…
-- I've ALWAYS HATED how STUPID & FAKE the WWE ("World Wrestling Entertainment … & to a lesser extent, people who are "FANS" of its BLATANT MOCKERY as FAUX-"WRESTLING".
HOWEVER, I do "have a SOFT-spot"--for OBVIOUS reasons--for WWE-candidate/-prospect,
A.J. Styles.
(… What a FAN-tastic NAME!)
(… As a matter of FACT, "A.J. Styles" is the NEW-name of/for MY "walk-in closet".)
-- DAMN YOU, President Jimmy Carter!
"He STARTED us on a PATH to the metric system … BUT then just GAVE-UP."
(--Sheldon, 'The Big Bang Theory')
-- WHY are WE--as HUMAN BEINGS--entirely TOO QUICK to "JUMP … to Conclusions"(--'Office Space')?!
((Too MANY "IGNORAMUSES" about ME: "Oh, THAT's a BUMMER! That poor guy is in a wheelchair … WITH an "attendant", and he HAS TO 'communicate' with a 'letter-board'?! I feel BAD for the 'RETARDED'. … Can I SAY 'retarded'?! Is it politically-CORRECT"
ME: "No, DIP-SHIT. It AIN'T! (SIGH!) NEVER mind. Why don't YOU get back to YOUR burning the American flag & clubbing BABY-seals, JACKASS!"))
-- WHY's America GOTTA BE so … DIFFERENT … & ODD?!
(… We're NOT "on the metric system. "English" is ONE OF the world's TOUGHEST languages to LEARN … as a NON-native. For the LOVE of GOD, EMBRACE … "SOCCER" … AND/or
"'Ah-mehr-ee-KAHN FEWT-bohl'"! … Etc.)
-- WHO/WHAT/WHERE/WHY would I "BE--in my life" had my CATASTROPHIC accident NOT occurred?!
-- I WONDER … if I COULD … start my OWN "martial arts"-DOJO.
(… Would I WANT TO … do that?!)
-- Approximately 30+ years ago, was my mom ORIGINALLY gonna have TWIN-babies?
((… Did I RESORB the OTHER fetus?! Thus, do I NOW "have the STRENGTH (& INTELLECT) of a grown man AND a little baby"(--Dwight Schrute, 'The Office')
(… "Sur-VEY says:" … YES!))
-- WHY did such a TRAGICALLY-UN-fortunate accident HAFTA happen to ME?!
(… I very much believe in KARMA. So, WHAT ridiculously-GOOD thing could I have done to NECESSITATE such a HEARTBREAKING, CATASTROPHIC GROUP of injuries to BALANCE my 'QI'?!)
-- WHY are there SO MANY STUPID people around/ALIVE?!
(… The Latin culture got it WAY WRONG, when they classified humans as 'homo SAPIENS' … meaning 'WISE men'!)
(… It's WRONG, 'cuz it AIN'T TURKISH!)
-- … Ya know what IS "Turkish", despite ADAMANT-INSISTENCE from Greeks?!
… 'Yogurt'. … LOOK it UP!
-- In the words of "Jack", who's IMITATING/MOCKING Cher, on 'Will & Grace',
"If I could turn-back TIIIOOOME", WHAT/HOW would I have CHANGED?!
-- WHY is Waldo HIDING?! Did he witness MY martial arts?!
-- WHY can I remember SOME things ("martial arts"- & wrestling- PRINCIPLES, MATH, SPORTS-trivia) … but NOT others (Karate-'kata'-DESIGNED moves, FUN-tales from college, SOME BIO-mechanical principles for STANDING & WALKING)?!
-- … I KNOW it's a VERY COMPLICATED issue, but WHY does society CONSTANTLY BRAG of its GREAT-accomplishments, when we/they know "next-to-NOTHING" about "NEURAL-activity" & "nerve-RE-generation"?!
-- I'm watching 'Hulk'. So, I'm contemplating,
"WHAT 'SUPERHERO' do I MOST resemble?"
Cyclops--with his LASER-vision (MY glasses) AND BEAUTIFUL FEMALE-"partner" (my EX-girlfriend),
Hulk--with his AMAZING physical-STRENGTH AND EMOTIONAL-variability
OR
Gambit--with his RIDICULOUS card-playing SKILLS AND "BADASS-personality"?
Well, I USED TO resemble Wolverine, 'cuz of my QUICK-healing.
HOWEVER, in lieu of my CRIPPLING accident,
I'm MORE like Professor X--with his EXTRAORDINARY MENTAL-abilities … AND wheelchair.
(… SHUCKS!)
-- … Also, I JUST saw a PREVIEW for an UPCOMING-film, & it reminded me of MY POTENTIAL:
"LEGENDS doN'T retire. They simply 'reinvent themselves'."
((… I shaN'T let my injurIES 'SLOW ME DOWN"! (… Well, LITERALLY, they ARE/HAVE.)
… Nonetheless, my NEW theme-song is
'CARRY ON, my WAYWARD son!'))
...
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Saturday, May 30, 2015
IS it "the CALM before the STORM"?!
…
ME: "It's 'NASTY' out there(, 'WALKIN')!"
"The Architect" (--'The Matrix Revolutions') … of MY BLOG: "That's why GIRLS don't play."
(--'The Replacements')
ME--to him: "So, you're saying that I'm NOT a … 'GIRL'?!
WHEW!"
…
So, HOW was the last ~7.8+ YEARS of a "HELLISH-CAUCOPHONY" a "CALM"?!
I … GUESS I'm IMPLYING that my time has been rather/quite/mostly UN-eventful.
But, THAT's understandable, considering my TWO comas & the EXTENSIVE damage to my brain, LEGS AND vocal-cords.
Ergo, I've been--UNDERSTANDABLY--quiet & "CALM".
… I displayed GREAT "muscle-control & -strength" in "STANDING" for a TERRIFIC, HIGHLY-ADVANCED, RELAXING "martial arts"-FORM in my Karate-class this morning.
… PLUS, the form REALLY SOOTHED my "shaky-nerves" to a GREAT-extent.
(… WARNING:
Right-AFTER the workout, I went-home & performed MY DRAMATIC-interpretation of "BOMBS over Baghdad" … in my TOILET.)
My ARM-trainer--about ME: "I look at YOU, & I see TWO men: the man you ARE and the man you OUGHT TO be. Someday (SOON) those two will MEET. Should make for one HELLUVA (SMART-athlete)."
(--Coach McGinty to QB Shane Falco, 'The Replacements')
MY INTERNAL-monologue--MAINLY to my LEGS, BRAIN & RIGHT-ARM: "The truth is, you guys have been given something that every athlete DREAMS-of:
a SECOND-chance.
And, you're afraid of BLOWING it. We ALL are. But NOW, our FEAR is SHARED, & we can 'OVERCOME it' TOGETHER."
(--Coach McGinty)
To FURTHER relax, I watched a few GREAT films & played some card-games with my housemate.
…
"I wish I could (CONCLUDE with) something CLASSY & INSPIRATIONAL, but THAT wouldN'T be our style.
… PAIN heals. CHICKS dig scars. GLORY … lasts forever."
(--Shane Falco, 'The Replacements')
P.S. Since I--USUALLY--have "ALOTTA" (COMPARATIVELY) EXTRA "FREE-TIME" on the WEEKENDS, be AWARE that I'll PROBABLY "post" MULTIPLE rimes on SaturdayS and/or SundayS.
...
ME: "It's 'NASTY' out there(, 'WALKIN')!"
"The Architect" (--'The Matrix Revolutions') … of MY BLOG: "That's why GIRLS don't play."
(--'The Replacements')
ME--to him: "So, you're saying that I'm NOT a … 'GIRL'?!
WHEW!"
…
So, HOW was the last ~7.8+ YEARS of a "HELLISH-CAUCOPHONY" a "CALM"?!
I … GUESS I'm IMPLYING that my time has been rather/quite/mostly UN-eventful.
But, THAT's understandable, considering my TWO comas & the EXTENSIVE damage to my brain, LEGS AND vocal-cords.
Ergo, I've been--UNDERSTANDABLY--quiet & "CALM".
… I displayed GREAT "muscle-control & -strength" in "STANDING" for a TERRIFIC, HIGHLY-ADVANCED, RELAXING "martial arts"-FORM in my Karate-class this morning.
… PLUS, the form REALLY SOOTHED my "shaky-nerves" to a GREAT-extent.
(… WARNING:
Right-AFTER the workout, I went-home & performed MY DRAMATIC-interpretation of "BOMBS over Baghdad" … in my TOILET.)
My ARM-trainer--about ME: "I look at YOU, & I see TWO men: the man you ARE and the man you OUGHT TO be. Someday (SOON) those two will MEET. Should make for one HELLUVA (SMART-athlete)."
(--Coach McGinty to QB Shane Falco, 'The Replacements')
MY INTERNAL-monologue--MAINLY to my LEGS, BRAIN & RIGHT-ARM: "The truth is, you guys have been given something that every athlete DREAMS-of:
a SECOND-chance.
And, you're afraid of BLOWING it. We ALL are. But NOW, our FEAR is SHARED, & we can 'OVERCOME it' TOGETHER."
(--Coach McGinty)
To FURTHER relax, I watched a few GREAT films & played some card-games with my housemate.
…
"I wish I could (CONCLUDE with) something CLASSY & INSPIRATIONAL, but THAT wouldN'T be our style.
… PAIN heals. CHICKS dig scars. GLORY … lasts forever."
(--Shane Falco, 'The Replacements')
P.S. Since I--USUALLY--have "ALOTTA" (COMPARATIVELY) EXTRA "FREE-TIME" on the WEEKENDS, be AWARE that I'll PROBABLY "post" MULTIPLE rimes on SaturdayS and/or SundayS.
...
Friday, May 29, 2015
MY "WALKING"-analysis:
…
DAY-"trekS":
-- I "WALKED" 59 steps from my BED to my TOILET to urinate after my FIRST-breakfast.
In my RETURN-"trek", I "WALKED" 61 STEPS.
I made TWO MORE "JAUNTS" to 'mi "JUAN"' BEFORE--OFFICIALLY--beginning my day:
-- 57 STEPS & 62 STEPS
-- 59 STEPS & 61 STEPS
(… THAT's an AVERAGE "STEPPING-SCALE" of ~58.33 steps "FROM my bed TO my toilet" & ~61.33 steps "FROM my toilet BACK TO my bed".)
-- (WARNING:)
-- I ALSO felt "the URGE/GROWL/RUMBLING in my stomach"--FIRST-THING this morning.
