I'm tired and a half. I can't move my arms. Ugh. Everything else I planned to do this evening/afteroon has been put off because I swam too much. My face also hurts because my water was in chemicals so much.
200yds breast stroke
200yds front crawl
200yds back stroke
200yds butterfly
200yds IM (50 butterfly, 50 back, 50 breast, 50 front)
200yds FC legs
200yds BF legs
25yds butterfly
25yds front crawl
25yds butterfly
25yds front crawl
25yds back crawl
25yds front crawl
25yds back crawl
25yds breast stroke
400yds front crawl fins and paddles
(one hour)
200yds breast stroke
300yds front crawl
200yds IM
100yds swim down
(20 minutes)
112 lengths - 2800yds - one hour twenty minutes.
Saturday, 28 February 2009
Thursday, 26 February 2009
Things that make me happy (february 2009 edition)
- Lucky Charms
- Bleary
- Reading the BBC news
- Limonata (San Pellegrino lemon water)
- Jon
- Yogi teas with their daily uplifting messages
- Institute with Douglas Mortensen
- My Golden (f)Uggs
- My new boy plaid trousers from Urban Outfitters
- Urban Outfitters
- Photography
- Seinfeld
- Hugs and cuddles
- distant memories of Zero
- interwebcommunications with family and friends
- ice skating
- bowling
- this photograph:
- green and blacks with toffee (I ate 90% of it in 11 minutes)
- watching people on the trax
- the feeling I get when I remember i'm not from Salt Lake City
- MGMT, M.I.A, Lilly Allen
- Playing rockband drums
- remembering i'm awesome and that I am still going to take over the world.
- Bleary
- Reading the BBC news
- Limonata (San Pellegrino lemon water)
- Jon
- Yogi teas with their daily uplifting messages
- Institute with Douglas Mortensen
- My Golden (f)Uggs
- My new boy plaid trousers from Urban Outfitters
- Urban Outfitters
- Photography
- Seinfeld
- Hugs and cuddles
- distant memories of Zero
- interwebcommunications with family and friends
- ice skating
- bowling
- this photograph:
- green and blacks with toffee (I ate 90% of it in 11 minutes)
- watching people on the trax
- the feeling I get when I remember i'm not from Salt Lake City
- MGMT, M.I.A, Lilly Allen
- Playing rockband drums
- remembering i'm awesome and that I am still going to take over the world.
Friday, 20 February 2009
Adbusters Excitement/One Flag.
So, I entered the adbusters One Flag competition back in December/end of november. I had the idea for my flag weeks before, months before. I drew it the night before, on one of my last nights with the boy before heading home at christmas time.
I used all pencils and paper from his studio too. I am a moucher.
Anyway...
I got an email at the beginning of january asking for a better quality picture of my flag.
I got my Mother to scan it and I edited the fold marks. Oddly enough I considered throwing it out weeks before that email came. I'm glad I kept it.
It is now in the newest issue of adbusters. I have a whole page to myself, and my flag, and my entry has been narrowed down to the top 30 or something, from over a thousand entries. The final vote is up to the public and their voting.
So if you like my flag idea then please vote for it.
http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/oneflag/entries/eternal_round.html
I like it. I like the concept more than the rubbish excuse attached to it... i've always said that my degree was in Bull****ing.
Vote vote vote.
I used all pencils and paper from his studio too. I am a moucher.
Anyway...
I got an email at the beginning of january asking for a better quality picture of my flag.
I got my Mother to scan it and I edited the fold marks. Oddly enough I considered throwing it out weeks before that email came. I'm glad I kept it.
It is now in the newest issue of adbusters. I have a whole page to myself, and my flag, and my entry has been narrowed down to the top 30 or something, from over a thousand entries. The final vote is up to the public and their voting.
So if you like my flag idea then please vote for it.
http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/oneflag/entries/eternal_round.html
I like it. I like the concept more than the rubbish excuse attached to it... i've always said that my degree was in Bull****ing.
Vote vote vote.
Choke.
I don't know if I blogged about this when I saw the movie originally, but I loved Choke. Yes, it's major dodge. I just love the meaning and the reason behind all of Palahniuk's books though, and I love that I don't have to read this one now, it's already been visualised for me – technically.
