…
''If you succeed all the time then you never know what failure's really like, …
So it's learning from your mistakes and being able to not repeat 'em.''
((--PROSPECTIVE Minnesota Twins' (BASEBALL) center fielder, Aaron Hicks))
NOBODY is "PERFECT".
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…
WHEN--not "IF"--we err, 'tis 'MUY IMPORTANTE' to RECOGNIZE how, where & why we "MIS-calculated".
Despite my--KNOWINGLY/ADMITTEDLY--being QUITE stubborn, I'm also VERY understanding. I KNOW I'm--SOMETIMES--fallible, ESPECIALLY in my CURRENT/TEMPORARY "situation".
I'm "WORKING-ON" RE-developing my EMPATHY, so I can BETTER "FEEL" how MY actions MAKE others "FEEL".
(… 'Tis NOT that I'm a "DICK"/JERK! I just KNOW/REALIZE that I doN'T make MANY SIGNIFICANT/"VERY NOTICEABLE" mistakes--ESPECIALLY in MATHEMATICS, so 'tis NOT very HIGH-UP on MY "To Do"-/"Bucket"-List.)
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…
When I DEVISE & DEMONSTRATE 'jiujitsu'-techniques, I ALWAYS make my techniques "HIGHLIGHT"/EMPHASIZE the areas at which I WISH/DREAM/PRAY/"AIM".
(… ONLY then, could the 'Karateka' have--SOMEWHAT of--an IDEA of "HOW I FEEL"!)
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…
While SHOWING these/MY techniques, 'tis ONLY THEN that I agree-to/"echo" the words of BATMAN … in 'Batman Begins':
"It is NOT who I am 'UNDERNEATH', but what I DO … that 'DEFINES me'."
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…
I DESPISE too MANY "things".
(… "Justice is about harmony. Revenge is about you making
yourself feel better, which is why we have an impartial
system."--Rachel Dawes, 'Batman Begins')
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…
So, NO, I do NOT keep my "FACE/EYES BURIED in a book". (… I'm just fuckin' NATURALLY WISE/KNOWLEDGEABLE. I'm sorry I'm NOT sorry.)
But, "the MORE (RANDOM trivia) the MERRIER"!
( Eunice: "Well, since we've already broken the fuck
barrier, allow me to be blunt. It is because I'm so
fucking smart that I make smart people feel like they
are retarded."
--'Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day')
...
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Friday, February 27, 2015
I doN'T have MUCH (limb-MOVEMENT/-FLEXIBILITY).
…
I've gotta WORK with what I've GOT.
I can/must NOT … BLAME ANYONE--but MYSELF--for the--TEMPORARY--loss of my--once TREMENDOUS--legs' STRENGTH.
I MUST CONTINUE my PERILOUS, EXHAUSTING & (HOPEFULLY) INSPIRING "journey" to OVERCOME these--SEEMINGLY--"IN-surmountable" odds AGAINST me … in HOPES of RESTORING what I once HAD.
"But, sometimes, … NUTHIN' can be a pretty 'COOL' hand."
(--Luke, 'Cool Hand Luke')
I've gotta WORK with what I've GOT.
I can/must NOT … BLAME ANYONE--but MYSELF--for the--TEMPORARY--loss of my--once TREMENDOUS--legs' STRENGTH.
I MUST CONTINUE my PERILOUS, EXHAUSTING & (HOPEFULLY) INSPIRING "journey" to OVERCOME these--SEEMINGLY--"IN-surmountable" odds AGAINST me … in HOPES of RESTORING what I once HAD.
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Occasionally, when one of my caregivers MIS-understands my "SIGNALS"/"GESTURES", I WANNA say:
"Well, what we've got here is … a FAILURE to COMMUNICATE."
(--Prison-CAPTAIN, 'Cool Hand Luke')
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…
'Sen(tilde)or' LUKE ate
50 hard-boiled eggs in … ONE HOUR.
((… THAT's the consumption of ~ONE EGG every 72 seconds (= 1.2 minutes).))
During my fraternity-PLEDGING for my college-fraternity, I--among others--TRIED TO duplicate said FEAT/ACCOMPLISHMENT.
The BEST FIVE ""BALLZ-to the-WALL" Eaters" were chosen from my "class" of 22 dudes.
(… NATURALLY, I was ONE of the FIVE chosen.)
(… C'mon, this is/was an "Ivy League"-school--Penn, so the kids are "WICKED-SMAHT!"--Will's friend, 'Good Will Hunting')
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…
Of the five competitors, I "produced the BEST/TOP 'output'".
I consumed
44 hard-boiled eggs in ~58 minutes,
((… THAT's eating ONE EGG per ~1.32 minutes (~79 seconds).))
At THAT point, I HAD TO "pull the (PROVERBIAL) trigger", & MAKE MYSELF vomit, … 'cuz I KNEW ALOTTA alcohol-imbibing was NEXT--as USUAL.
(… I noticed a PATTERN.)
(… Nonetheless, sometimes--with ANYTHING, you've just gotta "SUCK … IT … UP".)
(… In THIS egg-eating instance, the slang-saying is a bit MORE LITERAL.)
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…
For the past couple weeks, I've REQUESTED that my "NeuroFit 360"-trainer CONCLUDE my workout(S) with some LEG-/"TRUNK"-stretching.
(… I believe it's REALLY … HELPING/WORKING!)
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…
Today, I did some NEW, BENEFICIAL & surprisingly pain-LESS "UPPER arm"- & "trunk"- stretching/extending techniques.
((… I SEMI-raised my LEFT arm/shoulder ~135 degrees ALONG/ABOVE the "vertical-plane"/"y-plane" ("my arms STRAIGHT along my sides").))
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…
I'm having some friends over tonight for "POKER-night", … since one guest is a PROFESSIONAL poker-player.
