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Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Cyber Stalker

I met this girl through a guy friend the other day. She sounded like cool people from the brief conversations we had together. I didn't think nothing of it. Danced a couple times. Nothing serious. I'm not trying to hit on her because its my boy's "dibs" and shoot, I even helped him with an isolation by driving our other friends home who rode with him! We made up an excuse that we wanted to go eat. Anyway, I got a text message the other day from my guy friend.

Him: Yo, check out _____ profile!
Me: Huh? Why?
Him: I think she is stalking you, she totally changed her profile info.
Me: What? Are your serious? How so?

So it continues for a bit but basically she copied my profile verbatim.

You'd swear she was the female version of me. He said her interests changed, even to some of one of my obscure ones I mentioned to her when we chilled. She all of a sudden had a relationship status of single.

OMG. I didn't add her as a friend because I'm not like that. I don't go adding everyone I meet to my facebook. If they add me, than I guess I'll add them because I'm not a snob, but I don't go letting everyone into my world.

I think its because we were tagged in the same photo that everything changed, like she was anticipating me to see her profile afterwards. I won't lie, I click on other people's profiles once in a while.

but I don't go changing my profile to attract a girl or anything. lol. Its just kind of weird. I've had real life stalkers before and to have one on facebook is kinda of creepy. Hahaha.

Video of the Day

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Where In The World Is Aaron?

Ok, So I have been quite busy. Almost a whole month since my last update.

So what have I been upto you ask? Hmmmm. Let's start with the last real entry date...

Montreal

On halloween, my friends and I rolled to Montreal. First time going there. Its not that bad of a drive when you have good entertainment. aka. me.

What happened in Montreal, stays in Montreal. lol. Seeing other nationalities speaking French is crazy. Its like I entered a new dimension. And yes, its true, they are snobby to Americans, so say you are from Toronto, like I did, at least they respect that you are "Canadian". The girls are hot but they won't talk to you the minute you speak English. The only game I was getting was from Asian French Canadians. Go figure.

But yeah, good times nonetheless, got to come back there again. Maybe for snowboarding season? Maybe...

Mom's Birthday

One of the reasons I've been low profile lately. If you follow my twitter, my mom had a cardiac catherization the day before her birthday. My dad's autopsy said my dad pasted away due to cardiac arrest / stroke so we asked my mom to get checked since they ate the same things, you know. So basically, my mom does indeed have a blockage in her artery as well. Its not as bad as my dad's and doesn't require surgery at this time. So my mom was put on blood thinners to hopefully stop he advancement of it.

So I have been trying to change my mom's eating habits and it hasn't been easy. My mom keeps sneaking in bad foods when I'm not looking. It can be frustrating. I know we are at a delicate point in out lives with my dad departing and with all the birthdays (my brother's, mine and my mom's) and all the holidays that approach. I'm drawn pretty thin right now and feel like I'm drowning. This is not a situation I was prepared for nor how to correctly deal with it. ugh...

Anyway...

What else been happening....

Nov 6 - Friend's Typhoon Relief Concert then went to Beer Garden then Bahama mama's. Funny because I was supposed to hang out with another group of friends at Beer Garden, but they bailed and I end up bumping into them at Bahama Mama's. lol. Small world.

Nov 7 - My friend's birthday dinner, then had another friend's late halloween party. I know, it was a week after Halloween but I'm not going to complain about girls wanting to dress up for one more night.

Nov 14 - Pacquiao vs Cotto Fight. Pacman rocked the crap out of him. lol. Good fight. Left my hat at my friend's house which I still haven't picked up yet.

Nov 17 - Meteor Shower. My friend and I trying to take pictures of the meteor shower to no avail.

Nov 20 - My friend's birthday in Queens. I dislike the whole split check thing. One person in the group was going all out on drinks, apps, and dinner and I have to toss in $40 for my $15 meal.

But whatever. It was my friend's birthday.

Nov 21 - Naic Cavite Dinner Dance

I'm sure I'm missing a lot more, this is what I put on my calendar and doesn't include my spontaneous trips like my visit to Belmar or my biking excursion day trips.

Thanksgiving morning I'm running in a 10k and 5k for Multiple Sclerosis and Black Friday I will be snowboarding. Get at me if you are interested.

Friday, 20 November 2009

After These Messages...

Sorry for the lack of posting. If you couldn't geuss things have been quite busy on my end. I promise to fill you in on everything, (if I still remember) next week, promise. Until then...

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Small World

Its a small world after all. In the pool, I bumped into one of my old dodgeball friends. Not only that but it seems he is also a budding triathlete like myself! Talk about a coincidence. He has way more experience than me (he ran track and was on the swim team) so I felt like I was racing phelps in the pool.

Just goes to show you how much more I need to train. Dam you endurance sports, why do you take so long to master!

Mystery Solved

So I went to Kean to solve the mystery of why my classes were a mess. Apparently its because of my student status. I was registering as an undergraduate to take my prerequisites. Wrong! I was supposed to register as a graduate non-matriculated student. Doh! So I got that fixed and I can know register problem free now, right? Wrong! This is Kean after all.

Graduate non-matriculated student register almost dead last so I will be struggling to get overloads for ALL my classes. You seriously got to be kidding me. Just what I need. Oh what fun!

Four Years in the Making

Its no secret that I dislike Kean University. I mean they gave me so much grief just for a sub-par education. I made some good friends there so its not a complete lose. But after four years from graduating that place, I finally picked up my diploma! lol. Yeah, I know. I'm so bad/lazy.

