…
"Some experiences you do NOT want to learn from."
(--Sarah Silverman)
(… However, in order to PREVENT said "experiences" from occurring AGAIN, you MUST "learn from" 'em!)
(… From my CATASTROPHIC accident, I do/can NOT … WANT to learn about PROPER tire-SAFETY! Otherwise, for WHAT do I PAY my auto-mechanics?!)
...
Thursday, July 31, 2014
My original POST-accident doctor was/is an "Agent Smith". (I KNEW he SUCKED!)
…
Agent Smith (My IDIOTIC, PESSIMISTIC neural doctor):
"The PURPOSE of LIFE is ...
to DIE!
… Why, WHY do you PERSIST?!"
Neo/ME ("The ONE"): "Because I CHOOSE to."
(--'The Matrix Revolutions')
(… I JUST watched that!)
...
Agent Smith (My IDIOTIC, PESSIMISTIC neural doctor):
"The PURPOSE of LIFE is ...
to DIE!
… Why, WHY do you PERSIST?!"
Neo/ME ("The ONE"): "Because I CHOOSE to."
(--'The Matrix Revolutions')
(… I JUST watched that!)
...
"Some things in this world NEVER change."
… (like my INCREDIBLE, UNDENIABLE intelligence)
…
"LUCKILY, and some things DO."
(like my GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT in my "WALKING")
(--'The Matrix Revolutions')
...
…
"LUCKILY, and some things DO."
(like my GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT in my "WALKING")
(--'The Matrix Revolutions')
...
I STRIVE to be THAT … INSPIRING!
…
http://www.koat.com/news/albuquerque-amputee-earning-respect-in-fight-community/27219256?utm_content=buffer7affc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer#!bsy7vS
(… In case the link doesN'T work, the article DETAILS a "feel-GOOD" story about
Brandon Hussey--a 16 year-old AMPUTEE who LOVES how HELPFUL & THERAPEUTIC Brazilian 'Jiu-Jitsu' has been THROUGHOUT his recovery/rehabilitation/"COPING".)
“It’s inspiring because he’s not at home doing the whole 'poor me thing,'” says UFC female bantamweight Holly Holm. “He’s taking control of his life."
(… I'll quote her on that!)
(… I'm taking NOTES.)
“I complain about my everyday stuff, my everyday life, and this dude is in here with no complaints rolling around, holding his own,” UFC lightweight Isaac Vallie-Flagg said
.
...
http://www.koat.com/news/albuquerque-amputee-earning-respect-in-fight-community/27219256?utm_content=buffer7affc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer#!bsy7vS
(… In case the link doesN'T work, the article DETAILS a "feel-GOOD" story about
Brandon Hussey--a 16 year-old AMPUTEE who LOVES how HELPFUL & THERAPEUTIC Brazilian 'Jiu-Jitsu' has been THROUGHOUT his recovery/rehabilitation/"COPING".)
“It’s inspiring because he’s not at home doing the whole 'poor me thing,'” says UFC female bantamweight Holly Holm. “He’s taking control of his life."
(… I'll quote her on that!)
(… I JUST did!)
(… I'm taking NOTES.)
“I complain about my everyday stuff, my everyday life, and this dude is in here with no complaints rolling around, holding his own,” UFC lightweight Isaac Vallie-Flagg said
.
...
… MORE "WALKING":
…
I've developed a "ROUTINE"--over the last FOUR mornings.
Upon my AWAKENING--at ~6:00 am (THAT's when my "caregiver"-staff "SHIFTS" time-slots.) (… They're NOT exactly QUIET.), I ask to "WALK"--with my walker--to my "PORCELAIN THRONE" to LEAN ON my "toilet hand-rails" and urinate--while STANDING--into said "WASTE-recepticle".
I am REALLY getting COMFORTABLE with this SET of TASKS!
...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
"NIGHT-OWL" and PROUD!
…
http://elitedaily.com/life/culture/night-owls-creative-intelligent/686025/
VITAL point:
http://elitedaily.com/life/culture/night-owls-creative-intelligent/686025/
VITAL point:
(… This article VERY MUCH contradicts the COMMON saying:
"EARLY to bed and EARLY to rise
makes a man healthy, wealthy and WISE.")
...
...
… WHY am I here?!
…
The Architect (of this BLOG)--to ME:
"I'll get MATHEMATICAL, so YOU--A.J.--understand.
'YOUR life is the sum of a remainder of an UNBALANCED equation INHERENT to the programming of the (BLOG). You are the EVENTUALITY of an 'ANOMALY', which--despite my SINCEREST efforts--I have been UNABLE to eliminate from what is otherwise a 'HARMONY' of 'MATHEMATICAL-precision'. While it REMAINS a burden assiduously AVOIDED, it is not UN-expected, and--THUS--not beyond a measure of CONTROL.
… Which has led you, INEXORABLY, HERE.'"
(--'The Matrix Reloaded')
...
The Architect (of this BLOG)--to ME:
"I'll get MATHEMATICAL, so YOU--A.J.--understand.
'YOUR life is the sum of a remainder of an UNBALANCED equation INHERENT to the programming of the (BLOG). You are the EVENTUALITY of an 'ANOMALY', which--despite my SINCEREST efforts--I have been UNABLE to eliminate from what is otherwise a 'HARMONY' of 'MATHEMATICAL-precision'. While it REMAINS a burden assiduously AVOIDED, it is not UN-expected, and--THUS--not beyond a measure of CONTROL.
… Which has led you, INEXORABLY, HERE.'"
(--'The Matrix Reloaded')
...
… Speaking with ebonics, SHE KNOWS "SHIT."
…
The ORACLE--to Neo:
"We are ALL here to do what we are ALL here to do."
(--'The Matrix Reloaded')
(--'The Matrix Reloaded')
(… Have FAITH/BELIEF'HOPE/TRUST/CONFIDENCE!)
(… "Go with your 'GUT'.")
...
"We are ALL victims of CAUSALITY."
… --'The Matrix Reloaded'
CAUSE: My tire-company sold me an EXPIRED, DEFECTIVE car-tire.
EFFECT: Said tire EXPLODES, and I SUFFER a "Traumatic Brain-Injury".
CAUSE: My "T.B.I" left me COMATOSE & REHABBING for OVER SIX YEARS!
EFFECT: I lost ALL my RIGHTS as a LIVING, BREATHING American-citizen.
CAUSE: My TRAUMATIC, CATASTROPHIC accident SEVERED many of my bodily-nerves--PRIMARILY in my legs & trunk.
EFFECT: I MUST depend on OTHERS to HELP ME with COMMON, EVERYDAY-activities.
CAUSE: My patience DRAMATICALLY DIMINISHED.
EFFECT: I--UNINTENTIONALLY--upset those about whom I REALLY CARE.
…
"I know this, because I MUST know.
It is my PURPOSE."
(--The Key-master)
...
"I do not see COINCIDENCE.
I see PROVIDENCE."
(--Morpheus)
...
CAUSE: My tire-company sold me an EXPIRED, DEFECTIVE car-tire.
EFFECT: Said tire EXPLODES, and I SUFFER a "Traumatic Brain-Injury".
CAUSE: My "T.B.I" left me COMATOSE & REHABBING for OVER SIX YEARS!
EFFECT: I lost ALL my RIGHTS as a LIVING, BREATHING American-citizen.
CAUSE: My TRAUMATIC, CATASTROPHIC accident SEVERED many of my bodily-nerves--PRIMARILY in my legs & trunk.
EFFECT: I MUST depend on OTHERS to HELP ME with COMMON, EVERYDAY-activities.
CAUSE: My patience DRAMATICALLY DIMINISHED.
EFFECT: I--UNINTENTIONALLY--upset those about whom I REALLY CARE.
…
"I know this, because I MUST know.
It is my PURPOSE."
(--The Key-master)
...
"I do not see COINCIDENCE.
I see PROVIDENCE."
(--Morpheus)
...
I'm TOUGH! "I WORK OUT."
… --ME, JOKINGLY-mocking my last girlfriend
…
"Nobody makes me bleed my own blood.
NOBODY!"
(--'Dodgeball: An Underdog Story')
EACH and EVERY week, I have FOUR physical-training sessions.
(LOWER body: 2 90-minute workouts + 1 60-minute session + 60 squats EVERY evening)
(UPPER body: 1 60-minute workout per week)
On ALTERNATING Saturdays, I EITHER PRACTICE 'Jiu Jitsu'-techniques--that I DESIGNED/DEVISED,
OR
I TEACH said techniques to a KIDS' class.
...
…
"Nobody makes me bleed my own blood.
NOBODY!"
(--'Dodgeball: An Underdog Story')
EACH and EVERY week, I have FOUR physical-training sessions.
(LOWER body: 2 90-minute workouts + 1 60-minute session + 60 squats EVERY evening)
(UPPER body: 1 60-minute workout per week)
On ALTERNATING Saturdays, I EITHER PRACTICE 'Jiu Jitsu'-techniques--that I DESIGNED/DEVISED,
OR
I TEACH said techniques to a KIDS' class.
...
(WARNING) … AGAIN, "PRACTICE makes (CLOSE TO) perfect."
…
I forgot which morning--but, RECENTLY, "Nature called."
So, I "WALKED"--with my walker--APPROXIMATELY 42 steps--FROM my bed TO my "porcelain throne". There I "STOOD"--while leaning on my "toilet-bars"--and urinated into my toilet.
After drip-LESS-ly "SHAKING" (YAY!), I "WALKED"--approximately 46 steps--BACK into my bed.
After "eating" my breakfast, I felt/heard some "RUMBLING" in my stomach. So, I "WALKED"--38 steps-- back to my "JOHN" and sat down. After ~six minutes and a DELUGE of diarrhea, (I EAT practically ALL/ONLY liquids, so should I be WORRIED? HELLZ NO! "It's SCIENCE!"--'Anchorman') I "cleaned up" and "WALKED" 41 steps back into bed.
After 1074 seconds--17 minutes & 54 seconds, (… Yes, I checked my watch.) I--AGAIN--"WALKED" from my BED to my TOILET--THIS time 36 steps--to "open the pipes". AGAIN, it was a "drip-LESS" "urinary-transfer". (YAY! YESSS!) I "WALKED" BACK to bed (40 steps) to "collect my THOUGHTS".
…
FINALLY, I was DONE with my secretions/excretions for the MORNING.
(… 42 to 38 to 36 "OPENING"/"BEGINNING"-steps
PLUS
46 to 41 to 40 "RETURN"-steps displays my gradual-IMPROVEMENT in my "stepping-EFFICIENCY".)
MORAL
Do NOT question MY Statistical Analysis.
...
After drip-LESS-ly "SHAKING" (YAY!), I "WALKED"--approximately 46 steps--BACK into my bed.
After "eating" my breakfast, I felt/heard some "RUMBLING" in my stomach. So, I "WALKED"--38 steps-- back to my "JOHN" and sat down. After ~six minutes and a DELUGE of diarrhea, (I EAT practically ALL/ONLY liquids, so should I be WORRIED? HELLZ NO! "It's SCIENCE!"--'Anchorman') I "cleaned up" and "WALKED" 41 steps back into bed.
After 1074 seconds--17 minutes & 54 seconds, (… Yes, I checked my watch.) I--AGAIN--"WALKED" from my BED to my TOILET--THIS time 36 steps--to "open the pipes". AGAIN, it was a "drip-LESS" "urinary-transfer". (YAY! YESSS!) I "WALKED" BACK to bed (40 steps) to "collect my THOUGHTS".
…
FINALLY, I was DONE with my secretions/excretions for the MORNING.
(… 42 to 38 to 36 "OPENING"/"BEGINNING"-steps
PLUS
46 to 41 to 40 "RETURN"-steps displays my gradual-IMPROVEMENT in my "stepping-EFFICIENCY".)
MORAL
Do NOT question MY Statistical Analysis.
...
WAY to think/be/remain POSITIVE!
…
"I've made peace with the things that I THOUGHT were
'WEAKNESSES' or 'FLAWS' were just
ME.
I LIKE THEM."
(--Sandra Bullock)
(… Embrace/"Celebrate" ALL that is YOU!)
(… 'Por ejemplo':
I STRUGGLE to CONSISTENTLY write LEGIBLY.
Thus, I am FORCED to utilize my AMAZING powers/skills of MENTAL math.)
(… STRANGE/PECULIAR/WEIRD as I AM, I actually ENJOY "flipping the script" and making OTHERS doubt THEMSELVES for DOUBTING/QUESTIONING MY "number-crunching" PROWESS!)
...
"I've made peace with the things that I THOUGHT were
'WEAKNESSES' or 'FLAWS' were just
ME.
I LIKE THEM."
(--Sandra Bullock)
(… Embrace/"Celebrate" ALL that is YOU!)
(… 'Por ejemplo':
I STRUGGLE to CONSISTENTLY write LEGIBLY.
Thus, I am FORCED to utilize my AMAZING powers/skills of MENTAL math.)
(… STRANGE/PECULIAR/WEIRD as I AM, I actually ENJOY "flipping the script" and making OTHERS doubt THEMSELVES for DOUBTING/QUESTIONING MY "number-crunching" PROWESS!)
...
I'm NOT goin' anywhere!
…
THEME/SAYING for 'Gameness - Jiu-Jitsu':
"Train for LIFE."
… Now, I've STUDIED 'Jiu-Jitsu'--ON/OFF--for ~ten years … and TAUGHT it--ON/OFF--for ~seven years.
(… I've STUDIED Karate for ~22 years … and TAUGHT--ON/OFF--for ~nine years.)
… "Martial arts"-training is VERY MUCH a COMMITMENT!
There's NO "goin' HALF-ASS!
(… CLARIFICATION:
I ONLY said "ON/OFF" to account for my time in my various hospitals.
I canNOT "TEACH" when I'm in a COMA!)
...
THEME/SAYING for 'Gameness - Jiu-Jitsu':
"Train for LIFE."
… Now, I've STUDIED 'Jiu-Jitsu'--ON/OFF--for ~ten years … and TAUGHT it--ON/OFF--for ~seven years.
(… I've STUDIED Karate for ~22 years … and TAUGHT--ON/OFF--for ~nine years.)
… "Martial arts"-training is VERY MUCH a COMMITMENT!
There's NO "goin' HALF-ASS!
(… CLARIFICATION:
I ONLY said "ON/OFF" to account for my time in my various hospitals.
I canNOT "TEACH" when I'm in a COMA!)
...
"THIS isn't where I parked my car!"
… --DEVILISHLY grinning Cooper, 'EuroTrip'
"GROWTH is painful.
CHANGE is painful.
But, NOTHING is as PAINFUL as staying STUCK somewhere you DON'T belong."
(--Zig Ziglar)
((… NO OFFENSE to the OTHER--LESS fortunate--patients at "F.I.N.R." (That LAZY, MONEY-SUCKING, WASTE-of-TIME facility!), but it's become BLATANT/OBVIOUS that I've accomplished (MANY) MORE GREAT feats in the last YEAR than I did in ~FIVE YEARS THERE!))
(… Or MAYBE, that "SHIT-HOLE" set the "FOUNDATION" upon which I could "BUILD" my "STEPPING-STONES" to "GREATNESS".
…
Judges?
…
Judges: "Nope, that place just 'SUCKED out LOUD'. A.J., ALL you're triumphing is due to your CURRENT 'team'/associates, your PARTIAL nerve-REdevelopment and your OWN grit & determination.
So, that'd be A.J. -- 1, F.I.N.R. -- 0."
...
"GROWTH is painful.
CHANGE is painful.
But, NOTHING is as PAINFUL as staying STUCK somewhere you DON'T belong."
(--Zig Ziglar)
((… NO OFFENSE to the OTHER--LESS fortunate--patients at "F.I.N.R." (That LAZY, MONEY-SUCKING, WASTE-of-TIME facility!), but it's become BLATANT/OBVIOUS that I've accomplished (MANY) MORE GREAT feats in the last YEAR than I did in ~FIVE YEARS THERE!))
(… Or MAYBE, that "SHIT-HOLE" set the "FOUNDATION" upon which I could "BUILD" my "STEPPING-STONES" to "GREATNESS".
…
Judges?
…
Judges: "Nope, that place just 'SUCKED out LOUD'. A.J., ALL you're triumphing is due to your CURRENT 'team'/associates, your PARTIAL nerve-REdevelopment and your OWN grit & determination.
So, that'd be A.J. -- 1, F.I.N.R. -- 0."
...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
"CALM, COOL & COLLECTED" AJ Leg Workout July 2, 2014
AJ Leg Workout Jul 02, 2014 from AJ Valedictorian Speech on Vimeo.
(… ALL of the leg-"LIFTS" were done with my LEFT/INJURED leg.
YAY, "WORK"!)
...
(Read my shirt.) My "UPPER body"-trainer BOUGHT his "ticket".
(… THIS was my LIFTING & HOLDING UP … with-OUT ANY assistance … my INJURED/weak-ER arm!)
(… I had JUST COMPLETED my WEEKLY "UPPER body"-workout. So, I was "BATTLING" SEVERELY-DAMAGED nerves, weak-ER muscle and FATIGUE.)
P.S. I'd say that I'm LIFTING my CRAPPY LEFT arm ~94 degrees.
YAY!
...
GREAT--NOT "Perfect"--"WORK": AJ Knee-bending July 2, 2014
AJ Knee Bends Jul 02, 2014 from AJ Valedictorian Speech on Vimeo.
(… As I--SOMETIMES--STRUGGLE, the "NeuroFit 360"-staff is VERY HELPFUL!)
...
"GOOD work takes TIME." AJ Walking July 3, 2014
AJ Walking Jul 03 2014 from AJ Valedictorian Speech on Vimeo.
(Although my "WALKING" is DEFINITELY IMPROVING, I am a little DISAPPOINTED that my RIGHT-FOOTED step is still QUITE LOUD/"HEAVY-FOOTED".)
(… THIS is--UNFORTUNATELY--due to my LACK OF strength/confidence in my LEFT foot.)
(… SIGH!)
...
I've GOTTA "TRAIN"/"PRACTICE"! AJ Motor-Assist Elliptical July, 2 2014
AJ Motor-Assist Elliptical Jul 02 2014 from AJ Valedictorian Speech on Vimeo.
(… I DO what I MUST!)
(… That mirror is SO/VERY HELPFUL!
It SHOWS me WHEN my HEAD-/NECK-/SHOULDER-placement/-posture is "OFF"/UNSTABLE.)
...
WALKING-"HOME"-"WORK": AJ Walking July 2, 2014
AJ Walking Jul 02, 2014 from AJ Valedictorian Speech on Vimeo.
(… I "celebrated" an EARLY "INDEPENDENCE" Day!)
'A Walk to Remember' (… GOOD movie!) AJ Walking Late July 2014
CAPTION: Notice that I'm trying to AVOID looking DOWN--at my feet. Also, I am pushing that "WALKING-set" ALL-by-MYSELF … for MOST of the BRIEF "walk".
...
Where's my "GOD" now?!
…
...
((Metatron (Alan Rickman) talking about "God" (Alanis Morissette))
"She has the TECHNOLOGY. She can rebuild you.
BIGGER.
STRONGER.
FASTER.
(BETTER)"
(--'Dogma')
...
OW … but TRUE!
…
"'The GRIND' begins to BREAK BONES."
(--UFC fighter Daniel Cormier)
(… UNFORTUNATELY, I know this--LITERALLY/MEDICALLY--"ALL TOO WELL"!)
(… I have a rather EXTENSIVE medical-history of INJURIES!)
(… Perhaps I'll DETAIL it later.)
(… "PERHAPS".)
...
"'The GRIND' begins to BREAK BONES."
(--UFC fighter Daniel Cormier)
(… UNFORTUNATELY, I know this--LITERALLY/MEDICALLY--"ALL TOO WELL"!)
(… I have a rather EXTENSIVE medical-history of INJURIES!)
(… Perhaps I'll DETAIL it later.)
(… "PERHAPS".)
...
