iPod Saved Me

For the first time in years, I had a long road trip with my family yesterday. With my dad at the wheel, it took us 3 hours each way to get to Metamora, IL and home again. That's 6 hours of sharing the backseat of a pickup with my grandmother, enjoying the beautiful scenery of Illinois.

Thank you iPod shuffle and travel pillow.

PS: I love my grandma. She is a wonderful woman, and makes fantastic Rice Krispie Squares, of which I have eaten about 10 in the past 2 days. Just sayin.'

PPS: I need to find some covers for my ear buds for long trips such as this one. The ears were a bit sore today.

50 Miles- Finished

I stated out May with a public goal to jog 40 miles by the end of the month. I realized early on that my pacing was going to lead me well beyond that, and set my personal goal to make it to 50. This made me pretty nervous, because 50's a really big number. Looking back at my very first jogging goal, my exact justification was "Eric can do 50, why can't I do 25?"

But I did it. Yea. and it's only the 26th of the month. So anything beyond is purely enrichment.

And in case you're wondering, here's the prize.

This Explains A Lot

Several points that caught my eye in the analysis of my supposed personality type:

ENFP

"They tend to get bored quickly, especially if a newer, more interesting project comes along. They also tend to be procrastinators..."

"ENFPs have what some call a "silly switch." They can be intellectual, serious, all business for a while, but whenever they get the chance, they flip that switch and become CAPTAIN WILDCHILD... Sometimes they may even appear intoxicated when the "switch" is flipped."

"Some have real difficulty being alone , especially on a regular basis."

"ENFPs sometimes can be blindsided by their secondary Feeling function. Hasty decisions based on deeply felt values may boil over with unpredictable results.

"Intuition leans heavily on feeling for meaning and focus. Its best patterns reflect the interesting points of people, giving rise to caricatures of manner, speech and expression."

"ENFPs are strongly influenced by the opinions of their friends"

And, who knew, I share the same personality type as the Fresh Prince of Bel Aire.

(Thanks to Josh for showing me the fun to be had with Jungian Personality typing. Props.)

I Wonder...

...when my hands and feet fall asleep in the middle of the night, and I wake up to shake them back to life, what is it that's really waking me up? Is it the fact that my extremitites are dying, and my body's trying to prevent me from losing limbs, or is it just that I have to get up and go to the bathroom, and it's a helpful coincidence that I can now get the blood flowing again?

Thai Food Is Really Hot

Ee-Sane is a cute little Thai restaurant on Milwaukee's East Side, right next to Collector's Edge comic book store. It's the type of place that you would probably pass by, unless you were actually in the mood for some serious Thai food. Quite honestly, I can't say that I've ever been in the mood for Thai food at all, much less the serious stuff.

But a group of us decided last night to forgo Jimmy John's and try out this little place, on the recommendation of some people at GE. There was some doubt as to whether we would make it before the kitchen closed, and whether it would live up to expectations (there were none).

We were not disappointed. Everyone ordered something different, with differing degrees of spiciness (they use a scale of 1-10, but even a 5 drew an "oh no" from our waiter), and we had a plethora of food. The flavors were all unique, the noodles left everyone satisfied, and the heat kept you warm on the the inside when it was chilly on the outside.

A very fun time had by all, from sit down to fortune cookies. I don't know if my mouth can handle the leftovers, though.