But, I do NOT "WALK", wen I've gotta "go #2". 'Tis NOT that I'm "lazy". (HA! BLASPHEMY!) I just UNDERSTAND the Bio-PHYSICS that MY TENSE "WALKING" (The POSSIBILITY of MY STUMBLING/TRIPPING & FALLING is ALWAYS "in my SUBCONSCIOUS".) TIGHTENS the anal-/rectal-"sphincter".
(… "Did YOU know that the HUMAN-body has over 50 different sphincters?!"
--DR. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
(… in the digestive-system, eyes, gallbladder, liver & pancreas, etc.)
-- I've noticed that my stride/gait has become FAR MORE NARROW, when I step … which is GREAT!)
"NeuroFit'-REPORT:
GREAT LEG-"work"!
-- I rode an ACTUAL motorized LEG-bike for ~ten minutes … on "Level 2 of 8".
-- When I asked my trainer (the OWNER) to move the machine BACK 'cuz my legs were--ROUGHLY--"brushing"/"banging" AGAINST the table I was sitting-on, he shifted the machine WAY to my LEFT. THIS way I ONLY pedaled with my weakER LEFT leg. I pedaled on "Level 2" for ~eight minutes.
-- … THEN, the OWNER shifted the "DIFFICULTY-level UP to 5", & I continued pedaling for another ~twelve minutes.
-- I FINISHED with ALOTTA "dead-bug"-exercises--in which I would lie on my back w/ my legs EACH lifted above the mat, bent at ~90 degrees, for ~30 seconds. I REPEATED this SAME "FAUX insect"-exercise FOUR MORE/ADDITIONAL times.
INSPIRATION(?) for the day's "WORK":
-- So, YESTERDAY I observed some GREAT ENTHUSIASM from MANY young 'Karateka'!
The kids were really TRYIN' & APPLYIN' their growing/gaining knowledge.
-- 'Twas particularly ENCOURAGING to hear the/MY "Professor" emphasize to the students:
"REMEMBER: If you do NOT understand HOW or WHY to do something, …
there are NO 'BAD-questions'!"
(… You NEVER STOP LEARNING!)
(… "Write that down."--Van Wilder, 'Van Wilder')
...
DAY-"trekS":
-- I "WALKED" 59 steps from my BED to my TOILET to urinate after my FIRST-breakfast.
In my RETURN-"trek", I "WALKED" 61 STEPS.
I made TWO MORE "JAUNTS" to 'mi "JUAN"' BEFORE--OFFICIALLY--beginning my day:
-- 57 STEPS & 62 STEPS
-- 59 STEPS & 61 STEPS
(… THAT's an AVERAGE "STEPPING-SCALE" of ~58.33 steps "FROM my bed TO my toilet" & ~61.33 steps "FROM my toilet BACK TO my bed".)
-- (WARNING:)
-- I ALSO felt "the URGE/GROWL/RUMBLING in my stomach"--FIRST-THING this morning.
But, I do NOT "WALK", wen I've gotta "go #2". 'Tis NOT that I'm "lazy". (HA! BLASPHEMY!) I just UNDERSTAND the Bio-PHYSICS that MY TENSE "WALKING" (The POSSIBILITY of MY STUMBLING/TRIPPING & FALLING is ALWAYS "in my SUBCONSCIOUS".) TIGHTENS the anal-/rectal-"sphincter".
(… "Did YOU know that the HUMAN-body has over 50 different sphincters?!"
--DR. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
(… in the digestive-system, eyes, gallbladder, liver & pancreas, etc.)
-- I've noticed that my stride/gait has become FAR MORE NARROW, when I step … which is GREAT!)
"NeuroFit'-REPORT:
GREAT LEG-"work"!
-- I rode an ACTUAL motorized LEG-bike for ~ten minutes … on "Level 2 of 8".
-- When I asked my trainer (the OWNER) to move the machine BACK 'cuz my legs were--ROUGHLY--"brushing"/"banging" AGAINST the table I was sitting-on, he shifted the machine WAY to my LEFT. THIS way I ONLY pedaled with my weakER LEFT leg. I pedaled on "Level 2" for ~eight minutes.
-- … THEN, the OWNER shifted the "DIFFICULTY-level UP to 5", & I continued pedaling for another ~twelve minutes.
-- I FINISHED with ALOTTA "dead-bug"-exercises--in which I would lie on my back w/ my legs EACH lifted above the mat, bent at ~90 degrees, for ~30 seconds. I REPEATED this SAME "FAUX insect"-exercise FOUR MORE/ADDITIONAL times.
INSPIRATION(?) for the day's "WORK":
-- So, YESTERDAY I observed some GREAT ENTHUSIASM from MANY young 'Karateka'!
The kids were really TRYIN' & APPLYIN' their growing/gaining knowledge.
-- 'Twas particularly ENCOURAGING to hear the/MY "Professor" emphasize to the students:
"REMEMBER: If you do NOT understand HOW or WHY to do something, …
there are NO 'BAD-questions'!"
(… You NEVER STOP LEARNING!)
(… "Write that down."--Van Wilder, 'Van Wilder')
...
'A.J.K. is NOT … A.O.K.!'
…
"'MORNING!
And, my bladder gives-out a WARNING
And, I don't think I'll ever make it on-TIME.
By the time I create a schedule of my daily activi-TEE,
And I 'have my morning-PEE,
I'm on my laptop just in time to see my CAREGIVERS SWITCH-SHIFTS!
It's … ALL-RIGHT,
… 'Cuz I'm SAVED by my LEGS!
"'MORNING!
And, my bladder gives-out a WARNING
And, I don't think I'll ever make it on-TIME.
By the time I create a schedule of my daily activi-TEE,
And I 'have my morning-PEE,
I'm on my laptop just in time to see my CAREGIVERS SWITCH-SHIFTS!
It's … ALL-RIGHT,
… 'Cuz I'm SAVED by my LEGS!
If my Speech-therapist 'pops a TEST',
I know I'm in a MESS,
And I haven't cogently spoken in EIGHT YEARS.
'Chillin'' in my wheel-CHAIR,
She won't know that I'm THERE.
If I don't beat her in Scrabble, it'll be ALRIGHT.
It's ALRIGHT, 'cuz I'm saved by my legs.
It's … ALL-RIGHT,
… 'Cuz I'm saved by my
… 'Cuz I'm saved by my
… IIIttt'sss AAALLL-RRRIIIGHTTT,
… 'Cuz I'm SAVED by my LEGS!"
(… So, my legs ARE--IRONICALLY--still good for SOMETHIN'!
WHEW!)
P.S. MY 'lil Morning-Melody was an ADAPTATION of the theme-song from the (GREAT) show 'Saved by the Bell'--only based-/centered-upon …
MY LIFE.
P.P.S HHHMMM, WHO would be MY "Kelly Kapowski"?!
...
Thursday, May 28, 2015
(British accent) "If you TAHK like everything's a QUESTION (?), there's no real ENDING, ya know?"
…
(--Jimmy Fallon, HALF-mocking 'One Direction' in an interview on 'The Tonight Show')
…
(INFLECTION of my voice:)
-- Will I EVER experience
"a RETURN to NORMALCY"(--1920 U.S. Presidential candidate Warren G. Harding, POST-World War I)?!
-- … When was I EVER really, actually … "NORMAL"?!
(… BLASPHEMY!)
-- Is there anything I can DO … or NOT-do … ANYTHING … to speed-UP my recovery?!
-- How much does MY "martial arts"-training/-teaching … both LITERALLY & METAPHORICALLY … "kick ASS"?!
-- "'HAPPINESS' NEVER DE-creases by being SHARED."(--Buddha)
Thus, WHO/WHAT wants to be MY (METAPHORICAL) "candle"?!
(… 'Cuz a "CANDLE"'s light doesN'T become any weakER by/from SHARING it)
-- Why caN'T I devise a MATHEMATICAL-function for "HAPPINESS"?!
-- … Are there THAT MANY variables & IN-determinites?
-- WHY do I "speak EASIER"/"am MORE INTELLIGIBLE" with FOREIGN languages (e.g. Turkish, Spanish, Japanese) than English--my "NATIVE-tongue"?!
-- Above ALL, …
HOW am I still ALIVE … & FUNCTIONING … RATHER WELL?!
P.S. I've been PRACTICING RAISING & LOWERING the "PITCH"/"TONE" of my voice in "SPEECH-Therapy".
...
(--Jimmy Fallon, HALF-mocking 'One Direction' in an interview on 'The Tonight Show')
…
(INFLECTION of my voice:)
-- Will I EVER experience
"a RETURN to NORMALCY"(--1920 U.S. Presidential candidate Warren G. Harding, POST-World War I)?!
-- … When was I EVER really, actually … "NORMAL"?!
(… BLASPHEMY!)
-- Is there anything I can DO … or NOT-do … ANYTHING … to speed-UP my recovery?!
-- How much does MY "martial arts"-training/-teaching … both LITERALLY & METAPHORICALLY … "kick ASS"?!
-- "'HAPPINESS' NEVER DE-creases by being SHARED."(--Buddha)
Thus, WHO/WHAT wants to be MY (METAPHORICAL) "candle"?!
(… 'Cuz a "CANDLE"'s light doesN'T become any weakER by/from SHARING it)
-- Why caN'T I devise a MATHEMATICAL-function for "HAPPINESS"?!
-- … Are there THAT MANY variables & IN-determinites?
-- WHY do I "speak EASIER"/"am MORE INTELLIGIBLE" with FOREIGN languages (e.g. Turkish, Spanish, Japanese) than English--my "NATIVE-tongue"?!
-- Above ALL, …
HOW am I still ALIVE … & FUNCTIONING … RATHER WELL?!
P.S. I've been PRACTICING RAISING & LOWERING the "PITCH"/"TONE" of my voice in "SPEECH-Therapy".
...
… Ah, well. I'll "let BYGONES be BYGONES".
…
So, after "sleeping on 'it' (my ANGER)", I realized:
"People make MISTAKES." /
"'SHIT' (metaphorical AND literal) happens." /
"FORGIVE & forget." /
"Be the bigGER man."
I MUST "LOWER" my STANDARDS/EXPECTANCIES of …
EVERYONE ELSE.
For … NOT ALL possesses the
EXTRAORDINARY-heating
OR
EXTREME-politeness
of/as I.
''C'est la vie.''
...
So, after "sleeping on 'it' (my ANGER)", I realized:
"People make MISTAKES." /
"'SHIT' (metaphorical AND literal) happens." /
"FORGIVE & forget." /
"Be the bigGER man."
I MUST "LOWER" my STANDARDS/EXPECTANCIES of …
EVERYONE ELSE.
For … NOT ALL possesses the
EXTRAORDINARY-heating
OR
EXTREME-politeness
of/as I.
