Busy, Busy, Busy

Recently, I've been feeling that there always seems to be not enough hours in the day to do all the things I need and want to do. Working full time during the week, still slowly setting up my room I moved into in June, daily weight training, visiting family, lunches with friends, bars on the weekends, Tennis on Sundays, usual weekly chores, making lunches and dinners, etc. The list goes on. But it's a good thing, being single and wanting a meaningful relationship can be hard on someone who has a lot of time on their hands. I'm not slowing down my pace either, I’m considering taking a part-time weekend job for extra holiday money until school starts in the Spring semester, so wish me luck and good bye to my social life.

Playing Tennis with Augie, Lu, and Brady

Working 8 to 5.

Mom's Birthday

My mom turned 49 on October the 20th, but we celebrated it the next day on the 21st with lunch. I wanted to take the time and mention my mother. I'm so grateful and proud to have a mother like mine, she raised my brother and I with good morals and ethics. She is the nicest, selfless person I know and is my role model in so many ways, she's endured a lot throughout the years and sacrificed so much to make sure that my brother and I do well in life. She accepted my sexuality, and she tells me constantly how blessed she feels that god gave James and me to her. I don't know what I would do without her, I love you Mama!

Ladytron

So last Wednesday October the 18th, Ladytron performed at Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, it was magical. I just love them so much, their sound is very Electro, Rock, Pop, and Goth House all rolled into one fusion of ecstasy. Plus their look is just so dark and sexy, I can't help but be drawn to them. They played all my favorite songs from "Destroy Everything You Touch" to "Soft Power". And the best was when they played my favorite song ever, "Evil", but it was so much more faster and energetic played live. If I could have the live verson recorded into an mp3, I could have died happy.
Hopefully they'll come back to San Diego again, I'm still contemplating if I should go to their LA show where they'll be DJing at the after party for Halloween. Regardless, it was fun, also since I went with Brady, Rich and Mondo.

Aids Walk & Run

Thankfully, I have been keeping myself busy. So much so that I didn't get to post a blog for almost two weeks know. But to update, I ran the Aids Walk 10k run last Sunday the 1st of October. It kicked my butt.
I started with what I thought was a pace that I could have kept. I started to realize that I wasn't able to maintain it. Instead I eventually settled into a 8min. 35 second mile pace, the same exact pace I have been running on the treadmill for the past 6 months.
The lesson I learned here, don't just use the treadmill for running, run various courses that don't enable you to get stuck on one pace, especially for races. I was hoping to get a time that was not too far from my high school 10k time: 38min. and 36 seconds for 6.2 miles. Instead I got a decent time that I'm still proud of: 53min. and 16 seconds. Also came out at 122nd runner out of 357 total runners, basically in the middle. My goal next time is to come out at the top 25. Now I know I have to train harder for the next one, and not just on the treadmill.