RJK 5000

Wow.  Long day today.  I am pretty exhausted.  I went to Nickers’ birthday party at the Brazilian restaurant in el sereno.  It was pretty cool.  The lovely darlene and I got there before any of the others and so we chilled and drank some beers that I brought (no liquor license there yet).  That restaurant is nice and cute and I heard the food is good.  I didn’t eat anything because I ate beforehand and I don’t eat multiple dinners anymore.  but I am going to return to try some stuff.  The menu looked pretty good.  When party people arrived the lovely darlene shared an order of the cheezballz and the bottle of lambrusco that she brought with me.  It was a pleasant time.  I was happy to see my homey Mike V. and my favorite skate buddy Mikey.  Oh, and Ricks!  Whaaat!  Haven’t seen Ricks since santa barbara days.  sac has my back.

with Nickers and the lovely darlene: 

I left the party early to attend kung fu class.  I’ve been having fun in kung fu lately and didn’t want to ditch.  My kung fu was kind of on fire today too.  I liked it.  Afterwards, I ran on the treadmill and then came home and did a wimpy workout on the total gym.  did some housework and washed up and now i am just chillin’.  kind of a good day, but also kind of just too much.

Oh.  You know what bad thing I did today.  For the first time ever I pumped 89 octane fuel into the wrx.  The gas station was so crowded and I was running late to meet darlene and the only pump available was the 89.  So i decided to purchase two gallons of it and fill up with 91 later on.  Anyway, as I was pumping the gas I heard someone shout, “you’re using the wrong grade!”  !  I turned around and it was bryant from the nicoteens.  haha.  The one time I do that, and somebody sees me.  Life is so weird, isn’t it.  And I guess I should say wonderful too.

I’m so glad it’s Friday.  I want to joyhog and learn no-complies.  I hope you have a safe and happy weekend.  Feel great.

I’m always busy on Wednesdays.  Busy doing rjk stuff.  Had dinner with Jonny and then did some googlizing and total gym and pilates.  That is all.  I think I might be able to fall asleep early tonight, unless I get caught up watching Frasier and Becker.  Haha.  I watched an episode of Frasier the other night for the very first time in my life and it was fine.  The only characters on that particular episode were Frasier and his ex-wife.  So it was a good introduction to the show.  Too many new people at once is overwhelming.  I used to always just change the channel whenever I saw the old guy or the gay-looking nerd guy and not enough of the dog on the screen.  Maybe I can handle them now.  And Becker is just terrible but I kinda like it too.

Anyway.  I feel like my lactose tolerance is slipping.  I have to go shake the moon rocks and recite some spells now.

It’s almost Friday time.

Ahh, I feel so good.  There’s a new fitness regimen in my life.  Today Jonny brought over a Total Gym.  It’s the pimp one too.  So far I love it.  I’m able to isolate my triceps and work my back muscles, which were always hard for me to work out.  Exercise is fun.  I’ll be mad if I’m too sore to play on it tomorrow.  Right now I still feel like I’m gliding on the incline board, like when I felt like I was still in the ocean hours after swimming.  Also, I can do pilates on the Total Gym so everyone is happy, except Billy Blanks. 

Chuck Norris is rad. 

Kung fu class was chill tonight.  Things have been getting interesting in there because now we are attempting more leg sweeps and trips.  Sifu busted an awesome one on me today.  I would’ve fallen on my fat butt if he wasn’t holding my arm.  Only three students were in class tonight and I kind of miss the days when we had a full house.  Everyone is gone now.  Away getting rusty somewhere.  Maybe I’ll chop them up when I see them again.  See how confident I am now.  Maybe I’ll.

Well, I probably need to get some rest.  I want to wake up early and have breakfast in bed with Total Gym.

I just did pilates which means I have a headache, which means I still don’t know how to execute pilates correctly, which means i just wasted an hour.  now i’m mad and hating pilates but telling it it’s not you it’s me.  meanwhile pilates is just standing there staring at me with perfect posture sucking in its powerhouse and wondering what my problem is.  relationships with your exercise regimen are never easy. 

I had a really excellent weekend.  It felt kind of long too, which is always a bonus.  On Friday Jonny, Charlotte, and I headed out to Leo Carrillo beach near Malibu.  It was cool cruising up pch and being all california.  Charlotte stuck her head out the window and made other drivers smile.  I think she tried to jump out of the moving vehicle once too.  She put her back leg up on the window sill like she was ready to bail. 

