Recreational Running

Heya, this post is going to be a little more personal. Up to now I mainly rambled on about random stuff, in this here post I will let you in on my life a little.

As I mentioned before, I did a BA thesis that was due January. In order to be able to focus and remain calm, I started running back in November.
Healthy mind, healthy body. That kind of stuff.
And trust me it helps tremendously. Running through the woods has a very calming, cleansing effect on me. It lets you ponder a day's events, reflect on a thought you couldn't quite finish at the desk, or just go into idle mode and run and run and run...

And it helps you loose weight as well.
Back in early December this here tubby boy weighed a whooping 87.5 kg at 1.86m.
That's 193 pounds at 6'1". Not outright fat, but I felt too heavy.
I started running seriously only after I finished my thesis, but I have been running 3 times a week now, for some time.
I started at 4kms(2.5 miles), and then went up to 6 km and today I ran a whooping 9.5km aka 5.9 miles.
And I just realized I now weigh 80.7 kg or 178 pounds.
I lost 15 pounds, without actually changing my diet at all.

I am actually quite thrilled to see this work. I have never been much of a sports enthusiast (apart from e-sports, "would you like to see my micro" nerd stuff, which I quit cold-turkey style in January), so I am surprised to see I am good at this.
My goal for now is to be able to run 15 km (9.3 miles) in one session. That's a good distance to be able to run the usual 10km "competitions" for fun with some energy to spare.

And if I can ever manage, my longterm goal is to run a marathon, at least once. Preferably Boston or New York. But I hate running on tarmac...
We'll see, for now, it's laps in the park for me.

Hetero-hate or just sloppy spelling?

So I went to the Munich Bladenight last Monday.
Yeah I know it's a week now, but I just discovered something that I thought I'd share.

The website www.s2d8.com sells these hip latex/rubber/whatever material wristbands that are oh so in fashion these days.
Only these are not for breast cancer awareness or other charity reasons, these convey your dating willingness and sexual preference in a neat colour code.
So last Monday, they gave some away for free. All of these were colour coded yellow/black. This, according to the attached business-card sized flyer, means the wearer is looking for "DATES! (Today? asap? Now?)"

Which is all I checked before tugging the thing in my pocket for later disposal in the next trash can.

Why do I come back to this now?
Well, I forgot to trash it, and found the wristband in my pocket when preparing my gear for tonight's Bladenight.
And as I was about to fling it into the my litter bin, my trained translator's eye saw this:
As I mentioned the flyer attached reveals the colour codes of the bands, with a description.



What caught my eye was the bottom explanation for the colours orange and pink.
Pink as you may have guessed means "Gay", as usual.
However apparently orange means you are a "Hetro".
Yeah that's right "hetro" not "hetero"
At first I thought it was a spelling mistake, but then I remembered I had seen it before. So I checked.
For those of you who don't know yet, there is a very useful slang dictionary out there on the web called www.urbandictionary.com that has all kinds of slang words explained.

And upon entering "hetro", what does it come up with?

"2. Hetro

Slang for straight people, sometimes used in a derogatory fashion by gay people who dont(sic) like straight people. Like homo is used by straight people to put gays down.
1. "I'm a hetro"
2. "Look at those damn hetros walking around like they own the place" "

So the question remains, is this some sort of hetero-bashing, or just a really funny spelling mistake? It is after all a website in German, and marketing people are not always known for their excellent English-skills.
On their website, they are apparently able to spell "hetero" correctly, which makes it seem like an unintentional mistake.
I also doubt many Germans notice this or would even give a shit.
Anyway, it made me chuckle and I thought I'd share it with you.


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Idle and Indifferent?

So far, blogging is going slow on my side. Maybe my life isn't all that interesting after all or maybe I am just a little lazy, as usual.
However, methinks that is no reason to give up entirely.
Hence, I shall post at least 1 post per week from now on, and to force myself to do so, I will include a note in my calendar to remind me of it.
Could be my posts are somewhat trivial at times, but then again only practice makes perfect and who knows, I might just be able to present even mediocre events in interesting posts...
We'll see.
Fell free to scold me if I am boring.