{"id":24918,"date":"2011-10-20T12:17:46","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T19:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=24918"},"modified":"2011-10-20T12:17:46","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T19:17:46","slug":"damned-date-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=24918","title":{"rendered":"Damned Date Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday I woke up at my normal time and felt a whole lot better. The acupuncture <\/a>and tens treatment I’d had Monday worked wonders. I had a\u00a0new-found\u00a0love of acupuncture. Now I want to buy more Groupon and Living Social deals for acupuncture treatment and do it more often.<\/p>\n

I had an appointment mid-morning so I headed to the gym before that. I hopped on the treadmill for a four mile run and felt great. My sacrum irritation that had been bugging me for a few days wasn’t present. My knees felt good. It was an all around good workout.\u00a0Loving running again! Even if it IS on a treadmill! I followed up with free weights afterward. I wanted to skip the machines and just focus on my arms. I was doing so good<\/em>\u00a0before I took a break from lifting weights.<\/p>\n

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I decided to do a Nike Training Club workout for the arms–only 15 minutes but it was a good little workout.<\/p>\n

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\nI modified the medicine ball push-up and instead did regular push-ups. It was just more comfortable for me. Things that require a lot of balance aren’t my thing. \ud83d\ude09 Just ask Michael.<\/p>\n

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\nIt was a great sweat. I felt good getting my workout done early and having the rest of the day for appointments and then a work training. \u00a0If you’re a fitness nut, how do you get in extra focus on a certain body part? Any websites or workouts you prefer for arms?<\/p>\n

GYM STATS:<\/strong>
\nTime: 1:34<\/strong>
\nCalories Burned: 645
\nDistance Run: 4.41 miles\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nTuesday evening Michael and I headed out for the Chuck Palahniuk<\/a> reading and signing for his new book! It was held at the Bagdad Theatre<\/a>. I’ve been a huge Chuck fan for years. The first book I ever read of his was Invisible Monsters<\/a> and it was so different and so disturbing and moving that I fell in love with him as a writer. I devoured the rest of his books (except for Fight Club–haven’t read it yet and not sure I want to because I love the movie so much).<\/p>\n

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\nWe got there thirty minutes before the doors opened and got in line so we’d get good seats. And we did get great seats, only a few rows from the front.<\/p>\n

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\nThere was another writer there for the Q&A and I’m really interested in reading her book<\/a> now too. It sounded like she was a great writer. They introduced Chuck and they did a Q&A first. It was hilarious! He was such a great speaker: entertaining, funny, offensive. The questions were from the Powell’s<\/a> website and they varied from idiotic to funny.<\/p>\n

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\nThen Chuck read a short story that he wrote. I guess on his book tours he writes a new short story and reads it to the audience instead of reading an excerpt from the newest book.<\/p>\n

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\nThe short story was funny, offensive and bizarre but he’s such a good writer and speaker it sucked me in immediately. Despite it’s offensive nature it had a sweet message at the end. Then they tossed out souvenirs to the crowd–a giant inflatable brain signed by Chuck (which Michael caught) and a giant inflatable skeleton (which I caught). We also got signed copies of his newest book, Damned<\/a>. I can’t wait to read it!<\/p>\n

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Buy it!<\/p><\/div>\n

After the show Michael and I stopped at Dot’s Cafe for dinner. It was late and not much was open.<\/p>\n

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\nI ordered the BLT sandwich. For some reason nothing really appealed to me. I was hungry, for sure, because I hadn’t eaten since about 4pm. But nothing sounded good. So BLT it was.<\/p>\n

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\nSometimes basics are good.\u00a0The night ended happy. I was so glad we’d gotten tickets to see Chuck! It was a fun, different kind of Date Night. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

QUESTION: Are you a Chuck fan? What’s your favorite book?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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