I feel so stressed. For the past few days I’ve been addicted to Dragon Age. My mind has been completely captivated and focused upon this stupid PC game and now I feel like I’ve wasted so much time that could have been directed to something more constructive. It’s nice to get away once in a while and to sink myself into another world, but there’s also so much else for me to do in this point in life. I love anything with a complicated and captivating story, once I become interested I’m hooked for good. I haven’t been fully immersing myself and taking advantage of what I truly have to and need to do to get a step ahead of real life everything.

This morning I cleaned out my email inbox. All 6,000 unread emails have been deleted. Much of it was spam dating as far back as 2003. It should be a record among the common person. Maybe I should have taken a screen shot. Maybe I don’t really care.

Now it’s Monday. A work day and there’s work to be done.

I have nothing to write about right now.

I like to build things. I love it. Once I jump on a project I keep on trucking and pushing all the way until it’s complete and perfect. My last project was a to make a medicine ball by filling a basketball with sand. Sounds easy, but it took me 3 hours to fill the ball with a tiny funnel. After filling I patched all of the holes with a radial tire repair kit, shoe glued the whole thing, then gorilla taped the crap out of it. The ball was done, 30 lbs of DIY perfection. What else could I do to make improve it? I braided the thing in a net attached to a thick rope. Brilliant! I’ve been going to the middle of the park once a week just to do overhead slams. It’s a more public friendly alternative to chopping wood with an axe or swinging a sledge hammer, plus it’s heavier. There’s no such thing as a 30lb axe head or hammer head, unless it’s an archaic weapon of war.

Yes, this exercise makes me look completely insane swinging a giant ball in the middle of the park, but I love the feel of it. Plus it’s an awesome way to train lower back and a great alternative to dead lifts.

My rear starboard side tire went flat last weekend and I had to figure out how to use my brand new 17 year old jack and swap it out with the spare. In this situation where most people would get frustrated, I was really excited and happy simply because when something breaks, it gives me a perfect excuse to replace it with something better! The following day I shelled out $700 at Costco for new Michelin Primacy MXV4′s. I’m so amazed at how new tires can enhance a driving experience.

Right now, I’m quite happy as today I went to the gym and did barbell cleans. Half way though my work out, a sinewy old European man came up to me and taught me how to lift properly. I think that I was doing power cleans which uses more arms with bad form, while he was teaching me more of an Olympic style of clean. He claimed to be a coach at SFU and was very supportive when teaching me form. Every move I made after his example, he kept saying that it’s okay, I’m doing good, and I’m a strong guy, but if I get form down first I can lift even more. He said no one else does these kinds of lifts in this gym except for me and sometimes him.

Very rarely do I get advice in the gym and even more rarely do I ever get good advice that is from someone nice, encouraging, and knows what they’re preaching. One day I want to be knowledgeable enough to help others. It must be a really nice feeling to simply help people that are willing to learn and soak up the information.

I was reading one of my older entries today and realized that I haven’t been taking this past advice hard enough:

Need to buy new 4×6″ and 6.5″ speakers and bypass my rear amp with new wire, because I’ve been listening to a lot of new music loud and it is apparent that my car’s stereo sounds like shit.

I’m currently listening to these CDs:

Sound Tribe Sector 9 – Peace Blaster
Sound Tribe Sector 9 – Peace Blaster New Orleans Remix
Ronald Jenkees – Disorganized Fun

The border guards let me back into my country! Through spending four days in Portland, Oregon I’ve eaten a lot of big portioned greasy meals and it was wonderful. Zero% tax is also a bonus.

My 1992 Maxima GXE is starting to get worn down. Rotors need to get grinded down, shocks need to eventually be replaced, a couple of rust spots should be repaired… The list goes on. I really love this car because it was a top of the line Nissan back in the day. I went to the dealership with my grandparents when I was six years old and inherited it from my Grandfather two years ago. It’s currently at 93,000 kms, so the engine is relatively young. The big thing is that eventually I’ll have to replace a shitload of stuff, placing money where it could have went towards a new car. I want a new car with manual transmission and more power, but that’s just a toy and a money pit. If I want to be smart, which I will try to – I’ll maintain this vehicle and push most of my savings towards investing in a new home.

I rarely ever drink, but since I got my good friend to drive, I did. -And I feel great! I love beer. It either has to be fresh and from a local brewery or purely Trappist beer from Belgium. When I’m under the influence I usually feel extremely happy and energetic and the best place to dispose of my energy is downtown. Tonight, while riding in the back seat, using my biggest smile I greeted people at the top of my lungs as we passed them by. It was really enjoyable to see their reactions. Some people attempted to ignore me, some smiled without even looking at me, and others waved. Under these circumstances I feel as if everyone is my friend. Why can’t I do this while sober? Because, people would simply think of me to be insane.

People who are intoxicated usually convey their inner feelings, thoughts and desires a lot better. I’m beginning to think that all I want in life is to be happy. Although I missed out on my heavy lifting session and toast masters, I feel so happy that it’s worth it.

Worst of all, I have always had difficulty burping until the point of which I feel sick. Good for me that this beer isn’t as gassy as other cheaper alternatives.

Stuck at home again, while I have so much energy. 1 more day of WORK!

Chicken breasts, sliced tomatoes, squeezed lemon, squeezed orange, black ground pepper, sea salt, extra virgin olive oil, pesto, tomato sauce.

This video seems to make me calm for some reason.