"Fly like a butterfly, sting like a BEE. That's why they call me ('Mr. K.'--NOT 'Mr. C.'!")
… --Muhammad Ali
… AGAIN, I am a TREMENDOUS/TERRIFIC "fighter"--both LITERALLY and METAPHORICALLY!
But, due to my--CURRENT/TEMPORARY SUB-par--PHYSICAL "state", I'm "LEANING toward" the "METAPHORICAL"-"fighting".
(… Although, IF the LITERAL hand-to-hand "fighting" situation were to arise,
I DO TEACH self-defense … to KIDS.)
(… Sooo, I THINK I'd be ALRIGHT!)
…
"While I ALWAYS live my life the way I feel I have to--and NOT to please OTHERS, I still feel I have a RESPONSIBILITY as a ROLE MODEL for young people."
(--Muhammad Ali, 'The Soul of a Butterfly')
...
… AGAIN, I am a TREMENDOUS/TERRIFIC "fighter"--both LITERALLY and METAPHORICALLY!
But, due to my--CURRENT/TEMPORARY SUB-par--PHYSICAL "state", I'm "LEANING toward" the "METAPHORICAL"-"fighting".
(… Although, IF the LITERAL hand-to-hand "fighting" situation were to arise,
I DO TEACH self-defense … to KIDS.)
(… Sooo, I THINK I'd be ALRIGHT!)
…
"While I ALWAYS live my life the way I feel I have to--and NOT to please OTHERS, I still feel I have a RESPONSIBILITY as a ROLE MODEL for young people."
(--Muhammad Ali, 'The Soul of a Butterfly')
...
(Last Friday) "NeuroFit 360"-owner--to ME:
…
"Today's 'EVALUATION-Day'! The KEY-word here is VALUE.
Do you have ANY? Not YET.
But, by the end of (YOUR workoutS), you're ALL (Me, myself & I) going to be SKINNY WINNERS!"
(--'Heavyweights')
So, after ABOUT a YEAR of workouts there, I produced/displayed some FANTASTIC results!
-- I'm NOW able to KNEEL … on BOTH knees! (INDIVIDUALLY and SIMULTANEOUSLY)
-- I'm NOW able to MANEUVER MYSELF--while lying on the mat--onto BOTH my back AND my stomach!
-- I'm NOW able to "WALK"--aided--while maintaining adequate BACK-/NECK-posture!
-- Etc.
...
"Today's 'EVALUATION-Day'! The KEY-word here is VALUE.
Do you have ANY? Not YET.
But, by the end of (YOUR workoutS), you're ALL (Me, myself & I) going to be SKINNY WINNERS!"
(--'Heavyweights')
So, after ABOUT a YEAR of workouts there, I produced/displayed some FANTASTIC results!
-- I'm NOW able to KNEEL … on BOTH knees! (INDIVIDUALLY and SIMULTANEOUSLY)
-- I'm NOW able to MANEUVER MYSELF--while lying on the mat--onto BOTH my back AND my stomach!
-- I'm NOW able to "WALK"--aided--while maintaining adequate BACK-/NECK-posture!
-- Etc.
...
GREAT choices!
…
What do you WANT … in/from LIFE?
…
"To be
LOVED,
to be HAPPY
and to NOT 'settle' for anything LESS than what you DESERVE."
(--Jennifer Aniston)
(… I led a quite SUCCESSFUL, rather IDEAL first 23+ YEARS of my LIFE!
My FIRST ALMOST 23.25 years were so 'WUNDERBA' that it's MORALLY and ETHICALLY … WRONG to FOCUS ONLY on my RECENT "SHIT-SHOW"!)
(… In MY case, I'd say that "the PARTS are GREATER than the WHOLE"!)
...
What do you WANT … in/from LIFE?
…
"To be
LOVED,
to be HAPPY
and to NOT 'settle' for anything LESS than what you DESERVE."
(--Jennifer Aniston)
(… I led a quite SUCCESSFUL, rather IDEAL first 23+ YEARS of my LIFE!
My FIRST ALMOST 23.25 years were so 'WUNDERBA' that it's MORALLY and ETHICALLY … WRONG to FOCUS ONLY on my RECENT "SHIT-SHOW"!)
(… In MY case, I'd say that "the PARTS are GREATER than the WHOLE"!)
...
You've GOTTA BE "well-rounded"!
…
"ALWAYS work on the things you're NOT GOOD at.
Once you SKILLS in those areas, you'll have NO FEARS."
(--'Jiu Jitsu'-practioner Caio Terra)
…
"GOSH!
Girls only want boyfriends who have great 'SKILLS'."
(--'Napoleon Dynamite')
...
"ALWAYS work on the things you're NOT GOOD at.
Once you SKILLS in those areas, you'll have NO FEARS."
(--'Jiu Jitsu'-practioner Caio Terra)
…
"GOSH!
Girls only want boyfriends who have great 'SKILLS'."
(--'Napoleon Dynamite')
...
Monday, July 28, 2014
WHEW! It's a GOOD thing that--TECHNICALLY--I'm NOT ALLOWED--by my nurse--to imbibe soda.
…
A "7-Up"-commercial CLAIMS that drinking said product MAY cause
"Too much GIRLY in one MAN".
(… Acting COMPLETELY as an UNBIASED "OUTSIDER", I'd say that I am a SLIGHTLY effeminate "BADASS"!)
(Further explanation LATER …)
A "7-Up"-commercial CLAIMS that drinking said product MAY cause
"Too much GIRLY in one MAN".
(… Acting COMPLETELY as an UNBIASED "OUTSIDER", I'd say that I am a SLIGHTLY effeminate "BADASS"!)
(Further explanation LATER …)
(EXPLANATION of my … RECENT … PLETHORA of blog-posts:
…
CURRENTLY, I'm kinda in A BIT OF a "DEAD-ZONE" in the "SPORTS-WORLD" (of MY INTERESTS).
(… PLUS, my FAVORITE baseball team is having a "REBUILDING-year".)
So--Thus--Ergo--Hence--Consequently, I shall blog-post mMORE FREQUENTLY/OFTEN to "stay BUSY".
(… PLUS, it's a GREAT way for ME to "INDIRECTLY-communicate" with my "neural psychologist"!)
(… "There's a METHOD to my 'MADNESS'!")
…
CURRENTLY, I'm kinda in A BIT OF a "DEAD-ZONE" in the "SPORTS-WORLD" (of MY INTERESTS).
(… PLUS, my FAVORITE baseball team is having a "REBUILDING-year".)
So--Thus--Ergo--Hence--Consequently, I shall blog-post mMORE FREQUENTLY/OFTEN to "stay BUSY".
(… PLUS, it's a GREAT way for ME to "INDIRECTLY-communicate" with my "neural psychologist"!)
(… "There's a METHOD to my 'MADNESS'!")
…
I've GOTTA PLAN!
…
I MUST think AHEAD or PLOT for any/ALL POSSIBILITIES.
…
"The ALTERNATIVE would be to 'think BACKWARDS', … and that's just 'REMEMBERING'."
(--Sheldon, 'The Big Bang Theory')
HA! (Not so …) FUNNY story:
I have a MUCH EASIER/SIMPLER time "PLANNING" than "REMEMBERING"--CONTRARY to what "Dr. Cooper" IMPLIES!
(… "That's just WEEYAHD. I have NO fuckin' IDEA."--'Boondock Saints')
(… But, I am STILL an ANOMALY.)
...
… AGAIN, I LOVE numbers!
…
My FAVORITE # is
"THREEVE--a combination of THREE and FIVE …
Simply stunning"!
(--Celebrity Jeopardy, old-school 'SNL')
...
My FAVORITE # is
"THREEVE--a combination of THREE and FIVE …
Simply stunning"!
(--Celebrity Jeopardy, old-school 'SNL')
...
He's an IDEAL-ist!
…
"Here's to feeling good … ALL THE TIME!
…
GIDDY-UP!"
(--Cosmo Kramer, 'Seinfeld')
(… Hey, things/life could be A LOT WORSE!
So, "count your BLESSINGS"!)
...
"Here's to feeling good … ALL THE TIME!
…
GIDDY-UP!"
(--Cosmo Kramer, 'Seinfeld')
(… Hey, things/life could be A LOT WORSE!
So, "count your BLESSINGS"!)
...
(I'm pointing to my face.) Do I LOOK worried?!
…
…
"A SMART, BEAUTIFUL woman who can 'KICK MY ASS'?
(CHUCKLE)
Bring it, 'LUCY'!"
--UFC ex-Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre
(… I CONCUR about the WIT, BEAUTY and HUMOR of a POTENTIAL "brawl".)
(… with ME?!)
(… My ONLY "saving grace" would be that "Lucy" is a FICTIONAL character.)
(… WHEW!)
...
…
"A SMART, BEAUTIFUL woman who can 'KICK MY ASS'?
(CHUCKLE)
Bring it, 'LUCY'!"
--UFC ex-Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre
(… I CONCUR about the WIT, BEAUTY and HUMOR of a POTENTIAL "brawl".)
(… with ME?!)
(… My ONLY "saving grace" would be that "Lucy" is a FICTIONAL character.)
(… WHEW!)
...
ME--"in a nutshell":
…
"I'm getting STRONGER, getting FASTER, and there's not much(/ANY) time to REST and get LAZY. That's FOR SURE."
(--UFC Welterweight-fighter Robbie Lawler)
…
"NO. This is ME …
'in a NUTSHELL'--Look. I'm in a nutshell."
(--'Austin Powers')
...
"I'm getting STRONGER, getting FASTER, and there's not much(/ANY) time to REST and get LAZY. That's FOR SURE."
(--UFC Welterweight-fighter Robbie Lawler)
…
"NO. This is ME …
'in a NUTSHELL'--Look. I'm in a nutshell."
(--'Austin Powers')
...
SELF-worth:
…
"CONFIDENCE"
is
KNOWING and ADMITTING who you ARE, what you've DONE and loving yourself for what/whoM you've ALREADY BECOME--no matter what OTHERS think of you.
…
Honestly, whoM are you trying to IMPRESS?!
(… It ALL begins with … YOU!)
((… I've accomplished some rather IMPRESSIVE feats:
-- high school valedictorian
-- MULTIPLE "martial arts"-"black belts" (SIMULTANEOUS)
-- medical "EXPERTS" (HA!)-defying LIFE
-- etc.))
MORE to come!
...
"CONFIDENCE"
is
KNOWING and ADMITTING who you ARE, what you've DONE and loving yourself for what/whoM you've ALREADY BECOME--no matter what OTHERS think of you.
…
Honestly, whoM are you trying to IMPRESS?!
(… It ALL begins with … YOU!)
((… I've accomplished some rather IMPRESSIVE feats:
-- high school valedictorian
-- MULTIPLE "martial arts"-"black belts" (SIMULTANEOUS)
-- medical "EXPERTS" (HA!)-defying LIFE
-- etc.))
MORE to come!
...
AMEN! BRING IT ON!
…
"Being CHALLENGED in life is INEVITABLE.
...
Being DEFEATED is OPTIONAL."
(--NFL QB Russell Wilson of the 2014 Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks)
(… NEVER "give up"!)
...
"Being CHALLENGED in life is INEVITABLE.
...
Being DEFEATED is OPTIONAL."
(--NFL QB Russell Wilson of the 2014 Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks)
(… NEVER "give up"!)
...
OPTIMISTIC (MY) setup for ALL events:
…
PREPARE for the WORST.
"HOPE FOR"/EXPECT the BEST.
(… If I "played a role" in said situation, then I'd CERTAINLY expect "the BEST"!)
(… No, that's NOT COCKINESS/OVER-confidence, that's just the TRUTH … with DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE!)
...
PREPARE for the WORST.
"HOPE FOR"/EXPECT the BEST.
(… If I "played a role" in said situation, then I'd CERTAINLY expect "the BEST"!)
(… No, that's NOT COCKINESS/OVER-confidence, that's just the TRUTH … with DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE!)
...
Are you KIDDING ME?! (I am QUITE PERTURBED--almost LIVID!)
…
The other evening (It was Friday.) I got home kinda late from--YET ANOTHER--GREAT, PHENOMENAL workout at my gym ("NeuroFit 360")!
Since I was TIRED, STICKY and kinda YUCKY, I tried to take a QUICK shower before "eating" my "dinner".
ALAS! I mustN'T underestimate STUPIDITY!
Sure enough, my evening-nurse arrived, strolled into MY HOUSE, SHOCKINGLY did NOT think it was--AT ALL--STRANGE that she saw NO ONE around to greet her and walked into MY BATHROOM!
I was SO SHOCKED and UPSET that I spilled ALOTTA shampoo into my EYES!
(HARUMPF! MUMBLE, mumble.)
(… I don't even CARE about "political CORRECT-ness": She's REALLY FRICKIN' RETARDED!)
((… I TRIED to let the problem "SIMMER" to see if my anger would DECREASE/SUBSIDE.
(… SELF-therapy) But, THAT did NOT work! Also, my right--MUCH BETTER--eye REALLY HURTS!))
PLUS, when I confronted said nurse about her BLATANT, HORRIBLE ERROR, she
LIED
and claimed she didn't HEAR the shower.
BULLSHIT!
Also, she SWORE that she "did NOT enter the bathroom, 'cuz the door was closed".
BULLSHIT on BOTH accounts!
(-- I SAW HER--pulling her table of meds/vitamins--ENTER the bathroom!
-- After her exit, I CLOSED the--ALWAYS OPEN--door!
-- Her BLATANT DISRESPECT, DISREGARD and DISHONESTY caused me SERIOUS optic/retinal-PAIN!
(… I wonder how long she's suffered from "Selective DEAFNESS".)
(… The DISEASE begins as a PEDIATRIC problem. So, she's been TORMENTING patients for YEARS.)
(… Yeah, I researched HER "DIS-order" … with ONE GOOD eye!)
(… SIGH!)
...
ALAS, what can you do?!
…
"'HATERS' gonna HATE."
(--SPORTS-slang)
(… Since we--as Americans--live in a democracy, EVERYONE's entitled to his/her OWN opinion.)
(… But, have the DETERMINATION, WORK-ETHIC and--eventually--SKILL-SET to prove 'em
WRONG!)
(… Make 'em … "EAT THEIR WORDS"!)
...
"'HATERS' gonna HATE."
(--SPORTS-slang)
(… Since we--as Americans--live in a democracy, EVERYONE's entitled to his/her OWN opinion.)
(… But, have the DETERMINATION, WORK-ETHIC and--eventually--SKILL-SET to prove 'em
WRONG!)
(… Make 'em … "EAT THEIR WORDS"!)
...
Sunday, July 27, 2014
"'You can be someone special, if you REALLY work at it.'"
…
(--MLB great Frank Thomas quoting, thanking his "LATE" father during his Hall of Fame induction speech)
…
I'm ALWAYS "working" to make myself STRONGER, HEALTHIER, …
BETTER.
...
(--MLB great Frank Thomas quoting, thanking his "LATE" father during his Hall of Fame induction speech)
…
I'm ALWAYS "working" to make myself STRONGER, HEALTHIER, …
BETTER.
...
LONG-owed RESPECT/APPRECIATION:
…
My UNCLE--a PHENOMENAL "cribbage"-player (It's--by far--my FAVORITE card-game.)--is HAPPILY-married to my mom's sister--a NURSE.
Given my CURRENT--TEMPORARY--medical "state of affairs", I'd REALLY APPRECIATE a "24-7", INTELLIGENT (MY) "Health-Monitor".
(… No, I am NOT promoting/advocating DATING one's EMPLOYEES!)
(… VERY UN-professional!)
(… I'm merely giving a "KUDOS" to my uncle!)
...
My UNCLE--a PHENOMENAL "cribbage"-player (It's--by far--my FAVORITE card-game.)--is HAPPILY-married to my mom's sister--a NURSE.
Given my CURRENT--TEMPORARY--medical "state of affairs", I'd REALLY APPRECIATE a "24-7", INTELLIGENT (MY) "Health-Monitor".
(… No, I am NOT promoting/advocating DATING one's EMPLOYEES!)
(… VERY UN-professional!)
(… I'm merely giving a "KUDOS" to my uncle!)
...
Saturday, July 26, 2014
(Ha ha HA!) "Tru DAT!"
…
"There's a DIFFERENCE …
between having
a
JOB
and having
a
CAREER!"
(--Chris Rock--stand-up)
(… I feel that "maintaining"/"operating" my "caregiver-business" is my "JOB", 'cuz it's only TEMPORARY! I do NOT intend to STAY "SEVERELY handicapped" … FOREVER!
… My TEACHING martial arts is more my "CAREER"--despite my providing the "service" 'pro bono'.)
(… I KNOW. I know. THAT didn't sound APPROPRIATE: "I provide SERVICES 'pro BONO'".)
(… I "brought that on MYSELF".)
...
"There's a DIFFERENCE …
between having
a
JOB
and having
a
CAREER!"
(--Chris Rock--stand-up)
(… I feel that "maintaining"/"operating" my "caregiver-business" is my "JOB", 'cuz it's only TEMPORARY! I do NOT intend to STAY "SEVERELY handicapped" … FOREVER!
… My TEACHING martial arts is more my "CAREER"--despite my providing the "service" 'pro bono'.)
(… I KNOW. I know. THAT didn't sound APPROPRIATE: "I provide SERVICES 'pro BONO'".)
(… I "brought that on MYSELF".)
...
"A WARRIOR's path is a lonely one."
…
--Sentinel Prime, 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon'
…
That quote is EERILY and UNFORTUNATELY applicable to my CURRENT--TEMPORARY--"situation".
-- I have/own a "martial arts"-shirt that says
"Warrior's Spirit".
-- From the way I'm "BATTLING through" my MANY physical, mental and societal "WARS", I consider MYSELF a "WARRIOR".
-- CONTRARY to MANY people's CLAIMS, NO ONE "knows how I FEEL"!
-- People hear about my "T.B.I.", and they think--and ASSUME--that I'm "just some kind of STUPID, ANTISOCIAL RETARD".
(… Can y'all BELIEVE that I overheard--with my "SUPER-sebsitive hearing"--some ignorant DUMBASS actually said THAT about ME?!)
...
"Write that down."
… --Michael Scott, 'The Office'
…
"There are TWO kinds of people in this world:
those who BELIEVE there are two kinds of people in this world
and
those who are SMART ENOUGH to know better."
(--Tim Robbins, 'Still Life with Woodpecker')
What happened to UNIQUENESS?!
… Granted, there are SIMILARITIES.
But, the phrase "KIND of person" is FAR/WAY TOO VAGUE!
...
I YEARN … for OTHERS' BETTER … understanding!
…
I--GREATLY--struggle to say "No" without HAVING TO explain myself.
I'm NOT being condescending! I just WISH OTHERS had MY logic, understanding and deduction.
It's NOT rocket-science!
...
"PAST", PRESENT & "FUTURE":
…
"EVERY 'saint' has a (convoluted/questionable) 'PAST'.
EVERY sinner has a (POTENTIALLY PROMISING) 'FUTURE'."
(--Oscar Wilde)
(… Now, I'm CERTAINLY NOT claiming to be a "SAINT".
Also, I am NOT CONDEMNING myself as a "SINNER".)
HOWEVER, I HAVE HAD a bit of a "SHAKY" "PAST".
Also, since I'm VERY MUCH a DETERMINED OPTIMIST, I must/WILL focus on creating an IDEAL "FUTURE"!
...
"EVERY 'saint' has a (convoluted/questionable) 'PAST'.
EVERY sinner has a (POTENTIALLY PROMISING) 'FUTURE'."
(--Oscar Wilde)
(… Now, I'm CERTAINLY NOT claiming to be a "SAINT".
Also, I am NOT CONDEMNING myself as a "SINNER".)
HOWEVER, I HAVE HAD a bit of a "SHAKY" "PAST".
Also, since I'm VERY MUCH a DETERMINED OPTIMIST, I must/WILL focus on creating an IDEAL "FUTURE"!
...
HURRY! (… During my workouts)
…
"You've gotta HUSTLE
to get the MUSCLE!"
