I'm trying....i'm trying real hard ringo to be the shepherd.

Great thanksgiving . Got to see the bro and his family. Got to play a little football. A little 2 hand touch and then a little tackle action. The tackle game was better for me, cuz i worked them all over the field. Got to see my friends. It was a good time. We capped it off with a party last night. The whole night is a blurr. Fun stuff though. Agrawe was out of control.

Haven't been doing any of the things that hard working people do or that i need to do. I'm a slacker. So many things are out of control. I gotta start getting some smaller portions. Small seasoned curlies, a JUNIOR western bacon Chee....and only 4 chicken mcnuggets instead 6. Maybe drink some diet soda instead of regular. Gotta try and lose some of the weight. Gotta watch my figure.

But yeah, the weight is out of control. The study habits are out of control. My routine is all out of flux. I gotta get it together before it's too late.

Baby is the best

what's got him all creased?


I ran today. Short little shake out. Felt a little better. A little.

Running time-15.56

It's still hard. We're working hard here. it's hard work. We're even workin on saturday. cuz it's hard...it's hard work.

I watched this movie called beautiful girls that i really enjoyed. I'm a sapp for these feel good movies and i think this is one of the better ones. It is a good ensemble movie with some great dialogue. That reminds me, i want to see wonder boys again.

good night sweet girl

I waste so much time, seriously.

Today i did got some things done i suppose. I started my investing career. I set up two mutual funds; one for a Roth IRA(American funds, growth fund of america) and normal mutual fund(Capital world growth and income fund). I'm happy with it. Hopefully it pays off for me. I'd also like to own some real estate in the near future. That would be huge.

I went for a short run today too. Sorry Jason, i 'm not runnin the turkey run. I just don't feel at all good about my fitness. I haven't put any miles in really. When i go out and run it hurts. Another time perhaps.

Anyway, i have lots to do. I'll check in later.

It's pretty demoralizing for me personally. Running at a pace that is a far cry from the pace i am used to and less than a year ago i could do comfortably. Even so, I went out today and tried to move along a pace slightly quicker than old man oakley who himself shuffles along slightly faster than power walkers(if that). Anyway, I am reminded by lester burnham, that "It is never to late to get it back."

To give you some kind of insight into how out of shape i am, i will post some rough mile splits. They aren't precisely accurate but close enough i'd say. I went out my first mile in a blistering pace of 8.06. And then it got worse. I ran an 8.26 2nd mile. And then i was tired. Really tired. I finished out the run, (I wanted at least 30) and found a comfort zone towards the end where i didn't feel so bad anymore. So that is a good thing.

Total running time- 32.03

Other than that, had a good weekend. Marissa was here again. wow. Things are going great. and the BEARS won for every weekend she's been here. She definitely needs to keep coming.

Bears vs. Colts next weekend at Soldier field nate....you should try to get here by sunday so we can watch it.

It looked pretty bleak that night. I got off work around 11, and struggled to even pull my books out of my bag to start my work. A paper on Dante's Inferno. I had no idea what my thesis would be. Time passed and I hadn't yet opened my backpack. It was already climbing into the wee hours of the night. A struggle; I could not write more than a paragraph in an hour. It was 3 am. Pretty soon I could barely keep my eyes open. It became clear to me in my sleep-ripped state that i should throw in the towel. "Fuck it dude, let's go bowling", the inner voice in my head said and by bowling he meant sleep of course. But i then i just started typing. It was 4.30 by this time and i was typing like a lunatic. I had a page, then 2 pages and everythign was rolling. I was on fire. When things started to wind down at about 6.30(I had class at 9), I actually thought to myself, " Damn, I think this is actually pretty good." And then I fell into a fitful sleep. I napped for about 5 hours the next day. Today, we met for class and received our papers back. I was ready to accept my instructors criticisms about my sloppiness and lack of a clear thesis, but alas, gratification was mine. In big print at the top, "A, This is more like it! Bravo!" Sweet Vindication! Victory is mine.

I changed all this template business again. I wish I knew html so i can make this stuff really cool. But i don't. There's a goal. Learn html.

no running today. I"m really sore actually. Ahh the perils of being overweight. It shall end.

i'm running again. I ran 29.36 today. I'm not messing around anymore. This has gotten out of control.

Mondays are the worst.

I've got a paper due on Dante's Inferno on wednesday. I've got a test in computer science on wednesday. I have an exam in Christain Sexuality, tomorrow. What's my other class, oh, calc 3. I have a test in that on thursday. oh and i have to work tomorrow night from 5-11. that sucks.

Order of agenda. I dont' really know. i have to concentrate on one thing at a time. First things first; take a nap.

out

Blatant attempt to get geoff to post*


I was just reading my buddy drew's blog and it got me inspired to jot some things down i suppose. Also, drew, I hear you on the freetime thing man. It feels like i can never find the time to do anything extra, so what i do is cut out stuff that really matters and then just be lazy in place of that. Not a very smart idea. I shouldn't even be writing this, i don't have the time. Alright, first thing to-do today. Make a to-do list.

To-do List 11-4-5

10-11am:Do Calc III Homework, start on world lit(Reading Inferno/writing a paper on inferno)
11-12am: Dedicating to freetime(guitar, surfing web, civ3 hahh, Nfl2k5, whatever else)
12-1.10: Classtime, well it's at 12.20 but still
1.10-2.30: computer lab to get some CS done. Pluss i fined i can do other homework t here too...i don't know what it is...something about that computer lab, i just get stuff done.
2.30-3: more world lit propbably.
3-4.45: Freetime!! YESS!! Hopefully i'll run during this time.( This is probably the most scheduled freetime i've gotten in sometime. I say scheduled because a lot of time i blow off other activities in the name of freetime.
5-11pm: Work for the man..or the mom i should say.
11.30-sleep: Read some of the count of monte cristo then fall asleep. Yes i'm still readin it, i haven't picked it ups in like 6 months