Just imagine the "Chariots of Fire" theme while reading this

I think these new shoes are going to work out. I've just been walking around in them to make sure I like the feel, but from now on they will be exclusively used for running. And in the past, that meant that I would wear them twice a year and forget about them, but since I actually spent the money on them this time, I feel obligated to used them more often. On days like today, it's hard not staying outside. It's absolutely perfect. Which works out well for me, I don't have to work until 5, so I've had most of the day to do whatever I'd like. This has involved getting some sushi for lunch, doing some laundry, walking downtown to the Java House, and very soon, going for a jog. I was planning on jogging this morning, but while I was sleeping, I got a massive cramp in my left calf, to which I woke up, screaming in pain. I think I was saying something like "damn this hurts," or maybe something with more swears. Then this morning it was still hurting when I tried to walk, so I decided to take it easy for a little while. It figures that I'd hurt myself while sleeping.

Anyways, the weather is too nice to not go for a run right now. I've got my headband on and everything, I mean business. I've got 2 weeks to break these shoes in and get in shape myself to run 7 miles.

Shit.

UPDATE!!!

Just got back from the run. The shoes and socks combine well to keep my feet very dry and well-ventilated. The sushi and cookie combine to keep my lungs not-well-ventilated. All in all I think I did about 2.5 miles in about 30-minutes. I need to step it up a little, but feel alright. I only slightly feel like puking!

This place is dead anyways

Ok, everyone go to Jad's blog, listen to the music he's posted. Julie Doirons is amazing, everyone love her. (Every time the cat meows in "I Left Town," I think there's a cat in my room.) Jeremy Warmsley is pretty rad, too. So go there, listen. And really, go to the other blogs linked, too, there's good stuff happening at all of those sites.

After my initial feelings of hyperness last night, I sort of hit a wall, it came with about 30 minutes left at work. That is to say, my body decided it needed to slow down, but my mind kept racing. I've had a lot of stuff on my mind lately, whether I should move, where I should move, weighing my options on things here in town, trying to decide what I want to start before possibly leaving, and trying to figure out just what the hell Maundy Thursday means. (I first heard of this a couple of days ago, and thought it was "Monday Thursday." A very confusing turn of events for me.) So yeah, I've been a little preoccupied with lots of stuff, even more than I have listed, and that kept me up most of the night. I sort of had that "night before Christmas" feeling I had as a kid, except being excited about opening presents, I was anxious about what the next day would bring, how I would handle situations, and just how I'm going to make it through the next week. Plus, add my reading of The Infinite Book into it, and I'm done. I think that book is a little too deep for me to read quickly, too much philosophical stuff for my mind to comprehend in the state it currently has been maintaining. So the rest of tonight is going to be spent doing laundry (Laundry Thursday? come on, I thought it was funny) and watching a movie, probably Swingers. I love that movie, but haven't watched it for a while. I shall remedy that tonight.

I'll leave you with a quote now, from Swingers, which I think kind of sums up my situation right now. Take it as you will.

I don't want you to be the guy in the PG-13 movie everyone's *really* hoping makes it happen. I want you to be like the guy in the rated R movie, you know, the guy you're not sure whether or not you like yet. You're not sure where he's coming from. Okay? You're a bad man. You're a bad man, Mikey. You're a bad man, bad man.

-Trent "Double Down" Walker

(substitute "Flenker" for Mikey, and "basically everyone" for Trent, and that's my life!)