Daily Update

Work has been busy for me lately, which makes it not as fun. I don't have enought
time to shop on amazon, or email or IM people all day, or plan fun upcoming
activities for me. :( But I guess its for the best.

It was thursday again. Kristen agreed to another challenging race around the
Brentwood track. It was partially cloudy, medium temperature, mild wind speeds. I
left work early so I could fit in everything I needed to for the evening. Which
means that our run was safer, the bad people don't come out until a little later
I've realized. We started off at a slower pace. It turns out that when you do that
it just makes jim tireder earlier. I'll be honest, I don't have a set pace, I just
go with whatever feels right. But when running with someone, oh how its different.
I'm assuming that KA's pace is much more timed out and regular than mine. That's
partly some of the 'wild animal' instinct that I've described over the years. I was
like an antalope, racing through the Kilimanjaro heartland. Leaping over tree
limbs, sharp rocks, and other dangerous terrain. I really don't remember what
happened during the first lap around the track. It all went by so quickly. I do
remember following Kristen most of the time (when i say most I mean 95%). And when
the second lap was upon me, instead of taking a halftime stretch break, I just kept
going. I figured if it was going to be painful, It might as well be done while
running, right? so I felt good about that for a few minutes, but then my
overconfidence was crushed as Kristen 'good gamed' me as she wizzed right by me like
The Road Runner taunting Wile E. Coyote. (Dont worry, I won't be strapping rockets
to my ankles in order to catch her, I at least know that that is unsafe.) It was
like she was coasting with the wind in every stride. As most people cover 4-5 feet
with every leap, she would cover 7-10', I swear! After analysing the data, I've
determined that my run performance levels are down as of 4 weeks ago. I will have
to do more research on the matter, but initial results say that I'm afraid of her,
thats why I cant run to normal performance levels. Don't worry, I have a team of
people at Berkley working on it.

So me and some other kids went to my roomate Eric's comedy show at a comedy club on
the sunset strip last night. I was skeptical. I've been to some good shows and
some bad ones. With the exception of few people, this one was one of the worst
things I've been to. I think I'm funnier when I dance around my room like
spiderman, and flex in the mirror like the Hulk. There were three(3) other people
that were funny besides Eric. One Vargus was probably at the top, followed closely
by Eric, then the black guy, then the vince vaugh/Tackelberry look a like. he's at
the bottom cause of the stupid mormon joke segment. The rest really needed to work
at it, a lot! Watching a dentist pull teeth would have been funnier. Me jumping up
on stage and punching them all in the throat would have been funnier. America's
Funniest Home Video's was funnier, and I hate that show. Of corse I chuckled at a
few comments here and there, but I'm speaking generally. Shortly after I got home,
Eric came in so I went to say Hi; and we discussed the evening. He was happy that
people came to see him, and he actually left for most of the crude sketches. We
should have done the same. By the end, Jeff was noticably annoyed, and then I
started feeling bad cause the girls wern't laughing at all either. so we left.
Reportedly the last two guys were actually funny.

Did I mention yesterday that Renee threw a large steel cannonball at me and brused
my ribcage, and hurt my feelings. well, she did. Oh ya, and it was when I wasn't
looking too.

I woke up late. It was a lovely European morning, raining heavily. It lightened up
around lunch time, but dark clouds loomed overhead for much of the afternoon in LA.
It reminds me of london in springtime.

I'm listening to Cypress Hill and Dr. Dre, in accordance with the date being 4-20.
(they are huge advocates of 'the marri-jew-anna'.)

Lunch was sponsored by Jose Bernstein's, and hosted by Renee and her co-workers.