''C'est la vie.''
...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
JEEZ! I've GOTTA "VENT"!
…
I'm "FUMING"!
I JUST rang my LOUD "HOUSE-wide" "BUZZER"
… SIX DIFFERENT times …
with NO/ZERO responses from my "Caregiver"!
Do I NOT PAY HIM?!
Is this NOT … HIS JOB?!
(… Well, I DID "HAVE TO use the bathroom"!
But, I was SO MAD that "IT" "went-away".)
(SIGH!)
...
"No PAIN … no GAIN"
…
(About ME:)
"Does PAIN EVER go-away COMPLETELY?!
NO.
But, it 'SOFTENS' around 'the edges'
& becomes BEARABLE.
It EVENTUALLY becomes JUST a SIGH or a NOD--as an OUTWARD-display.
But, mostly it (JUST) becomes a PART of US.
That PART is who we are
TODAY.
RIGHT NOW.
AT THIS MOMENT."
(… The preceding "confession" was SEMI-quoted from a fellow-patient of mine at "NeuroFit 360".
She's GREAT--ALWAYS jovial & enthusiastic.
Should I be UPSET that her OPTIMISM is … CONTAGIOUS?!
…
BLASPHEMY!
…
REGRETTABLY (… Or, FORTUNATELY?) I HAD TO cancel my LEG-workout on Monday--due to my "HANGIN' out" w/ my VISITING-friends.
Thus, ACCORDING TO the "blog post"-TOPIC, it would SEEM that I "LOST" the CHANCE/OPPORTUNITY for ANY POSSIBLE--PHYSICAL--"GAIN".
(… SHUCKS!)
… On the CONTRARY, I DO believe that the SEMI "day-OFF" was GOOD for me!
(… PHYSICALLY/MUSCULARLY, RESTFULLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY & SOCIALLY)
…
So, my workout today was VERY "UP & DOWN":
( : ( )
( : ( )
I entered "NeuroFit 360" with an--INEXPLICABLY--SORE & PAINFUL LEFT-hip.
As if he could "SENSE" MY suffering, the OWNER started me with some ARM-strengthening & TRUNK-control/-maneuvering. NEXT, I did TEN STRAIGHT minutes on the "MANUAL"-stepping option on the … "mechanized-STEPPER". (DAMNIT! What's the NAME?!) I CONSTANTLY "FAVORED" my TIGHT-side. 'cuz of my SORE hip. While "WALKING"/"STEPPING", my LEFT-shoulder started REALLY "ACHING"! Thus, I "took it upon … MYSELF" to switch my hand-positioning to LOWER my grasp from AROUND the shoulder-high, BACK-&-FORTH, MOVING "levers" to the chest-level, STATIONARY MID-grips.
I stretched & strengthened my GLUTES by--INDIVIDUALLY--swinging EACH leg back & SLOWLY returning it forward--ALL WHILE it's strapped to a 12.5 kg weight. PLUS, I was "STANDING". HOWEVER, my SWINGING foot KEPT dragging against the floor. Ergo, "my TRAINER"/"the OWNER" WISELY had me "STAND" on TWO RAISED-"blocks"--to ALLOW for GREATER "swing-room".
OVERALL, the workout went … WELL.
…
DURING my "BLACK BELT"-TEST, I "SEPARATED my RIGHT shoulder" (IRONICALLY … NOW … in HIND-sight).
But, I "hung-in there"/"TOUGHED-it OUT" to COMPLETE my ESTEEMED-promotion.
((… SURPRISINGLY, I was awarded TWO black belts … in TWO DIFFERENT--but SIMILAR styles: BOTH designed in Okinawa, Japan. ('Shoreiru' & 'Shuriru'))
...
…
REGRETTABLY (… Or, FORTUNATELY?) I HAD TO cancel my LEG-workout on Monday--due to my "HANGIN' out" w/ my VISITING-friends.
Thus, ACCORDING TO the "blog post"-TOPIC, it would SEEM that I "LOST" the CHANCE/OPPORTUNITY for ANY POSSIBLE--PHYSICAL--"GAIN".
(… SHUCKS!)
… On the CONTRARY, I DO believe that the SEMI "day-OFF" was GOOD for me!
(… PHYSICALLY/MUSCULARLY, RESTFULLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY & SOCIALLY)
…
So, my workout today was VERY "UP & DOWN":
( : ( )
( : ( )
I entered "NeuroFit 360" with an--INEXPLICABLY--SORE & PAINFUL LEFT-hip.
As if he could "SENSE" MY suffering, the OWNER started me with some ARM-strengthening & TRUNK-control/-maneuvering. NEXT, I did TEN STRAIGHT minutes on the "MANUAL"-stepping option on the … "mechanized-STEPPER". (DAMNIT! What's the NAME?!) I CONSTANTLY "FAVORED" my TIGHT-side. 'cuz of my SORE hip. While "WALKING"/"STEPPING", my LEFT-shoulder started REALLY "ACHING"! Thus, I "took it upon … MYSELF" to switch my hand-positioning to LOWER my grasp from AROUND the shoulder-high, BACK-&-FORTH, MOVING "levers" to the chest-level, STATIONARY MID-grips.
I stretched & strengthened my GLUTES by--INDIVIDUALLY--swinging EACH leg back & SLOWLY returning it forward--ALL WHILE it's strapped to a 12.5 kg weight. PLUS, I was "STANDING". HOWEVER, my SWINGING foot KEPT dragging against the floor. Ergo, "my TRAINER"/"the OWNER" WISELY had me "STAND" on TWO RAISED-"blocks"--to ALLOW for GREATER "swing-room".
OVERALL, the workout went … WELL.
…
DURING my "BLACK BELT"-TEST, I "SEPARATED my RIGHT shoulder" (IRONICALLY … NOW … in HIND-sight).
But, I "hung-in there"/"TOUGHED-it OUT" to COMPLETE my ESTEEMED-promotion.
((… SURPRISINGLY, I was awarded TWO black belts … in TWO DIFFERENT--but SIMILAR styles: BOTH designed in Okinawa, Japan. ('Shoreiru' & 'Shuriru'))
...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
"HUMANITY's ALWAYS … FEARED … what it caN'T understand."
… youngER Magneto, 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'
…
FYI:
Since I've NOW "graduated" to EATING--by MOUTH--TWO scrambled eggs (NOT one egg) per "Speech Therapy"-session, I've decided to "THROW CAUTION to the WIND":
I "take a BREAK" & eat only ONE egg--at a time--in months that contain an "R".
Ergo, NO "breaks" 'til September.
(… My mom: "WHY?!"
ME: "What's LIFE withOUT a lil WHIMSY?!")
(Regarding my NOT attending Church-services:)
ME--quoting Amy Farrah-Fowler of 'The Big Bang Theory':
"I doN'T OBJECT to the CONCEPT of a DEITY.
But, I'm BAFFLED by the notion of one who takes ATTENDANCE."
…
FYI:
Since I've NOW "graduated" to EATING--by MOUTH--TWO scrambled eggs (NOT one egg) per "Speech Therapy"-session, I've decided to "THROW CAUTION to the WIND":
I "take a BREAK" & eat only ONE egg--at a time--in months that contain an "R".
Ergo, NO "breaks" 'til September.
(… My mom: "WHY?!"
ME: "What's LIFE withOUT a lil WHIMSY?!")
(Regarding my NOT attending Church-services:)
ME--quoting Amy Farrah-Fowler of 'The Big Bang Theory':
"I doN'T OBJECT to the CONCEPT of a DEITY.
But, I'm BAFFLED by the notion of one who takes ATTENDANCE."
…
FRUSTRATED, my mom exclaimed to me--about ME:
"Oh, you're … IMPOSSIBLE!"
… My retort:
"I caN'T be 'impossible'! I EXIST!
I think what you MEANT was …
I'm … 'IMPROBABLE'."
(--DR. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
(… TRUST me, Mom. Need I REMIND you of my YEARLONG-"ACING" of "'Advanced Placement'-Probability/Statistics" … in HIGH SCHOOL … while SIMULTANEOUSLY YEARLONG-"ACING" "A.P. Calculus BC"?!)
(… What are the odds of THAT?!
… HHHMMM, I'd say "1 in 508".)
((… EXPLANATION: There were 508 students who graduated in MY high school ℅ '03. ONE student (ME) accomplished SAID feat.))
… This LOGICAL/INSIGHTFUL REASONING would ALSO be a "SOLID"-argument AGAINST/to MY IGNORANT/"NOT smart" (MEDICAL) doctors, who STILL--WRONGLY (OBVIOUSLY)--claim that I doN'T DESERVE my "IN-alienable RIGHTS" as a LIVING American citizen!
By the way, DUMB-ASSED American government, I possess "DUAL-citizenship", as I am ALSO a TURKISH-citizen. "The MODERN Republic of 'Turkiye' NEVER gave me ANY problems/questions about my EXISTENCE.
Ergo, according to SIMPLE/BASIC MATHEMATICAL- & LOGICAL-principles:
TURKEY > U.S.A.
…
"There's a MILLION reasons WHY people keep SECRETS …
that we JUST doN'T understand."
(--Agent Cabe Gallo, 'Scorpion')
… If POSSIBLE, I try to NOT inform NEW-comers of my "Traumatic Brain-Injury". THIS way, it's a PLEASANT surprise WHEN I "DAZZLE" 'em w/ my MATHEMATICAL-MASTERY.
WHY 's my LEFT/"SERIOUSLY injured" hand SUDDENLY OPENING … to
~150 degrees
from its RESTING-/CLOSED-position?!
((… 'Cuz EVERY Monday, Wednesday & Friday, on my way TO & FROM my LEG-gym ("NeuroFit 360"), I practice OPENING my fingers))
WOWZA! YYYEEESSS!
I JUST lifted ONLY my LEFT middle-finger.
… SHOULD I "come-across" ANY of my PREVIOUS, DOUBTING "doctors",
… I'm PREPARED to "REACT"!
…
"If my ANSWERS FRIGHTEN you, then you should CEASE asking SCARY QUESTIONS."
(--Jules, 'Pulp Fiction')
BEWARE!
SOMETIMES when we THINK we know the ANSWERS, in ACTUALITY, it's the QUESTIONS we had WRONG.
(… WHOA, A.J.! That's 'DEEP'.)
(… I APPRECIATE the SETUP/ASSIST for … "THAT's what SHE said!")
…
"Aristotle said, ''INFINITY' is the LACK OF limitation'."
(--Charlie, 'NUMB3RS')
(… According to THIS sense/perspective, I "want to"/WILL WALK to/with "INFINITY".)