(--'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon')
(… In ACTUALITY, this RYME is more for HUMOR than for workout-ADVICE.
I've found that 'tis BETTER/"MORE BENEFICIAL" to do MORE REPETITIONS at a WEIGHT … SLOWLY.)
(… DECREASED WEIGHT + MORE REPS = INCREASED MUSCLE-"TONE")
((… As OPPOSED TO the kinetic-/fitness-(/MATHEMATICAL-!)"equation":
INCREASED WEIGHT + FEWER REPS = INCREASED MUSCLE-"BULK")
(… Thus, I do 65 … SLOW …SQUATS at VARIOUS/ALTERING "Dipping-ANGLES" … EVERY SINGLE EVENING!)
(… I'm COMMITTED … to IMPROVING … my PHYSICAL-FITNESS/HEALTH!)
...
"You've gotta HUSTLE
to get the MUSCLE!"
(--'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon')
(… In ACTUALITY, this RYME is more for HUMOR than for workout-ADVICE.
I've found that 'tis BETTER/"MORE BENEFICIAL" to do MORE REPETITIONS at a WEIGHT … SLOWLY.)
(… DECREASED WEIGHT + MORE REPS = INCREASED MUSCLE-"TONE")
((… As OPPOSED TO the kinetic-/fitness-(/MATHEMATICAL-!)"equation":
INCREASED WEIGHT + FEWER REPS = INCREASED MUSCLE-"BULK")
(… Thus, I do 65 … SLOW …SQUATS at VARIOUS/ALTERING "Dipping-ANGLES" … EVERY SINGLE EVENING!)
(… I'm COMMITTED … to IMPROVING … my PHYSICAL-FITNESS/HEALTH!)
...
Friday, July 25, 2014
Yes, I--CURRENTLY/TEMPORARILY--"EAT" via "G-tube".
…
"I EAT … to NOURISH the BODY--NOT
to PLEASE the TONGUE."
((--Dwayne Johnson (used to be "The Rock" of the WWE))
… I "consume" ALL of my NUTRIENTS and VITAMINS to STRENGTHEN and ENERGIZE my muscles and nerves.
… PLUS, I cannot even TASTE/DECIPHER/"DIFFERENTIATE" (… MATH-term!) a 'gyro'--on pita with 'tzatziki' sauce (YUMMY!) from a ham sandwich--on toast drenched with mayonnaise (EEEWWW!).
(… If I IGNORED the OBVIOUS textural DIFFERENCES)
"I EAT … to NOURISH the BODY--NOT
to PLEASE the TONGUE."
((--Dwayne Johnson (used to be "The Rock" of the WWE))
… I "consume" ALL of my NUTRIENTS and VITAMINS to STRENGTHEN and ENERGIZE my muscles and nerves.
… PLUS, I cannot even TASTE/DECIPHER/"DIFFERENTIATE" (… MATH-term!) a 'gyro'--on pita with 'tzatziki' sauce (YUMMY!) from a ham sandwich--on toast drenched with mayonnaise (EEEWWW!).
(… If I IGNORED the OBVIOUS textural DIFFERENCES)
KARMA?!
…
"In the end, the universe tends to 'unfold' as it should."
(--'Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle')
…
For NO apparent REASON, ~six years ago I suffered a SEVERE "Traumatic Brain-Injury" in a car-accident. At the time, I was joyously/MUTUALLY "celebrating" the BEST ROMANTIC-relationship of my life, HAPPILY ENJOYING and being "groomed for SERIOUS-advancement" along the corporate-ladder at a MAJOR Florida petroleum-distributor, PROUDLY "distributing my PLENTITUDE of MARTIAL ARTS knowledge" to young 'Karateka' ('Karate-students') as a 'Sensei' ('Martial arts INSTRUCTOR') at my dojo and STUDIOUSLY preparing to earn my Master's degree in Entrepreneurship in Business School.
THEN, "SHIT happened!! I--UNFORTUNATELY--was involved in my INFAMOUS, CATASTROPHIC "incident".
I'm SLOWLY--yet SURELY--"on my way BACK" to EARNING--at least--a PORTION--of what I once HAD.
(… You've gotta BELIEVE … in MIRACLES!)
...
"In the end, the universe tends to 'unfold' as it should."
(--'Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle')
…
For NO apparent REASON, ~six years ago I suffered a SEVERE "Traumatic Brain-Injury" in a car-accident. At the time, I was joyously/MUTUALLY "celebrating" the BEST ROMANTIC-relationship of my life, HAPPILY ENJOYING and being "groomed for SERIOUS-advancement" along the corporate-ladder at a MAJOR Florida petroleum-distributor, PROUDLY "distributing my PLENTITUDE of MARTIAL ARTS knowledge" to young 'Karateka' ('Karate-students') as a 'Sensei' ('Martial arts INSTRUCTOR') at my dojo and STUDIOUSLY preparing to earn my Master's degree in Entrepreneurship in Business School.
THEN, "SHIT happened!! I--UNFORTUNATELY--was involved in my INFAMOUS, CATASTROPHIC "incident".
I'm SLOWLY--yet SURELY--"on my way BACK" to EARNING--at least--a PORTION--of what I once HAD.
(… You've gotta BELIEVE … in MIRACLES!)
...
Too MUCH RESPONSIBILITY!
…
"… I'm just a F---ED-UP (guy), who's lookin' for my OWN piece of mind.
Don't 'ASSIGN me' YOURS!"
(--'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind')
Even though I LOVE to HELP people, I "have my hands FULL" in my--SEEMINGLY--"FRUITLESS"/DESPERATE search … and EVENTUAL "ERADICATION"/"TERMINATION" of my OWN "BRAIN-DEBRIS"!
PLEASE do NOT put the "ONUS" (GOOD word!) on ME for YOUR mental-issues!
...
"… I'm just a F---ED-UP (guy), who's lookin' for my OWN piece of mind.
Don't 'ASSIGN me' YOURS!"
(--'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind')
Even though I LOVE to HELP people, I "have my hands FULL" in my--SEEMINGLY--"FRUITLESS"/DESPERATE search … and EVENTUAL "ERADICATION"/"TERMINATION" of my OWN "BRAIN-DEBRIS"!
PLEASE do NOT put the "ONUS" (GOOD word!) on ME for YOUR mental-issues!
...
"ASK, and you shall RECEIVE."
…
"To GET along, you've gotta GO along."
(--'The Longest Yard')
(… In order to create pleasant RAPPORT, one must be NICE and WELCOMING.)
…
(SOBBING)
"If you have to cry, it's okay.
(TEARS)
I'll cry WITH YOU!"
(… I'm UBER-SENSITIVE!)
...
"To GET along, you've gotta GO along."
(--'The Longest Yard')
(… In order to create pleasant RAPPORT, one must be NICE and WELCOMING.)
…
(SOBBING)
"If you have to cry, it's okay.
(TEARS)
I'll cry WITH YOU!"
(… I'm UBER-SENSITIVE!)
...
… "SOME objects are MORE than what they appear."
…
(SOME are "LESS".)
'Por ejemplo':
"I can't SEE subatomic-particles. Nonetheless, I KNOW they're there."
(--Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
A FURTHER example:
My NEURAL x-ray displays SIGNIFICANT/SEVERE "cracks"/"hemorrhages" in/to MY brain.
Yet, my INTELLIGENCE , UNDERSTANDING & LOGIC are still VERY MUCH there!
...
(SOME are "LESS".)
'Por ejemplo':
"I can't SEE subatomic-particles. Nonetheless, I KNOW they're there."
(--Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
A FURTHER example:
My NEURAL x-ray displays SIGNIFICANT/SEVERE "cracks"/"hemorrhages" in/to MY brain.
Yet, my INTELLIGENCE , UNDERSTANDING & LOGIC are still VERY MUCH there!
...
Dear "HIGHER POWER"/KARMA/"MY BRAIN",
…
ENLIGHTEN what's DARK in me (my NERVES).
STRENGTHEN what's WEAK in me (my LEGS).
MEND what's "BROKEN" in me (my "SPIRIT"/HEART).
BIND what's "BRUISED" in me (my LEFT shoulder).
HEAL what's "SICK" in me (my DIMINISHED brain-CAPACITY).
Finally,
REVIVE the PEACE, LOVE and ZEST for life I once had!
...
"STRENGTH":
…
Yes, I am a "STRONG" person.
But, occasionally, I also APPRECIATE someone "taking my hand" and
saying, "EVERYTHING will be alright."
(… Sometimes I really APPRECIATE/NEED a CARING/SUPPORTING hand/"heart" to "GRASP".)
...
Yes, I am a "STRONG" person.
But, occasionally, I also APPRECIATE someone "taking my hand" and
saying, "EVERYTHING will be alright."
(… Sometimes I really APPRECIATE/NEED a CARING/SUPPORTING hand/"heart" to "GRASP".)
...
It's "CATCHY".
…
A FEMALE friend--to ME: "That's ALL You've GOT--'A CHEAP Trick & a CHEESY One-Liner'?!"
My reply: "Sweetheart, THAT could be the name of my autobiography."
"I CAN'T let my injury 'BEAT me'."
(--RANDOM test-patient)
(SOMETIMES, while I'm WALKING, I just someone/ANYONE would YELL--at me:)
"Stop … STOPPING!"
Whenever I STRUGGLE to accomplish something, I think of "The Mandarin".
(To MYSELF:)
"Do you want an EMPTY … life OR a MEANINGFUL … death?"
(--'Iron Man 3')
(… Again, TECHNICALLY, I am the NEW "IRON Man".)
...
A FEMALE friend--to ME: "That's ALL You've GOT--'A CHEAP Trick & a CHEESY One-Liner'?!"
My reply: "Sweetheart, THAT could be the name of my autobiography."
"I CAN'T let my injury 'BEAT me'."
(--RANDOM test-patient)
(SOMETIMES, while I'm WALKING, I just someone/ANYONE would YELL--at me:)
"Stop … STOPPING!"
Whenever I STRUGGLE to accomplish something, I think of "The Mandarin".
(To MYSELF:)
"Do you want an EMPTY … life OR a MEANINGFUL … death?"
(--'Iron Man 3')
(… Again, TECHNICALLY, I am the NEW "IRON Man".)
...
MULTI-tasking:
…
"A MASTER in the art of LIVING
draws NO sharp DISTINCTION between
his WORK and his PLAY;
his LABOR and his LEISURE;
his MIND and his BODY;
his EDUCATION and his RECREATION.
He hardly knows WHICH is WHICH.
He simply pursues his vision of EXCELLENCE through
WHATEVER he is doing and leaves others to determine whether he is
WORKING or PLAYING.
To himself, he ALWAYS appears to be doing BOTH."
(--Chateaubriand)
(… PAUSE)
(… And, CHECKMATE!)
(… Excuse me. I was just playing--BEATING--my DOUBTING/PESSIMISTIC "doctors" in chess.)
(… Yes, they were--yet AGAIN--"ganging up on me".)
(… Do I look SURPRISED?!)
...
"A MASTER in the art of LIVING
draws NO sharp DISTINCTION between
his WORK and his PLAY;
his LABOR and his LEISURE;
his MIND and his BODY;
his EDUCATION and his RECREATION.
He hardly knows WHICH is WHICH.
He simply pursues his vision of EXCELLENCE through
WHATEVER he is doing and leaves others to determine whether he is
WORKING or PLAYING.
To himself, he ALWAYS appears to be doing BOTH."
(--Chateaubriand)
(… PAUSE)
(… And, CHECKMATE!)
(… Excuse me. I was just playing--BEATING--my DOUBTING/PESSIMISTIC "doctors" in chess.)
(… Yes, they were--yet AGAIN--"ganging up on me".)
(… Do I look SURPRISED?!)
...
Thursday, July 24, 2014
"Distribute/Share the 'WEALTH'!"
…
If someone's with-OUT a SMILE,
( : ( )
give that person one of YOURS!
( : ) )
"LAUGHTER is the BEST 'medicine'."
(… Just TRY TO laugh with-OUT smiling.
I DARE YA!)
...
If someone's with-OUT a SMILE,
( : ( )
give that person one of YOURS!
( : ) )
"LAUGHTER is the BEST 'medicine'."
(… Just TRY TO laugh with-OUT smiling.
I DARE YA!)
...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Am I … THAT … scary?!
…
According to the common saying … and LOGIC:
"People FEAR what they do NOT understand."
ALL of my "doctors" (Ha HA ha!) openly ADMITTED to NOT understanding WHY/HOW I'm "functioning"--let alone, ALIVE--after such a DEVASTATING "T.B.I."
Not only am I "ALIVE" … AND (SEMI-PROPERLY-)"FUNCTIONING", but I'm actually
REALLY IMPROVING!
Thus--Ergo--Therefore--Consequently,
Altan Kaynatma is SMART, CORRECT, DETERMINED and MENTALLY/PHYSICALLY STRONG.
His/My "doctors" are ALL IGNORANT, WRONG, PESSIMISTIC and "WEAK"/PITIFUL.
P.S.
… BOOOOOO!
….
According to the common saying … and LOGIC:
"People FEAR what they do NOT understand."
ALL of my "doctors" (Ha HA ha!) openly ADMITTED to NOT understanding WHY/HOW I'm "functioning"--let alone, ALIVE--after such a DEVASTATING "T.B.I."
Not only am I "ALIVE" … AND (SEMI-PROPERLY-)"FUNCTIONING", but I'm actually
REALLY IMPROVING!
Thus--Ergo--Therefore--Consequently,
Altan Kaynatma is SMART, CORRECT, DETERMINED and MENTALLY/PHYSICALLY STRONG.
His/My "doctors" are ALL IGNORANT, WRONG, PESSIMISTIC and "WEAK"/PITIFUL.
P.S.
… BOOOOOO!
….
… YAY for … ME!
…
WAY to APPLY what the OWNER of my PHENOMENAL LEG-gym ("NeuroFit 360") emphasized about ONE exercise to OTHER, VARIOUS leg-"techniques"!
1) I SHIFTED my WEIGHT across BOTH/"EITHER ONE" of my HIPS.
2) I tried to NOT lean BACK while weight-SHIFTING.
3) I kept my feet MOVING/SHIFTING as I "ABOUT-FACED" ("TURNED 180 degrees") while "WALKING".
4) I "concentrated" MOST of my WEIGHT on my LEFT leg, as I did A LOT of squats/HALF-squats.
Regarding #4, I'm CONSIDERING opening a "SECLUDED area that helps 'residents' better FOCUS"--kinda like a "CONCENTRATION-CAMP".
(… What, TOO SOON?!)
(… Ha ha HA!)
...
WAY to APPLY what the OWNER of my PHENOMENAL LEG-gym ("NeuroFit 360") emphasized about ONE exercise to OTHER, VARIOUS leg-"techniques"!
1) I SHIFTED my WEIGHT across BOTH/"EITHER ONE" of my HIPS.
2) I tried to NOT lean BACK while weight-SHIFTING.
3) I kept my feet MOVING/SHIFTING as I "ABOUT-FACED" ("TURNED 180 degrees") while "WALKING".
4) I "concentrated" MOST of my WEIGHT on my LEFT leg, as I did A LOT of squats/HALF-squats.
Regarding #4, I'm CONSIDERING opening a "SECLUDED area that helps 'residents' better FOCUS"--kinda like a "CONCENTRATION-CAMP".
(… What, TOO SOON?!)
(… Ha ha HA!)
...
My conscience--to ME:
…
"Hey, if you can DREAM it, you can DO it."
(--'Rules of Engagement')
…
"If you WILL it, 'Dude', it is no dream."
ME--to my conscience: What the fu-- is THAT?!"
My conscience: "Theodore Hertzl, 'State of Israel'."
(--'The Big Lebowski')
I had a FANTASTIC workout!
(MORE details to follow)
...
"Hey, if you can DREAM it, you can DO it."
(--'Rules of Engagement')
…
"If you WILL it, 'Dude', it is no dream."
ME--to my conscience: What the fu-- is THAT?!"
My conscience: "Theodore Hertzl, 'State of Israel'."
(--'The Big Lebowski')
I had a FANTASTIC workout!
(MORE details to follow)
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Probability/Statistics
…
"I can ALWAYS guess how many jelly beans are in a 'jelly bean'-jar--even if I'm wrong."
(--Brick Tamland, 'Anchorman 2')
...
"I can ALWAYS guess how many jelly beans are in a 'jelly bean'-jar--even if I'm wrong."
(--Brick Tamland, 'Anchorman 2')
...
That was THEN, and this is NOW.
…
My mom used to think that my FRIENDS were BAD INFLUENCES.
…
I WONDER if she's figured out YET that I was the one coming up with ALL the--MISCHIEVOUS--ideas.
(… SSSHHH!)
(… Yet, NOW I have a "T.B.I.")
(… Is that KARMA?!)
...
My mom used to think that my FRIENDS were BAD INFLUENCES.
…
I WONDER if she's figured out YET that I was the one coming up with ALL the--MISCHIEVOUS--ideas.
(… SSSHHH!)
(… Yet, NOW I have a "T.B.I.")
(… Is that KARMA?!)
...
"You must RESPECK my author-ih-TAY!"
… --Eric Cartman, 'South Park'
CONTRARY to my college-degree in "Bio-ENGINEERING", I actually represent "PHYSICS".
(… I "ACED" A.P. Physics--ALL YEAR--my senior year of high school.)
…
"When you understand PHYSICS, you understand EVERYTHING."
…
"'ENGINEERING' is merely the SLOW, younger brother of PHYSICS."
(--Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
(… My "BRO-hiem" represents "ENGINEERING".)
...
CONTRARY to my college-degree in "Bio-ENGINEERING", I actually represent "PHYSICS".
(… I "ACED" A.P. Physics--ALL YEAR--my senior year of high school.)
…
"When you understand PHYSICS, you understand EVERYTHING."
…
"'ENGINEERING' is merely the SLOW, younger brother of PHYSICS."
(--Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
(… My "BRO-hiem" represents "ENGINEERING".)
...
"If it were EASY, then EVERYONE would do it."
…
"Do something, because it is RIGHT--not 'EASY'."
(--Professor Dumbledoor, 'Harry Potter')
(… Have ETHICS and MORALS.)
...
"Do something, because it is RIGHT--not 'EASY'."
(--Professor Dumbledoor, 'Harry Potter')
(… Have ETHICS and MORALS.)
...
(NON-)"24-7":
…
Go 24--CONSECUTIVE--hours (EXCLUDING sleeping) with-OUT complaining.
NOT EVEN ONCE.
…
Then, EVALUATE just HOW your LIFE starts changing … in a POSITIVE way/manner.
(… In other words, do NOT "BITCH and MOAN".
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Go 24--CONSECUTIVE--hours (EXCLUDING sleeping) with-OUT complaining.
NOT EVEN ONCE.
…
Then, EVALUATE just HOW your LIFE starts changing … in a POSITIVE way/manner.
(… In other words, do NOT "BITCH and MOAN".
...
… CHERISH your "TIME" here!
…
"One minute you're gonna blink, and be 90.
So, DON'T BLINK!"
(--'This is 40')
(… That's a LONG "blink"!)
...
"One minute you're gonna blink, and be 90.
So, DON'T BLINK!"
(--'This is 40')
(… That's a LONG "blink"!)
...
"You've GOTTA 'keep your body GUESSING'!"
… --My "UPPER body"-trainer
It's GOOD to be "DIFFERENT"!
(… I'm ODD/STRANGE/WEIRD … and PROUD of it!
IF you do NOT like it,
…
"TOUGH SHIT"!)
The SAME outcome/result can become
BORING/HUMDRUM/COMMONPLACE.
(… Yet, we are ALL UNIQUE. EMBRACE our "DIFFERENTIALS"!)
(… I just HAD TO put in some MATH-jargon/-lexicon!)
(… "EVERYONE is 'SPECIAL'--EVERYONE in his or her OWN way."
--Barney the big, purple dinosaur.)
...
It's GOOD to be "DIFFERENT"!
(… I'm ODD/STRANGE/WEIRD … and PROUD of it!
