Crazy Dude

So I've had a long crappy week - 90% of which has to do with finals starting on Tuesday. So last night I decided it might help to get a haircut, but of course I decide this at 7 PM on a Saturday, so I drove around for awhile before going to the mall, the only place still open. I figured I'd pay more, but I really wanted it done.

I go into the haircut place and get lined up with a barber named Jesse, and older dude of Mexican descent. This dude's nuts. He first tells me about how he helped bust up this $12 Million dollar fraud scheme against the Texas lottery, where the DA was going after the wrong person so he helped get the right person by intoxicating the fall guys and getting them to spill the information. In retribution, the real fraud guy (who my barber was renting from) burnt his house down with him inside. Don't worry, he just got burned a little bit.

Then he proceeds to tell me about how he used to have this ancient cup that was 'spiritual' but his sister had thrown it away because it was evil. So he keeps trying to get into the Lubbock landfill to dig for it, but the government has made it all classified so he can't get in. Apparently the cup was made between 1130 & 1250 A.D. and is made of bronze because he had it tested. It's just 1 of a set of 4, one of which the Vatican has. The Vatican has the gold one, some business people have the silver one, and he never told me about the 4th one. He did tell me who had them originally - yup, King Arthur. He also learned how to 'activate' the cup by saying some prayer to Jesus and drinking from it.

But we're not done. He then proceeds to tell me that he's a seer. That he predicted 9-11, that he's seen Osama Bin Laden in his visions, and that he's helped the Lubbock Police on multiple occasions by telling them how to solve cases. But of course he doesn't have super great control over this power.

Oh - this was all unprovoked. I didn't ask anything. He just told me all this. And you can't just make this stuff up. So now the haircut's done, and guess what - best haircut I've had since I left Provo. Expensive, Crazy Dude, but a really good haircut. So do I go back?

What I really meant to say

So I just re-read my last post. I think what I was really trying to say didn't come out... so I'll try again.

There are lots of different ways of staying in shape, and they all can work great. Yoga, Pilates, Martial Arts, Weights, Running, Hiking, Swimming, Tennis, Basketball, Gymnastics, and the list goes on and on. Some people like certain things more than others - I really don't enjoy playing basketball much, so I do other stuff.

But I had someone tell me the other day that they were going running and that they hated it, so I suggested they do something else. They asked what, and I suggested pullups, to which they responded "I don't want to get big." One doesn't have to lift weights to exercise, and if you don't like it one shouldn't do it. But I think everyone should try hard at everything they do in life, and to the extent possible they should enjoy it.

So if you don't want to go running, there are other ways of exercising. Go swimming. Go dig a hole in the dirt. Go for a walk. But don't feed me crappy excuses about why you don't exercise hard when you have some mental block prohibiting you from finding some form of exercise you could enjoy. I'll just give you same look I give to people with 30 items in the express check-out line (and it's not pity).

"I don't want to get big"

So here's a quick rant of mine.

I like to work out - and I try to push myself. Be it running, mountain biking, weight lifting, boxing, raquetball - whatever I'm doing, I like to try and be the best I can be. Same goes for school, work, etc. Work hard, have no regrets.

So it ticks me off when people are out of shape &/or fat, and they tell me they don't want to lift weights/do pullups/ do pushups because "they don't want to get big." Guess what? Those people are ignorant.

All the literature says that you have to be consuming a great deal of protein in order to gain excessive muscle mass, and in all probability you'll need to be on creatine and other types of growth enhancers. Me? I just think you're lazy.

How about instead of telling yourself "I don't want to get big" you tell yourself "I don't actually want to burn calories in the most efficient way possible because it might hurt a little bit." And then we can go on an 8 hour hike and we'll see who is in better condition for it - you or I.

Now back to studying.

Charge Cards

So I never realized there was a difference between a charge card & a credit card - however an article I just read explained the difference in a very simple way. Read it HERE.

Lone Survivor

So I've had Lone Survivor sitting on my table for about 4 months now, and just haven't gotten around to it. Friends and family have read it and told me it's awesome, I just haven't gotten around to it.

Anyway, here's an article I saw on Drudge that just makes me feel more for the guy...

Clarity Tunnel

Friday night I went out to a place called Clarity Tunnel. It's a tunnel that was built long ago for the Ft. Worth - Denver railroad line, and is now home to many bats. Unfortunately we didn't get there in time to see the bats fly out - it was already very dark - but we did see some bats flying around & feeding.

The tunnel itself was in really good condition - and the guano wasn't too thick!
The tunnel was a lot taller than I was expecting, and a lot shorter than I was expecting too. But it was great to get out of Lubbock and do something a little different.