spoiled chinese girl

Alright, no time to actually write a blog entry because… it’s past midnight and I think I turned into a pumpkin about 12 minutes ago. But WHATEVER. This is too exciting to not post about absolutely immediately. (One of those times where yes, I wish I had a smart phone so I could have been twittering away as it was happening)

I was out tonight on a date.  A first date, to be exact.  To the shooting range.

Scary as all hell. I’d never shot a gun before (that wasn’t filled with water, or paint) But pretty awesome.

Hopefully the photos are in the correct order.  If they are… you should see each row is me, my date, and then my target that I got to take home.

• Row 1 – *Gun 1: Ruger 10/22, firing .22lr
  (14/15(?) of 25 rounds were on target)
• Row 2 – *Gun 2: Ruger GP-100 firing .38 special
  (5 of 6 rounds were on target)
• Row 3 – *Gun 3: Glock 34 firing 9mm
  (25 of 25 rounds were on target(!!!) )

(if you’re reading this immediately after posting… I might be trying to tweak the photo order so it’s actually correct.)

Verdict? This is a pretty fun activity, and I definitely want to go again, and possibly bring a whole bunch of my friends. Can be a bit pricey, but really worth it. And very much a whole new level of respect for people who handle firearms on a regular basis, this stuff is *not* easy!

Two minds about doing this here, and now…

One, I need to blog about it somewhere, and this is the only logical place to write about my feelings. I’m a part of this whole blogging, facebooking, twittering generation and there really is no other outlet that would be able to give me closure.

Two, it’s public. And he’s on my face book, and my twitter, and… will probably end up reading this. Hey.

Whatever, it’s my blog.  I’ll throw the rest of it behind a click-thru, you can read it if you want, or ignore it if you want. Knowing most people’s curiosity will get the best of them, there probably isn’t a point for the extra barrier, but it’s fair warning.

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I’m all sorts of proud like a momma bear about Camera Guy finally joining the gym with me on Monday.  We all had a great time Monday night with it, even with his two friends ribbing him the whole way through.  There was little complaining to be had, and overall he didn’t do that badly.  The funny part was they kept telling me my turn was coming regarding all the teasing, but I think when they both realized I knew what I was doing they didn’t dare. Haha.

Based on how long I want to be there (which probably will dictate how long Camera guy will be there) I basically figured out an easy-to-follow breakdown of times for workout and what calories will be burned to see what we’d most likely be doing when we get to the gym.  Based on some online calculator I found and promptly lost when I closed my browser…

20 minutes Cardio/Warm up (270 calories) Either Jogging on treadmill, Stair climber, or exercise bike.
30 minutes Weight-lifting (200 calories) Combination of machine & free weights, I selected “Moderate”
30 minutes swimming (350 calories) Again set at “Moderate” level.

Doing that 3 times a week (Monday + Wednesday with me & Friday with just his friends,) he would burn enough calories to lose just about 0.7lbs per week, and a weight-loss goal of 40lbs would take just about 57 weeks. This is based on another website that says you lose a pound when you create a deficit of 3500 calories.

Then I tried to figure out what my workout routine would have me at:

Monday – Warm-up/Weights/Swimming – 820 calories
Tuesday – Aerobic (I picked low-impact) 700 calories
Wednesday – Warm-up/Weights/Swimming – 820 calories
Thursday – Rest day
Friday – Aerobic (I picked low-impact) 700 calories
Saturday – Yoga – 600 calories
Sunday – Yoga – 600 calories

And I’m supposed to be able to lose 1.2lbs per week.  And my goal of losing around 50lbs would take me about 42 weeks.

Fingers crossed!

Today we’re going to try to go swimming for the first time. Scared. I’ve never been in a swimsuit in front of him before!

Oh, and the subject line? That online calculator also gave me an option to see how many calories I would burn during sex, and apparently it would take 7.5 hours to burn 3500 calories.  But I’m guessing that’s if you’re on top.  It would also take 19.5 hours of foreplay to burn 3500 calories. ZOMG.

Considering for just under 10% of the month I didn’t even think of this plan, so my success rate might be better considered as 77.7% since I only missed 6 out of the 27 days I intended to do this new fitness… program.

Here’s what the rest of the month looked like for me:

• 01/24 – Yoga
• 01/25 – Nothing
• 01/26 – Body Combat
• 01/27 – 40 modified push ups
• 01/28 – Nothing (Needed sleep. Badly.)
• 01/29 – Nothing (Cold snap = worried about wet-hair freezing)
• 01/30 – Yoga (but brr! Studio was FREEZING)
• 01/31 – 40 modified push ups (slept in, skipped yoga)

So since before new years Camera guy was talking about joining his friend’s condo gym, that another friend had already joined up at. I’ve been somewhat nagging him to do so because we can both agree he’d be healthier and fitter and have more energy if he got some more physical activity into him.

