mondays = rock gym + waffle house. this is the new routine. we arrive at 7:30 and after some quick banter with the 20-year-olds behind the counter, we put on the harnesses, lace up the shoes, hook into the ropes, and climb until our arms can’t hold us up anymore. around 9, or closer to 9:30 on a good night, we hear the waffle calling to us. “come and get my hashbrowned goodness,” it says, and who are we to argue with the waffle? mmm. it always gives me something to look forward to on mondays.
though as is requisite after a night of climbing, i will go ahead and list my pain of the day: left triceps.
one of the tv channels i find myself spending the most time watching on weekends is tlc. lately they’ve been previewing a couple interesting shows. one is on the discovery channel (tlc’s parent channel) called “extreme martial arts” (or something similar) and goes into the biomechanics of martial arts. you know, how it’s physically possible for someone to break a board with their hand, and stuff like that. i’ve recently been fascinated by all the body’s bones and muscles and ligaments, etc (probably influenced by the fact that all this climbing is making me painfully aware of them), so i’m going to have to catch this show one of the many times they replay it.
the other show that i’m going to have to watch purely because the commercials are so funny is “ancient egyptians,” which is on this weekend. in the commercials, they have some guy dressed like a pharaoh (but with socks and sneakers) interviewing people on the street about whether ancient egypt has influenced their lives today. when they say “uh, no,” he goes beserk and starts yelling about ancient egypt and pyramids busting up out of the ground. the spots are hilarious; i wish i could find them online.
anyway. my little plug for tlc and the discovery channel. i’m such a dork. don’t worry though–i balance those channels out with a good helping of fox and the wb. hmm. i watch too much tv. on sunday i turned to hbo to find them playing the 2nd star wars movie. it was bad when nick and i saw it the first time, and yet i got sucked into watching it again. it was still bad. well, except for the scene where yoda kicks butt.
anyway.
nick just came into my office and asked me a physics question. i didn’t know the answer. it’s like i leave school and become stupid.
i am sleepy today. buzz wants to go running at 4 this afternoon, so i had to come in at 7:30 in order to get 8 hours. that’s a full hour earlier than i usually get in, which doesn’t seem like so much…but somehow, it is. our co-op was already here when i got here. whoa. kara is one dedicated co-op.
but coffee is making it better.