((I've GOT TO practice my FACIAL-stretching, so I can FURTHER develop "my P-P-POKER face"(--Lady Gaga).))
...
Occasionally, when one of my caregivers MIS-understands my "SIGNALS"/"GESTURES", I WANNA say:
"Well, what we've got here is … a FAILURE to COMMUNICATE."
(--Prison-CAPTAIN, 'Cool Hand Luke')
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
'Sen(tilde)or' LUKE ate
50 hard-boiled eggs in … ONE HOUR.
((… THAT's the consumption of ~ONE EGG every 72 seconds (= 1.2 minutes).))
During my fraternity-PLEDGING for my college-fraternity, I--among others--TRIED TO duplicate said FEAT/ACCOMPLISHMENT.
The BEST FIVE ""BALLZ-to the-WALL" Eaters" were chosen from my "class" of 22 dudes.
(… NATURALLY, I was ONE of the FIVE chosen.)
(… C'mon, this is/was an "Ivy League"-school--Penn, so the kids are "WICKED-SMAHT!"--Will's friend, 'Good Will Hunting')
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
Of the five competitors, I "produced the BEST/TOP 'output'".
I consumed
44 hard-boiled eggs in ~58 minutes,
((… THAT's eating ONE EGG per ~1.32 minutes (~79 seconds).))
At THAT point, I HAD TO "pull the (PROVERBIAL) trigger", & MAKE MYSELF vomit, … 'cuz I KNEW ALOTTA alcohol-imbibing was NEXT--as USUAL.
(… I noticed a PATTERN.)
(… Nonetheless, sometimes--with ANYTHING, you've just gotta "SUCK … IT … UP".)
(… In THIS egg-eating instance, the slang-saying is a bit MORE LITERAL.)
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
For the past couple weeks, I've REQUESTED that my "NeuroFit 360"-trainer CONCLUDE my workout(S) with some LEG-/"TRUNK"-stretching.
(… I believe it's REALLY … HELPING/WORKING!)
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
Today, I did some NEW, BENEFICIAL & surprisingly pain-LESS "UPPER arm"- & "trunk"- stretching/extending techniques.
((… I SEMI-raised my LEFT arm/shoulder ~135 degrees ALONG/ABOVE the "vertical-plane"/"y-plane" ("my arms STRAIGHT along my sides").))
____________________________________________________________________________
…
I'm having some friends over tonight for "POKER-night", … since one guest is a PROFESSIONAL poker-player.
((I've GOT TO practice my FACIAL-stretching, so I can FURTHER develop "my P-P-POKER face"(--Lady Gaga).))
...
at
11:00 PM

Thursday, February 26, 2015
OCCASIONALLY, I feel like a DRAMATIC-interpretation of the film 'Eternal SUNSHINE of the Spotless Mind'.
…
Given my--TEMPORARY--LEG-disability AND my--CURRENT IN-ability to COGENTLY speak, I TEND TO be WARY of people's IGNORANCE.
So, I get particularly EXCITED, when GIRLS "shy-AWAY" from STUPIDITY. INSTEAD, said "LACKERS of a 'Y-chromosome'" tend to ACTUALLY "STIMULATE" 'A Beautiful Mind'.
((… 1) MINE!
2) GREAT movie!))
"Why do I fall in love with every woman I see who
shows me the least bit of attention?"
(--Joel, 'ETERNAL Sunshine of the Spotless Mind')
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…
"I don't know! I DON'T KNOW! I'm lost! I'm scared! I
feel like I'm disappearing! MY SKIN'S COMING OFF!
I'M GETTING OLD! Nothing makes any sense to me!
NOTHING MAKES ANY SENSE!"
(--Clementine, 'ETERNAL S. of the S.M.')
…
"I'm NOT 'CRAZY'! My mother had me TESTED."
(--Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
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…
"On the FLIP-side", my mom ALSO had me tested for
the "GIFTED"-program for students.
Now, I was ONLY ~4,018 DAYS "young" (~11 YEARS
… PLUS three "Leap-Years"). But, MY "roots of
MATHEMATICAL-excellence" had ALREADY "grown &
blossomed" into--DARE I say--'A BEAUTIFUL Mind'!
ALAS, I "missed-out" on the "GIFTED"-program by a
MERE … FIVE points!
… LITTLE could/did that--STUPID--"test"
predict/foresee that MY "REJECTED"-
INTELLIGENCE would LATER/SOON (~nine years
later) be the VALEDICTORIAN of a VERY
PRESTIGIOUS (academic) high school.
(… So, WHAT did WE LEARN?
… SOME "tests" are pppuuurrreee … "SHIT"!)
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"I don't wanna grow-up. I wanna be a ''Toys R' Us''-
KID!"
(… "Adults are, like, this mess of sadness and
phobias."--'E.S. of the S.M.')
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…
I YEARN to S-SUH-ST-STA-STAMMER this out:
"I could die right now. I'm just... happy. I've
never felt that before. I'm just exactly where I want to
be."
(--Joel, 'E.S. of the S.M.')
(… MINUS the whole "DYING"-thing)
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…
Today I ACTUALLY REMEMBERED/REALIZED that I
had a very POSITIVE-effect on one--FANTASTIC--
'Sensei''s GREAT teaching-style:
He has the 'karateka' WARM-UP by doing ALOTTA
various WRESTLING-techniques--that I SHOWED him
7+YEARS ago!
(… "SPRAWLS", rolls, CONSTANT head-pressure)
...
Given my--TEMPORARY--LEG-disability AND my--CURRENT IN-ability to COGENTLY speak, I TEND TO be WARY of people's IGNORANCE.
So, I get particularly EXCITED, when GIRLS "shy-AWAY" from STUPIDITY. INSTEAD, said "LACKERS of a 'Y-chromosome'" tend to ACTUALLY "STIMULATE" 'A Beautiful Mind'.
