⇒ lazy day in sydney

went out to see biennale 08 at the MCA. wtf? seriously, that dead horse thing? all this contemporary art doesn't impress me one bit. Except for one photo by ???, it's a color photo of some dried up trees and the image contains so little color you're almost fooled into thinking it's a black and white.

afterwards, tried to claim my free DVD. What bullsh!t. They didn't give. Yeah, well feck you, JB, let's see if I go back and buy from your emo-poof staff again!

now for bad retail experience #2: went to foot locker on Pitt St. Tried to get some Sweet Lew lo's. Damn, out of my size. Ok, the dude working there sends me to the George St store (no, that wasn't the bad thing). Got the George St store: guys, ever heard of customer service? Granted, I'm not some hot chick or chick of any kind but you gotta treat all your patrons well! Ask for my id when I use my credit card? Fine. I don't care. But don't swipe my credit card twice and tell me "it's ok". It's not ok. Don't roll your eyes at me when I want my receipt and you can't give it to me because you didn't have the foresight to replace the roll of paper in the machine. F#ck you asshole behind the counter. I'm checking my bill and if it's one cent out of balance due to your 'clerical' error, I'm raising hell. Man, what an a$$hole.

grr....enough!

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⇒ consistency and progress

Let the record reflect that Andrew defeated Willie in Poker and took money off him (amongst others) totalling $80. Go Andrew.

Went to MCA, not too bad...some interesting pieces but overall I thought her critique of consumerism was nothing special. Some of the methods/individual sections were interesting though.

Made it to the gym after. Ran better than other days overall (20' session) but my legs hurt before starting to run so I see it as good progress. The first section I ran 800m, then walked abit, then did the second section almost as good as the first. Totalled 2km in 13' (and walked the remaining 7'). That I figure is about as good as I've ever run. I felt pretty comfortable running the first section too. Factors possibly affecting perf:low hydration before, alcohol in body, ongoing sore legs, cold but sunny weather.

Rode the bike for 20' on level 8. Total cardio-KCALs: ~250.

Anyhoo, tried something new with the weights:
8 x 55kg bench, followed by
8 x 50kg bench, followed by
12 x 40kg bench.
later 20 x 40kg bench.
that totals: 2120kg

Didn't swim because the weather is cold. It looks sunny but it's cold. Risk to health, etc...I think I'll switch my exercise plan a bit: 2 bike sessions (2x20', level 10 and level 8), high reps of weights (main focus to areas other than chest), and try to go earlier in the day, say 10am.

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