*whooooooo*

Ye gads.

My legs are shaking, my heart is racing, and everything seems to be pulsing 'cause my head is pounding so hard.

Minds out of gutter, people. I just came away from a massive duel with the Stairmaster. Haven't had a workout like that for too long. Must get back in the habit.
Weird thing about workng out, though. I have pretty much no endurance when it comes to running and stuff, but I popped my Plastic vol.5 CD into my dad's discman and cranked up the volume. I ended up nearly sprinting the entire way. Music does that to me, I guess. I mean, if I have bass-heavy techno pounding in my ears, it's easier for me to keep pace. It's easier for me to say, 'just a little longer, just a bit more.'
Now I can barely walk a straight line, but I suppose it's worth it. I need to do this a lot more often. Daily.

I suck at setting goals, but here goes. I plan to work out on the Stairmaster daily. And crunch the Hell out of my abs. Because Hell is fattening, dontcha know.

Yeah my abs are killing me from crunches, too. Makes me hungry.

I want to be able to do the splits completely again. I may sound like a masochist, but I sure was proud when I could do them for synchro. Time for some discipline.

This is Mom's fault I guess. Or her suggestion, because I think that it was a good idea. She suggested that I go to the YMCA for some swimming time, but I think it's too cold to walk. Plus, I am NOT walking home when it's minus thirty with a wet head.

I am such a wimp. I wish I had a punching bag.

So yeah. Off to shower, cuz I'm all sweaty an stinky. Attractive, no?

I just want to write down one more thing that's been nagging me at the back of my head. Totally unrelated to the above stuff. I was watching Armageddon last night. Okay movie, I wish I had the score to it.
All the scenes showing people hiding in storm cellars, praying in mosques, spending their last moments with their loved ones ..... and in the end, celebrating as one.

It just seemed a bit eerie, considering current events.

Why does it take a tragedy for people to unite?
Why can people come together out of fear?
Why does it take the threat of extinction for people to set aside their differences?

Is it impossible to come together for anything else?
If two people can unite for the cause of love, is it so hard for more than two to do the same?

Makes me worry about the world.
Worry about the future.

Why is it so easy for Hollywood to portray unity, yet so hard for the real thing?
Isn't illusion supposed to be the one that's more difficult?

I suppose I'll never get answers to those questions. I guess they don't really exist as of yet.

I just wanted to write those thoughts down, and not have them dragging me down today. I'm in a good mood right now, and broody thoughts aren't going to take me over just yet. I'm just being thoughtful. Hopefully, I won't set any readers into an overly melancholy state of mind. Didn't mean to.

So, to make sure I'm going to stay in a good mood, I'm off to a hot shower. And I shall sing in the shower. In Japanese. And maybe even dance a bit, cuz it's a big enough shower.

And if the mental image of that creeps anyone out, I shall laugh. Cuz that's just me. Boo yah for me.