((… 1) MINE!
2) GREAT movie!))
"Why do I fall in love with every woman I see who
shows me the least bit of attention?"
(--Joel, 'ETERNAL Sunshine of the Spotless Mind')
___________________________________________
…
"I don't know! I DON'T KNOW! I'm lost! I'm scared! I
feel like I'm disappearing! MY SKIN'S COMING OFF!
I'M GETTING OLD! Nothing makes any sense to me!
NOTHING MAKES ANY SENSE!"
(--Clementine, 'ETERNAL S. of the S.M.')
…
"I'm NOT 'CRAZY'! My mother had me TESTED."
(--Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
__________________________________________
…
"On the FLIP-side", my mom ALSO had me tested for
the "GIFTED"-program for students.
Now, I was ONLY ~4,018 DAYS "young" (~11 YEARS
… PLUS three "Leap-Years"). But, MY "roots of
MATHEMATICAL-excellence" had ALREADY "grown &
blossomed" into--DARE I say--'A BEAUTIFUL Mind'!
ALAS, I "missed-out" on the "GIFTED"-program by a
MERE … FIVE points!
… LITTLE could/did that--STUPID--"test"
predict/foresee that MY "REJECTED"-
INTELLIGENCE would LATER/SOON (~nine years
later) be the VALEDICTORIAN of a VERY
PRESTIGIOUS (academic) high school.
(… So, WHAT did WE LEARN?
… SOME "tests" are pppuuurrreee … "SHIT"!)
___________________________________________
"I don't wanna grow-up. I wanna be a ''Toys R' Us''-
KID!"
(… "Adults are, like, this mess of sadness and
phobias."--'E.S. of the S.M.')
__________________________________________
…
I YEARN to S-SUH-ST-STA-STAMMER this out:
"I could die right now. I'm just... happy. I've
never felt that before. I'm just exactly where I want to
be."
(--Joel, 'E.S. of the S.M.')
(… MINUS the whole "DYING"-thing)
_________________________________________
…
Today I ACTUALLY REMEMBERED/REALIZED that I
had a very POSITIVE-effect on one--FANTASTIC--
'Sensei''s GREAT teaching-style:
He has the 'karateka' WARM-UP by doing ALOTTA
various WRESTLING-techniques--that I SHOWED him
7+YEARS ago!
(… "SPRAWLS", rolls, CONSTANT head-pressure)
...
at
9:42 PM

Wednesday, February 25, 2015
"The Architect"(--The Matrix Reloaded')--of my BLOG--to ME:
…
"Ever had … that FEELING … where you doN'T know
if you're AWAKE … or still DREAMING?"
(--Morpheus, 'The Matrix')
(… Why, YYYEEESSS. As I CONTINUE to--PHYSICALLY--IMPROVE, my "DREAMS"--of WALKING--are FURTHER "approaching" my "REALITY".)
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…
BLOG-Architect to/about ME:
"Ever had … that FEELING … where you doN'T know
if you're AWAKE … or still DREAMING?"
(--Morpheus, 'The Matrix')
(… Why, YYYEEESSS. As I CONTINUE to--PHYSICALLY--IMPROVE, my "DREAMS"--of WALKING--are FURTHER "approaching" my "REALITY".)
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…
BLOG-Architect to/about ME:
"I understand you're a man who knows how to GET things."
ME: "I've been known to LOCATE certain things from time-to-time."
((--back-and-forth exchange between Andy (HIM) & Red (ME), 'The Shawshank Redemption'))
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…
CURRENTLY, I am--DESPERATELY, INTENTLY, EARNESTLY--searching for NEW-legs!
(… OR, I COULD just CONTINUE my REMARKABLE, UNPRECEDENTED "journey"/"WORK-ptoject" to DRAMATICALLY/MIRACULOUSLY "BETTER"/IMPROVE my CURRENT "DEAD-nerves"!)
(… I'm goin' with Choice B.)
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…
OVERALL, I'd say that my nightly-(LACK OF)activity is … DECENT.
My GOOD friend recently moved-IN with me. He ENCOURAGES me to go OUT & be more ACTIVE/SOCIAL.
(… YAY!)
((… An INCREASED SOCIAL-life represents a "STEP in the right direction" (… No pun IN-tended.) toward a "RETURN to NORMALCY"(--U.S. Presidential-candidate Warren G. Harding, POST-World War I, in 1920).))
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…
What's "normal"?
(… EEEWWW!)
Well, MY "normal", PRE-accident behavior was/is VERY SOCIAL, HUMOROUS, ACTIVE, RESPECTFUL, "SMART-ALECKY" yet WISE.
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…
I STILL possess MANY (ALL) of these QUALITIES.
They're just more DIFFICULT to EXUDE/DISPLAY, 'cuz of my--CURRENT/TEMPORARY--IN-ability to COGENTLY "VERBALIZE"my thoughts, feelings & … SARCASTIC, WITTY JOKES.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Although I struggled--AT FIRST--with this new "STANDING, weight-shifting, HIP-rotating"-exercise at my LEG-gym, after "STUDYING" my FEET & HIPS, I adjusted my weight-distribution & leaning to BETTER balance my POSTURE.
(… When I held/kept a VERY LONG blink, it was AS IF I was/were DREAMING I were GLIDING along on a "MAGIC … CARPET- … RIDE". It was "a WHOLE NEW WORLD"!)
(--'Aladdin')
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…
I WORKED/EXERCISED with the "NeuroFit 360"-owner & THANKED/COMPLIMENTED him for his VERY ASTUTE/-INTUITIVE-"observation"/-recommendation that I LEAN & PUT PRESSURE ON/THROUGH my LEFT BIG TOE!
THIS--rather SIMPLE--tactic worked SURPRISINGLY, REPEATEDLY WELL, as I "WALKED" three laps of the ENTIRE facility!
