why do I do this to myself?

should I be able to pick up where I left off?

just because I used to be good at something doesn’t mean I will still be good at it months later.

I set unrealistic expectations, then get disappointed when I don’t meet them

case in point: I went for my first run of the season this past Sunday. My goal was to run for 20 minutes. 5 minutes in I felt good so I raised the bar to 30. After 15 minutes I had to start walking because I ran out of juice.

I do this with many things. I set the bar too high, then when I fail to reach it, get disappointed. I do tend to try and learn from mistakes, but until recently I never realized this one.

baby steps. start slow, build up, realize a realistic goal, then raise the bar and repeat. sometimes the first step is the hardest.

don’t get me wrong though, I am not down on myself, I am just expressing one of my shortcomings. this is a realization of self improvement to come

Last night while walking to my truck, my cell phone rang. I went to answer by opening the flip part, but slipped, and it slammed shut again. I missed the call, but when I opened the phone to check the caller id, the screen was all messed up.

I thought:” Self, this doesn’t look right”. Text was all in weird areas. There were parts of boxes drawn in random places. It was messed up. So I did what every self respectin gadget guy would do. I power cycled the unit. When the power came back, the screen was still messed up. I did the next logical thing. I removed the battery. Now when I turned it on the screen was blank!

Hmm this is not good. The phone still “works” just fine, but the displays are completely blank. I can place and receive calls, and presumably do other stuff on the phone, but I can’t really see what I am doing.

So I jumped onto the internet looking for an LG service center near me. After jumping from Lg.ca to Lgservice.com to some Canada specific area of Lgservice.com, I found a listing for Service Centers. I typed in my postal code, and the first listing was Gwyn’s Cellular Service.

I dialed the number, and someone answered with “Hello”. I was dumbfounded. Most businesses answer with the business name even after hours. I asked if this was Gwyn’s Cellular Service. The guy answered that I was talking to Gwyn of Gwyn’s Cellular Service. OK, I thought, I just started asking my questions. At the end he asked where I got the number. I told him that I got it off the LG website. He mentioned something about that being interesting and that he will have to get that fixed.

Woops, I can only assume that I got his home number or something.

Oh well. I guess this means I will be heading down there today to hand off my phone to be sent away to get fixed.

So I forgot my lunch at home today. I ended up having to go home and get it. On the way I decided to pick up some more smokies for lunch in Thursday and Friday. I pull into the lot at the WestSide Village, and head for the Save On Foods. They have those automagically opening doors (these ones swing in). These ones lost their magic. They opened part way then stopped. I almost walked into them. Luckily I got my hands up in time and pushed them open. Weird.

Someone has come up with the idea of having public cell phone charging stations. I can’t help but think this is stupid. Hey my cell phone is getting low. Let’s hang out for ten minutes at this little stand in the mall while my phone charges. For me, my cell just isn’t worth the same as it is to some others. Now, put these in hotel rooms, and I can see them a little more useful.

Anyway, another invention I will probably never use in my lifetime.

Primitive ways is a site devoted to making things or performing tasks using age old (or just primitive) methods. One such thing is starting a fire using a lens made of ice. How cool is that to make fire using ice. Personally I will stick with the lighter. Less prep time.

Saturday night I had some guys over to watch the Canucks game, then we watched part of the LA vs. Montreal game. We drank beer, ate wings and pizza, watched hockey, then watched Signs

The games were good, but the movie wasn’t. Unlike IMDB I didn’t find the moive entertaining. I found it slow, and the characters were very flat, unemotional, and unbelievable. Mel Gibson looked like he was sleepwalking through the entire movie. Oh well. If someone offers to lend it too you for a night, don’t say no. The DVD extra with M. Night Shyamalan’s “first alien movie” is actually pretty funny.

Let’s see, last night as I climbed into bed, it started to pour rain. That lasted all of 15 minutes. This morning, my truck was an ice cube. The rain was frozen, and I had to chisel it off the windows. The sun was out though.

A few blocks from work I rounded a corner, and nearly burned out my retinas staring into the sun glaring off the road. I grabbed the closest pair of sunglasses that had been in the truck all night. Boom, instant fog. At least there searing pain stopped and I could see where I was driving.

Just a few minutes ago it started to snow. Well, it wasn’t really snow insomuch as it was tiny snowballs. They rolled off awnings, and bounced off cars, but they weren’t as hard as hail. Now? Not sure, but you can check it out for yourself here.

Leaving work to come home I jumped into my truck, and noticed the overwhelming smell of apples. This all stems from the Big White trip. On the way back Mike and I were given some apples to eat on the trip. We never ate them, and I let them sit in the center console for a few days.

Mental note: don’t do that.

After work today Sue, Yoshi and I all went for a walk on the beach. It was great to have enough light to get out to the beach and go for a walk. Yoshi spent the entire time sprinting around through the scrub brush. He sure was pooped later that night. I love walking on the beach, and Island View is a nice place to go.

I am finally feeling better. After 4 days of being sick I am ready to get back to my normal life. This past Wednesday I woke up feeling slightly sick. I ended up going home early that day, and not going to work on Thursday or Friday. I spent this weekend indoors doing nothing. I have watched a lot of TV, played cards, worked on the computer a bit, and played a little PS2. I am getting bored of this place.

I hate being sick. I always have. Part of it that I dislike relying on others, and I really dislike havaing others dote on me while I am under the weather. I have come to at least let Sue get me things, but it has taken me a while to get this far.