22 posts from 2006

So as you have all been congratulating me on my recent return to the gym, I'm actually falling off the wagon !  I didn't go yesterday, as I planned, but I should go today.  But I don't wanna !  I had a lot of chocolate today (Merry Christmas) and now my energy is low.  I also don't want to leave now that I am home.  As well, D took my mp3 on the plane making the prospect of the stair master super boring.  But I live a maximum of 5 minutes from the gym and the pool that I would pay to go to.  No more than 15 minutes if I walked.  Maybe a 12 minute drive to the gym that is free.  I mean seriously, there is no excuse here.  It's not some complicated bus metro routine that forced me into giving up my gym membership last year.  I don't want to be a one week wonder !  And there was all that chocolate today. 

So I know what I've got to do.  Turn off the computer and get my gym clothes.  As soon as I finish the dishes.  And watch some tv.  And maybe vacuum.  Right after that.

Update: I did it !  Now I have some workout related questions.  I would like some responses.  I'm sure you all have some knowledge. 

1- Is 25 minutes of cardio (I do average 90% heart rate) good enough ?  I know I'm supposed to do something like an hour, but seriously, I can only entertain myself on the eliptical trainer for so long.  As well, you will recall that I've only been at this gym thing for a week so I'm not that strong.

2 - Is it a waste of time to do weights on the same day I do cardio ?  I have a friend who does cardio in the morning and weights at night, but I don't really see such a dedicated plan in my future.  So I do weights after cardio.

3 - I do a lower machine weight than I am capable of doing.  What is this doing for me ?  I'm not freely swinging my legs or anything, but I could do more, I just choose not to.

December 16.  Sounds like a good time to start Christmas shopping ? At 2:00 ?  I'm looking forward to the experience of bonding with the members of my community. Right.  I have a list.  Only two names have blanks beside them.  Hopefully I will be inspired.  With a little luck, this will all be over by five.  Or maybe 5:07.  I would like that.

In other news, I have been to the gym 6 times in the past 8 days.  All in preparation for the Season.  As well, I had bacon and eggs when I came home.  Just to make it all worth it. Ha.

Edit: I arrived home at 4:30, short two presents.  Walmart made me feel a deep and burning anger that I don't usually ever feel.  Just being in there.  I was so glad they didn't have what I wanted so I could leave !  So what now ?  Umm, I don't know.  One day after school ?  I guess that's what it's going to be.

Somehow exercise makes me want to go back to Montréal. Am I missing the classes being in French ?  That would be dumb.  It's more interesting when I don't have to think (even though I didn't have to think much) to figure out what it going on.  So that's not it.  Do I miss my personal aerobics instructor ?  Oh yes !   Every other instructor pales in comparison to the teacher that brought 'Jumping over the Fence' to my life.  This fun little aerobics step that even though it made our hearts explode, it was so fun (for me) that I didn't care.  You know what it was ?  When I took a class at the Y, I didn't know a soul.  I didn't care if I messed up a step because I didn't know anyone and would never see them again. 

You see here in the Queen City, I've been around.  By that I mean I went to school, university, I worked in a few places, I've gone out a lot, I've met a lot of people.  And the person I was ten years ago was quite a bit more self conscious than the person I am today. 

This morning I went to a class for the second time.  Yay me ! It's now a habit that is integral to me being and I will be in shape forever.  Sure.  Anyway, I was waiting in line to pay (I know, I'm such a loser, I don't even have a membership !)  When I hear someone call my name.  Except she was talking to the girl behind me.  Now I recognized girl #1 but I wasn't really sure why. Then I saw her in the class with her two friends, whom I recognized from the Fast Food restaurant that is the root of much evil where I worked in High school.  I remember having a little inferiority complex around these girls.  It's been 10 years so I don't really remember why.  But I felt uneasy being in the class with them.  I mean really, the instructor said to do a helicopter which apparently is not the same this side of Superior so I was a little messed up.  Who cares ?  10 years late ?  I shouldn't.  But I don't deal very well with blasts from my high school past.  I liked the anonymity of being somewhere where nobody knew me.  I prefer to just be the person I am instead of the person I used to be.

This just didn't fit into the earlier post.

Why isn't Grey's Anatomy on tonight ?  I went up to the third floor at 7, as I have the habit of doing on Thursday nights, I turned on the heater and snuggled under the afghan.  I turned on the tv, and it was the OC ! What's with that ?

