“ Sometimes I get the itch to go out for a drink thinking I might miss meeting the woman of my dreams, but then I realize the woman of my dreams isn’t at a bar at 12:36 on a Wednesday morning. No, the woman of my dreams is asleep in bed with her lame boyfriend she’s only now beginning to see is lame. Nice enough guy, but no passion or curiosity. It was cute when he called her babe at first but now it’s just lazy and distant sounding. The woman of my dreams just twitched in her sleep because I mentioned her. The woman of my dreams is not usually twitchy. The woman of my dreams likes Family Guy but doesn’t LOVE Family Guy. The woman of my dreams will engage in conversations that don’t necessarily cater to her in exchange for my moving quickly through the shop talk. The woman of my dreams has to be up at 7am. Maybe the woman of my dreams is at the gym, not the bar. I better get to bed.
July 20, 2010
July 2, 2010
I find myself checking this widget more and more often. Unfortunately a watched pot never boils.
June 13, 2010
Something’s missing
And I don’t know how to fix it
something’s missing
And I don’t know what it is
At all
June 3, 2010
“ You know, when this whole thing with Gizmodo happened, I got advice from people who said ‘you gotta just let it slide, you shouldn’t go after a journalist just because they bought stolen property and tried to extort you.’ And I thought deeply about this, and I concluded the worst thing that could happen is if we change our core values and let it slide. I can’t do that. I’d rather quit.
Steve Jobs on the lost/stolen iPhone prototype, during his “All Things D” interview on June 2, 2010.
May 21, 2010
May 15, 2010
216 days, 22 hours, 56 minutes, and 40 seconds.
May 4, 2010
Keep pushing.
May 2, 2010
“ We’re not the same, dear, as we used to be. The seasons have changed and so have we. There was little we could say, and even less we could do, to stop the ice from getting thinner under me and you.
April 30, 2010
[Flash 10 is required to watch video]
Danny really wanted to wake Jorn up….so we decided to put him on full screen video chat in front of Jorn’s closed door.
April 27, 2010
April 18, 2010
“The Last 3 Minutes”
April 16, 2010
I’m done with this stupid fucking school. What a joke.
April 7, 2010
Mr. Lif and Metro on Black Cab Sessions. So fucking good.
March 12, 2010
“Eating Clean” for 20 days
For the past 20 days I have been “eating clean,” which in this case meant only consuming foods that are within the top two tiers of Michi’s Ladder. When starting this challenge, my goal was to see if I could make it through the entire 20 days, while also maybe losing a few pounds to become more tone. Some of the food I ate the most would be cut out of my diet completely like pasta, cheese, crackers, and other delicious snacks. But after being inspired by 200+ other people taking the same challenge on a facebook event (including my girlfriend), I decided to give it a try.
The first couple days were really rough. I had to always carry the list of foods I could eat all times with me, and had a hard time picking out actual meal options at the grocery store. After some help from my girl friend and a little more time however, things got easier and I wasn’t struggling as much to think of things to eat.
It turns out that eating healthy is somewhat expensive, which would explain why so many Americans are overweight. Why not pay less money for more food? I went through around $50 of just fruit alone per week, not to mention another $20 for vegetables plus $15 or so for random healthy snacks (like brown rice cakes). You really do have to set aside some extra money if you plan on eating healthy.
By the last week of the challenge I was pretty much used to eating fruits or granola in substitution for crackers and cheese, and turkey burgers with stir fry vegetables were actually not as bad as I thought they would be. Unfortunately however, I was pretty spoiled as a kid when it came to meals and as a result, I still have a very hard time eating a lot of vegetables today. No matter how many times I try to eat spinach or egg plant, I feel like it will always be disgusting to me.
Overall, I’m very happy that I forced myself to “eat clean” for 20 days. While I did lose most of the weight that I wanted to, I didn’t choose to do this diet for that reason; I wanted to teach myself to eat healthier, and to realize the actual benefits of it. By just changing the way I eat and following my normal 6 day a week workouts, I was able to get more tone and lose weight…in only 20 days! That really proves to me that no matter how much cardio you do, it’s really diet that comes into play when trying to lose weight fast. While I will be going back to eating many of the foods from my normal diet today, I am going to try my best to consume them in more moderation in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
February 28, 2010
Photo by Thomas Hawk
