thursday journal!

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Registered: 03-11-2004
thursday journal!
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Thu, 06-09-2005 - 7:25am

i'm actually up early enough to start a journal!

i just got back from a 2+ mile hilly run (with a bit of a walk in there) -- i'm proud of myself because i've had a hard time getting back into exercising since my break but i managed to drag myself out of bed early to go running in the MORNING! i can't remember the last time i did this. but it's too hot and polluted now to run during the day, and it doesn't cool off until pretty late at night and anyway the smog lingers in the air even after dark, so if i'm going to keep running i'm going to have to get up early and do it. it'll be better anyway - exercising was taking up too much of my time before. now, with exercising mostly early morning and lunch time, i'll have more of my evenings free for other things. like slip n slide in the backyard with my friends.

anyway, that's all my exercise for today.

food-
half a big banana, coffee, soysage, flax waffle

smoothie, wrap

dinner at vegetable garden - probably "the usual" - vegan chik'in, potatos, broccoli, carrots and lima beans in curry sauce over brown rice, jasmine tea.

chocolate

while we are at veg garden we are going to stop at the skate store and buy me knee and elbow pads for skateboarding. i'm terrified of skateboarding but living 2 hours from the shore (4 in summer traffic) learning to skateboard is one of the few things i can do on a regular basis to improve my surfing skills. so i am going to suck it up and give it a go. i hope i don't break anything. it's funny because T likes to skateboard but is scared of surfing because of the ocean. i'm totally comfortable in the ocean and not scared of surfing at all but terrified of skateboarding. i'm the rational one - which hurts more, falling into the water or falling onto concrete!?!?

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Thu, 06-09-2005 - 8:45am

Or drowning vs. a concussion.


Jen, do you have a helmet for skateboarding?






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Registered: 05-01-2003
Thu, 06-09-2005 - 8:53am

Who would have ever thought you and I would turn into morning people?

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Thu, 06-09-2005 - 8:57am

What a bad appointment, especially when you're missing a workout on top of it!






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Thu, 06-09-2005 - 9:24am
where are you going? happy anniversary!
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Thu, 06-09-2005 - 9:45am
i don't feel like i need a helmet, at least not yet, because my goal is to skate bowls and things like that at a skate park -- i'm not going to be skating on the street -- so i'm unlikely to hit my head. if i get good enough that i start doing tricks then i'll think about it. i'm not worried about concussions, i'm worried about a broken wrist or tailbone or really gnarly scrapes. scrapes are the worst - in terms of pain, getting your arm bitten off by nice sharp shark teeth probably hurts less than a really bad scraping cut (although you can easily get those from reefs while surfing too, but for some reason i'm not scared of that! it's funny, a love of surfing must be in my blood or something, because i'm afraid of almost every other "extreme" sport --skiing, rock climbing, river kayaking-- i think part of it is that i feel really comfortable in the ocean.)
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Thu, 06-09-2005 - 9:48am
the reason she said that is because you are so muscular - that's why you weigh more than you look like you do. it's actually a backhanded compliment. i know that's not much consolation. sorry about your crummy day. i don't know how much fun colonoscopy is, but i know it's a lot more fun than colon cancer, so try to keep that in mind.
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Thu, 06-09-2005 - 11:55am

But, you could fall off your skateboard and slip backwards, sideways.






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Thu, 06-09-2005 - 12:16pm

i'm wearing jeans while skateboarding - i don't care if it's hot.


i'd wear a helmet for rollerblading on a path too. i feel like if you are going fast somewhere you can crash into cars or trees at high speeds (rollerblading on the street or on a bike path, biking,

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Thu, 06-09-2005 - 12:22pm

Yeah, some people advocate helmets for figure skating, too.






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Thu, 06-09-2005 - 2:03pm
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