Today is Tuesday, March 16, the 75th day of 2010. There are 290 days left in the year.
This morning was fairly laid back and un-eventful if you ignore the armed robbery that started my morning. Today I volunteered to come back for the 10PM to make sure the Uganda live shots go off without a hitch because I have them hitting in the morning with my show. I say its better to get the cob webs worked out on day one then me struggling in a show tomorrow to work them out. I stopped and picked up some chicken nuggets for breakfast and apparently dripped BBQ sauce on my BRAND NEW pair of slacks so after a brief lunch and run to the mall I got home and soaked them for a few and I think the spot is gone *crossing fingers*. Im going to attempt to take a nap this afternoon so I am rested enough to go w/o much sleep overnight before my shows.

So work was so-so today a typical Monday of cleaning up stuff from the weekend and recovering all my paperwork from my vacation. I busted my ass at the gym today by doing over 4 miles on treadmill and 4 miles on bike. I need to get a better routine built up but I’m happy with what I have now. Burning more calories than I eat is my main goal with stronger legs and cardio as a nice side-effect. I got home about 11 and worked on some server and website tool that will help me monitor and admin my sites easier and cut down the “real work”. I need to track down a few good podcasts to listen to while working out. I tried the whole books on tape (iPod) but its a pain to stop in the middle of a chapter and then have to shuttle thru it to find your spot each time. Music bores me while staring at downtown from the 16th floor. There is a view but if you stand in one spot for an hour you can tell what cars are there everyday and when FedEx delivers to City Hall. I’ve been researching braces more since it seems I’ll be getting them soon and finding funny tid-bits like

“French kissing when you have braces may not be hard on you, but it may be painful for your partner. Although modern braces are much smoother than they used to be, your partner can still have the tongue cut by the metal.  So, avoid the aggressive kissing till after the braces come off, or at least till the two of you are comfortable enough with your braces. Ounce you’re used to the braces, you can increase the tempo.”

All I have to say is I’m sure I won’t have to worry about this one for a while. I’m off to get my food and bedtime groove on.. peace

Today is Monday, March 15, the 74th day of 2010. There are 291 days left in the year.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Police report the bra was padded — with nearly 26-grand. Authorities say Lukeisha A. Harris is one of three people in the Seattle-area busted in connection with a fraud investigation. Sheriff’s spokesman Dave Reagan says guards searched the 6-foot-tall and 400-pound Harris at the Spokane County Jail. He adds the guards found nearly $26,000 in her bra, along with bank receipts. Harris and two others were arrested when a bank worker said they tried to get cash with a stolen credit card.”
I’ll update later on but had to LOL

I decided to skip some basketball and go visit the Tulsa Zoo and take some pictures it was swamped with children due to “Its Spring break party at Tulsa Zoo” but I was amazingly able to get a few pictures with no interruptions. Got home ready to go photoshop crazy but didn’t see the need to touch up any of the pics so I posted them 100% raw. Going to turn in early tonight and get a extra hour of sleep back.

EDIT: Added some pictures I took.

Happy time change day! Today I got up at the right time (thank you T-mobile and iPhone). Well today had several interesting things go on. While trying to get ready for church I had the fashion issue because I didn’t want to slum it at church like I normally do so I tried white button down and black slacks but I would have stood out like a sore thumb at church considering everyone dresses down so I ended up with a pair of nice jeans and white button down shirt. So at church Pastor Mike was on a cruse so Mark did the message today and Mark is just as good and a great fill-in. Last Sunday I caught a very pretty girl looking my way and wasn’t sure if the young lady was looking at me or not so I just figured it was someone behind me. She is very attractive. Anyway I said hi to her last week and smiled but didn’t go past that because well duh! I’m shy when it comes to the female species. So this week I went with Cassie (good friend and church partner) and because she froze to death last week we had to sit a few rows back away from the air conditioner vent. I got to service a few minutes early and the attractive girl  was sitting a few rows up. I wanted to say hi but a smile and a nod of sorts had to do. Anyway long boring rant short I think indeed it was directed to me and one of these days I’ll build up the courage to say “howdy” or maybe just a “hello” again. I am glad however that its clear Cassie is just a friend so I don’t have to worry about anyone thinking that were a couple. Anyway went shopping after church and scored some new clothing that fits and was pretty cheap. I’ve been back into the dressing up mode at work and not wearing jeans and a t-shirt everyday like I’m known to do.  Today has basketball in store for a start.

