New Year's RESOLUTIONS

…

-- I SHALL be more PATIENT … with OTHER people.
(… CURRENTLY/TEMPORARILY, I HAFTA depend upon OTHERS to HELP me with SOME tasks.  I KNOW/UNDERSTAND that my "MENTAL-processing/-reasoning" is well ABOVE-par/-average, but I should be more TOLERANT & UNDERSTANDING of "the NORMEES".)

-- I must ALWAYS … TRY.
((… Forget "LOGIC" & PROBABILITY & STATISTICS!  ("Easier SAID than DONE.")  Although I AM IMPROVING, (YAY!), my recovery-process is NOT progressing at my DESIRED rate.  Ergo, I should try NEW tactics/"angles".))

-- I'll STRETCH my legs AND arms EVERY DAY.

-- At LEAST ONCE  a week, I SHALL do AT LEAST 20 push-ups … at HOME.

-- I WILL go OUT (of my HOUSE) MORE OFTEN.

-- I WILL make/take SIGNIFICANT (METAPHORICAL) "steps" toward my "WALKING" … AND TALKING.

-- Even though I AM a GUY, I mustN'T let the "doings" of my favorite SPORTS-teams influence my overall-mood TOO MUCH.

-- I WILL communicate with friends MORE.
(… THIS will be done via email.)

(Just, GENERALLY, stay HAPPY, SOCIAL, medically-IMPROVING & HEALTHY!)


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I APPRECIATE GOOD times/folks!

…
So, last night I went OUT to a restaurant/bar with five buddies from high school and three of their respective girlfriends/fiancees.
It was a GREAT time of stories, jokes, good-natured "ribbing" & laughs!

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I CONTINUED TO demonstrate "SOLID" UPPER-body PROGRESS in/during my UPPER-body workout!
UN-like my USUAL daily-habits/-"ROUTINE", I did NOT "compensate" for my weakER LEFT arm with EXTRA "OOMPF" from my strongERR IGHT arm.
(… My LEFT arm just EXCELLED on its OWN.
… THAT's just what I DO.)

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I felt PARTICULARLY … GOOD/STRONG today.
(… I doN'T know WHY.)
THUS, I INCREASED my # of PRE-shower (PROPERLY-postured) SQUATS from 40 to 50 repetitions.

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I've CERTAINLY had MY (UN-)"fair share of" TROUBLING times.
But, as an OPTIMIST, I should/must/DO FOCUS on my MANY WONDERFUL/AWE-inspiring moments!

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I KNOW/UNDERSTAND that my--CURRENT--"situation" SEEMS … BLEAK.
But, I've GOTTA CHERISH the MANY "PEAKS" in/of my SSSTILL "BLOSSOMING" life!
(… "I'm NOT 'pouting'!  I'm BROODING.  … It's how SEXY men 'pout'."
--Raj, 'The Big Bang Theory')



P.S. To ALL my REALLY STUPID "doctors":
I MIGHT "DIE of LAUGHTER", when I "STAND" over YOUR (COLLECTIVE) GRAVE & "HAWK a BIG LOOGIE" upon it!


...

… RELAX! I'm ALIVE.

…
I JUST had a LATE night with a FEW chums from the ol' high school POSSE!


...

"REMEMBER, my friend,"

… "to ENJOY your planning as well as your ACCOMPLISHMENT,

for life is too SHORT for NEGATIVE-energy."

(--Bruce Lee)

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…

"You've gotta harness-in the GOOD energy, and block-out the BAD.

… Harness--GOOD.  Block--BAD."
(--'Happy Gilmore')

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I went out with friends.  
Ergo, I'm TIRED.
(… I'll write MORE tomorrow.)


...

… More GOOD stuff!

… 

So, my day BEGAN with a VERY GOOD night's sleep, … 'cuz I HAD TO "show off" my "WALKING" to visitors the evening BEFOREHAND. 

THEN, a good friend RETURNED my car-keys that he FORGOT to give-back YESTERDAY.

(… WHEW!)

