Tortoise Shell

hehehe I wrote that last post a couple of days ago, but only posted it about 10 mins ago ;o) I decided to date it back a couple of days ago though, so it reflects the time it *should* have been instead :D

I'm sooo tired atm ... I think I've been overdoing it just a little bit .. I went to the gym y'day morning and this morning - running on the treadmill .. I prefer doing classes, but I've had lunches on etc, so the morning is the only time I've been able to exercise recently ... I dont mind it that much though, it makes me feel better for the rest of the day (as in guilt-free :p), even though I do feel quite tired ...

I also had frisbee training on last night .. 2 hours non-stop .. It was rather cold, but you're usually moving most of the time, so you don't feel it that much ... We were practising throws, I realised that my frisbee playing has stuffed up my squash hits ... When I learnt how to throw a forehand in frisbee, I was taught to lock my elbow in, so I concentrate on the flick more than the arm action ... I can now only throw with my elbow locked in ... One of the guys was telling me last night, that to get my throw further, I need to unlock my elbow and keep it straight ... That's exactly what Alan's been telling me at squash --> my hits have been extremely unco looking, and he couldn't work out why I keep my elbow bent (it's a very unnatural stroke, but it's natural to me) ... I tried throwing with my arm out at frisbee last night, but my passes just ended up being really unco :o( *sigh* It's something I'll need to work on, just have to find the time I guess? It's just frustrating cos i worked so hard on getting my flick right with my forehands, that now I have to restart working on my forehand throws again ... I feel like such a newb ... However, I did get my hammer *sorta* working last night! I was telling one of the girls that I'm v bad at it, so she offered to show me what to do, but all my hammers ended up making it to her okay and not dying like they normally do ;p

I think I'm just having a bit of luck though with my frisbeeing atm .. We played a game last night, and I actually felt like I was cutting okay-ish, and was catching the disc with one hand (left handed too!) which is really rare for me! Normally I would have dropped passes like that, and chances are, I probably will again this Monday ... but if I am having a bit of luck, I'll gladly accept it --> I'm not going to refuse it :p

The ppl at training are heaps cool though .. kinda makes me miss uni a bit, just the freedom that you have ... After training, they all went back to one of the guy's places to watch a dvd and eat pizza .. Cos we finished training at 9:15, if I had gone, I would only have gotten home at some ridiculous hour! I was talking about it with Phil tonight, and he and I both agreed that we never really took advantage of that "freedom", nor do I think we bonded *quite* as well as the mac uni ppl do ...

It's good going to training , cos I am meeting lots of new ppl .. Unfortunately though, on Monday, we'll have to play against the ppl I train with ... nooooooooooo!! I just hope they're as nice to me/us on Monday as they are at training (they're going to slaughter us :p)

I got sent this joke this morning:

The world was stunned by the news, this morning, of the death of the Energizer Bunny. He was six years old.

Authorities believe that the death occurred at approximately 8:42 PM last evening. Best known as the irritating pink bunny that kept going and going and going, "Pinkie" as he was known to his friends and relatives, was alone at the time of his death.

An autopsy was performed early this morning. Chief medical Examiner, Dr. Dura Cell, concluded that the cause of death was acute cardiac arrest induced by sexual over-stimulation. Apparently, someone had put Mr. Bunny's batteries in backwards, and he kept coming, and coming and coming.....

It's quite funny, cos one of the girls from training was saying that I was a bunny last night :p It's cos I kept jumping up and down (it was cold!) and she said she had to mark the bunny :p Though that's not entirely true - i had energy to jump up and down cos I was cold, but not to run forwards --> i was too lazy for that ;o)

I had lunch with one of my old workmates yesterday .. we went to Asagao .. it's okay, kinda like a mixture of Wagamamas and Masuya, but cheaper ... Though thinking about it, it's still more expensive than other meals .. it was quite nice though (Masuya make better tempura though), but someone like JY wouldn't have been full from it :p

Today, I lunched with Mac Bank ppl .. it was meant to be Josh's farewell lunch (he goes for 4 weeks to Japan, come back for a bit, and then goes back again for a couple of years :o/) ... however, he decided to come late (tsk tsk :p) so I only saw him as I left to go back to the office .. Oh well, I'm sure our paths will cross again when he gets back :o) and then there's always email :D provided he's not too busy to email us :D

Because I've been gymming it in the morning, I've been able to take the time to lunch with ppl, which is kinda nice :o) It's probably also a good thing too, because I keep having meetings and other stuff on during lunchtime :o(

I have spent a lot of time talking to ppl from my old team this week ... Another old workmate + I have been chatting a bit via instant messaging .. I've actually learnt quite a bit about him just from the past couple of days of chatting (or rather, about what he likes to watch on tv :p) .. he was trying to convince me to come to some work party tomoz night, but to be quite honest, I dont think I'd fit in and i'd really force me to be really sociable ... something which i'm not :o/ When I first meet ppl, I can be quite shy .. but once I get to know someone better, you can't stop me talking ... Everytime I think of "coming out of my shell", I think of Viv's tortoises :p They are sooo cute!

Argh I'm beat .. I'm going to have an early night .. I haven't been feeling very well lately (felt really dizzy y'day and have had slight headaches) ... I was sick about a month ago with a cold, last week I had a sore throat and felt like the cold was coming back, but it so far hasn't quite eventuated ... I just want to get better :o(

Anyhoos, bedtime for me now ... man, I must really be getting old!