It’s taken a month of pestering and fork-poking but he’s finally going to look into signing up today. And… I’m apparently going with him. I always said I would join with him though, after all, what this gym lacks in classes, they make up for by having a pool and hot tub! It’s an inexpensive model so I’m staying with my current gym as well (I go for the classes really) and I get camera guy as a project while he gets me as… his trainer(?!) Now there’s a scary thought.

I’m basically using this second gym for weights with other people, swimming and the hot tub(!). So with any aspect of me training Camera guy is pretty much him following my weights routine. And we go swimming and sit in a hot tub. He’ll need to figure out his own cardio, which will likely be when he has days off and can go with his friends.

I need to find my swimsuit now. Poops.

So starting today my schedule might end up looking something like…

• Monday – 2nd gym (weights & swimming) with Camera guy
• Tuesday – Body Combat at my gym
• Wednesday – 2nd gym (weights & swimming) with Camera guy(?)
• Thursday – Off or Unicycle club (I haven’t gone in FOREVER oops!)
• Friday – Body Attack at my gym and/or 2nd gym (weights & swimming) with Camera guy
• Saturday – Yoga at my gym
• Sunday – Yoga at my gym

I don’t do resolutions, never really have, never really want to.

But I do have some goals for the next 365-ish days.  Mostly broad and generalized, some more personal and not-really-for-the-public, and some just… why the hell not, right?

Things I’m certain I’m going to do:

Dec 31st-Jan 1st, Party like it’s on sale for $19.99
What can I say, I <3 Badur’s NYE parties, I’m even willing to (sort of) get dressed up for them!

In April (Easter Weekend), go to Dallas Suscon 2010.
I’ve already got accommodations and car rentals figured out thanks to Mister, so it’s just my flight and the funds I need to really work on, which shouldn’t be too difficult.

By around May/June-ish, pay off the car.
My parents technically paid for the car for me last May/June-ish, they took money out of their line of credit to pay for the car in cash, and I paid back about 65% of it within a week or so.  The other 35% plus interest has been split up over the year so by this time it should be 100% mine. Then I can start saving for other big ticket items (mostly… a house.)

Around November, go visit family in Hong Kong.
Not really sure how that will work out, but I want at least a week-ish (almost two if I can swing it) to go to Hong Kong, and maybe China.  I haven’t been to Hong Kong since grade 7 when I was 12, so it’s a bit over-due for a visit, especially with the not-so-good health of my grandfather on my mom’s side.

Throughout the year, Blog more.
After the last post it seems that I don’t really blog much, especially since signing up for Twitter. Which makes the last post more difficult to write, and generally makes me forget about what I have accomplished within the year.

Things I really really really want to do/stick to:

Going to the gym more.  Is that even surprising? Isn’t that on everyone’s list? Although I seem to have a better goal at the same time, and that’s to get camera guy going to the gym as well.  And I seem to do well with projects.  He’s my project. Which may include me having gym memberships at two different gyms, but we’ll figure it all out.

Going out more (but not spending a lot of money doing it.)  I think this is mostly going to be photography adventures with camera guy.  He wants to work on his photography, as do I, and in order to do that we need to get off our butts & go out & shoot!  Need to find some awesome locations, or figure out how to make ordinary locations awesome.

Be more upfront with how I want things to be.  I’ve gotten pretty tired of people… for lack of better term… using me, physically, mentally, financially, so this is my first attempt at having it end here.  If someone pisses me off, I tell them straight away they’re pissing me off.  If I think someone’s trying to rip me off, I’ll tell them they’re being assholes and to stay the hell away from my wallet.  Those are the only two examples I can think of.

Become more financially independent.  Guitar Hero Boy is supposed to help me with this.  Apparently I’ve got all the “Saving money” bits down, now it’s just the “investing wisely” bits I need help with.  What’s fun is the fact that I really like talking about this kind of stuff.  He really likes talking about this stuff.  And I think he’s all sorts of happy that I don’t do the eyes-glaze-over thing when he starts going on and on about it.

Things that would be ideal but… I’m already not sure it’s really going to happen.

Getting tattooed.  I’ve run out of real estate that I can tattoo that my mom won’t find out about.  And I’m still living at home, I want to respect her wishes in that I not get tattooed (which… I guess I already broke) but visible work will likely have to wait til after I get my own place and move out.

Win the lottery.  This would include purchasing lottery tickets… which I generally don’t do.  I do sometimes because it’s fun to dream when there’s a super duper big pot but most of the time? Meh, I’ve got better things to spend my $3.00 on.