Right AFTER I saw my LAST video of MY "WALKING", I felt … INSPIRED!

So, I "WALKED" to my toilet to "STAND" & urinate.

I "WALKED" 73 steps TO said receptacle & 69 BACK to bed.

(… NONE/ZILCH/ZIPPO/ZERO of those 142 steps involved my DRAGGING my LEFT foot along the floor OR my incidentally/accidentally KICKING my walker with my LEFT foot.)

YAY!

((… My 71-step AVERAGE indicates that I'm USING the WISE/HELPFUL advice of my 'NeuroFit 360"-(LEG)trainers to take SMALLER--so, MORE--steps to maintain BALANCE, STABILITY & ankle-rolling PREVENTION.))

(… GOOD CALL!)

"Nature called"-- "on Line 1" (= "for URINE") again after my "DINNER".  This time my "WALKING-trek" consisted of 67 steps THERE & 61 steps on my RETURN.

This "AMBLING-trip"--of an AVERAGE 64 steps--was VERY STEADY.  

(… Although, I DID--INADVERTENTLY--"kick" the LEFT pedal TWICE.

… SHOOTSKEES!  "Back to the ol' drawing-board.")

I watched 'The Matrix'-trilogy.  These three AMAZING films reiterated/confirmed to me my PRIMARY/MAIN alias/pseudonym:

"My name is 'NEO'."

For I am "The ONE".

My MANY DOUBTERS/HATERS ask me:

"Why, WHY, Mr. (Kaynatma)?  WHY do you PERSIST?!"

ME: "Because I … CHOOSE to."

My best friend ("The Architect" of my blog) to ME--about MY IMPROVING "WALKING":

"Did you ALWAYS … KNOW?"

MY reply--as "The Oracle": "(Chuckle) No.  But, I be-LIEVED!"

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It's not QUITE 'A Walk to Remember'. But, I'm getting there. (YAY!)

…
To my SUPER-PESSIMISTIC & STUPID "doctors":
MY walking is "NOT 'impossible'.  More like … INEVITABLE."
(--I am currently watching 'The Matrix Revolutions'.)



AJ Walking Dec 23 2014 from AJ Valedictorian Speech on Vimeo.


To see how AJ was walking six months ago, in July 2014, watch Good work takes TIME, and to see how he was walking one year ago, in Dec. 2013, check out First "step": Step. 
- Grant



(ANOTHER blog-post WILL come TONIGHT.)


...

"Help ME … help YOU!"

…
--'Jerry Maguire'

"The easiest way to get what YOU want is
to help OTHERS get what THEY want."
(--Deepak Chopra)

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An OPTIMIST (ME) LAUGHS to FORGET.
A PESSIMIST (Too MANY "doctors" I've seen) FORGETS to LAUGH.

((… I REPEAT: I put "doctors" in quotes (""), merely because my egotistical, pessimistic, VERY STUPID "doctors" have caused me to lose ALL RESPECT, CONFIDENCE & BELIEF in that "LAUGHINGSTOCK of a profession".))

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As MIRACULOUS, INSPIRING & TALENTED as I MAY be, I'll ADMIT that I could definitely NOT achieve ALL my GREAT accomplishments withOUT …

PHENOMENAL ASSISTANCE!

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"At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach—it is to inspire the desire 

for learning. Once a student's mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own 

fuel." ~ Sydney J. Harris



...

PLEASE FORGIVE my LACK OF a blog-post last night!

…
I hosted a "par-TAY"--of ~15 to 20 people--'til WAY LATER than I expected (~2:15 AM)!
But, GOOD times were had by ALL!

I was JUST A BIT tired upon my EVENTUAL "escape" into bed--at 2:36 am.

(AUDIBLE sigh)
The GREAT experience reminded me of my youngER days … in college … with LATE nights of "HOOTIN' & HOLLERIN'", BOOZE-FUN, FUN FRIENDS and "'BEIRUT'"/"BEER PONG"!

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ANOTHER post WILL come TONIGHT.


…

'Feliz Cumplean(tilde)os, … Jeses.'

