It's … STILL … ALL angles.

…
In an effort to "work on" my WEAKNESSES,  I do squats--holding onto the hand-rail in my shower-area.
USUALLY, I do 20 squats.

Using my "STANDING UPRIGHT"-position as a 0-degree plane:
NORMALLY, I:

-- "DIP" ~120 degrees.
-- lean almost ENTIRELY on my LEFT, INJURED, weaker-ER leg for my last FIVE reps.


However, for the last week or so, I've been doing

--  30 squats.
-- AT LEAST ~135 degrees on my "DIPS".
-- 15 squats with the MAJORITY of my weight on my LEFT leg.

("You're ONLY as GOOD as your WEAKEST 'player'.")
(… My "players" = my LEGS)



…

POSSIBLE line (for me) during my MATH-tutoring:

…
"MUCH to learn you STILL have."
(--Master Yoda, 'Star Wars III')



(STRANGELY/ODDLY, I learned A FEW of my QUICK "number-playing"-TRICKS simply from watching (American) FOOTBALL.


...

I STILL have A LOT to learn.

…
"MENTORS have a way of seeing our FAULTS."
(--Queen Amidala, 'Star Wars: Episode II')


(… I must REMEMBER/UTILIZE  this quote once I begin my MATH-tutoring.)


...

"TRU DAT", AND reverse it!

…
"The ability to 'SPEAK' does NOT necessarily indicate INTELLIGENCE,"
(--'Star Wars: Phantom Menace')


(So, I STRUGGLE to CONSISTENTLY, COGENTLY/UNDERSTANDABLY talk.
Contrary to POPULAR belief, I am FAR FROM "NOT smart".


...

… (OBVIOUSLY) I am NOT Batman.

…
"It is NOT who I am UNDERNEATH.
But, what I DO that defines me."
(--'Batman Begins')


… Since I do NOT "run around" (DUH!) in a MASK, I'm gonna DIS-agree with the METAPHORICAL sentiment of this statement.
(I'll admit that my actions are not always the BRIGHTEST of "moves".  But, my intent is always "TRUE".)
(… My friend, Linus, who occasionally forgets my name, notes"
"You're a GOOD man, Charlie Brown.")


...

"Why do we FALL?"

…
"So, we can learn to 'pick ourselves UP'."
(METAPHORICALLY)
(--'Batman Begins')




… I KNOW what I MUST DO.
("I'm doin' the work.  I'm NOT a slacker.  PLEASE!"
--'What About Bob?')



… "GOOD things come to those who WAIT."


...

"T.G.I.F."

…
I have NOTHING IMMINENT on my schedule TODAY.
(I just "knocked on my WOOD-en table" … SERIOUSLY.)

Hence--Ergo--Thus--Therefore--Concordantly, I MUST/WILL devise MY OWN methods of PHYSICAL and MENTAL/PSYCHOLOGICAL exercise.

(… SELF-therapy)



"It looks like the STUDENT has become the TEACHER."
(--Mr. Miyagi, 'The Next Karate Kid')


...

YUM-YUM!

…
I had 13 SIZABLE bites of assorted Thanksgiving-foods prepared by my mother and brother earlier this evening.

(I had turkey, some veggies and--I'm PARTICULARLY proud of--and some SOFT, STICKY cranberry sauce.)

In honor of TODAY,

… I'm gonna offer my "THANKS" to"me, myself and I" for "GIVING" me the determination, (PRE-accident) EXEMPLARY physical/mental/biological/chemical/anatomical-strength and physics-COMPREHENSION to SIGNIFICANTLY aid/assist me in my recovery/rehabilitation!

We ("The ROYAL 'we'.--the EDITORIAL …"--'The Big Lebowski') APPRECIATE your (A.J.'s) recognition of OUR contributions!

(… Is it A BIT condescending of me that I'm thanking MYSELF?!)
(… I'm just "giving CREDIT where credit is DUE".)


...

I'm watchin' the (GREAT) film, 'Newsies'.

…
Pulitzer TRIED TO raise the price of newspapers for the "distribution-apparatus":

((Pulitzer (Robert Duval) calculated ALOUD.)

