Kudos to Herman for sending this link:
http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2007/08/happy-monday.html

Which contains this logo of the (Microsoft) Zune mp3 player:

ROFL. The original:

LOL. Meet Kane (kah-ne) my cane:

As you might (or mightn't) know, I went surfing this weekend for the first time. Our private lesson began at 1PM last Saturday and I tweaked my ankle (i.e., landed on it) about 30 minutes into the "class" — after writhing in the Pacific (ocean) for a good 5 minutes, I shook it off and got back on the rented longboard to paddle. How the hech do you hurt your ankle at sea? It's not really that difficult if you wipe out at the shallowest part, i.e., close to shore. >_<

Ahhhh… It was soooooo much fun, though. The good news: even with a tweaked ankle, I was able to finally stand on the board; the surf instructor was cute; both my ankles are now officially "cankles" — thanks to a previous right-ankle injury whilst @ university, both right and now left look very much the same and ugly! The bad news is, I probably should take a week or two off from running! Crapz0rs! LOL, I'm going to feel the suffering in October during the 1/2 marathon.

So lessons learned this weekend:
1. When wiping out, make sure your bum falls into the water first… then again, I don't want to break my tailbone… K, nvm… lesson is: try not to wipe out in shallow waters.

2. Wrap and ice injured ankle immediately; don't walk 3 blocks to the market, go shopping, carry the groceries home and then writhe in pain again in the evening wondering-why-the-hech-you-walked-that-far-with-a severely-swollen-ankle.

3. Canes are your friend (and so is the CVS pharmacy!)

I'm back in our "Beach House"…. That is, my sis' place in La Jolla, CA. LOL! I woke up late and missed the first 45 minutes of my Chelsea match, so I'm trying to catch the 2nd half (we're in the lead!)

Anyway, I'm "back" here cos I'm going to learn how to surf later this afternoon! Hehehe…

BTW, how are you doing with your training runs, Sheryl and Lisa?

You probably have noticed (if not, go notice! lol) that I've added yet another entry to my growing list of left-column items (see yer left! lol)… This time, I've added the "app" called 43 things. It's funny cos I was given a link to this by my next-door neighbor (thanks Pat!)

I've put 2 so far (with things I want to learn) and have 1 (with things I've done)… As I get used to the site's interface, you'll probably see that list grow.

Anyway, I thought it was pretty neat to share and find out how many people (who know about that site anyway) want to learn what you want to learn. You can also send yourself an email reminder on when you want to start learning! LOL perfect for a professional procrastinator like, me.

Check out the site, here.

Sitting in my sis' living room ATM and will be ready to take off for the beach in about 2 hours… The beach (La Jolla Shores, to be exact) happens to be 1.5 blocks away so it's pretty neat! I'm just going to take my longboard and cruise there. ^_^

Speaking of La Jolla Shores, I'll be meeting with some of my "online" friends (actually, I've already met them IRL many times before but still call them my online friends…) for a picnic @ the beach. It should be neat — a couple of people flew in from different parts of the country just for this picnic… ^_^

Happy August!

p.s.,
Sis put us to work immediately (she just moved here from La Jolla Colony last week) so we've been helping her unpacking and such! LOL. It's cool… we can relax later.