…
(WARNING:)

"We come bearing 'GIFTS'."
(--Biblical tale of 'Three Wise Men')

(… A.J. thought this story would be APPROPRIATE as he BEGAN his day with a "TREK" to "his OFFICE" at ~6:34 am.  THEN, Altan "dropped QUITE the DEUCE" in his "john".)

(… "WE, THREE Wise men" = "ME, MYSELF & I" = "The ROYAL 'we', the EDITORIAL"--The Dude. 'The Big Lebowski')

A.J. occasionally speaks in

So, my (excretory)"GIFTS" were ACTUALLY "merged"/"combined" into ONE "MEDIUM-sized"(--my caregiver) bowel-movement.

My last 14 "fecal-FRENZIES" in the last 30 days (30/14 = ~2.1438) have ALL been--AT LEAST--"SEMI-solid"!
(…. So, YAY for my stomach "triumphing OVER" my RIDICULOUS, STUBBORN & VERY STUPID G.I.-"doctors"!)
(… JEEZ!  They're SEMI-"retarded"!)
(… Ha ha HA!  I LOVE how WELL "the shoe fits on the OTHER foot"!)

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__
I was WELCOMINGLY/JOYOUSLY surprised by a VISIT from my UNCLE!
(… HIS PRESENTS for/to ME were his VERY PRESENCE AND his recommendation to play my FAVORITE card-game--CRIBBAGE.  My GIFT for/to him was his FIRST--EVER VICTORY over me in said game.
(… Although, I was A BIT of an "Indian-giver", 'cuz I took the SERIES--2 games to 1.

(… Is THAT TERM--"Indian-giver"--"politically CORRECT"?!)

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Since I did NOT have my USUAL therapy-/gym-schedule 'cuz of the HOLIDAY, I did/"HAD TO DO" some arm-/leg-strength exercises.  
I've begun INCORPORATING my LEARNED-"strategies" from "NeuroFit-360" into my "EVERYDAY-routine".  I "steer MYSELF"--with ONLY my LEGS--CLOSE to my toilet.  THEN, I grab my LEFT-handed arm-rail--with my LEFT/INJURED hand/arm, and PULL myself UP & OUT of my MANUAL-wheelchair.
(… SSSHHH!  If you SILENTLY listen CAREFULLY, you can hear my urine SPLASH against the toilet-water.)

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I'm VERY EXCITED to HOST another "par-TAY" to MEET friends for the holidays!



...

"DoN'T judge a 'BOOK' by its 'COVER'."

…

JUST 'cuz I'm--CURRENTLY/TEMPORARILY--in a WHEELCHAIR, doesN'T mean I'll BITE you if you get TOO CLOSE!
I'm VERY SOCIAL/SOCIABLE!  I "THRIVE on" my PEEPS!

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I SHOULD/WOULD blog MORE, but I am VERY TIRED.

I JUST returned home--at ~9:35 pm--from a LONG visit ( I left home at ~4:25 pm.) to/at my high school-buddy's parents' house for Christmas EVE-dinner.

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(… Ergo, a MORE-detailed/-extensive blog-report WILL come tomorrow.



P.S. MERRY CHRISTMAS!


...

… KEEP your GREAT "TIES"/"CONNECTIONS"!

…
My BLOG-"Engineer"/"Architect"(--'The Matrix Revolutions') "worked WONDERS" on/for my "STRUGGLING" laptop!
(… ALAS, HE is in Philly, and I am in SOUTH Florida.  So, HOW could this WORK/HAPPEN?!)
(… Well, I GUESS that some of my EXTRME MENTAL-"strength" is "rubbing off on him", 'cuz he just "SENSED" that my computer WAS in "UTTER DIS-array".)
((… My onlooking "caregiver" watching said FIXER-upper: "What's he doing?"
ME--about blog-CREATOR: "He's beginning to BELIEVE!"  (… that he IS "the ONE"--'The Matrix Reoladed')

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…
With my VERY LIMITED ability to SEE, SPEAK TO & INTERACT WITH others, I "TREASURE" my VERY KIND & UNDERSTANDING friends & family!