IF you do NOT like it,
…
"TOUGH SHIT"!)
The SAME outcome/result can become
BORING/HUMDRUM/COMMONPLACE.
(… Yet, we are ALL UNIQUE. EMBRACE our "DIFFERENTIALS"!)
(… I just HAD TO put in some MATH-jargon/-lexicon!)
(… "EVERYONE is 'SPECIAL'--EVERYONE in his or her OWN way."
--Barney the big, purple dinosaur.)
...
LIFE is (TOO) short.
…
(LUCKILY/THANKFULLY, I SURVIVED my CATASTROPHIC "brush with EXTREME danger"!)
…
'Carpe diem.'
(… Latin: 'SEIZE the day.')
…
TREASURE your "time"!
(… I'm a TERRIFIC combination of
OPTIMIST,
STATISTICIAN,
"FREE-/BROAD-THINKER"
and
"LOGIC-ANALYST".)
(… Also, SSSHHH! I "have the POWER" to "MANIPULATE" brain X-rays.)
(… Do I ACTUALLY/REALLY have a "Traumatic Brain-Injury"?!)
(… I'll never tell!)
...
(LUCKILY/THANKFULLY, I SURVIVED my CATASTROPHIC "brush with EXTREME danger"!)
…
'Carpe diem.'
(… Latin: 'SEIZE the day.')
…
TREASURE your "time"!
(… I'm a TERRIFIC combination of
OPTIMIST,
STATISTICIAN,
"FREE-/BROAD-THINKER"
and
"LOGIC-ANALYST".)
(… Also, SSSHHH! I "have the POWER" to "MANIPULATE" brain X-rays.)
(… Do I ACTUALLY/REALLY have a "Traumatic Brain-Injury"?!)
(… I'll never tell!)
...
I guess this is KINDA … good.
…
I JUST had/got three DISTINCT "WHIFFS" of my BACKUP nurse's (OFFENSIVE) perfume.
(… Semi-YAY!)
(… Yes, you SOPHOMORIC sickos: I "have a SEMI-.")
This NEW "observation"/gathering"/finding" is still QUITE a "head-scratcher".
(… WHY do I only smell SOME things?
WHY do I ONLY smell SOME … BAD things?
… With the FREQUENCY and "thrust-POWER" of my "FECAL-FRENZIES", WHY have I NOT "nasally-detected" THAT? … I'd imagine that my "RECTAL-aroma" is "BAD"/"NOT good".
… WHAT did I DO to "TRIGGER" my NASAL-activity?)
P.S. Those "WHIFFS" were QUITE UNPLEASANT.
(I shuddered.)
(… That's PROOF that I could SMELL it:
It NECESSITATED a REACTION.
Full--not "SEMI-"YAY!")
...
I JUST had/got three DISTINCT "WHIFFS" of my BACKUP nurse's (OFFENSIVE) perfume.
(… Semi-YAY!)
(… Yes, you SOPHOMORIC sickos: I "have a SEMI-.")
This NEW "observation"/gathering"/finding" is still QUITE a "head-scratcher".
(… WHY do I only smell SOME things?
WHY do I ONLY smell SOME … BAD things?
… With the FREQUENCY and "thrust-POWER" of my "FECAL-FRENZIES", WHY have I NOT "nasally-detected" THAT? … I'd imagine that my "RECTAL-aroma" is "BAD"/"NOT good".
… WHAT did I DO to "TRIGGER" my NASAL-activity?)
P.S. Those "WHIFFS" were QUITE UNPLEASANT.
(I shuddered.)
(… That's PROOF that I could SMELL it:
It NECESSITATED a REACTION.
Full--not "SEMI-"YAY!")
...
Be PRO-active … not RE-active!
…
"If you're NOT going after your dreams, you merely EXIST.
You doN'T want to JUST 'exist'. You want to DO SOMETHING.
Be a part of life."
(--UFC fighter Uriah "Prime Time" Hall)
(… In spite of my--TEMPORARY--handicaps/disabilities, I ALWAYS strive for MORE … goals to achieve:
-- I TEACH martial arts.
-- I'm starting a tutoring-service.
-- I have FOUR EXTENSIVE workouts PER WEEK. )
...
"If you're NOT going after your dreams, you merely EXIST.
You doN'T want to JUST 'exist'. You want to DO SOMETHING.
Be a part of life."
(--UFC fighter Uriah "Prime Time" Hall)
(… In spite of my--TEMPORARY--handicaps/disabilities, I ALWAYS strive for MORE … goals to achieve:
-- I TEACH martial arts.
-- I'm starting a tutoring-service.
-- I have FOUR EXTENSIVE workouts PER WEEK. )
...
NOT to "HARP ON" the PAST, (I tend to that.)
…
(GOOD or BAD -- 'FAR-keht-MEHS'.)
(… That's the PHONETIC Turkish way of saying, 'It doesn't matter.')
…
However, I've been MUCH HAPPIER (YAY!) since my REPLACEMENT of one COMPLETELY SELFISH and IGNORANT "caregiver" with a QUITE UNDERSTANDING and LOGICAL new-guy!
PLUS, this new guy "practices" in the medical-field. So, he UNDERSTANDS what would be HEALTHY for me. (The OTHER/LAST guy was/IS just VERY … "NOT smart"!)
(… I mean, how DIFFICULT to understand/maneuver are "drawstring-pants"?
APPARENTLY, the last guy had to "BREAK" THREE of MY shorts, before I just "GAVE UP" on wearing THOSE TYPES of shorts during HIS shifts.)
(… Did I also mention that he BROKE a VERY NICE, glass lamp in my room … for which he NEVER reimbursed me?! He JUST said "it was WET". BULLSHIT! He'd NEVER "take RESPONSIBILITY" for HIS OWN "UMPTEEN" MISTAKES! Yes, I understand that "NOBODY's perfect", and "'SHIT' happens". But, I ALWAYS WARNED him BEFOREHAND, 'cuz my confidence/belief in HIS mental-COMPETENCE was RAPIDLY DIMINISHING!)
(LUCKILY, I "put the KYBOSH on" HIS working FOR/WITH me, BEFORE I acquired my VAN, 'cuz "THAT was an ACCIDENT waiting to happen".)
(… Pun INTENDED.)
(… WHOA! Enough "VENTING".)
Anyway, I'm MUCH MORE RELAXED/"AT EASE" with this NEW and FUN "caregiver"!
...
(GOOD or BAD -- 'FAR-keht-MEHS'.)
(… That's the PHONETIC Turkish way of saying, 'It doesn't matter.')
…
However, I've been MUCH HAPPIER (YAY!) since my REPLACEMENT of one COMPLETELY SELFISH and IGNORANT "caregiver" with a QUITE UNDERSTANDING and LOGICAL new-guy!
PLUS, this new guy "practices" in the medical-field. So, he UNDERSTANDS what would be HEALTHY for me. (The OTHER/LAST guy was/IS just VERY … "NOT smart"!)
(… I mean, how DIFFICULT to understand/maneuver are "drawstring-pants"?
APPARENTLY, the last guy had to "BREAK" THREE of MY shorts, before I just "GAVE UP" on wearing THOSE TYPES of shorts during HIS shifts.)
(… Did I also mention that he BROKE a VERY NICE, glass lamp in my room … for which he NEVER reimbursed me?! He JUST said "it was WET". BULLSHIT! He'd NEVER "take RESPONSIBILITY" for HIS OWN "UMPTEEN" MISTAKES! Yes, I understand that "NOBODY's perfect", and "'SHIT' happens". But, I ALWAYS WARNED him BEFOREHAND, 'cuz my confidence/belief in HIS mental-COMPETENCE was RAPIDLY DIMINISHING!)
(LUCKILY, I "put the KYBOSH on" HIS working FOR/WITH me, BEFORE I acquired my VAN, 'cuz "THAT was an ACCIDENT waiting to happen".)
(… Pun INTENDED.)
(… WHOA! Enough "VENTING".)
Anyway, I'm MUCH MORE RELAXED/"AT EASE" with this NEW and FUN "caregiver"!
...
Monday, July 21, 2014
Although I'm VERY/UBER-/SUPER COMPETITIVE,
…
I am actually "HAPPY FOR"/"PROUD OF" my young-ER brother for SUCCESSFULLY ("Knock on wood.") ATTEMPTING what I--UNFORTUNATELY--could NOT even CONSIDER!
So, I'm gonna BRAG about "Bert".
(… He HATES wen I refer to him as "Bert"!)
((… Ya see, his name is "Bertan" (It's Turkish. So, PHONETICALLY, it'd be 'Behr-TAHN'.) But, since I ENJOY being an ASS, I refer to him--to HIS FACE--as simply "Bert".))
ANYWAY, back to "Bert"'s (SOON-) "accomplishments":
Not ONLY is he beginning his "pursuit" of his DOCTORATE-degree, but he'll be doing SAID "work" in
…
the WONDERFUL country of 'TURKIYE' (Republic of Turkey)!
(… GOOD/GREAT for him!)
...
I am actually "HAPPY FOR"/"PROUD OF" my young-ER brother for SUCCESSFULLY ("Knock on wood.") ATTEMPTING what I--UNFORTUNATELY--could NOT even CONSIDER!
So, I'm gonna BRAG about "Bert".
(… He HATES wen I refer to him as "Bert"!)
((… Ya see, his name is "Bertan" (It's Turkish. So, PHONETICALLY, it'd be 'Behr-TAHN'.) But, since I ENJOY being an ASS, I refer to him--to HIS FACE--as simply "Bert".))
ANYWAY, back to "Bert"'s (SOON-) "accomplishments":
Not ONLY is he beginning his "pursuit" of his DOCTORATE-degree, but he'll be doing SAID "work" in
…
the WONDERFUL country of 'TURKIYE' (Republic of Turkey)!
(… GOOD/GREAT for him!)
...
Pick and CHOOSE.
…
Growing OLD is MANDATORY/INEVITABLE/UN-AVOIDABLE.
Growing UP is OPTIONAL.
(… SOMETIMES I MAY kinda LACK maturity.
But, I HAFTA JOKE!
"You're only as OLD as you FEEL.")
...
Growing OLD is MANDATORY/INEVITABLE/UN-AVOIDABLE.
Growing UP is OPTIONAL.
(… SOMETIMES I MAY kinda LACK maturity.
But, I HAFTA JOKE!
"You're only as OLD as you FEEL.")
...
"The END justifies the MEANS."
…
"I hated every minute of TRAINING. But, I told myself: 'Don't quit. SUFFER now, and live the rest of your life as a CHAMPION.'"
(--Muhammad Ali)
(… "There's a LIGHT at the END of the tunnel.")
(… "GOOD work takes TIME.")
(… "ROME wasn't built in A DAY.")
...
"I hated every minute of TRAINING. But, I told myself: 'Don't quit. SUFFER now, and live the rest of your life as a CHAMPION.'"
(--Muhammad Ali)
(… "There's a LIGHT at the END of the tunnel.")
(… "GOOD work takes TIME.")
(… "ROME wasn't built in A DAY.")
...
Y'ALL: (SIGH) "I I do NOT understand this situation! It's way too COMPLICATED!"
…
ME: "Do NOT bother trying to FIGURE ME OUT.
I'm a 'SPECIAL' kind of 'TWISTED'."
(… In MY PRESENT/TEMPORARY case, "TWISTED" refers to my "Traumatically Injured Brain".
PRE-accident, I was QUITE FLEXIBLE in my various muscles.)
...
ME: "Do NOT bother trying to FIGURE ME OUT.
I'm a 'SPECIAL' kind of 'TWISTED'."
(… In MY PRESENT/TEMPORARY case, "TWISTED" refers to my "Traumatically Injured Brain".
PRE-accident, I was QUITE FLEXIBLE in my various muscles.)
...
… THAT's how you/we (I) follow a SUB-par workout!
…
My LEG-exercising PERFORMANCE last Friday was REALLY BAD/POOR!
So, my "acts" TODAY were GREAT!
I displayed FANTASTIC control, strength and endurance as I SUCCESSFULLY completed NUMEROUS tricky leg-exercises.
-- I RAISED … and LOWERED … my LEFT, INJURED, weak-ER leg between two VERY CLOSE vertical-sticks.
-- I remained HIGHLY-coordinated as I raised "EITHER ONE"/BOTH of my legs--INDIVIDUALLY/SEPARATELY!
(… I ALSO accomplished this "feat" while seated upon a RAISED, ROUNDED seat-cushion!)
-- I demonstrated EXEMPLARY muscle-/nerve-coordination as I practiced my hip-/shoulder-SHIFTS and WEIGHT-distribution as I practiced my "SIT-to-STANDS".
...
My LEG-exercising PERFORMANCE last Friday was REALLY BAD/POOR!
So, my "acts" TODAY were GREAT!
I displayed FANTASTIC control, strength and endurance as I SUCCESSFULLY completed NUMEROUS tricky leg-exercises.
-- I RAISED … and LOWERED … my LEFT, INJURED, weak-ER leg between two VERY CLOSE vertical-sticks.
-- I remained HIGHLY-coordinated as I raised "EITHER ONE"/BOTH of my legs--INDIVIDUALLY/SEPARATELY!
(… I ALSO accomplished this "feat" while seated upon a RAISED, ROUNDED seat-cushion!)
-- I demonstrated EXEMPLARY muscle-/nerve-coordination as I practiced my hip-/shoulder-SHIFTS and WEIGHT-distribution as I practiced my "SIT-to-STANDS".
...
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Be MORE assertive/PRO-creative!
…
"YOU create your OWN destiny!"
"There are TWO sides to (EACH and) EVERY coin."
(--Two-Face, 'The Dark Knight')
These--in MY case--UNFORTUNATE but TRUE quotes kinda "STING".
(… The character--"TWO-Face"--reminds me of
Robert Frost's GREAT poem,,
'The Road Not Taken':)
"YOU create your OWN destiny!"
"There are TWO sides to (EACH and) EVERY coin."
(--Two-Face, 'The Dark Knight')
These--in MY case--UNFORTUNATE but TRUE quotes kinda "STING".
(… The character--"TWO-Face"--reminds me of
Robert Frost's GREAT poem,,
'The Road Not Taken':)
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
...
A battery-slogan represents MY outlook of PERSEVERANCE and DETERMINATION:
…
'When the going gets TOUGH, the 'TOUGH' (ME) get AWESOME."
"NEVER say 'DIE'."
(--DuraLast)
...
'When the going gets TOUGH, the 'TOUGH' (ME) get AWESOME."
"NEVER say 'DIE'."
(--DuraLast)
...
I know A LOT … about THIS particular topic:
…
"How much can you REALLY KNOW about YOURSELF, if you've NEVER been in a FIGHT?!"
(--'Fight Club')
Ergo, I TEACH "SELF-defense"--to KIDS--to BETTER prepare 'em for the MANY intricacies/variables of the STRANGE/CRUEL world.
(… You MUST learn just HOW MUCH "PAIN" you can HANDLE/WITHSTAND!)
(… "KNOW your LIMITS."--My UPPER body trainer)
...
Too MANY people make "ASS-umptions" and "'JUDGE' a book by its COVER".
…
TTTSSSK TTTSSSK!
…
TOO OFTEN I've HAD TO experience people's IGNORANCE of the MANY DIFFERENT DEGREES/LEVELS and VARIATIONS of BRAIN-injuries!
(… No, STUPID EX-"Occupational Therapist". They are NOT "ALL the SAME"!
JEEZ! If I had a little LESS class, dignity, respect and control, I'd have given her a much-DESERVED "bitch-SLAP" for her ARROGANT STUPIDITY!
(… FYI: A "bitch-slap" is SLANG for "a FORCEFUL, OPEN-HANDED 'swing' ACROSS one's cheek".)
…
I may LOOK/APPEAR "NOT of SOUND MIND", 'cuz I'm--TEMPORARILY--in a wheelchair, AND I "communicate" via a "letter-board".
However, I'm ACTUALLY--NOT to BRAG--smart-ER/bright-ER than MOST of the people I've encountered.
(… I JUST have some issues/problems with my MEMORY.)
(… WHAT, DON'T believe me? TRY/TEST ME in a TRIVIA-contest. I DARE YA!)
P.S. I used to CO-host a "TRIVIA-Competition" with a buddy at a bar.
...
TTTSSSK TTTSSSK!
…
TOO OFTEN I've HAD TO experience people's IGNORANCE of the MANY DIFFERENT DEGREES/LEVELS and VARIATIONS of BRAIN-injuries!
(… No, STUPID EX-"Occupational Therapist". They are NOT "ALL the SAME"!
JEEZ! If I had a little LESS class, dignity, respect and control, I'd have given her a much-DESERVED "bitch-SLAP" for her ARROGANT STUPIDITY!
(… FYI: A "bitch-slap" is SLANG for "a FORCEFUL, OPEN-HANDED 'swing' ACROSS one's cheek".)
…
I may LOOK/APPEAR "NOT of SOUND MIND", 'cuz I'm--TEMPORARILY--in a wheelchair, AND I "communicate" via a "letter-board".
However, I'm ACTUALLY--NOT to BRAG--smart-ER/bright-ER than MOST of the people I've encountered.
(… I JUST have some issues/problems with my MEMORY.)
(… WHAT, DON'T believe me? TRY/TEST ME in a TRIVIA-contest. I DARE YA!)
P.S. I used to CO-host a "TRIVIA-Competition" with a buddy at a bar.
...
I am MORE than what I FIRST seem!
…
"I don't see you 'fighting' so hard, Baby."
(--'Dirty Dancing')
1) The LADIES call me "Baby".
(BOOM-shicka-shicka-woom-WOOM!)
2) OPEN your EYES … and "EARS"!
3) "Looks can be DECEIVING."
4) "NOBODY puts BABY in a corner!"
(--SAME film)
(Although I'm PRETENDING to be "Baby" in this blog-post, my EXTERNAL genitalia and Adam's apple would indicate that this is merely a FACADE.
(… "AC-TING!"--old-school 'SNL')
P.S. Actually:
"… Ladies call me 'TORCH'."
(--'Fantastic Four')
...
"I don't see you 'fighting' so hard, Baby."
(--'Dirty Dancing')
1) The LADIES call me "Baby".
(BOOM-shicka-shicka-woom-WOOM!)
2) OPEN your EYES … and "EARS"!
3) "Looks can be DECEIVING."
4) "NOBODY puts BABY in a corner!"
(--SAME film)
(Although I'm PRETENDING to be "Baby" in this blog-post, my EXTERNAL genitalia and Adam's apple would indicate that this is merely a FACADE.
(… "AC-TING!"--old-school 'SNL')
P.S. Actually:
"… Ladies call me 'TORCH'."
(--'Fantastic Four')
...
SUCCESS is not FINAL. FAILURE is not FATAL.
…
"Only a SITH deals in ABSOLUTES."
(--Obi-Wan Kenobi, 'Star Wars: The Old Republic')
…
I just KNEW my "doctor" was "talking out of his ASS", when he ADAMANTLY/STERNLY/OUTRIGHT declared--about ME:
"Oh, he'll NEVER be more than a 'VEGETABLE'."
(… "NEVER" is an "ABSOLUTE". Thus, his OWN words CONFIRMED that he's EVIL … and PESSIMISTIC … and STUPID.)
I MUST use "The FORCE" to FURTHER my UNSTEADY/AIDED walking and MUFFLED/TIRING talking … AND my "object-moving mind".
...
"Only a SITH deals in ABSOLUTES."
(--Obi-Wan Kenobi, 'Star Wars: The Old Republic')
…
I just KNEW my "doctor" was "talking out of his ASS", when he ADAMANTLY/STERNLY/OUTRIGHT declared--about ME:
"Oh, he'll NEVER be more than a 'VEGETABLE'."
(… "NEVER" is an "ABSOLUTE". Thus, his OWN words CONFIRMED that he's EVIL … and PESSIMISTIC … and STUPID.)
I MUST use "The FORCE" to FURTHER my UNSTEADY/AIDED walking and MUFFLED/TIRING talking … AND my "object-moving mind".
