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Okay, so… Let me just get this out there: I like watching TV. I know, I know. TV’s the devil, it’s bad for you, I could be doing a billion other things that will be better for me, make me more money, keep the house cleaner, make me a better rider, help me lose weight, etc. But I enjoy it. And since I enjoy it, I think about it.

Anyway, here’s the show’s I’m excited about this fall:

Castle – September 24th, 2012
Psych – Fall (super pinpoint accuracy)
Fringe – September 28th, 2012
Community – October 19th, 2012
Raising Hope -  October 2nd, 2012
Parks and Recreation – September 20th, 2012
The Office – September 20th, 2012
How I Met Your Mother – September 24th, 2012
Warehouse 13 – Started like 4 weeks ago (didn’t find that out till today)

Community is one of my favorites, though they did fire the head writer at the end of last season, so I’m not sure how this next season is going to turn out.

Raising Hope is a new favorite of mine. I just discovered it a few weeks ago and have been taking my time going through the first season, and hopefully I’ll finish them all before the next season airs.

Castle, Psych, Parks and Recreation, and How I Met Your Mother are all shows that I really enjoy and I am looking forward to watching them, but I don’t have anything really special to say about them.

The Office is kinda stale, but I hope that they will be entertaining again. I didn’t even watch the last episode from last season.

I never did finish watching Fringe, either. Though I do feel like I’m saving that for a good rainy day or something.

Warehouse 13 is just an fun show to watch. I wouldn’t say the acting, story, or effects are anything special, I just like watching the people run around and do stuff. And apparently the new season already started, so I’m going to go watch that right now.

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With all that’s been going on (not much), I’ve been too busy (doing nothing) to write a blog post. My profound thoughts (keep that phrase in mind) have been spewing (I just wanted to use the word spew) from my head and I haven’t simply been able to keep them contained long enough for them make it to this blog post (I think I mean I forgot them).

BUT TODAY IS DIFFERENT! Here they all are (In all reality they aren’t profound at all. It was total sarcasm before) in line item form (cause I think it’ll be fun!):

  1. I went for a run this morning. It was quite warm at 7 am.
  2. I rolled my foot while running and whenever I put pressure on it – in the outer, mid-foot area – it hurts.
  3. It wasn’t till after work that I remembered the whole RICE thing. I still didn’t do much past the R.
  4. I managed to turn in a big project today, while trying my best to move two other huge projects forward at the same time. I could have used a whole ‘nother person today.
  5. I made Balsamic-Glazed Drumsticks today. Except I didn’t use drumsticks. I used leg quarters. Still tasty.
  6. I didn’t follow the recipe quite to the letter. I doubled the sauce and replaced some of the vinegar with apple cider vinegar so I didn’t have to use all my good stuff.
  7. I also didn’t wait to let them cool like he said.
  8. I burnt my mouth.
  9. It’s like 9 pm and I’m looking forward to bed.
  10. I just wanted this to be an even ten.
  11. Cause I’m cool like that.
  12. Well, crap… Might as well keep going.
  13. The section of this article on Gang Stalking victims brings up some interesting thoughts and hint at what I really thinks wrong with people who believe conspiracies.
  14. I think I have a conspiracy about people who believe in conspiracies.
  15. Don’t try to contradict me, cause then you’re part of the conspiracy!

 

Stress and Burn out

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For those who don’t know, I’m taking a road trip to Idaho a week from tomorrow (my birthday!), and two weeks from yesterday I will be competing in the USA Cycling Mountain Bike Cross-Country National Championship, Senior 19-29 Cat 3 (here by referred as “Nationals”). And well, I’m rather unprepared.

I was really hoping that I would be able to start doing some hard training right after the finish of the last race of the Sun & Ski Sports 2012 Texas Mountain Bike State Championship Series (what is with these names? SOOOOO LONG. Also: 9th place in the state.), but something wasn’t there.

The joy. The excitement. The energy.

It was all gone. I was burnt out. I think it started a week or two before the last race, that’s probably why I was so okay with just riding and having fun (and placing behind Justin). So training wasn’t something that I could mentally do for three weeks after that race, almost four. That’s a whole month that I’ve missed out on. I’m not physically at my peak. I mean, I am 80% certain that I will finish the course but the fact that haven’t got to develop my muscles the way that I was hoping. And I was going to need huge muscles.

The course that they have up on the website (Image) shows what looks like almost 16 mile loop with almost 8 miles of climbing on the first half. I AM NOT PREPARED FOR THIS. I’m from Texas, I’m not sure how well I’m going to be able to climb from 5,600′ to 8,400′. We don’t have mountains here, we have hills. I live in the Hill Country, which make the Foothills that I used to live in look like the freakin’ Himalayas. The longest course I’ve raced on was a total of 12 miles, and that was looooong. What’s the extra 4 miles going to do? How am I going to handle the climbing.

Oh, and there’s this little nagging worry in the back of my head that says “Andrew, you haven’t been over 3,000 feet in like 6 months. You might die”. I don’t like that voice. I tell that voice to shut up and that I used to go up that high all the time with no problems. And secretly hope I’m right.

And there’s the whole packing thing. A two-week road trip that spans five different states, with 3 outdoor activities planned, not to mention food and nutrition for the race, the road, and while I have to fend for myself. How many gels am I going to need for a race this long? What about water? What do I need to do before I leave? Oh, man…  I need to make a list.

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Last Night’s Dream: I had to run AV for a comedian or something and I didn’t know how to do it.

8:59 AM – My electric kettle isn’t working. Maybe it’ll work later. But right now, I just want some hot water for tea 🙁

9:17 AM – I guess I could just use the microwave, but that just seems so barbaric.

9:51 AM – Why, there IS no mathematics to love and loss…

9:54 AM – Why is it rainy… I really, really wanted to go on a bike ride today. 🙁

10:19 AM – I like creating. I like solving problems. I don’t like fleshing out websites.

10:48 AM – “Mountains, Gandolf. I want to see mountain again.”

11:42 AM – Boredom is horrendous.

1:25 PM – I think Leap Day is by far the best day to get married. You will always have a discussion on when you want to celebrate so you will never forget AND you get a really good reason to have a huge anniversary every four years.

3:57 PM – OH MY FREAKIN’ GOURD! After 14 email chain, talking about the same problem, you’re telling me that the exact same solution that I told you didn’t work in email 1?

 

Today’s Links:

Grandpa shots a pool – Pretty much what happens. Water everywhere.

Daly Superheroes – See famous people act like little kids. Well, mostly famous people.

What’s in my mouth? – Nina doesn’t know what’s in her mouth. Her mom tell her a bunch of times. It’s like the kid’s on drugs or something.

An Open Letter to Wives – A pretty darn good post about why men like mountain biking.