7.12.04
First month in DC come and gone, and I’ve gotten into a rhythm of city life so to speak. Found a good time to catch the metro to work every morning, trying to adjust to the rush hour and beat the herds of dressed up denizens piling onto train cars with pissed off looks in their faces. Still haven’t quite gotten used to that yet. I think it might just be the attitudes of people on the east coast in general, but then again maybe its just the culture of the place.
All in all I’m liking the city, lots more things to do, neighborhoods to explore, things to eat, places to go. I have been trying to make it a point to get out at least once a weekend and enjoy the city, although it has been difficult to leave the nice air conditioned cave when its so stinking hot outside. I saw a very good film at the HK film fesival playing at the Sackler/Freer gallery this past weekend called “Running on Karma”. I thought it was very well done, thought provoking and entertaining at the same time.
Getting back into a workout schedule as well, building back up the lost strength from who knows when, regaining some sort of cardiovascular shape. My rep press is up to about 205, depending on how tired I am, taking into account the amount of weight I’ve also lost in the past month I should be in decent shape so far. I’m right at the point where I think I’m definitely stronger than most of the average joes, and almost as strong as those big gorilla dudes I see in the gym. You know, those guys who always seem to be there lifting huge amounts of weights and yell a lot.
I also went and got some contacts, something that I’ve been meaning to do but never really got around to it. This is a trip in itself being that I’ve gotten used to carrying a pair of glasses around everywhere and not being able to see people across the street without squinting at them. Working out at the gym today I realized that I could actually see the TV posted on the wall opposite the exercise bikes. Maybe the investment of contacts may pay off in more intense workouts.
My agency changed its name this past week, officially the name change is to go into effect immediately, but I think the old one will linger around a bit longer. Keeping the same acronym will probably lead to some confusion, mostly it is a cosmetic change. Of course it’ll help me out so I don’t have to explain to everyone I meet that I’m not an accountant.