Ya know, it JUST occurred to me:
IF there ARE an INFINITE number of "PARALLEL-universes", there's BOUND to be an A.J. who ACTUALLY DOES BELIEVE in "parallel-universes".
FRUSTRATED, my mom exclaimed to me--about ME:
"Oh, you're … IMPOSSIBLE!"
… My retort:
"I caN'T be 'impossible'! I EXIST!
I think what you MEANT was …
I'm … 'IMPROBABLE'."
(--DR. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
(… TRUST me, Mom. Need I REMIND you of my YEARLONG-"ACING" of "'Advanced Placement'-Probability/Statistics" … in HIGH SCHOOL … while SIMULTANEOUSLY YEARLONG-"ACING" "A.P. Calculus BC"?!)
(… What are the odds of THAT?!
… HHHMMM, I'd say "1 in 508".)
((… EXPLANATION: There were 508 students who graduated in MY high school ℅ '03. ONE student (ME) accomplished SAID feat.))
… This LOGICAL/INSIGHTFUL REASONING would ALSO be a "SOLID"-argument AGAINST/to MY IGNORANT/"NOT smart" (MEDICAL) doctors, who STILL--WRONGLY (OBVIOUSLY)--claim that I doN'T DESERVE my "IN-alienable RIGHTS" as a LIVING American citizen!
By the way, DUMB-ASSED American government, I possess "DUAL-citizenship", as I am ALSO a TURKISH-citizen. "The MODERN Republic of 'Turkiye' NEVER gave me ANY problems/questions about my EXISTENCE.
Ergo, according to SIMPLE/BASIC MATHEMATICAL- & LOGICAL-principles:
TURKEY > U.S.A.
…
"There's a MILLION reasons WHY people keep SECRETS …
that we JUST doN'T understand."
(--Agent Cabe Gallo, 'Scorpion')
… If POSSIBLE, I try to NOT inform NEW-comers of my "Traumatic Brain-Injury". THIS way, it's a PLEASANT surprise WHEN I "DAZZLE" 'em w/ my MATHEMATICAL-MASTERY.
WHY 's my LEFT/"SERIOUSLY injured" hand SUDDENLY OPENING … to
~150 degrees
from its RESTING-/CLOSED-position?!
((… 'Cuz EVERY Monday, Wednesday & Friday, on my way TO & FROM my LEG-gym ("NeuroFit 360"), I practice OPENING my fingers))
WOWZA! YYYEEESSS!
I JUST lifted ONLY my LEFT middle-finger.
… SHOULD I "come-across" ANY of my PREVIOUS, DOUBTING "doctors",
… I'm PREPARED to "REACT"!
…
Yesterday, my MAIN-nurse--per MY request--just CHECKED my blood-pressure.
It was
"107/72" … which BEGS the question:
HOW/WHY could I--POSSIBLY--be SSSOOO RELAXED & at-EASE?!
(… The "NORMAL"/AVERAGE blood-pressure is
"120/80".)
Ya see?! I just KNOW/KNEW that--despite (MEDICAL-)"doctors' CLAIMS that I have a SERIOUS "MENTAL-malfunctioning", it doesN'T/wouldN'T take a GENIUS to figure-out that MOST of my SIGNIFICANT-injuries are PHYSICAL.
(… Yes, I AM IMPLYING that MANY of MY--MEDICAL--"doctors" "doN'T know their ASSES from HOLES in the GROUND".)
(… Granted, I DO have "JUST a FEW" psychological/emotional "DIS-orders"--like the IN-ability to CRY and/or FULLY-empathize. But, these ISSUES are COMPARATIVELY "quite MINOR" in regards to how SERIOUS/DETRIMENTAL/life-THREATENING my "doctors" CLAIM 'em to BE.)
((… A) Are my "doctors" really THAT "UN-qualified"?!
OR
B) Am I THAT MUCH of an "ANOMALY"?!
ME: "Uuumm, … a little o' Column-A & ALOTTA Column-B."))
…
"If my ANSWERS FRIGHTEN you, then you should CEASE asking SCARY QUESTIONS."
(--Jules, 'Pulp Fiction')
SOMETIMES when we THINK we know the ANSWERS, in ACTUALITY, it's the QUESTIONS we had WRONG.
(… WHOA, A.J.! That's 'DEEP'.)
(… I APPRECIATE the SETUP/ASSIST for … "THAT's what SHE said!")
…
"Aristotle said, ''INFINITY' is the LACK OF limitation'."
(--Charlie, 'NUMB3RS')
(… According to THIS sense/perspective, I "want to"/WILL WALK to/with "INFINITY".)
Ya know, it JUST occurred to me:
IF there ARE an INFINITE number of "PARALLEL-universes", there's BOUND to be an A.J. who ACTUALLY DOES BELIEVE in "parallel-universes".
HONESTLY, ladies:
"Do GIRLS care MORE about 'GLOBAL-WARMING' or 'wearing WHITE pants AFTER Labor Day'?"
(--Friends with Benefits)
(--Friends with Benefits)
Monday, May 25, 2015
"TIME--as you well know--is a RELATIVE consideration."
… --Lincoln Rhyme, 'The Bone Collector'
… I'll ADMIT that I can be A BIT … TOO literal.
Yes, I REALIZE that TODAY was a NATIONAL-holiday. Also, 'tis NOT UN-patriotic of/for me to NOT "CELEBRATE" said HONORARY-day.
Just, I have MY OWN PERSONAL (UNFORTUNATE) "OCCASION of REMEMBRANCE".
(… MORE on July 6th)
So, I'll "send-out" a/my BIG 'KUDOS' to ALL our "FALLEN-soldiers" and their TREMENDOUS work/sacrifice!
… Now, back to ME!
(… PLEASE pardon my JOKING. I'm JUST rather HIGH-spirited this morning.
… I'm sorry I'm NOT sorry.)
…
Since I've LONG been "UBER-competitive", I have this "SICK" fascination with
TIME.
(… It's a NUMERICAL-thing.)
I ABHOR "truancy"! When you tell someone you'll arrive at a certain location AT/BY a certain time, you're "giving your WORD", and you're--metaphorically/figuratively--telling SAID person to "TAKE it".)
But, I AM getting BETTER at …
ACCEPTING that--SOMETIMES--"'SHIT' happens."
MUCH to my DISMAY, we canNOT control EVERYTHING.
I've been--VALIANTLY, DUTIFULLY, DETERMINEDLY, DESPERATELY--attempting to concoct a MULTI-variable EQUATION to allot for the NECESSARY "time"--"T(x)"--NEEDED for ANY given task.
But, ALAS/"Dag-NABBIT"! There are just too MANY "dependent-" & "independent-" VARIABLES … to "take into account"/CONSIDER.
(… "BREAK DOWN" the word:
"variable" = 'vari-' --> 'change' + '-able' --> 'capable of')
(… Ergo, there are MANY "factors" that are "'CAPABLE of' 'CHANGE'".
I'm PRETTY SURE it's Latin.)
… But, I'm--"SLOWLY yet STEADILY"--OVERCOMING my "COMPETITIVE-ness".
My "SPEECH-Therapy" DEFINITELY helps! I play Scrabble--AGAINST my "teacher"--AT LEAST once-a-week. "Playing into her forte'", I've ACCEPTED the FACT that I shaN'T win 'em ALL. PLUS, my OCCASIONAL triumphs KEEP ME comn' back for MORE … wins AND losses! (… My Therapist COULD/SHOULD say to me:
"You MESS WITH 'the BULL', you get 'the HORNS'.")
…
I really feel that I am "PAST my prime" in regards to my ROMANTIC-life.
( : ( )
I always felt that I'd be HAPPILY-married BY ~age 30.
Then again, I SUPPOSE my "T.B.I."--which "DESTROYED" my last ~SEVEN years--is a LEGITIMATE excuse.
But, tell THAT to "THOSE who LACK a 'Y-chrosome'".
(… LISTEN-up, LADIES! THAT'll be ON your "TEST".)
...
… I'll ADMIT that I can be A BIT … TOO literal.
Yes, I REALIZE that TODAY was a NATIONAL-holiday. Also, 'tis NOT UN-patriotic of/for me to NOT "CELEBRATE" said HONORARY-day.
Just, I have MY OWN PERSONAL (UNFORTUNATE) "OCCASION of REMEMBRANCE".
(… MORE on July 6th)
So, I'll "send-out" a/my BIG 'KUDOS' to ALL our "FALLEN-soldiers" and their TREMENDOUS work/sacrifice!
… Now, back to ME!
(… PLEASE pardon my JOKING. I'm JUST rather HIGH-spirited this morning.
… I'm sorry I'm NOT sorry.)
…
Since I've LONG been "UBER-competitive", I have this "SICK" fascination with
TIME.
(… It's a NUMERICAL-thing.)
I ABHOR "truancy"! When you tell someone you'll arrive at a certain location AT/BY a certain time, you're "giving your WORD", and you're--metaphorically/figuratively--telling SAID person to "TAKE it".)
But, I AM getting BETTER at …
ACCEPTING that--SOMETIMES--"'SHIT' happens."
MUCH to my DISMAY, we canNOT control EVERYTHING.
I've been--VALIANTLY, DUTIFULLY, DETERMINEDLY, DESPERATELY--attempting to concoct a MULTI-variable EQUATION to allot for the NECESSARY "time"--"T(x)"--NEEDED for ANY given task.
But, ALAS/"Dag-NABBIT"! There are just too MANY "dependent-" & "independent-" VARIABLES … to "take into account"/CONSIDER.
(… "BREAK DOWN" the word:
"variable" = 'vari-' --> 'change' + '-able' --> 'capable of')
(… Ergo, there are MANY "factors" that are "'CAPABLE of' 'CHANGE'".
I'm PRETTY SURE it's Latin.)
… But, I'm--"SLOWLY yet STEADILY"--OVERCOMING my "COMPETITIVE-ness".
My "SPEECH-Therapy" DEFINITELY helps! I play Scrabble--AGAINST my "teacher"--AT LEAST once-a-week. "Playing into her forte'", I've ACCEPTED the FACT that I shaN'T win 'em ALL. PLUS, my OCCASIONAL triumphs KEEP ME comn' back for MORE … wins AND losses! (… My Therapist COULD/SHOULD say to me:
"You MESS WITH 'the BULL', you get 'the HORNS'.")
…
I really feel that I am "PAST my prime" in regards to my ROMANTIC-life.
( : ( )
I always felt that I'd be HAPPILY-married BY ~age 30.
Then again, I SUPPOSE my "T.B.I."--which "DESTROYED" my last ~SEVEN years--is a LEGITIMATE excuse.
But, tell THAT to "THOSE who LACK a 'Y-chrosome'".