...

…. NO, I did NOT forget to BLOG!

…
I was merely entertaining

SIX FRIENDS from high school
PLUS FOUR of THEIR friends

from ~8:17 pm to ~1:42 AM.

So, I'd think I'm allowed A LITTLE leeway with my "blog-posting FREQUENCY"-regimen.


(… I WILL post ANOTHER blog LATE TONIGHT.)

(… I'm sticking-out my tongue at my laptop.)


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"(PROPER) Communication is KEY!"

…

AAARRRGGGHHH!
UUUGGGHHH!

"Sunday" WAS my FAVORITE day (of the week)!
(… It USED TO be MY "employEEs'" "day-OFF".  So, it was JUST my "live-in" EX-girlfriend & I.  Her ENGLISH-comprehension is SO MUCH BETTER than … TWO of my LEAST-respected//-trying "workers"!)

PLUS, 'Pazar' (PHONETICALLY = 'Pah-ZAHR') (Turkish for 'Sunday') is "N.F.L.-Day" ("PRO Football-Day").
((… I REALLY LIKE "football" … AND "European 'futbol' ('soccer')!))

ALSO, Sunday WAS MY ONE "BYE-day" from "EXERCISE"/STRESS!
(… Monday = LEG-gym, Tuesday = ARM-workout, Wednesday = LEG-gym, Thursday = Karate-class, Friday = LEG-gym, Saturday = Karate-class, Sunday = ?!)

"DEALING with" their LACK OF ENGLISH-communication ability 'es MUY MAL por mi CABEZA'!

(… I'm TEMPTED to use the word "RETARDED" in their description.
But, I KNOW how WRONG that is.)

(… "On the BRIGHT side", my (POOR) PATIENCE is IMPROVING my TOLERANCE … & "MULTI-linguistic-ness"!)



...

… PARTY @ my "SECOND home"!

…
I JUST returned to my "FIRST home" from "HOME #2" ("my 'martial arts'-DOJO").
(Well, technically, FIRST, I inspected … & FIXED a mechanical-problem with my MAIN sliding-door on my van.  SECONDLY, I "WALKED" to my toilet to "STAND" for my "URINARY-deposit".  THIRDLY, I began watching my FAVORITE film--a "cult-CLASSIC"--'The Big Lebowski'.  FINALLY, I began to blog.)

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…
So, my dojo hosted a NICE, little HOLIDAY-"parTAY".
It was DELIGHTFUL!

-- My caregiver brought some HOMEMADE-cheesecake that was QUITE POPULAR!
-- I did TWO SEPARATE--ALMOST "flawless"--"WALKS" around the inside of my dojo!
(… I wanted to DEMONSTRATE my PROGRESS!
-- Nine DIFFERENT WOMEN initiated a CONVERSATION with me!
(… WHAT can I say?!  I'm CHARMING!)



...

It's ALL "PSYCHOLOGICAL".

…

If you are NOT WILLING to LEARN, NO ONE can HELP you. 

If you are DETERMINED to LEARN, NO ONE can STOP you.


(… I'm a STRANGE/UNIQUE combination of BOTH:

I am "DETERMINED to LEARN"--withOUT any "HELP"!)



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As my REHABILITATION/RECOVERY progresses, I--

ALWAYS--recall this REALLY MOTIVATING quote:


"When you're TRYING TO motivate yourself, appreciate the 

fact that you're even THINKING ABOUT 'making a 

CHANGE'.  As you 'move FORWARD'," (Pun IN-tended.) 

"ALLOW yourself to be GOOD enough."

(--Alice Domar)



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Today I attended a KIDS' Karate promotional-ceremony.  

For the FIRST TIME in ~6.44 YEARS, I WORE my--

"heavyweight"-material--'gi'- ('Karate-uniform') top AND one 

of my TWO black belts.

((… I couldN'T FIND my one "for PRACTICE/TRAINING".  

(SHUCKS!)  So, I wore my one "for SHOW".)