...
(… OR, I COULD just CONTINUE my REMARKABLE, UNPRECEDENTED "journey"/"WORK-ptoject" to DRAMATICALLY/MIRACULOUSLY "BETTER"/IMPROVE my CURRENT "DEAD-nerves"!)
(… I'm goin' with Choice B.)
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
OVERALL, I'd say that my nightly-(LACK OF)activity is … DECENT.
My GOOD friend recently moved-IN with me. He ENCOURAGES me to go OUT & be more ACTIVE/SOCIAL.
(… YAY!)
((… An INCREASED SOCIAL-life represents a "STEP in the right direction" (… No pun IN-tended.) toward a "RETURN to NORMALCY"(--U.S. Presidential-candidate Warren G. Harding, POST-World War I, in 1920).))
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
What's "normal"?
(… EEEWWW!)
Well, MY "normal", PRE-accident behavior was/is VERY SOCIAL, HUMOROUS, ACTIVE, RESPECTFUL, "SMART-ALECKY" yet WISE.
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
I STILL possess MANY (ALL) of these QUALITIES.
They're just more DIFFICULT to EXUDE/DISPLAY, 'cuz of my--CURRENT/TEMPORARY--IN-ability to COGENTLY "VERBALIZE"my thoughts, feelings & … SARCASTIC, WITTY JOKES.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Although I struggled--AT FIRST--with this new "STANDING, weight-shifting, HIP-rotating"-exercise at my LEG-gym, after "STUDYING" my FEET & HIPS, I adjusted my weight-distribution & leaning to BETTER balance my POSTURE.
(… When I held/kept a VERY LONG blink, it was AS IF I was/were DREAMING I were GLIDING along on a "MAGIC … CARPET- … RIDE". It was "a WHOLE NEW WORLD"!)
(--'Aladdin')
______________________________________________________________________________
…
I WORKED/EXERCISED with the "NeuroFit 360"-owner & THANKED/COMPLIMENTED him for his VERY ASTUTE/-INTUITIVE-"observation"/-recommendation that I LEAN & PUT PRESSURE ON/THROUGH my LEFT BIG TOE!
THIS--rather SIMPLE--tactic worked SURPRISINGLY, REPEATEDLY WELL, as I "WALKED" three laps of the ENTIRE facility!
...
at
11:05 PM

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
"RESPECK my AU-THOR-IH-TAY!"
…
(--Eric Cartman, 'South Park')
So, I saw a shirt--from one of my FAVORITE films, 'The Boondock Saints', that made me CHUCKLE, 'cuz I can TOTALLY relate to the message. It says:
"FUCK YOU.
I KNOW 'SHIT'."
((… With SO MANY IGNORANT members of "society" (Ha ha HA! What an IRONIC term for PEOPLE's STUPIDITY!))
(… Well, it's SLANG, so "to EACH his OWN".)
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…
TODAY I had my "UPPER body"-workout.
Once in a while, (ACTUALLY, it happened THREE DIFFERENT/SEPARATE times.) my MANY muscles AND/or nerves IGNORE the "messages"/"instructions" from my BRAIN.
Thus, I HAD TO devise ALTERNATIVE-methods of COMPLETING the exercises.
(… Said workout-DEVIATIONS are a "REGULAR"/REPEATED Tuesday-"activity" of MINE.)
____________________________________________________________________________
…
"NO MATTER how MUCH you might 'FEED OFF' of NEGATIVITY,
a POSITIVE-message is ALWAYS 'strongER'.
I'm HABITUALLY-POSITIVE.
I TRY NOT to use ANGER as motivation."
(--SKILLED UFC fighter Urijah Faber)
((… Although tennis-LEGEND (& BAD-BOY) John McEnroe "CHANNELED" his ANGER/FRUSTRATION very well.))
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…
Alas! I MUST "AIM to be" more "Johnny Mac"-esque!
(… NO MATTER how MUCH/OFTEN I tell SOME of the "TRAINING-staff" at my LEG-gym ("NeuroFit 360") the CONTRARY, they STILL seem to--"ABSENTMINDEDLY"--think that I'll "respond"/react/perform BETTER from "put-downs" and CRITICISM.
(… OOOHHH, quite 'CONTRARE', 'MUMFRARE'!)
INSULTS do NOT "fue/power me" to EXCEL!
'Tis quite the OPPOSITE!
DERISION ALREADY makes me feel "MENTALLY-defeated". So, HOW could I POSSIBLY/LOGICALLY demonstrate MORE of an effort PHYSICALLY?!
(… It's a PSYCHOLOGICAL-thing.)
______________________________________________________________________________
My MAIN-nurse--of TWO--confirmed MY INSISTENT declaration that you (my OTHER nurse) do NOT "hafta WAIT a FULL-HOUR" between MY "feedings". If I'm in A BIT of a "time-CRUNCH"---as I WAS this past Sunday, then "feed me" A LITTLE … BEFORE I depart & EXTRA … upon my RETURN.
(… It's NOT rocket-science.)
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…
I imagine ONE of my "JOBS" ("Business-OWNER/-MANAGER") would be SIGNIFICANTLY … MORE DIFFICULT, if I did NOT …
LACK empathy.
(… It's YET ANOTHER "psychological-consequence" of my accident.)
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
"There's a FINE-line between 'WRONG' & 'VISIONARY'!
UNFORTUNATELY, you have to be a 'VISIONARY' to 'see' it."
(--DR. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
...
(--Eric Cartman, 'South Park')
So, I saw a shirt--from one of my FAVORITE films, 'The Boondock Saints', that made me CHUCKLE, 'cuz I can TOTALLY relate to the message. It says:
"FUCK YOU.
I KNOW 'SHIT'."
((… With SO MANY IGNORANT members of "society" (Ha ha HA! What an IRONIC term for PEOPLE's STUPIDITY!))