"A tenth of a cent TIMES 40,000 weekly papers DIHJUH, DIHJUH, DIHJUH" in New Yahk TIMES 52 weeks in a year =
0.01 x 40,000 x 52.2857… =
400 x ~52.29 =
~2091600 =
~$20,916

(… Almost 21 "grand" in 1899-NYC--let alone any-TIME, any-WHERE--is a SIZABLE amount!)


MORAL:
I need a NEW HOBBY-0BESIDES watching movies and doing math.

NOW, I'll speak in third-person.
…
"Oh, (A.J.K.)?  Yeah, he was here.  But, he put an egg in his shoe and BEAT IT."
--'Newsies


...

"I just think it's better to have IDEAS than BELIEFS."

… "It's MUCH easier to change an 'IDEA'."
(--'Dogma')


I have an "IDEA" of my walking AGAIN.
(… I "BELIEVE" that it will come TRUE … EVENTUALLY.)

(WARNING) "NOT up in here!"

…
So, my Gastral-Intestinal Doctor said that if I do NOT "relieve my bowels" EVERY DAY, then I NEED an enema!
(Pardon my IMPLIED expletive and "political IN-correctness", but THAT "THEORY" on human-health is just FRICKIN' RETARDED!)

I have an undergraduate-degree from the medically-ESTEEMED college of "University of Pennsylvania", so I KINDA know about what THE HELL I'm talkin'!
((… Even though that LANGUAGE is NOT my forte' (MATH is.), I KNOW that it's "frowned upon" to conclude a sentence with a preposition.))

(… Wait, wait, WAIT!  Don't I--SUPPOSEDLY--have a "Traumatic Brain-Injury"?!)



(… Granted, I do NOT wear the COVETED "white coat".  But, "IT'S the PRINCIPLE!"--inside-joke between my ex-girlfriend and me.)

RANDOM thought:

… "How does Edward Scissorhands go to the bathroom?"
(--'Seinfeld')


… That's a VERY VALID/LEGITIMATE question!


(… HHHMMM)

THIS is HOW I think/"operate":

…
Since my "neurological-impulses/messages" are SLOW to reach my respective muscles--IF AT ALL, I OFTEN compare said predicament to



"an inverse-tangent function approaching an asymptote".




(For readers who are NOT mathematically-inclined, this translates to

"I'm STUCK.")







… ONCE AGAIN,
MATH = UNIVERSAL language.

As we enter the wintery COLD-months, people WILL sneeze more.

…
"It's SCIENCE!"
(--'Anchorman')

… Ergo, I could EITHER be polite and cultural by saying, (PHONETIC Turkish:) 'CHOHK-yah-SHAH'--'Bless you'.

OR,

I could try to "lighten the mood" by quoting 'Seinfeld':
"You are SO good-looking."






CONCLUSION:
"Bundle up!"

"If you WILL it, 'Dude', it is NO 'dream'."

… I like to quote Walter Sobchak--who's quoting Theodor Herzyl's 'State of Israel'--in my FAVORITE film--'The Big Lebowski'.

… This quote summarizes my outlook on my recovery/"rehabilitation".
(I recite it to myself, before I "WALK"--with my walker.)


Unfortunately, not everyone can be as OPTIMISTIC as I AM.
((… I won't mention any names, but (cough, COUGH, cleating my throat) ALL of my (IDIOTIC) PESSIMISTIC doctors--RIGHT AFTER my accident--said that I would "DEFINITELY spend THE REST of (my) SHORT life as a 'VEGETABLE'".))
Well then, by THAT "reasoning" (HA!)--AND the transitive property of mathematics (If A = B and B = C, then A = C.), I should NOT be "functioning"/"processing info" so WELL--or, AT ALL--right now.


Also, since--according to THEM--I'm a "vegetable", then why don't y'all just "EAT ME!"(--slang)?

(… PARDON my obvious DISDAIN/"LACK OF respect" for MOST "medical-chiefs".
I had to "VENT".)


P.S. Do I--SOMEHOW--prove mathematics WRONG?!
(… I really am 'Good Will Hunting'.)

