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Super Mario Is Too Cute for Me (Part 3) – Mad Chaos: February 21, 1999

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Gloating After the Rally

Finishing our little rally driving adventure which no one wanted to end we took our thoughts and our content smiles to Mobil in Campbelltown as we gloated about our performances. Jett was labeled the sick cunt as he took us through at breakneck speeds and considering we didn’t know what to expect, it was a pretty good rush. I was labeled the crazy one and the one with the lead foot and because I was also unpredictable with my lead foot they were all grabbing onto their seats, plus, I have no license.

Tatton was just the grandfather of the bunch but an old man who ran off the road more times than on because his concentration was as dark and dismal as the night. Shawn was the overachiever as he probably thought he was the closest to being a rally driver but he did serve the goods, 180’s and some nice mud slides. All in all, the conversation we had at Mobil was promising as we also had thoughts of getting out Shawn’s video recorder and hooking up a night time run out there while we taped it.

In fact, Sunday night is supposed to be the day that Shawn takes out his video recorder, let’s see what happens. Pumping up the tires and cleaning the car midst our conversation we chatted about buying cheap cars and taking them out for rally drives. Alas, this for the most of us is just a pipe-dream and although I was thinking of buying a cheap car I know my buying a car won’t depend on that rally driving experience.

Super Mario Falls Short

From Mobil we jumped back in Tatton’s car with Shawn driving and headed past Chevy’s to see the ladies who were coming out. The time was 3:00 a.m. and basically after doing our cruise down the main street we headed home. Getting back home a couple of minutes after that I basically played Super Mario for the next two hours to see what Lyssa’s fascination was with this game, I couldn’t really find one.

The game is pretty good but it’s not intense enough for me to get into, it’s too cute. I like games of carnage, of killing, of using the mind for mindful thinking, shit like that. Give me a game where I have to save the world with firepower, where I have to use my mind to open new endeavors in the game, that’s my sort of knowledgeable experience.

Am I sad that I have to give the Nintendo to Lyssa, not at all. Apart from Lyssa deserving it more than me, I have no real use for it. The games cost too much money and there’s no ability to pirate games. You see, if I had a Playstation not only could I get pirated games for cheap prices but I could also use it as a CD player, cool shit.

Lyssa Calls About My Secret

Now, to begin with Saturday’s day, let me note that I was called at 10:30 a.m. Lyssa was on the other end and knowing that she would give me a call before leaving to see her dad I was sleepy but able to chat with her. Lyssa asked me what I had done for the night before and in her sarcastic way she said “Did you do the business you had to do but couldn’t tell me”.

If Lyssa doesn’t know something that everyone else does she’s the most upset person on this planet’s face. Lyssa does get little ‘I wanna know’ tantrums, just thought I’d let me know. Informing Lyssa that all was fine she asked what the big deal was.

All I gave away to Lyssa was that I had a present for her at my house that she would greatly appreciate and it could be for the 21st of this month, today. Telling Lyssa the untruth that I had bought the present from Ace I had to get the people in jeopardy out in the clear. Also, I told Lyssa how Keith got me money for free and how I didn’t have to pay him back. Lyssa didn’t sound too inclined to ask what the present was but believe me, she will be surprised.

Racing to the Gym

Lyssa let me get back to sleep and as I did I slept way until 3:00 p.m. Waking myself up I knew I had a short while to get ready for the Gym if I was indeed going to head off. Knowing I did indeed want to head for the Gym I had something to eat and then I had a shower and before I knew it, the time was 4:00 p.m.

Knowing now that the clock at Olympus Gym is ten minutes fast I quickly arranged all for the Gym and jogged half of the way down there. Once there I only had 40 minutes to train and undoubtedly that wasn’t nearly enough time but I did get all of my Chest and most of my Biceps done. Here now will I print my workout for Saturday…

Chest and Biceps Only

Chest: Starting with a 1 minute warm-up on the bikes I carried on and done three sets of warm-ups for the Chest area using different apparatuses. My first real set was with Bench Press and loading the weight up with 170 pounds I asked for assistance. Now I’m not sure to include this set because I feel I got more help than he was saying but he thinks I finished off 8 reps before he had to help a smidgen, I think it’s something like 3 reps.

Not feeling much on that set I moved on to Peck Deck Fly’s and with 170 pounds I created 15 reps. Moving to Dips I managed 11 reps before conking out. Clearly in a hurry I made my way to Machine Seated Bench Press and with 180 pounds created 6 reps.

Taking a rest I set the weight down to 160 pounds and another 8 reps. Moving to Incline Dumbbell Press with 60 pounders and somewhat tired I completed 7 reps. Cable Crossovers was next and as usual, with 50 pounds on each side I created 12 reps. Placing the weight up to 60 pounds I bent over to create 12 more reps. Lastly, I completed a set of pullovers with 70 pounds and 10 reps.

Biceps: Starting with a warm-up I moved to Preacher Cable Curls and with 60 pounds moved the bulk of it for 6 reps. Moving to the straight bar Preacher Cable Curl I finished off 4 more reps with 50 pounds. One Arm Dumbbel Preacher Curls was next and with 35 pounds I created 10 reps per arm. Lastly I moved to Standing Cable Curls and completing only 4 reps with 70 pounds I decreased 10 pounds each set for three sets to complete 6 reps extra altogether.

Last One Out

When 5:00 p.m. arrived I had to be out of there. The music had stopped and I was basically the last in the Gym apart from Zubin and his big Lebanese friend who trains with him. The rest of Saturday night I guess I could talk about right now but considering I took a break to play the Nintendo (Where I rented John Madden 99) the time is now too late, 6:12 a.m.

Lyssa should have had a good night for Saturday I hope. Well, I hope no one tried to harass her and by that I mean those perverted brothers where one is married to her Aunt. This morning in a couple of hours I’m expecting Lyssa to give me a call and I’m also expecting her to ask me to meet her in Tempe but I’ll just have to see how tired I am. If all breaks up, I’ll probably have to invite Lyssa to my house considering she’ll probably prefer to play Super Mario over anything anyway. The time is now to sleep and therefore, if I must, I must…

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