(… Well, it's SLANG, so "to EACH his OWN".)
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
TODAY I had my "UPPER body"-workout.
Once in a while, (ACTUALLY, it happened THREE DIFFERENT/SEPARATE times.) my MANY muscles AND/or nerves IGNORE the "messages"/"instructions" from my BRAIN.
Thus, I HAD TO devise ALTERNATIVE-methods of COMPLETING the exercises.
(… Said workout-DEVIATIONS are a "REGULAR"/REPEATED Tuesday-"activity" of MINE.)
____________________________________________________________________________
…
"NO MATTER how MUCH you might 'FEED OFF' of NEGATIVITY,
a POSITIVE-message is ALWAYS 'strongER'.
I'm HABITUALLY-POSITIVE.
I TRY NOT to use ANGER as motivation."
(--SKILLED UFC fighter Urijah Faber)
((… Although tennis-LEGEND (& BAD-BOY) John McEnroe "CHANNELED" his ANGER/FRUSTRATION very well.))
______________________________________________________________________________
…
Alas! I MUST "AIM to be" more "Johnny Mac"-esque!
(… NO MATTER how MUCH/OFTEN I tell SOME of the "TRAINING-staff" at my LEG-gym ("NeuroFit 360") the CONTRARY, they STILL seem to--"ABSENTMINDEDLY"--think that I'll "respond"/react/perform BETTER from "put-downs" and CRITICISM.
(… OOOHHH, quite 'CONTRARE', 'MUMFRARE'!)
INSULTS do NOT "fue/power me" to EXCEL!
'Tis quite the OPPOSITE!
DERISION ALREADY makes me feel "MENTALLY-defeated". So, HOW could I POSSIBLY/LOGICALLY demonstrate MORE of an effort PHYSICALLY?!
(… It's a PSYCHOLOGICAL-thing.)
______________________________________________________________________________
My MAIN-nurse--of TWO--confirmed MY INSISTENT declaration that you (my OTHER nurse) do NOT "hafta WAIT a FULL-HOUR" between MY "feedings". If I'm in A BIT of a "time-CRUNCH"---as I WAS this past Sunday, then "feed me" A LITTLE … BEFORE I depart & EXTRA … upon my RETURN.
(… It's NOT rocket-science.)
______________________________________________________________________________
…
I imagine ONE of my "JOBS" ("Business-OWNER/-MANAGER") would be SIGNIFICANTLY … MORE DIFFICULT, if I did NOT …
LACK empathy.
(… It's YET ANOTHER "psychological-consequence" of my accident.)
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
"There's a FINE-line between 'WRONG' & 'VISIONARY'!
UNFORTUNATELY, you have to be a 'VISIONARY' to 'see' it."
(--DR. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
...
at
10:32 PM

Monday, February 23, 2015
Oh, WHY--per CHANCE--am I in QUITE a "CHIPPER" mood?!
…
HHHMMM, let's "CALCULATE":
-- I slept VERY WELL last night. 'Tis NOT that I doN'T USUALLY sleep "SOUNDLY" (… What an AWKWARD "turn-of-phrase": IF there are many "SOUNDS", then your SLEEPING will likely "SUFFER".)
((… My "FRAGILE-mind" was CONFIDENTLY "put at EASE" last night. Upon winning an Oscar last night, Graham Moore--the writer of 'The Imitation Game' (SPECTACULAR film!)--self-assuredly instructed the audience:
"Stay WEIRD. Stay DIFFERENT."
ME: "AY-AY, Captain!"))
-- (WARNING) I awoke SEMI-early this morning (@ ~5:50 am) to the "RUMBLING of my stomach". Acting upon my CONTINUED/REPEATED "gastrointestinal-activity", I proceeded to "take a seat--OVER my 'PORCELAIN THRONE'" & "drop one of MY more SOLID (LITERALLY) DEUCES" in ~SEVEN YEARS. I've GOTTA be EXCITED about a NON-medically-stimulated "Excremental-Evacuation"!
(… YAY for ANATOMICAL-/CHEMICAL-/BIOMEDICAL-science FINALLY "showing SIGNS" it can "CATCH-UP" to MY brain/mind!)
(… I doN'T mean to SEEM HAUGHTY, but "good LUCK!"
My Masterful Mind Methodically Meanders Miles Magically, Metaphorically & Majestically around Medical-Malarkey.)
(… "Alliteration aside."--'Peter Lafleur, 'Dodgeball')
-- … AFTER said "Fecal-Fun Frenzy", (A.J., STOP with the ALLITERATION!) I had a "STANDUP"-trek back to bed. (… This time the "pun" WAS INtended.)
-- I made THREE "treks" to my toilet to urinate this morning--BEFORE my "Speech-Therapy" at NOON. (NO "FALSE-starts"/"PHANTOM-urges"/"PSYCHE-outs" to FAKE me. Also, the COLOR of my URINE was/is a YELLOWISH-clear. Ergo, with NO/ZERO penile-pain, so I do NOT have any U.T.I.s.)
-- During my "Speech Therapy"-session from noon to ~1:00 pm, I ate--by MOUTH--COMPLETELY ALL (INCLUDING crumbs) of one scrambled egg, AND I WON in Scrabble--by THREE points.
(… During EVERY Scrabble-match, I VERBALIZE each & EVERY word played.)
-- As per EVERY MONDAY-evening/-night @ 9:00 pm, I watched a GREAT episode of 'Scorpion'!
(… Tonight I ventured-out to my living room to watch the show with my buddy.)
P.S. Regarding my Plethora/Plentitude of Positive Points-of-view & Alarmingly-Astounding And Awesome Accuracy of Alliteration, I'm sorry I'm NOT sorry.
...