WHOA! I can just "SENSE" it.

…
So, my "caregiver" is SUPPOSED TO arrive at my house at 6:00 am EVERY MORNING.
For the last THREE DAYS, my "internal clock" has awoken me (at between 5:57 am and 5:59 am),--early enough to "monitor" (Well, I can't really "GET UP, WALK AROUND and OBSERVE".) (… Ha ha HA.  I made a JOKE about my DISABILITY.) (… If you DON'T laugh WITH--not AT--me, then "NATURE"'s winning.) their (I "employ" two MAIN guys.) arrival-time, setup, etc.

Now, PRIOR to my "trial-run"/"experiment", I THOUGHT I was waking up that EARLY, 'cuz of my "SUPERSONIC hearing".  Their "moseying about" my house was sometimes A BIT too LOUD for my SENSITIVE, EXTRAORDINARY ears.
However, on EACH of the last THREE days, I've noticed that they've been TRUANT.

Ergo, I must shift/"MORPH" into "BOSS-mode".
(I must "crack that whip".)


...

"GOOD times. GREAT oldies. Magic 102.7"

…
Yesterday evening I went OUT to watch the Cardinal Gibbons v. Coconut Creek HIGH SCHOL (folk style) wrestling dual-meet.

Gibbons is/was ALWAYS an ARCH-RIVAL for MY high school.
(I wrestled ALL FOUR YEARS of high school.
PLUS, I wrestled ALL FOUR  YEARS of undergraduate-college.)

I had PARTICULAR interest, 'cuz a good buddy of mine--one of my 'Sempai' ('Sehm-PIY') ('Assistant martial arts instructor')--wrestles for Coconut Creek High.

So, ALTHOUGH Gibbons's varsity TEAM won by a lot, my buddy WON HIS match.
("1 WIN"/"14 matches" = ~0.071457…)
HIS match CAN contribute ~7 % to HIS team's score.


… He didn't JUST win.  He won his match via PIN--which counts as DOUBLE the team-points as a win by "decision" (margin of victory is between 1 and 7.
(A PIN = 6 TEAM-points.  A "DECISION" = 3 TEAM-points.)

Also, the opposing coach is STILL a HUMUNGOUS JERK to opposing (HIGH SCHOOL … KID-) wrestlers!

"THIS is why I was born.

… I THRIVE under pressure."
(--Bill Murray, 'Space Jam')


(I play-ED basketball for my middle school.)

So, "take THAT", "Doubters"!
(Also, I'm CAUCASIAN--like Larry Bird.)
(…"Larry's not 'white'.  Larry's CLEAR."--'Space Jam')
(… Comedian Daniel Tosh would ask "IS It Racist?")

The BRILLIANT staff at my gym--"NeuroFit 360"--CONSTANTLY sets a mirror in front of me.

… Wait.  Don't y'all DARE sing,

"You're so VAIN!
You probably think this song is ABOUT YOU."


… ACTUALLY, the mirror allows me to SEE when I'm tilting my head/neck--which I SUBCONSCIOUSLY do since my accident.

I'm a VERY "VISUAL-learner.
(… PLUS, I have "FOUR-eyes" (glasses).


So, I APPRECIATE the "cuing"!


...

I wonder if I have "Tourette's".

…
(WARNING:
"Pardon my 'French'.)

I STRUGGLE to speak COGENTLY/UNDERSTANDABLY.
Yet, I seem to have a MUCH EASIER time saying curse-words.
(Perhaps I'm just more RELAXED/CARE-FREE.)

I'm KINDA like the bartender in the (GREAT) film, 'The Boondock Saints':
"FUCK!  ASS!"

"There's NO USE gettin' ALL RILED UP every time some IDIOTS give you a hard time."

… "The universe tends to 'unfold' as it should."
(--'Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle')


This quote seems to REALLY "sing the praises" of KARMA.
Well, I'm a GOOD-natured guy, and I'm SLOWLY--yet STEADILY--improving my PHYSICAL "health"!  (THANK YOU, "NeuroFit 360"!)


...