...
Saturday, July 19, 2014
It's PRIME-TIME … for RHYME-TIME!
…
Although I cannot--yet--stand ALONE,
I always try and 'work hard to the BONE'.
Since I cannot--yet--talk, I sometimes quietly MOAN.
It's mainly from frustration, as I see my left leg demonstrating 'TONE'.
Alas, I have steadfast determination and iron-WILL.
My tireless 'drive' remains STILL.
I take my "medication" via "G-tube"--not by PILL.
Crud! I forgot if I paid my cable-BILL.
(Notice that I am too optimistic to rhyme anything with "KILL".)
What were once my "strengths of pride" are now my weakness are my LEGS.
Coupled with my strong hips, I'd carry--and drink--KEGS.
An "outsider" observes of me: "Nerve-regeneration he pleads and BEGS!"
You "norms" think you're so much better than I? You pompous "REGS"!
Contrary to popular belief, I am SANE.
When my left arm shakes, it shows extreme-focus … not PAIN!
Since my motorized-wheelchair doesn't always turn well, I need a LANE!
Since I was in two comas, the government--metaphorically--"flushed me down the DRAIN".
I miss the having the abilities to taste and SMELL.
During my last workout, I struggled to rotate my "trunk" while ringing a BELL.
Sometimes my caregiver won't hear my buzzer, so I must YELL.
Basically, I'm going through 'a living HELL'!
...
Although I cannot--yet--stand ALONE,
I always try and 'work hard to the BONE'.
Since I cannot--yet--talk, I sometimes quietly MOAN.
It's mainly from frustration, as I see my left leg demonstrating 'TONE'.
Alas, I have steadfast determination and iron-WILL.
My tireless 'drive' remains STILL.
I take my "medication" via "G-tube"--not by PILL.
Crud! I forgot if I paid my cable-BILL.
(Notice that I am too optimistic to rhyme anything with "KILL".)
What were once my "strengths of pride" are now my weakness are my LEGS.
Coupled with my strong hips, I'd carry--and drink--KEGS.
An "outsider" observes of me: "Nerve-regeneration he pleads and BEGS!"
You "norms" think you're so much better than I? You pompous "REGS"!
Contrary to popular belief, I am SANE.
When my left arm shakes, it shows extreme-focus … not PAIN!
Since my motorized-wheelchair doesn't always turn well, I need a LANE!
Since I was in two comas, the government--metaphorically--"flushed me down the DRAIN".
I miss the having the abilities to taste and SMELL.
During my last workout, I struggled to rotate my "trunk" while ringing a BELL.
Sometimes my caregiver won't hear my buzzer, so I must YELL.
Basically, I'm going through 'a living HELL'!
...
"THAT'S what SHE said!"
…
After I BEAT my Speech-Therapist recently at Scrabble, she declared--about ME,
"A man so DEEP,
he's almost UNFATHOMABLE!
…
A man so QUICK,
he's even FAST- … ASLEEP!"
My response:
"I CERTAINLY appreciate the COMPLIMENTS.
But, you are OBVIOUSLY quoting the FANTASTIC movie, 'Hook'!"
...
After I BEAT my Speech-Therapist recently at Scrabble, she declared--about ME,
"A man so DEEP,
he's almost UNFATHOMABLE!
…
A man so QUICK,
he's even FAST- … ASLEEP!"
My response:
"I CERTAINLY appreciate the COMPLIMENTS.
But, you are OBVIOUSLY quoting the FANTASTIC movie, 'Hook'!"
...
EXCELLENT (cinematic/ABRIDGED) summary … of MY LIFE:
…
"It's a very COMPLICATED case.
A lotta INs. A lotta OUTs. A lotta WHAT-HAVE-YOUs."
(--The Dude, 'The Big Lebowski')
(… "INs" = GOOD-/HIGH-points,
"OUTs" = BAD-/LOW-points,
"WHAT-HAVE-YOUs" = NEUTRAL-points)
...
"It's a very COMPLICATED case.
A lotta INs. A lotta OUTs. A lotta WHAT-HAVE-YOUs."
(--The Dude, 'The Big Lebowski')
(… "INs" = GOOD-/HIGH-points,
"OUTs" = BAD-/LOW-points,
"WHAT-HAVE-YOUs" = NEUTRAL-points)
...
AMEN to THAT!
…
(I am NOT very RELIGIOUS/THEOLOGIC … DESPITE my 4-year attendance/enrollment at a CATHOLIC high school.)
"This is my SIMPLE religion:
There is NO NEED for TEMPLES;
NO NEED for COMPLICATED philosophy.
(It ALL comes from) Our OWN brains.
Our OWN hearts are our TEMPLES.
The philosophy is … KINDNESS."
(--Dalai Lama)
(… I BELIEVE in psychological-/spiritual-/emotional-"HARMONY"!)
(… I BELIEVE in "gelling"/"clicking"!)
...
(I am NOT very RELIGIOUS/THEOLOGIC … DESPITE my 4-year attendance/enrollment at a CATHOLIC high school.)
"This is my SIMPLE religion:
There is NO NEED for TEMPLES;
NO NEED for COMPLICATED philosophy.
(It ALL comes from) Our OWN brains.
Our OWN hearts are our TEMPLES.
The philosophy is … KINDNESS."
(--Dalai Lama)
(… I BELIEVE in psychological-/spiritual-/emotional-"HARMONY"!)
(… I BELIEVE in "gelling"/"clicking"!)
...
… FIRST, "weigh the PROS versus the CONS".
…
A TRUE 'HERO' knows WHEN to 'answer the call' of ADVENTURE,"
(--'The Lion King')
(… Since my endurance has been SEVERELY decreased by my--UNFORTUNATE--car-accident, I've GOTTA determine WHEN/HOW to delegate my ENERGY!)
...
A TRUE 'HERO' knows WHEN to 'answer the call' of ADVENTURE,"
(--'The Lion King')
(… Since my endurance has been SEVERELY decreased by my--UNFORTUNATE--car-accident, I've GOTTA determine WHEN/HOW to delegate my ENERGY!)
...
I operate/work as a SYMBOL.
…
"People NEED dramatic examples to 'shake them' away from APATHY."
(--Bruce Wayne, 'Batman Begins')
(… Instead of "the Caped Crusader", I shall be "the CRIPPLED Crusader"--for NOW.)
...
"People NEED dramatic examples to 'shake them' away from APATHY."
(--Bruce Wayne, 'Batman Begins')
(… Instead of "the Caped Crusader", I shall be "the CRIPPLED Crusader"--for NOW.)
...
Friday, July 18, 2014
I mustN'T "DWELL"!
…
"The past is the PAST!
And, the future is NOW!"
…
"Rule #1: I'm #1. …"
(--'Joe Dirt')
(… I've made some rather QUESTIONABLE decisions in my 29+ years.
So, NOW I MUST focus on a more PRODUCTIVE, BENEFICIAL, SUPER-HAPPY life!)
(… Although, I have made MAY/NUMEROUS GREAT decisions as well!)
...
"The past is the PAST!
And, the future is NOW!"
…
"Rule #1: I'm #1. …"
(--'Joe Dirt')
(… I've made some rather QUESTIONABLE decisions in my 29+ years.
So, NOW I MUST focus on a more PRODUCTIVE, BENEFICIAL, SUPER-HAPPY life!)
(… Although, I have made MAY/NUMEROUS GREAT decisions as well!)
...
"AMBIVALENCE" regarding my workout-"EXTREMA":
…
1) CLASSIC vocabulary-word--from the Latin 'ambi' ('both') and 'valentia' ('strength')
2) Use of MATHEMATICAL "lexicon"/"jargon" regarding my EMOTIONAL/PHYSICAL "UPS/DOWNS" ("MAXIMA"/"MINIMA")
…
So, I DID try some NEW and DIFFERENT exercises. SUCCESS!
( : ) )
I leaned/l"PARTIALLY lied" on a BIG cushion a MATTED/CUSHIONED table, while I "worked on"/developed my "trunk-control", "back-flexibility", "neck-control" and "UPPER arm-mobility".
( : ) )
STRANGELY, my LEFT shoulder started HURTING, when I--REPEATEDLY--REALLY REACHED across my body--to my RIGHT--to ring a bell.
( : ( )
I STRUGGLED to MAINTAIN my composure and NOT get FRUSTRATED as my endurance DRAINED and my LEFT knee pain INCREASED.
( : ( )
OVERALL, today MIGHT've been my WORST workout-performance.
(… 'Se la vi.' They can't ALL be "WINNERS".)
...
1) CLASSIC vocabulary-word--from the Latin 'ambi' ('both') and 'valentia' ('strength')
2) Use of MATHEMATICAL "lexicon"/"jargon" regarding my EMOTIONAL/PHYSICAL "UPS/DOWNS" ("MAXIMA"/"MINIMA")
…
So, I DID try some NEW and DIFFERENT exercises. SUCCESS!
( : ) )
I leaned/l"PARTIALLY lied" on a BIG cushion a MATTED/CUSHIONED table, while I "worked on"/developed my "trunk-control", "back-flexibility", "neck-control" and "UPPER arm-mobility".
( : ) )
STRANGELY, my LEFT shoulder started HURTING, when I--REPEATEDLY--REALLY REACHED across my body--to my RIGHT--to ring a bell.
( : ( )
I STRUGGLED to MAINTAIN my composure and NOT get FRUSTRATED as my endurance DRAINED and my LEFT knee pain INCREASED.
( : ( )
OVERALL, today MIGHT've been my WORST workout-performance.
(… 'Se la vi.' They can't ALL be "WINNERS".)
...
"'WORTHINESS' does NOT have prerequisites."
…
--scholar/author/public speaker Brene Brown
… Although, in order to ACHIEVE said "prerequisites", one MUST BE "JUDGED".
( : ( )
… Am I "WORTHY" of--EVENTUALLY--WALKING and TALKING?
(BRACE yourself.)
(LOUDLY screaming)
"HELLZ YEAH!"
...
--scholar/author/public speaker Brene Brown
… Although, in order to ACHIEVE said "prerequisites", one MUST BE "JUDGED".
( : ( )
… Am I "WORTHY" of--EVENTUALLY--WALKING and TALKING?
(BRACE yourself.)
(LOUDLY screaming)
"HELLZ YEAH!"
...
(I'm pointing my RIGHT index-finger at YOU and curling it.) "BRING … IT … ON."
…
I am NOT afraid of CHALLENGES.
They are just YET ANOTHER opportunity to demonstrate/display my UNIQUE "powers" of LOGIC, DEDUCTION and (physical AND/OR) "STRENGTH".
...
I am NOT afraid of CHALLENGES.
They are just YET ANOTHER opportunity to demonstrate/display my UNIQUE "powers" of LOGIC, DEDUCTION and (physical AND/OR) "STRENGTH".
...
Thursday, July 17, 2014
This is NOT chauvinistic! (It's just FUNNY.)
…
"The BEST kind of 'prize'
is a 'SIR'-prize (SUR-PRISE)!"
(--Willy Wonka, 2005-'Charlie & the Chocolate Factory')
(… NOTE to SELF:
WHEN I can FREELY/INDIVIDUALLY "WALK", I should PAUSE, put my feet together and SALUTE no one in particular--except "SIR"!)
"You will answer ALL of my commands with 'Sir, YES, SIR!'"
(--'Full Metal Jacket')
...
WHEN I can FREELY/INDIVIDUALLY "WALK", I should PAUSE, put my feet together and SALUTE no one in particular--except "SIR"!)
"You will answer ALL of my commands with 'Sir, YES, SIR!'"
(--'Full Metal Jacket')
...
NO secrets here!
…
"GREAT things can happen, when
you have the COURAGE to be YOURSELF."
(--NFL rookie Michael Sam tearing up at the ESPY-Awards)
(… I do NOT agree with his sexual-PREFERENCE. But, I COMMEND him for having the "GUTS"/BRAVERY to PUBLICLY declare it.)
MORAL
Have SELF-confidence.
"ACTIONS 'speak LOUDER' than WORDS."
...
"GREAT things can happen, when
you have the COURAGE to be YOURSELF."
(--NFL rookie Michael Sam tearing up at the ESPY-Awards)
(… I do NOT agree with his sexual-PREFERENCE. But, I COMMEND him for having the "GUTS"/BRAVERY to PUBLICLY declare it.)
MORAL
Have SELF-confidence.
"ACTIONS 'speak LOUDER' than WORDS."
...
Some advice doesn't hafta MAKE SENSE to APPLY:
…
"You NEVER KNOW … what you CAN'T ACHIEVE … BEFORE you achieve it."
(--WEIRDO drama teacher in '21 Jump Street')
(… Since NONE of US can "SEE the FUTURE", we MUST, at LEAST, TRY stuff.)
(… I tend to take A LITTLE WHILE, before I do anything/EVERYTHING.)
(… These actions are DELAYED, because I like to "weigh the PROS & CONS" of EACH of my actions BEFORE I do it.)
(… Also, my SEVERE injurIES probably do NOT HELP my speed!)
...
"You NEVER KNOW … what you CAN'T ACHIEVE … BEFORE you achieve it."
(--WEIRDO drama teacher in '21 Jump Street')
(… Since NONE of US can "SEE the FUTURE", we MUST, at LEAST, TRY stuff.)
(… I tend to take A LITTLE WHILE, before I do anything/EVERYTHING.)
(… These actions are DELAYED, because I like to "weigh the PROS & CONS" of EACH of my actions BEFORE I do it.)
(… Also, my SEVERE injurIES probably do NOT HELP my speed!)
...
I do (ONLY) what I HAVE TO do.
…
"I used to think I could be a HERO. I used to WANT that.
…
But, as I've gotten older, I've realized:
There are FEWER and fewer people I WANT TO save."
(--Comedian Kirk Fox)
(… Ha ha HA!)
Bottom Line
Some people just … SUCK … "at LIFE"!
...
"I used to think I could be a HERO. I used to WANT that.
…
But, as I've gotten older, I've realized:
There are FEWER and fewer people I WANT TO save."
(--Comedian Kirk Fox)
(… Ha ha HA!)
Bottom Line
Some people just … SUCK … "at LIFE"!
...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
… ANOTHER alter-ego:
…
"I have ACCESS to 28% of my CEREBRAL-capacity."
…
"It is estimated MOST human beings use only about 10% of their brain's CAPACITY.
Imagine if we could ACCESS 100%.
….
INTERESTING things begin to happen."
(--'Lucy')
…
"I have ACCESS to 28% of my CEREBRAL-capacity."
…
"It is estimated MOST human beings use only about 10% of their brain's CAPACITY.
Imagine if we could ACCESS 100%.
….
INTERESTING things begin to happen."
(--'Lucy')
…
My alter-ego: "BRAINY Wheels"
…
"As a MAN, I can die.
But, as a SYMBOL, I can be … indestructible."
(--Bruce Wayne, 'Batman Begins')
...
I'll admit that it's gonna be TOUGH!
…
Alas, I MUST!
The NEW 'Hercules'--to ME:
"Become the man you were BORN to BE."
PRE-injuries, I was "WELL on my way" to being the
ATHLETICALLY-, ROMANTICALLY-, ACADEMICALLY-, OCCUPATIONALLY-, SOCIALLY-"SUCCESSFUL" man
I'm SUPPOSED TO BE!
(Apparently, I must start ANEW!)
( : ( )
...
Alas, I MUST!
The NEW 'Hercules'--to ME:
"Become the man you were BORN to BE."
PRE-injuries, I was "WELL on my way" to being the
ATHLETICALLY-, ROMANTICALLY-, ACADEMICALLY-, OCCUPATIONALLY-, SOCIALLY-"SUCCESSFUL" man
I'm SUPPOSED TO BE!
(Apparently, I must start ANEW!)
( : ( )
...
I'm BOTH.
…
"There's a difference between being 'OBSESSED' and being
'MOTIVATED."
(--'The Social Network')
(… I am "obsessed" with SOLO-walking--AGAIN, AND I'm "motivated" to make THAT--eventually--HAPPEN!
So, I must--and DO--CONSTANTLY "work"!)
...
"There's a difference between being 'OBSESSED' and being
'MOTIVATED."
(--'The Social Network')
(… I am "obsessed" with SOLO-walking--AGAIN, AND I'm "motivated" to make THAT--eventually--HAPPEN!
So, I must--and DO--CONSTANTLY "work"!)
...
"You're only as old as you FEEL."
…
Although I have a "SICK" numerical-OBSESSION,
one's age is JUST a NUMBER!
'Por ejemplo', I "FEEL" WAY old-ER than 29--my ACTUAL age--'cuz I "move" via a WHEELCHAIR.
(… A SINGLE tear drips out of my eye and trickles down my cheek.)
...
Although I have a "SICK" numerical-OBSESSION,
one's age is JUST a NUMBER!
'Por ejemplo', I "FEEL" WAY old-ER than 29--my ACTUAL age--'cuz I "move" via a WHEELCHAIR.
(… A SINGLE tear drips out of my eye and trickles down my cheek.)
...
SOMETIMES when I "WALK"
… and my nerves do NOT allow "messages" to PROPERLY--in a TIMELY manner--get to my various muscles, I feel like
"an INVERSE-tangent function approaching an ASYMPTOTE".
My brother: "What the HELL do you MEAN?!"
ME: "I'm saying that, OCCASIONALLY, they get STUCK!
JEEZ! Go study some MATHEMATICS--NOT "International Business"--Dr. Kaynatma!"
My "brozeph": "'TOUCHE'!"
...
"an INVERSE-tangent function approaching an ASYMPTOTE".
My brother: "What the HELL do you MEAN?!"
ME: "I'm saying that, OCCASIONALLY, they get STUCK!
JEEZ! Go study some MATHEMATICS--NOT "International Business"--Dr. Kaynatma!"
My "brozeph": "'TOUCHE'!"
...
I'm MULTI-cultured.
…
When written in Chinese, the word 'CRISIS' is "expressed" with two characters:
one represents 'DANGER',
one represents 'OPPORTUNITY'.
My "recovery-process" IS a "DANGEROUS OPPORTUNITY".
'Carpe diem.'
(Latin -- 'Seize the day.')
No matter how DAUNTING/"SEEMINGLY impossible" a task may SEEM, "TACKLE it" and "give it your ALL/BEST"!
...
When written in Chinese, the word 'CRISIS' is "expressed" with two characters:
one represents 'DANGER',
one represents 'OPPORTUNITY'.
My "recovery-process" IS a "DANGEROUS OPPORTUNITY".
'Carpe diem.'
(Latin -- 'Seize the day.')
No matter how DAUNTING/"SEEMINGLY impossible" a task may SEEM, "TACKLE it" and "give it your ALL/BEST"!
...
EMBRACE UNIQUENESS!
…
I have absolutely NO DESIRE to
"FIT IN".
(… DARE to be DIFFERENT.)
(… Venture OFF "the beaten path".)
(… "Maybe it's called 'the beaten path', 'cuz it can be 'BEATEN'."
--some car-commercial)
….
I have absolutely NO DESIRE to
"FIT IN".
(… DARE to be DIFFERENT.)
(… Venture OFF "the beaten path".)
(… "Maybe it's called 'the beaten path', 'cuz it can be 'BEATEN'."
--some car-commercial)
….
Only POSITIVE/SUPPORTIVE outlooks are WELCOME!
…
If you have an OPINION about MY life, please raise your hand.
Now place SAID hand TIGHTLY over your mouth.
...
If you have an OPINION about MY life, please raise your hand.
Now place SAID hand TIGHTLY over your mouth.
...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Give your ALL!
…
"It's NOT TOUGH … to (ALWAYS) 'play' HARD."
(--Derek Jeter, to his teammates before his 14th and FINAL All-Star Game)
(For ME, "play" refers to my "rehabilitation"--which I LIKE to treat as a "GAME".)
...
I "'PLAY' by my OWN rules"!
…
"It never occurred to you that sometimes you have to make your OWN laws?!"
(--'The Transporter')
(… Now, I am NOT advocating living in complete anarchy BY ANY MEANS!