(… LISTEN-up, LADIES! THAT'll be ON your "TEST".)
...
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Are THESE "limericks" … of my EMOTIONAL-state? (RHYME-TIME)
…
"There once was a man from a state up-HIGH,
who suffered from a 'T.B.I.'.
As he valiantly-tried to fasten his pants-BUCKLE,
he stammered--with a CHUCKLE:
'If I weren't such an optimist, I'd prah-bob-lee CRY.'"
"So, I was 'contemplating my EXISTENCE',
when I decided to abandon 'the path of least RESISTANCE'.
I wanna make my exercises TOUGH.
So, my 'output' isn't smooth; it's ROUGH.
This way I'll resist asking for ASSISTANCE."
"Contrary to medical-opinion, I am quite SMART.
Bar-frequenters would consider me 'as sharp as a DART'.
Too many people are too quick to ASSUME
That I'm as 'dumb as a LEGUME'.
However, I'll stump 'em all with my mathematical-'ART'."
"I greatly desire 'kuhm-puh-NEE".
'Being social' fills me with GLEE!
Seeing as I don't like to BOAST,
I prefer to show my productive actions the MOST.
My progress will decrease pih-TEE!"
...
he stammered--with a CHUCKLE:
'If I weren't such an optimist, I'd prah-bob-lee CRY.'"
"So, I was 'contemplating my EXISTENCE',
when I decided to abandon 'the path of least RESISTANCE'.
I wanna make my exercises TOUGH.
So, my 'output' isn't smooth; it's ROUGH.
This way I'll resist asking for ASSISTANCE."
"Contrary to medical-opinion, I am quite SMART.
Bar-frequenters would consider me 'as sharp as a DART'.
Too many people are too quick to ASSUME
That I'm as 'dumb as a LEGUME'.
However, I'll stump 'em all with my mathematical-'ART'."
"I greatly desire 'kuhm-puh-NEE".
'Being social' fills me with GLEE!
Seeing as I don't like to BOAST,
I prefer to show my productive actions the MOST.
My progress will decrease pih-TEE!"
...
(REVISED lyrics to 'Since You've Been GOOONE')
…
(I REVISED/EDITED the SONG-lyrics to
Kelly Clarkson's ''Since You've Been Gone'', so it'd be AS IF
I were SINGING to MY LEGS.)
(… In a RELATED story, … I'm WEIRD/STRANGE/'muy LOCO'!)
"Here's the thing--we started off FRIENDS.
'Twas cool, 'cuz my rump's connected to your -WNDS.
Yeah, yeah.
But, since you've been GONE.
(SINGLE tear)
Your dedication helped me SUCCEED.
I rewarded you by rarely letting you BLEED.
Yeah, yeah.
But, since you've been GONE.
(WIPE-away tear.)
And, all you'd ever hear me say
Is how I pictured ME with YOU.
That's all you'd ever … hear … me … SAY.
But, since you've been GOOONE!
I've gotten creative with my free-time.
I'm so WALKIN' ON--YEAH, yeah!
Thanks to YOU …
And my lawyers, now I get what I WAAANT!
Since you've been GONE.
How can I put it? You made me TALL-ER.
I once stood proud. But, in my wheelchair, I'm SMALL-ER.
Yeah, yeah.
Since you've been GONE.
How … come I never … see you SPRAWL,
Like the wrestler you are?!
I guess you … think … that, before I can walk, I hafta CRAWL.
But, since you've been GOOONE!
I really THINK--for the FIRST time!
I'm so WALKIN' ON!
YEAH, yeah!
Thanks to--disabled--YOU,
Now I get,
I get what I WAAANT!
Since you've been gone.
You had your chance, but you were SA-BO-TAHJED!
Not in SIGHT, damaged MIND.
START walking! I just 'caN'T TAKE IT!
Again & again & again … & AGAIN!
Since you've been GONE,
I can EMPATHIZE for the FIRST TIME!
I'm so MOVIN' ON!
Yeah, YEAH!
Thanks to YOU, (Thanks to you)
Now I get,
I get what I … WAAANT!
I can business-manage for the FIRST TIME!
I'm so MOVIN' ON!
YEAH, yeah!
Thanks to YOU, (THANKS to YOU!)
Now I get,
I get what I WANT!
I WILL WALK … for the FIRST TIME!
I'm so movin' ON.
yeah, YEAH!
Thanks to YOU. (THANKS to YOU!)
Now I get (I GET.)--
You should KNOW (YOU SHOULD KNOW!)
That I get ,
I get, what I WANT!
Since you've been GONE.
… Since you've been gone.
…
Since you've been … gone."
ANOTHER--EERILY--"painful" song:
''Don't Know What You Got ('Til It's Gone)''
--Cinderella
(… REGRETTABLY, I did NOT FULLY-appreciate just HOW SLICK & STRONG my legs WERE.
I didN'T/couldN'T really IMAGINE just how DEMORALIZING, INCONSEQUENTIAL & SEGREGATED handicapped-people FEEL, … 'til I became "one".
… "It" SUCKS!)
...
(I REVISED/EDITED the SONG-lyrics to
Kelly Clarkson's ''Since You've Been Gone'', so it'd be AS IF
I were SINGING to MY LEGS.)
(… In a RELATED story, … I'm WEIRD/STRANGE/'muy LOCO'!)
"Here's the thing--we started off FRIENDS.
'Twas cool, 'cuz my rump's connected to your -WNDS.
Yeah, yeah.
But, since you've been GONE.
(SINGLE tear)
Your dedication helped me SUCCEED.
I rewarded you by rarely letting you BLEED.
Yeah, yeah.
But, since you've been GONE.
(WIPE-away tear.)
And, all you'd ever hear me say
Is how I pictured ME with YOU.
That's all you'd ever … hear … me … SAY.
But, since you've been GOOONE!
I've gotten creative with my free-time.
I'm so WALKIN' ON--YEAH, yeah!
Thanks to YOU …
And my lawyers, now I get what I WAAANT!
Since you've been GONE.
How can I put it? You made me TALL-ER.
I once stood proud. But, in my wheelchair, I'm SMALL-ER.
Yeah, yeah.
Since you've been GONE.
How … come I never … see you SPRAWL,
Like the wrestler you are?!
I guess you … think … that, before I can walk, I hafta CRAWL.
But, since you've been GOOONE!
I really THINK--for the FIRST time!
I'm so WALKIN' ON!
YEAH, yeah!
Thanks to--disabled--YOU,
Now I get,
I get what I WAAANT!
Since you've been gone.
You had your chance, but you were SA-BO-TAHJED!
Not in SIGHT, damaged MIND.
START walking! I just 'caN'T TAKE IT!
Again & again & again … & AGAIN!
Since you've been GONE,
I can EMPATHIZE for the FIRST TIME!
I'm so MOVIN' ON!
Yeah, YEAH!
Thanks to YOU, (Thanks to you)
Now I get,
I get what I … WAAANT!
I can business-manage for the FIRST TIME!
I'm so MOVIN' ON!
YEAH, yeah!
Thanks to YOU, (THANKS to YOU!)
Now I get,
I get what I WANT!
I WILL WALK … for the FIRST TIME!
I'm so movin' ON.
yeah, YEAH!
Thanks to YOU. (THANKS to YOU!)
Now I get (I GET.)--
You should KNOW (YOU SHOULD KNOW!)
That I get ,
I get, what I WANT!
Since you've been GONE.
… Since you've been gone.
…
Since you've been … gone."
ANOTHER--EERILY--"painful" song:
''Don't Know What You Got ('Til It's Gone)''
--Cinderella
(… REGRETTABLY, I did NOT FULLY-appreciate just HOW SLICK & STRONG my legs WERE.
I didN'T/couldN'T really IMAGINE just how DEMORALIZING, INCONSEQUENTIAL & SEGREGATED handicapped-people FEEL, … 'til I became "one".
… "It" SUCKS!)
...
Saturday, May 23, 2015
"Oh, what a day! What a LOVELY day!"
… --Nux, 'Mad Max: Fury Road'
So, I BEGAN my buddy's "Bachelor PARTY-Weekend" last night with a "LATE NIGHT"-viewing of the action-PACKED thriller-film, 'Mad Max: Fury Road'.
I went-OUT to a local cinema to meet five friends.
I HAD TO ask the MAN for whom we were CELEBRATING--as a JOKE:
"Is it GAY that I STILL found Charlize Theron VERY ATTRACTIVE … EVEN with a 'buzz-cut'?! … 'Cuz I admire people's INNER-beauty."
When he responded in the NEGATIVE, I wiped-CLEAN my SWEATY-brow.)
DURING said film-viewing, I practiced "STRETCHING"/"EXERCISING" my LEFT-fingers by--REPEATEDLY--OPENING … & closing my LEFT hand.
THANKFULLY, I was able to--ROUTINELY--open my LEFT fingers/palm to
~135 degrees.
(… YAY!)
I BEGAN my REHAB ~6.5 years ago with a SIMILAR type of "movement-techniques", until my "DOCTORS" (SARCASM, ha ha HA!) actually TOLD ME--a PATIENT--to "NOT even TRY (to move my fingers),'cuz (I'll) just get DISCOURAGED".
((… PARDON my "political IN-correctness", but they're ALL (There were SIX--KNOWN--medical "NAY-sayers".) TRAUMATICALLY, BLATANTLY. EMBARRASSINGLY "RETARDED"!
(… 'Tis NOT so FUNNY, when "BUTT" of YOUR "jokes" is the one "HURLING the INSULTS" is it?!)
Here are some MEMORABLE,/INSPIRING/MOTIVATIONAL quotes from SAID "cinematic-tale":
"My name is (A.J.). (As I REHABILITATE my TBI:)
"My world is reduced to a SINGLE INSTINCT-- SURVIVE!
As the world 'fell', it was HARD to know who was MORE … CRAZY:
ME or EVERYONE ELSE."
(… Well, I WOULD--withOUT hesitating--say "EVERYONE ELSE", but then I'd BEGRUDGINGLY realize I said "MORE crazy" INSTEAD OF the CORRECT "crazIER".
… But THEN, I'd "bite my lip" upon realizing that--REALLY--either one is ACCEPTABLE.)
"WITNESS me!"
(… I NEED guests/visitors!")
"'HOPE' is a MISTAKE, you know?"
(… I couldN'T DIS-agree MORE!)
"Do NOT become ADDICTED to (LEG-strength). It will 'take-HOLD of you', & you will RESENT its ABSENCE."
(… I--MISTAKENLY, SUB-conciously--made this ERROR.)
"I was a 'COP' searching for a RIGHTEOUS 'cause'."
