I've seen many excellent Japanese TV clips but this one is definitely the best show so far:

Ninja Warrior

Today I discovered that Costco has 8 packs of anna's ginger thins. Normally I can resist such temptations in a grocery store. However, there is no way I could resist 8 times the cookie goodness.

These crossfit people really love pullups. On the plus side I can do way more pullups than I could a week ago.

I think I broke a lat this morning :(

I finally had my first weekend off since before Easter. The course I was teaching on ended last week. This was made even better by this being a long weekend. I didn't do much with my weekend but it was nice actually getting to sleep all night and not be awake at stupid times of day ( Read more... )

Every time I go to my parent's place I keep expecting my old dog to still be there.

Apparently abs are more important for running than I thought. I went to the gym today and was going to run 5 miles. I almost got to 3 before my stomach was cramping so badly I thought I'd throw up. I blame yesterday's heavy ab workout and not just general weakness on my part.

Sleep your way to better grades

There's nothing quite as annoying as an itch you can't scratch. My tattoos have been itching all day. I wish that they'd just finish healing.

I've increased my running a lot in the past month and decided it would be a good idea to take a break before a few aches and pains turned into serious problems. I was planning to take next week off for other reasons anyways so I just extended it into a two week break from running. Today I went swimming instead of my usual run. Apparently being ( Read more... )