Team T-shirts

Every year my unit has a picnic where the work teams compete against each other. Every year my team loses horribly, but takes refuge in the fact that at least we look really good because we have the best team t-shirt.

This year we're going with roller derby, and everyone on the team is coming up with a roller derby name and number.

Mine is "The Spanish Inquisition."

The Great Diet Challenge

So the great diet challenge is finally over, and while I didn't make my goal weight, I still lost 12lbs. Which feels pretty good. Now that its over, I went a little crazy this week, eating all the bad food I haven't had in months. I've been to McDonald's twice, taco bell once, had pancakes twice, french toast once, and bought sugar cereal (cookie crisp and Cinnamon Toast Crunch) Not to mention my bday fudge. I really need to calm down, before I put all my weight back on. Friday we saw Iron Man 2, which is an awesome summer flick. It was all action and fun and bright, shiny visuals. There is an extra scene at the end of all the credits, so hang out til the bitter end. Saturday we went to Gadsby's Tavern, which has been around since the revolution. They offer Washington's favorite meal (duck breast) as well as other historical meals. I got the grilled filet mignon with mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus. It was really good. The owner came by a couple of times to talk with us. He wanted to know why four young ladies were eating so early. (we got there just as they opened at 5:30) we told him we were going to an art show that our friend was curating. He was nice and funny, and later he sent the Benjamin Franklin impersonator over to our table, and that dude was fricking hilarious. Especially once he started cracking himself up. He started by informing us that as we were four young ladies, unescorted, it was clear that we meant to ply our wanton wiles upon the town, and that the local constabulary had been notified, and that all single available young men and been locked safely inside their homes. He went on like that, cracking all kinds of jokes in that colonial manner of speech, for at least 10 minutes. It was awesome.

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Monday AMV

I spent the weekend watching Naruto battles:



Which are much better when they've been edited out of 15 boring episodes and then stitched together.

Tuesday Music Video

Ha ha ha!

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Beautiful Day

I've told myself that I need to start writing again. I've been slacking off these past few months.

I love cool, rainy days in Spring. The tulip trees are blooming, the cherry blossoms are about to start, and its been in the 70s.

It would've been a perfect day except that I took an elbow to the nose in Krav. What makes this even more exciting is that I have my work physical tomorrow, so let's all hope it doesn't swell or bruise.

Monday Anime

I watched Evangelion 1.0 this weekend.




Its basically the first 6 episodes or so smashed together, with updated animation and a few new scenes.

Somehow, these few new scenes make Shinji an even bigger passive-aggressive weasel than he was before. I finished this movie really hating me, whereas in the original series, I didn't hate him until the final movie.

Alice in Wonderland

I liked it. I didn't love it, but I liked it. I wouldn't see it in 3D though, the 3D made parts of it hard to see and follow. I think I would have liked it better if I had just seen it normal. I liked all the Wonderland references, I liked his version of Wonderland, especially the Bandersnatch and the card soldiers. Helena Bonham Carter is awesome, Johnny Depp is Willy Wonka with new hair, and Anne Hathoway is horrible. Shortest review ever eh? I did two hours of Krav tonight and my hands are shaking.

Fun Videos

Work's been crazy this week, but I've been sent some video links.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter



A fanmade trailer of P&P and zombies



And an awesome ninja song:


Poor ninja kids don't get to see their ninja dad.

Pull Up Update

Tonight, during fit class, sometime during the 4th set of pull ups, I made a jump for a bar, got it with my fingers, swung forward in an attempt to pull myself up, slipped off the bar, and ended up crashing down on my butt.

Luckily, everyone else's workouts were so intense they didn't notice. The instructor did give me a "good effort" pep speech though.

Percy Jackson Review

*SPOILER ALERT* *This review contains spoilers*

The movie is okay, which is kind of a bummer because I was really excited for it. Its directed by the same guy who directed the first Harry Potter movie, and like that movie, it has some pacing issues.

I mean it is slooooow. It's only a 2 hour movie, but it felt like three. And sometimes it was really boring.

The best part was when they battle Medusa. That was actually exciting, scary, and the effects were really good. Everything else was kinda ... 'meh'

Storywise they changed a lot of things, and removed a lot of plot points that will make it much harder to make any of the other stories. For example, they took out everything involving prophecies, the oracle, the titans, and why the big 3 can't have children.

Instead, the just say that kids for the big 3 are "rare" and gods aren't interacting with their children because it just makes them too human. Seriously. They also reveal that Poseidon is Percy's father right away, so that whole mystery of finding out is gone as well.

Also the gods are still hanging out in togas and Greek armor, which made me sad. I liked how in the books, each one had modernized according to their personality.

They also combined Annabeth with the daughter of Aries that is always kicking Percy's butt. I can't remember her name, but the overall effect is Annabeth: Warrior Princess. They also took out the fact that Annabeth is in love with Luke, and she starts flirting with Percy from the moment they meet. They also downplay Percy's friendship with Luke, so at the end, when Luke's big reveal happens, there's no crushing sense of betrayal. Annabeth and Percy are more like, "Hey look! That smarmy jerk had it the whole time!"

My advice? Netflix it.

Monday AMV

I spent a good chunk of my weekend watching the new Soul Eater DVDs.



Its pretty awesome on HD. ;)

On Pull Ups

Krav has a new pull up bar installed in the gym. It hangs from the ceiling, can support about 8 people at once, and is high enough for tall guys to find challenging.

If I do a running jump I can usually grab it.

But I cannot do a pull up. I've never been able to do a pull up. When I was at my peak in the Navy the best I could manage was chin ups, but never a pull up.

Like the mighty T-Rex, I have weak and useless forearms. So I've decided that should be my Krav name. T-Rex.

Anyway, since I can't do a pull up they either get the box out so I can stand on it and do chin ups or, like today, I just have to grab the bar and hang as long as possible. My arms are killing me.

Monday AMV

Finally found a cool one.



That's almost enough to make start watching Naruto again. Almost.

Monday Movie Trailer

So excited!

Random Olympic Thought

We've been watching mogul skiing, which is awesome, but our ski suits make all our skiers look like their wearing big, fluffy pajamas.

Sweet

I love Lego games. They're my favorite.

I need to go outside

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Make it stoooopppp

Today we have horizontal snow. And its still snowing. It started yesterday afternoon. Sigh...it was supposed to be over by now. Fortunately we still have power here. We lost it briefly in the night when the wind was blowing really hard, but thankfully our power lines are higher than the trees.

Monday AMV

We've been stuck indoors for days now.

Thank heavens for the Wii and Samus Aran.

Snowpacolypse 2010

Work is canceled today, which is good since I'm still snowed in. Hopefully a plow will make it to our complex today.
It took me two hours to dig this little pathway out. We have two sets of outside steps, and the drifts on those suckers was ridiculous.

What our cars looked like after three feet of snow.

This is me, showing off my Virginia snow gear. A military watch cap, leather jacket, jeans, and "snow sketchers." Also notice the vast expanse of pristine snow behind me. That is our parking lot.