Archive for November, 2005

The Big Dive

Monday, November 7th, 2005

Something just hit me… I can’t do bungee jumping. I’m pretty sure it would put too big a strain on my troubled back.

Now, I probably wouldn’t have done it… but the idea that my body is limiting my choices for fun or fear is rather unsettling. Actually, it pisses me off.

I think I will use this agression to work more intensively with my physioterapeut to get my body and specifically my back in better shape. Perhaps there’s other fears I can face :D

FireFly

Monday, November 7th, 2005

Well, I gave it another shot. People’ve been raving about FireFly for a while, and even though I didn’t quite “get” the first few episodes I caught a while back, with the current pause in new TV programming it was time to look at something old.

I can probably say this is the best series I’ve seen that got canned so quickly and undeservingly. Read the rest of this entry »

GoCart!

Friday, November 4th, 2005

Well, yesterday was a new experience. Courtesy of the guys responsible for social happenings at work arranged a mini-cup… a total of 17 persons raced warm-up heats and qualifying heats before we were divded into A, B and C finals.

I never knew driving could put such a demand on you. After the warm up and qualifying heat I was desperate for some water, my throat was hoarse and my back strained (which may be a side-effect of me having back problems for 3 years, but I heard the “healthy” guys complain aswell…). And when I came home I felt almost as worn-out as after a training session, and had the perspiration to show for it.
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