finally bought myself a wireless mouse. the chord running from my old optical mouse was the last ugly thing chill'n on my desk. it's gone now, so thankful.

i also attempted to get rid of the network wire running from my old room to this one by buying a wireless cisco/linksys router and adapter. but after installation, i realized that i lost about 2mbps of internet speed. since i value internet speed over wireless-aesthetics, i promptly returned the items and best buy re-credited my  disover credit card.  how convenient is that? you can try stuff, rip the wrapping, open the box and still get your money back, fully. capitalism rocks.

i was minding my own business as usual walking down the venice beach boardwalk, gett'n some cardio in and enjoying the environment. then suddenly this hippie white girl in her mid 20's comes up to me and says, "hi china boy" (im thinking i'm not chinese, im japanese) before i could even get a word in she says, "you're pretty, can i touch you." before i could respond, she has both her hands on my asses trying to hug me hard." i'm like... "i have to go!" and tried to push her shoulders away from me. she grabs my hands and puts my hands on her breasts." at this point, i really pushed her away and just ran away. i didn't even look back. i think that woman had a mustache. why can't i attract normal girls. i'm taking a break from venice beach for a while. too powerful there.

oh yea, right after this, i drove down to in-and-out burger on washington. dude, the weirdest thing. i saw a guy grab his order... it was a burger without buns. wth. there was huge lettuce instead of buns. i thought to myself. ok, maybe he is vegetarian or something. but when i looked closely it had meat in it! who orders a burger w/o buns!

the goal: to get atleast 2 golden reps in each set of my exercises.

the problem: with so many exercises, sets, and reps involved.. there isn't enough energy to golden rep it each exercise till the end of the work out.

the solution: i only do 2 sets per exercise routine. one at highest weight possible until exhaustion. another set at a moderately light weight and do till exhaustion. this way i get both mass, definition, and golden reppage.

the results: i think i built more muscle in one work out than any time ever. and, i'm done w/ my work out, 1/3 time faster because that extra set is gone.

don't sweat the technique.

on my lunch break, bought a 6" veggie delite @ subway on santa monica & sawtelle and cruised on over to ucla's drake stadium to read a book called the biology of success. i love chillin there at the large track and field stadium. very relaxing, open space where i can read in privacy. people there only to exercise, so everyone mind's there own business. it's a great spot w/ an awesome view. today, the polevaulters were practicing on the left side of the field and the long jumpers were training on the right. i read my book and watched the atheletes training when pausing my skim reading. turns out, the coach that was overseeing the longjumpers was MIKE POWELL. he's the world record holder in the long jump!!! i found out when Anthony Curran, the polevault coach yelled out, Mike Powell! he has your shoes!!! i was like huh? mike powell? where? i checked really closely and it was indeed mike powell standing over there w/ his tall lanky physique. cool stuff. i hadn't seen a celebrity in a while so i was quite stoked about this. last celeb i saw at drake stadium was a real worlder. now i got to see a real world record holder. the book was actually ok. it is more of an motivational book than anything else, but it's written by an MD so i can appreciate some of his insights on life that i would have missed. good stuff. lately, i feel like i'm getting my groove back. i feel a little more aggressive like i used to. i was kinda mellowing out too much and losing that edge. when i'm in the groove i seem to attract celebs into my life. maybe more to come. two birthdays on saturday night. i think i'm gonna attend sto's dinner @ 8pm and after that go over to george's for phil's party. i foresee, high amts of alcohol this weekend.

currently effective affirmation: "unnecessary thought"

can't believe it, but about 90% of the thoughts that automatically pop into my mind are unnecessary, unproductive, useless thoughts, sometimes even harmful or self-defeating. i'm learning to just ignore or delete these. although it's difficult to honestly assess these types of thoughts, there is a liberating feeling when i realize how small and insignificant some of my worries really are.

using wine in my cooking! yea! this is the way to include alcohol in my daily life w/o risking the chance of becoming addicted to the substance!  oh-hellz-yayuh-nice-omg.

