the other day at the gym i noticed they had 45 pound plates that i could toss on the iso-lateral rowing machine (yeah dawg) instead of lugging over multiple 10 and 25 pounders to get up to the level i needed. i said that we should stop trifling with the little duds when we could just use the big boys, but then i dropped the 45 pound weight on my foot, rendering me a useless lump who has been limping everywhere like a fucking baby. the good news is it probably isn't broken, i managed to finish that workout, and i don't think it will stop me from going to the gym tomorrow either. the bad news is of course that i am a fucking chump who ate my words immediately. fuck you world.

in other injury news, i hit myself in the hand with the racket while playing racquetball and bruised my finger, and i have a brutal headache and attendant stiff neck. signs of meningitis? we will see. i tried some test that i read about on wikipedia and managed to pass it so i am hopeful about my recovery. i also took a bath last night to try to mitigate the pain but i got really sweaty on my face while i was reading in the bathtub and got freaked out about getting the book wet and got out. baths suck.

life is fairly ho hum as usual but usually pleasantly so. kai and i went to the chi for spring break and it was very ill. highlights include eating and buying records every single day for five days. oh yeah, that's actually we did. well to be perfectly honest we also went to the south side irish parade but it was seriously bogus. however i did enjoy the 75 degrees and sunshine, and we were staying with jane and her sorority girl roommates and their frat boy boyfriends, who showed me pictures of turtles having sex and slept in recliners with beers in their hands. kind of incredible.

i think it's almost warm enough to start eating popsicles. i thought about going for a bike ride today but got a flat tire so instead i made some crazy food and sat around in my room reading. when it is finally nice out maybe i will do something crazy fun. until then, here is a list of recent jammy jams.

death - for the whole world to see lp
chain of strength - true till death 7" (bought myself one of these tasty platters, absolutely no regrets about it)
beat beat beat - living in the future lp
maytals - do the reggae 1966-70 lp
mudhoney - you got it 7"& superfuzz bigmuff cs
go it alone - first lp and last 7"
curried food potluck (red curry with cabbage, carrot fries and broiled asparagus with curried vegenaise)
gossip girl (yes really)