(… I've ALWAYS been a morally/ethically GOOD person. Lately I've been VALIANTLY/ADMIRABLY determining a LEGITIMATE reason for my GOOD-spirits.)
"(BAD/POOR tire-designers) TOOK my (BRAIN). They TOOK my (LEGS). What ELSE can they TAKE from me?!"
(MY INTERNAL-monologue:)
"WANNA get through this?! Let's GO!"
… "There's NO going-BACK."
TODAY we'ALL went to the LOCAL horse-racing track to enjoy the good-times.
I have NEVER been very-INTERESTED in ANY form of "RACING". But, the company was
FANTASTIC!
(… We ONLY won ONE out of 13 bets/races--~7.69%--at "13 to 1" odds for $4. So, we--JOKINGLY--"MADE him" buy us ALL ice cream with his $52 … like we're CHILDREN.)
...
So, I BEGAN my buddy's "Bachelor PARTY-Weekend" last night with a "LATE NIGHT"-viewing of the action-PACKED thriller-film, 'Mad Max: Fury Road'.
I went-OUT to a local cinema to meet five friends.
I HAD TO ask the MAN for whom we were CELEBRATING--as a JOKE:
"Is it GAY that I STILL found Charlize Theron VERY ATTRACTIVE … EVEN with a 'buzz-cut'?! … 'Cuz I admire people's INNER-beauty."
When he responded in the NEGATIVE, I wiped-CLEAN my SWEATY-brow.)
DURING said film-viewing, I practiced "STRETCHING"/"EXERCISING" my LEFT-fingers by--REPEATEDLY--OPENING … & closing my LEFT hand.
THANKFULLY, I was able to--ROUTINELY--open my LEFT fingers/palm to
~135 degrees.
(… YAY!)
I BEGAN my REHAB ~6.5 years ago with a SIMILAR type of "movement-techniques", until my "DOCTORS" (SARCASM, ha ha HA!) actually TOLD ME--a PATIENT--to "NOT even TRY (to move my fingers),'cuz (I'll) just get DISCOURAGED".
((… PARDON my "political IN-correctness", but they're ALL (There were SIX--KNOWN--medical "NAY-sayers".) TRAUMATICALLY, BLATANTLY. EMBARRASSINGLY "RETARDED"!
(… 'Tis NOT so FUNNY, when "BUTT" of YOUR "jokes" is the one "HURLING the INSULTS" is it?!)
Here are some MEMORABLE,/INSPIRING/MOTIVATIONAL quotes from SAID "cinematic-tale":
"My name is (A.J.). (As I REHABILITATE my TBI:)
"My world is reduced to a SINGLE INSTINCT-- SURVIVE!
As the world 'fell', it was HARD to know who was MORE … CRAZY:
ME or EVERYONE ELSE."
(… Well, I WOULD--withOUT hesitating--say "EVERYONE ELSE", but then I'd BEGRUDGINGLY realize I said "MORE crazy" INSTEAD OF the CORRECT "crazIER".
… But THEN, I'd "bite my lip" upon realizing that--REALLY--either one is ACCEPTABLE.)
"WITNESS me!"
(… I NEED guests/visitors!")
"'HOPE' is a MISTAKE, you know?"
(… I couldN'T DIS-agree MORE!)
"Do NOT become ADDICTED to (LEG-strength). It will 'take-HOLD of you', & you will RESENT its ABSENCE."
(… I--MISTAKENLY, SUB-conciously--made this ERROR.)
"I was a 'COP' searching for a RIGHTEOUS 'cause'."
(… I've ALWAYS been a morally/ethically GOOD person. Lately I've been VALIANTLY/ADMIRABLY determining a LEGITIMATE reason for my GOOD-spirits.)
"(BAD/POOR tire-designers) TOOK my (BRAIN). They TOOK my (LEGS). What ELSE can they TAKE from me?!"
(MY INTERNAL-monologue:)
"WANNA get through this?! Let's GO!"
… "There's NO going-BACK."
TODAY we'ALL went to the LOCAL horse-racing track to enjoy the good-times.
I have NEVER been very-INTERESTED in ANY form of "RACING". But, the company was
FANTASTIC!
(… We ONLY won ONE out of 13 bets/races--~7.69%--at "13 to 1" odds for $4. So, we--JOKINGLY--"MADE him" buy us ALL ice cream with his $52 … like we're CHILDREN.)
...
Friday, May 22, 2015
My (UPDATED) "measurements": (FRIDAY)
…
As of …. (I doN'T remember the EXACT date. But, it WAS within the LAST TWO MONTHS.):
HEIGHT: ~67.5 inches = ~5' 7.5"
WEIGHT: ~144.5 pounds (= ~65.68 kilograms)
BUST: ~38B
((… Oh, WAIT! I'm a MALE!)
(… THUS,)
"ENDOWMENT" -- "TMI"
WINGSPAN: ~70 inches
… "NEW 'SHIT' has come to LIGHT!"
APPARENTLY, some of the staff at my GYM … THINK that my LEFT/INJURED leg is "a SMIDGEON" longER than my RIGHT/ HEALTHY leg.
They MERELY stated "(MY) left leg SEEMS to be a TAD longER", 'cuz of my UNORTHODOX strides/gait.
(MY SARCASM:)
"Hey, GENIUSES. Did y'all EVER consider that my SUS-standard "stepping" MAY be a PSYCHOLOGICAL-issue "stemming" from MY "T.B.I."?!
… If its any CONSOLATION, the "NeuroFit 360"-owner helped me STRETCH-OUT &, HOPEFULLY, "SHATTER", some NEW/"BUILT-UP" bone.
As a buddy's having his Bachelor-party OUT tonight, I should go get ready.
(… It's ~7:00 pm EST.)
...
HEIGHT: ~67.5 inches = ~5' 7.5"
WEIGHT: ~144.5 pounds (= ~65.68 kilograms)
BUST: ~38B
((… Oh, WAIT! I'm a MALE!)
(… THUS,)
"ENDOWMENT" -- "TMI"
WINGSPAN: ~70 inches
… "NEW 'SHIT' has come to LIGHT!"
APPARENTLY, some of the staff at my GYM … THINK that my LEFT/INJURED leg is "a SMIDGEON" longER than my RIGHT/ HEALTHY leg.
They MERELY stated "(MY) left leg SEEMS to be a TAD longER", 'cuz of my UNORTHODOX strides/gait.
(MY SARCASM:)
"Hey, GENIUSES. Did y'all EVER consider that my SUS-standard "stepping" MAY be a PSYCHOLOGICAL-issue "stemming" from MY "T.B.I."?!
… If its any CONSOLATION, the "NeuroFit 360"-owner helped me STRETCH-OUT &, HOPEFULLY, "SHATTER", some NEW/"BUILT-UP" bone.
As a buddy's having his Bachelor-party OUT tonight, I should go get ready.
(… It's ~7:00 pm EST.)
...
Thursday, May 21, 2015
I LOVE to … LEARN!
…
(Cough, COUGH)
NERD!
"TRUE friendship" is like "'SOUND' health":
The VALUE of it is seldom KNOWN, until it is LOST."
… "'Tis important to put MALE-comrades BEFORE women who sell their BODIES for money."
"Do you mean, 'BROS before HOES'?"
"Yes. But, I rephrased it to AVOID offending the 'HOES'."
(--Sheldon & Leonard, 'The Big Bang Theory')
...
"Do you think 'Elastic Woman' of 'The Incredibles' NEEDS birth-control, or can se just BE a diaphragm?!"
(--Raj, 'The Big Bang Theory')
…
"The BEST way to LEARN … is to TEACH."
(… I very much AGREE with this statement!)
THUS, I encourage the "more ADVANCED"/"HIGHER-ranking" 'Karateka' to HELP & DEMONSTRATE the day's LESSONS & TECHNIQUES.
ANYONE can be a TEACHER … with the CORRECT/PROPER prep-WORK!)
((TANGENT … NOT a "SECANT":)
(… I am just "Chock-FULL of" the Linear- & Limiting-Lexicon.)
(Cough, COUGH)
NERD!
"TRUE friendship" is like "'SOUND' health":
The VALUE of it is seldom KNOWN, until it is LOST."
… "'Tis important to put MALE-comrades BEFORE women who sell their BODIES for money."
"Do you mean, 'BROS before HOES'?"
"Yes. But, I rephrased it to AVOID offending the 'HOES'."
(--Sheldon & Leonard, 'The Big Bang Theory')
...
"Do you think 'Elastic Woman' of 'The Incredibles' NEEDS birth-control, or can se just BE a diaphragm?!"
(--Raj, 'The Big Bang Theory')
…
"The BEST way to LEARN … is to TEACH."
(… I very much AGREE with this statement!)
THUS, I encourage the "more ADVANCED"/"HIGHER-ranking" 'Karateka' to HELP & DEMONSTRATE the day's LESSONS & TECHNIQUES.
ANYONE can be a TEACHER … with the CORRECT/PROPER prep-WORK!)
((TANGENT … NOT a "SECANT":)
(… I am just "Chock-FULL of" the Linear- & Limiting-Lexicon.)
What IS the BEST #?!
…
The best number is 73.
Why?!
Why?!
73 is the 21st prime number. Its mirror, 37, is the 12th and its mirror, 21, is the product of multiplying 7 and 3... and in binary 73 is a palindrome, 1001001, which backwards is 1001001.
PLUS, the SEQUENTIAL #s of its primes (12 & 21) are "MIRRORS".
"73" is the "CHUCK NORRIS" of #s.
((… To "SUM-UP" (YET ANOTHER mathematical term) my BLOGGING:
Since my RECOVERY/REHABILITATION is a VERY SLOW & GRADUAL process, I PREFER to PRIMARILY type HUMOROUS tales & anecdotes … with a "sprinkling-in"/"SMATTERING" of my REHABILITATION-accomplishments/-milestones.))
…
I am here to "ENTERTAIN" … with my HUMOR!
((… As I did in my undergraduate-fraternity … as "Eminent Chaplain"/JOKESTER for three (We caN'T pledge 'til SOPHOMORE-year.) GLORIOUS years at the University of Pennsylvania.))
… "It's a CELEBRATION, BITCHES!"
… (--comedian Dave Chappelle, ''Chappelle's Show'')
… "THURSDAY, May 21st" COMMEMORATES my
11,000th DAY (ALIVE) on Earth!
(… April 8th, 1985 to May 21st, 2015 -- GO AHEAD.
Check MY MATH!
… I DARE ya.)
((… APPARENTLY, the American government does NOT know that I am a LIVING, BREATHING, (MOSTLY-)FUNCTIONING human being!))
(Note to SELF:
Determine WHAT would be my "Birth-DAY suit".)
