Insanely happy (possibly just insane?)

So sleepy..

Usually I’m up like a flash in the morning. (Note: this does not mean I’m chirpy and cheerful about it!) This morning, however, Sheila woke me up around 7am after I slept through my alarm – an hour late! Doh! “Can’t I just go back to sleep?” No? Doh!

Lucky I’m sleeping on a futon, because I literally fell out of it – brain really struggling to recruit the various muscle groups needed to lift body vertical.

Vegemite toast, two coffees and a vanilla Coke should help..

Last night was Pump class after an extra-boring day in the orrifice (Terrible Tuesdays are back). Pump was good. I reduced my weights too much but I still felt like I’d worked and it’s preferable to injuring myself. I’ll bump them up again for the next class (Sunday morning, unless I’m wrecked from Franz Ferdinand shenanigans).

Spin class on Monday was good too. We had a different instructor who I thought was better than the one usually taking the classes. She explained the sets before we did each one and then gave a little countdown towards the end. I’d rather have this information than not – it helps push on until the very end. Unfortunately she was only filling in and wont be back. 🙁

Ran “the loop” on Sunday in a poor attempt to kill my foul hangover-induced mood. It worked to some extent, but it was too late as everyone was already cowering in their rooms, forecasting my mood as if the weather, “Dark & Stormy” (I like it! :D). Felt quite slow and sore but time-wise it was actually average or a bit below.

Sidenote: What is it with needing a crap after every run?! Geez! :S

I need to start a moodlog – Monday was the complete opposite of Sunday – uncontrollable laughter and utter stupidity on my part. Great! At least I’ll never be considered “emotionally boring”!

Winter crits are almost ready to start near home and I’m still bike-less. 🙁

Passed up the ticket to Chemical Brothers from Sara’s French mate because getting more would be too expensive. They’ve sold out, so Ebay would be the only option.

Franz Ferdinand should be fun this Saturday with Dan and Shaun (and ?).

Friday 16th is work’s xmas party, Sheila’s Pirate Party and also the night for Fat Boy Slim, so there may need to be some very quick costume changes or time travel!

Trips to Prague and Edinburgh draw closer.

Harry Potter has picked his Quidditch team.

Coke is still one of those drinks I regret buying after the second mouthful.

The sky was beautiful and pink this morning (photos were taken) and when doing squats you need to “stick your azz out like zis”..

WE HAVE OUR INTERNET CONNECTION BACK!!!!

Tired and grumpy. Should’ve had my vegemite toast for brekkie. Missed the 10am Pump class after going to bed around 3am and then waking up at 11am. Doh! Must’ve slept through the 6:15am alarm. Might try and make the Tuesday class.

I should ride to Courier Systems and fill out the pay query form to locate my missing 60quid or maybe I’ll go for a run? Or maybe I’ll continue my house cleaning frenzy? Why do I like to clean when suffering from a night out the previous evening? I think some research needs to be done on this puzzling phenomenon..

Grant, Sheila and I couldn’t take the lack of internet any more so we’re paying 2quid for an hour’s access in a local internet cafe. I really want to get some Matt Darey sets on my ipod but I can’t download them here 🙁

Tezz is looking fighting fit for his trip and it was cool to catch up with Simon and Jimbo last night at the Jackdaw & Rook in Clapham. I totally didn’t recognise either of them!! How embarassment!!

Blah, blah, brain is in neutral. I came here for a reason but I can’t remember now.. sheet!

It’s cold, but there be no snow yet. Soon, my pretties.. soon..

Skipped last night’s BodyCombat class after working late and ran instead. I was feeling good and ended up taking 5 minutes off my PB for EARL (EAling Run Loop). Perhaps it was the temperature or perhaps it was running at night?

I reckon it was under 5degC and with the wind-chill! Damn!! I used my arm-warmers to help prevent my arms freezing and snapping off.

Leo is back from the States and we are heading to the Red Lion tonight for his birthday drinkies (I’m ending my drinking ban a night early – um ah!). Tezz’s Going Away party tomorrow night.

I finished reading “The Elder Gods” by David and Leigh Eddings. I didn’t think it was much chop – very “simple” in plot and delivery. It was something I could’ve read quite happily in Grade 5. His other books are supposed to be better, but it’s not really my style of novel anyway, I’m not really a fantasy fan. At least I can finally start Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!

Caught the bus to work today to see how it compares with the train. It’s 40p cheaper per day (1.80) and about 30min quicker. It’s not the best environment for reading on though and there were no seats downstairs. The windows were totally fogged up so I was worried about missing my stop. I didn’t. I also prefer to use non-road transport, ie. trains. I’ll have a think about it and decide which option is really the best..

It’s very cold this morning so once in the office it was straight into the kitchen for a supersize hot chocolate! I still haven’t been able to find any Milo, but in the words of the Trancesetters: “The Search Goes On”..

Happy Birthday dude! Have a Guinness for me.

