Exercise

Satisfying run at the gym this morning:

• Chin-ups, 2×10.
• Germans (9×10 at ~110lbs+1×10 at ~140lbs)—my best to date.
• Obliques with 25lbs plate.
• Shoulder raises with a horizontal bar attached to two cables.
• More chin-ups (2×10).
• One-armed triceps extensions.

Then I went climbing with my friend Lonn at 12:30 (after a bit o’ hack), but we didn’t get a lot in because I had to go to class. Tonight I’m planning on going to jiu jitsu—I’ll sleep like a baby tonight.

Hack’ & ‘Hack

I woke up and scrambled two eggs for breakfast.  I travelled to campus to meet with my friend Lonn, and we played hacky sack for a bit.  By then I was hungry, so we looked for food but all the lineups were too long.  Instead, I bought a granola bar out of a vending machine and we played nethack for *hours*.  I managed to polymorph my dog (via polymorph trap) into a master lich; meanwhile, Lonn found rings of poly-control and polymorph and decided that a master lich was the best thing for him to polymorph into.  I died when an air elemental engulfed and tore my meager 59-hp character to shreds, but Lonn’s is alive and well.  Afterwards, I was so… hungry…

Today my ankle is doing fairly well (hence the hacky sack) but still not completely recovered.  I really want to go back to judo & teh jitz, but not just yet.

Tomorrow I start my Ph.D. studies.  I *still* need to decide on a class to take, but I’m uncertain enough about each of the classes to have to visit each one in turn to make my decision.  I also need to decide on a research topic—my supe is taking several very interesting directions in his research, and experience tells me I’ll benefit by complementing his interests and experience.