Sunday, May 17, 2009
#4
Failed to soccer today, and really pissed of Genevieve in the process. It's a bummer, because I was not only looking forward to it, but Labi seemed to be super jazzed that I would ask to play with his guys. Who look like they fucking know from soccer.
Today I cryptically implied that I would get to the root of the Evil Space Genius thing, and it boils down to this; I want to theme my Self Improvement Project for the year, give myself tangible, if strange, goals.
How does this affect my self-improvement project? What kind of goals does it give me?
1: Fitness
Fitness is a fairly unimportant trait for an Evil Space Genius, and yet they never neglect it. It's important to be in decent health so that you can survive whatever experiments you perform on yourself, and probably also as a willpower exercise.
2: Art
Supervillains love art. And literature. I don't, or at least not enough.
I can't help but think that this is a lack of proper exposure. I have the kind of mind that is supposed to appreciate it. And I did, in fact, get a fair amount of enjoyment from the end of my stint with Faulkner. Difficult is my bread and butter, so by the end of the year I'd like to have read books by Melville, Faulkner and Joyce, as well as completing Naporeon's self improvement list. Lastly, I need an instrument. For real. Guitar sounds nice.
3: Financial
Supervillains get rich by lying, cheating or inventing. I don't know if I'm up for any of those. I'll get back to this.
4:Educational
I would like to be able to make a computer do what I want. Learning C++ and Java are my goals for this, to some extent. I can be realistic. I need a backup computer in the short term- maybe tuesday.
I'll need to edit this later. Don't be lazy, Rick.
Today I cryptically implied that I would get to the root of the Evil Space Genius thing, and it boils down to this; I want to theme my Self Improvement Project for the year, give myself tangible, if strange, goals.
How does this affect my self-improvement project? What kind of goals does it give me?
1: Fitness
Fitness is a fairly unimportant trait for an Evil Space Genius, and yet they never neglect it. It's important to be in decent health so that you can survive whatever experiments you perform on yourself, and probably also as a willpower exercise.
2: Art
Supervillains love art. And literature. I don't, or at least not enough.
I can't help but think that this is a lack of proper exposure. I have the kind of mind that is supposed to appreciate it. And I did, in fact, get a fair amount of enjoyment from the end of my stint with Faulkner. Difficult is my bread and butter, so by the end of the year I'd like to have read books by Melville, Faulkner and Joyce, as well as completing Naporeon's self improvement list. Lastly, I need an instrument. For real. Guitar sounds nice.
3: Financial
Supervillains get rich by lying, cheating or inventing. I don't know if I'm up for any of those. I'll get back to this.
4:Educational
I would like to be able to make a computer do what I want. Learning C++ and Java are my goals for this, to some extent. I can be realistic. I need a backup computer in the short term- maybe tuesday.
I'll need to edit this later. Don't be lazy, Rick.
#3
So I've been thinking about my fitness goals, and I've decided I want to go pretty far. I've already been loosely counting calories, but it just makes sense for a guy with my health issues to really try and get in good shape. I anticipate this being pretty hard for me- turning down the foods I want to eat has never been a strong point of this humble author.
The big mirrors in the bedroom of baby house have me examining myself pretty closely. I'm losing a fair amount of weight. But I'm also getting older. I can see the wrinkles at the corner of my eyes. I'm getting older and my problems are staying the same. It's time to put my mind to work at slaying my demons. I need to get the hell into school- for whatever- and more importantly and restrictively, need to figure out a way to pay for it.
I'll puzzle out the evil space genius thing tomorrow.
The big mirrors in the bedroom of baby house have me examining myself pretty closely. I'm losing a fair amount of weight. But I'm also getting older. I can see the wrinkles at the corner of my eyes. I'm getting older and my problems are staying the same. It's time to put my mind to work at slaying my demons. I need to get the hell into school- for whatever- and more importantly and restrictively, need to figure out a way to pay for it.
I'll puzzle out the evil space genius thing tomorrow.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
#2
Short run tonight. Had stitches pretty much from step two, but went out for 25 minutes anyways. Feel pretty good about it, especially since I ate a couple hot dogs with Genevieve at dinner. Dropping her off and then watching her run out to the fence to wave and yell at me to come back is emphatically not getting easier... maybe getting harder. Am procrastinating right now, as I need to burn some music for Snappy's wife's Dad's funeral. By tomorrow's post I might even have glasses... that will be weird as hell. I'm almost tempted to go with contacts because I don't trust my taste in frames.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Post #1
I've decided to get back into blogging. This is something of a placeholder post, prrof that I'm actually doing this again.
I've been exercising again over the last ten days. Today was actually a very interesting experience- I set out for my run later than I had even intended to stay up, listening to @deconstructor's recommended Amon Tobin album, Supermodified. Great, by the way. I hit the road and my usual method of running two songs on, one song off proved to be much more challenging when I missed the transition between song 1 and song 2, and ended up running for 15 minutes straight at a full run. I know this sounds a little wimpy, but this is my second time running since january and I would be lying if I said it weren't kicking my ass. Still, pleasant surprises waited; at the end of my run I found I had more energy than I thought I did, and took myself out for a few more blocks before, almost reluctantly, slowing down for my cramp avoiding walk. I did not expect to have that much energy, especially since I gave up caffeine a few days ago, and my muscles were still sore as all get out from Monday's run.
My goal, at least as far as running is concerned, is to get to the point where, by September, I can run from my apartment to work in the morning, at least twice a week, without stopping or slowing to a walk. I am quite sure I could already do this with rest periods and plenty of time, but that run (around 4 miles) seems like a worthy, very realistic goal for me.
Okay, now it's 11:00 and I have to go to bed. Without caffeine, I need my sleep more than ever, and tomorrow is a Bean day.
Glasses on Friday- I'm excited, but also filled with trepidation. Then a physical on Monday.
I've been exercising again over the last ten days. Today was actually a very interesting experience- I set out for my run later than I had even intended to stay up, listening to @deconstructor's recommended Amon Tobin album, Supermodified. Great, by the way. I hit the road and my usual method of running two songs on, one song off proved to be much more challenging when I missed the transition between song 1 and song 2, and ended up running for 15 minutes straight at a full run. I know this sounds a little wimpy, but this is my second time running since january and I would be lying if I said it weren't kicking my ass. Still, pleasant surprises waited; at the end of my run I found I had more energy than I thought I did, and took myself out for a few more blocks before, almost reluctantly, slowing down for my cramp avoiding walk. I did not expect to have that much energy, especially since I gave up caffeine a few days ago, and my muscles were still sore as all get out from Monday's run.
My goal, at least as far as running is concerned, is to get to the point where, by September, I can run from my apartment to work in the morning, at least twice a week, without stopping or slowing to a walk. I am quite sure I could already do this with rest periods and plenty of time, but that run (around 4 miles) seems like a worthy, very realistic goal for me.
Okay, now it's 11:00 and I have to go to bed. Without caffeine, I need my sleep more than ever, and tomorrow is a Bean day.
Glasses on Friday- I'm excited, but also filled with trepidation. Then a physical on Monday.
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