Anyway. I'm still reading survivor. The longest it's ever taken me to finish a Chuck book, but that's because i'm distracted by one particular boy :):):)
Choke was released on dvd the other day, and I have since been able to slice and splice to get the ending of the movie that I loved so much. I think that's what I enjoy most about Chuck books, it's the random quotes and life coaching that he gives throughout the whole thing.
Throw out your chicken soup for the soul and all other self help books. Chuck Palahniuk novels tell it how it is and give more life advice than any other fiction or non-fiction book (excluding Lds chuch doctrine).
Of course, Fox are being idiots and have taken my video down before I could even post the link. Baws.
Right...
I'll just have to self host. Pah.
I fiddled with this for ages and eventually went back to my photobucket account and uploaded it there. Youtube nazis. gah.
A giant version exists here
I would also like to comment that Kelly MacDonald is fantastic, and that, if you look closely at the end you can see her BCG mark that we all, as Britons, proudly sport.
Anyway. I'm still reading survivor. The longest it's ever taken me to finish a Chuck book, but that's because i'm distracted by one particular boy :):):)
Choke was released on dvd the other day, and I have since been able to slice and splice to get the ending of the movie that I loved so much. I think that's what I enjoy most about Chuck books, it's the random quotes and life coaching that he gives throughout the whole thing.
Throw out your chicken soup for the soul and all other self help books. Chuck Palahniuk novels tell it how it is and give more life advice than any other fiction or non-fiction book (excluding Lds chuch doctrine).
Of course, Fox are being idiots and have taken my video down before I could even post the link. Baws.
Right...
I'll just have to self host. Pah.
I fiddled with this for ages and eventually went back to my photobucket account and uploaded it there. Youtube nazis. gah.
A giant version exists here
I would also like to comment that Kelly MacDonald is fantastic, and that, if you look closely at the end you can see her BCG mark that we all, as Britons, proudly sport.
Thursday, 19 February 2009
I just cut my own hair...
... well the fringe part of it anyway.
There's nothing words can say to describe those 40 minutes of my life.
Here are some pictures.
I don't think I did too terribly. I took a little bit off the length as well... it's not really that noticeable though, and there's now a pile of hair in the bin and in the sink, and down the drain and on my cardigan.
What's alarming though, is that the way I parted my hair at the side was the exact spot for Re-Finding my gray hair.... and it's now duplicated. Seriously. Duplicated. I've tried to highlight the two guys as much as possible.
The first time I found that gray hair was on my way out of the swimming pool, on my way to institute before my first date with Jon. I wanted to look good for that date so I had brought my hairdryer to the pool with me. Call me crazy. But I found a gray hair while drying my hair. What's puzzling is that I thought it was on the other side before. So maybe there are more than 2.
My mother went gray when she was 19 so i've done well holding out until now. Not bad at all.
And, I might add... all of my hair was cut with a single blade razor and a normal pair of scissors. How Hipster of me.
There's nothing words can say to describe those 40 minutes of my life.
Here are some pictures.
Before
After
I don't think I did too terribly. I took a little bit off the length as well... it's not really that noticeable though, and there's now a pile of hair in the bin and in the sink, and down the drain and on my cardigan.
What's alarming though, is that the way I parted my hair at the side was the exact spot for Re-Finding my gray hair.... and it's now duplicated. Seriously. Duplicated. I've tried to highlight the two guys as much as possible.
The first time I found that gray hair was on my way out of the swimming pool, on my way to institute before my first date with Jon. I wanted to look good for that date so I had brought my hairdryer to the pool with me. Call me crazy. But I found a gray hair while drying my hair. What's puzzling is that I thought it was on the other side before. So maybe there are more than 2.
My mother went gray when she was 19 so i've done well holding out until now. Not bad at all.
And, I might add... all of my hair was cut with a single blade razor and a normal pair of scissors. How Hipster of me.
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
Tuesday Stats
I've been fighting off a cold/flu thing for the past week. My immune system is pretty solid because I partake of Astragulus every day, and i've been taking it for almost a year.
so when I get sick i'm still functioning, i just get symptoms one at a time and they don't really hurt or irritate me. Last week I had a headache all week, all week. It was one of those low, dull, niggling, constant ones. Lame.
