I've got band practice again tonight, and we're recording both audio and video again. We did this last week, and it turned out surprisingly well, considering the fact that 2 of the cameras were vibrating due to the low bass & the kick drum shaking the ceiling where they were mounted. J1 put a video together of one of our songs, and it was pretty cool, aside from the fact that I tend to watch my fretting fingers way too much. I did actually practice playing without looking this week, and I'm a bit better at it, although I still need some work.
I've been writing to Dex a bit recently, just talking about day to day things - workout routines, business/jobs, home/family stuff, both of us being bored off our asses...I'd mentioned in my last message that I was out riding the other day, stopped off for lunch, and about the cute bartender I met. I talked about how nice it was outside that day, and that I really wanted someone to ride with, and said that I would have asked the bartender to go, but we really hadn't talked enough for it to be appropriate. (this is all paraphrased) She read my message that day, but didn't reply until this morning, and it was kind of odd/funny - her message didn't mention anything I'd written about. All it said was that I'd been in a dream she had the other night; that they were having a party, I lived across the street from them, and I came over & we "hung out & took pictures & stuff". That was the entirety of the message!? It just seemed a bit odd, and part of me wondered - we both know we like each other, and we both know she's taken, but did my mentioning the cute bartender bother her? Did she avoid the previous message intentionally? I think it's more likely that she just didn't have time to reply to everything, but just wanted to shoot me a quick little message about her dream. I mean, this isn't the first dream of hers I've been in, so that's probably it. Like I mentioned before, I'm terrible at reading people, and I tend to read too much into things. Of course, this is why I also miss subtle flirting, and need to be hit over the head with a brick, before I realize someone likes me. Heh, it's funny - I'm so clueless! :-P
Anyway, I hadn't lifted since Thursday, because I went really heavy that night, and my neck/upper back has been "out" (giving me a lot of trouble) since then. Well, I decided that I'd had enough, and that maybe lifting again would force my body back into alignment. I also decided that I was going to raise the weights on those lifts as well, because I realized that I've been lifting for 5 months, and my numbers really don't show it. I added at least 20 pounds to each of the three lifts I did last night (except for the extra "accessory" lifts at the end). I had to decrease the number of reps to 6 (5 in one case) but I did them all, and felt pretty strong. I then decided that even though I'm gaining strength, I'm still too "fluffy", so I headed out for a run. I was taking it pretty easy, but it felt so good to be out (it was lightly raining as well, and I love to run in the rain) that I decided to extend my route. I had my stopwatch with me, and I timed myself, and then mapped out the route I ran for mileage when I got home. I ended up running 2.7 miles in 29:08. Not the fastest time, for sure, but considering I'd just completed a 45-50 minute weight workout with heavy squats, and that I haven't run over 2 miles in almost a year, I thought I did fairly well. I also realized that i was only half a mile shy of running a 5k, and that, had I kept up that moderate pace, I would have beaten the time I set for myself! (I want to run the 3.2 miles in under 36 minutes - with the fairly easy pace I had last night, I still would have finished it in 34:30 or so! I'm really starting to look forward to this road race coming up in June!
Oh, and thanks for the input, sixweasels! It's so simple, I'm a bit embarrassed I didn't realize it myself! It sounds like a good approach, so I'll try it out if I can, the next time I'm on that side of town.
11:38 a.m. - 2009-04-28
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