Posted 16:35 by Tycho

Ok, today started out shitty, and it has continued to suck.

Russ comes in and reminds me we were supposed to go lifting together. So we get changed, all set and ready, and set out from our door into the cold, cruel world.

At the curb, about to cross Institute, and some ass-prick butt muncher drives over the crest of the hill, sees us, standing there innocently minding our own business, and he swerves into the slush at the side of the road. And we get coated with slush. That motherfucking bastard. We both swore at Toph when he laughed at us when he saw us when we came in to change into new workout clothes.

Surprisingly, unlike the rest of the day, the workout was GREAT. Couldn't quite do 10 pullups [1" away! DAMNIT!!!], but proceeded to give my arms a comprehensive and exhausting workout [my fingers are having trouble being coordinated right now].

Then Russ came over and asked if we could do abs. So I said, sure, let's go. Get over to the pad, and he asks how many. I reply that we're to do 1000 situps/crunches/leg lifts. He was very sorry he asked. We emerged victorious, completing all 1000 in good time, abs sore. Then we did an EXTREMELY DIFFICULT [as in, INSANELY hard] ab exercise. You lie on your stomach, support your upper body with your forearms [which are parallel to each other]. The rest of your body should be in push-up position. Try holding that for one minute. We did. It's difficult when starting fresh, so it was extra hard for us. But we persevered and made it through the full minute!

Oh, right, got three more books at the library today...oh joy...

In a few minutes we're going off to Chopper [the most magicalest place in the land!] to get some groceries for me to eat. Yes me. MINE ALL MINE. DO YOU HEAR? MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then we'll probably finish off the thermodynamics, and I'll take notes for a while on the new library books [Operation Fortitude and the British Double Cross System]. Maybe even start the outline. Not sure. We'll find out.

I want to be done with all my work by 8 or 9. It's feasible, but I've got to buckle down.

"Stolen away in an Ashmont Second, I'll never forget the dark."

"Cut down in a brutal fight on a cold and lonely Ashmont night"

And everyone wonders why I don't like walking in Ashmont alone at night...hey Chris...Mattapan?

More realistically, Chris and/or Nick, how'd you like to form a daily running thing over the summer? I mean, a good route besides Marina Bay is we start out at NQHS, head over the Neponset River Bridge, and go to Pope John Paul II Park and run there. It's beautiful, open, and mostly flat, but with some sloping hills for a challenge. Plus it makes for a greaty kickoff to an extended 9-10 miler we could do once or twice a week. We're all cross country runners [well, I'm assuming Nick's gonna stick with it], and running alone absolutely SUCKS. I think we'd all improve greatly if we went together and supported each other.

"Wasn't it the truth I told ya, lots of fun at Finnegan's wake?"

Au revoir mes amis.