(… "It's got my NAME on it.  It says 'RAYMOND'.--'Rain

 Man')  … In ACTUALITY, said "SHOW-belt" displays my 

name--Altan Javit Kaynatma--in English AND in Japanese.

Also, I even REMEMBERED how to PROPERLY tie my/the 

belt.



The kids were GREAT!

TWO 'Karateka' ('Karate-students') even "gained/earned 

MAJOR BONUS-points"--from ME--for RANDOMLY 

demonstrating one of MY DESIGNED 'Jiujitsu'-techniques!


(… YAY for MY "getting THROUGH"/CONNECTING to the 

KIDS!




...

"Thank you for your PATIENCE with my MANY 'outbursts' of FRUSTRATION!"

…
(--ME, today to my MAIN staff-trainer at "NeuroFit 360")

(… I said the preceding remark, AFTER I was displaying a bit TOO MUCH SELF-anger over my POOR performance in/at a NEW LEG-/HIP-/WEIGHT-SHIFTING-exercise.)

(… Lo & behold, I ended up doing a SPECTACULAR job of LIFTING & BACK-KICKING each leg--ONE-at-a-TIME, while resting my elbows on a CUSHIONED-table ~four feet high.)

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...
I STILL get quite IM-patient with some of my "employees".  This LACK OF "time-allowance" is LIKELY due to my HAVING TO "put up with" SO MUCH of their APPARENT cruddy "time-MANAGEMENT.
Even PRIOR TO my CATASTROPHIC "car-accident", I couldN'T "STAND" TRUANCY!
NOT too many people can COMPREHEND my TERRIBLE predicament!
Ergo, I should really be more FORGIVING & UNDERSTANDING of their IGNORANCE.

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…
I STILL am STRESSING to LEARN:
"GOOD work takes … TIME!"

"Rome wasN'T built in A DAY."

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…
Although my IQ is REMARKABLY-HIGH, my "EQ--Emotional Quotient"(-'Scorpion') is rather LOW & UNSTABLE.
I KNOW my INTELLIGENCE-level is "THROUGH the ROOF" (I have the academic-AWARDS to PROVE it.), I--UNFORTUNATELY--do NOT--ALWAYS--do a DECENT job of SYMPATHIZING/EMPATHIZING.

(… SELF-therapy: I--SUBCONSCIOUSLY--FAUX-whimper and exclaim:
"Quit your ''BITCHIN''!  Don't complain to ME about YOUR problems!")

(… SHAME on ME … for THINKING what I FERVENTLY "preach" NOT to do!)

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…
"DoN'T worry.  I'm not gonna DO … what everybody THINKS I'm gonna do … which is just FLIP-OUT!  All I wanna know is … WHO'S comin' WITH me?!"
(--'Half Baked')




P.S. 'Back kick' in Japanese is 'Ushido geri'.



...

Knowledge-"APPLICATION:":

…

I have (RE-)learned MANY "lessons" recently--PARTICULARLY in my STUPENDOUS LEG-gym, "NeuroFit 360".

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This morning--as I lied in bed, I held EIGHT UPWARD "HIP-thrusts" for ~12 seconds EACH.

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…
When I'm beginning to STAND, I lean my "UPPER body"/trunk FORWARD & DOWN as I spread my feet--FIRMLY--about shoulder-width apart.

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…
When I'm attempting to LIFT my RIGHT leg, I HAFTA lean my body-weight onto my weakER LEFT leg.
When LIFTING my LEFT leg, it's VICE-VERSA.

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…
I got into a MANUAL-wheelchair at "NeuroFit 360" to practice my TWO-handed wheel-pushing and TWO-footed steering to PROPEL myself FORWARD/BACKWARD … withOUT ANY help.

Thus, after I "WALKED" into my bathroom this morning, I--with MY OWN hands & feet--STEERED my MANUAL-chair over to the sink to brush my teeth & floss.

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…
As I did my DAILY set of 40 DEEP squats before my shower, I MADE SURE to concentrate MOST of my (~143 lb. = ~65 kg) "body-weight" onto my LEFT leg.
Also, I MAINTAINED a STRAIGHT back THROUGHOUT my exercising.