BRILLIANT life-motto:

…
"Look SHARP.
Live SMART.
Stay CLASSY."
(--Ron Burgundy, 'Anchorman 2')


(I try to MIMIC/EMULATE/"PRACTICE" those aspects in my EVERYDAY-living.)




…
"… It's SCIENCE."
(--Ron Burgundy, the FIRST 'Anchorman')

WAY TO GO, "NeuroFit 360" (my FANTASTIC gym)!

…
The OWNER of my gym and a staff member helped me do some GREAT exercises today!
(… Yeah, that's RIGHT.  I work with the OWNER.  "I don't know if you heard, but I'm KIND OF a BIG DEAL."--'Anchorman')



…
So,

1) I did some one-legged kneeling with "my opposite leg bent at a 90-degree angle from/on the floor".
(I forgot the NAME of that position.)
THEN, I would push myself up to a STANDING-position--by SHIFTING my body-weight onto the "raised leg"-side.
(My two "helpers" would only "SPOT me", in case I stumbled.)
(My PRACTICALLY PAINLESS LEFT knee--which has METAL in it--"performed" EXEMPLARY!)

2) I STOOD--with my back against a LARGE plastic/rubber ball--with my legs spread shoulder-width and SLIGHTLY bent, to do LIGHT "wall-sits/squats".
(I hadn't done THOSE since wrestling-practice in high school!)

3) I got up onto a cushioned table--WITH ASSISTANCE--to lie on my back, and do weighted (LEFT) leg-liftting exercises.  This exercise helped with my STRENGTH, ENDURANCE and "CONTROL".
((I STARTED at TEN pounds (~4.54… kilograms).  But, THAT was TOO EASY.  So, I ASKED to INCREASE the weight to TWELVE pounds (~5.45… kilograms).  AGAIN, I ASKED for MORE WEIGHT (FIFTEEN pounds =~6.81… kg).))



Moral:
I have a(MY) body by "HANZ and FRANZ" (old-school 'SNL').

… "IGNORANCE is (NOT) bliss."

…
"Your (DOUBTERS'/HATERS') 'IGNORANCE' is VERY dangerous."
(--'Hulk')


As a (2-time) black belt in martial arts, my hands are registered as "lethal weapons".
Yet, I have the CONTROL, DISCIPLINE and WHEREWITHAL to KNOW when to "USE my Karate-knowledge--employing it ONLY in defense of my LIFE, my FAMILY and my COUNTRY".

Karate is a form of self-DEFENSE.
Through my 21+ years of "martial arts"-training, I've learned to "harness"/CONTROL my emotions--specifically "ANGER"--in/for certain occasions.







Conclusion:
…
"You wouldn't like me, when I'm ANGRY."
('Hulk')



Y'all have been WARNED.

… GREAT workout (continued):

…
I REPEATEDLY stepped--maintaining EXEMPLARY neck- and back-posture--on the "I-care".
Once I started using said machine, I "stepped" for ~7 minutes.  (Actually, it was 6:58.)
Then, I had to rest, 'cuz my legs were fatigued.
After my "break" of ~2 minutes, I did my dramatic-interpretation of the film, 'Step Up Revolutions', for another EIGHT minutes and one second.
(So, I did FIFTEEN TOTAL MINUTES of STEPPING--with only ONE "break".)
(… I USUALLY only do TEN MINUTES … with TWO breaks.)
So, my ENDURANCE is IMPROVING.
YAY!


Also, I did some STANDING, leaning on my hands ON SAID TABLE and WALKING--SLOWLY, STEP-by-STEP--AROUND the table.
I made it ~9/8 of the way AROUND the ~8 feet by ~2 feet table, before I sat and rested.
THEN, after ~2 minutes, I SUCCESSFULLY, PAINLESSLY completed the last ~7/8 of my "trek" for TWO COMPLETE TRIPS AROUND the table.
(~8 x ~2 feet x 2 cycles = ~32 square feet
 = ~32 square feet x 12 inches/foot = 384 square-inches)


Conckusion:
MORE improvement = YAY!


...