HHHMMM, let's "CALCULATE":
-- I slept VERY WELL last night. 'Tis NOT that I doN'T USUALLY sleep "SOUNDLY" (… What an AWKWARD "turn-of-phrase": IF there are many "SOUNDS", then your SLEEPING will likely "SUFFER".)
((… My "FRAGILE-mind" was CONFIDENTLY "put at EASE" last night. Upon winning an Oscar last night, Graham Moore--the writer of 'The Imitation Game' (SPECTACULAR film!)--self-assuredly instructed the audience:
"Stay WEIRD. Stay DIFFERENT."
ME: "AY-AY, Captain!"))
-- (WARNING) I awoke SEMI-early this morning (@ ~5:50 am) to the "RUMBLING of my stomach". Acting upon my CONTINUED/REPEATED "gastrointestinal-activity", I proceeded to "take a seat--OVER my 'PORCELAIN THRONE'" & "drop one of MY more SOLID (LITERALLY) DEUCES" in ~SEVEN YEARS. I've GOTTA be EXCITED about a NON-medically-stimulated "Excremental-Evacuation"!
(… YAY for ANATOMICAL-/CHEMICAL-/BIOMEDICAL-science FINALLY "showing SIGNS" it can "CATCH-UP" to MY brain/mind!)
(… I doN'T mean to SEEM HAUGHTY, but "good LUCK!"
My Masterful Mind Methodically Meanders Miles Magically, Metaphorically & Majestically around Medical-Malarkey.)
(… "Alliteration aside."--'Peter Lafleur, 'Dodgeball')
-- … AFTER said "Fecal-Fun Frenzy", (A.J., STOP with the ALLITERATION!) I had a "STANDUP"-trek back to bed. (… This time the "pun" WAS INtended.)
-- I made THREE "treks" to my toilet to urinate this morning--BEFORE my "Speech-Therapy" at NOON. (NO "FALSE-starts"/"PHANTOM-urges"/"PSYCHE-outs" to FAKE me. Also, the COLOR of my URINE was/is a YELLOWISH-clear. Ergo, with NO/ZERO penile-pain, so I do NOT have any U.T.I.s.)
-- During my "Speech Therapy"-session from noon to ~1:00 pm, I ate--by MOUTH--COMPLETELY ALL (INCLUDING crumbs) of one scrambled egg, AND I WON in Scrabble--by THREE points.
(… During EVERY Scrabble-match, I VERBALIZE each & EVERY word played.)
-- As per EVERY MONDAY-evening/-night @ 9:00 pm, I watched a GREAT episode of 'Scorpion'!
(… Tonight I ventured-out to my living room to watch the show with my buddy.)
P.S. Regarding my Plethora/Plentitude of Positive Points-of-view & Alarmingly-Astounding And Awesome Accuracy of Alliteration, I'm sorry I'm NOT sorry.
...
at
10:47 PM

Sunday, February 22, 2015
NO MATTER the circumstances, you/we/I HAFTA maintain HOPE!
…
"Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action-plans and game-plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life -- purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife."
(--Denis Watley, a popular sports-psychologist and lecturer)
_______________________________________________
…
The INTRODUCTORY line is ALSO quoted by
NOTEWORTHY (fellow-)disabled-GENIUS, Stephen
Hawking, so I "hold it particularly-HIGH in regard"!
_______________________________________________
…
I HAFTA see that "Stephen Hawking"-based film, 'The Theory
of Everything'.
((… Technically, I KINDA … have formed MY OWN
"theories" of (MOSTLY …) "Everything".))
(… "Ignorant"/"UN-informed" as I may be in/of MANY
subjects/topics, I'm SURE I could/WILL "form" my
GENERAL-opinion upon receiving an "OVERVIEW".)
_______________________________________________
…
NOTE to SELF: Be SURE to read THIS little film-excerpt/-
critique--ALOUD--while I "STAND" next--to my
PESSIMISTIC, DOUBTING/"HATING" EX-"doctors".
((… THEN, I'll EXPLAIN: "Now, IF I WERE a 'VEGETABLE',
would I be able to (METAPHORICALLY) 'KICK ALL your
ASSES' while BREAKING 'a GOOD #' of your 206 bones?!"
(MY ASIDE) "Do ANY of you UNDERSTAND the concept of
'HYPOTHETICAL' & WHY the verb-tense MUST shift?"
(EERIE SILENCE)
ME (to MY REALLY DUMB, IGNORANT & PESSIMISTIC
EX-"doctors"): "JEEZ, y'ALL are SO PATHETICALLY
EMBARRASSING!"
(… Heavens, NO! I am NOT "bitter" about their
POSSIBLY/PROBABLY/DEFINITELY DE-creasing my life-
HAPPINESS/-EXPECTANCY!)
(… "My 'Spider-Sense' detects" … a HIGH-concentration of
SARCASM.)
_______________________________________________
…
On a NOT so CACOPHONOUS note, I traveled--WITH my
BUDDY--OUT to a diner for "brunch".
It was LOVELY!
1) The company was GREAT! My friend/"TEMPORARY
housemate" & I met two of his friends.
2) I ordered "2 scrambled--'HARD'--eggs". ALSO, I "SEMI-
snuck" NINE bites of some (TWO) "Strawberry Shortcake
Pancakes" my friend ordered for the group … to SHARE.
(… SSSHHH!)
(… While "EATING", I DISTINCTLY/FIRMLY/CAREFULLY
noted--to my friend:
"I just have to AVOID SLIPPERY & STICKY foods.")
________________________________________________
…
"There's NOTHING that caN'T be done."
(--McManus, 'The Usual Suspects')
_______________________________________________
…
(… "MUCH to my CHAGRIN", NOT ALL aspects of "the
game of 'LIFE''" CAN be "attacked"/"calculated"/"SOLVED"
… MATHEMATICALLY,)
((… IF they WERE/COULD, I'd (STILL) be (metaphorically)
takin' ASS & kickin' NAMES.
