extremely afraid.

12:00 - I'm home and vaguely dizzy while I type this. My arms want to fall off from having carried too much weight throughout all of this[a 14 lb arcade stick, a 360, a small TV, a PS2, and games for both.]

Well, at least the latter explains why the cops' interest was aroused. I mean, cops can be pretty horrible sometimes, but if you're carrying around a bunch of electronics, at least I can't fault the cops for being a bit suspicious...

[Xeroma]

Actually it was a fuck up when I talked to the security lady. I wasn't supposed to be in that library past 10 because it's student only then. So the cops came because it was like "is this kid trespassing?". Nothing actually BAD came of it, but I was frightened.