I had never been to Leo carrillo before this.  When we got to our campsite we set up our tent and then picnicked on the beach.  Well, actually we picnicked on the lifeguard tower, which was perfect.  Drank really tasty cabernet and ate sandwiches and watched the sunset.  I was very happy.  And Charlotte likes camping so everything worked out.

At the campsite I drank seven german beers and ate a bunch of flamin’ hot cheetos and brie and crackers.  It was crazy.

The next morning we woke up baking in our tent and packed up and ate traditional la salsa on the way home.  Then we passed out and ate pizza.

I spent Sunday with my mom.  We barbecued and drank korean raspberry wine and went shopping.  she bought me a bunch of hawaiian-themed clothing because she thinks I am obsessed with hawaii.  I kept telling her all the stuff was funny stuff for tourists (eg, shorts that say ‘aloha’ on the butt) but that just encouraged her to pick out more floral print things for me.  It was cool though.  I love hawaii and being a tourist.

I feel good.  and isn’t charlotte cute.

I only had one cup of coffee today.  so maybe I can sleep soon.

Girls with really thin, painted/drawn eyebrows look mean.  the cashier at trader joe’s with thin, painted eyebrows looked mean but was totally nice.  Also she said she just tried the Oktoberfest lager that I was buying.  When I asked her if it was good she said, “yeah, I drank all six by myself.”  What a drunk!

Sure glad the weekend has finally arrived.  I need to sleep.  Wake me up early so I can get to work early and leave early. 

Reynold came over and cut my hair.  It was cool.  He used an instrument called the “flying scissors” that his friend invented.  My hair looks much better.  I’m too lazy to take a picture.  He’s a professor at the local paul mitchell partner school.  so it must be good.  Afterwards we grabbed some sushi and talked about hong kong.  I didn’t drink beer. 

I did a little bit of pilates.  I’m bad at pilates.  I keep breathing incorrectly and end up with a headache.  I like doing the leg circles and side kicks though.  I guess I will keep practicing.

I kind of ate a lot today. 

I feel great.  Everybody’s kung fu was really good tonight.  I had so much fun.  I like when I go to class super tired and then leave feeling like a ball of fire.  When I walk towards the gym after parking my car, I punch the crosswalk button all hard with my wing chun fist.

Reynold from kung fu who is a professional hairstylist saw me today and said with disgust, “I’m cutting your hair tomorrow.  It looks terrible.  Where do you live.”  Uh.  Haha. ?.  Jeez, I didn’t think it looked that bad.  But is he really going to come over and cut my hair though.  That’s kind of weird but okay I guess.

Today was day 100 of the rjk super diet.  I have lost five pounds off the heaviest weight I’ve ever been in my life (which was back in June and July) and I need to lose five more to fit into my favorite jeans (and look normal in them).  The aggressive rjk month-long maui diet begins now.  One dole banana and 8 oz of skim milk for breakfast. pineapple chicken for lunch.  and loco moco and poi pudding for dinner.

I had a nice weekend.  But I don’t feel like writing about anything right now. 

Scatterbrained.  I made a potentially huge error on my project at work today.  Luckily, it was discovered before it went to print but it was pretty retarded of me.  Someone acted like the world was going to crumble.  My boss was chill about resolving the issue and didn’t even mention anything.  Another coworker just shrugged and said, “eh, it happens.”  My job is stressful for about four minutes every two years.  Glad I got it out of the way.  No more surprise stress bombs, please.

“You think you’ll show us all your handicap is great.”

Sifu smacked me upside the head so hard today.  My ear rang for like five minutes.  I thought I became deaf and discreetly made some noise by my ear with my fingers to see if I could hear.  I’m fine, but man I need to tan sau.

Hey, Dan in Texas, if you’re reading this:  Hi and thanks.

Jonny cooked some delicious mahi mahi tonight.  I thought I was going to have fishy burps at the gym but it didn’t happen.

I woke up with an excruciating cramp in my left calf this morning.  Kinda weird.  I think my muscles are confused by all the milk proteins I’ve been consuming. 

I need to rest.  Today was too fast.