So, the new job is going well and I really like the people. Last week during lunch I went on a three mile hike out at Emma Long Park with a coworker. We’re going to try to make it a regular thing and get some more people into it. I would have gone with the group today, but I didn’t have the right shoes. Last time I went, I wore my Docs and while crossing the stream I got my left foot soaked, so I want to make sure I at least wear those and not these loafers I have on. That won’t do.
I’ve been trying to walk more and get more exercise since I have hit 185 lbs. I guess that’s not a whole lot since I’m 6’1″, but it’s the most I’ve ever weighed. Everyone tells me I’m just getting my ‘man’ body. I’m definitely developing my ‘man’ eyebags and forehead crags. I am noticing that over the years my face has started to sag too. Not that anyone else would notice, but that seems to be the main difference between me at 27 and me at 21, more meat on my face and a general puffiness and sag in places where everything was once taut. Age is an interesting process.
Movies I’ve seen in the past couple of weeks:
- Dawn of the Dead:
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The woman and I went to see this. It was really scary. I forgot what a wuss I was when it comes to scary movies. For some reason, zombie movies really affect me. Maybe because your family and friends turn into walking corpses and you have to chop their heads off or blow them away. Maybe that’s it.
- Something’s Gotta Give:
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This was really great if you like sentimental, romantic comedies, which I do. Very nice.
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind:
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Philip, Courtney, Jody, and I went to see this on Saturday night after dinner and checking out the goodbye Origin party at Lord British‘s house. The party was crowded and since it was dark and there were few lights it was hard to mingle, so we left. The movie was a lot of fun and I really liked Kate Winslet’s character. It made me think a lot about memory and forgetting and how it’s better to go through things and process them instead of just trying to forget them.
Other things of note:
study to diagnose this problem I have where I stop breathing during sleep. I went in at 9:30pm after work on Thursday and this nice technician named Rachel hooked all these electrodes to my body before I went to bed. She was really interesting. She told me some stories about her travels to Thailand and about yoga. She’s also studying to be a massage therapist and since she has to have so many hours she told me I should call her and she could get Jody and I a free massage. She said she’d also set me up with some of her fellow classmates as massage guinea pig. I slept really lightly all night and woke up a few times. It’s weird to know that you’re on camera while sleeping. In the morning, Rachel woke me up and gave me juicy juice (which I squeezed slightly and spilt on myself) and granola bars. It was an interesting experience. I go back to the doctor in a couple weeks to find out what’s going on.
Saturday when we were out eating lunch at La Feria, I ran into this woman I went to middle school with in San Antonio. I knew I knew her, but it took me a while to go talk to her since we haven’t really talked on a regular basis since I was 11. I saw her a few years ago with her girlfriend when I worked at the photo lab on the drag. Now she’s a personal trainer and works at the YMCA helping kids out and working with them. She’s really into boxing and looks like she could beat the crap out of me. The first thing she said to me was that I really filled out. I can’t escape it. I guess I was so skinny for so long that now it’s the most obvious difference. We exchanged business cards, and who knows, maybe I’ll pay her to whip me into shape since she’s doing that whole personal trainer thing.
I will try to post more when I get some more time. Is SXSW over now? I can’t tell and I don’t know.
I, too, have grown up in SA.Give me a holler, tell me who you know.