Onward To Videos!

Crazy costume idea! I need to work on my costume. I need to make it more portable. lol. What to do, what to do! It might ruin the premise!

One of those feel good videos.

You could not pay me enough to do that. lol. But mad respect for that guy though.

Edit: On a side note, I may start using facebook more. I have been asked to put my wacky video finds there to make it easy to view (aka I don't want to read your blog no more.) Gee thanks.

Monday, 26 October 2009

Busy Bee

Dam. Been crazy busy last week. Things are quite hectic right now. Trying to get my classes right for next semester. Dam I hate Kean. If I didn't want to boost my GPA I wouldn't even go back, but whatever. I also finally got back to my "normal" training routine of two hours every day since my father passed away. I lost a little bit of fitness in the past month or so and hopefully I can quickly get it back. Also spent the late night trying to photograph the meteoroid shower but it was cloudy most of the time/didn't make a nice picture.

Did see a couple shooting stars though.

One In A Million

Last Thursday, I went mountain biking with my friend at Round Valley. Its a man made reservoir that buried a valley town. Its pretty crazy if you read about the history of the place. But yeah, the place is beautiful and a nice place to mountain bike for the intermediate. One of the downhills is straight suicidal because its like a 40 degree drop with large rocks. To be honest, I have no idea how crazy it was until we had to walk back up the mountain. lol. I would have crapped bricks if I walked up it first then down, thank God. I was also following my friend so I wasn't all too worried I guess.

At the turnaround point, we stopped off at some of the campgrounds for some water and a much needed break. We started a campfire because we found a box of matches. lol. It was a little tough since it rained a couple days prior but we were able to get it going eventually.

This got me thinking how I should plan a camping trip. A real camping trip. And I'm not talking car camping either. I'm tlaking hardcore, hike to your campsite camping. No electrical hookups, no running water (well pump ok) kind of camping. Really roughing it with nature. Who's with me?

After the break, we heading back. Back at the campsite we were talking about the Mega Millions Lottery and just my luck, on the way back, I hit a branch covered in the leaves. Not only do I hit it, but it gets jammed in my rear derailleur and chain! This causes it to rotate (unnaturally I might add) over the top of my hub!

That is what it is supposed to look like. But mine was upside down!

I was lucky enough that the branch didn't tangle in my spokes and cause my back wheel to stop. I was going downhill at around 30mph when it happened. It would have been disaster if it made my bike flip forward. Thank God.

Luckily it was mostly downhill from here and just a couple miles from the car.

I was able to coast the downhills safely, I just couldn't pedal.

Then went straight to basketball that night. I was exhausted. I only ate a tuna sub and a couple Clif Bars the entire day. I never felt my legs so dead, even after a race I feel better. I have to do that again sometime. lol.

Will You be My Friend?

Just a regular swim day. I keep forgetting that mountain biking is tiring to the upper body too. So I just added to my soreness. I'm still upset that they fired the cute lifeguards at my pool.

Now I have no eye candy in the pool and have to just swim. How boring. lol. Some guy was trying to "race" me again but only for one pool length at a time while I was doing laps. I find that a bit annoying and distracting especially when they are in the lane right next to you.

Night was alright. Just went to get a Tastee Sub and bubble tea with a friend. Caught up since I hadn't seen her since summer began and she got a new boyfriend. She is one of those kind of girls who drops everything for her man. Makes me realize I need more guy friends because the only ones who answer my calls of boredom are girls. I did that facebook friend ratio thing and saw my female friends out number my male friends 2:1 after removing my family of course. That's kind of sad because I think you can easily take away half of them because I don't call/chill with half of them.

Yeah, I really need more activity friends who would be down to bike, hike, run, etc. It gets lonely doing 90% of my workouts by myself.

The Day the World Races

Nike 10k in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Was wet and cold, I did not like it. I think this really kept a lot more people away like the cute girls who usually run these. I met up with some running friends (they live in the city, that's why I don't train with them). Thankfully I brought a change of clothes for after the race. Race was ok, ran it 48:52, when I was hoping for sub 45. I was 30 seconds under my pace. I think my legs were still not recovered from my heavy Thursday mountain bike/basketball number.

Waited for the rest of my friends to finish and chatted for a bit and left. I was tired, wet, and cold and didn't want to hang out like that. I tried buying a new derailleur for my bike while in the city but couldn't find a good one at a good price.

Went home, showered and hit the gym for some bike training. I was going to do it outside in the rain but it was already the afternoon and all the crazy drivers were already awake and out. Normally I just stay outside if I'm drenched already but I changed clothes and didn't want to get wet again. Yeah, I'm a bitch.

I then went to Eastern Mountain Sports to check out some camping gear. (yeah, I am serious about camping hardcore guys!) and found some gear I like. I found a nice backpacking backpack but the fit is a little off. I am guessing they expect hikers to be fat people because the Medium size pack was short on my torso but good on my waist and the Large was good on my Torso and loose on my waist!

dammit! Lanky guys can camp too you know!

Also eyed a nice ultralight dome tent. Its a 2 person.

Holla ladies. lol. Now just got to find them on sale online.

Then went to my friend's house to watch UFC. Shogun got robbed. Was supposed to go to the city for my friend's birthday party but I bailed because when the fight ended, it was already 1am and I got lazy. lol. But not too lazy to play some halo. hahaha.

Game Day

Nothing special. Hung out at my friend's house to watch the Yankees and Giants game.

Edit: Also had a race that morning. Can't believe I forgot. Every time I take a nap after a race, I think its another day! lol.