So I finally bit the bullet, Anne was putting the screws to me for months now and finally gave me the big ultimatum. She told me she wouldn't come and see me again until I did it. So today I broke down and had cable TV installed. I got the digital cable package with the DVR upgrade, etc. I haven't had cable, real cable in a few years. I haven't had any sort of TV for a few months, and Anne told me she wouldn't come visit me unless I had cable TV available for March Madness. I also saw that the Tour of California was coming up on ESPN2 so I decided to get it done now. I had ya didn't I? You thought I bought Anne a ring. :)

Gym Updates:

Friday PM: Busy as shit. Don't these people have lives? Oh, wait. I was there, don't I have a life? Guess not. Weight: 226

Sunday PM: Dead. There was no one there. Yay! For some reason, I was feeling slacky, and only ran for 30 mins, lifted lightly. Weight: 228

Monday PM: Nice night but packed. Lots of ladies there tonight(cough Dosdall, cough), and some scrawny short guy. The SSG(Scrawy Short Guy) was changing right next too me, seemed alright then I could tell he was new there. He put on fu-fu spray, not sure if it was Axe or Bod, but he was a stinky little guy because of the 9 squirts of it he put on his short little self. Eh, if that is the worst I have to deal with, I am cool.

A little weight lifted update for my own historical purposed.(so when I look back I can tell how much stronger I am. :) )
Max curl: 130lbs
Max tripress(seated): 170lbs
Calf raises: the whole damn stack(495lbs+me) 20+ times
Weight: 227

Linky:
Cribcandy
Power Nap
Net Slang

I'm out.
-pete

Hi all, it is Friday, I am at work and not too happy to be here when I could be riding my bike in this 50 degree weather. Ah, well, what are you going to do.

Gym Report:
Gym was empty when I got there at 9:50. Easy to get on everything, I was happy. Lifted single set upper body. Legs tonight maybe? X-trainer for 60 mins, then abs.

The Mole showed up just as I was about to leave in a 70's style dress jacket and slacks, he called what I assumed to be his wife to let her know he was at Life Time and then asked me if it was a 24 hour Life Time. I think he did this because he wanted her to hear that he was at the gym, not somewhere else. Why you ask? He asked me the same question last time I saw him in the locker room while he was on the phone. My next clue was that I overheard him say to the other person on the phone that he could, "hear the pain in her voice...". I am guessing that me might have cheated on her(with who I don't know, the man looks like a mole). Well enough speculation. James is having a shindig at his place Saturday night and then Sunday I am going to the ice race again if the lake is still frozen.

Best Music Video at Life Time last night: Jewel - Intuition*

Weigh-in: 226

Linky:
Weather Maps - Sweet!
Gizmodo
Monsters!

*I never actually heard this song until I watched the video on MTV, isn't this song for a razor of some sort?

Later-
pete

Gym Update:
Both MoleMan and Predator were there last night just as I was leaving. Lots of couples there last night, but it wasn't as busy as Mon/Tues. I am getting back into single set weight lifting to keep the muscles strong. It is good to know I can still put up 230lbs on the bench and 900+ on the seated leg press. These tree trunk legs can push. :)

I have a muscle twitch in my left forearm today and it is bugging the heck outta me. Make it stop! Andy D has a blog now over there ---> Funny stuff.

Today's weigh-in: 227

Linkys:
Tour of CA
One Red Paperclip
Digg

Done with the lunch break, back to work.
-pete

Perma-link/posted by Pete Ryan  @ 12:04  - 0 comments - linky here?

Gym was packed again at 9:40. People need to quit their resolutions now. I think I am going to make a t-shirt that just says, "Give up." on the back. And maybe the finger on the front. There just aren't enough t-shirts with the finger on it.

Linky: http://www.lifehacker.com/
My walk into work

Current weight: 227

Short but stupid post. bye.

-pete

Hi. I was sick this AM, I think it was all the cold outside time I spent on Sunday. It was cool watching the Salsa Chilly Chili Ice Race. There is another one this upcoming weekend in Bloomington again. Check the MORC site if you want to go. Or call me.

On the plus side of being sick I did get the equivalent of 12 loads of laundry done in 7 loads. What a fight that was. Those washers and dryers must be pissed. Now I just have to match the 60 pairs of socks I have. ugh.