...
… "THURSDAY, May 21st" COMMEMORATES my
11,000th DAY (ALIVE) on Earth!
(… April 8th, 1985 to May 21st, 2015 -- GO AHEAD.
Check MY MATH!
… I DARE ya.)
((… APPARENTLY, the American government does NOT know that I am a LIVING, BREATHING, (MOSTLY-)FUNCTIONING human being!))
(Note to SELF:
Determine WHAT would be my "Birth-DAY suit".)
...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
… I certainly APPRECIATE praise! But, I doN'T NEED it!
…
I "perform"/conduct MANY a task/deed that would DESERVE/WELCOME compliments.
(… I AM … rather praise-WORTHY!)
But, I do NOT "LIVE or DIE" by the "judgments" of OTHERS.
NOT to BRAG, but I KNOW I am … what's the word …
"BREATHTAKING"? (--'Seinfeld', referring to an UGLY baby)
(… Nope, it has MIXED connotations.)
"MONUMENTAL"?
(… C'mon, I am not THAT conceited! … Am I?)
"HO-HUM"?
(… I like to THINK that MY STRUGGLES doN'T happen EVERYDAY!)
"AWE-INSPIRING"?
(… THAT's the ticket! What a COMBINATION!
Yes, "I'm KIND OF a BIG DEAL."--'Anchorman')
(… People/Readers/Viewers are "taken ABACK" in WONDER & "AWE" at my "PHENOM"-enal "PUSH", "DRIVE" & "FEATS". THESE would then "INSPIRE" others to ATTEMPT to IMITATE my perseverance.)
(… "'IMITATION' is the most sincere form of FLATTERY." So, THAT deserves a PRE-emptive BOW & a "THANK YOU".)
(… Or, should I "curtsy"?!)
I've LONG told ALL my trainers … that I do NOT respond well … AT ALL … to NEGATIVE-"feedback"/comments. "Slip the 'CONSTRUCTIVE-criticism' in there" with some "surrounding PRAISE". THAT way they SEEM more like "POINTERS" and/or ADVICE.
(… I utilize/incorporate THIS VERY/SAME ideology into my "MARTIAL ARTS"-TEACHING.
The students are KIDS. So, I doN'T WANT 'em to be "DOWNERS" … filled with "SELF-doubt"!)
… Speaking of my OPTIMUM-/MAXIMAL-"output", I "had the PRIVILEGE" of "working" with the OWNER of 'NeuroFit 360'. He had the WISDOM, INSIGHT & KINDNESS to ALLOW me a "BREAK" after I--"MANUALLY"--"WALKED"/STEPPED on the … (CRUD! I FORGOT the NAME of this particular WALKING/STEPPING exercise-machine!)
For the LONGEST time POST-accident, I couldN'T--withOUT help--lift my LEFT/INJURED fingers MORE than ~20 degrees from its "resting-position" in a CLOSED-FIST.
NOW, through various EXERCISES to STRETCH & PRACTICE, I can "reach" ~70 degrees.
YAY for MY "gettin' it UP"!
(… Interpret THAT as y'ALL see FIT.)
I LIVE by the "hand-tattoos"/MOTTO of the 'Boondock Saints'--which I, yet AGAIN, watched today before I left for the GYM:
"'VERITAS AEQUITAS'"
(… which is Latin for
'TRUTH' & 'JUSTICE')
(… ESSENTIALLY, this "translates" TO:
"'personal-HONOR & TRUTH' … in actions & 'justice--REGARDLESS of the circumstances'")
(… Actually, I OWN a T-shirt--from my "MARTIAL ARTS"-school--that "reads"
'STRENGTH & HONOR'
(in Japanese).)
...
I "perform"/conduct MANY a task/deed that would DESERVE/WELCOME compliments.
(… I AM … rather praise-WORTHY!)
But, I do NOT "LIVE or DIE" by the "judgments" of OTHERS.
NOT to BRAG, but I KNOW I am … what's the word …
"BREATHTAKING"? (--'Seinfeld', referring to an UGLY baby)
(… Nope, it has MIXED connotations.)
"MONUMENTAL"?
(… C'mon, I am not THAT conceited! … Am I?)
"HO-HUM"?
(… I like to THINK that MY STRUGGLES doN'T happen EVERYDAY!)
"AWE-INSPIRING"?
(… THAT's the ticket! What a COMBINATION!
Yes, "I'm KIND OF a BIG DEAL."--'Anchorman')
(… People/Readers/Viewers are "taken ABACK" in WONDER & "AWE" at my "PHENOM"-enal "PUSH", "DRIVE" & "FEATS". THESE would then "INSPIRE" others to ATTEMPT to IMITATE my perseverance.)
(… "'IMITATION' is the most sincere form of FLATTERY." So, THAT deserves a PRE-emptive BOW & a "THANK YOU".)
(… Or, should I "curtsy"?!)
I've LONG told ALL my trainers … that I do NOT respond well … AT ALL … to NEGATIVE-"feedback"/comments. "Slip the 'CONSTRUCTIVE-criticism' in there" with some "surrounding PRAISE". THAT way they SEEM more like "POINTERS" and/or ADVICE.
(… I utilize/incorporate THIS VERY/SAME ideology into my "MARTIAL ARTS"-TEACHING.
The students are KIDS. So, I doN'T WANT 'em to be "DOWNERS" … filled with "SELF-doubt"!)
… Speaking of my OPTIMUM-/MAXIMAL-"output", I "had the PRIVILEGE" of "working" with the OWNER of 'NeuroFit 360'. He had the WISDOM, INSIGHT & KINDNESS to ALLOW me a "BREAK" after I--"MANUALLY"--"WALKED"/STEPPED on the … (CRUD! I FORGOT the NAME of this particular WALKING/STEPPING exercise-machine!)
For the LONGEST time POST-accident, I couldN'T--withOUT help--lift my LEFT/INJURED fingers MORE than ~20 degrees from its "resting-position" in a CLOSED-FIST.
NOW, through various EXERCISES to STRETCH & PRACTICE, I can "reach" ~70 degrees.
YAY for MY "gettin' it UP"!
(… Interpret THAT as y'ALL see FIT.)
I LIVE by the "hand-tattoos"/MOTTO of the 'Boondock Saints'--which I, yet AGAIN, watched today before I left for the GYM:
"'VERITAS AEQUITAS'"
(… which is Latin for
'TRUTH' & 'JUSTICE')
(… ESSENTIALLY, this "translates" TO:
"'personal-HONOR & TRUTH' … in actions & 'justice--REGARDLESS of the circumstances'")
(… Actually, I OWN a T-shirt--from my "MARTIAL ARTS"-school--that "reads"
'STRENGTH & HONOR'
(in Japanese).)
...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Think of the 1994-film, ''It's a Low Down Dirty Shame''.
…
'Cuz my--RELATIVELY--"recent" life-story is A BIT of a WASTE of a WONDER-FULL "MIND"/"TALENT"/LIFE.
… It's "relatively-RECENT", 'cuz my TRAUMATIC-accident occurred
~6.87 years ago.
My "time--ALIVE--on this earth" would be
~30.11 years YOUNG.
Ergo, I've spent
~22.82% of my life--THUS FAR--"shouldering this HEAVY burden" of OTHERS' DOUBT, IGNORANCE & general APATHY toward MY "T.B.I."
(… As my--HOPEFULLY--LONG & PROSPEROUS life CONTINUES, THAT #--"~22.82%" WILL DE-crease!)
((… My "Morning-/MAIN-nurse" JUST COMMENDED me for MY "IMPRESSIVE" MENTAL-math SKILLS:
"MOST NON-injured people caN'T do what 'you' (I--A.J.) do."))
So, back to MY actual day:
I had a "SOLID" "UPPER body"-workout:
-- GREAT LEFT arm-/shoulder-ROTATION/-"RANGE-of-MOTION"!
-- INTENSE stretching from DIFFERENT angles with VARYING amounts of PRESSURE/RESISTANCE!
-- PHENOMENAL SOLO-display of MY RANDOM shoulder-, wrist- & finger- STRETCHING exercises
"I'll go take me a shower & PRETEND I didn't wake-up in 'The CRYING Game'!"
(--''It's a Low-down, Dirty Shame'')
(… "'The Crying Game' = GOOD--EMOTIONAL--movie!)
…
Ex-CUSE me! I was just sitting-ON my EX-ternal genitalia.
Was I JUST COMPLIMENTING a film's "running the 'EMOTIONAL-gamut'"?!
…
Yep.
…
Okay, SO?!
… Speaking of My Memorable, Mind-boggling, Magical(?!), Mental Mathematical-Mastery,
(… EERIE SILENCE)
(… DoN'T answer THAT!)
… Regarding my IMPORTANT (MATHEMATICAL-)calculations, I was--MENTALLY--"balancing my (MOM's) checkbook". She DIS-agreed with MY #s, so she QUESTIONED my QUANTITATIVE-analysis.
ME--to her:
"You've known me to be a very SMART person.
Don't you think if I were WRONG, I'd KNOW it."
(--DR. Shelton Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
(… Nonetheless, NOW I MUST cry.
"One CRIES, because one is SAD.
For example, I CRY, because OTHERS are stupid,
and that makes me SAD."
--DR. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
(… He's echoing MY sentiments.)
…
My "UPPER body"-workout was quite TOUGH!
(… But, ALAS! "If it were EASY, then EVERYONE would do it.")
If I did/had NEITHER earned the "MILE-Swim"-badge, … NOR CATASTROPHICALLY "LOST" the (TEMPORARY) use of my LEGS, I just MIGHT DROWN in my PERSPIRATION!
(… Ah, the wonder & entertainment of HYPERBOLE!)
FINALLY, 'tis ALWAYS a GREAT "meeting" with my "neural-psychologist"!
Usually, I doN'T like to … "BRAG"/"BOAST", but I was PARTICULARLY PROUD OF my RE-gaining MOVEMENT in my LEFT hand/fingers.
ALSO, I get to REVIEW my blog-posts with an … UN-biased, "OUTSIDE"-source!
(… She CONFIRMED MY … & OTHERS' "stipulations"/beliefs that I … am … actually …
FUNNY!)
...
'Cuz my--RELATIVELY--"recent" life-story is A BIT of a WASTE of a WONDER-FULL "MIND"/"TALENT"/LIFE.
… It's "relatively-RECENT", 'cuz my TRAUMATIC-accident occurred
~6.87 years ago.
My "time--ALIVE--on this earth" would be
~30.11 years YOUNG.
Ergo, I've spent
~22.82% of my life--THUS FAR--"shouldering this HEAVY burden" of OTHERS' DOUBT, IGNORANCE & general APATHY toward MY "T.B.I."