AAAH, the TIMING! (How APPROPRIATE!)

…
After a GREAT workout at my FANTASTIC gym ("NeuroFit 360"), JUST as I entered the car to return home, I heard Bryan Adams singing:

"EVERYTHING I DO, I do it FOOORRR YOOUUUUUU!"


Thus--Therefor--Ergo, I IMMEDIATELY tapped each of my thighs--as a "THANK YOU".

(… YES, I--MENTALLY--"speak" to random body parts.
That's NOT weird.)
("My Spider-sense detects" some SARCASM.)

(… Is THAT egotistical of me?)
(… No.  On the contrary, it would've REALLY been "SAD"/HAUGHTY, if I kissed my biceps after a display of GREAT ARM-strength.)
(… SSSHHHHH!  I do THAT.)


...

TRUE STORY:

…
"I have a HIGHER-than-normal 'bone-density'-level.
If my bath-water is too high, I can drown."
(--DR. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')



(… PSYCHE!
Oooh, that was a "SICK" "BURN"!
I'm actually VERY--PHYSICALLY--HEALTHY!)

(… EXCEPT FOR my "Traumatic Brain-Injury" AND
my PARTIAL-use of my OWN LEGS)


(… But, GREAT show!)

…

A tenth of a cent per "PAPE" times 365 days/year times times ~2,050,600 NYC citizens on June 1, 1900
= $0.01 x 365 days/year x 2050600 NYC citizens in 1900

(… "It adds up."--'Newsies')


=             365
    x 2050600

=          219000
+      18250000  
      730000000

=   748469000
=  ~$7,484,690.00



Joseph Pulitzer wanted to make an EXTRA/ADDITIONAL almost 7 and a half MILLION (American) DOLLARS in turn-of-the-20th century (1899) America.

(… That's 'MUCHO DINERO' in turn-of-the-20th century U.S.A.)

"You can do anything (within REASON) you set your mind to."

…
That's an INSPIRING philosophy.


…
I ENVISION my STANDING, WALKING and (COGENTLY) SPEAKING.
(… "I just 'SEE' it!--'Good Will Hunting')


My CONFIDENCE in my STANDING and WALKING is continuously BOLSTERED by my SLOW but STEADY PROGRESS/IMPROVEMENTS at my gym ("NeuroFit 360").
Thanks to my GREAT Speech-Therapist, my speaking-abilities are IMPROVING!


...

Pardon my (ALMOST) truancy.

…
In honor of TODAY:


…
"Have you ever heard of 'Vietnam'?"
(--'The Big Lebowski')

… Hey, they can't ALL be winners.

…
Although I "gave it my ALL"--produced A LOT of effort/"output", I did NOT have my BEST performance at my FABULOUS gym--"NeuroFit 360", I still had my FEW "bright spots".


1) I did the "I-care" (step-machine).  I was told at the onset to go for FIVE minutes, which I completed with NO PROBLEMS.  THEN, I went for MORE/LONGER.
HOWEVER, after 6 minutes and 4 seconds, I became tired.  (… NO pain, JUST fatigue)

2) I performed MANY ONE-LEGGED squats in/on the "Total-gym".
AGAIN, my  (LACK OF) endurance "struck".


(SIGH)

...

IF it were 730 days prior to NOW.

…
(WAIT!  Was 2012 a "Leap Year"?)

… it'd be ~11:11 '11 EST.



(I am--numerically--RANDOM.)


(… HHHMMM, maybe my "RANDOM"-ness is NOT JUST "numerical".)

… "It's (STILL) ALL angles."

… For EACH of my 30 squats was APPROXIMATELY (~) 135 degrees.
(The y-plane is my straightened, "STANDING" body.)
(I must APPROXIMATE the angle, 'cuz I forgot my protractor ,,, in my "Algebra II/Trigonometry Honors"-class … in TENTH grade … in 2001.)


(… FYI: I'm a "Math SUPER-nerd"!)



… AGAIN, I believe that my "Traumatic Brain-Injury" has actually IMPROVED my quantification/"number-crunching" abilities.



(ATTENTION, DOUBTERS/HATERS:
Once again, I'm an ANOMALY.)

