Day 197: Gym Endurance, or lack Thereof

 

July 16th, 2011What a long, yet super pleasant day I had. I woke up relatively early at around 8am, proud that I was able to wake up early so naturally. Sadly, I went back to sleep, waking up at around noon and finally ready to leave for breakfast at 1 pm. Breakfast somehow magically evolved into lunch as me and Geetha went to Pick up Stik. The food was rather disappointing, only because in comparison to Panda Express, it was so much less food. Only 1 side, plus not that much rice to begin with. It was tragic indeed, but because we went back to my place, I ate a bowl of hot delicious noodles, as well as showered.

Me and Geetha then proceeded back to her apartment complex, where we worked out at her gym, where I took my subsequent picture of the day on a treadmill. It was rather lame because I realized my lack of endurance, as she ran for a full 30 minutes, and I only ran for a subsequent 10 minutes (and this was in between turning on the TV, walking around being annoying, and subsequent other duties). She showered at her place, where I tried desperately to use her internet, but could not connect successfully. So, instead of doing so, I watched yet another exciting episode of Breaking Bad. Before we departed for my place we got some milk and frozen lasagna from Von’s. We came back to my place, started cooking, and went on our wee little way watching Despicable Me (only finishing half of it), a super cute movie as always <24. Geetha seemed to enjoy it, and the lasagna seemed to have a delicious time (in our mouths, of course). Frozen Lasagna > Hamburger Helper. We went back to her place where we hung out and chillaxed for a bit.

On this day in 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project comes to an explosive end as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Plans for the creation of a uranium bomb by the Allies were established as early as 1939, when Italian emigre physicist Enrico Fermi met with U.S. Navy department officials at Columbia University to discuss the use of fissionable materials for military purposes. That same year, Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin Roosevelt supporting the theory that an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction had great potential as a basis for a weapon of mass destruction. In February 1940, the federal government granted a total of $6,000 for research. But in early 1942, with the United States now at war with the Axis powers, and fear mounting that Germany was working on its own uranium bomb, the War Department took a more active interest, and limits on resources for the project were removed.

China spoke out strongly Sunday against a meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, saying it “hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and harmed Sino-U.S. relations.” “This action seriously interfered with China’s internal affairs,” said Ma Zhaoxu, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, in a statement, adding that officials have lodged formal complaints with their U.S. counterparts in Beijing and Washington. Obama met with the Dalai Lama on Saturday in Washington, commending the Tibetan spiritual leader on his commitment to nonviolence and pursuit of the “Middle Way” approach with China, the White House said in a statement. EW.

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