Blogs : Eric Simmons

At that point of the semester

I woke up today and realized it's that time of the semester, and by that time I mean the time where I really wish that school did not exist at all. I have a paper and a test due next week within a day of each other and a whole bunch of reading and researching that needs to be done. At to that the fact that my computer was eliminated in a rather pointless incident by someone other than me that I will not care to discuss and that I am typing on an ancient Compaq laptop and we have the makings for some sort of academic disaster here in the next few days.

Anyway, when we went to practice last monday no one could really lift their knees 2 inches up due to the 100s last Saturday. Because of that, we had a shakeout run of about 2 miles and just weights. Then, I went to class and watched some boring movie about Joseph Stalin. It wasn't that the content was not interesting, it's just that my attention span is poor and was elminated in the first 20 seconds when I saw that the movie was to be displayed in black and white. Tuesday, my first class was cancelled so I got to sleep in a little bit, which is always a plus. After class, we went to the track and did 4 300s with about 6 mins rest. They were supposed to be in 38-39, but the stupidity in me made me go 37.2 for the first one, which led to 38.1, 39.1, and 40.0 on the remaining three. Wednesday, same as monday, we had a recovery run and some weights. Thursday, I will say, was horrible. We were supposed to do 4 800s in 2:30 with 5 mins rest. On the first one, Ahmad got out like he was trying to go 2:15 for all of them. My dumbass let my competitive nature takeover as opposed to hitting the times to get something out of the workout. The first one ended up being 2:20 and the second ended up being 2:34. The third one we gutted out a 2:25 before running INFINITY (2:39) on the last one. On that last 800, my back locked up and my ankle started burning (?) and I have never wanted to quit anything more in my entire life. Friday, same as monday and wednesday, about 2.5 miles and weights. On Saturday, we were supposed to do 4x150 with 5 mins rest between 18-19, but I felt good so I went 17.4, 17.7, 17.7, and 17.7 again. I was just trying to get out hard through the curve and try to keep good form heading down the straightaway. What was really stupid is that only Ahmad, Sharod, and myself were the only people at practice. Seeing as no one really listens to me, but more people pay attention to my journal, I'll go ahead and say right now that you need to get your priorities in line and bring your ass to practice. But it's okay though, you're gonna get ran into to the ground this week, so I hope whatever caused you to miss practice is worth what's going to happen to you.

Outside of track, once again, I lived a pretty lackluster existence this week. We finally added wireless internet to our apartment, so now everyone pretty much lives in the living room in front of the three tv's we have there. I also re-upped the Xbox live membership, so we have that going along with our various franchise in NBA 2K7 and Madden 08. We've developed the greatest academic system in life in our apartment. If it's your turn to play the game, you play it while the other people sit around on their laptops and do homework. Then, we rotate as our video gaming schedules dictate. I'm sure it sounds pretty effing pathetic that we all just sit around in the living room like a bunch of technology junkies, but the lowest GPA in the house at midterms is a 2.8. The system works, and we're gonna stick to it.

I also manufactured 11 gallons of "Hunch Punch" for a party on campus. I don't think I'm very proud of the fact that I contributed to the shenanigans that took place as a result of concoction. I am proud of the fact that I sat behind the table with DJ Nate and, along with him, being one of two completely sober  people in the party and just observed people not being able to go out and drink responsibly. Yeah, I drink EXTREMELY rarely nowadays and am very far from the legend that I was when I was 19 years old. I gotta take full advantage of the time I have left to compete and be in school. Since I was 19, things like long alcoholic nights, lack of sleep, and greasy junk food  have been replaced with more and more weekends at home playing video games, making strong attempts to get adequate rest, and no longer eating pork or beef (Which is pretty damn hard by the way because McDonald's double cheeseburgers are inexpensive and good).  

Alright, that's it for this week. I'm about to head to practice, although it's been raining a little bit today. I hope the sky opens up and there is massive flooding. Not because I don't want to go to practice, but because Georgia is in the middle of a bad drought and they say we only have like 85 days of water use left before they restrict home usage. I love drinking Smartwater and Gatorade, but I'll be damned if I have to start bathing in them.

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3:25 PM, October 22, 2007 .. Posted by Gr0wTesK

I feel you on the eating good. I've changed my life around in the past few months, and it gets expensive. You don't realize how much that dollar menu saves you until you're payin $4.56 for a healthy sandwich