I ran!

Today was a good day.

We woke up this morning around 8. Nanny and Papa had eaten breakfast already so I made a smoothie for Steph and I. Steph left for work and then we three went to the Capital for a bit and then to County Line for lunch. Mm.... I loooove BBQ.

After lunch, we just kinda hung out at home and waited for Steph to get off work. When she got home, we all hung out for a bit. After she left to go to UPS, I went to fill her car up at Costco ( she took my car to work ). When I got back, I decided to go to the gym. Here's the funny part: for whatever reason, I decided that I wanted to jog there. I found out that I did not have a problem and that I kind of liked it.

After I worked out, I jogged back... still not a problem. I discovered that I can infact run and like it. I just need to not run fast. If I run at a comfortable pace, it's not bad. Anyway... when I got back, I practiced my stuff for kung fu and tai chi. I think I want to take my green belt test on Saturday after I drop Nanny and Papa off at the airport.

Anyway... time to go get dinner ready...

So god damn funny...

I got this from the weekly newsletter from my kung fu school... this is so god damn funny...

It's finally cold...

So, finally, the temperature has dropped below 60 here. It was so nice to see a 57 on the screen this morning and then to feel it when I went outside. I think that it's the first time in a long time that I have actually had to use the heater in my car.

Driving to work though, it DID remind of the time when I moved here and I started to miss everyone really badly... it made me really sad. It also made me very homesick. The feeling to go back is very strong today.

Anyway, this is my favorite time of the year. Unfortunately, here in Austin, it lasts for about 2 weeks. Then it gets cold... well.. cool hehe.

We have about 2 days until Nanny and Papa come to visit. It has been too long since I have seen any of my family or friends from NYC. Speaking of which, I was talking to Alex yesterday and I realized that it has been 2 years ( almost... on 10.24.2006, it will be ) since I have moved to Austin and not one of my friends has come to visit. The one exception is Vinny. He stopped on the way through to San Diego...

Soccer - 1st and Last time...

So today was not so bad. I had a relatively easy day at work, came home and chilled out for a bit. Jose has been asking me for a while to try playing the goal keeper for his soccer team, so not being one to say that I don't like things without trying them, I went and played from about 630PM -> 8PM tonight.

It wasn't horrible, but I really didn't like it all that much. I don't think I want to join the team. I pretty much have about 0 interest in playing soccer. No offense to all that play it. It clearly takes a lot of skill. I found my love and I think I will stick to that. Sorry guys...

Back to work...

This weekend was really nice. One of the nicest weekends that I have recently had. Steph and I went to Galveston, TX to celebrate our 1 year anniversary. We were really lucky and had really good weather while we were there. The drive home, however, we were not so lucky. No, nothing bad happened, just a lot of rain. In fact, I heard on the radio this morning that Houstin got 10" of rain this weekend... and it didn't start raining until Sunday!!

Anyway, I know I have been slacking on the "everyday" picture, so here is today's....

Pictures from Galveston

Check out the pics from Galveston. There should be a link over on the right under the pictures section. Come on... you know you want to.

Alright if you are too lazy to look, here is a link...

Galveston, TX

Does anyone know...

... of a magical pill that I can take that will allow me to carry out my functions yet be oblivious from the hours of 8am-5pm for the next 6 months? If so, please let me know. I am willing to go to any black market to get this...

Someone out there HAS to know...

Today's OM

I liked this one... more people should pay attention...

Whole-Self Well-Being
How The Body Clears Energy

Whole-self well-being is, in part, the result of a harmonious flow of energy between our physical and mental selves. When this flow is thrown out of balance for any reason, the body and mind react to one another rather than act cooperatively. Ongoing stress, sadness, anxiety, excitement, and fear can overwhelm the cerebral self, causing traumatic energy to be channeled into the body. The body then responds by taking steps to organically dispel the energy that has burdened it and expressing it by means of physical symptoms such as illness, fatigue, or disease. In some cases, these symptoms can simply be allowed to run their natural course and recovery will come about naturally. In most instances, however, health and wellness can only be restored by a dual course of treatment that acknowledges both the physical manifestations of energy clearing and the underlying emotional causes.

Many of the ailments we experience over the course of our lives can be indicative of the body's attempts to process intellectual and emotional energy. Swollen glands, for example, can signal that you are going through a period of emotional cleansing. Even something as simple as a pimple can indicate that your body is ridding itself of toxins and old energy. In Chinese medicine, intense emotions are held in the body's organs as a matter of course. Grief lurks in the lungs, anger inhabits the liver, fretfulness lingers in the heart, worry is held in the stomach, and the kidneys harbor fright. Particular illnesses and symptoms represent the body's attempts to clear emotional energy. Coughs or bronchitis can signify that the physical self is clearing away grief while a loss of appetite may signal that worry is being actively addressed. \n \n
\nWhen you feel ill or imbalanced, treating your whole self rather than treating the physical self alone can empower you to determine the root cause of sickness. Since you understand that your physical symptoms may be an expression of emotional discomfort, you can establish a balanced treatment regimen to ensure that you quickly recover your good health.\n
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When you feel ill or imbalanced, treating your whole self rather than treating the physical self alone can empower you to determine the root cause of sickness. Since you understand that your physical symptoms may be an expression of emotional discomfort, you can establish a balanced treatment regimen to ensure that you quickly recover your good health.

Blah

This weekend was pretty nice. We didn't do too much.

Saturday, we woke up kind of late. Steph went running and I went to Tai Chi where I got some more of "Skewer The Sun". When I got back, we just kind of hung out and didn't really do all that much. Steph fell asleep until about 7. We were supposed to go out with some of Steph's friends, but they decided to go Sunday night instead. We ended up watching "The Fellowship of the Ring". Steph has never seen it. She liked it... of course.

