yoga?

apparently yoga is turkish for step aerobics. so, I didnt participate haha.

oh well. tomorrow is a shorts and t-shirt kinda day.

updates to follow tomorrow afternoon

hopefully I dont get jumped

wish me luck

bye

:)

vehicles over the pond

I've been compiling some shots of all the modes of transportation over here. Mainly cars that we dont have in America that make me smile. There are wayyyy more that I havent taken pictures of, but most of them arent very exciting. so sit back, comb your goat, and enjoy this visual exposition I have composed for ya

taksim square, where I catch all the buses

CBR125R...super cool

electric car 1

electric car 2

sky blue fiat 500 :)

mini benz

mini cooper

mini ford

a ford I actually like

smart car!

donkey truck

summertime music

I updated a mini-playlist on the right side of your monitor of a few songs that make me feel like its summertime. It is far from it here, but in my mind it is def summertime.

speaking of monitors....just bought me a Dell S2409W monitor for my new setup for next year. 24", 1920x1080 resolution, 1080p, vga/dvi/hdmi, energystar/epeat silver. Got a pretty good deal on it, thanks for ordering it ma! This time I made sure it went though cause my mom ordered from America, so there is no way Turkey can interfere this time!

so once I order my Mac Mini, I'm gonna be lookin goooooood, and looking out for the environment. When both my mini and monitor are in idle mode, they consume less than 15 watts of power. That is 1/4 of your standard incandescent light bulb in your house. I also plan on getting an external hard drive that runs on 40% less power than the standard external. Doing what I can to help out the environment.

my question to you is - what are you doing to help the environment?

episode 3: turkey strikes back

so I have been MIA for the past 48 hours on here because I have/had food poisoning...again. It hit me early Friday morning, and I've been getting dominated by it since. I'm almost positive it was the fish I had on Wednesday haha. I was doing some research, and I found out it can take up to 48 hours for the food poisoning to take its toll. I feel better now. Last time I got food poisoning (about 5-6 weeks ago) I only got it downstairs. This time, Turkey was kind enough to not only give it to me downstairs, but throwing up as well.

What sucks the most is on the way back from the gym on Thursday, I remember telling A-tom that this was the first time I have been 100% well since I have been in Turkey. Well. that lasted about 12 hours haha. Oh well, no biggie. All I can do now is try and get hydrated again by Monday. I am *finally* back to my racing weight again! I tipped the scales at 158 pounds on Thursday, up from 147 abot 2 months ago. I just hope I didnt lose too much weight from being sick.

Oh, and I'm also taking a break from my cardio next week. My legs are starting to take a beating from the running. I'm still gonna be lifting weights, but I'm doing a little cross training....with yoga. Yes, yoga. I signed up to do yoga on Monday and Thursday next week. I think it'll be fun to stretch out a little bit, not to mention there are gonna be bunch of turkish hunnies gettin all bent out of shape around me :)

I was going to go to this traditional Turkish dinner with all the turkish students tonight, but I dont think I am going to anymore. I feel like I could go, but I dont think I am ready to stuff my face with a ton of food yet. Oh well.

love peace and antibacterial grease

sad day in turkey

about 5 minutes ago, two very sad events occurred. First, my pork nuggets I smuggled from Paris ran out. Then, as if to rub salt in my wound, my Cheese Wiz ran out too. I mean, I can handle one at a time, but both?? I think a small, salty tear streamed down my cheek. However, my pseudo wolverine sideburns caught it.

I spent most of the day in Asia, but now I'm back in Europe. Ya know, just skippin from continent to continent. haha. We explored a couple little costal cities over there, pretty cool. I have been wanting to get a fish sandwich from the Asian side since I got to Istanbul. and today I did.....

and it was the worst fish I have ever eaten. quite possibly the worst sandwich of any kind I have ever encountered.

for those that are from Daytona, imagine the smell of the docks at Down the Hatch. Then, imagine eating fish that tasted identical to that smell. But, dont add any seasoning. Leave the bones in. and the black nasty skin. And dont provide any sauce. Then....you almost have what I was served haha. I ate about half of it, and quit. Oh well haha

its all good though. It made my stomach a little upset, but I'm not mad about that at all. Ya know why? Cause I came home and took a power nap, and it was incredible. First nap I have taken since I left America. I may be obsessed with power naps now.