(… SCRATCH that. REVERSE it.)
______________________________________________
I am LIVING my "DRAMATIC-interpretation" of the 2006-film,
'The Pursuit of HAPPYNESS'.
(… Only, I'm CORRECTLY spelling my GOAL--"E-V-E-R-L-
A-S-T-I-N-G H-A-P-P-I-N-E-S-S".)
(… But, THAT's just "ARTISTIC-freedom of expression". So,
''c'est la vie.'')
______________________________________________
…
"Hey. DoN'T EVER let somebody tell you, 'You caN'T do
something'--not even me. ALRIGHT? … If you want
something, go GET it. PERIOD."
(--Father, 'The Pursuit of HappYness')
…
"THIS part of my life … this part right HERE? This is called
'Being STUPID'."
(--Dad/Christopher Gardner-Father, 'The Pursuit of
HappYness')
(… THIS quote APPLIES to/for my LAST … 2,422 DAYS of
RECOVERY/REHABILITATION.)
(… THAT's ~6.5+ YEARS of "WORK" … withOUT a day-
OFF!)
________________________________________________
…
"You're ONLY given a LITTLE 'SPARK of MADNESS'
('CRAZINESS'/'EXTREME-HUMOR') in your life. DoN'T
LOSE it."
(--Robin Williams)
(… Personally, I use/NEED "MY OWN little
'MADNESS'/HUMOR" to create a more POSITIVE-
atmosphere, THEREBY--indirectly--allowing ME to be more
COMFORTABLE.)
_______________________________________________
…
For ME-- 'Para MI':
(It's BASIC-arithmetic.)
COMEDY + (EFFORT multiplied by PI--'cuz I MUST HAVE
"ballpoint-EFFICIENCY") + REPETITION + STAMINA +
SUPPORT = ALOTTA "HOPE"
...
"Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action-plans and game-plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life -- purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife."
(--Denis Watley, a popular sports-psychologist and lecturer)
_______________________________________________
…
The INTRODUCTORY line is ALSO quoted by
NOTEWORTHY (fellow-)disabled-GENIUS, Stephen
Hawking, so I "hold it particularly-HIGH in regard"!
_______________________________________________
…
I HAFTA see that "Stephen Hawking"-based film, 'The Theory
of Everything'.
((… Technically, I KINDA … have formed MY OWN
"theories" of (MOSTLY …) "Everything".))
(… "Ignorant"/"UN-informed" as I may be in/of MANY
subjects/topics, I'm SURE I could/WILL "form" my
GENERAL-opinion upon receiving an "OVERVIEW".)
_______________________________________________
…
NOTE to SELF: Be SURE to read THIS little film-excerpt/-
critique--ALOUD--while I "STAND" next--to my
PESSIMISTIC, DOUBTING/"HATING" EX-"doctors".
((… THEN, I'll EXPLAIN: "Now, IF I WERE a 'VEGETABLE',
would I be able to (METAPHORICALLY) 'KICK ALL your
ASSES' while BREAKING 'a GOOD #' of your 206 bones?!"
(MY ASIDE) "Do ANY of you UNDERSTAND the concept of
'HYPOTHETICAL' & WHY the verb-tense MUST shift?"
(EERIE SILENCE)
ME (to MY REALLY DUMB, IGNORANT & PESSIMISTIC
EX-"doctors"): "JEEZ, y'ALL are SO PATHETICALLY
EMBARRASSING!"
(… Heavens, NO! I am NOT "bitter" about their
POSSIBLY/PROBABLY/DEFINITELY DE-creasing my life-
HAPPINESS/-EXPECTANCY!)
(… "My 'Spider-Sense' detects" … a HIGH-concentration of
SARCASM.)
_______________________________________________
…
On a NOT so CACOPHONOUS note, I traveled--WITH my
BUDDY--OUT to a diner for "brunch".
It was LOVELY!
1) The company was GREAT! My friend/"TEMPORARY
housemate" & I met two of his friends.
2) I ordered "2 scrambled--'HARD'--eggs". ALSO, I "SEMI-
snuck" NINE bites of some (TWO) "Strawberry Shortcake
Pancakes" my friend ordered for the group … to SHARE.
(… SSSHHH!)
(… While "EATING", I DISTINCTLY/FIRMLY/CAREFULLY
noted--to my friend:
"I just have to AVOID SLIPPERY & STICKY foods.")
________________________________________________
…
"There's NOTHING that caN'T be done."
(--McManus, 'The Usual Suspects')
_______________________________________________
…
(… "MUCH to my CHAGRIN", NOT ALL aspects of "the
game of 'LIFE''" CAN be "attacked"/"calculated"/"SOLVED"
… MATHEMATICALLY,)
((… IF they WERE/COULD, I'd (STILL) be (metaphorically)
takin' ASS & kickin' NAMES.
(… SCRATCH that. REVERSE it.)
______________________________________________
I am LIVING my "DRAMATIC-interpretation" of the 2006-film,
'The Pursuit of HAPPYNESS'.
(… Only, I'm CORRECTLY spelling my GOAL--"E-V-E-R-L-
A-S-T-I-N-G H-A-P-P-I-N-E-S-S".)
(… But, THAT's just "ARTISTIC-freedom of expression". So,
''c'est la vie.'')
______________________________________________
…
"Hey. DoN'T EVER let somebody tell you, 'You caN'T do
something'--not even me. ALRIGHT? … If you want
something, go GET it. PERIOD."
(--Father, 'The Pursuit of HappYness')
…
"THIS part of my life … this part right HERE? This is called
'Being STUPID'."
(--Dad/Christopher Gardner-Father, 'The Pursuit of
HappYness')
(… THIS quote APPLIES to/for my LAST … 2,422 DAYS of
RECOVERY/REHABILITATION.)