Buy one get one free jamba juice

chi was a horse in her past life. i'm pretty certain of this. when she comes out of her stretch and is in a good mood, she starts to march her paws like those show horses. and, when she walks slowly towards me, her head is bowed down and sways side to side like horses do when they walk in a very slow pace. chi was a horse! unquestionable.

i found out that speaker wires are supposed to be connected according to positive and negative charge. oops! i just connected them randomly. so, my chances of me being right was 50% and, that's how it turned out. i had to re-wire 2 speakers and switch the charges on the wires. lol that just-ok treble is now super nice. lol

my health addiction had been slowly waning, but i borrowed a book yesterday called, One Body, one Life by Gregory Joujon-Roche, and now i'm recharged. i had been eating a few burgers here and there and slacking off on the quality of food. the cool thing about this book is that this author is not just a normal trainer. this dude trains the super stars. so, this was extra incentive for me to listen to him. if he is good enough to train demi moore to do one-hand pushups for g.i. jane, work intimately with gwen stefani, brad pitt, dicapri-o, etc.. he's good enough to train me. he goes one step further than just the physique and nutrition, he talks a lot about spirituality and also cleansing of the body. very cool stuff.

oh, it might seem contradicting to my new found health resolve, but i started to drink alcohol again. this time tho, i'm gonna be smart about it. limit it to 1 drink a night. i am seeing that alcohol really helps my body and muscles to relax like no other supplement or substance. and, the next day, i am in a very relaxed, refreshed mood. last time around, i think i drank a little too much and too frequently. in general, by personality was positively effected by the alcohol, even after the alcohol was out of my system. but i had run into personality conflicts with some key people, so that was why i stopped. i found new ways to humble myself when getting too confident, so this time around, i'm thinking the needless personality conflicts won't arise. i let the small things go, keep the unnecessary thoughts to myself and keep the peace. should work out ok, wish me luck.

ohyea! in this aforementioned book, i learned a nice work out technique called, the "golden rep" it's the last rep u get in a set that really pushes your muscles to the limit. it is this "golden rep" that allows your muscles to exhaust itself to the point where it has to build new muscle. i had been cheating on these golden reps and can understand why some of my body parts have reached a plateau. this made me think, maybe life is similar.. when you reach a plateau and are having a hard time reaching higher ground, it's time to digg down deep like a mosofoco, push yourself to the limit and exercise that one extra "golden rep" that will make you grow mentally, spiritually, sexually, financially, or pushing your personality into a fresh, new zone.

hey, i really love music. since it was low on my priorities list, i left this life enhancement untouched till yesterday. i replaced my stock car speakers w/ sony's. i thought i had blown out both of my front side door speakers (years ago), but as it turns out, it was only the right side that was blown out. the left side was actually not even connected. lol yea, i installed the speakers myself, i saved $40 by dodging circuit city's installment service. omg, the sound is so different. i didn't know TI and Justin Timberlake sounded like this. it's like re-experiencing, for the first time, my whole mp3 collection. the treble sounds similar, but the bass is much crisper. there are background sounds that i never heard before being picked up by these speakers. maybe i should have changed speakers earlier, since i drive so much and listen to so much music.

yesterday, i also replaced my new balance workout shoes that i've been wearing since 1999'ish, with asics. and, since my brother ran off w/ the iron a few months back, i bought a new one yesterday. damn, spending so much money, but i'm really enjoying buying all these lower priority items that needed desperate upgrading.

next, i need to buy casual wear shoes and maybe a shirt.

i did the arnold press a few minutes ago at ballys, that is the best work out for the shoulders and they look really cool being executed. makes me look like a pro, altho i'm not one.

work in a few mins at santamonica, on my break, i'm gonna check starting line in marina del rey, sport chalet on maxella &  top 2 top on wilshire if they have the shoes i'm looking for. i'll prolly check the new balance on wilshire too, to see what their new shoe line up is like.