Hi, all. I'm struggling to be more timely with my updates, but lately the only time I seem to get to update is when I'm on the train heading back to San Diego for work.

Things that are going on:

• We are moving. Our new location will be Irvine, CA. We have acquired the keys and are already shlepping stuff over there in preparation for our 3/24 ( Read more... )

Well, it was a grueling grind, but Sce and I finished the Pier to Peak half Marathon on Sunday in SB. We came in 293rd and 292nd, respectively. Considering that it starts at the Pier in downtown SB and goes 13 miles up to La Cumbre peak (at 3,985 feet, the highest peak in the area), I'm goddamn proud of us for finishing. There was one person ( Read more... )

Back up in Los Angeles from a two-day stint in San Diego. This was two weeks in a row, for those of you keeping score at home. I took the train again, which was nice. I slept on the way down and wrote on the way back up.

Some quick soundbites:

• I woke up at 4:30 AM on Tuesday morning, 10 minutes before the time my alarm was set for. Tika, our ( Read more... )

Last weekend, Sce took two of our kitties up to LA to keep her company. Her apartment is pretty empty, so I think that having her favorite furballs there will help make it less barren and lonely ( Read more... )

Predictably, I'm sick in the wake of Vegas and an active week. I'm proud of myself for making it to the gym twice and taking the dogs running twice, but tonight I took it easy. I have some sort of respiratory thing that is causing me to hack up phlegm, and I really think I'd be in danger of getting quite ill if I push it at all ( Read more... )

For the first time since we moved down here in 2004, friends from points north of Los Angeles have come to visit! cheezstk and thespianmobile are taking a vacation and chose San Diego as their destination. I was sad that we are no longer able to offer decent crash space, as both the guest bed AND the AeroBed are up in LA, but they seem to be having a fun time doing ( Read more... )

Today was the 25th anniversary of the murder of John Lennon. NPR mentioned it, but 94.9 spent all day playing songs John Lennon wrote and played. It was a really nice tribute, considering that Lennon is one of the few people whose music really did change the world ( Read more... )

Tonight, I went to the gym for the first time in six weeks. In that time, I have gained around 10 lbs (thanks a heap, scale at the gym) without adding muscle mass. My spare tire has grown visibly, and I have felt increasingly like a bump on a log. So I have instituted a new workout program: take the dogs jogging in the evening every M W F and go ( Read more... )

This morning, I stuck to my disciplined schedule, for once! Got up by 6:20, did a half hour of Zazen, then scooted off to the gym. Worked out my chest and shoulders for the first time in *blush* three months! Yikes! Fortunately, I had not lost as much strength as I'd feared, and hopefully I can build on it by being in the gym consistently going

For aduvanchek: Keepin' it real.

I just got back from the gym, and I am completely amped! I have a ton of shit to do today, but I have that million-dollar endorphin rush feeling of "Bring it on! I can do it all AND balance my checkbook! AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!"

*ahem*

yeah.