Wheee it’s Saturday and I am regretting not going out last night but again I have all my money still. Today I have nothing really on my plate so I ran out to get some rice and a RT44 slushie from sonic to fill me up. I really need to go buy some new slacks that fit me since wearing 38X32 swallows me since my jeans are 34X32 now. I must look nice for tomorrow at church because I want to be dressed to impress someone. I’m thinking some khaki and a white shirt or maybe just the basic black slacks and white shirt with no tie. I sometimes wish I had a gay fashion advisor to assist me. I have nothing planned for tonight but I think the kids are going out again tonight so maybe I’ll go out but I place that on a 20% chance. I’ve been watching basketball all day and I couldn’t tell you who played or who won but I saw the orange ball bounce of the rim more than I wanted to. My ignore list on twitter is growing with all the #SXSW tweets. I’ve created a list of people I can care less of 90% of their spew from their fingers. I’m already a twitter snob because I don’t re-follow all of those that follow me. I have several groups “ignore, people I’ve met IRL, People I follow, Media peeps, All friends” I love tweet deck so I can watch what I want. Now that I’ve given away my follow secret I’ll add this note. If I’ve met you IRL you are normally followed and in my good lists. Facebook is a different story =).. It’s 4 pm and Minnesota is slaughtering Purdue so I think I’m going to watch some basketball.

I slept in this morning after I had planned on waking up at the crack of dawn and going to exercise but I was lazy and stayed in bed until I had to get up for a doctors apt. I had planned to run into work after the appointment and help test this Uganda uplink but it turned into a 2hr ordeal and I left to goto the gym and work out. I got there and it was packed.. (I HATE GOING AT LUNCHTIME) I did however find my own treadmill and did a quick mile and a mile on the bike and called it a day. I didn’t feel like working out today and the podcast I had chosen to listen to from church was quite boring. I left the gym and headed home but needed to get a prescription filled so I headed to Sand Springs to my pharmacy. I love the small pharmacy because they are quicker than the big box places and they know my name. I stopped by Little Caesars and snagged a order of crazy bread for lunch and it was yummy. Tonight I’m pondering going out with Nick, Evin, Phillip and a few others to a new club opening downtown. I will probably have a drink and chill for a bit before being the old man and coming home around midnight. Saturday is wide open and no plans except the 5 episodes of NCIS and few other shows on TiVo.  Have a good night…

UPDATE

In the thoughts of money I’m staying home and drinking here cheaper than paying $7 for a drink or shot. I’ll be social some other time.

Today marks the 1st day of my 4 day weekend. I worked a whopping 17 hours yesterday so I feel I have deserved this 4 days. These days are leftover from the blizzard of 2009 that totally wrecked my vacation and caused me to lose 4 days because I had to work Christmas/New Years I had leftover. Last night we had what we call int the weather business a “bust” however it was a great test of new toys and to fix previous glitches. I really wasn’t tired when I got home last night which surprised me. Today I slept in until 9am and had a Dr’s appointment at 11:30 to see if I need braces and the answer is yes. Upper teeth are going to be easy and quick (6 months) but the lower is the issue. Only good news I heard was its fixable without losing any teeth which I was expecting to hear. The rest of the day is an open slate except for the gym. I love going to the gym especially that I’ve now dropped 39 pounds. I’m working on a new routine  for the gym but only doing treadmill and bike and elliptical. I need to add stair master in the mix soon so I can get a well rounded workout. I feel so “new” when I workout because I see these people that do the elliptical for 45 minutes and then run full out on the treadmill and that blows my mind. I guess I need to build myself up but don’t want to rush it and burn-out. Tomorrow I get to go visit another doctor and again only the gym is on my plate. I need to call Evin and see whats on the plate for tomorrow night. Might update or add on tonight.

UPDATE:

So when I get out of the gym I have a call on my voicemail asking about a project that I’ve not really had a hand in but will be working with. Thing is they need to test is tomorrow and I’m off work so I’ll take one for the team and go in for a hour and test the setup then come home. I Had a nice conversation with the gym owner and found out they have a racquetball court a few floors down. I love bashing a object hard against a wall. I decided for a few posts I’ll plug http://www.towerfitness.net and maybe get a discount hahaha.. Ok I can dream can’t I?

Speaking of storms last night Oklahoma had its 1st confirmed tornado and from looking over damage surveys and reports should be rated an EF2. I’ve been spending about 4hrs a day dedicating to getting our fleet of chasers out with the latest and greatest toys and also adding safety features that these guys need to stay safe. I wasn’t in for last nights event but I hear from our stations standpoint that we had a few glitches that the viewers never saw that need to be ironed out but they need to be ironed out quick because tomorrow looks like it could hold a small threat of storms to our northeast by evening. Off to the gym since I had meetings all morning and missed my normal time. I HATE going durring lunch because its swamped with business fokes on their lunch hours.