Borat for President!!

My weekend started by taking advantage of the government holdiday on Friday. Lee, Emad, Dragan, and I tried out a newly opened south loop restaurant (which was over-priced and under-sized) then headed out for a matinee. For the bargain matinee price of $8 we saw Borat. This movie was disturbingly hilarious. I had trouble breathing at one point. I had trouble watching at another. The movie is so over the PC edge it is unbelievable. One scene is just so wrong I had to shield my eyes. I would highly recommend it to anyone.

Yesterday was the big Sears Tower stair climb. 103 floors and 2109 steps. I've been training in my building for about a month and my goal was to finish under 25 minutes. My time two years ago was about 26 1/2 minutes. Well I started a little faster than I wanted to because in the first few floors several "ladies" refused to move to the right to allow faster climbers past so I had to kind of sprint around them which took a little extra out of me. I got back on track but I forgot to start my watch at the starting line so I wasn't exactly sure how I was doing. By the 75th floor my hands were so sweaty I could barely pull on the rail anymore. I got a little cramp in my stomach around 80 or so but pushed on to the finish. Lee and I arrived together at the top (which means he beat me by 7 seconds) where I felt a little like I was going to puke but managed to keep the pukeless streak alive. I was fully recovered in less than 5 minutes but the real question was when or if my brother Matt was going to finish. I started worrying after 3 fighter fighters (including a chick) in full gear complete with air tank finished and he still wasn't there. It had been about 45 minutes from the start time. But alas at about the 48 minute mark the afro clad liberal emerge from the stair well red-faced and sweaty. He claims he got dizzy at about 65 and stopped for 10 minutes. Oh yeah, Lee kept time on his watch and we finished just over 24 minutes so MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

Two hours after the climb I was on the court playing in my rec hoops game. I felt good, played about 20 minutes, and scored a season high 4 points. After lying around all afternoon I made a big dinner and dessert for me and the bro. It was a very productive day. And today, I'm not sore at all. I guess I'm in decent shape.

I don't know if there are any My Chemical Romance fans out there but I love the new album. They are playing at the Aragon Brawlroom on Lawrence on Dec 15th. Anyone interested in coming with?