I'm MERELY stating that SOMETIMES 'tis NECRSSARY to "think OUTSIDE the box".)
…
In other words,
"I'm the BOSS!"
(--YouTube it.)
(… HILARIOUS!)
...
"It never occurred to you that sometimes you have to make your OWN laws?!"
(--'The Transporter')
(… Now, I am NOT advocating living in complete anarchy BY ANY MEANS!
I'm MERELY stating that SOMETIMES 'tis NECRSSARY to "think OUTSIDE the box".)
…
In other words,
"I'm the BOSS!"
(--YouTube it.)
(… HILARIOUS!)
...
"HOME is where the HEART is."
… -- Dwayne Wade, after resigning with the Miami Heat
YAY!
… Even though I--SOMEWHAT recently--purchased my own SP"ECIAL" van to BETTER/EASIER transport me to assorted locations (martial arts CLASS, martial arts PRACTICE, "NeuroFit 360", the movies, my neuropsychologist's office, etc.), my FAVORITE/"MOST COMFORTABLE location to be is in
MY house … SPECIFICALLY, "in MY bed".
...
YAY!
… Even though I--SOMEWHAT recently--purchased my own SP"ECIAL" van to BETTER/EASIER transport me to assorted locations (martial arts CLASS, martial arts PRACTICE, "NeuroFit 360", the movies, my neuropsychologist's office, etc.), my FAVORITE/"MOST COMFORTABLE location to be is in
MY house … SPECIFICALLY, "in MY bed".
...
"NUMBER-CRUNCHING" … for MY VAN:
…
06/06/14
16.227 gallons
@ $3.759/G
~$61.00
07/14/14
15.588 gallons
@ $3.659/G
~$57.04
CONCLUSION
Purchase automobile-fuel from/at "Choice B" ("the '7-11' near my house").
SUB-conclusion
WOW! Gasoline has REALLY gotten EXPENSIVE!
( : ( )
...
06/06/14
16.227 gallons
@ $3.759/G
~$61.00
07/14/14
15.588 gallons
@ $3.659/G
~$57.04
CONCLUSION
Purchase automobile-fuel from/at "Choice B" ("the '7-11' near my house").
SUB-conclusion
WOW! Gasoline has REALLY gotten EXPENSIVE!
( : ( )
...
(WARNING) Yesterday--MORNING--was VERY/QUITE "PRODUCTIVE" and "INDEPENDENT"!
…
First, at ~6:30 am, I "WALKED"--WITH my walker--to my "porcelain throne' to "drop a DEUCE".
(I succeeded--on BOTH accounts/tasks!)
Next, I, again, "WALKED"--from my BED to 'mi BANYO'--to urinate--while STANDING--into "secretion-recepticle".
(NON-drippage SUCCESS!)
Finally, I "WALKED" in for "Fecal-Frenzy Figure 'Four'". (… 'cuz TWO "#2"s) (… "Alliteration aside."--'Dodgeball')
(((… This ALL occurred within "~12.5% (~1/8) of a day" ("~3 hours").)))
So, pardon me, if this is "T.M.I."
But, YAY for MY
-- EXTRA "WALKING"
-- SUCCESSFUL "DRIVE" for more INDEPENDENCE
-- hyper-ACTIVE, NON-medicinally stimulated (LATE) digestive system !
...
First, at ~6:30 am, I "WALKED"--WITH my walker--to my "porcelain throne' to "drop a DEUCE".
(I succeeded--on BOTH accounts/tasks!)
Next, I, again, "WALKED"--from my BED to 'mi BANYO'--to urinate--while STANDING--into "secretion-recepticle".
(NON-drippage SUCCESS!)
Finally, I "WALKED" in for "Fecal-Frenzy Figure 'Four'". (… 'cuz TWO "#2"s) (… "Alliteration aside."--'Dodgeball')
(((… This ALL occurred within "~12.5% (~1/8) of a day" ("~3 hours").)))
So, pardon me, if this is "T.M.I."
But, YAY for MY
-- EXTRA "WALKING"
-- SUCCESSFUL "DRIVE" for more INDEPENDENCE
-- hyper-ACTIVE, NON-medicinally stimulated (LATE) digestive system !
...
Monday, July 14, 2014
Since I'm in a wheelchair,
…
I spend most of my time closER to the ground than MOST people I "encounter".
Therefore, I COULD greet said "PEEPS" by stating
"Hi, I'm (A.J. Kaynatma). I'm the small package GOOD things come in."
(--Howard, 'The Big Bang Theory')
...
I spend most of my time closER to the ground than MOST people I "encounter".
Therefore, I COULD greet said "PEEPS" by stating
"Hi, I'm (A.J. Kaynatma). I'm the small package GOOD things come in."
(--Howard, 'The Big Bang Theory')
...
"YOUR opinion" > "that of OTHERS"
…
(Really, whoM MUST you IMPRESS?!)
"Be MORE concerned with your CHARACTER than your REPUTATION.
Your CHARACTER is what/who you REALLY are.
While your REPUTATION is merely what/who OTHERS THINK you are."
(--LEGENDARY ex-UCLA basketball coach John Wooden)
...
"Look the OTHER way."
…
"WORRYING won't stop the BAD stuff from HAPPENING.
It just stops you from ENJOYING the GOOD."
("Don't sweat the small stuff.")
(… Potential PROBLEM:
"If I am BREATHING,
I am SWEATING."--ME)
...
ONE of the "KEYS" to MY "RECOVERY" is PATIENCE.
…
I may NOT be there YET.
But, I'm closer than I was YESTERDAY.
…
I may NOT be there YET.
But, I'm closer than I was YESTERDAY.
…
GREAT form of "stress-RELIEF/-RELEASE":
…
EXERCISE!
Once in a while, I'll begin one of my FOUR "OFFICIAL" workouts in a "NOT-so-great" mood.
Yet, AFTER my "OUTPUT of physical ENERGY/STRENGTH", I feel RE-energized, RELIEVED and strangely HAPPY/CONTENT.
MOST OF THE TIME, I begin my workout in a very good mood.
I conclude the exercising in an even BETTER mood!
(… I'm one of THOSE … WEIRDOS!)
...
I conclude the exercising in an even BETTER mood!
(… I'm one of THOSE … WEIRDOS!)
...
After YET ANOTHER GREAT/EXHAUSTING workout,
…
I must analyze:
Do I have/notice
RESULTS
or
EXCUSES?
(… I'm goin' with Option #1.)
Go for that "'A' for effort"!
…
"You may be DISAPPOINTED, if you fail.
But, you are DOOMED, if you don't try."
(--Charlie Murphy)
Jedi-Master Yoda, I'm gonna HAVE TO DIS-agree with your remark:
"DO or do NOT. There is no TRY."
(… You do/can NOT know what you CAN and CAN'T do, 'til you at least TRY.)
...
"You may be DISAPPOINTED, if you fail.
But, you are DOOMED, if you don't try."
(--Charlie Murphy)
Jedi-Master Yoda, I'm gonna HAVE TO DIS-agree with your remark:
"DO or do NOT. There is no TRY."
(… You do/can NOT know what you CAN and CAN'T do, 'til you at least TRY.)
...
MIXED-REVIEW of my workout:
…
At "NeuroFit 360" today, there were some PROS/GOODS and CONS/BADS.
POSITIVE
-- I did some STANDING--ALONE--with GREAT hip-shifting!
-- I slid my BAD/INJURED LEFT hand UP--AGAINST gravity--along a steel stick.
(… Yes, I "walked RIGHT INTO" the "VERTICAL Stripper-pole"-joke!)
-- I SOMEWHAT maintained EXEMPLARY neck-/head-/back-POSTURE throughout my SEVERAL ~75-second-STANDS.
NEGATIVE
-- I HAD TO sit down several times during my STANDING-exercise.
-- I "HELPED" my LEFT hand "a few" (3) times to BETTER/"more COMFORTABLY" grip said "pole".
-- I STRUGGLED to MAINTAIN my EXEMPLARY posture for more than ~half-a-minute at a time.
Overall, I'd grade my fitness-performance today as a "B+".
...
At "NeuroFit 360" today, there were some PROS/GOODS and CONS/BADS.
POSITIVE
-- I did some STANDING--ALONE--with GREAT hip-shifting!
-- I slid my BAD/INJURED LEFT hand UP--AGAINST gravity--along a steel stick.
(… Yes, I "walked RIGHT INTO" the "VERTICAL Stripper-pole"-joke!)
-- I SOMEWHAT maintained EXEMPLARY neck-/head-/back-POSTURE throughout my SEVERAL ~75-second-STANDS.
NEGATIVE
-- I HAD TO sit down several times during my STANDING-exercise.
-- I "HELPED" my LEFT hand "a few" (3) times to BETTER/"more COMFORTABLY" grip said "pole".
-- I STRUGGLED to MAINTAIN my EXEMPLARY posture for more than ~half-a-minute at a time.
Overall, I'd grade my fitness-performance today as a "B+".
...
(SELF-?) Reflection:
…
BE the CHANGE you WANT in/from the world.
SMILE MORE!
LAUGH HARDER!
LOVE DEEPER/"STRONGER"!
(… SET the TONE/STANDARD!)
Be an OPTIMISTIC person! MORE people will "FLOCK" to be around you!
This way, you can/may "leave your POSITIVE imprint" on MORE lives.
...
BE the CHANGE you WANT in/from the world.
SMILE MORE!
LAUGH HARDER!
LOVE DEEPER/"STRONGER"!
(… SET the TONE/STANDARD!)
Be an OPTIMISTIC person! MORE people will "FLOCK" to be around you!
This way, you can/may "leave your POSITIVE imprint" on MORE lives.
...
"THREE's a CROWD."
…
"Let me understand:
You've got the HEN, the CHICKEN and the ROOSTER.
The ROOSTER goes with the CHICKEN.
So, WHO'S having sex with the HEN?!"
(--Frank Costanza, 'Seinfeld')
(… INTERESTING observation.)
(… Ha ha HA! I just needed some HUMOR.)
...
"Let me understand:
You've got the HEN, the CHICKEN and the ROOSTER.
The ROOSTER goes with the CHICKEN.
So, WHO'S having sex with the HEN?!"
(--Frank Costanza, 'Seinfeld')
(… INTERESTING observation.)
(… Ha ha HA! I just needed some HUMOR.)
...
(WARNING) … "'QUANTUS' … never crashed."
…
"One for BAD. Two for GOOD."
(--'Rain Man')
I just "EVACUATED my EXCRETORY-CHAMBER"--into my "Toilet-Timeout"--for the SECOND time in ~18 hours (~1,080 minutes) (~64,800 seconds).
(… THIS second "BOMB over Baghdad" was BEFORE I "ate"--via "G-tube"--my morning-meal.)
Ergo, THIS "fecal-frenzy" occurred withOUT ANY "medicinal-PROVOCATION".
(… In other words, that was ALL "ME"!)
(… Actually, I'd say, "… ALL I", 'cuz it's a "predicate-nominative".)
(… I--SERIOUSLY--JUST nudged up my glasses!)
(… VERY NERD-esque!)
ANYWAY, I VEHEMENTLY apologize for BLOGGING about my digestive system's LATE-"activities"!
But, I kinda HAVE TO remind myself that I "went", 'cuz my staff--who are SUPPOSED TO write down WHEN I "go"--often FORGET to "jot it down".
...
"One for BAD. Two for GOOD."
(--'Rain Man')
I just "EVACUATED my EXCRETORY-CHAMBER"--into my "Toilet-Timeout"--for the SECOND time in ~18 hours (~1,080 minutes) (~64,800 seconds).
(… THIS second "BOMB over Baghdad" was BEFORE I "ate"--via "G-tube"--my morning-meal.)
Ergo, THIS "fecal-frenzy" occurred withOUT ANY "medicinal-PROVOCATION".
(… In other words, that was ALL "ME"!)
(… Actually, I'd say, "… ALL I", 'cuz it's a "predicate-nominative".)
(… I--SERIOUSLY--JUST nudged up my glasses!)
(… VERY NERD-esque!)
ANYWAY, I VEHEMENTLY apologize for BLOGGING about my digestive system's LATE-"activities"!
But, I kinda HAVE TO remind myself that I "went", 'cuz my staff--who are SUPPOSED TO write down WHEN I "go"--often FORGET to "jot it down".
...
Sunday, July 13, 2014
I'm a CULTURED/WORDLY SPORTS-FANATIC!
…
I watched 128+ minutes of Germany's VICTORY in the World Cup FINAL.
What a "chest-touch & GOAL" by Mario Goetze in the 113th minute!
WOWZA!
...
I watched 128+ minutes of Germany's VICTORY in the World Cup FINAL.
What a "chest-touch & GOAL" by Mario Goetze in the 113th minute!
WOWZA!
...
I'm "DIFFERENT".
…
But, since I'm strange/odd by POSITIVE means/qualities, I guess I'd say that I am
QUITE "UNIQUE"!
MANY people have to CONSTANTLY tell themselves they're GOOD … just to MOTIVATE/"PUSH"/"DRIVE" themselves to "GO ON"/continue.
(… I NEVER really had this "PROBLEM"/ISSUE.)
NO, I am NOT "full of MYSELF".
I just know my STRENGTHS … and WEAKNESSES.
(… 'Por ejemplo':
"STRONG" -- math, sports-trivia, humor, generosity
"WEAK" -- walking, talking COGENTLY, patience, flexibility)
"Know your LIMITS."
(--My UPPER body trainer to ME)
...
NO, I am NOT "full of MYSELF".
I just know my STRENGTHS … and WEAKNESSES.
(… 'Por ejemplo':
"STRONG" -- math, sports-trivia, humor, generosity
"WEAK" -- walking, talking COGENTLY, patience, flexibility)
"Know your LIMITS."
(--My UPPER body trainer to ME)
...
(WARNING) 'IRON WILL'
…
1) GREAT 1994-film about MENTAL-/PHYSICAL-toughness and COURAGE "in the face of ADVERSITY"!
2) Nothing HURT/ACHED. I just felt I was "DUE" to "MOVE my BOWELS".
(… PLUS, I made a DEAL with my MAIN nurse that I can ONLY "EAT"--via mouth--in "Speech Therapy", if I've "EMANCIPATED my EXCREMENT" within the last 24 hours. Since I have "Speech" TOMORROW, I "willed" "Nature to CALL".)
The Creator--of my blog NOT of 'The Matrix':
"'The Force' is STRONG with this one."
My reply: "Way to slip in that 'Star Wars'-quote, SLICK-DICK!"
...
1) GREAT 1994-film about MENTAL-/PHYSICAL-toughness and COURAGE "in the face of ADVERSITY"!
2) Nothing HURT/ACHED. I just felt I was "DUE" to "MOVE my BOWELS".
(… PLUS, I made a DEAL with my MAIN nurse that I can ONLY "EAT"--via mouth--in "Speech Therapy", if I've "EMANCIPATED my EXCREMENT" within the last 24 hours. Since I have "Speech" TOMORROW, I "willed" "Nature to CALL".)
The Creator--of my blog NOT of 'The Matrix':
"'The Force' is STRONG with this one."
My reply: "Way to slip in that 'Star Wars'-quote, SLICK-DICK!"
...
ONE of my MANY aliases/'nom de plum's:
…
"Cornelius Pumpernickel".
According to an "M&M"s-commercial, I'm
"America's FAVORITE 'nut'".
((… LONG AGO, I reached the point in which I could JOKE about my "Traumatic Brain-Injury". Almost EVERYONE I've met/"encountered" treats me as if I have SEVERE mental-disorderS.
HOWEVER, if ANY of said "IGNORAMUSES" ("UNKNOWING people") actually TALKED to ME, they'd learn that my injuries/problems are FAR MORE PHYSICAL than MENTAL.))
(… My neurologic X-rays show that I have SEVERE "damage" to/on 'mi cabeza'.
However, UNLIKE what my EX-"Occupational Therapist" once--no, THREE times--told ME that
"ALL brain-injuries are the SAME", I'm an "ANOMALY".)
(… My EX-"O.T."'s BLATANT … STUPIDITY is one MAJOR reason WHY I no longer "work with" her.)
(… SIGH!)
...
"Cornelius Pumpernickel".
According to an "M&M"s-commercial, I'm
"America's FAVORITE 'nut'".
((… LONG AGO, I reached the point in which I could JOKE about my "Traumatic Brain-Injury". Almost EVERYONE I've met/"encountered" treats me as if I have SEVERE mental-disorderS.
HOWEVER, if ANY of said "IGNORAMUSES" ("UNKNOWING people") actually TALKED to ME, they'd learn that my injuries/problems are FAR MORE PHYSICAL than MENTAL.))
(… My neurologic X-rays show that I have SEVERE "damage" to/on 'mi cabeza'.
However, UNLIKE what my EX-"Occupational Therapist" once--no, THREE times--told ME that
"ALL brain-injuries are the SAME", I'm an "ANOMALY".)
(… My EX-"O.T."'s BLATANT … STUPIDITY is one MAJOR reason WHY I no longer "work with" her.)
(… SIGH!)
...
Do NOT ask/tell me to CHANGE/ALTER … my PERSONALITY!
…
ACCEPT me for/as the (DELIGHTFUL, PLEASANT. HUMOROUS, CHARMING, DARING) person I AM!
MORAL
I'm DOWNRIGHT STUBBORN!
(Nonetheless, I am a man of PRINCIPLE … who "stands by his BELIEFS, IDEALS, CONCEPTS and HOPES!)
...
ACCEPT me for/as the (DELIGHTFUL, PLEASANT. HUMOROUS, CHARMING, DARING) person I AM!
MORAL
I'm DOWNRIGHT STUBBORN!
(Nonetheless, I am a man of PRINCIPLE … who "stands by his BELIEFS, IDEALS, CONCEPTS and HOPES!)
...
… "Segue" CONTINUED:
…
So, as I've stated, I was in two DIFFERENT comas (one "NATURAL", one "medically-INDUCED"). They left me UN-able to COGENTLY speak and SEVERELY UNDER-estimated/
-appreciated.
So, I like to "FOOL AROUND".
While I was PRETENDING to sleep, I OVERHEARD a (NO-GOOD, "piece-of-SHIT") "doctor" (HA!) refer to ME:
"He's lucky to be ALIVE!
But, he'll never be more than a 'RETARDED' 'vegetable'."
...
So, as I've stated, I was in two DIFFERENT comas (one "NATURAL", one "medically-INDUCED"). They left me UN-able to COGENTLY speak and SEVERELY UNDER-estimated/
-appreciated.
So, I like to "FOOL AROUND".
While I was PRETENDING to sleep, I OVERHEARD a (NO-GOOD, "piece-of-SHIT") "doctor" (HA!) refer to ME:
"He's lucky to be ALIVE!
But, he'll never be more than a 'RETARDED' 'vegetable'."
...
I am "'The DUDE' of Comedy"!
… "So, THAT'S what you call me.
THAT, or 'His DUDE-ness' … or 'DUDEr' … or ''El DUDE-arino' (pronounced "-aREENO") … if you're NOT into the whole BREVITY-thing."
(--Jeffrey Leboeski--The DUDE, 'The Big Lebowski')
When in doubt, "SMILE/LAUGH it off".
"LAUGHTER is the BEST 'medicine'."
(… "LIFE could be WORSE." You/I/We COULD BE "withOUT life"/lifeLESS/DEAD.)
(… According to the MORONIC/STUPID/SATANIC government, I--who am ALIVE and semi-WELL--did NOT even EXIST for "a few"--actually MORE--YEARS … from ~2009 to ~2015.)
(… Who's the "RETARD" now?!)
(… "JACKASS!"--'Happy Gilmore')
(… PARDON my use of such an UGLY, OVERLY-/IMPROPERLY-used, politically IN-correct term--"retard"! But, I was merely REPEATING a TERRIBLE label that has--FAR TOO OFTEN--been "placed upon" ME!)
(… GREAT segue, A.J., into WHY YOU/I HATE "doctors" SO MUCH!)
...