Didnt go to the gym tonight. I have jurys tomorrow on my studio project, and I had too much work to do tonight. Its good though, my legs needed a break. My feet are getting a little beat up.

a slight change of plans for my triathlon as well. I am no longer doing the Callaway Gardens triathlon. I am now doing the Dunedin triathlon on June 14th. Its on Honeymoon Island (oooo how exciting), just a little north of Tampa. I am racing my motorcycle now on the day that the Callaway Gardens one.

so that should be an exciting two weeks. Triathlon one weekend, racing the 600 next weekend, 23rd birthday the next weekend!

jlog

sorry for the delay, internet is broken again at studio.

oh, and my bad again. I had the video on the wrong focus setting, so its a lil blurry

enjoy!

noodle bliss

so I'm sitting her eating some beautiful beef ramen noodles. Trying to calm my nerves.

I jumped on this awesome deal on a new monitor for my computer that was 52% off with free shipping. I was soooo pumped, and come back from the gym only to find out that may order had been cancelled. Seems like something went wrong with Paypal. I can safely assume that me being in Turkey had something to do with it. Probably didnt like the location or something retarded. I've put an email into the place I bought it from to see if I can still get the same sale price on the now sold out monitor. Hope they have some pity on me.

So I was going to make a video blog (vlog??) as I juggle today, but the internet is exceptionally horrible tonight here at the flat. So, trying to upload a video to youtube here is gonna be impossible. So, look for that tomorrow after my class, should be up about the time all you Americans are waking up. Can I just say something realy quick?? I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN WHERE AT LEAST EVERYTHING WOOOORRRRKSSS. my little remix

I'm looking at 50 days until america (I think). Give or take a day, I have to get my flight worked out. Seems to be a problem with the scheduling...oh well. I'm really missing all my friends and family back home, I'm ready to see everybody! Not really ready to leave here, just ready to see everybody.

oh and today I played badmitton today for the first time! Well, kinda. Minus the next, and in a hallway haha. It was fun, not near as exciting as raquetball or tennis. But, still fun to play in studio instead of working. alright, time for some beauty rest. I am in desperate need of it, I gotta offset my helmet hair with stunning good looks. night!

holy popcorn goodness

with the help from a-tom and mi madre, I just made some popcorn! Well, I actually cut open a microwave bag, poured the kernels and slab of orange butter into a pan with oil in it. Popped beautifully!! The bottom layer burned slightly, but 90% of it was deeeeee-lish. Heck yeah, I have about 4-5 bags left. Sounds like movie nights to me...anyone interested?? females preferably. I know some of the turkish girls are reading this right now....I wont say names haha. Hit me up on the down low and we can make it happen like we are on a boat and I am the captain. hehe, well I think that rhymes, doesnt make sense though.

helmet hair

I now have helmet hair. Not in the sense of I was wearing a helmet and now my hair is messed up, but more like my hair looks like a helmet. I just consider it my juggle protection. I tend to get smashed in the face by stray balls from my juggling. here is a quick clip of me getting straight dominated, but the music was my motivation.

expect a video blog made tomorrow while I juggle..haha well I have some practicing to do before then. Otherwise it will be a two sentence blog.

circus freak

I am officially on my way to being a circus freak. I am picking up juggling pretty good. The hardest part is not running forward while doing it. So tomorrow I'm gonna hit up the local square and tear it up out there, I may even put a shoe box out and see if I can get some change. Maybe it will help if I roll around in the dirt and wear old clothes haha.

today for lunch we went down to a little market area that is down on the river. They have these little stands that sell potatoes and waffles to go. I had one of the waffles a month or so ago, it was delicious (minus the pineapple that tasted like dead fish). So I got a potato today, and it must've weighed 3 pounds. No joke.

. and . it . was . delicious . down . to . the . last . spoonful .

I also watched Boondocks Saints tonight. that movie is da bomb diggity!! I was gonna make some of the popcorn I got from my fam, but I remember that I dont have a microwave....doh. Any suggestions on how to pop it? I feel like cutting open the bag and dumping the kernels into a covered pot on the stove is a horrible idea. I'm open to suggestions.

ok! gotta get some sleep so I can make some paper juggling tomorrow! love peace and mega potato grease