The only downside to working out at a gym is the other people there. Sure many times this is also the major bonus (heeelllooo hawt!), but not today. The first attack on my delicate nose came when I was innocently doing some pull-downs. There is a sit-up machine right behind the back area. The kind of sit-up machine that you add weight to. Anyhoo, the gal using it had garlic for dinner. The action of squeezing her abs squeezed out the evidence of that. P.U. So I decided to finish back and move on.

Later on while doing my cardio, another gal got on the machine next to me. It took about two minutes before I noticed her issue. She was drenched in perfume. Drenched. It burned my nose. It filled the room. People looked at her… But I had to finish my cardio. I was trapped. Now I have a headache. Ew.

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daniel · late morning · 4 comments · ping it

So I went to the regular gym today instead of the clubhouse up the hill. It gets crowded up there on the weekend, with everyone workin’ on their fitness right? Over at 24 Hour though it was nice and quiet. I was about ten minutes away from finishing up my cardio. I usually go over to the ab machine next. There are only 2 of the one I like to use so I tend to start scoping them out early. I hate to have to wait, yanno? So this Dilbert looking fellow gets on and does some sit-ups. In my mind I start my usual chant ‘hurryuphurryuphurryup’ cause like, I am almost ready to move over there. In the meantime the gal who was on the other machine had left and a new gal got on. She did like 3 crunches, scrunched her face, sat up, and began sniffing the machine. Like the handles and headrest. She looked disgusted. Over at Dilbert’s side, well he was gazing over the cardio room and picking something on his neck. As I was looking he got it loose, whatever it was, and ate it! ATE IT!! I think I said ‘ew’ out loud, but I am not sure. My music was cranked up.

So now I was debating which of the 2 machines were less violated. There was the one that clearly stunk, or the one with Dilbert’s dirty handles from his face picking (which at this point he was really squeezing and working…)

I went with smelly. It is the gym after all. One expects a certain level of funk. But one shouldn’t be confronted with these kinds of choices so early in the morning.

tagged: fitness exercise 24 hour picking sniffing funk squeezing smelly dilbert

daniel · lunch time · 4 comments · ping it

Tonight is the big overnight shift part of the annual inventory process. I tried to stay up a bit later last night to, you know. Adjust. It’s nice that I could sleep to noon on DST day. Hehe. But anyway, I entertained myself last night watching the YouTube. I was trapped in a Mad TV hole, but from back when it was funny. The Vancome Lady, MS. Swan, Antonia… It was awesome.

Today I leisurely woke up and sipped coffee. I walked up to the clubhouse to workout. The gym looks out over the pool area. Since it is an amazingly gorgeous San Diego day, the pool was packed with sunbathers. Girls were frolicking in the pool. Guys were adjusting their shorts as they sunned to get the ‘low rise jean’ tan. Needless to say, the view was pretty good from the stair-master today.

Now I am dressed and ready but i don’t want to go to work. Have to, but don’t want to. Someone enjoy a margarita on a patio for me okay??

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daniel · mid-afternoon · 1 comment · ping it

This is a bowl of tuna salad. For those who have been over to dinner you may know that this bowl is quite large. It has approximately 36 ounces of fish, low fat mayo, fat free ranch, mustard, and a variety of tasty seasonings in it. But not salt. Tuna is salty enough on it’s own yo. Did I mention the ½ onion and 3 chopped zesty pickles? We make yummy tuna salad. It will be in our sandwiches that we bring as lunches for about a week, give or take. Sometimes we use it for dinner. A few spoonfuls on a salad and you are good to go. Is it a Gourmet Wednesday™ dish? No. But it’s what we do when we eat healthy. Lots of protein for boys that exercise regularly…

Before we came to San Diego there was always tuna salad in the fridge. Since we got here we did quite a few more freezer snacks, lunches out, as well as the gourmet cooking. Not to mention much less exercise. I think it was a symptom of the mismatched schedules. Since that has been remedied (other than PTO policies) we are back on track.

It seems like a lot of the hawt bloggers and podcasters are on a health kick right now, yeah? Weird.

I think my abs and lats are gonna be sore tomorrow.

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daniel · early evening · 4 comments · ping it

She walked up in a cute outfit and perfect hair. She selected her cardio machine. She set her bag down on it and got something out to blot her face. Then she reached in and pulled out a tube of lotion. She applied this to her arms while looking around. Just when I thought she was done she got out another kind. Wow. Lotion-y. So then she puts that away and sets up her CD player, untangles her headphones, gets out a note pad, and finally a workout towel. It was 5 minutes before she actually climbed onto the machine! Then she slowly began to move. Sheesh!

I totally wasn’t stalking but she was right next to me… Anyway, then her friend comes up and she carries on a complete conversation. She wasn’t out of breath. She never missed a beat in the chat, and even hand gestured quite a bit. Weird.

And here I was at the gym to sweat.

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daniel · mid-afternoon · 1 comment · ping it

I was off for 5 days and I havn’t written a decent post in all that time! I suck! Or… maybe I get more motivation from work that I thought. Hmm. Interesting to think about, especially since I have stopped writing about work so much, other than Member Only Content.. I mean Dooce, anyone? Right. Exactly my point. So then why would I have more to say during a normal work week? Maybe because we haven’t done much in the last 5 days.

Friday was spent shopping for new fish and blogging about Anna Nicole. On Saturday we went to the gym and went shopping for potential wall decor for when we redo the bedroom (1 more week till new furniture!). I also couldn’t stop saying ‘Pickle Surprise!’... Then we rented movies. Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Black Dahlia, Strangers With Candy, and Night Listener. We saw Hedwig and Strangers that night. I LOVED, LOVED Hedwig!! I even watched it a second time right there.. OCD much?

Anyway… where was I? Sunday.. Erm, more shopping? That night we saw Night Listener. I really enjoyed that one, though I am not always a Robin Williams fan… Then what? Oh! Monday! What did we do Monday? Hang on, I have to think.. Oh yeah! We actually went somewhere! Well, first it was off to the gym. You seeing a trend here? Then we dressed up cute and headed up the freeway to La Jolla! It was a crisp and clear day. Perfect for looking at the shops in a coastal town! Shopping. Again. Sheesh! But we did buy something that day! A monkey! It matches the lion and giraffe Richard already has in his collection of beaded animals from Africa. When we got home we settled in for Black Dahlia. Awesome movie BTW, but confusing. Then it was regular Monday programing… Today was more gym, more shopping, and yeah. Looking back, I never realized I’d do so much ‘shopping’ with no buying! It feels weird.

All in all a good long weekend. No drama, no stress. Just nice.

tagged: shopping hedwig and the angry inch la jolla the black dahlia strangers with candy night listener weekend update

daniel · early evening · 1 comment · ping it