It look me an hour and 16 minutes, but I actually ran a real 10k without dying - Best run ever! Thanks to Adam and Ang for running it with me (and to Mir for joining us at brunch after)!

Mario Kart Love Song:

Legend of Zelda a Capella:

Tetris:

not a video game, but still…
Star Wars :

 

Yelle – Je veux te voir

Poutine from Smoke’s Poutinery LOOKS like the best poutine you could ever have in the entire world; however, it didn’t really live up to the ‘best poutine in Toronto’ claim. Regardless it was a fun night out with friends and I would go again.

Me & Mir

My Bacon Poutine

halfway through a phone call with my mom

mom:     are you dating anyone now?
me:         nope

…five minutes later…

mom:    (out of nowwhere – we were talking about groceries) …are you happy?
me:        yeah I guess so….
<pause>
mom:    Do your friends have my home phone number?
me:       Sure….why?
mom:     Well I want to be sure they know to call me in case you get shot on the subway like that guy.
me:    sigh

“Picture me holding hands with strangers, hairy knuckles up, sweating and breathing onions on everyone, all the while trying not to fart, and freaking out because I was screwing up what essentially amounted to walking on the spot.”

I was going to try to be extra good today, because tomorrow is the start of week 2 in The Weight Loss Challenge.Anyways it all started off pretty well and then my friend Ian asked if I wanted to run some errands with him downtown. We ended up stopping in at Craft Burgers at Yonge/Bloor for a SUPER DELICIOUS cheeseburger with fries and onion rings….

    

They were soooo good I didn’t even regret the transgression, and by dinner time I figured I could save the day by having a small dinner of veggie stir fry with chicken and brown rice. YAY.

Mrs. Fields, I hate you.

About 20 minutes later things took a turn for the worse as I got a major craving while watching Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle on IFC. By the time they finally made it to White Castle (which I’ve never been to, but it looks disgusting) I had a pile of shame lying on the floor beside the couch. SHAAAAME:

Some resolutions for 2009.

1. Deny that I have any resolutions. This way friends/co-workers don’t need to know when i’m quitting.

2. Lose 10 lbs. Haaaaaa….

3. Take a language class. I’m thinking Japanese, or Portuguese.

4. Have people over more often. This way I can justify the expense of my new couch and the rest of the things I want to buy in Jan.

5. Take an MBA class. Because I need a new job

6. Sign up for Salsa class. Another class….I know, I know.

7. Travel. Brazil?

8. Run. 10k

So I thought I would have to stop halfway through, and in the last 100 metres I thought that my heart was going to explode, BUT…My first 5k was great! I ended up finishing it alive, and with only two 1 minute walking breaks. I’m looking forward to making some improvements and maybe doing to 10K next year. 

 

 

I finished 811 out of 2947 by finishing in 31:10.7  minutes. Yippee!