4.0 Mi.

Still a little tired after a night of drinking, eating, and Wii, but it was a perfect night for a run: clear, 68°F, light wind. A couple deer scared me pretty good when I spotted them out of the corner of my eye.

On the Shuffle:
Pizzicato Five: Darlin’ of the Discotheque
The B-52’s: Topaz
Hitomi: Vibes
Cosa Nostra: Jolie (Cool)
Al Green: Let’s Stay Together
The Beatles: I’m Happy Just to Dance With You
Roy Orbison: Bue Angel
The Ventures: Blue Moon
Cocteau Twins: Carolyn’s Fingers

5.12 mi.

6.26 mi.

There’s a Flickr group called “Beautiful People’s Club Photo Pool”, which I check out every now and then. I mean, who doesn’t like looking at attractive people? But my beef with this group is that some of the people in the photos aren’t beautiful at all. Of course there are certainly some people who can be considered beautiful by some and just average by others. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, after all. That’s fine, I don’t have a problem with seeing their pic in the group pool. But some of the photos are of people that I don’t think anyone would consider beautiful. Maybe I should just look at models in a magazine, I don’t know. But really, posting pics of your dumpy-looking wife are probably not what the group is for. And I don’t think “quirky” is the same as “beautiful” either. (I got nothing important to post today, obviously :P)

6.26 mi.

Apple released a new firmware version (v1.2.1) for the iPod, and now my 30GB iPod Video works like it should! It fixed the problem many 5G iPods were having with podcasts rebooting the player. Now I can listen to all my podcasts and not worry about seeing that damned Apple logo pop up.

6.26 mi.

Appetizer
Which language would you like to learn and why?

Japanese (learn more), so I can understand dorama and j-music lyrics more.

Soup
What’s the funniest thing you’ve heard or read so far this week?

“I don’t like walnuts… they sort of look like the brains of a small animal.” -paraphrasing from Running from the Reaper podcast

Salad
Which movie was so bad you couldn’t watch the whole thing?

The Chronicles of Narnia

Main Course
If there were a holiday in your honor that didn’t use your actual name, what would the day be called?

National Procrastination Day

Dessert
Name one movie which is coming out soon that you would like to see.

For Your Consideration

Last night I went out for a run. The weather website I check said it was 51&degF, but with windchill would feel like 45°F. I bought some of those tight leg things by UnderArmor, and they seemed to work ok. They aren’t really made for warmth, but were very good for last night’s run. My only complaint was that the waist is too tight. Before and after running, I felt like I had a tourniquet around my waist. Anyways, the run started out really cold for the first minute or so, but then I warmed up and ran without my hood on. It was about 8:45pm, but I didn’t see anyone else running or walking, just lots of SUV’s speeding thru the 30mph streets at 50. 🙁

But the run was good, I did about 4 miles at a nice slow pace and listened to some random Jazztronik on my iPod Shuffle. I did take my GPS unit to measure exactly how far my normal route is, but I couldn’t get a good signal on the satellites. I think it’s because I started out with my hands inside my sleeves, and I have to hold the GPS inside as well. Oh well, I will have to drive the route with the GPS later.

After I got home, I checked the weather site again. The temperature had dropped to 45°F, with a “real-feel” of 36°F. Damn cold! Anyways, I took a nice quick shower, and then browsed the web for a bit before playing some Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Both my brother and I were stuck in the same place (Forest Temple), so we decided to conquer it together: he playing from California, and I in Texas, but chatting over speakerphone. I love unlimited nighttime minutes!

We played for about 2.5 hours without figuring out how to get any farther, and I was getting close to busting out the spoiler guide for some hints, but then I finally stumbled upon the solution!!! I got past this big boulder blocking the doorway to another room, and that was that. We were rolling again! Got the boomerang, compass, figured out a couple more things and rescued a couple more monkeys, but by that time it was 1am and we decided to call it quits. But I learnt from my bro that I missed one of the “Pieces of Heart” somewhere along the line, so I gotta go back and search for it later.

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