the weather was really nice today. and i marked today on my calender to take the bike out. worked nicely. the only problem was that i got delayed taking the bike out. it was a hassle first trying to maneuver the bike so i can get it out of the doorway and finally outside.
i reinstalled the battery in the conference room.
everything went smoothly, i started it up and let it idle for about 20 min.
by the time i began riding, it was kinda dark, but i made a couple of test runs, and i practiced engine braking. i executed it quite well, and i also began riding without any trouble either. a rather good start.
nj drivers are still crazy. and it was a little chilly on the highway. but it's good to be on the bike nonetheless.
wow, they completely changed the user control panel thing. so now that i've finally found this thing:
i finally got contacts. took me long enough what with me not being allowed to get them for almost a decade. good thing i opted for soft lens. they were put on with much tearing, but i could see clearly without glasses...wow. then the doc asked me to take it out and try em on my self. got em on in the first try, it's much easier if i do it myself heh.
the lenses feel great, my peripheral vision isn't blurred and i can finally see my eyes in the mirror...they're huge. now i have these eyeglass marks on my nose...which i'm hoping fade soon. but now i can finally wear sunglasses heh.
one weird thing i did notice is that everything seems to be bigger. i looked at my hands..they seemed huge. then i went to the vending machine, and all the stuff in there was huge. i guess i was being tricked all this time..
so it's finally happened. i got officially engaged this past weekend and it feels...a little more real.
while it was fun, it was also tiring. i was operating on less than 4 hours of sleep each night. the drive wasn't that bad, but it's still tiring. the ceremony was quite nice, as was the making acquaintances with her fam. i think i was half asleep thru most of it, or my brain didn't register what happened that night. i know it was fun, but somehow i also feel distanced at the same time.
regardless, i drove back 10 hours straight sunday. good practice for a visit i guess heh.
it took me a minute to figure out how to write a new entry. this new theme thing..i'm not a big fan on sudden change...
newayz, it's been a while since i watched 300...a month. i decided to watch it again after viewing yet another 300 parody:
i love robot chicken.
so on my quest to reach spartan status, i'm currently at arcadian level. just a couple of more months and i should be there. the best part about it now is the strength. i can lift 10x more than what used to require spotting for the lightest of weights for one set. took me 5 years, heh. well, on and off with experimentation but this works. it's a gratifying experience. the biggest change of course in the quads: once i realized how easy it was to lift 300lbs, i just kept jumping by a 100lbs each time till i got to a little over 1000lbs which i am at now. the only problem now is loading all those plates to lift, it's a workout in itself: ten 45lb plates on each side plus a few extra ones. good way to lose weight though...working out them quads, biggest muscle in the body.
i also am fairly certain i can finally bench my own weight. gotta test it out next week.
so i've been sick for the past couple of days and it sucks. i hate feeling so weak..aching terribly to even turn in bed. most of all, i'm mad because i missed yet another week at the gym. and the fact that i'm losing weight again doesn't help. maybe it's poor diet and lack of sleep. and now with me being sick, i already feel measly and skinny again...meh.
