American Parkour

Too far from us. Sorry.

Any age, any skill. Do what you can.

Something to help you feel better on a cold night:

Boiling Water
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons fresh ginger, minced
1 freshly ground/grated cinnamon bark
2 anise seed pods or 1/4th teaspoon five-spice powder.
Pinch of cayenne pepper for added kick

1.) Combine honey, ginger, cinnamon, anise seed pods and cayenne pepper.
2.) Add as much boiling water as needed to dissolve honey.
3.) Let steep for 5 minutes, each ginger pieces as you go along, or if you can't manage that, strain of solids and drink.

Give me your phone number, I want to talk to you.

Yes, there are plenty of freeweights at UMCP, you can use them as long as the gym's open.

I'll try to find someone who knows how to lift to show you the proper technique.

1.) Be respectful to the police. If they have issue with you practicing, don't practice.

2.) Be respectful to the flow of traffic in your school. Don't accidentally collide with anyone.

3.) Register with your school as soon as possible, try to find a sympathetic staff member to sponsor you (if necessary).

4.) Generally, how intense or casual you are is really up to you. Our club at UMCP is casual. If you can secure gym space though, you can be more intense. If you can't secure gym space, there's no strong need to become official, imo.

I think you have to be part of the Maryland network to join. Anyway, look forward to seeing you there.

Here's a simple exercise to help you with shopping, and to get you acquainted with ingredients you may not have heard of before.

1.) List five ingredients you always have on hand.
2.) List five ingredients you sometimes have on hand.
3.) List five ingredients you never have on hand, but want to for some reason or another
4.) List five ingredients you will never and shall never have on hand.


Five things I always have on hand:

1.) The Chinese Trinity: Green onions, garlic and ginger (yes, I know those are three things). They add tons of flavor and nutrients to pretty much anything you cook, without adding too many calories.
2.) Eggs: Good source of protein, and easy for a college student to just make in the morning after pulling an all-nighter.
3.) Rest of the chicken: Chicken is relatively cheap for meat, which helps if you're broke. It's also easy to cook.
4.) Rice vinegar (dark): This adds flavor very effectively as well.
5.) Yogurt: Great pick-me-up as a snack.


Five Things I Sometimes Have:

1.) Olive Oil: It's good for you, but I don't shop at western supermarkets that often. I usually use canola oil.
2.) Soy Sauce: Tastes great, not good for you.
3.) Nori: It's good stuff, but I can't find a role for it at times.
4.) Shrimp: Fish is better for you, but fish costs more money and frequently isn't as flavorful as shrimp.
5.) Ground Beef: It's more expensive than chicken, but it's also pretty useful.


Five Things I Want To Have More Of.

1.) Oily Fish: If I wasn't broke, I'd buy more of this stuff. And I can't stand the taste of canned tuna, so I'm not eating it.
2.) Steak: Sadly, a lack of a grill in my apartment building makes this impossible.
3.) Curry spices: I can never seem to remember this for some reason or another.
4.) Lamb: Lamb is good, but it's difficult to find and costs $$$ that I don't have.
5.) Bacon: If only it wasn't awful for you, I'd have it 10 times a day. But it's awful for you.

Five Things I Will Never Have

1.) Potato Chips: I don't see the point.
2.) Iced Tea/Sweet Tea: Although any southerner will rip my head off for saying this, sweet tea sucks. There, I said it. *dodges bullets*
3.) Protein Powder: Blech. Tastes nasty. I don't care if I'll never bulk up, I can't do protein powder.
4.) Packaged Cheese: Those yellow slices must be what they eat in hell.
5.) White Bread: Flavorless and filled with sugar. No thanks.

"In 1982 he suffered two accidents, the first in January at the age of 19 and the second in September at the age of 20. He fell 15 metres (49 ft) on both occasions. He suffered multiple fractures and now suffers from permanent vertigo [1]."-From Alain Robert's wiki page.

I'm not quite in the mood for multiple fractures and permanent vertigo.

Oh noes! I locked myself out of my apartment by accident. Didn't want to pay locksmith $50.

Only shelter seems to be the school library.

Sleep schedule messed up again. ARGH.