During Times Like These

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Things I hate

Opening the package of a new dress shirt.

Today is so surreal

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Now that it's October

People need to lighten up. Taking things to seriously, for real. I saw a camel, drinking water from a puddle on the side of the road. People were like, "damn, that camel is drinking". Well damn, camels get thirsty? No shit they get thirsty. You get thirsty? Of course you do.

October is the tenth month of the year. It is the only standard month in the english language that starts with O. The significance of it starting with O and being the tenth month is not a coincidence. This was by design when the months were standardized in the mid '60s.

I fucking hate September

It's over now. My world becomes gloomy. Less sunlight, brown moist earth, it's as if everything is falling asleep, or dying. The first step is the hardest.

I neglected you. The one time a month I acknowledge your existence, period. Am I sorry?




Push Publish

I left my work bag in the locker room last week

I realized it when i popped my truck open. It wasn't there. It took me ten seconds to realize where i left it. And so i drove back. It's a pleasant 25 mile drive each way, no traffic. I found it where i left it. Took it back and went on my way.

Could i learn from the experience? The cause of the error is one that is hard to avoid. There was about three minutes between leaving the locker room and entering my car that i could have fixed the issue. In those three minutes i didn't realize the lightness of the carry load. I don't actively think about my work bag. Just as i don't actively think about if i have pants on, i just have to assume that i do. Because it's one less thing on my mind.

I don't quite understand... Predicted words.

I don't quite understand why people are so many people are so cute and I have to be a good day to be a good time to get a new one is the best thing ever is when you have to be a good day to be a good time to get a good day to be a good day to day basis of the day I will be a good day to be a good day for me to be a good day to be a good time to get a good day to be a good day to day basis of the day I will be a good day to be a good day for me to be a good day.

*written with the first option of predictive text.

Pocketing the change

Would you happen to have a dollar?

If not you are in good company. Americans today carry around less cash than any other period in history. One industry, who's roots go back hundreds of years is now struggling through this period of change.


The pick pocketing industry is finding less and less actual cash reserves in venture. Pocketeers Inc. (PKTER) one of the large companies in the industry, rates this fake news post as abysmal. "What the hell? Am I being divorced?", said one exec who requested to remain anonymous. That request was denied when the comma in his statement appeared after the quotation.

Swooshings represent a reported 85% of all aircraft carrier death during the summer of 25AD, an abnormally purple season. Pockets of data in data packets pack data in pockets of pox. Warning signs include burning of the eyes, sleep tremors, extreme hair growth, numbness of the ear lobes, whistling and deep thought. Seek immediate medical attention if you experience Dolphin, as this could be a sign of permanent logarithmic exhaling.

Write in your Goddamn journal you fucking pussy

Peace. Banana. Rabbit. Popcorn. Southwest. Kidneys.

Non sense. No sense.

Almost Drunk Post

I used to do this a lot. Ramble incoherent characters in a state of non-soberness. Non-soberness was the best word that I could think of in my state. Cheap scotch instead of cheap anything. Most of my latest posts are about getting older. Of course I am. Get over it dumbass. My dog will probably die before me. I'll put my life on that. Shit's not even a good drunk post. I still make sense. Terrible, self-deprecating, fuck that I know I'm the shit. Selling my self short will only bring me less than what I want. Why is modesty a good characteristic? Tell me. Show me a modest animal in the wild, and I will show you a modest mouse. Such a modest mouse, I can't do it alone. Now what was that M.I.A song that used a Modest Mouse lyric? Probably from Kala. It improved. Issaquah.

I Can Relate

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/wiretap/forgotten-history-1.3012184?autoplay=true

Preface at 15:25, Story at 16:03

The Brooklyn Minotaur

One day I will tell my grandkids,

"we used to have this thing called paper"

Today is the last time the Seattle Post Intelligencer will print.

-written March 17, 2009. Unpublished drafts.

Boom

March. The word is stranger than the month. Looking at it, the 'm' doesn't look like it belongs in front of the arch. One vowel in the whole five letter word. The month is alright though. It's the get down to business month. It's passed the bs holidays and super short month's where people start or quit something because the month is so short. The third month is when stuff gets normal. You belong here? Elephant walrus hunter shot turquoise baboon. We weren't expecting that sentence, just like I didn't except this pho so quick.

Food Journal

Breakfast:
Three sardines
Napa
Rice

Lunch:
Sausage link
Napa
Rice

Dinner:
This thing:














Which is mostly rice.

Maybe I should cut down on rice.

Update on my resolution

I hope you are doing well. That's an excellent question. I am now starting to get into a workout rhythm. For the last three weeks, I have been able to go to the track. I still haven't seen a 14 but I know I am making progress. I am now going to the gym before going to work. Going after took too much mental effort. I always was a morning person. I have done exercise for six of the last seven days. My new plan allows me to time to exercise all seven days of the week if necessary.

I thing I still need to improve on is eating. I still sort of binge eat, but during work I am eating when I am hungry. I usually bring a pear and protein bar as a snack, along with my lunch. I haven't had a measurable loss of weight. I am thinking of recording what I eat and posting it daily. I will do that tonight.

End of me post. How about you?

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Goals for The Year of Two-Thousand and Fifteen

Run the 100 meter dash consistently in the 14s. Currently my best time, standing start, is 15.25s. This would mean that I would need to knock off at least a quarter second off my best time just to get in the fourteens. I still would need to improve more if I am to achieve a consistent 14 second range pace. I am considering 'consistent' to be having at least two runs in the 14s per outing for multiple weeks baring bad weather.

I will achieve this by two focusing on two things.

• Strength training, repetition, practice (regular scheduled workouts)
• Weight loss.

Working out will help by increasing strength and will goes hand in hand with weight loss. I have heard that the formula for speed is strength plus flexibility, speed improvement is obviously needed for time improvements.
This will be achieved by:

• Gym workouts after work, at least three times a week
• Track sessions on the weekends. The western hemisphere is now past the winter equinox, days are now getting longer. I should now have more time to run.

Weight loss will help. With less mass to carry around, my body can better propel itself forward. I am currently 6' at 200 lb when normally hydrated. I can afford to lose 15 pounds, which is 7.5% of my current body weight. You physics experts can workout how much energy saving that would be, I only teacher I ever hated was the teacher who taught physics at my high school. I blame that on my delayed interaction with physics, and the reason I fly.
This will be achieved by:

• Less binge eating. For too long I have stuffed myself with food. No more. Portion control for the rest of my days.
• Eat when I get hungry. At times at work I am too busy, and skip lunch until late in the afternoon. This causes me to eat things less desirable for healthy living, and can waste strength gains.
• Eat less fast food. Too much fat, and salt.
• As stated before, regular workouts.

With these new process changes, I will be able to achieve my goal.

There are other side benefit when achieving my goal:

• Better health: Heart health, organ health, etc.
• Better physical appearance. I would probably be sub 12% BF when weight loss is achieved. (better physical appearance in the modern western sense at least)
• Likely better performance in pick up games.
• Probably more self confidence. (Like I need any more)