What..me exercise?

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A couple of months ago, I was on fire. I was riding the bike almost every day, doing the One Hundred Push Up challenge, really feeling good. Then I hit a wall.
I kept failing at Week 5 and got discouraged. Right around thy same time the rear hub on my bike locked up and I was without a bike for a couple weeks.
My buddy Jeff, who is helping me out with a new setup on my bike, gave me a loaner bike until the parts get here (the hub was backordered), gave me a loaner bike in the meantime, for which I am grateful. It is a little hard to adjust to it because of the way it is set up, so I am not riding it as much as I did mine. That, and I don’t want to trash it.

Bottom line is I have become lazy, and I don’t like it. Luckily there is relief in sight. The parts are in and I will be getting my bike back Sunday. With improvements! We are adding a new rear wheel with a fixed/free hub, me pedals with straps, and caliper brakes. I will ride it single spped for a while, but I have a feeling I will switch to fixed soon enough.
As for the Push-ups, I am going to start over Monday. Anyone care to join me?
While I am making “new day resolutions” I also pledge to call the people I should call more, write more handwritten letters, eat healthier (stick to my restrictions), say my prayers, eat my vitamins like a good Hulkamaniac, suit up, show up, live usefully, and walk humbly.
Is that too much to strive for?

FEJ @ October 8, 2008

Chops

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Chops, originally uploaded by FEJSEZ.

Trimmed part of the beard in preparation for the upcoming holidays. I will grow it back, but not sure what length.
Now I am waiting the obligatory “Wolverine” and “Pirate” comments.

FEJ @ September 21, 2008

Getting Shit Done

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Today is a day of Getting Shit Done™

I have my list, have a mental game plan, and hope the day ends with getting my wife a horse of her own.

Now that I hopefully fixed the cluster-fuck that was the syncing of MobileMe and SpanningSync, I can get to the day!

and don’t forget Yarrrgghh!

FEJ @ September 19, 2008

Monkey’s Top 5 list

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Our cat Mushu’s (nicknamed Monkey) top 5 favorite things as dictated to me by Katie

  1. Her water dish
  2. Lying on clean laundry
  3. Lying on the counter
  4. Biting my beard
  5. Chasing the laser pointer akwardly

FEJ @ September 17, 2008

Powerless

[rant]
I am powerless over how my wife feels. I wish I could just swoop in and tell her the answers or save her, but I can’t. There are a thousand things she needs to hear to help her get thorough the spot she is in, but none of them from me. It sucks. She is [...]

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Easing into the day.

All this week I had plans to wake uo early today and start a tweaker cleaning day on the apartment.
This morning my attitude was a bit different. I am so tired. It’s. Not that u don’t want to clean, it is that I don’t want to get up. It could have to do with the [...]

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The love of my life and having a blog versus being a blogger

Yesterday was the 2 year anniversary of our first date. We went and saw Daniel Tosh at the Improv. I still get giddy when I remember her walking up to meet me (she met me after I got off work), our first kiss in the club, and making out like high school kids in the [...]

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I miss my donkey

Donkey is the nickname of my bike.
A few weeks ago I seized the rear hub. I think I overheated the coaster brake and everything collapsed from there. I have a new single speed/fixed hub on order, but it has been delayed. I am getting a deal on it, so it is hard to complain. Luckily [...]

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Burning out

[rant]
I love my job most of the time, but I really don’t want to work retail hours anymore.  This job has been good to me, and got me out of the field I was in and into a technical role, but I need more. 
I have become complacent but need to hit the tech books and take on challenging projects [...]

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Love of reading reKindled

Recently I purchased the Amazon Kindle. I love it. It has renewed my love for reading. I am the type of reader who will read multiple books at a time. I have the bedside book, the lunch book, the book that stays in the car for emergencies, and then my tech books. Now I only [...]

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