Books make me happy

I don't think I've gushed about my love with the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson on the blog, but I know twitter got an earful, or would that be eyeful? Either way I wrote a review about it for Nevermet Press, please go read it. I plan on writing a few more reviews for them on recent reads, so there might be a post or two about books coming up.

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Five for Tuesday

1. The Hunger Games trilogy is as good as the hype said it'd be. I'm firmly on team Peeta.
2. I finally got pushed by shifu in kung fu. The push is to check for a strong stance and back hand.
3. I didn't maintain over the festive season, but am back on track. The plan has been amended to fewer carbs and more protein - it's to check if the carbs could be behind the tiredness.
4. Brandon Sanderson has joined my list of authors where whatever they write, I'll read.
5. My last day of being 26 will end with dinner and rpging with friends :-).

The challenge

So far it's going well and it looks like I could be winning :). I was introduced to Fitocracy by a friend, and I find it fun. It's well worth checking out, you get points for completing exercise, not to forget levels and achievements :). So far the cardio dvd's have been going well, they're pretty tough, and I hope that by the end of the challenge I can finish one of the routines without too much huffing and puffing. On the plus side kung fu is starting again tonight :D Cross your fingers that I keep up for most of the class.

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Word Wednesday

Glandaceous

• acorn coloured
• expanded by Hertnon to: the yellowish-brown colour of a ripe acorn
  

*Hertnon, S. 2008. From afterwit to zemblanity. Auckland:New Holland Publishers

Challenge day 2

Sadly having a dinner guest over, last night meant no exercise. Today though, I made good use of one of the three Women's Health exercise dvds I've acquired with the magazine. The plan is to alternate between the discs on non kung fu days. Added bonus, Jerall will be doing the cardio exercises with me :-) Here's hoping I stick to the plan and win.

It's on

Today my manager and I were chatting about how hard we find getting into, and sticking to, a regular exercise routine. What initially was a "we'll each remind the other" conversation, turned into a bit of a competition. So from today till the 31st we'll be competing to see who manages to do some form of exercise regularly.

We're not looking at weight or centimeters lost, it's all about getting regular exercise. To make sure that neither of us brushes it off we decided that the loser will buy the winner a smoothie. It should be fun, and I'll win :-).

Five for Thursday

1. While cleaning out a document filled corner of the flat on Sunday I came across some old letters Jerall and I had written each other. It brought back some happy memories. Everyone should go take a look at old letters :-)

2. I'm enjoying my trip to work in the morning it allows me to see the mountain, and the sea.

3. Having a woolies right next to where you work is bad for your budget.

4. There are just some people I can't work with. Does anyone else have that problem?

5. I got a fantastic from shifu last night :-D.

The weekend that was

One of the great things about living in the same town as most of our friends again is that most of the time there'll be someone up for just made plans. On Friday we had one of those moments, which lead to some amazing food and good conversation. Dynasty in Sea Point has yummy duck fyi :-). Saturday after work we just arbed around. Sunday had monster slaying and some great food too :-)

How was your weekend?

Bits and pieces

Slowly getting back into the swing of regular blogging :-) On Friday I had two round one interviews, I think they both went well. I think the bookstore job helped me have a slightly calmer energy, I didn't have the frantic "I've got to nail this" vibe around me. Hopefully it pays off, but I'll only know if it did in two to three weeks. The jobs are two very different ones, but both include growth into skills that I don't have so that's a plus. I'll keep you posted with what happens.

I had the entire weekend off, it was awesome just getting to sleep late with out it being a waste of the few hours I had till my shift started. On Saturday we went to the aquarium, a fun playing tourist in your town thing to do. Sunday we gamed, making it a good weekend :-) How was yours?

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