I am the tiny little nagging voice in my head...

Day two...and counting....I have some serious thoughts in my head...but I thought I'd keep it light...like how my head is feeling...


That be the Jabbarunneez in the background. Ragnar, here we come! (Details on Ragnar to come in later posts).

of the noodle dance...
I think my love for noodles is closely bordering the fine line between obsession and insanity. The last 4 meals I will have had by the end of lunch today all involve...the infamous noodle. For lunch yesterday, I went with Brent to get some Ramen. It was perfect for the weather. I had my usual C-Set and even had an extra order or noodles this time around. We have had some leftover spaghetti from a carbo load dinner the other week, so Jem decided to make some sauce, and that's what we had for dinner last night. This morning, I was too lazy to make oatmeal...so I made Top Ramen instead. What's ironic is that it takes just about as much time to make my oatmeal as it does ramen...you can probably just see which I prefer on an every day basis. And after lunch w/ the roomies today, we shall have had leftover pasgetti...and would round out my fabulous four noodle meals. I think I'm gonna turn into a noodle pretty soon....

Of Mon - Fri and sometimes Sat
A typical day in the work-life of Jay - I come to my desk, dock my laptop into my docking station and power it up. I grab my bowl and either get ramen or oatmeal(I try to do oatmeal more often than not, but end up doing ramen, he he he) and fill up my water glass. I recently changed from a plastic Dave & Buster's plastic glass to my Alpine coffee mug/cup thing. It stays cooler and I think the plastic from my D&B's cup has begun to deteriorate. I come back to my desk and I, if I had made oatmeal, proceed to add raisins in said oatmeal. I log open my inbox to see roughly 40-50 e-mails that have been sent after business hours or after I have left work the day before(we work with Japan very often, and people stay here late, so I often get e-mails at all hours of the night). These e-mails range from logistical tasks to issues I must specifically address, not to mention my daily spam message summary(I actually check because some e-mails can fall through the cracks). I never get to the e-mails in one sitting. I also spend a lot of time in meetings...roughly 30% of my day. Some meetings are incredibly productive...and just as statistics show, most are not. I get sleepy in meetings because when I have to sit still for long periods of time, I get bored out of my mind. On occasion, I have elected to stand during meetings, but that's sometimes weird...so I only do it for full meetings. If I'm running the meeting, I try to stand as often as possible.

I am finally going back to the gym to hit the ever-dreaded weights tomorrow. I'm kinda excited and anxious...it's been quite a while. But hey, I think I need to do some strengthening again, that's probably why my back has been hurting so much lately.

55 small things you can always do
49. Make a list of 35 things you want to experience before you die. Carry it with you everywhere and read it often
The o-so famed Bucket List. If you didn't see the movie, see it...and make your own list. I don't have mine yet, but I'm in the process of putting it together. Doesn't have to be 35, but make sure it's more than 20 and have some things that are pretty far-fetched...you never know where the load may lead...

I am an eight-clap...

HELL YEAH! Last night, they stood chest to chest, and overcame! Lakers baby! Thank you to my friends for understanding why I wasn't answering anything until after I watched my recording of the game :) I was screaming so loud and realized my roomies were asleep...so I decided to scream into a pillow. This morning, I found out that they still heard me, ha ha ha.

HB Half pics. Whoo hoo! I have a 6miler to run tomorrow w/ the Ragnar crew...gotta use these pics as motivation! Rain or shine baby!!!




Of things to do...
I need to get on my ish...I've been putting off writing out these goals of mine lately...more because I've been addicted to my XBOX than because I've been actually putting it off(one of my reso's for 09)...so hopefully I can get time this weekend.

Been toying with the thought about setting up an emcee'ing business...mainly for weddings, we'll see how that goes.

Need to clean the room...AGAIN. It's only Feb and this is about the 4th or 5th time...wth.

Run in the rain...that might be accomplished manana

55 small things you can always do
48. Laugh a lot.
Indeed. Laughter is definitely one of the best medicines out there. I can remember so many times I've been completely down...and it was laughter that brought me back up. Not only is it good medicine, but it's a good workout, AND it's infectious! Do it as often as you can...LAUGHING, I mean.

I am the big bead of sweat on a japanese anime character's face...

Wow, It's been a week since I posted? My goodness...time is flying. I can't believe it's already February.

It's raining hard outside...and I have no umbrella. My walk to the car is going to be quite fun...

Happy b-day shouts to the February babies so far; Jun, Gleen, Ellen, Oly, Nate, Auntie Wins, Val, Jamesy, Rozanno, mr Wil I ill, and lil Christine Chizoi!

I was able to run the HB Surf City Half Marathon without stopping this weekend! Quite the accomplishment I think...and this is the furthest I've run since I did the LA Marathon. I thought I'd never really get back into running again, but look at me go. Woohoo. I averaged a 10:38 pace, and I think if I quit smoking and train a little harder...I might actually be able to break the 10 minute mark! I've decided that I want to do the California Dreams Race series or whatever it's called...so I gotta train again so I can do the SF half in July and then the LB half in Oct - that's a lot of running! I can do it..I CAN do it! Yes, I can! Yes, I can!

So I've been seeing a chiro about my back problems and slowly but surely, it's getting better. The pain seems to radiate towards my right leg more when I'm sitting now, but it's not as painful to stand up. Hopefully this issue can be resolved soon and I can feel young again, he he he. Ragnar training starts this weekend and I'd like to be as close to 100% as possible. And getting back to 100% means I also need to start hitting the weights again...oh weights, how I've missed you... Here we go...time to step it up.

Been a bit of an insomniac again lately..worse than usual. My avg bedtime is 3AM and I am still waking up at 7:30ish, but not wanting to get up. That can't be good....i need some calgone...a good massage, and some sleep deeply music.

55 small things you can always do
47. Don't be afraid to ask for help; don't be afraid to give it.
This can't be said any more simply and any more clearly. There is nothing wrong with admitting that you need help. It actually shows more than pretending you don't need help and struggling through. Of course there is a fine line between asking for help when you need it and being too dependent, but for the most part, I think we know when we are more than capable of handling something ourselves or when we need a hand. In the same light, don't ever pass up the opportunity to lend that hand of yours when possible. It will come back to you...honest.