Punches and headstands.
2003-02-07 12:32 p.m.

My body is in a lot of pain today. Wednesday night in kung fu class we worked punching combinations all night long. No kicking, just punching through a series of sparring drills. My arms, chest and back are sore and seizing up. I also have a nice faint bruise above my left eye that I got from a no contact drill. Why do I always get hit during the drills where we aren't suppose to make contact and always come out all right in the drills where we are allowed to smack each other around? Then there is the right side of my neck which is also causing me pain. I think I did that during yoga class yesterday when I was trying to do the splits while standing on my head (take a minute to visualize that one). I did it sucessfully and it looked very cool but now I'm paying the price for it. When cats go BAD.

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I am not Tofukitten.
2003-02-05 12:00 p.m.

I really want to like tofu. It's full of protein and made of soy and is oh so good for you. All of my personal cooking experiments with tofu have ended in disaster. It usually ends up looking like undercooked scrambled eggs with odd spices and flavorings dribbled over it to disguise it's unattractive visage. I just went downstairs and ordered a spicy tofu peanut stir fry dish and could barely stomach the cute little cubes of tofu. It doesn't really have a taste, especially when draped in peanut sauce, it's just the rubbery texture of undercooked egg whites that makes my stomach roll. Will tofu and I ever be friends?

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Free needles on the house.
2003-02-04 2:39 p.m.

Another thought about the casino. When I went to use the restroom I was surprised to find a biohazard bin on the wall filled with used syringes. I've never seen that in a public restroom before. My question is has anyone else? Is the Chehalis Indian tribe more likely to get diabetes? Is it for the bus loads of old diabetic women that come to blow their monthly social security checks? Is it for the gen-x heroin addicts? I'm baffled.

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The Lucky Eagle Casino is under water.
2003-02-03 9:33 a.m.

Part of my Christmas gift from Simon was a weekend away at the Lucky Eagle Casino for a fab dinner, a sanctioned boxing match and some gambling. We went up Saturday morning and checked into our marginal motel in Centralia. Centralia doesn't feature fine lodging but our room had cable television and a refrigerator which was a plus. We dropped off our stuff, freshened up and headed out for the casino. We picked up our tickets for the boxing match and got a drink from the bar. We wandered around and finally settled on a place for dinner. We got seated and put in our drink order. Then the waiter came back and told us that he couldn't serve us dinner as the Casino was flooding and shutting down immediately! No dinner, no gambling, no boxing! We heavy hearts we drove back into Centralia and found the only hot spot in town, the Olympic club. Of course if we wanted to eat at McMenamins we could have stayed in Portland but it was the only place we could find. The next day we hit the outlet mall for some discount shopping, had lunch with my parents and then cruised home.

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