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I hate the skytrain

As a person who values personal space and passive-aggressiveness, the skytrain is my hell. Especially since my usual train ride to downtown requires me to travel between two major stops. This usually means that during rush hour it requires that I develop a thick skin about my personal space issues suck it up and deal with it.

I usually travel with my fuck-off-I-don’t-want-to-interact-with-people headphones and my music blaring. This minimizes the interaction between passengers to the occasional “excuse me” and “I’m sorry for stepping on your foot”. Today was immensely different.

After 2 train stops, I finally get into the train somehow managing to squish my body into a free space that is equivalent to a [insertboxhere] between an overweight business man and a construction worker (who probably hasn’t known the feeling of soap today). I was settled into my space until this man who decided he wanted to play “let’s pretend its a sardine packing plant” and started shoving his body into the crowd.

*shove*

Inner Ritchie: umm no more space Mr.

*shove*

Inner Ritchie: Good lord, just give up already and wait for the next train.

*shove* <headphones fall off ohhellno!>

Ritchie: Excuse me, there really isn’t anymore  space
Man: Yes there is.

*shove*

Ritchie: <loud sigh> I really don’t think there is.
Man: Yes there is!

*Train doors start to close*

Ritchie: *shoves guy off the train while giving the finger* heh!

8:49 am 4 Comments

If I had a super power…

I’ve been trying to get into the habit of writing and since I’m procrastinating I decided to head over to Darren’s list and pick a random topic. This was the one that my finger landed on.

To be completely nerdy about it, I decided that this would be an exercise in research and analysis. I went to wikipedia to see a list of super powers that were available (assuming that it was some sort of menu that I could choose from). I suppose its also good that they also list the super hero that the power was associated with. I wouldn’t want to associate myself with super heroes called “Star boy” and “Harry Leland” (Mass manipulation).

I also decided that I wanted it to be a cool power that people can see. For example, I want my hands to glow before I punched through a wall as opposed to being able to click and find objects like a bat or praying to god that dice fall a certain way. Unfortunately this ruled out the Zack Morris: Time out which could’ve been cool to have but people can’t see or remember it. Oh well, my ego got in the way I suppose.

The source of my powers shouldn’t be something that someone can remove like rings because that’s lame. Take the ring off and you’re pretty much dead. I also don’t think that my power should deform me (like blue fur or changing hair color in the middle of the battle). I still want to function as a somewhat normal member of society when I’m not superhero’ing around. I’m also not a big fan of pain and I’m also scared of spiders, snakes etc. (especially the radioactive types) so acquiring these powers should be somewhat painless and doesn’t involve creepy crawlies.

So after much deliberation my pick for a super power would be the ability to eat anything I want! I’d eat all the spam and sushi in the world! nom om om!

5:08 pm 1 Comment

Resolution 1: Eat better

So now that it’s 2009 I told myself that I’d eat a little bit better. I wrote it down on my 2009 list. Not just to lose weight but to generally put better things into my body. (must. resist. making. stupid. toilet. humor. jokes) I figured I should subscribe to the ‘you are what you eat’ mantra because currently this means that I am made up of fatty sushi, deep fried foods, chicken, spam and rice (lots and lots of rice).

Anyway, my research started with the Canada food guide and some other diet related resources (I have access to two other food guides from various diet plans over the years). I’ve also been suggested to keep a food log. (although, I already have 1 blog that I have trouble updating)

So far here is the culmination of my research into the whole ‘eat healthy, lose weight’ thing.

1. Eat. According to the food guide. A man of my age is supposed to be eating the following: 8-10 veggies/fruit, 8 grain products, 2 milk and alternatives, 3 meat and alternatives. That is a tonne of food to consume.
2. Eat often, smaller meals apparently help keep the digestive system moving (and the portions above is really hard to eat in 3 huge meals)
3. Drink lots of water. Like 8-10 glasses. Not quite sure why this makes a big difference except that perpetually going to the washroom is exercise.
4. Deep fried is bad. C’mon did you really need me to tell you that? Actually, in the house we’ve been making it a habit to start cooking with Pam.

I’m going to try and consult with a nutritionist to confirm my research and see if there is anything else that I should be writing in there. So if you have any other tips and tricks or even questions, just post them in the comments and I’ll ask.

11:45 am 5 Comments