...

YES, I'm "a bit of" (Read: "A LOT of") a SHOW-OFF.

…
WHEN I "find"/notice an activity at which I am VERY GOOD, I like to DISPLAY said "MASTERY".

The other day, I decided to SHOW my "neuro-psychotherapist" my "WALKING"-- APPROXIMATELY 30 feet--in the lobby of her office.

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I do NOT "brag".
Instead, I prefer to let "(my) ACTIONS 'speak' LOUDER than (my) WORDS".

For example/'Por ejemplo', I started MY OWN "MATH-tutoring service", 'cuz I'm EXEMPLARY 'con numeros'.
((… According to my very ASTUTE & OBSERVANT neuropsychologist noted, "NUMBERS RELAX (me)."))

I "balance my (mom's) checkbook"---ROUTINELY.
(SSSHHH, doN'T tell the I.R.S.!)

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I STILL observe … & occasionally TEACH … KIDS' "martial arts"-classes.
Since I used to--COMPETITIVELY--wrestle for ~EIGHT YEARS, AND--UNFORTUNATELY--I canNOT--CURRENTLY/TEMPORARILY--stand NOR walk, I teach & DEMONSTRATE various 'jiujitsu'- ('GROUND-fighting'-)techniques.

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Due to my LONGTIME-obsession with ANY/ALL sporting-events,
I know--almost TOO MUCH--RANDOM sports-trivia!

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Finally, I had a FANTASTIC/STUPENDOUS, tiring LEG-workout TODAY at "NeuroFit 360"!
First, I completed 12 "wall-SQUATS" ("my squatting ~105 degrees with my back PRESSED AGAINST a wall"), stretched for EIGHT DEEP, EIGHT ONE-legged leg-bends-on EACH leg)--with my OTHER leg stretched WAY BACK & SLOWLY leaned my UPPER body FORWARD while pulling my BACK leg FORWARD as I STRAIGHTENED my FRONT leg.  I "performed"ALL exercises WHILE ALWAYS maintaining PROPER, STRAIGHT back-POSTURE.
ALSO, I "found my 'CENTER of gravity'/BALANCE" as I gripped a HORIZONTAL weight-bar.
Then, I weight-shifted onto my LEFT-hip.

FINALLY, I let go of said "bar"!

So, I STOOD--ALONE/UN-assisted--for ~10 seconds!
(… I REPEATED that GREAT FEAT … for ~12, ~15 & … ~24 seconds!)
YAY!

Today's date is … 12/17/14.
(… "Write that down."--'The Office')


...

I must REPENT … for the sake of KARMA!

… 

I VERY MUCH APOLOGIZE for FORGETTING to BLOG last night!  I had visitors LATE last night, and we had MUCH FUN with our EARLY-Christmas-festivities.

Y'ALL--to ME: "To quote the film 'Wedding Crashers', 
'Rule #76: NO excuses.  Play like a CHAMPION.'"
MY reply: "'TouCHEE'!'"

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"Do you think if a man sincerely repents on what he has done 

wrong that he might get to go back to the the time that was 

happiest for him and live there forever?" 

(--'The Green Mile')


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…
"FATE, it seems, is NOT without a sense of IRONY."

(--Morpheus, 'The Matrix')


Ergo, EXPLAIN the logic--or LACK thereof--of MY car-

accident and resulting CATASTROPHIC injurIES!

(… HOW/WHY did I DESERVE that?!)


…

I apologize--to MYSELF--for NOT doubting/questioning the 

auto/tire-mechanic about his (TERRIBLE, CRAPPY, 

HORRENDOUSLY CATASTROPHIC) "work"/"JOB" (… or 

LACK thereof!).


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…

(Regarding my RECOVERY:)

"I doN'T believe it is a matter of 'HOPE'.  I think it is a matter 

of TIME."


(… I made a PROMISE to myself that I WOULD/WILL 

"WALK" again.)
…

"… Some 'PROMISES' just caN'T be UN-made."