Now, back to me.. 😛

Weather forecasting over here in London is as bad as it is in Melbourne. The -8degC blizzard has obviously been put on hold by a higher power. I’m sure it’s all a conspiracy between newspapers and the meteorologists to create news stories! 😛

Spin class last night was better than the first class but still leaves me cained. I have real trouble standing and pedaling – it’s just not something I do very often. Need more of a warmup too but I’m not allowed on the bikes until the other class finishes. Sooks. Spotted a gym in Richmond which requires some investigation – might be able to use their showers and actually ride to work?

Better do some work now.. Have a nice day people! Will be back online properly soon.

Tomorrow is supposed to be -8degC, with a blizzard warning!

I’m from Melbourne for feck’s sake! I don’t even know what a blizzard is! :S 😛

Should be some fun finding out though. I’m crossing my fingers for snow. That’d be frickin’ awesome! SNOW SNOW SNOW!!!

The internet at EalingGeekHive (a.k.a. “home”) has gone down due to its connection to some insanely fast new service, so I’m blogging this from work and getting behind in all my other geek stuff. I think Leo gets back from the States soon and he controls these things. Please be patient, not a patient.

Blah, blah, body is falling apart with the gym stuff, too much weight, too little muscle. Um, I’m passing up free ice-skating tonight to sit on my backside doing nothing. Should be great! I can’t wait!

It’s the end of the day so my brain is fried. If you want more detail on hippy happenings.. well.. um.. make them up yourself!

Here’s a start:

“so hippy went to the market..”

“hippy then said to the policeman..”

“how hippy’s custard tart ended up in her underwear is a long and complicated tale..”

“Don’t press THAT button!” squealed the bystander formerly known as innocent.

And remember folks: Care for your socks and they shall protect you from the evil leprechauns. The End.

They’d have a picture of me.

I’m turning into a bit of a gym junkie (*cough-bullsh1t-cough*), which isn’t unreasonable given the amount of time I used to spend on the bike that is now roughly: 0 hours and 0 minutes per week.

Tonight I was going to warm up on the exercise bike and then learn how to use some of the other gear – rowing machines, treadmills and suchlike.

What actually happened was:

10min: “Hmm.. good enough warm up, let’s crank it up for a bit..”

“I’ll get off at 20min and use the rowing machine..”

20min: “Love Astral Projection, I’ll sit on 140rpm until it ends..”

“I’ll get off at 30min and use the rowing machine..”

30min: “Can’t stop now, all-time-fave ‘Amphetamine’ is on.. 140rpm for all 6m43s”

“I’ll get off at 40min and use the rowing machine..”

40min: “I know, I’ll do some more high cadence stuff. Hey, cool, 180rpm matches my heart rate..”

50min: “There’s no fuggin way I’m stopping before the hours up, 10sec @ 160rpm+ each 2min until the hour’s done.”

1hr: “Arrgh.. stupid machine turned off! Damn you!”

*switches bike back on and does last high-rpm rep*

“Ahhhh..”

“Ahrrr!”

Ending with HR in the 190bpm area, absolutely drenched in sweat with an exercise bike glad to see me leaving.. HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY!

Okay, so I can barely walk and I’ve done some damage to my under-used glutes and hip flexors, but I don’t care.

The more trashed my body is the better. It needs punishment. If only someone would massage my sore arse muscles.. 😛

My lower half is now as trashed as my upper half which is nice. Throwing all those punches and doing pushups and tricep dips last night.. it’s bigtime foreign to me.

On a positive note my depression is on hold. Not sure if this is due to my drinking ban, the exercise or if it’s just the “up” again.

Next slump I’m going to try and break one of the exercise bikes by overrevving 🙂 That should leave me with too little energy to worry about anything else. Problem solved.

Sheila didn’t want to come near me for some reason? 😛

In other news, work is boring. Sara (partner in crime) is in Spain for a few days, consuming hot-chocolate so thick you have to eat it with a spoon! (so jealous!)

My ipod is all that talks to me now and this tends to make for a long day.

I try and break it up with some DanChat(tm) and the odd SheilaNGrantMail(tm) but I still get bored. Waiting 10min for a reply from Dan was just too long so I voiced some thoughts:

you’re odd you’re weird you’re strange you’re queer

you’re too different, you’re not fittin in ’round here

wearing von dutch, cat, maybe affording armani,

lay down the fashion cash if you want in with this army

keep up with the Jones’s, crave plasma, ipods, big cars

no time for adventure, into that office, plant your fat arse

day long push pen on paper or finger to key

the grey lifeless office, enjoy that cheap coffee?

you wanted to be a spaceman but now you have “taste” man

remember your mates, the good times and childhood wishin’

now you are stuck with long-dead dreams and career ambition

Well, I got a laugh from it. Perhaps someone will see it and offer me something interesting to do just so long as I stop writing this sh1te!

Tee, I have the photo you wanted.. but it’ll cost you..

a 1.5kg tin of milo. Just kidding! 😛

I finished reading Terry Pratchett’s “Wyrd Sisters” and thought it was much better than “Sourcery“.

Still no closer to starting the last Harry Potter because Mei-Ling got me “The Elder Gods” by David & Leigh Eddings.

Apparently not the best Eddings book, it seems quite “simple” to me (but I’m not much of a fantasy reader). I’ve only just become interested in ‘what happens next’ around page 150! I just hope it ends well.