Yesterday was pretty good.
First off, I went to see "Iron Monkey" again last night with my family. I knew my mom would enjoy it. First my brother decided not to go. Then he went after all. He hated it, so I'm not sure he went. Well, I DO understand.. he's afraid he might miss something so goes anyways. Dumb.
Anyways, my mom really DID enjoy it.
I find it interesting how American Film and Chinese film differ in the way Kung Fu is filmed. In America, we like it gritty. This is what you can REALLY do with Kung Fu. Chinese Film seems to spend alot of money in special effects so that the masters can do these outrageous but awfully cool stunts. (Think of all the jumping around in the trees and roofs in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or, in the case of Iron Monkey, how much cement cracked and wood fell apart.).
What else? Well I did my first interval training that didn't kick my ass yesterday. I dunno. I was on the treadmill, bopping to my iRock and I realized.. even walking at 4 mph had gotten too easy, so I moved it up to 5 and started to jog. And then brought it back down to 4 in a minutes because I had run out of breath. I kept this going for about 15 minutes and then I stopped because i really WAS out of breath.
It feels NICE to know you're actually getting physically fit, tho! I really HAVE come along way in two months. Heck, wasn't it just a month ago that I had run/jog for less than half an hour and was sore and stiff for three days! And here I am jogging with two lovely scabs on my knees and I'm not at all sore today!
Yaaay for progress! :)
So, today is the BIG Bills Game. The one i've waited all season for. For those of you who don't keep up with the Bills, today is a big day. Why? Let me give you a little history.
It all started over two years ago. Jim Kelly had retired and we needed a new starting quarterback. We drafted Rob Johnson almost directly out of college and he was going to be our starting quarterback. Then, I don't remember the details, but we got Rob Johnson who was older but more experience.
Within a couple games, Rob Johnson who was (and is) not particularly great with the ball got injured. And Flutie went in. It was like magic for us Bills fans. Flutie could throw! He could get touchdowns! He could get the ball moving! The city became enamored with Doug Flutie and as the Bills won more games, we went out and bought Flutie Flakes and Flutie bars to support his Doug Flutie Foundation.
And oh, by the way, they made Doug Flutie the starter.
We got to the post-season thanks to Doug Flutie and then the coaches did something none of us believed. They pulled Doug Flutie and let Rob Johnson play the first post season game. We lost.
While the city was unhappy and upset with the coaches choice to do that and the subsequent loss, Doug Flutie said in front of the press "If I'd started, we would have won." This led to some obvious tensions through the next year.
Doug Flutie started and we did alright last season, but not post-season.
Did I mention the city loved Doug Flutie? We did. He was a good man and a great quarterback.
So imagine the ire of a city reeling from a total coach changeover (basically everyone from the head coaches down was fired) found out that the coaches needed to make a choice of keeping either Doug Flutie and Rob Johnson. They chose Rob Johnson.
I believe our record so far this year is 1 win and 3 losses.
So, it wasn't bad enough that Rob Johnson was the unpopular choice but the lousy track record doesn't help at all. While I can't say we hate Rob Johnson, I think it comes close in some of us.
And today we face Doug Flutie and the San Diego Chargers.
Personally... I'm voting for Doug. I think Rob Johnson is a TERRIBLE quarter back.
OK, time to end this.
Don't forget to check by tommorow to see my weekly weight measurements!
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