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Add comment March 31st, 2008

This is really stupid, but I have been wondering if I should purchase a treadmill. It’s just stupid though since 1) I have a gym membership and 2) my cousin’s downstairs have a treadmill I can use. But it’s been really bugging me a lot this last few days.

I need to start walking again - but I know I just don’t feel comfortable walking on a treadmill in a gym because of my size. Yea, I am sure no one really cares, but I do! Plus, if I had one at home, I could walk at all hours of the night and not have to worry that I was bothering my cousins or waste 30 to 45 minutes on travel time by having to drive to and from the gym just to exercise.

But at the same time, I don’t want to get such a large piece of equipment because I still have this notion in my head that I am going to be moving to the mainland soon - even though I am pretty sure that is not going to be happening anytime soon. But I do think about it and think about what a hassle it would be to try to sell off a treadmill if I do move.

I mean, I am kind of sort of okay with living in Honolulu for now. I just hate living with my Mom since I have a severe lack of privacy. As kind of a tangent, I am also thinking about ripping out the carpet we have now and getting some kind of non carpet floor put it, but, I seriously wonder if that is an expense I am willing to take care when I don’t know how much longer I am going to be living here. I also seriously need a new mattress, but again, I don’t know if I want to spend that money on something like that if I am going to be moving in the next year or so. Uggghhhh, so much uncertainty in my life.

I also need to get new workout shoes - badly. My feet really hurt a lot when I try to walk in the shoes I have now. It’s understandable though - I’ve been using these shoes for like 4 years now. Whoops.

There are quite a few treadmills that are really reasonably priced nowadays too. I think I will go to Sports Authority after work tomorrow since they are having a sale on shoes right now. Plus, I also saw that they have kettlebells for sale! Yay!

Add comment March 24th, 2008

Yet Another Lazy 3 Day Weekend

Yea, so getting to work this week has actually been really nice. I pass two schools on my way to work and both schools started their Spring break last week Monday. Man, traffic has been a breeze and I am just really glad that both schools are still going to be on break next week.

Tuesday was kind of interesting at work. Our main clerk took the day off, so I was pretty much in charge of the hearing we had that afternoon. It went pretty smoothly - especially since my boss was out sick that day and she heads the committee the hearing was for. The assistant clerk was just freaking out though. I kept wanting to tell her to just sit down and not do anything to help because she kept messing things up. She even forgot how to set up. Heck, I’ve only helped at 3 or 4 hearings and I knew how to set up after the first one. Grrr. It’s just so frustrating.

We also went out to lunch on Thursday - which was cool. What made it super cool though was that OCD did not come because she had a lot of work to do since she had a big deadline that day and my boss also did not show up until we had all pretty much finished eating. I was soooo happy that OCD did not make it though.

Last week was a short week since we had Good Friday off. Oh, 3 day weekends - I find you so necessary nowadays! I did go into work on Friday for a couple of hours though. I didn’t really get much done though. I was going to try to catch up on everything that I had to do, but I just could not concentrate at all.

I was able to watch quite a few DVD’s this weekend - which is cool. Season 3 of Battlestar Galactica came out on Tuesday and I actually bought it. Eeeek! Geek Alert! I have really been impressed by this series. I actually have not seen it on TV though - I’ve just been watching the DVD’s, trying to catch up to the current season. Season 4 starts on April 4th and I am going to try my hardest to watch it this year since this is going to be the final season of the show and I am just very curious to see what happens! OMG! I actually watched all of the season 3 disks this past week. Man, I have no life.

I also saw 30 Days of Night and Death at a Funeral this weekend.

30 Days of Night was, well, pretty boring. It just dragged on and on and on. There were a couple of “action” sequences that were pretty predictable, but certainly not redeeming. The commercials certainly made it seem a lot more interesting than it actually was.

Death at a Funeral was okay. It looks like a British farce and even though most of the actors are British and it’s set in Britain, it was actually directed by Frank Oz. It was okay. It was also very predictable, but there were a few funny parts. For me, the most redeeming parts of the movie were all of the shots of Alan Tudyk’s ass. You might remember him as Wash the pilot from Firefly or as Steve the Pirate in Dodgeball.

I didn’t really do much else this weekend. I took some stuff down to the recycling center - oooooh exciting. I also did some dishes - even more excitement! ZOMG! I have to calm myself down!

Shiiiiit. I am disappointed in myself though. I really should have done a lot more house cleaning this weekend. I knew exactly what I needed to do, but I just blew it all off - again. I am so horrible at house keeping. I don’t know if it’s because I just really, really, really, really needed to relax or was just really, really, really, really lazy. Probably a bit of both.

I guess I also have a lot on my mind too. I just found out a couple of days ago that my cousin has breast cancer. She’s 41 years old. Her Mom, (my aunt), had breast cancer in both of her breasts too. I just don’t know how I feel about my cousin getting the cancer though. I guess she is getting some kind of genetic test done to see if she has this one gene, which is pretty indicative if you’re going to get breast cancer or something. As a family member, I can get the test done as well. My Mom says I should - I told her I don’t want to take the test.

I mean, what if the presence of this gene means that I would have, say, a 20% chance of getting breast cancer. What am I supposed to do for the rest of my life? Constantly worry that it’s going to show up one day? Some people might be able to “forget” that they have this gene, but I am not one of those people. I don’t want to live my life worrying that I might develop this cancer.

My cousin is going to see a surgeon pretty soon and she might get both of her breasts removed. Maybe, I am waiting to hear how bad it is before I really start worrying. I think her doctor is pretty sure that it has already spread to one of her lymph nodes.

I am actually wondering if I should go up there to help her out a bit, even though she probably doesn’t need it since she lives really close to her Mom. I don’t know. I’ll see what happens. I am still pretty mad at my Aunt at how she treated my Mom after my Grandma died. I should be a good person and just let bygones be bygones, but screw that.

Anyways, it’s late and I should get to bed now.

Add comment March 24th, 2008

Another Friday 5 On A Monday

What was the last thing you filled out a written application for? I guess I didn’t have to fill out a job application for my current job, so the answer would have to be the application for my bank account. Yea, boring, I know.
What computer application software last impressed you with what it could do? It’s a toss up between muvee autoProducer and Slysoft’s CloneDVD mobile. Muvee autoProducer is basically a movie editor which is really easy to use. I currently am using one of those SE copies that came with my computer. CloneDVD mobile allows you to convert DVD movies to formats that you can use on a portable media player. It’s a toss up for me because they’re both different, but are both pretty neat.
Where did you last apply a Band-Aid? Um, it’s a little embarrassing to say, but it was to a bug bite on one of my boobs.
What’s a rule that applies to many people in your life but not to you? I don’t know if it’s a rule, but I think it’s kind of nasty if people don’t keep their houses clean - but my place is a freaking pig sty. Buahahahahhaah.
When were you last required to apply some elbow grease to something? Earlier tonight when I finally washed my dishes.