Gym Tour & Travel Plans

One of my unofficial new years resolutions was to tour the 24 hour fitness locations, and I've made progress recently! Yesterday, after a guilty dinner at San Mateo Prime, Julian and I went to the 24 on El Camino. It was okay. I'd give it the same rating that I would give to... the Ocean location in SF. Then today, after work, we went to the Montgomery 24, and it was SO F'ING NICE! Like ridiculously nice! Like the women's locker room had back-lit vanity mirrors and super fancy SHOWERS! They even had pay-use lockers in addition to the regular lockers.

There was a lounge area with leather couches and a TV. And the women's locker room had it's own tv. The lockers were wood-grain and not the cheap plywood lockers the other locations have. The water fountains had ICE-COLD water, and there were just SO FREAKIN' MANY MACHINES!! Most of all, the gym felt CLEAN!! This gym is fucking classy, and it's going to be my new default location. Like a kid in a candy shop.

I'm doing pretty well with my gym routine, and I feel great. I can tell that my endurance is improving because I can run 5 minutes without wheezing now. I just have to cut back on binge-eating. Today after we worked out, we ate at Naan 'N Curry LOL.

So last night, as I was getting ready to book a trip to Egypt, I stumbled upon a flurry of horror stories about how dirty, polluted, and dangerous Egypt can be. From food-poisoning, to irresponsible guides and broken toilets/AC at hotels and tourist spots, EVERYTHING has gone wrong for someone. I'm having second and third thoughts about Egypt, and am considering somewhere safer like Europe...

Clown Hair

Well, separately.

Dude, I love this commercial:

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Oh, and last night Charles and I went to Chez Papa for dinner. I wanted to love it, but I didn't? The day overall kind of sucked, but at least Freddie Prinze Jr. didn't die...

I went to Spices for dinner with Dom and Bryant. We discovered that I DEFINITELY do not appreciate stinky tofu. AND AFTER DINNER I CUT DOM'S HAIR!!! And it *WASN'T* a disaster!!! I usually don't trust myself with these things, but it actually didn't turn out badly, at all ;) Then we watched more 24. Oh, 24...

I Like Freddie Prinze Jr.

At work today I keyed lock cylinders (my fave), and because we weren't busy, I got to install panniers! I felt so.. HANDY =) I can't wait for the S1000RR to show.. I love my job.


For dinner, Danny and I had NAAN 'N CURRY! I've had Indian twice in my life - once with Julian 7 years ago, and I don't remember if I liked it. The second when Bryant ordered for delivery, so.. not a restauranty meal. This is my first legitimate INDIAN experience, and I likes! The whole self-serve-get-your-own-dishes-water-utensils-and-napkins concept is new to me though, I walked in expecting to be seated LOL.

I ended up hanging out with Dom and Bryant later. After going to a bar and not going in, we came home and watched 24! I give up on trying to get up to date, I guess I'll just start again from the current season. Freddie Prinze Jr., YUM.

Gloom, Procrastination & Dread

I'm not sure if it's the weather, or the fact that I've been listening to the Metric album on repeat - but gloom is seeping out of me.

Rain reminds me of Beyonce's Sweet Dreams:

I'm mid-way through Season 3 of 24 and still intrigued as ever. Chloe's humor makes up for the stunted momentum, and I'm excited that Sherry and Nina are back - conniving women are absolutely key. On another note, I've decided I cannot further delay my GMAT studies and have resolved to resume Monday. I have a lot of material to get through, even though I pretend like I don't. Oh math, how you vex me so.