(… THAT's ~6.5+ YEARS of "WORK" … withOUT a day-
OFF!)
________________________________________________
…
"You're ONLY given a LITTLE 'SPARK of MADNESS'
('CRAZINESS'/'EXTREME-HUMOR') in your life. DoN'T
LOSE it."
(--Robin Williams)
(… Personally, I use/NEED "MY OWN little
'MADNESS'/HUMOR" to create a more POSITIVE-
atmosphere, THEREBY--indirectly--allowing ME to be more
COMFORTABLE.)
_______________________________________________
…
For ME-- 'Para MI':
(It's BASIC-arithmetic.)
COMEDY + (EFFORT multiplied by PI--'cuz I MUST HAVE
"ballpoint-EFFICIENCY") + REPETITION + STAMINA +
SUPPORT = ALOTTA "HOPE"
...
at
10:45 PM

Saturday, February 21, 2015
'Tis not a "JOB", if you ENJOY your "WORK".
…
CURRENTLY, I do NOT have a PAYING-"JOB".
(… I TEACH martial arts AND MATH-tutor … 'pro bono'--'por gratis'--'for FREE'.)
My MAIN "job"/"occupation" involves my--EVER-CONTINUING REHAB/RECOVERY.
(… I get "PAID" via PSYCHOLOGICAL/NEUROLOGICAL/EMOTIONAL/MORAL "rewards"/triumphs.)
(… I'm PERFECTLY/COMPLETELY/TOTALLY "COOL" with this arrangement.)
_____________________________________________________
You have the ability to release the "mental-chains"
that are holding you back from your happiness.
You doN'T "fight" for a NEW "system".
You MERELY "create something" that makes the OLD
"system" OBSOLETE.
________________________________________________
…
Speaking of "SYSTEMS", I CO-taught my NEWEST THREE
'Jiujitsu'-techniques to the ADULTS'-class--which INCLUDED
~a DOZEN BLACK belts--EARLY this afternoon.
((… I--CURRENTLY, have a first-degree BLACK BELT in
ONE style of Karate ('Okinawan Shoreiryu'), a SECOND-
degree BLACK BELT in a DIFFERENT, SIMILAR
"style"/"system" of Karate ('Okinawan Shuriryu') & a VERY
HIGHLY-ranked/-regarded BROWN BELT in 'Jiujitsu'
('GROUND-fighting').))
_________________________________________________
…
Next, I MUST devise/design MORE … techniques!
(… It's TOUGH work to do:
NOT ONLY do I LACK an
"AT-HOME training-partner" ON WHOM I would PRACTICE
my techniques, but I do NOT--CURRENTLY--have the limb-
movement OR -flexibility to "PERFORM" said techniques.)
(… Although, I DO practice THESE techniques on the
Saturday BEFORE my TEACHING.)
(… ''C'est la vie.'')
(… Ergo, "PROPS" to ME … for VISUALIZING the
techniques COMPLETELY "in my HEAD".)
((… PLUS, the fact that I'm a VERY "VISUAL-learner" makes
MY technique-development … ~3.1415926535987 (= pi) …
even MORE DIFFICULT.))
________________________________________________
…
ALAS!
"Everything that has a BEGINNING …
has an END."
(--The ORACLE, 'The Matrix')
With my CONTINUING PROGRESS, my "FOUR-eyes"
(glasses) help me "SEE the LIGHT at the END of the
TUNNEL".
...
CURRENTLY, I do NOT have a PAYING-"JOB".
(… I TEACH martial arts AND MATH-tutor … 'pro bono'--'por gratis'--'for FREE'.)
My MAIN "job"/"occupation" involves my--EVER-CONTINUING REHAB/RECOVERY.
(… I get "PAID" via PSYCHOLOGICAL/NEUROLOGICAL/EMOTIONAL/MORAL "rewards"/triumphs.)
(… I'm PERFECTLY/COMPLETELY/TOTALLY "COOL" with this arrangement.)
_____________________________________________________
You have the ability to release the "mental-chains"
that are holding you back from your happiness.
You doN'T "fight" for a NEW "system".
You MERELY "create something" that makes the OLD
"system" OBSOLETE.
________________________________________________
…
Speaking of "SYSTEMS", I CO-taught my NEWEST THREE
'Jiujitsu'-techniques to the ADULTS'-class--which INCLUDED
~a DOZEN BLACK belts--EARLY this afternoon.
((… I--CURRENTLY, have a first-degree BLACK BELT in
ONE style of Karate ('Okinawan Shoreiryu'), a SECOND-
degree BLACK BELT in a DIFFERENT, SIMILAR
"style"/"system" of Karate ('Okinawan Shuriryu') & a VERY
HIGHLY-ranked/-regarded BROWN BELT in 'Jiujitsu'
('GROUND-fighting').))
_________________________________________________
…
Next, I MUST devise/design MORE … techniques!
(… It's TOUGH work to do:
NOT ONLY do I LACK an
"AT-HOME training-partner" ON WHOM I would PRACTICE
my techniques, but I do NOT--CURRENTLY--have the limb-
movement OR -flexibility to "PERFORM" said techniques.)
(… Although, I DO practice THESE techniques on the
Saturday BEFORE my TEACHING.)
(… ''C'est la vie.'')
(… Ergo, "PROPS" to ME … for VISUALIZING the
techniques COMPLETELY "in my HEAD".)
((… PLUS, the fact that I'm a VERY "VISUAL-learner" makes
MY technique-development … ~3.1415926535987 (= pi) …
even MORE DIFFICULT.))
________________________________________________
…
ALAS!
"Everything that has a BEGINNING …
has an END."
(--The ORACLE, 'The Matrix')
With my CONTINUING PROGRESS, my "FOUR-eyes"
(glasses) help me "SEE the LIGHT at the END of the
TUNNEL".
...
at
11:21 PM

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