Highlights of my Day... Tuesday, July 7

1. Via the beauty of the Internet, I made my own peanut butter

2. … and almond butter

3. … AND protein ice cream!!! Although, I must admit that my butter wasn’t so great and my mocha latte protein ice cream was missing the recipe required coconut extract that but at 70 grams of protein, 16 grams of carbs, 12 grams of fat, and only 300 calories per serving, the heck with that coconut extract; it was delish!

4. As of 1:10pm I became officially student-mark-free… cool! And for the record, no I definitely didn’t give into that stalkerish-mother and her stalkerish-son (now I see where he learned his stalker skills from) and no, I also didn’t give into that graduate student. I did however end up changing one student’s mark and it was only because I had made a simple mistake. I had forgotten to add in his final exam mark, no biggie though.

5. Gave myself a nasty “self-panda” at training today, well, Junior Mint kind of helped there. Ever since Panty Boy Jr.’s last fight where he went the full ten rounds and ended up with quite the swollen face (hence where the panda reference came from) Junior Mint and I have created this ongoing joke about pandas, as in panda bears and swollen boxer faces resembling them. Anyways, while doing pad work today, Junior Mint called out a new combo and I didn’t quite catch on and so his pad, my face, and me throwing a strong upper cut all made contact at once. Smack went the pad and the glove on my face and down I went. Junior Mint was practically in tears laughing as I laid on the boxing ring floor with my face growing red by the second. I had smack my left eye pretty hard and was seeing stars.

6. Tea time with Kitty Cat always seems eventful as Tom N’ Toms overlooks downtown Cheonan where action never seems to stop. Last time it was the multi-tasking walking-puking man but today’s entertainment came in the form of a fight. We weren’t really sure what started the fight but it was between two grown men, one of which who’s son tried to break up the fight and the other of which who’s wife thought she’d return to the scene of the crime with her husband in the car. The end result, the one dude chased after the car and then left with the other guy’s bike. Come on guys, can’t we just settle things like real men… rock-paper-scissors?!

7. Scored oatmeal from Kitty Cat and then Snickers showed up with a container full of pickled onions and garlic from K-Gere… wicked!!! Now if only I could some how integrate the two in a recipe… hahaha.

8. Oh gosh, the things that Snickers is learning from me would shock most people… hahaha. Beyond the random English vocabulary we’re making up and the funny tid bits I’m teaching him about Western culture, he’s been coming up with the strangest of strange questions… hahaha. I had told him once about my male bodybuilding Canadian buddies who shave their entire bodies because it helps show the muscle and definition more. Well, tonight after weight training, he rushed out of the guy’s change room, all eager to tell me that he saw some foreign dude naked. I think he's Ukrainan, or something; definitely European and he doesn't speak English. Anyways, Snickers had connected the story of the “personal grooming” habits of my buddies with what he saw during shower time and so he blurted out “You’re wrong Amy… he MUST be a Canadian!” Leave it to Snickers to tell me some strange and deranged story like that… hahaha.

9. After training we went for a late, late dinner. It was midnight but the restaurant beside Sambu is open 24 hours and so we headed there for a quick bite. Snickers loves making a fool out of himself for the sake of getting a good giggle out of me and tonight he definitely succeeded with getting quite the giggle out of me.

10. … he got more than just a giggle out of me though, he also got my soup. The last time anything strange came out my nose was a bloody nose I scored while playing field hockey in high school, some ten years ago or so but tonight the strangest of strange came out my nose… my soup. Yup, that’s right. Snickers thought it’d be funny to spit out his rice at the dinner table with his A.D.D. impersonation and so I had but a split second to grab my hand towel to stop the flow of soup that was coming out my nose… oh my gosh!!!

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What's the strangest thing that's ever come out of your nose?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Humor is a reminder that no matter how high the throne one sits on, one sits on one's bottom.
-- Taki