In honor of Badstar, a post at 02:22. I'm about halfway through my all-nighter and I realized I had not posted here in quite some time. Figured now would be as good a time as any to provide some updates.
Had a couple of birthdays in the past month with another one coming up this week. Lady V (Badstar's lady for those that do not know) celebrated her birth a little while ago, and we had a good time celebrating it with her. Part of it we spent at Fort DeSoto, where we grilled out in the picnic areas and then headed out to the beach and enjoyed the ocean and sun. The gulf waters felt great that day, and I can't begin to describe the feast that was made for everyone. I spent a lot of time increasing my chances of skin cancer that day, and I couldn't have been much happier.
The night before that, X and I took our friend Mike out on the town. Mike works at our gym, is from New York, and he was going back up there for the summer to make some quick cash working construction. We thought it would be good to take him out on his last night and get him drunk. Since he's not from Tampa, we figured we'd go out to Ybor City and have some fun. I have to say, Ybor is not like I remember it. We got out there at 22:30 on a Friday night and it was relatively quiet. We didn't have any trouble getting into any bars, and these were bars that I was used to fighting to get into. Nothing, not even a struggle. Now, they opened up 7th Street to traffic now so I'm sure that had something to do with it. I've also heard from others who party harder than I that a lot of the old clubs and bars are gone from Ybor and it is better to go to Channelside now. We still had a good time, but it was kind of disappointing to see a place I remember as pretty wild looking dead.
Monday, around that same weekend, the celebration for Lady V continued. This time it was in Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure, Orlando. For those that don't already know, the Hulk fucking rocks!!! Universal has put together two great theme parks, and the group of us (5 total) had a blast going everywhere in both parks. Got some interesting pictures from there too. The first is of our friend Matt, with his half-yard of Guiness.
The second is evidence of Universal's nefarious Stage 2 for their plan for world domination.
Tired of your own baby? Come swap him/her out for a new model! Enjoy the benefits of the white slave trade! (Before I get sued, Universal Studios is in no way a part of the slave trade, white or otherwise. But c'mon, look at that sign! I know what the real purpose is but it just doesn't sound right.)
I've been working out like a fiend lately. Finally getting some good results too, which calms the anger that had been building from the last couple of months. Weighed in at 176 lbs. and I reduced my body fat percentage 1.1%. I think I am at 21.4%, and I plan on working out just as hard this month to get it under the 20% mark.
Well, that's pretty much it for now. I'm sure I am forgetting plenty of things but I'm tired from this all-nighter. I'm heading out to visit family this weekend in Colombus, OH, so I should have more to talk about after I get back. Hope everyone is doing well and take care!