(…. I'm sorry I'm NOT sorry!)

… Sunday (TODAY) is SUPPOSED TO be my "RELAX-day"!

…
However, I say, "NAY!"

So,

1) I walked--aided/assisted by my walker--not my USUAL once from my bed to my bathroom-sink, but TWO SEPARATE times.  Also, to conclude BOTH walks, I maneuvered my feet in front of my chair to position myself accordingly.   I made sure I could let go of my walker with my (BETTER) RIGHT hand to reach back and grasp my wheelchair-armhandle.  Then, I'd--SLOWLY--lower my butt/rump/'gluteus maximus'/"BEE-hind/"money-maker" down onto my wheelchair.
I was NOT content with the speed of my "butt-lowering" on my first attempt.  So, I grabbed my walker and pushed myself to a STAND-UP to REPEAT my "sit-down procedure".  I STILL was NOT satisfied with my "sitting-form/etiquette".  So, I STOOD UP and REPEATED the sitting-procedure until I was satisfied with my effort … which was FOUR MORE times.

2) I have NOT really CONSISTENTLY done squats in my bathroom since I started my GREAT, PRODUCTIVE, EXHAUSTING leg-work at my EXCEPTIONAL gym ("NeuroFit 360").  Yet, TODAY I'm feeling ENERGETIC.  So, instead of my USUAL 20 squats, I did 30 squats--SLOW, DEEP and PAINLESS.


CONCLUSION:
YAY for my--SEEMINGLY weak--legs!


...

… "I have a DREAM!"

… I wanna/WILL quote Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., WHEN I WALK:

"Free at last.
Free at last.
Thank GOD Almighty, we are FREE AT LAST!"

((… Of course, I mean "the ROYAL 'we'--the EDITORIAL"
(--'The Big Lebowski'))


(… I attended an ESTEEMED Catholic high school, so I understand/comprehend the concepts of "FAITH" and "HOPE" and "BELIEFS".


I plan on doing an EXTREMELY "large" amount of "leg-work" TODAY--SUNDAY--my "CHILL-day" to BOLSTER my CONFIDENCE.)


...

I'm "SURROUNDED!

…
It's EVERYWHERE!

I'm a "glass is half-FULL"-kinda guy--an OPTIMIST.
I DISDAIN//ABHOR DOUBTERS/"HATERS"!

In my CURRENT condition, I've HAD TO deal with NUMEROUS/COUNTLESS PESSIMISTS.

"It's NOT rocket-science" to REALIZE that I'm REALLY an ANOMALY!
Yes, I have a "Traumatic Brain-Injury".
But, I'm one of the VERY FEW cases in which my "disabilities" are almost COMPLETELY PHYSICAL and MEMORY-related.
(… Yes, my LACK OF consistent, cogent SPEECH is PHYSICAL.)
Actually, since I STRUGGLE to write LEGIBLY, I MUST DO almost all of my math-work MENTALLY.  Ergo, I strongly believe that--out of NECESSITY--my MENTAL-math quantification and comprehension is BETTER than EVER!


… Anyway, "HOPE" is ALL AROUND ME!

1) The word "HOPE" is painted on the ceiling at my TREMENDOUS gym ("NeuroFit 360") above a machine I use ~THREE times per week.

2) In one of my favorite movies--'The Shawshank Redemption', the main character says (writes):
"'HOPE' is a good thing--maybe the best of things."


Ergo, I've gotta continue to BE STRONG, OVERCOME adversity and "HURDLE" obstacles.


...

I should have a CELEBRATORY party soon.

…
I SHOULD purchase a "SNAZZY" suit to look extra HANDSOME for said par-TAY.


My inner-monologue: "Let me let you in on a little secret.
K-Mart sucks."
(--'Rain Man')

What did I do to DESERVE … the LOSS of a GOOD AMOUNT of MY LEGS?!

…
"INNOCENCE is a HIGHLY overrated commodity."
(--'The Hurricane')

(… On second thought, I won't "play the BLAME-GAME".
"The DAMAGE has been done.")

