I seem to be finding that most of my posts aren't very insightful or even very intersting, but it's kind of therapeutic (sp?) to type out what's goin on. Last night we went to the climbing gym again. I don't think I actually wrote about that last time we went. Last Friday we went to this climbing gym that's at the end of our street. It's about a 15 min walk, but it's super cool! (btw....i'm having typing issues today, so sorry for typos) Last Friday we climbed the easy walls and tried to climb one that sloped out and made you lean back while climbing, but niether me nor Anne could get over it. We decided that we would go weekly and our goal for the semester was to make it to the top of that stupid wall. We've decided that Thursdays are climbing days. It's only $9 NZ (6$US) for unlimited climbing and use of a harness. So last night we went climbing and started on a slightly harder wall, which we both made it up with a few issues. Then we did some easier ones and decided we would try the hell wall again. Keep in mind, this "hell wall" isn't nearly the hardest one there. So Anne went first and struggled for a while, but then suddenly just pulled herself over the lump thing and I was like, "shit! she did it! now i have to do it...." so after congratulating her, i started my climb. i managed to fall off twice, but the third time i said "fuck this" and just did a fingertip pull-up thing and made it over the lump too. I was so excited! Now we have to do it faster and make it up some of the harder walls, like the ones with big overhangs and such. This climbing wall place is super cool.
Today I had no class, so I went up to the grad student computer room again and chatetd a bit with chris and shane. didnt get much done though, not that i had anything in particulare to do. now i have to read some more scientific papers...yay. i'm too poor to do much of anything this weekend, so it looks to be a bit boring.
cheers...
think thats it
oh yeah, and i need more friends. oh, and we've gota workout schedule thing goin on, and i think we've got our break all planned.
workout schedule: (who knows how long this will actually last)
mon: gym/run/dip in oriental bay
tue: further running
wed: gym
thur: climbing
fri: gym/running
sat & sun: rest or runs...
Break plans:
Fri/Sat night: gay bar hopping (no i'm not gay, but i have friends)
sun-tue: rent a car and leave to drive up to waitomo (glow worm caves, blackwater rafting and spelunking)
tue-thurs: arrive in hamilton to visit Caroline (flatmate) and go surfing and snowboarding while there
drive home thurs night....spend the rest of break doing day trips and such
more friends:
my main two friends are anne and caroline, but caroline has lots of work and anne has other friends (like stephanie) so i end up spending a lot of time by myself, wishing i had someone i could call and go hang out with. i guess last night was probably the worst for me. i had nothing really to do, and i was really lonely, having nobody to talk to and just kind of sitting around chatting online about how nobody talks to me in bars and such. slightly depressing conversation. obviously didnt leave me feeling "loved" or anything. i'll figure this out though, dammit! i wish i knew where to meet people more my age. i know that 18-22 isnt a big age difference, but sometimes i just kinda feel out of place....i dunno....
yeah....
cheers