THAT, or 'His DUDE-ness' … or 'DUDEr' … or ''El DUDE-arino' (pronounced "-aREENO") … if you're NOT into the whole BREVITY-thing."
(--Jeffrey Leboeski--The DUDE, 'The Big Lebowski')
When in doubt, "SMILE/LAUGH it off".
"LAUGHTER is the BEST 'medicine'."
(… "LIFE could be WORSE." You/I/We COULD BE "withOUT life"/lifeLESS/DEAD.)
(… According to the MORONIC/STUPID/SATANIC government, I--who am ALIVE and semi-WELL--did NOT even EXIST for "a few"--actually MORE--YEARS … from ~2009 to ~2015.)
(… Who's the "RETARD" now?!)
(… "JACKASS!"--'Happy Gilmore')
(… PARDON my use of such an UGLY, OVERLY-/IMPROPERLY-used, politically IN-correct term--"retard"! But, I was merely REPEATING a TERRIBLE label that has--FAR TOO OFTEN--been "placed upon" ME!)
(… GREAT segue, A.J., into WHY YOU/I HATE "doctors" SO MUCH!)
...
Saturday, July 12, 2014
If you want to SUCCEED, you've GOTTA "put in the WORK".
…
WORK hard to
PLAY hard.
… THEN, you may SLEEP hard.
(… Like, …
NOW!)
...
"If you're gonna GO, go ALL-OUT!"
…
"You're not hardcore. (No, you're not hardcore)
Unless you live hardcore. (Unless you live hardcore))
But, the LEGEND ... of (my RECOVERY) … was way
HARDCORE!"
(--Jack Black-SONG in 'School of Rock')
...
"You're not hardcore. (No, you're not hardcore)
Unless you live hardcore. (Unless you live hardcore))
But, the LEGEND ... of (my RECOVERY) … was way
HARDCORE!"
(--Jack Black-SONG in 'School of Rock')
...
By GEORGE, I think I've got it!
…
"I believe I've ISOLATED the ALGORITHM for 'MAKING FRIENDS'!"
((--Dr. (WEIRDO) Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory'))
(… In the meantime, I MUST solve the "FORMULA" for "being a HOPELESS ROMANTIC".)
"'SMART' is the new 'SEXY'"
(--Raj, 'The Big Bang Theory')
...
THANKS, "Papa"!
…
(RELAX, SICKOS!)
"Papa" was the nickname of my Greek (HARUMPF) "Advanced Placement-Physics"-teacher in high school.
…
"When you understand PHYSICS, you understand … EV-ERY-THING."
(--Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
...
(RELAX, SICKOS!)
"Papa" was the nickname of my Greek (HARUMPF) "Advanced Placement-Physics"-teacher in high school.
…
"When you understand PHYSICS, you understand … EV-ERY-THING."
(--Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
...
(SIGH) As a "Biomedical Engineer", I "thought WRONG".
…
"'ENGINEERING' is merely the 'SLOW', youngER brother of 'PHYSICS'."
(--Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
(… After pondering over this remark, I feel that--in MY case--"PHYSICS " is more of an "OFFSHOOT"/"SUB-branch" of/WITHIN "Bioengineering".)
….
"You are who you THINK you are."
… --COMEDIAN Kevin Hart
Well, I consider myself a
VERY INTELLIGENT, FRIENDLY, AFFECTIONATE, DARING, ATHLETIC … "BEAST"!
(… Yet, APPARENTLY, the LADIES do NOT like "ANIMALS".)
( : ( )
(… Can't ANYONE understand/appreciate the GREAT tale of 'BEAUTY & the Beast'?!)
...
ALWAYS have alternative option(S)!
…
"That's the thing about SMART guys:
We always 'cover our ass(es)'."
…
"When you 'do someone a SOLID', don't be a YUTZ.
It just makes you appear GRANDIOSE."
(--Tony Stark, Iron Man 3')
(… Since NUMEROUS medical-"EXPERTS" CLAIMED that I "SHOULD BE DEAD … or, AT LEAST, a 'VEGETABLE'",
does anyone ELSE detect an 'Iron Man 4: NEW Guy, NO Suit, STILL Hero'?)
(… "Do ya SME-LUH-LUH-DUBLUH-LL what 'The ROCK' … IS … COOKIN'?!)
(--WWE Superstar Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson)
...
"That's the thing about SMART guys:
We always 'cover our ass(es)'."
…
"When you 'do someone a SOLID', don't be a YUTZ.
It just makes you appear GRANDIOSE."
(--Tony Stark, Iron Man 3')
(… Since NUMEROUS medical-"EXPERTS" CLAIMED that I "SHOULD BE DEAD … or, AT LEAST, a 'VEGETABLE'",
does anyone ELSE detect an 'Iron Man 4: NEW Guy, NO Suit, STILL Hero'?)
(… "Do ya SME-LUH-LUH-DUBLUH-LL what 'The ROCK' … IS … COOKIN'?!)
(--WWE Superstar Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson)
...
It only SEEMS … CONTRA-dictory.
…
(TIMEOUT: How SWEET of a video-game was
"Super Contra" for old-school Nintendo?!)
(TIME-IN!)
…
"If it's EMPTY, fill it up.
If it's FULL, empty it out."
(… My big house is SOMEWHAT "empty". It "YEARNS" for guests.
… My lonely heart is FULL of love, care, affection and humor. It's gonna "OVERFLOW".)
...
(TIMEOUT: How SWEET of a video-game was
"Super Contra" for old-school Nintendo?!)
(TIME-IN!)
…
"If it's EMPTY, fill it up.
If it's FULL, empty it out."
(… My big house is SOMEWHAT "empty". It "YEARNS" for guests.
… My lonely heart is FULL of love, care, affection and humor. It's gonna "OVERFLOW".)
...
So, what do ya think?
…
WHO CARES?!
(I've reached a point in my life in which I find 'tis NO LONGER necessary to try to IMPRESS … ANYONE.)
If people like me the way I am, GREAT/"GRAVY"/GROOVY!
If they do NOT, their "LOSS".
...
...
EVERYONE's GUIDE/MOTTO to/for HAPPINESS:
…
"Destroy ALL that which is EVIL."
…
"So, that which is GOOD may FLOURISH."
(--'Boondock Saints')
NOW, excuse me, I have ALOTTA "work" to do.
...
"Destroy ALL that which is EVIL."
…
"So, that which is GOOD may FLOURISH."
(--'Boondock Saints')
NOW, excuse me, I have ALOTTA "work" to do.
...
PRE-"work"
…
BEFORE you "ASS-ume",
learn the FACTS.
BEFORE you "judge"
understand WHY.
BEFORE you "hurt" (PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY or PSYCHOLOGICALLY) someone,
FEEL.
BEFORE you "speak",
THINK.
P.S. This BLOG is one way of my "SPEAKING".
(… Ergo, I MUST "THINK".
HHHMMM.
Would I EAT "green eggs & ham"?!)
...
BEFORE you "ASS-ume",
learn the FACTS.
BEFORE you "judge"
understand WHY.
BEFORE you "hurt" (PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY or PSYCHOLOGICALLY) someone,
FEEL.
BEFORE you "speak",
THINK.
P.S. This BLOG is one way of my "SPEAKING".
(… Ergo, I MUST "THINK".
HHHMMM.
Would I EAT "green eggs & ham"?!)
...
"NEW 'SHIT' has come to light."
… --'The Big Lebowski'
…
The fastest goal EVER scored in the World Cup is
11 seconds
by Hakan Sukur (pronounced 'HAH-kahn SHOO-kuhr') of TURKEY in 2002.
… WAY to "rep-ree-ZENT"!
(… Yes, I'm being very UN-American by actually WATCHING the WORLD Cup … and CARING about soccer!)
...
…
The fastest goal EVER scored in the World Cup is
11 seconds
by Hakan Sukur (pronounced 'HAH-kahn SHOO-kuhr') of TURKEY in 2002.
… WAY to "rep-ree-ZENT"!
(… Yes, I'm being very UN-American by actually WATCHING the WORLD Cup … and CARING about soccer!)
...
I LOVE "H2O" (water)!
…
"BELIEVE you CAN,
and you're HALFWAY there."
(--commercial for 'Propel'-WATER company)
Friday, July 11, 2014
(To ALL THOSE who have WRONGED me:)
…
Do NOT try to blame my IN-ability to FORGIVE on my "Traumatic Brain-Injury"!
But,
…
"There's NO statute of LIMITATIONS' on being a DICK!"
('Grown Ups 2')
...
Do NOT try to blame my IN-ability to FORGIVE on my "Traumatic Brain-Injury"!
But,
…
"There's NO statute of LIMITATIONS' on being a DICK!"
('Grown Ups 2')
...
Despite Life's MANY/CONSTANT "obstacles",
…
you/we MUST remain
CONFIDENT, OPTIMISTIC, HARD-WORKING, "'HOPE'-FULL", DETERMINED and CREATIVE.
(…IF you ENTER a "competition"/"contest" with a "DEFEATED-attitude", then you're "setting yourself up for FAILURE".)
(… BBBOOOOOOO!
… "I was saying, 'BOO-URNS'.--Smithers, 'Simpsons')
...
you/we MUST remain
CONFIDENT, OPTIMISTIC, HARD-WORKING, "'HOPE'-FULL", DETERMINED and CREATIVE.
(…IF you ENTER a "competition"/"contest" with a "DEFEATED-attitude", then you're "setting yourself up for FAILURE".)
(… BBBOOOOOOO!
… "I was saying, 'BOO-URNS'.--Smithers, 'Simpsons')
...
"I think I just had an 'APOSTROPHE'."
…
My brother: "(SIGH) I think you mean an 'EPIPHANY'."
ME: "LIGHTNING has just struck my brain."
My bro: "Well, that musta hurt."
(--Smee & Captain Hook in 'Hook')
"On my journey, I have found that the path to SELF-discovery is the most LIBERATING choice of all."
(--Muhammad Ali, 'The Soul of a Butterfly')
...
My brother: "(SIGH) I think you mean an 'EPIPHANY'."
ME: "LIGHTNING has just struck my brain."
My bro: "Well, that musta hurt."
(--Smee & Captain Hook in 'Hook')
"On my journey, I have found that the path to SELF-discovery is the most LIBERATING choice of all."
(--Muhammad Ali, 'The Soul of a Butterfly')
...
I WILL "change m' stahs"!
… (--''A Knight's Tale'')
(… This movie was--YET AGAIN--on television early this afternoon.)
(… Now, I am NOT an astrologer. Thus, I meant that "star"-statement METAPHORICALLY.)
...
(… This movie was--YET AGAIN--on television early this afternoon.)
(… Now, I am NOT an astrologer. Thus, I meant that "star"-statement METAPHORICALLY.)
...
"Did you KNOW … "
"… that CHOCOLATE triggers the release of ENDORPHINS, …
so people get the feeling like they're 'falling in LOVE'?"
(--NEW 'Charlie & the Chocolate Factory')
My medical-consultants say that I'm NOT allowed/permitted to consume any CHOCOLATE.
(… That COULD BE why Ive been having trouble with the LADY-folk lately.)
(… I need a n ALTERNATIVE-activity to keep my JAW occupied/busy.)
(… Ergo, I'll ask "Willy Wonka" for an "EVERLASTING GOBSTOPPER".)
...
so people get the feeling like they're 'falling in LOVE'?"
(--NEW 'Charlie & the Chocolate Factory')
My medical-consultants say that I'm NOT allowed/permitted to consume any CHOCOLATE.
(… That COULD BE why Ive been having trouble with the LADY-folk lately.)
(… I need a n ALTERNATIVE-activity to keep my JAW occupied/busy.)
(… Ergo, I'll ask "Willy Wonka" for an "EVERLASTING GOBSTOPPER".)
...
"SUPPORT" from "CLOSE" ones NEEDED!
…
The #1-recruit of the 2014-Wisconsin Badgers-football team recently confirmed that--contrary to popular belief--he will NOT play for the Badgers in 2014.
His reason for NOT playing: serious DEPRESSION.
The #1-recruit of the 2014-Wisconsin Badgers-football team recently confirmed that--contrary to popular belief--he will NOT play for the Badgers in 2014.
His reason for NOT playing: serious DEPRESSION.
“I was almost like a zombie,” the recruit told the State Journal. “I was getting kind of hopeless. I didn’t feel like doing anything or being there at all. I just wanted to check out.I wanted to just be done with life. Being in that kind of stage, you really have no other options in your head at that time.”
I admit that I've been REALLY DEPRESSED and FORLORN lately, 'cuz of my "CONDITION".
But, I REALLY OWE a "SHOUT-OUT" to those "CLOSE to ME" for CHEERING ME UP, when I've been emotionally-/psychologically-WEAK!
...
Thursday, July 10, 2014
"Inquiring minds want to know."
…
"How would the Civil War have gone DIFFERENTLY, if
Lincoln were a ROBOT sent from the FUTURE?"
(--Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
(… Ponder THAT!)
...
"How would the Civil War have gone DIFFERENTLY, if
Lincoln were a ROBOT sent from the FUTURE?"
(--Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
(… Ponder THAT!)
...
I'm "OLD-SCHOOL".
…
I BELIEVE IN
having good manners,
respecting my elders and
helping others when I CAN.
(… I'm sorry I'm NOT sorry.)
…
Ergo, I've been using my speaking-tactics I JOYOUSLY learned in Speech Therapy to more COGENTLY express my GRATITUDE.
I can say "Thank … YOU" quite well.
So, I've been working on saying, "YOU'RE … wel-huhm."
(… The "c" sound is DIFFICULT to say, when it's in the MIDDLE of the word.)
...
I BELIEVE IN
having good manners,
respecting my elders and
helping others when I CAN.
(… I'm sorry I'm NOT sorry.)
…
Ergo, I've been using my speaking-tactics I JOYOUSLY learned in Speech Therapy to more COGENTLY express my GRATITUDE.
I can say "Thank … YOU" quite well.
So, I've been working on saying, "YOU'RE … wel-huhm."
(… The "c" sound is DIFFICULT to say, when it's in the MIDDLE of the word.)
...
… "Harness in the GOOD energy, and block the BAD."
… --'Happy Gilmore'
"The LESS you respond to RUDE, CRITICAL, ARGUMENTATIVE people,
the more PEACEFUL your life will become."
(--'Charlie Brown')
(… SURROUND yourself with POSITIVE, SUPPORTIVE, OPTIMISTIC, HOPING/FAITHFUL people!)
...
"The LESS you respond to RUDE, CRITICAL, ARGUMENTATIVE people,
the more PEACEFUL your life will become."
(--'Charlie Brown')
(… SURROUND yourself with POSITIVE, SUPPORTIVE, OPTIMISTIC, HOPING/FAITHFUL people!)
...
Do NOT "live in the PAST"!
…
We judge OURSELVES by what we feel capable of doing.
While, OTHERS judge US by what we've ALREADY DONE.
(… Mathematically, "OUR habits" = X = a "VARIABLE" = "an unknown that can CHANGE")
…
"If I can CHANGE, and YOU can CHANGE,
we can ALL CHANGE!"
--'Rocky IV'
...
We judge OURSELVES by what we feel capable of doing.
While, OTHERS judge US by what we've ALREADY DONE.
(… Mathematically, "OUR habits" = X = a "VARIABLE" = "an unknown that can CHANGE")
…
"If I can CHANGE, and YOU can CHANGE,
we can ALL CHANGE!"
--'Rocky IV'
...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
IF my workout--at "NeuroFit 360"--today were a CLASSIC-film, it'd be,
…
'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' (1966).
(… Only, I'd REVISE/EDIT the title, so it'd more ACCURATELY describe MY exercises. It'd NOW be
'The Fantastic, the Slightly Subpar and the Nature-Struggle'.
(… I STOOD for ~four seconds--holding onto ONLY two NON-set/NON-"anchored-in" vertical sticks/rods/poles. … YAY!)
(… I SEMI-struggled to MAINTAIN proper balance and back/hip-posture, while I stood grasping the two long, plastic poles.)
(… All the while, I HAD TO "control my bowels", until I returned home.)
Also, I had a VERY PRODUCTIVE "Speech Therapy"-session!
-- I ATE--by MOUTH, via FORK--a scrambled egg.
-- I "OVERCAME" my EXCESS saliva to COGENTLY/UNDERSTANDABLY recite ALL of the USED words during my Scrabble-game.
-- NOT to brag, but I "wiped the floor" with my "Speech-Therapist"!
OVERALL, it was QUITE a GOOD day AND workout!
...
'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' (1966).
(… Only, I'd REVISE/EDIT the title, so it'd more ACCURATELY describe MY exercises. It'd NOW be
'The Fantastic, the Slightly Subpar and the Nature-Struggle'.
(… I STOOD for ~four seconds--holding onto ONLY two NON-set/NON-"anchored-in" vertical sticks/rods/poles. … YAY!)
(… I SEMI-struggled to MAINTAIN proper balance and back/hip-posture, while I stood grasping the two long, plastic poles.)
(… All the while, I HAD TO "control my bowels", until I returned home.)
Also, I had a VERY PRODUCTIVE "Speech Therapy"-session!
-- I ATE--by MOUTH, via FORK--a scrambled egg.
-- I "OVERCAME" my EXCESS saliva to COGENTLY/UNDERSTANDABLY recite ALL of the USED words during my Scrabble-game.
-- NOT to brag, but I "wiped the floor" with my "Speech-Therapist"!
OVERALL, it was QUITE a GOOD day AND workout!
...
"BEAUTY is in the eye(S) of the BEHOLDER."
…
Being HAPPY does NOT mean that everything is perfect.
It simply means that you've decided to look BEYOND the IMPERFECTIONS.
(… I will NOT blame my TRAGIC, DEBILITATING car-accident, 'cuz I was still very "FAR from (anything CLOSE to") "perfect" PRIOR TO July 6th, 2008.)
(… I'd just HOPE my FRIENDS and peers can "look PAST" my SHORTCOMINGS!)
...
Being HAPPY does NOT mean that everything is perfect.
It simply means that you've decided to look BEYOND the IMPERFECTIONS.
(… I will NOT blame my TRAGIC, DEBILITATING car-accident, 'cuz I was still very "FAR from (anything CLOSE to") "perfect" PRIOR TO July 6th, 2008.)
(… I'd just HOPE my FRIENDS and peers can "look PAST" my SHORTCOMINGS!)
...
(Cinematic ME:)
…
"I AM what I AM TODAY, because I was 'PUSHED'!"
My brother--to ME: "I Hey, I knew you, BEFORE you became mathematical-ROYALTY,
when you didn't know what side of the bed to PISS on."
…
"It's NOT about YOU, you mathematical-DICK!"
ME: "'I've gotta see about a girl.'"
My bro: "Little PRICK stole my line."
(--'Good Will Hunting')
...
"I AM what I AM TODAY, because I was 'PUSHED'!"
My brother--to ME: "I Hey, I knew you, BEFORE you became mathematical-ROYALTY,
when you didn't know what side of the bed to PISS on."
…
"It's NOT about YOU, you mathematical-DICK!"
ME: "'I've gotta see about a girl.'"
My bro: "Little PRICK stole my line."
(--'Good Will Hunting')
...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
… Apparently, I've scored QUITE HIGH/WELL on the COMEDY-scale!
…
"How exactly would one MEASURE 'humor'?
A 'Humor-mometer'?!"
(--Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
...
"How exactly would one MEASURE 'humor'?
A 'Humor-mometer'?!"
(--Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
...
SELF-analysis CONFIRMED!
…
My "neuropsychologist" agreed with me that I "use HUMOR as a 'COPING-MECHANISM'".
(… Basically, I prefer to LAUGH and MAKE JOKES, when the aura/conversation is too SERIOUS/UNCOMFORTABLE.)
(… Hey! She's a FORM OF a DOCTOR, so I'd believe her.)
(… SSSHHH! Now I'm watching 'The Big Bang Theory'.)
(… "'SMART' is the new 'SEXY'."--Harold, 'The Big Bang Theory')
(… That's HILARIOUS, 'cuz it's so NOT!)