I came downstairs and checked the American channels.  Phew !  8:00.  But it was a re-run !  Does this mean that I won't see anything until January ?  There wasn't even a Christmas special. 

I think there should have been an announcement.  I was looking forward to this.  Oh well.  All that other good stuff from the previous post still exists !

I think when I lived in Québec, there was just too much political tension for me to blog about anything political.  There were always issues, always strikes, protests and threats.  It was just too much stress !  I can become easily overly stressed by things that don't effect me directly but are in my environment.  I really worry about issues in the world.  I can become very distraught about Global Warming, Child Poverty, Separation, the list can go on and on.  Anyway, now that I live in an area where there isn't so much stress, people are too cold to protest and the province actually makes money I'm much more relaxed.  So now, I can talk about politics on my blog !  I have read some blogs where people state that they won't discuss political issues on their blogs, but I don't have a baby so I need some material and I have always like politics.

As you may know, the Liberals are having a leadership race.  Currently it's down to Dion, Rae and Ignatieff.  Now, I don't know who I would actually hope for, but I will tell you who I will not hope for.  I say hope, as I am not a member of the Liberal Party of Canada so I don't get to vote.  So hoping is all I can do.  Now, you all know I'm a Frenchie born English, so I bet you think I will pick the candidate with the French name.  I even used to live in Dion's riding.  But I don't want him to lead the Liberals.  As far as elections go, anything but the Bloc is good.  I'm still an anglophone and all for bilingualism and they are not.  Some are nice people, just politcally they don't represent me.  Anyway, Québec doesn't like Dion !  And what's the point of having a Francophone Québecois leader if his own province doesn't like him ?  A lot of people think he is arrogant and don't feel represented by an intellectual elitist.  

This election isn't going to change who our Prime Minister is tomorrow.  I don't even think it will change the Prime Minister in the next election.  I think that Harper is a smart man and a pretty strong leader and although I think there are a lot of people that don't like his policies, I don't think that will matter.  People aren't necessarily smart enough to be aware of issues and form an opinion.  I really think you should have to take a little test before you can vote but that wouldn't be very democratic.  Yay democracy, stupid people vote and flashy campains win.    

update:  nobody listens to me :( 

When are you going to be an equal opportunity blogging community ?  My friends are really nice people.  Really nice.  Why can't they comment ?  Just because they like different things doesn't mean they can't play.  Just because they live in blogger or wordpress or just have their own domains doesn't mean they don't have great things to say.  Things that all of us at Vox could enjoy.  Along with the fun new layouts.  So please Mr. and Mrs. Vox, let everyone comment.

For many years I wanted Canada to all be the same.  One big happy country.  You know what ?  We're not.  We are a country where if people are lucky they will visit each province once.  Infact, I'm not sure I know anyone who has visited all the provinces.  I probably do and just can't think of the individuals.  Although there are values that we do share (hockey) there are a lot of differences in the ways people think.  Now I would never have jumped on the band wagon screaming for Québec to be a nation, but after learning French and living there for 3-4 years I did come to understand that Québec is different. 

Definition number 4 from dictionary.com suits my purposes:

Somebody else can use the other definitions if it makes them happy.  Somebody else being the separatists.

So if Stephen can make a decision that slows down the separatist band wagon and makes some people feel better about their cultural heritage and their place in Canada, I think it's just fine.  Too all the people in Alberta that don't feel special enough, money doesn't make a province culturally different, it just makes a province rich. 

It's Sunday at 10:30.  I'm still working on my comments.  Nuff said.

Google, it will tell you anything you want to know.  And I guess it's spelled Izzy.  And the let me call myself a fan...

Five loved Grey's tonight.  Five thought that the kiss between Izzy and Alex was the BEST.  Two beautiful people kissing - amazing.  Five loves that Alex is being a nice great guy who will one day save babies but in the meantime has to worry about wooing Izzy.  As for the rest of it - Go George !  Burke, get off your pedestal already.  Good points about the mega career mommies in North America.  Obvious, but good.  It's quite a challenge.  And why don't daddies have the same responsability ? 

But my real question, who is Doctor Webber that is going to save George's Dad ?  Can somebody tell me ?  Please ?