(… --'The Matrix Reloaded')


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Since I SEEK love, happiness & joy, I MUST--& DO--"give 

off"/spread/create GOOD-times!





...

"STEP-by-STEP" "TEAM-work"

… 

(Pun IN-tended … with the "STEPS".)



"Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, 

and suddenly you are doing the impossible."



I "accomplished" A LOT at my gym ("NeuroFit 360") today:

-- I did A LOT of SOLO-walking with MY walker--that I NOW

bring to EACH of my THREE-a-week LEG-workouts.

-- I--with my mom--had an INFORMATIVE 

meeting/conference with the gym-owner & my MAIN trainer.

-- I practiced my "SIT-to-STANDS" … with NEW tips/advice 

about pushing-OUT/-FORWARD EACH of my feet as I 

STOOD.  (As said "standing-tactic" was being explained to 

me, I SOOO wanted to SCREAM an "A.J.-ism": 

"It's PHYSICS!") 

(… An "A.J.-ism" is ALSO known as an "ALTRUISM".

Ergo, YET ANOTHER alias of MINE is "Al Tru".)


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…

"A good HEAD & a good HEART are ALWAYS a 

FORMIDABLE combination."

(--Nelson Mandela)


I ALWAYS--QUICKLY--"weigh the 

PROBABILITY/STATISTICS" of my SUCCESS in/at 

helping/assisting OTHERS. 

(… ''C'est la vie.''--French for ''That's life.'')

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…

Although I VERY MUCH seek INDEPENDENCE & my OWN 

"work"/effort, I ALWAYS GREATLY appreciate ALL the 

HELP I get … WHEN I ASK for it!




...

Stay MOTIVATED & OPTIMISTIC!

…

"In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can."

(--Denver Broncos wide receiver, Julius Thomas)



I "believe"--ne'er, I KNOW--I WILL, one day, UN-assisted, 

WALK again.  It's merely a matter of TIME … & PATIENCE 

… & CONSTANT-"WORK".


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…

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

"What the fuck is THAT?!"

"Theodore Hertzl, 'State of Israel'."

(--'The Big Lebowski')


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"I've always been more CURIOUS than CAUTIOUS."

(--'The Incredible Hulk')

(… PARTIALLY due to the SPEED at which I calculate the 

STATISTICS of a "POSITIVE-versus-NEGATIVE"-result)


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TODAY--Sunday--is SUPPOSED TO be MY 

"RELAX-day"/"OFF-day".  But, APPARENTLY, there's 

"No REST for the WEARY".  


But, that CONSTANT "work" for SELF-improvement is 

ALWAYS good!  


… 

My "WORK" is like the song:

"EIGHT DAYS a WEEK!"

(… HYPERBOLE)



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…

My psycho-neurologist--about ME:

"You see, we're worried that these 'ANOMALIES' … MAY BE 

… a threat to NATIONAL-SECURITY."

(--'Fantastic Four: Silver Surfer')

MY retort: "JEEZ, CALM DOWN!  I KNOW I'm--mentally 

AND physically--POWERFUL.  But, way to 'blow this (MY 

'ISSUES') WAY OUTTA proportion'!"


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…

ALTHOUGH,

… "Sometimes I DO get 'into MISCHIEF'.  (Hee-YUCK)

We ALL do!"

(--Kevin, 'Home Alone 2: Lost in New York')



I was only TEMPORARILY offended, when my brother told 

ME that TODAY (December 14th) is

"National ASSHOLE-Awareness Day".

(… It was merely/only in JEST.)


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…
Speaking of KEY-dates. YESTERDAY was

12/13/14.

("COOL-BEANS!")

((… The NEXT time such a CHRONOLOGIC numerical-

COINCIDENCE will NOT occur again 'til … January 2nd, 

2103.  (01/02/03))

((… THAT's in ~88.96 YEARS.  I'd BETTER write that on my 

(KIDS') calendar!))



...