(… Then again, I am NOT a woman!)
...
My "neuropsychologist" agreed with me that I "use HUMOR as a 'COPING-MECHANISM'".
(… Basically, I prefer to LAUGH and MAKE JOKES, when the aura/conversation is too SERIOUS/UNCOMFORTABLE.)
(… Hey! She's a FORM OF a DOCTOR, so I'd believe her.)
(… SSSHHH! Now I'm watching 'The Big Bang Theory'.)
(… "'SMART' is the new 'SEXY'."--Harold, 'The Big Bang Theory')
(… That's HILARIOUS, 'cuz it's so NOT!)
(… Then again, I am NOT a woman!)
...
Upon first meeting me,
… a 'Karateka' (pronounced 'kah-RAH-tay-KAH') ('Karate-student') says to me:
"You're not quite as BIG as I expected."
My reply:
"That's 'cuz you're standing 'in my SHADOW'."
((--'Hercules' (NEW movie))
((… Yes/Granted, I KNOW I'm a WELL-RESPECTED, HIGHLY-ACCOMPLISHED, MULTI-TALENTED 'Karateka' AND 'Sensei' (pronounced 'sehn-SAY') (Karate-instructor'). Nonetheless, I shaN'T BRAG! I know "my LIMITS"/"what I CAN and CAN'T do".))
...
"You're not quite as BIG as I expected."
My reply:
"That's 'cuz you're standing 'in my SHADOW'."
((--'Hercules' (NEW movie))
((… Yes/Granted, I KNOW I'm a WELL-RESPECTED, HIGHLY-ACCOMPLISHED, MULTI-TALENTED 'Karateka' AND 'Sensei' (pronounced 'sehn-SAY') (Karate-instructor'). Nonetheless, I shaN'T BRAG! I know "my LIMITS"/"what I CAN and CAN'T do".))
...
No matter the MANY "obstacles" that CONFRONT you, REMEMBER:
…
"Just keep on LIVIN'.
L-I-V-I-N."
(--'Dazed and Confused')
(…Although my "Traumatic Brain-Injury" is MOSTLY physical--EXCEPT FOR my SUBpar memory, I'll admit that ALOTTA times, I feel "DAZED" and/or "CONFUSED".)
…
"Just KEEP ON keeping' on!"
(--song-lyrics by Curtis Mayfield)
…
"LIFE's a garden. 'DIG IT'!"
(--'Joe Dirt')
"Just keep on LIVIN'.
L-I-V-I-N."
(--'Dazed and Confused')
(…Although my "Traumatic Brain-Injury" is MOSTLY physical--EXCEPT FOR my SUBpar memory, I'll admit that ALOTTA times, I feel "DAZED" and/or "CONFUSED".)
…
"Just KEEP ON keeping' on!"
(--song-lyrics by Curtis Mayfield)
…
"LIFE's a garden. 'DIG IT'!"
(--'Joe Dirt')
CONSTANTLY "work".
…
"It's not the daily IN-crease, but daily DE-crease.
'Hack AWAY' with the UN-essentials."
(--Bruce Lee)
Although I "possess" a GREAT DEAL OF--for lack of a better word--"STUFF", I MOST CERTAINLY would NOT say "I live in a life of LUXURY and EXTRAVAGANCE!
ALL my purchases/investments are FRIVOLOUS.
(… In my current, TEMPORARY physical-state/condition, I canNOT "afford" to have ANYTHING "holding me BACK/DOWN"!)
… For ME:
-- "DE-crease" my required HELP to do "Daily Activities".
("HELP" is a LUXURY not a NECESSITY.)
-- "DE-crease" my time just RELAXING … IN BED.
(Be more ACTIVE.)
-- "DE-crease" my # of "tube-feedings".
(Eat--by MOUTH--MORE FREQUENTLY.)
...
"Sometimes dreams DO come true."
…
--Wendy's fast-food commercial for a new "LOADED" bacon-cheeseburger
(… No I do NOT fantasize about EATING.
About three times per week, I DO that MANUAL eating-thing.
However, I WOULD like to actually TASTE food/ANYTHING!)
(… HONESTLY, I "dream" of WALKING and TALKING--cogently--again!)
...
--Wendy's fast-food commercial for a new "LOADED" bacon-cheeseburger
(… No I do NOT fantasize about EATING.
About three times per week, I DO that MANUAL eating-thing.
However, I WOULD like to actually TASTE food/ANYTHING!)
(… HONESTLY, I "dream" of WALKING and TALKING--cogently--again!)
...
What an INSIGHTFUL, INGENIOUS, "looking-toward-INDEPENDENCE" acquisition!
…
Yeah, so UPON my MOVE into my NEW house--AFTER my "good-for-NOTHING", "FAR-too-LENGTHY", MISERABLE stay at "F.I.N.R."--the "Florida Institute of Neurologic Rehabilitation"--I purchased a MOTORIZED-wheelchair.
This device allows me to INDEPENDENTLY move about--SEEMINGLY effortlessly and WITHOUT any MAJOR concerns or problems.
(… "Knock on wood.")
ORIGINALLY, I ONLY used said form of transportation IN/AROUND my house.
But, with the purchase of my own SUPER-COOL, HIGH-TECH, CAPABLE of SAFELY and SECURELY transporting a MOTORIZED-wheelchair VAN, I use my "motor-tvehicle" practically EVERYWHERE.
YAY!
...
Yeah, so UPON my MOVE into my NEW house--AFTER my "good-for-NOTHING", "FAR-too-LENGTHY", MISERABLE stay at "F.I.N.R."--the "Florida Institute of Neurologic Rehabilitation"--I purchased a MOTORIZED-wheelchair.
This device allows me to INDEPENDENTLY move about--SEEMINGLY effortlessly and WITHOUT any MAJOR concerns or problems.
(… "Knock on wood.")
ORIGINALLY, I ONLY used said form of transportation IN/AROUND my house.
But, with the purchase of my own SUPER-COOL, HIGH-TECH, CAPABLE of SAFELY and SECURELY transporting a MOTORIZED-wheelchair VAN, I use my "motor-tvehicle" practically EVERYWHERE.
YAY!
...
"SURROUND yourself with GOOD people."
… --My martial arts Professor
ALMOST NOTHING in life "can be"/is accomplished COMPLETELY/SOLELY by JUST ONE person.
Even for/with INDIVIDUAL tasks/sports, a competitor has a GROUP/TEAM of COACHES, TRAINERS and fellow-COMPETITORS/PEERS to help "DRIVE"/"PUSH" said person to be the BEST he/she CAN be.
CURRENTLY in my "RECOVERY", my OWN PRIDE and SELF-RESPECT are my MAIN "driving-forces" to be/get BETTER.
But, I mustN'T neglect/omit/forget ALL the "little people" who've "touched my life" in a POSITIVE way.
So, THANKS be to ALL!
"God bless us, EVERYONE!"
(--Tiny Tim, 'A Christmas Story')
(… JEEZ! There's been ALOTTA "TOUCHING" in MY life!
"Ya know, there are laws AGAINST molesting the handicapped."
--'The Bone Collector')
...
ALWAYS be CONFIDENT.
…
"I'm too (MENTALLY/MATHEMATICALLY) FAST.
I'm too SMART.
I'm too PRETTY!"
(--Muhammad Ali)
(… I have to "BRUSH MY HAIR" back, 'cuz it drooped into my eyes.)
...
"I'm too (MENTALLY/MATHEMATICALLY) FAST.
I'm too SMART.
I'm too PRETTY!"
(--Muhammad Ali)
(… I have to "BRUSH MY HAIR" back, 'cuz it drooped into my eyes.)
...
'Carpe diem.'
… (Latin for 'Seize the day.')
…
You miss ALL the shots you doN'T take.
(PARDON my 'Star Wars' BLASPHEMY against Jedi-Master Yoda!)
IGNORE Yoda's remark:
"DO or do NOT. There is no 'TRY'."
(You DON'T know you're ABLE TO DO, until you TRY!)
(… That's been the RECURRING THEME of my "REHABILITATION"/RECOVERY.)
...
…
You miss ALL the shots you doN'T take.
(PARDON my 'Star Wars' BLASPHEMY against Jedi-Master Yoda!)
IGNORE Yoda's remark:
"DO or do NOT. There is no 'TRY'."
(You DON'T know you're ABLE TO DO, until you TRY!)
(… That's been the RECURRING THEME of my "REHABILITATION"/RECOVERY.)
...
Monday, July 7, 2014
(I'm thinkin' about--TEMPORARILY--being in a wheelchair.)
…
"This is making me SAD,
… and I HATE being SAD!"
(--'Workaholics')
But THEN, I think about ALL I HAVE ALREADY accomplished--DESPITE ALL the DOUBTING/FOOLISH remarks and predictions from "UMPTEEN" STUPID medical-(SUPPOSEDLY) "experts".
And, a BIG smile grows on my face!
...
"This is making me SAD,
… and I HATE being SAD!"
(--'Workaholics')
But THEN, I think about ALL I HAVE ALREADY accomplished--DESPITE ALL the DOUBTING/FOOLISH remarks and predictions from "UMPTEEN" STUPID medical-(SUPPOSEDLY) "experts".
And, a BIG smile grows on my face!
...
WHAT IF I CAN?!
…
A buddy of mine ("The Creator" of my blog) recently tested me and REVEALED that I can
SEMI-"count cards".
"You know there's NO ONE in the WORLD (who) can 'count a SIX-DECK chute'!"
(--'Rain Man')
(… FUTURE fun-field trip:
I've GOTTA GO to Vegas!)
...
A buddy of mine ("The Creator" of my blog) recently tested me and REVEALED that I can
SEMI-"count cards".
"You know there's NO ONE in the WORLD (who) can 'count a SIX-DECK chute'!"
(--'Rain Man')
(… FUTURE fun-field trip:
I've GOTTA GO to Vegas!)
...
IMPORTANT lesson:
… (for ME to learn about my employees)
(… Actually, it was just ONE--now EX-employee.)
…
"Never underestimate the power of STUPIDITY."
(--'Snatch')
(… GREAT film!
No, I am NOT just sayin' that 'cuz I'm half-Turkish with a LONG, ILLUSTRIOUS, AWARD-WINNING career in the martial arts; AND the main character in said film is NAMED "Turkish" and a SKILLED boxer.)
(… Coincidence?)
...
(… Actually, it was just ONE--now EX-employee.)
…
"Never underestimate the power of STUPIDITY."
(--'Snatch')
(… GREAT film!
No, I am NOT just sayin' that 'cuz I'm half-Turkish with a LONG, ILLUSTRIOUS, AWARD-WINNING career in the martial arts; AND the main character in said film is NAMED "Turkish" and a SKILLED boxer.)
(… Coincidence?)
...
(WARNING) So, I awoke this morning.
…
My stomach started "TALKING" to me. I "received the message".
(("A GENTLEMAN (any of y'all) never ASKS.
A LADY (ME) never TELLS."))
So, I "WALKED"--WITH my walker--eyes UP ~60% of the time--to my "porcelain throne".
FIRST, I STOOD--leaning onto my toilet-guardrails, and urinated into my toilet. NO/ZERO spillage! GREAT aim/control!
Next, I "shook" (GUYS understand.), MOTIONED that I needed my "TOILET-chair, stabilized my STANDING-position as I waited for my "chair", turned myself around--with help ONLY from the "arm-rails"--and lowered myself to a sitting-position upon (huddled OVER) my "porcelain THRONE".
Finally, "the FLOODGATES opened"!
CONCLUSION
WHO knows MY body BETTER than I?
NO ONE!
("PROPS" to my degree in "Biomedical Engineering" … AND my knowledge/understanding of PHYSICS!)
...
My stomach started "TALKING" to me. I "received the message".
(("A GENTLEMAN (any of y'all) never ASKS.
A LADY (ME) never TELLS."))
So, I "WALKED"--WITH my walker--eyes UP ~60% of the time--to my "porcelain throne".
FIRST, I STOOD--leaning onto my toilet-guardrails, and urinated into my toilet. NO/ZERO spillage! GREAT aim/control!
Next, I "shook" (GUYS understand.), MOTIONED that I needed my "TOILET-chair, stabilized my STANDING-position as I waited for my "chair", turned myself around--with help ONLY from the "arm-rails"--and lowered myself to a sitting-position upon (huddled OVER) my "porcelain THRONE".
Finally, "the FLOODGATES opened"!
CONCLUSION
WHO knows MY body BETTER than I?
NO ONE!
("PROPS" to my degree in "Biomedical Engineering" … AND my knowledge/understanding of PHYSICS!)
...
Sunday, July 6, 2014
REGARDLESS of the time-of-year, give THANKS!
…
Sometimes I FORGET to THANK the people who make my life HAPPY in SO MANY (DIFFERENT) ways.
Sometimes I FORGET to 'em just how MUCH I REALLY DO APPRECIATE them for being an IMPORTANT part of my life … during such s TERRIBLE time.
So, thank you ALL of you …
just … for being here for … ME.
((… "OH! I'm getting a little 'VAKLEMPT'!
I promised myself I wasn't gonna CRY!
Tohk amongst yaselves. Here, I'll give you a topic:
The 'Holy Roman Empire'.
It wasn't HOLY, it wasn't ROMAN nor was it an EMPIRE.
Discuss."
--Mike Myers (as Linda Richman, hostess of 'Coffee Talk' on 'SNL'))
...
… Can I get--yet another--"AMEN!"?
…
"I don't know 'the key to SUCCESS'.
(SHRUG)
But, 'the key to FAILURE' is
'trying to please EVERYBODY'."
(--Bill Cosby)
(… It's OKAY to SOMETIMES be SELF-ish.)
...
"It's NOT about YOU. It's not about ME."
… "It's about LEGACY.
It's about what we LEAVE BEHIND for FUTURE GENERATIONS."
(--'Iron Man 2')
(… Focus on your FUTURE and LASTING-IMPRESSIONS.)
...
YAY for EVOLUTION and TECHNOLOGY!
…
WE--humans--are NO LONGER "hunters & gatherers".
I am SO GLAD I do NOT have to HUNT/SEARCH FOR & GATHER my food.
(I don't even know where sandwiches LIVE!)
(… The BEST ones PROBABLY live somewhere in 'ITALIA' … and/or WHEREVER "'Monte Cristo'" is.)
(… AND/OR, in the COUNTRY of Turkey)
(… I'm biased.)
...
WE--humans--are NO LONGER "hunters & gatherers".
I am SO GLAD I do NOT have to HUNT/SEARCH FOR & GATHER my food.
(I don't even know where sandwiches LIVE!)
(… The BEST ones PROBABLY live somewhere in 'ITALIA' … and/or WHEREVER "'Monte Cristo'" is.)
(… AND/OR, in the COUNTRY of Turkey)
(… I'm biased.)
...
WELL SAID!
…
"I'm actually (VERY) comfortable in 'GOOF-dom'. NOT taking myself seriously is one of my FAVORITE things to do, because I don't -- EVER."
(--Jennifer Aniston)
I VEHEMENTLY CONCUR!
(… Wait, does "vehemently" have a NEGATIVE-connotation?
If so, then how 'bout "ARDENTLY" or "FURTIVELY"?)
...
"I'm actually (VERY) comfortable in 'GOOF-dom'. NOT taking myself seriously is one of my FAVORITE things to do, because I don't -- EVER."
(--Jennifer Aniston)
I VEHEMENTLY CONCUR!
(… Wait, does "vehemently" have a NEGATIVE-connotation?
If so, then how 'bout "ARDENTLY" or "FURTIVELY"?)
...
QUALITATIVE comparison: GOOD >> bad
…
Translation:
The BETTER moments FAR OUTWEIGH the worse.
(… Be an OPTIMIST!)
(… I think that THAT'S ONE of the reasons why many people seem to ENJOY my company/presence: I'm SUPPORTIVE/"glass is half-FULL".)
"CEEELLLEEEBRATE good times, COME ON!"
Life is SHORT … but SWEET for CERTAIN.
...
Translation:
The BETTER moments FAR OUTWEIGH the worse.
(… Be an OPTIMIST!)
(… I think that THAT'S ONE of the reasons why many people seem to ENJOY my company/presence: I'm SUPPORTIVE/"glass is half-FULL".)
"CEEELLLEEEBRATE good times, COME ON!"
Life is SHORT … but SWEET for CERTAIN.
...
"You CAN'T let your injury BEAT you."
… (--The Mandarin--in 'Iron Man 3'--to ME)
(… Would I be "Iron MAN" OR his accomplice/sidekick, "Iron PATRIOT"?)
(… I'm goin' with Choice A), 'cuz--CURRENTLY--I "answer to" ONLY ME.)
...
(… Would I be "Iron MAN" OR his accomplice/sidekick, "Iron PATRIOT"?)
(… I'm goin' with Choice A), 'cuz--CURRENTLY--I "answer to" ONLY ME.)
...
"Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. GLORY … lasts forever."
… --'The Replacements'
(… I HAD ALOTTA "pain".
I STILL HAVE MANY "scars".
I've HAD a GREAT DEAL of "glory". There WILL BE … A LOT … MORE!)
...
(… I HAD ALOTTA "pain".
I STILL HAVE MANY "scars".
I've HAD a GREAT DEAL of "glory". There WILL BE … A LOT … MORE!)
...
Saturday, July 5, 2014
DAMNIT! MISSED OPPORTUNITY!
…
During my high school VALEDICTORY,
I SHOULD've quoted Miley Cyrus:
"I never felt more … WHO I AM than I do right now."
OR, I could've said THAT after my "black belt"-promotion--'cuz I earned TWO--SIMULTANEOUSLY!
(… DAMN, I'm GOOD!)
...
During my high school VALEDICTORY,
I SHOULD've quoted Miley Cyrus:
"I never felt more … WHO I AM than I do right now."
OR, I could've said THAT after my "black belt"-promotion--'cuz I earned TWO--SIMULTANEOUSLY!
(… DAMN, I'm GOOD!)
...
"KNOWING is half the battle."--G.I. Joe
…
Don't ASSUME you KNOW me from/by what you've HEARD.
I grow/mature DAILY.
(In MATHEMATICAL/Latin terms, I am a "'VARIABLE'". Ergo--Thus--Consequently--Therefore--Hence, I am EVER-CHANGING.)
BESIDES, your "messenger" MAY have OUTDATED/EXPIRED information.
'Por ejemplo' (--SPANISH for 'For example'):
Almost EVERYONE hears that I have a "Traumatic BRAIN-Injury", and they ask my "caregiver" if I'm "retarded".
So, I SHUTTER, "roll my eyes", take a DEEP breath and let out a LONG, AUDIBLE SIGH of EXASPERATION.
("NEW 'shit' has 'COME TO LIGHT'!"
--'The Big Lebowski')
My injur(IES) are MAINLY
PHYSICAL.
...
Don't ASSUME you KNOW me from/by what you've HEARD.
I grow/mature DAILY.
(In MATHEMATICAL/Latin terms, I am a "'VARIABLE'". Ergo--Thus--Consequently--Therefore--Hence, I am EVER-CHANGING.)
BESIDES, your "messenger" MAY have OUTDATED/EXPIRED information.
'Por ejemplo' (--SPANISH for 'For example'):
Almost EVERYONE hears that I have a "Traumatic BRAIN-Injury", and they ask my "caregiver" if I'm "retarded".
So, I SHUTTER, "roll my eyes", take a DEEP breath and let out a LONG, AUDIBLE SIGH of EXASPERATION.
("NEW 'shit' has 'COME TO LIGHT'!"
--'The Big Lebowski')
My injur(IES) are MAINLY
PHYSICAL.
...
I MUST be "MATURE"!
…
The TRUE "MARK" of MATURITY is
when somebody "HURTS you" (PHYSICALLY/EMOTIONALLY/PSYCHOLOGICALLY/ETC.), and you try to UNDERSTAND his/her situation--INSTEAD OF trying to "HURT" said person back.
(… "Payback's a BITCH!")
(… Although, the FILM 'Payback' WAS VERY GOOD.)
...
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