i overexcerted myself at the gym today. warmped up on the eliptical with the handlebars for 10 min, stretched, then did the eliptical with the handlebars for 20 min, then did the eliptical for 20 minutes. at the 15th minute of that, i decided i should try going about 160bpm. i got it to about 173, then my heart skipped a beat. it felt like someone punched me in the lungs. scared the shit out of me. i envisioned having a heart attack right there, falling on my ass, looking like a fool. now that i'm more of a guide or a role model to diem and wendy, it wouldn't look good if that happened.



went to get tofu the boba with eric lai, diem and wendy. it was cool. eric did 99% of the talking as usual. seems like nothing really is interesting enough to mention. so i finally i decide to say something, and yes, i mentioned something about computers. it wasn't gonna be long, and yes, it's a topic that you shouldn't bring up amongst people that work with computers, but diem (or it could have been wendy) desides to start another conversation. a blantant distration to my boring topic. i thought that was pretty rude of her, whoever it was. i guess i just wasn't in a playful mood, and maybe i would have taken it differently. oh well. forgive and forget. next topic.



i've decided to buy these follwing dvds.

Beauty and the beast (10/8)

Amelie (now)

Simspons season 2 (now)

Minority report (later)

Star wars 2 (later)

Monster's inc (9/17)



i'll be picking up amelie and simpsons season 2 this weekend. hopefully circuit city will offer beauty and the beast and monster's inc at the lowest price as usual. i just have to get there the morning when they start selling them. buying dvd's online is out. the big stores are now getting in on the action.



i think i'm gonna go hiking and backpacking next weekend. i gotta buy a backpack this sunday at REI. There's a group of friends that get together each year for Vegas. Now we're hoping to add another big event each year, a weekend of hiking at Yosemite. Eric's lai trip to China in September sounds very attractive. It's very short notice for a lot of $$. It's a good price, but I think a better decision is to not go this year. I'll still have to think about it. It is something I'm looking forward to though. Just not sure if this year is the best for it. Cause I have about $800 to spend on my car (registration + extended warranty). And I thought I had that covered with my money from consulting. But not if I take this trip. It'll probably go on my credit card. and the credit card is a rich man's worst enemy. might as well wear a name tag that says "poor man" and bend over.



damn. 1 already. gotta make it to work earlier. gonna try to sleep. gotta focus.