The Long Road

Archives: October 2004

Thursday, October 28, 2004

The intense muscle soreness after a long workout, that I-Can't-Lift-This-Pencil feeling, is so good. That may sound a bit strange, but it's true. I'd call the feeling satisfaction, satisfaction of knowing you did a good job and your body's telling you so. The soreness usually kicks in around 15 hours after the workout and can last from 1-4 days, depending on how good the workout was. So that got me thinking. Picture this schedule: Monday, chest workout, the most satisfying of all since the soreness last 4 days; Tuesday, back, 3 days; Wednesday, Arms, 2 days; Thursday, Legs, 2 days. By Friday my entire body would be feeling like JELLO, man that would be awesome! It'd make Fridays an even better day.

Time for some biology! When you strain your muscles you create micro-tears in the tissue. Your muscles get bigger when these tears get repaired. It can take up to a week to completely "heal" these tears so you give yourself that much time between workouts.

Now imagine you're Wolverine, the fucker with the "healing factor". All you'd have to do is work out non-stop for a couple of days to constantly tear and heal muscle tissue to become a walking mass of muscle. That'd be pretty cool.

Posted by Rayne @ 12:04 PM EST [Link] [24 comments]

Saturday, October 23, 2004

Thats how long it took me to climb the CN tower's 144 flights of stairs this morning. Mike was about 30 seconds ahead of me, and Ian was about 30 seconds ahead of him. For a frame of reference, average time is about 30 mins and the world record is just over 7. Before the climb we were determined to beat the average but also somewhat apprehensive about whether or not we could even make it to the top.

The hardest part was not knowing when the stairs would end. We didn't know how many flights the thing was before hand, not to mention signs saying "you're almost there!" and "almost halfway" were posted everywhere, so it was impossible to know how to pace myself.

Next time (you betcha there'll be a next time!), I want to crack the 18 minute mark and I'll know how to pace myself, like I should move a bit faster around the 100th floor. There's no point in burning yourself out early on and towards the last 10 or so floors, the crowd gets too big to shove through properly.

I feel pretty awesome that I was able to do this, and in good time too. It was a great experience!

Posted by Rayne @ 06:48 PM EST [Link] [7 comments]

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

I can open your eyes
Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways and under
On a magic carpet ride

Yup.

Posted by Rayne @ 09:27 PM EST [Link] [6 comments]

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Today's grocery bill:

Source Yogourt x 4	4x$1.00
Aquafresh Advance toothpaste x 2	2x$1.00
White Mushrooms	1x$1.00
VH S&S Sauce x 2	2x$1.00
Nestle Q Strawberry	1x$1.00
Schneiders hot stuff x 2	2x$1.00
Large Cantaloupe	1x$1.00
Black SDLSS Grapes	1x$1.75
Total:	$14.75

*shakes fist at grapes*

Posted by Rayne @ 08:31 PM EST [Link] [6 comments]

Sunday, October 17, 2004

that at this moment, some people get to watch Farscape: Peacekeeper War while others are stuck NOT watching it. Kinda sucks if you ask me. It feels sorta like someone else is sleeping with the girl you're attracted to and you have to sit there, waiting your turn...one day. Well, not really, but you get the idea.

Waiting for City, or Space to pick up and air Farscape would be a horrendously long, and arduous affair. This is one of those times when piracy is like a gift! I'm sure the makers of Farscape would like their show to reach the largest audience possible, and how else is that going to happen for us Canadians except through the use of such things as BitTorrent.

Honestly though, aside from how easy BitTorrent has made things for the regular schmoes to get stuff (long gone are the days of FTP ratios and such), the greatest thing about it is how diverse the stuff you can get is. The pirates are truly the first to see a lot of small independent films which are impossible to track down in most theaters. It is sometimes honestly impossible to catch a smaller film, and were I a maker of little movies, I think I would rather someone see my movie for free than not at all. In the same boat are foreign films which will never get released in North America nor get a regional DVD. The only ways to see something like Immortel, or Infernal Affairs involves either too much time and money, or downloading.

Posted by Rayne @ 11:02 PM EST [Link] [1 Comment]

Saturday, October 16, 2004

I'm dissapointed in the both of you! What is this "quitting" you speak of? All those months of hard work towards building something worthwhile and all of a sudden you decide you'll just let it all go to waste. Tsk tsk tsk.

You boys better get back on that horse.

Posted by Rayne @ 12:51 AM EST [Link] [13 comments]

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Lost is a tv series about a group of strangers who have crash landed on some mysterious desert island and their quest to survive. The obvious comparisons apply: Lord of the Flies, and Survivor.

Aside from a lot of conflicting personalities and characters that all seem to have some kind of secret, there's also some kind of unseen, huge, wild animal prowling around the island to stir the shit up and keep things exciting. Sorta like if Jeff Probst was malevolant instead of being the nice man that he is.

One of the most impressive scenes I've ever seen on TV occurs in episode two. They manage to make a really scary and foreboding moment using only 6 people, and 1 transceiver in a wide open field. In broad daylight.

Lost so far has some kind of cliffhanger at the end of every episode. Ever notice that no matter how poor a show is, if it ends in some kind of insane cliffhanger that's all you'll remember about it? The last few minutes of any tv show can totally make or break any episode.

Hopefully, the boys and girls behind Lost have some kind of overall Ending in mind for this series. It does seem like theres a "plan" so the show better not be dragged out endlessly. I can totally see myself thinking "will they please just all die or get off the island already?" if this thing lasts till season 5.

Check out Lost. I haven't been this jazzed about a TV since Twenty-Four season 1.

Posted by Rayne @ 05:12 PM EST [Link] [No Comments]

Sunday, October 10, 2004

So at home, and looking for something warm to wear out and am running into stuff I bought when I was working at The Bay. Up until then I think it was mostly my mom who bought me clothing and I didn't really have my own "style" yet. I was pretty much okay with any clothes that didn't stand out too much, that I was comfortable in, and fit into some weird notion I had of "normal" clothing. I started buying my own clothes when I for a job at The Bay. A lot of my paychecks went towards purchases there, which is now one of my favorite stores. I think I got a lot of stuff that didn't really fit me properly at the time, or at least I was into clothes that didn't fit properly. Looking into my stack of clothing that I haven't worn in 5 years, I discovered a Levi's shirt that I think used to fit okay but now looks like it could fit two of me in it. There's also the Tommy shirt which I'm wearing now which used to be super tight around the chest and neck and now fits pretty much perfectly. What was I thinking when I bought this stuff anyways? Seems pretty clear that they didn't fit then. It also leaves me to wonder if I've really shurnk THAT much in the last 5 years that uncomfortably tight clothes now fit. Perhaps I fat in high school and no one bothered to tell me so?

Posted by Rayne @ 09:10 PM EST [Link] [2 comments]

Friday, October 1, 2004

I swear, Toronto is the only city where you have to seriously consider whether buying a bus pass is worth it or not. One would think that having a monthly pass would be cheaper than paying for individual rides twice a day, 5 days a week for four weeks. But NooOOOOooo.

At (roughly) 100$, the monthly pass is the same as about 50 rides. To get your money's worth you have to go to work everyday and then "out" once in a while. What a silly notion. Elsewhere, a montly pass is MORE than paid for after just 2 weeks of going to work.

Damn the TTC and their frequently arriving, and quick moving underground trains!! *shakes fist*

Posted by Rayne @ 07:46 PM EST [Link] [5 comments]

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