The gym was an absolute nightmare tonight. I was feeling better and I didn't wind up getting their until near 9:30pm. When I walked in I though my watch was off and it must have been 8pm. Well it was couples night and the gay fat guy night. Let me tell you about the gay fat guy. I am assuming he is gay but there is a chance I am wrong. I don't see him upstairs ever, I have seen him in the locker room the last 3 times I have been there. The only places I see him is in the bathroom, in the dry sauna, and in the showers. Tonight I noticed something funny. When the guy(we'll call him guy1) next to me left the sauna he left a few seconds later. I left about 2 mins after that and went to the showers. They were both in there and guy1 is just toweling off and heading out of there. I show quickly in the corner making sure not to catch anyone's eye and the second I turn off the shower and get out of there so does he. I was the last one in there. I go and weigh myself on the scale and I notice him head back into the sauna... hmm..... I walk past the sauna and there is another man in there. I think he is cruising guys in the locker room. Part 2 of this special report will be available when I see him at the gym again.

Today's weight: 226 - There is no setting for 226 over there, you will have to use your imagination.

Later-
-p

EDIT: Thanks Jen for pointing out that I do not weigh 126, I have modified it to say 226 now. :)

You probably noticed the new scale on the right over there. No? I will wait while you look. No, listen, it is right under the Archives...yeah...right there. Duh. This is how it kinda translates:

Fatty: 235 Started here mid-December - Pants size 34
Jan 20: 227 < - Currently Here - 01.20.06
Gooey: 223
Tubby: 213
Chunky: 205
Beefy: 195
Fitter: 185 Hope to be here in August - Pants size 31 again?

The little arrows will show you how much I weigh that day unless I forget to change them. Then they will show you how much I weighed either yesterday or last Tuesday. I will try to update it as much as possible.

Here are some other measurements from where I have started @ 235:
Neck: 16.5"
Chest: 43"
Bicep: 15"
Forearm: 13.5"
Wrist: 8"
Thigh: 26"
Calf: 17.75"

I will post new measurements when I hit 205 and then 185. Sweet. Well I am off to sleep, have a good day/week/etc.

-pete

So I took this test and in under 10mins I had 24 of the 33 answers to a Mensa test. Check it out at http://www.mensa-test.com/ Bow down to your new leader! :) -pete

EDIT: I got 25 total without cheating. I looked up the rest and never would have got them. Good luck! -p

Predator was at the gym tonight and I also spotted Mole-man as I was leaving. Busy night at the gym.

I will start with Mole-man since I don't think I have covered who he is. He is an older guy in his late 50's, early 60's with a phone attached to his ear and hand. This guy is always on the phone. Right when he walks in he grabs the phone in the locker room and it on it for 10 mins. Then when he gets to the treadmill he is on his cell phone. Then when he is done with his workout he is on the phone in the locker room again. I am pretty sure this guy isn't very important at what he does because he isn't very clean and wears wranglers and old t-shirts when he arrives. While working out in his white k-mart velcro shoes and his blue shorts/crappy wife beater I want to kick him. Oh, and he looks like a mole, hence the name, Mole-man. Squinty little eyes, big thick glasses, he looks like the guy on The Simpsons.


Anyways, on to Predator. This was a bigger(not in a taller way) lady with dreadlock type braid things in her hair and a face only a mother could love. She seriously did look like Predator. Here is the catch, she sounded like Darth Vader while on the cross trainer. I had to crank the iPod up, unfortunatly it was playing The Strokes new album and I had to change to a little System of a Down to fully cover up the horrid sound. Oh, her spandex would have made the baby Jesus cry.

There were quite a few people at the gym last night. It didn't clear out until pre New Years time until at least 9:45-10PM. Ugh.. Well I am outta here for a while. Later everyone.

-p

Holy crap has the gym been busy! Absolutely nuts. I haven't been even able to get on anything until 930PM. This whole week has been an absolute nightmare in there until 1030PM. Even at 930PM the damn lockers are full and there are towels everywhere. Of course if you need a towel they are all gone. Don't these people have moms? Didn't their parents teach them to clean up after themselves. The dirty towel container is 15 feet from where you left your wet-ass towel. What I have been doing is keeping another Lifetime member card, which has a little hole it in so it works to lock your locker, and keeping it and a clean towel in a locker that I always use there. Works great, I always have a clean towel.

Last night was couples night again, lots of pairs on hand. Also it was stinky guy or girl next to me night. It wasn't everyone, just 3 people. Since it wasn't everyone I know it wasn't me. :) Just like in highschool you need to wash your clothes if you get sweaty. I know I do and you appreciate not being able to smell me so extend me the same courtesy. It was so bad with one guy I was this |__| close to saying something. He smelled like wet dog/BO. It was bad, the girl on the otherside of me looked at me with a putrid look on her face and I did the head nod towards him. I think she got the point. Anyways...

