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Archive for December, 2002
Dennis teaches a video productionDennis teaches a video production class and tomorrow is final review day. Last year we had a game like Jeopardy where if they wanted they could challenge another team to answer it. If the challenged team got it wrong, they had to wear the “intellectuall challenged hats” (dunce caps, but politically correct) - they were decorated with plastic beads, sparkly things, etc. If the challeged team got it right, then the challengers got to wear the hats. Well, like I said, tomorrow is review day again and we are having little mini quizes. The team who gets all the questions right first get to play for bonus points. And they are having physical challegenges. We decided that we are going to have “basket in the head while someone tosses a ball” game, a target game (with a picture of Corky Romano), a golf putting game using a hockey stick, etc. It’s going to be f-u-n.
I took a 45 minuteI took a 45 minute nap today. It felt so good. It’s nice to take naps. I had almost forgotten how good they feel. Everyone should take a nap everyday.
This is sad. I wasThis is sad. I was listening to XM’s U-Pop channel which is basically pop music from all over the world, but mostly in English. So this song comes on, and I realize that it’s not in English and I listen for a few seconds and think “kind of sounds like Chinese” and go on with what I was working on. Then I listen again only to notice that it wasn’t Chinese. It was Spanish! How depressing. I can’t believe I couldn’t understand it at first. After all I spoke Spanish for 18 years, 24 hrs a day.
List of the Month: NineList of the Month: Nine Things Strom Thurmond Is Older Than Maxim, June 2002 1. AM/FM radio
My gift for Shelby wasMy gift for Shelby was a hit. I feel better now. “It’s a thing full of stuff!”
I went to the gymI went to the gym tonight. No fainting, no dizzyness, nothing. A nice, productive workout. A fitness winner is me! Thank you, Shelby!
The gym called today toThe gym called today to check on me. That was nice of them. They didn’t have to do it, but they did. It’s such a candy-ass place, I love it.
Go head. Point and laughGo head. Point and laugh at me. As some of you know, I’ve been working out for the last couple of months. An average of 5 days a week. 3 days weights, 2 days cardio. It’s (was) going great. I’m noticing progress - increased endurance and some muscle growth. Well, I went back to the gym tonight after taking a few days off during Thanksgiving. I did a little bit of cardio and then I moved on to the weights. Monday is weights day. After 4 exercises I start feeling light headed. Now I know that this is not a good thing, so I decide that maybe I should go home and just rest tonight and try again tomorrow. I walk over to one of the computer stations to log me out of the work out (after all it’s a fancy high tech candy ass gym) and next thing I know, my arms feel heavy, everything gets blurry and I feel my head hit the computer, first the eyebrow, then the chin. Then floor. The next thing I remember is a guy helping me to a chair. They had me rest, they gave me water, extremely sweet juice and then told me that I had to either go to the ER or sign a disclaimer. I obviously chose to sign the disclaimer. I was feeling fine by then. Of course after signing I found out that the ER would have been on their dime. I should have let them do that, and make them pay for a crapload of tests I probably do not need. Low blood sugar the guy said. The guy identified himself as a doctor. I was so embarrased. I should change my workout schedule so that none of those people who were working out when I fainted see me ever again. Tonight Andy, Becky and ITonight Andy, Becky and I went to campus to attend the annual tree-lighting ceremony. I try to go every year. I had forgotten everything about it this time, but thankfully Heather reminded me this afternoon. Andy and Becky stopped by the house around 5:50 pm and we drove to campus. The event started at 6. The University choir started singing and the wind picked up. And it was cold. I really need to start remembering to wear a hat when I go out at night. I don’t have much hair on my head, it does get cold up there. After 3 songs, and a boring speech by the Alumni director, the president gave the usual 2 minute talk about the holiday season and then we proceeded to the countdown. 10, 9 , 8 … and the tree lit up once we reached 0. This time the lighting didn’t take Andy by surprise, he was finally looking at the right tree. You know, the largest tree in front of the building. Once everyone went “ooohh” and “aaah” we went inside and fought and pushed and shoved all the little kids around us so that we could each get a delicious cup of hot and oh-so-sweet cocoa. And a cookie. I mean, nothing says Christmas like a cookie.
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