Sunday, I got up around 10 and practiced outside for about an hour. I woke Steph up at 11 and we went to play racketball. About an hour into it, Steph twisted her ankle so we called it a day. We went back to the apartment, iced and elevated it for a bit, then went to Denny's to get some breakfast ( I could use some of that right about now... ). We were planning on cleaning the apartment yesterday, but since she hurt her ankle, we stayed in bed = ) and watched the rest of the fellowship.

After that, we went out to Old Navy so that I could use my birthday card money and then to ULTA for her to pick up some make up. When we got back, we got ready and went out to Merkaba over by 35 and Howard Ln. It was a pretty cool place... very new. The only problem that I had with it is that the 1st bartender that we got was somewhat retarded. I'm not sure what his problem was... he seemed like he was just above the cut-off maybe...

Anyway... we left there around 11, came home, and went to sleep.

Needless to say, I am kind of tired today. It's Monday and it royally sucks. I would rather be almost anywhere else than here.... as denoted by the following picture.

Fearless was awesome!

Check out some clips...

T.G.I.G.D.M.F.F. Part II

Yeah... so today sucked... a lot... and I look like a conehead in the picture below this... its kinda funny...

T.G.I.G.D.M.F.F.

I think all I've got to say is covered in the subject... here's today's pic...

Some good work news...

I just got back from meditation class, then Costco for groceries. I damn near fell asleep in meditation class today. I was having a very hard time focusing.

Anyway... some good news from work. I found out today that since I reviewed a test for WebServices a few months back, I now am R7 App Dev certified as well as certified in WebServices.... and the best part is, I don't have to take the tests b/c I reviewed them! Sweet...

Time for South Park...

Blech...

Class was pretty good last night... although we didn't learn anything new in Chen, I was able to help some of my classmates get to where I am so that we can all start learning some new stuff together. I think that we should all be testing for 1st Brown around February, which means that by the end of 2007, I should have my Black Sash.

The new South Park last night was great. I don't play WoW and now I don't want to even more.

Other than that, I have no motivation today. All I really want to do is go home and go to sleep... as denoted by the picture below...

Doh!

So I'm driving to work this morning and I was just about to turn into the parking lot for my job and much to my dismay, I spill neon green mint mate down my white shirt. No, this won't dry and go away.... it's neon fucking green... so I had to go home and change my shirt... lame...

Today shouldn't be too bad. Hopefully work will go by quickly so that I can get to class tonight. Hopefully tonight, I will learn some new dagger and chen... that would be nice...

Birthday Pictures

Here are some pics from my birthday last week. Follow the link...

Birthday Pics

Sep 23, 2006 - 11 Photos

This is why I learn Shaolin Kung Fu...

Whoa.... Super Sweet...

Tired today...

I am tired today... and not particularly happy. Perhaps that is because I am not at home doing what I would choose to be doing, but here in a shed with no windows staring at a computer talking to people who need to read a book all day.

I did not sleep well last night. I did not go to my class last night. I fell asleep around 630pm or so and woke up around 745... I guess because of this, I was not able to fall asleep when we finally went to sleep at like 1130. I was up until about 2am watching stuff that I recorded on the DVR like Trinity Blood and Bleach.

Jose and Rafa are trying to get me to be a goalie for their soccer team. I am going to try it to see if I like it. The games would be on Tuesdays. It wouldn't be horrible if I missed my Tai Chi classes, but they are really important to me and I don't know if I really want to miss them.

Here's a picture of me at work... I'll try to take one as often as possible to see if my mood changes = ).

Back to blogger...

Yeah, ok... I know that I have moved my blog around a little bit. I had it at home for a bit, but decided to move it back here because I can't leave my computer on all night. Also, I installed a beta of Windows Vista and didn't reinstall my Domino server there.

So anyway... things have been alright. I have been going to Kung Fu/Tai Chi a lot and things with Stephanie have been very very good. We are actually coming up on 1 year together which makes me very happy. We are going to be going away the weekend of the 15th to celebrate it even though it's on the 11th.

I won't be talking about work here anymore. I know there are people at my job that can read this, so if you are really that concerned about how I feel about my job, just ask me and I'll be glad to talk to you about it. Don't add a connotation to that, negative or positive.

So ... it looks like the last time I posted here was back in June. A good amount of stuff has happened since then.

1) Most recently, Corinna, Steph's sister had a little baby named Sean Patrick James. He is very very cute and sure to break many hearts in the future.

2) I recently attended my 2nd Kung Fu seminar with Grandmaster Sin where we learned the 3rd and 4th roads to the Shaolin Golden Leopard forms. Meteor Fist will be in March and I absolutely cannot wait for that.

3) My birthday was on 9/24 ( just like it is every year ). It was a quiet night with just Steph and me. She did this really sweet thing where she covered the table with paper and drew a bday cake on it, then stickered pics of my family on. She also made me Hollywood brownies ( see blog entry from last year ) and got me Venture Bros. season one as well as a kick ass totally sweet pair of Pumas. It was great and I loved it.

I will be posting some more pictures from the above events sometime in the near future.

Anyhow, I have been mostly happy. Most negative feelings/thoughts these days come from that other activity that I do from 8am-5pm. Hopefully that will change soon.

Generally, I miss my family a lot and cant wait to see them. My grandparents are coming in about 3 weeks to visit for a week. I am still working on what to do with them while they are here. Then, in December, my parents are coming for a week. It will be really great to see them. I miss everyone so much. It feels like its been years since I have been home....