I have Mike Morris' wedding Saturday so I will be picking up my tux Friday sometime before the grooms dinner, etc. Should be a good time. Well back to work for me.

It has been awhile since I posted a picture so here it goes, I hope you enjoy!

8:50PM:

2 couples, 1 fighting. At least it was a fun show. Still a large amount of people at the gym. Lots of single women and men looking to shape up. Well at least a different shape from round. The men anyways. Dosdall and James, I repeat lots of single women, cute single women. Wait, one more time in caps. LOTS OF SINGLE CUTE WOMEN. Join now.

Anyways when I got to the gym and down to the locker area I wandered to locker 191 and put my card in. Naked 70 year old plops his naked ass on my t-shirt. Thanks. I guess I will wear this other one. And burn that one. Thanks for sitting there naked while I put my pants on and crammed my shit in the locker as fast and I can.

Workout was fine. 5 mins treadmill, 60 cross trainer, abs, 5 mins treadmill. I think my undershirt must have smelled, no one was next to me on the cross trainer. That or the White Zombie t-shirt was intimidating. Either way, no one around me.

When I left at 11pm it was pretty normal except for the naked guy who walked around the locker room for 10 mins. Thanks. We call that trolling around here and it is not welcome. Put some drawers on please.

Bye,
-p

9PM. Life Time Fitness. Bloomington, MN...

As I pull in to the parking lot I notice it is somewhat empty...Sweet. Not the case when I get to the gym floor. The weights area is packed. The treadmills are packed. The machines are packed. ugh. Don't these people have homes?

A treadmill spot opens up and I take it. I do some walking on that as a warm up anyway so this works out well. 5 mins... 10 mins... wtf? 12 minutes later one of the cross trainers opens up. Sweet, I will wait for the guy to wipe his sweat off the machine and then hop on. I am standing near it now. Where the fuck did that guy go? He needs to wipe this crap down. Oh, he is over on the mat limbering up..

I give him a look, nothing. Fuck. I set my stuff down on the foot pad and walk over to him. I say hi, he smiles. I kindly ask him to wipe down the machine since he is finished with it. He gives me a look again. Ugh. He sighs, gets up and wipes it down with his towel. Heh. He must be new. I inform him that there is spray and paper towels and also wet wipes for the equipment. There is that look again. He finally does it right without saying a word. I say thanks and he grunts his way back to the mats area.

With my lesson on simple gym etiquette finished I start up my workout. Watching the bowl game, I notice a lot of single people here again. A few couples but as much as the other time. The rest of the experience is pretty typical. Lots of new faces in there and lots of bigger people getting fit. Good for them. I have a bunch of fat to drop too. 40-50 lbs of it I hope or at least convert 30 to muscle.

Well we will see what tonight brings, later.

p.s. Yay for Texas last night!
p.p.s. Best Blonde Joke Ever!
p.p.p.s. How to order wine.

-p

So here are my gym observations I have noticed so far this year(and the last part of 2005. I am usually at the gym between 8pm-11pm M,T,W,TH so my observations are limited to that time at the Bloomington Life Time Fitness. Onto the list:

November: Dead, 15-20 people there at 8:30ish, maybe 5-7 at 10:30

December: Less Dead, are people starting their New Year's Resolutions early? ~25 @ 8:30

Jan 2nd: 8:30pm. Full, the goddamn club is full. Ugh, going to Jimmy John's for a sandwich and will head back over at 9pm. WTF, where do all these people come from? Fine, I will jump on a treadmill until something clears out. Great, one treadmill open. Oh, the last person didn't wipe it down either. Thanks, I will get that. (Looks left...looks right) Why are all these couples here? It is all couples. What gives? I didn't know when you got married you had to do joint resolutions. After 30 mins I was able to move up to a cross trainer. yay. 60 mins on this and I am outta here. Oh, sure, I will wipe this one down for you lady. Thanks for all the lotion on the equipment. I love when my hands smell like lavender and vanilla. 60 mins later... A quick shower and I am outta here. At 10:30 there are still 30+ people there.

Jan 3rd:8:30pm. The club is pretty full, not as bad as it was yesterday. Quitters already? :) Hey, where are all the couples? It went from like 15 couples to the 2 regular couples there. Oh, it's singles night, I get it. Tons of girls, no wedding rings, no headphones(those impede talking to a boy) and enough perfume to kill a donkey. Thanks girls, I am sure I smelled like the fragrance counter at Bloomingdales before I hit the shower tonight. It was easier to get on equipment tonight, not as many pairs around hogging stuff up. Out of there at about 10:30 again, and it was at about the mid December level. We will see how tomorrow turns out.

Later!
-p