(INSPIRATIONAL quotes I found:)

…
"LOVE beats the DEMON."
--'Natural Born Killers'

((… 'Tis BETTER/"STRONGER" to REALLY like (POSITIVE emotion), than 'tis to REALLY DIS-like (NEGATIVE).))

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"LIFE is meant for
GOOD friends & a
GREAT adventure."
(--Anonymous)

(… "GOOD times.  GREAT oldies.  'MAGIC 102.7'!"
(--Radio-station in south Florida)

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"God often uses
our DEEPEST PAIN
as the
'LAUNCHING-PAD'
for
our 'GREATEST CALLING'."
(--'DAY-STAR')

(… PERHAPS/MAYBE my HORRENDOUS/TRAUMATIC car-accident was a "BLESSING-in-disguise"?)
((… AUDIBLE sigh.)  (SARCASTICALLY: "Yeah, RIGHT!"))

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"Only the MEEK … get 'PINCHED'.
… The BOLD … SURVIVE."
(--''Ferris Buehler's Day Off'')

((… Ergo, I've got … "BIG (METAPHORICAL) BALLZ"!))

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My ex-girlfriend--to ME:
"Would you STOP 'feeling SORRY for yourself'?!
It's BAD for your COMPLEXION."
(--'Sixteen Candles')

(… Although my life SEEMS BLEAK, I've GOTTA CONTINUE TO "stay POSITIVE/OPTIMISTIC" as my HEALTH & MOVEMENT … IMPROVE!)

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…
"If you were HAPPY every day of your life,
you wouldN'T be a human being!
… You'd be a GAME-SHOW host."
(--'Heathers')

…
"The price is WRONG, bitch."
(--Happy to Bob Barker, 'Happy Gilmore')

(… We ALL have our GOOD & BAD days.  The "trick" is to "MANEUVER" our--respective--"LIFESTYLES", so the "PROs" outweigh/outnumber the "CON"s.)

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…
"We're ALL pretty 'BIZARRE'.
Some of us are just better at HIDING it, that's all."
(--'The Breakfast Club')

(… I do NOT TRY to "HIDE" my … NUMEROUS … "QUIRKS"/"IDIOSYNCRASIES"!
'Tis just WHO I AM.)

(… PLUS, 'tis rather DIFFICULT to "HIDE" … TWO … wheelchairs, when I caN'T WALK--withOUT assistance!)

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…
"Just 'Follow your HEART'.
That's what I do."
(--'Napoleon Dynamite')

(… So, since my ACCIDENT, I've TENDED to be more EMOTIONALLY-charged and SLIGHTLY-less LOGICALLY-charged.)
(… However, that "TYPE/WAY of THINKING" tends to WAVER.)

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"No matter WHAT anybody tells you,
WORDS & IDEAS can change the world."
(--'Dead Poets Society')

(… I am "UBER-sensitive"!
I caN'T exactly "WALK away", when I DIS-agree with some-ONE/-THING.)

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"Don't let anyone EVER make you feel like you doN'T DESERVE what you want!
GO for it!"
(--'10 Things I Hate About You')

(… I WANT to WALK & TALK & EAT!)

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…
"Calling someone 'STUPID' doesN'T make YOU any smartER."
(--'Mean Girls')

(… So MANY IGNORANT people have called ME "STUPID" or "RETARDED", when they hear of my "Traumatic BRAIN-Injury"!)

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...
"In the movies, the GOOD-guy gets the girl.
In REAL-LIFE, it's usually the PRICK."
(--'Youth in Revolt')

(… Since I'm a "GOOD-guy", I've GOTTA … call Steven Spielberg!)

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…
"You should 'STICK TO what you're GOOD at'."
(--'The Faculty')

(… Thus, I'm NOW "operating" MY OWN MATH-Tutoring service.)

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"Let me tell you this: The older you DO get the more rules they're gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N."
(--'Dazed & Confused')

(… Even though my life APPEARS/SEEMS … bleak, I MUST …
"SUCK … IT … UP"!  
LIFE HAS TO … IMPROVE!
It CERTAINLY caN'T get much WORSE!)



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