(… I'm SLOWLY yet SURELY on my--METAPHORICAL--"path" to RECOVERY.)


...

WOW! I must've done SOMETHING right!

…
When I just "roll into" my "martial arts"-dojo/school JUST to WATCH--NOT TEACH--class (as I did last night), I get treated with such GREAT RESPECT.
I didn't even HAVE TO quote Eric Cartman from 'South Park' and yell,

"RESPECT my AU-THOR-IH-TAY!"

I guess word "got around" of my "trials and tribulations", and ALL I've had to OVERCOME.

As my "thank you"-message to the Professor, I demonstrated my standing--WITHOUT ANY HELP--from my wheelchair.
(… Granted, my "FEAT" only lasted for a few seconds.  But, it's the PRINCIPLE!)



(… In actuality, the LOYAL, RESPECTFUL students are a reflection of the GREAT, DETERMINED, RESPECTFUL manner in which my Professor teaches.)

"Do as I SAY, not as I DO."

…
Although I feel that I'm a GOOD person OVERALL,  I KNOW I'm NOT a "stand-up" individual.
I don't ALWAYS "practice what I preach".



UNFORTUNATELY, (I'm speaking in 3rd person.):

"It is not who you are UNDERNEATH, but what you DO that defines you."
(--'Batman Begins')


I KNOW I've DONE some regrettable, unfortunate, UN-wise things that I REGRET.
Alas, we CANNOT change the past.  We can only LEARN from it, so as not to REPEAT our MISTAKES.


...

Based on my LONG, VARIED history of athletic PROWESS,

…
I've learned that the MOST IMPORTANT part of being GREAT at ANYTHING is

…

HAVING FUN!



Ergo, I NEVER dread my workouts!
(I "see the light at the end of the tunnel".)

I REALLY enjoy TEACHING Karate/'Jiujitsu'!
(… Even just WATCHING it)

I NEVER turn away from a "SOLID" wrestling match!
(… "Amateur", NOT that "professional"-"Entertainment", FAKE "CRAP")

I actually "LOOK FORWARD" to my MATH-tutoring!
(whispering) (I'm a nerd.)


...

(Personification:)

…
"NeuroFit 360", you're my MOST BENEFICIAL, INSPIRING, INFLUENTIAL friend!

During my workout today, I focused on my standing.
My favorite staff-member--BESIDES the OWNER--first helped me gain, gather and MAINTAIN my confidence.
(MUCH of my IN-ability to WALK is--UNFORTUNATELY--psychological.)
(  : (  )
(… aFTER ALL, I DO have a "Traumatic Brain-Injury".)


I did some trials of my STANDING--ALONE.
I would push myself up and out of my/"NeuroFit 360"'s wheelchair and STOOD alongside a table--with most of my weight on/in my HANDS, AGAINST/ON the table.
After getting situated in a STABLE STANDING-position--with my back and head/neck STRAIGHT and legs spread and "CEMENTED"/STABLE, I'd lift FIRST my LEFT hand to ~pectoral-level.
THEN, I'd lift my RIGHT arm.
After a few seconds of supporting me, the staff-member would LET ME GO.


So, I was STANDING … ALL BY MYSELF … for ~FOUR SECONDS!
(… Well, through SEVERAL trials, my BEST TIME was "FOUR SECONDS"!
I ALSO had A BUNCH of ONE and TWO SECOND attempts.)




Conclusion:
YAY!
I'm getting' there!

(WARNING:) GOOD to know!

…
Early this afternoon I was hunched over my "porcelain throne",  and it was a bit UN-evenyful.

So, I decided to "take matters into MY OWN HANDS"--literally
I began to--NOT violently--HIT MYSELF in the stomach … between my FIFTH and SIXTH RIGHT "TRUE ribs" (Humans have SEVEN … PAIRS of "TRUE ribs", along with FIVE … PAIRS of "FALSE ribs".)

Almost IMMEDIATELY, I/"this abdominal contact:" "triggered" an Excretory-Evacutory Extravaganza ("Alliteration aside."--'Dodgeball').



