2009-01-24
2009-01-23
Lost vs BSG: Week One
It only seems fitting with these two obviously being the best shows on television right now to take a look at both shows each week in a head to head showdown.
Lost made its long-awaited return on Wednesday night with a doubleheader of goodness from the mysterious island. Now, Lost was at an advantage since it was two hours, right? And it also had an edge because it was the season premiere as opposed to the second episode of the season like BSG. Here's the crazy thing about Lost... it was crazy! Time jumps, bizarre goings-on, and more sci-fi than you can shake a stick at. For years now, there has been a very vocal group of Lost fans who've bitched about the sci-fi and how it took away from the show.
Welp, if you didn't like the sci-fi elements of Lost before, I hope you skipped Wednesday night's show because THE...SHIT...WAS...ON! Nobody knows when the hell they are... nobody knows why some people are in certain places/times... nobody knows... well, much of anything at the moment. While it's confusing for now, I'm fully confident that the powers that be will get shit cleared up in no time flat... well, as clear as Lost gets anyways.
And BSG? Well, big frakkin' spoiler alert but...
THE ADMIRAL AND THE PREZ ARE GETTIN' FREAKY!
Plus, the Chief's baby isn't the Chief's baby which means someone else actually slept with his vicious hag of a wife. Ty is having a baby with a Cylon.
AND NEXT WEEK LOOKS EVEN NUTTIER!
But... as awesome as BSG was this week...
I'm goin' with the time jumpin' island.
Lost - 1
BSG - 0
Tune in next week to see if Lost can keep the streak going!
Lost made its long-awaited return on Wednesday night with a doubleheader of goodness from the mysterious island. Now, Lost was at an advantage since it was two hours, right? And it also had an edge because it was the season premiere as opposed to the second episode of the season like BSG. Here's the crazy thing about Lost... it was crazy! Time jumps, bizarre goings-on, and more sci-fi than you can shake a stick at. For years now, there has been a very vocal group of Lost fans who've bitched about the sci-fi and how it took away from the show.
Welp, if you didn't like the sci-fi elements of Lost before, I hope you skipped Wednesday night's show because THE...SHIT...WAS...ON! Nobody knows when the hell they are... nobody knows why some people are in certain places/times... nobody knows... well, much of anything at the moment. While it's confusing for now, I'm fully confident that the powers that be will get shit cleared up in no time flat... well, as clear as Lost gets anyways.
And BSG? Well, big frakkin' spoiler alert but...
THE ADMIRAL AND THE PREZ ARE GETTIN' FREAKY!
Plus, the Chief's baby isn't the Chief's baby which means someone else actually slept with his vicious hag of a wife. Ty is having a baby with a Cylon.
AND NEXT WEEK LOOKS EVEN NUTTIER!
But... as awesome as BSG was this week...
I'm goin' with the time jumpin' island.
Lost - 1
BSG - 0
Tune in next week to see if Lost can keep the streak going!
2009-01-22
2009-01-21
2009-01-20
2009-01-19
Feel The Burn
So, with my arms and shoulders feeling like they may barely be able to move at my command in the morning, I guess it's safe to say that I belong to a gym again. Tonight was the "orientation/free sample personal training session" which basically exists so they can try to hard sell you on the Personal Training upsell after they kick your ass for 15 minutes.
Lessee... I did a bench press set using an actual free weight bench press - something I probably haven't done since High School and I didn't enjoy it much then either. Then he made me do "dips" - trying to hoist my body weight up and down while using the bench to push off of. Fun stuff.
But the embarrassment was still to come!
Did some other kind of chest press weight thing which went okay. And then it happened. A conversation ensued.
"Six pushups between sets."
"Uh oh."
"Do the best you can."
"Okay."
Sadly, the best I could involved me trying to push up off the ground and failing miserably. After the ass-kicking at the bench press, I had no strength left in my shoulders. I just couldn't do it. So after a couple horrific moments laying facefirst on the floor, flopping around like a fish trying to get off the ground... I had to figure out a new way to stand.
Since I'm typing this from home, you can be sure I figured out how to stand up again thankfully.
The rest? Not so bad. But that one moment will be sufficient humiliation for this week.
Why can't all gyms be like this...?
Lessee... I did a bench press set using an actual free weight bench press - something I probably haven't done since High School and I didn't enjoy it much then either. Then he made me do "dips" - trying to hoist my body weight up and down while using the bench to push off of. Fun stuff.
But the embarrassment was still to come!
Did some other kind of chest press weight thing which went okay. And then it happened. A conversation ensued.
"Six pushups between sets."
"Uh oh."
"Do the best you can."
"Okay."
Sadly, the best I could involved me trying to push up off the ground and failing miserably. After the ass-kicking at the bench press, I had no strength left in my shoulders. I just couldn't do it. So after a couple horrific moments laying facefirst on the floor, flopping around like a fish trying to get off the ground... I had to figure out a new way to stand.
Since I'm typing this from home, you can be sure I figured out how to stand up again thankfully.
The rest? Not so bad. But that one moment will be sufficient humiliation for this week.
Why can't all gyms be like this...?
2009-01-18
ITube, YouTube, WeAllTube
No desire to write tonight or more specifically - no idea what to write about.
On this big football day, here's one of my favorite scenes from a football movie.
On this big football day, here's one of my favorite scenes from a football movie.
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