Bun B - Let 'Em Know (prod DJ Premier)

Christmas morning I woke up and decided to hit up what is becoming my favorite spot in LA. It was cool that there was a break in the rain and the sun came out for a brief visit. The first time I went up with Danny I was thinking there was probably a way to hike it all the way to the Hollywood sign without me having to drive to it first. I ended up seeing a sign that said Mt Hollywood. I knew that the sign is on Mt Lee so I didn't think that was the trail but on my way up it (its a fairly easy hike- like really easy actually) I saw that there are lots of trails and that I would probably be able to find my way there. Seeing as I had nothing to do and wanting to keep from the thought this was the first Christmas I would not be with my kids, I said fuck it. 3 hrs later, a couple of wrong turns having to blaze my own trail, and a couple of slips later, I had gone from the Observatory to the hollywood sign and back. It wasn't all that bad- I didn't really even stop to take a break. It was good for the health and the mind as well as it made me forget about this Christmas and year overall and got me really looking forward to 2011 and next Christmas. I am completely over this Christmas and this year overall and truly am the really excited for the upcoming Christmas in 2011. The hour daily of cardio has really been paying off. How can I stand to do an hour of cardio daily at the gym? Music and Daydreaming. If your music taste can't get you to withstand a couple of hours daily at the gym, well obviously your musical tastes aren't as good as mine. Where as I used to sit on my ass for hours on end just listening to music, now I get off my ass and do something healthy for myself. The daydreaming part helps out too in making time go by. Mostly its about the new job and how I plan on moving up as far and fast as I can, but other thoughts come up as well. Like winning the lotto and how I would spend it all like Brewster from Brewster's Million.  Basically any dreams that make the time go by. I went to the gym twice today. I think all the coffee I had last night didn't let me sleep all too well last night and I was wide awake at 5. So I said fuck it why not. I went again after work. Yeah now my calves are burning like someone rubbed an STD all over them...

Today during our first break I went up to grab some coffee with this girl from my training class and she talked my ear off about the cake she made for Christmas. I mean she basically gave me a play by play of everything she did, what ingredients she used, what temperature, the type of mixer she owned, how she decorated it- I mean I couldn't get a word in if my life depended on it. When she was finally done, I asked her how long this whole ordeal took her. 5 hours. She then showed me the picture of the cake. It might have been the greatest cake I have ever seen. Then I remembered that she is also a professional pastry chef. That's when it all came together and I realized why she had been so passionate about her cake baking story...

Training is going by slow still and this was the first Monday after a week of working and weekend off. I bought a bunch of Smart one's microwave meals for lunches. The chicken Santa Fe is unfortunately out of the rotation. I forgot how awful some of these taste.

I was just talking to Wes about needing to play some basketball this week. Our first league game for the new season is Wednesday Jan 5th and its been about a week since I shot a basketball. We can not slack off as this season it's gonna be on our shoulders to take home the championship, if I can somehow translate shooting lights out during shootarounds into the actual games and if Wes can re establish his Nike air release move. If these things become reality then the rest of the D level is in for a long season. D level of course referring to the lowest level of competition in the league...

During Danny and I's Chinese Christmas dinner, I got a fortune cookie with the greatest lotto numbers ever;
08, 12,24, 32, 44 and 17. I knew all the players as soon as I saw it. I mean it shouldn't be too tough to figure these out.