Thought Sausage

Am putting together my lifting strategy for the 08 off-season training. I haven't actually taken weights seriously for a few years now (and even then is was pretty petty compared to the level I'm doing things now). So in weaving around the interwebs I came across this site which is chock full of great info and it's all free (if you can stomach all the cheesy monetization efforts). I think my biggest problem with sticking to a weight training program is that I get bored sitting around in a gym. The other challenge is in finding the time to do all this shit. I'm pretty much resolved to the notion of lifting sessions occuring before I leave for work. So THAT means I'll need to be getting up around 6am to make that happen and I'm already not a morning person what-so-fucking ever. I used to do all my training in the morning which was actually pretty refreshing because by the time I got to work I was pumped. Couple this with the fact building muscle usually requires more rest and I'm not a "rest" kinda guy (I average about 3-4 hours of a sleep a night). I made some progress and got pretty swol, but given the nature of next year's schedule, bulk isn't going to be my friend. All lean here.

Took Horowitz down to Palos to mountain bike (Tomas was out of town) because he's got a fucking nice bike and never gets to put it through the paces. So we most definitely did that. Only problem is we sorta got lost and stuck in teh woods all Blair Witch style. NOTE-Inaugural trail riding should not be done under the cover of night with no lights. He says he had fun but I can't imagine riding trails you can't see that you are unfamiliar with is all that enjoyable. HOWEVER, I'm told by persons who would know such things that night trail riding is becoming popular with the kids. You basically light the shit out of your bike and wear a helmet light. THAT sounds pretty fucking cool and after doing it just this weekend without lights, I can see where the appeal would be.

Other than that...just a lot of shoring up to be done around the office to make way for the holidays. I haven't made a lot of progress on some heavy lifting that needs to occur for this knowledge base we're building so that might make for some jam packed days where I lock myself away somewhere. Yeah, that'll go over just GR8! with the teams. After I get through this week, then next week I'm going to Florida to hang out in Panama Beach and Niceville where my bro lives, hang out, eat lots of turkey, and laugh at how stupidly close I am to Alabama. A bunch of us are going to see Phantom of the Opera on Tuesday. I'm told this is a really cool play and unfortunately, the only version of it I've seen is the Lon Chaney silent movie. My mom lent me the CD of the music and I took some of it in to prepare. Its @ the Cadillac Theater and I've never been, but if its good enough for Vice President Oprah's play, then it's good enough for me I guess (note to non-Chicago residents: come here to see Wicked cos the theater that thing is playing is in worth the price of admission alone).