August 7, 2006

• buff pride

  spurred by

  1. the need to rebuild muscles atrophied from weeks of lounging around and eating in taiwan
  2. the ridicule of my roommates, who swear i'm absolutely useless
  3. basic concerns about health

  i've been religiously lifting at my dad's office's gym (the janitor seems to be blown away by the awe-inspiring improvements to my physique, as he can't remember my name every time.) two tortuous sessions a week (no protein shakes yet), and i feel somewhat better...at least now can lift the damn bar. don't laugh.

  girls who have brothers, i've found (myself included) seem to suffer from "wannabe masculine" syndrome, which is the perpetual desire to be moderately buff, obtain fast cars, drive stick, and eat copious amounts of In-N-Out. hrm, actually, this just kind of sounds cali.

  Time to practice for the Physical Sciences section...

  Q. How much work does it take for small asian person to transport a 5 gallon container of water from the grocery store to her car, parked an inconvenient 80 meters away from the store exit? By what percentage does the force exerted by the earth on the small asian person increase due to the added mass of the water?

  5 gallons of water x 8.36 lbs/gallon = 41.5 lbs (41.5 lbs! damn!)
  41.5 lbs x 20 m...(ah crap, i need to convert to kg...oh forget it).
  i weigh 49 kg, 49 kg * 2.2 lbs/kg = 108 lbs
  (141.5 lbs + 108 lbs)/108 lbs = damn it, no calculator, something like...almost 140%.

  A. a heck of a lot.

  fake christian dior belt from shanghai + cali tan + newly developed biceps = absolute, gravity-defying isobaric hotness. even more so than my hot hot watermelon pic. isobaric? yeah, i dunno, doesn't quite make sense here. need to study harder methinks, instead of wasting time all day on xanga.

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