even though it sure wasn't one of the most boring weekends, it was one of the most uneventful ones. last few weekends were pretty hectic (even though it was also fun). it seemed like i was in and out the door and never got much rest, so this weekend was just what i needed.



friday, i got home from the gym around 7:30, met up with ray and mat, got some sushi at tadashi, walked around a little because we all had way too much to eat, especially me. then we went to go see....aw damn...you know a movie is bad when you have absolutely no recollection of it, especially if you saw the movie about 48 hours ago.......................................truth about charlie! that's the one. yeah, it was okay. the original with cary grant and audrey hepburn supposedly was a lot better. we rode in mat's RSX (automatic), and it seemed like a pretty fun car to drive. the back seats were peculiar. it had these unremovable plastic inserts that would just about shatter your tailbone if you sat in the middle. as mat put it, "they put that as an excuse to not have a 3rd seat in the back". and it was exactly that.



saturday, i vegged out at home. slept all that i could, and woke up around 1 after a few naps. i had planned to get dinner with jeff, but we both changed our minds. i played about 40 minutes of ddr and i realized that i still had it. played mostly 5 foots, and did 6 and 7 foots. i find the 5 feets most enjoyable. you can actually incorporate some dance moves without it feeling like it's just a test of your techinical abilities. i also wore my heart rate monitor and found that 5 feet songs were perfect for the fat burning range (120bpm), and 6-7 feet were good for cardiovascular exercise (150bpm).



i finally made it to the gym after 5, did my thing, and got back home around 7. cooked some dinner (green beans, spinach, chicken in one dish, and just seared salmon in the other). tommy gave me the guilt trip about not joining his fantasy basketball league, so i finally did. i managed to pick up shaq, iverson, and MJ. not bad eh?



sunday, slept in. woke up and got pho with jeff. i had to go pick his ass up because he didn't want to drive his GTR and the truck and wagon were being used by his parents. jeff put a hole the size of a standard nail head on his hood because he dropped his club on it. being made of fiberglass and carbon fiber, it wasn't forgiving and just cracked a big hole. man, knowing how jeff cares about the car, i wouldn't be surprised if he went home to go weap into a sofa cusion for a few hours. i remember my first nick in my paint, and i was heart broken for about 3 days. jeff on the other hand, has about 1000x more concern for the exterior for his car. can't imagine what he must have went through. the good thing is that the replacement hood becomes factory painted. which is all that he can pray for. but the bad thing is its gonna cost $3K. the size of a beater you can drive into the ground. you can always get bondo and patch it up and paint it, but this is jeff we're talking about. he already has the hood ordered i bet. there might be some buyers for the hood so maybe it's not a complete loss. he sold the vspec ii, and it is pretty certain it went to paul walker. especially because the buyer's agent had to come out to CA and buy it for him because the guy is in Florida filming (where FF2 is supposedly being filmed.) little does he know there is already a vspec nur here. but who knows, FF2 is supposed to glorify vspec 2's and he might even prefer it.



anyways, went to go get pho, and then we got boba. walked over to Pacific Honda, and looked at the new 2003 Accords. the 2003 Coupe was nice. refined here and there. but some things looked a little cheap too. like the gages looked super generic. something radioshack would sell if they sold gages. the knobs were a little weird too on the doors, but on the other hand, the radio controls were really refined, felt really sturdy and classy. sat in the manual, and the shifter felt really good. i always phantasize how good it feels to actually drive one, and when i finally get in, it feels good, but i realize how much work it takes compared to an automatic. still not 100% sure i want a stick. maybe SMG type transmission is the way to go. hopefully it will make its way into more vehicles. right now, bmw m3's, and upcoming mr2's are the ones with it (ferraris and porches don't count because i can't afford one on the cars the put it on). one thing they don't have and they won't have for a while is the 2003 Accord Coupe V6 with the manual transmission. the dealer told me around january, but another dealer told me june or july.



then we walked over to the Infinity lot. they still haven't gotten their G35 coupes yet. he said they should have them in about 2 weeks. and the demand is high. they have about 8 dealers, and supposedly, they each have about 40 customers that are set to buy. another interesting thing he mentioned was that only 2% of the cars manufactured was a manual. i asked why it was so low, and he said that's about right for the denad. out of all the people that has preordered, only 3 of them were manuals.



then i got back into my car, and realized i'm pretty lucky to drive what i drive. some people are dreaming of driving what i'm currently driving, and mine is already completely paid for, while they eagerly sign to sweat out the payments. i think i'll drive it for 4 more years. so i got back home, went to the gym at 6:30, hoping to make it home by 8 and catch the better half of the world series. but damn, i must have read it wrong on cnnsi's page. i thought the game started at 7, but it actually started at 5. while i was typing to tommy wondering how the innings went so fast, the last hitter was out and the game was over. i missed the whole damn thing.



the longer i work out, the more i understand how my body really works. every day, i'm fine tuning my routine by incorporating just about everything i know so that i do everything correctly, get the right amount of rest, and change it up just at the right time. there are so many conflicting advice and ideas out there, but i realized that these people don't necessarily have bad info, but it only applies to one type of training you might doing. eventually, i think i'll get certified and write a book about everything because it's obvious that even some trainers are confused about all information out there and how and when to correctly apply it.



i finally understand the idea of cutting up. i've realized that my approach was all wrong. i didn't like the fact that i lost weight after i went below 160, and i've been eating more just to keep my weight up, even when i'm cutting up. and i realized how stupid that is. when explained, it is something that should have been common sense, but i had just realized just the other day how it really worked. half the process of cutting up is in fatloss.



the way your body burns the stored fat is when your body seeks an energy source that your daily intake of food isn't providing. when i give it exactly what it needs to burn, i am just wasting my time at the gym. i'm only working off the foods i consume, and doing pretty much nothing to the stored fat in my body. what i need to do is have a caloric deficiency, so that after it has burned everything that i consumed, it goes to the fat stores. it isn't cut and dry to where my body will only burn stored fat if i have a deficiency in consumed fat for the day, but it is pretty close. so i am expected to lose weight when i'm cutting up. the weight i'll lose will be from the weight in the loss of fat and unfortunately muscle. and you have to lift to preserve muscle while you're cutting up.



when you are building muscle, especially if you are low in body fat, you need to expect to gain weight. if you have some fat to give, you can still build and maintain some weight, but even though it is not as inefficient was trying to cut up and maintain your weight, you can pack on more muscle if you consume more and gain weight. your goal from here on will be to minimize the fat you'll gain. you can minimize this by controlling your carb intakes. only time to eat more carbs than usual is breakfast and post workout. and for a post work out meal, it will be benefiscial to eat simple carbohydrates rather than complex carbos.



other news. i finally got around to getting 512 more megs (now 768 megs) of PC133 ram to my other computer. now it's fast. it was sucking real bad before where there was about 1-2 second lag on just about anything i tried to do. i'm happy now. and only $50.