1) So earlier this week, I made a decision to enter a hot dog eating contest. Basically a friend of mine has a friend who owns a new hot dog joint in Virginia Beach, they're looking for contestants, and I decided to give it a shot. I've basically in the middle of 48 hours of training where I am eating 99% fruits and vegetables and drinking the equivalent of the Mississippi River in water. Lettuce, celery, peppers, spinach, kale, and watermelon. And I have become an expert on the conversion of ounces to pints and quarts. I have drink so much water that I have become physically uncomfortable. My Max out meal is in one hour, eating basically what I just described, except more of it. I really have no idea how many hot dogs I'll be able to eat in 30 minutes tomorrow, but why not go for it?
2) As disappointing as my experience was being alone at the Guy Fieri pizza parlor opening, I enjoyed my experience at the taco dive just as much. Free food and drinks for 2 hours, a wall of hot sauces, homemade salsas, pickled vegetables, and a wall covered, with cassette tapes, vinyl records, and compact discs. I was halfway searching on the walls around looking for VCR tapes. And the tacos were excellent, I especially enjoyed the carne asada and the al pastor. Only wish I'd found the shrimp diablo.
3) I guess I'm just wired in a way to stand up for the underdog. Whether that's certain sports teams, wrestling promotions, entertainment, political views, human rights views, I guess a have a heart for the oppressed, the rejected, and the misunderstood.
4) Very happy for mom that she's moving to Cary again after 16 years away. I pray for her health, happiness, and joy in this next phase of her life. She's earned it.
5) Maybe the fakest thing in the world is how love is portrayed in movies and on TV. In real life, it's about impossible to find, way harder to keep, and you have to do everything perfectly to keep a good person with you.
