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A pleasant evening out; gym
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nnaloh was in New York for a few days after the SF Research Association shindig in White Plains, and got a few people together for dinner last night. I'm glad to have been one of them. I could have felt out of place, the other five being two professional editors (sdn and Ellen Datlow) and three fiction writers (Nalo, Ama Peterson, and Andrea Hairston), but that didn't really occur to me until I was on my way home. There was some science-fiction-related conversation (writing, fine points of reprint rights, the shapes of awards, Wiscon), along with stuff about dolls (Nalo showed off a couple of statuettes she'd just picked up), quite a bit about gender and transgender stuff, and a moment where Ellen joked "What's exercise?" and I said "it's how I get endorphins between tattoo sessions."We were at Shun Lee Cafe, which I'm guessing Nalo picked either for location or because her hosts recommended it; the food made me miss Chinatown (where I'd have been fed better dim sum for significantly less money, and where Hunan anything, after the waiter asked if we wanted it spicy, would have had noticeable spiciness. But they let us sit for three and a half hours, talking and nibbling and drinking (mostly water and tea).
I dealt with last night's missing Chinatown by hopping down there after working out this morning, getting one of my usual things at Excellent Dumpling, and picking up a roast pork bun at a random bakery and eating it as I strolled back to the subway.
Cardio, 21 minutes, top heart rate 146. (Now that the World Cup is past the first round, they're not playing early enough in the day for me to watch while I do my cardio.)
Chest press, 75 pounds, 12, 10
Calf lift, 75 pounds, 14, 9; 65 pounds, 11. By the end of this I noticed that my left hamstring was very tight. Hence, I rearranged what came next, but it wasn't for another ten or fifteen minutes that it occurred to me to go do hamstring stretches on the device I always use at the end of my workout.
Adjustable row, 80 pounds, 3 sets of 15. Not quite as much attention to form as last time, but I think I did okay.
Tricep pulldown, 50 pounds, 15, 15, 11; 45 pounds, 4
[Pause here for hamstring stretches]
Leg press, 280 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Wrist curl (back to the bar), 40 pounds, 15, 10; 35 pounds, 15
Balance ~fly, 50 pounds, 15 with each leg forward
Crunches, 30, 14 (my abdomen started feeling a little odd during the second set, so I stopped)
Back arch, 17 (since I do those sets after the crunches, they got cut short too)
Yoga tree, 4 sets of {3 on each leg}. Yes, it's part of the same set of mat work, in my mind, but uses very different parts of me, and feels more important.
Balance lateral raise, 5 pounds per hand, 2 sets of 15. 2.5 pounds/hand, 15. Slipped off once during the second set.
Hip abduction, 90 pounds, 2 sets of 13
Hip adduction, 110 pounds, 13, 9 (I did the abduction sets first and last, with these two in between)
Bicep curl, 30-pound bar, 3 sets of 20.
Stretches (the full set)
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*bow* back
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Did I actually make it seem like a place you'd want to go?
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In fact, checking, the place near my office is Shih Lee.