so i finally was able to play basketball today. my toe was a little tender afterwards, but i checked it after i got back to my cubicle, and it wasn't bleeding or anything. my shot was still ok, and i made a few jumpers. i did fake this one dude out of his shorts and made a sweet floater in the paint. *flex* haha. but, as expected, my cardiovascular system was weak, and i was huffing and puffing at the end. that'll improve as i play more and get used to the regimen.
um, i think it's spelled "chipotle" and not "chiptole." but anyways, no, i am not friends with most of my ex's. in fact, most of my breakups were really bad. one of them started off ok, but then i was really mean and bitter afterwards, and there was this whole drama of a newspaper article written about me claiming that i was a perv, and then a forged e-mail fired back with some nasty accusations, threat of expulsion because of that e-mail, a parental threat of violence to my face, etc. and then there was another breakup that ended in some screaming and a storm-off, and then an unwillingness by moi to remain friends, etc. all in all, i've had a very bad track record with my ex's. what can i say? i take it personally. *shrug*
so cindyT told me today that the #1 cause of death among pregnant women is... MURDER. wtf? like, boyfriends and fathers-of-the-child killing the women. wow! who would do such a thing? i mean, are the men that abusive or not willing to have the children born? is child support that horrible that they have to resort to ending the life of the kid?
i did have my gf take a pregnancy test once. this was in college, and yes, it was ridiculously NERVEWRACKING. she peed on the stick, and we left it in the bathroom as we both waited outside for that minute or so. i have no clue what i would have done if it turned out to be positive. i mean, i would have stuck with the girl's decision either way. (knowing her, though, i'm pretty sure she would have chosen to get an abortion.) but hell no, murder was not an option in my mind.
and some of my ex's did skip periods before other times as well. one girl was pretty regular, so her skip was a freak occurence. she told me she would have kept the baby, so i was like "HALLE-FUCKIN-LUJAH" when her period came the next month. and the other was anorexic for a while, so skipping periods happened pretty often. anyways, yes, like i said, nervewracking.
i got my first response from a facebook poke this morning. i've only poked two girls, though. the first girl was one who put up a profile picture of herself in a bikini. "daring," i thought. (she's since taken it down, i bet due to the amount of interest that picture has generated.) the second one was this girl with this really mean look on her face. (what can i say... i like difficult girls.) but the cool thing about her is that she grew up in chile. a chinese girl from chile! fluent in spanish, too! very interesting. i wish i remembered my spanish from the 6 years i took it in junior high and high school. (i used to be semi-fluent; i could even think in spanish.)
i'm going to try eating less for a while. i'm gaining weight, and i'm pushing 175 now. (let me remind you that early last year, i was only 155.) still, i'm not 190 or 200 pounds like when i was fat (trust me, i was fat), but if i keep eating like i have been, i will eventually get there again. i've seen pictures of my fat days, and my face looks really gross. not to mention that bowling ball stomach. so i'm going to cut down on my food intake and play extra-hard during my basketball sessions.
you know what position i hate the most? the spoon position. it's just really awkward. i mean, sometimes, when i'm spooning a girl, i'm sporting a nice boner, and if she's wet, she'll just slip me in. that's nice and sweet. but actually trying to have sex in that position is another story. there's just too much friction on the sheets, and it's a pain trying to prop up the girl's upper leg. whenever i see that on a dvd, i get really turned off because i know how unenjoyable it is. *pukes*
is there any way for a person to become quicker? i'm talking about basketball here. like, reflexes and overall quickness. is that all about fast-twitch nerves and stuff? are you born with it? or can you develop it? i'm horribly slow at reacting to stuff, like loose balls and general defense. my coworker D, on the other hand, is lightning quick. i can't defend him. by the time i blink, he's already gone. argh. i have heard somewhere the shorter people are faster than taller people because of the shorter time it takes nervous impulses to travel to the brain and back. (i thought that was a load of crap, though, because isn't the speed of light so fast that a difference of a few inches is negligible?)
the other night, i went out to safeway and bought (among other things) a bag of ice. why? because i intended on drinking whiskey at home, by myself. is that sad? i mean, generally, i think drinking by yourself to be a little pathetic, but the problem is, i have so much whiskey sitting at home, waiting to be imbibed. most of it came as birthday or christmas presents (jimmy's balvenie and greg's bushmills). so anyways, i thought hey, i can just enjoy a drink every now and then while i'm watching tv. hm. i guess i can invite other people over, but the thing is, very few (i'm talking like TWO) of my friends drink whiskey.
ok, time to wrap this baby up. i'm sort of hungry. must. eat. less.