And this week I have a sore throat. Although I think that's going away today.
Last week I also fell over a number of times and bruised a lot of myself, so I think i had ear ache as well, but on a miniscule scale.
I went swimming yesterday, because it boosts the immune system and makes things happy again – doing exercise that is. I think it also spreads disease and infection to anyone else in the water. Alas. I am a cow.
However, I wasn't really feeling it, so my session was back to normal and I was swimming 2000yds in 55 minutes. I hate not having a meter pool here. Really. That extra meter and a half makes all the difference to my stroke.
Stats
200yds FC
200yds BS
100yds BC
100yds BF
(with flippers)
200yds FC legs
50yds BC legs
50yds BF legs
100yds BS legs
(with paddles)
200yds FC arms
50yds BC arms
50yds BF arms
100yds BS arms
400yds FC arms legs flippers paddles
8x25yds FC/BS 25yds sprint FC.
50yds swim down
Total: 200yds time: 55 minutes.
I then walked to the institute building and bumped into Poulson and he sat with me through the lecture, which was rather interesting, given that a year ago he and I were not friends. Hmmm. Alas. His eyes were as bloodshot as ever. As soon as it ended I walked off, drifted per say. I wasn't going to hang about and boost his ego or something by looking like I wanted to be part of his crew and talk to him and what not.
On my walk to the institute building my hair froze. it was quite spectacular. I tried to take pictures of it, but it didn't really come out too well.
I only had me wee camera with me, but I wish I had had my big one with a tripod there would have been some beautiful shots with a slow shutter speed. Alas. I was on foot and public transport so I was trying to travel as light as possible. Here's a couple of potential shots that would have been better with the Big Canon.
On my way home on the trax there was a random man, that I thought was my friend Matt, but wasn't, and I'm so pleased that I didn't sit next to him and talk to him. But this half Jamaican was taking pictures of random people on the train, and he took like 2 or 3 of me. I didn't care so much. I think if I did that would make me a hypocrit. I have a crap load of pictures of people that I thought looked cool. I'm just a bit more subtle at picture taking than this stoner was.
Anyway, my favourite sign on the trax, and I don't know if i've blogged about this before, but I love it is this one:
Shirt and Shoes is a requirement. Always remember that.
I was wearing my Uggs yesterday and my feet were cosier than a sheep. Well as cosy as a sheep. So I was taking some pictures for a blog that I contribute to called Gypsy Feet, owned by the awesome Laura. None of these really worked out or captured the essence of what I was going for. That and Uggs aren't made for the snow. Contrary to popular belief. They are not water proof, they stain in the snow and wet, and they don't have a good grip. In fact, while walking in these after being in the snow I felt like I was elevated 2cm off the ground. The snow just caked to the bottom, it was weird. I also decided to risk the potential of stainage to get some good golden boot shots in the snow. I'm sad none of them turned out good enough. Maybe I'll go out again today with my big camera. Once I get some work done. :)
Also, if anyone has any freelance design work that needs doing, give me a bell. Vizzle M needs work and money.
xxx
so when I get sick i'm still functioning, i just get symptoms one at a time and they don't really hurt or irritate me. Last week I had a headache all week, all week. It was one of those low, dull, niggling, constant ones. Lame.
And this week I have a sore throat. Although I think that's going away today.
Last week I also fell over a number of times and bruised a lot of myself, so I think i had ear ache as well, but on a miniscule scale.
I went swimming yesterday, because it boosts the immune system and makes things happy again – doing exercise that is. I think it also spreads disease and infection to anyone else in the water. Alas. I am a cow.
However, I wasn't really feeling it, so my session was back to normal and I was swimming 2000yds in 55 minutes. I hate not having a meter pool here. Really. That extra meter and a half makes all the difference to my stroke.
Stats
200yds FC
200yds BS
100yds BC
100yds BF
(with flippers)
200yds FC legs
50yds BC legs
50yds BF legs
100yds BS legs
(with paddles)
200yds FC arms
50yds BC arms
50yds BF arms
100yds BS arms
400yds FC arms legs flippers paddles
8x25yds FC/BS 25yds sprint FC.