I MUST commit THIS "bowels-EMPTYING"-strike to memory IN CASE I get into a situation in which I must use my 21+ years of "martial arts"-training "… in defense of my LIFE, my FAMILY, or my COUNTRY"(--Karate School Creed).




(I'm not gonna lie: It'd be WILD to strike an Attacker--thus causing him/her to CRAP his/her pants!)


REVISION:
It was NOT so much of a PUNCH/STRIKE.
It was more of a CONTINUOUS, FORCEFUL … RUB with my RIGHT thumb-knuckle.



...

My SEVERE car-driving accident may SEEM to prove OTHERWISE.

…
However, upon GREATER inspection, one would learn that my FRONT-LEFT car-tire EXPLODED and EJECTED ME over my seatbelt, out my car-window and onto the highway.

I suffered a "Traumatic Brain-Injury", which--IRONICALLY--makes this comparison MORE APPROPRIATE.


…
"I'm an EXCELLENT driver."
(--Raymond Babbitt, 'Rain Man')



…

… "Things could be WORSE."

… "I could've gotten MY NOSE BITTEN OFF …
by a SAIGON WHORE!"
('Dirty Work')



(… Although, my recovery-process is a bit of "Dirty WORK".)


...

"Take the GOOD with the BAD."

…

It's

"Just another MANIC MUHN-day.
(I) Wish it were SUHN-day,
…
'Cuz that's my FUN-day."



(… No, ALL in ALL, I have NO complaints.  I just wanted to SING.)

… EVERYTHING is a test of my PATIENCE and DETERMINATION, because with--ESSENTIALLY--NO (WORKING) legs and only 1.6 hands (I can--INDIVIDUALLY--open ONLY THREE of my five fingers on my RIGHT hand.), EVERYTHING takes me LONGER to do.

(… That would be the BAD.)


… The GOOD would be that

-- CONTRARY to ALL medical-opininion/prognosis/diagnosis/prediction, I'm ALIVE,  and my immune system is STILL WAY BETTER than average.
(I can't remember the LAST time I was deemed/regarded "sick".
DON'T say: "Oh, that's just 'cuz you have MEMORY-PROBLEMS."
Both my mom AND my nurse SUPPORT my claim!)
-- I have an EXCELLENT "economic-team" that helps me PROPERLY/RESPONSIBLY "manage my finances".
-- From the help of my FANTASTIC gym--"NeuroFit 360", my Speech-"Therapist" AND my neuropsychologist, I'm IMPROVING--slowly but surely.


...

"Payback's a (FEMALE DOG)."

… My mom just TRIED TO punch me in my LEFT shoulder.
(I WANTED TO yell,"BAD FORM,  Smee!")
(--'Hook')


1) She NEGLECTED TO PROPERLY "CHAMBER" her punch.
(Having 21+ years of EXCEPTIONAL martial arts training, I'd THINK that I'd KNOW PROPER "punching-etiquet".)

2) WHY would she PUNCH her OWN SON?!
(SSSHHH!  She has PROBLEMS/ISSUES.)

3) NEED I remind her/y'all of the PLETHORA of metal in/on my LEFT shoulder?!






P.S. I HAVE TO clarify:

My mom AND I like to JOKE AROUND, when she PLAYFULLY hits me in the shoulder.
She ONLY does that, 'cuz she KNOWS it will NOT "phase me".
She NEVER means ANY harm!

Actually, she's GREAT.

"What IS 'REAL'?"

… "How do you DEFINE 'REAL'?"


"'FATE' can't help but be defined with a sense of IRONY."
(--Morpheus, 'The Matrix')


((The "IRONY" of my accident is that I was driving home from KARATE-class, and I COULDA/WOULDA/SHOULDA done a "shoulder-roll"--that I learned and REGULARLY practiced IN said Karate-class--upon my being EJECTED from my flipping car and onto the highway.  It was July 6, 2008--"a date which will live in INFAMY"(--President FDR).))


(…
Am I IN 'The Matrix'?!

"I know … 'JIUJITSU'?"--'The Matrix'

(… I already KNOW and TEACH "IT".
… It only took me ~15 years.)