50yds swim down
Total: 200yds time: 55 minutes.
I then walked to the institute building and bumped into Poulson and he sat with me through the lecture, which was rather interesting, given that a year ago he and I were not friends. Hmmm. Alas. His eyes were as bloodshot as ever. As soon as it ended I walked off, drifted per say. I wasn't going to hang about and boost his ego or something by looking like I wanted to be part of his crew and talk to him and what not.
On my walk to the institute building my hair froze. it was quite spectacular. I tried to take pictures of it, but it didn't really come out too well.
I only had me wee camera with me, but I wish I had had my big one with a tripod there would have been some beautiful shots with a slow shutter speed. Alas. I was on foot and public transport so I was trying to travel as light as possible. Here's a couple of potential shots that would have been better with the Big Canon.
On my way home on the trax there was a random man, that I thought was my friend Matt, but wasn't, and I'm so pleased that I didn't sit next to him and talk to him. But this half Jamaican was taking pictures of random people on the train, and he took like 2 or 3 of me. I didn't care so much. I think if I did that would make me a hypocrit. I have a crap load of pictures of people that I thought looked cool. I'm just a bit more subtle at picture taking than this stoner was.
Anyway, my favourite sign on the trax, and I don't know if i've blogged about this before, but I love it is this one:
Shirt and Shoes is a requirement. Always remember that.
I was wearing my Uggs yesterday and my feet were cosier than a sheep. Well as cosy as a sheep. So I was taking some pictures for a blog that I contribute to called Gypsy Feet, owned by the awesome Laura. None of these really worked out or captured the essence of what I was going for. That and Uggs aren't made for the snow. Contrary to popular belief. They are not water proof, they stain in the snow and wet, and they don't have a good grip. In fact, while walking in these after being in the snow I felt like I was elevated 2cm off the ground. The snow just caked to the bottom, it was weird. I also decided to risk the potential of stainage to get some good golden boot shots in the snow. I'm sad none of them turned out good enough. Maybe I'll go out again today with my big camera. Once I get some work done. :)
Also, if anyone has any freelance design work that needs doing, give me a bell. Vizzle M needs work and money.
xxx
Qu'est-ce que c'est?
Over the years there have been very few programmes that I have loved to the point that I arrange my life around seeing episodes. Thanks to the internet I don't have to do that so much anymore.
But here are the ones that I love:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
Popular
Friends (although I gave up after season 7 because of Buffy. I went to uni and buffy and friends were on at the same time and my mum could only tape one.)
Lost
Heroes
Ugly Betty
Pushing Daisies
Dead Like Me
Heroes, however, now sucks. I still watch it though, it doesn't completely suck, but after every episode i'm left with questions about holes in the plot. They definitely stretch their audience to see what they get away with. Although, what I find fascinating is how the evil guy, is now the mediocre guy. No one really worries about him so much. And I think for that actor's career it's a good thing. Because he would forever be cast an typeset in evil roles, but now he is in more of an empathetic role with a slight twist of humour, as this closing scene of the latest episode shows.
yes he's murdered a lot of people for his own personal gain, which is probably a commentary on society as it stands and is today.
Psycho Killer Qu'est-ce que c'est? Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better.
But here are the ones that I love:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
Popular
Friends (although I gave up after season 7 because of Buffy. I went to uni and buffy and friends were on at the same time and my mum could only tape one.)
Lost
Heroes
Ugly Betty
Pushing Daisies
Dead Like Me
Heroes, however, now sucks. I still watch it though, it doesn't completely suck, but after every episode i'm left with questions about holes in the plot. They definitely stretch their audience to see what they get away with. Although, what I find fascinating is how the evil guy, is now the mediocre guy. No one really worries about him so much. And I think for that actor's career it's a good thing. Because he would forever be cast an typeset in evil roles, but now he is in more of an empathetic role with a slight twist of humour, as this closing scene of the latest episode shows.
yes he's murdered a lot of people for his own personal gain, which is probably a commentary on society as it stands and is today.
Psycho Killer Qu'est-ce que c'est? Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better.
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