(… As my--HOPEFULLY--LONG & PROSPEROUS life CONTINUES, THAT #--"~22.82%" WILL DE-crease!)
((… My "Morning-/MAIN-nurse" JUST COMMENDED me for MY "IMPRESSIVE" MENTAL-math SKILLS:
"MOST NON-injured people caN'T do what 'you' (I--A.J.) do."))
So, back to MY actual day:
I had a "SOLID" "UPPER body"-workout:
-- GREAT LEFT arm-/shoulder-ROTATION/-"RANGE-of-MOTION"!
-- INTENSE stretching from DIFFERENT angles with VARYING amounts of PRESSURE/RESISTANCE!
-- PHENOMENAL SOLO-display of MY RANDOM shoulder-, wrist- & finger- STRETCHING exercises
"I'll go take me a shower & PRETEND I didn't wake-up in 'The CRYING Game'!"
(--''It's a Low-down, Dirty Shame'')
(… "'The Crying Game' = GOOD--EMOTIONAL--movie!)
…
Ex-CUSE me! I was just sitting-ON my EX-ternal genitalia.
Was I JUST COMPLIMENTING a film's "running the 'EMOTIONAL-gamut'"?!
…
Yep.
…
Okay, SO?!
… Speaking of My Memorable, Mind-boggling, Magical(?!), Mental Mathematical-Mastery,
What IS the BEST #?!
…
The best number is 73.
Why?!
Why?!
73 is the 21st prime number. Its mirror, 37, is the 12th, and ITS mirror, 21, is the product of multiplying 7 and 3.
… In binary 73 is a palindrome, 1001001, which backwards is 1001001.
… Also, the SEQUENTIAL #s of the "PRIMES" (21 & 12) are "MIRRORS".
… Also, the SEQUENTIAL #s of the "PRIMES" (21 & 12) are "MIRRORS".
WHAT is SO WRONG with ME?!
(… EERIE SILENCE)
(… DoN'T answer THAT!)
… Regarding my IMPORTANT (MATHEMATICAL-)calculations, I was--MENTALLY--"balancing my (MOM's) checkbook". She DIS-agreed with MY #s, so she QUESTIONED my QUANTITATIVE-analysis.
ME--to her:
"You've known me to be a very SMART person.
Don't you think if I were WRONG, I'd KNOW it."
(--DR. Shelton Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
(… Nonetheless, NOW I MUST cry.
"One CRIES, because one is SAD.
For example, I CRY, because OTHERS are stupid,
and that makes me SAD."
--DR. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
(… He's echoing MY sentiments.)
…
My "UPPER body"-workout was quite TOUGH!
(… But, ALAS! "If it were EASY, then EVERYONE would do it.")
If I did/had NEITHER earned the "MILE-Swim"-badge, … NOR CATASTROPHICALLY "LOST" the (TEMPORARY) use of my LEGS, I just MIGHT DROWN in my PERSPIRATION!
(… Ah, the wonder & entertainment of HYPERBOLE!)
FINALLY, 'tis ALWAYS a GREAT "meeting" with my "neural-psychologist"!
Usually, I doN'T like to … "BRAG"/"BOAST", but I was PARTICULARLY PROUD OF my RE-gaining MOVEMENT in my LEFT hand/fingers.
ALSO, I get to REVIEW my blog-posts with an … UN-biased, "OUTSIDE"-source!
(… She CONFIRMED MY … & OTHERS' "stipulations"/beliefs that I … am … actually …
FUNNY!)
...
Monday, May 18, 2015
… "When you understand the 'Laws of PHYSICS, ANYTHING is POSSIBLE!"
… --Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory'
-- "F = M x A"
(--Sir Isaac Newton's SECOND 'Law of Motion':
"Force = Mass times Acceleration")
What a GREAT--ALL-around--workout at "NeuroFit 360" today!
I "WALKED"--MANUALLY--on the "Vide-Glide" for FIVE minutes & two seconds, had a SHORT break then "walked" for 298 MORE seconds.
RATHER THAN--STUBBORNLY, IGNORANTLY--"PUSHING myself" through any DIS-comfort, I--WISELY--"took a BRIEF (MUSICAL) interlude". (I "FIST-PUMPED" to Jackie Wilson's 'Higher & HIGHER')
I closed my fists, leaned on 'em on a CUSHIONED-table & practiced my weight-shifting--VERY WELL, as I stepped my RIGHT foot OUT & back-IN.
Upon returning home--AFTER said workout--my shirt was SOAKED with MY sweat!
… Am I "WORKING my ASS off" to IMPROVE my PHYSICAL-fitness/-situation?
…
"Is the atomic-weight of cobalt 58.9?!"
(--Egon, 'Ghostbusters II')
Uuummm, … YES!
(… Actually, it's 58.933198.)
….
"A 'rhombicosidodecahedron' has 20 'REGULAR' triangular-faces, 30 square-faces, 12 pentagonal-faces, 60 vertices & 120 edges."
...
"One 'GALACTIC-year' is EQUAL TO 250 MILLION 'Earth-years'."
…
"'OPERANT-CONDITIONING techniques' are used to alter a PERSON's or GROUP's behavior."
...
"'Negative-reinforcement' is the REMOVAL of a 'positive-stimulus'."
(--DR. Shelton Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
(… The "ALTERING-behavior" notes the findings of psychologist B.F. Skinner.)
...
"Some people think I'm TOO intellectual."
(--Janine, 'Ghostbusters')
(… Ergo, I--A.J.--a MAN--am "Janine"--a WOMAN.)
-- …
"LISTEN! …
SMELL something?!"
(--Ray, 'Ghostbusters')
-- "The 'KEY' to 'getting OVER something' is
'NOT looking back'."
('Mad Men' series-FINALE)
… Ya see … I VERY MUCH … DIS-agree.
I FEEL LIKE I'm the ONLY person who's "HEARD OF" & SUPPORTS the concept of
"CORRECTING one's MISTAKES"!
… HOW … the HELL … can one IMPROVE, if one does NOT RE-evaluate one's options/choices … in HINDSIGHT?!
… KNOWING the impending RESULTS, one can create HYPOTHETICAL situations, & RE-evaluate one's decision-making.
I.e. Note to SELF: Do NOT refer to YOURSELF (A.J.) as "ONE".
I can just "SMELL" the INEVITABLE wedgie(S)!
… Or, is THAT odor "seeping into" my room "Escaping from" my "Exciting, Ear-splitting, Eye-popping, Excretory-Extravaganza"?!
(… IsN'T Alliteration Amazing, Amusing & Unadulterated?!)
(… "UH-UH-AH! ALL answers MUST be submitted in the form of a QUESTION."
--Willy Wonka, ORIGINAL 'Charlie & the Chocolate-Factory')
… WHY must I be SUCH an ANOMALY?!
… WHY/HOW am I so PROUD of being SO "DIFFERENT"?!
… Won't my HARD-WORK & DETERMINATION--ULTIMATELY--"pay-off" (METAPHORICALLY)?!
… Could/WOULD you PLEASE be more SPECIFIC than "ULTIMATELY"?!
… HOW could I be MORE-SOCIAL?!
… Since I prefer SCIENCE over RELIGION, whoM could/SHOULD I THANK for my STILL being able to "function" so WELL?!
(… NOTICE the PROPER-usage of "i.e." RATHER than "e.g.")
(… I remembered my "memory-TRICK" of
"I.e. = Individual example".)
...
(--Sir Isaac Newton's SECOND 'Law of Motion':
"Force = Mass times Acceleration")
What a GREAT--ALL-around--workout at "NeuroFit 360" today!
I "WALKED"--MANUALLY--on the "Vide-Glide" for FIVE minutes & two seconds, had a SHORT break then "walked" for 298 MORE seconds.
RATHER THAN--STUBBORNLY, IGNORANTLY--"PUSHING myself" through any DIS-comfort, I--WISELY--"took a BRIEF (MUSICAL) interlude". (I "FIST-PUMPED" to Jackie Wilson's 'Higher & HIGHER')
I closed my fists, leaned on 'em on a CUSHIONED-table & practiced my weight-shifting--VERY WELL, as I stepped my RIGHT foot OUT & back-IN.
Upon returning home--AFTER said workout--my shirt was SOAKED with MY sweat!
… Am I "WORKING my ASS off" to IMPROVE my PHYSICAL-fitness/-situation?
…
"Is the atomic-weight of cobalt 58.9?!"
(--Egon, 'Ghostbusters II')
Uuummm, … YES!
(… Actually, it's 58.933198.)
….
"A 'rhombicosidodecahedron' has 20 'REGULAR' triangular-faces, 30 square-faces, 12 pentagonal-faces, 60 vertices & 120 edges."
...
"One 'GALACTIC-year' is EQUAL TO 250 MILLION 'Earth-years'."
…
"'OPERANT-CONDITIONING techniques' are used to alter a PERSON's or GROUP's behavior."
...
"'Negative-reinforcement' is the REMOVAL of a 'positive-stimulus'."
(--DR. Shelton Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
(… The "ALTERING-behavior" notes the findings of psychologist B.F. Skinner.)
...
"Some people think I'm TOO intellectual."
(--Janine, 'Ghostbusters')
(… Ergo, I--A.J.--a MAN--am "Janine"--a WOMAN.)
-- …
"LISTEN! …
SMELL something?!"
(--Ray, 'Ghostbusters')
-- "The 'KEY' to 'getting OVER something' is
'NOT looking back'."
('Mad Men' series-FINALE)
… Ya see … I VERY MUCH … DIS-agree.
I FEEL LIKE I'm the ONLY person who's "HEARD OF" & SUPPORTS the concept of
"CORRECTING one's MISTAKES"!
… HOW … the HELL … can one IMPROVE, if one does NOT RE-evaluate one's options/choices … in HINDSIGHT?!
… KNOWING the impending RESULTS, one can create HYPOTHETICAL situations, & RE-evaluate one's decision-making.
I.e. Note to SELF: Do NOT refer to YOURSELF (A.J.) as "ONE".
I can just "SMELL" the INEVITABLE wedgie(S)!
… Or, is THAT odor "seeping into" my room "Escaping from" my "Exciting, Ear-splitting, Eye-popping, Excretory-Extravaganza"?!
(… IsN'T Alliteration Amazing, Amusing & Unadulterated?!)
(… "UH-UH-AH! ALL answers MUST be submitted in the form of a QUESTION."
--Willy Wonka, ORIGINAL 'Charlie & the Chocolate-Factory')
… WHY must I be SUCH an ANOMALY?!
… WHY/HOW am I so PROUD of being SO "DIFFERENT"?!
… Won't my HARD-WORK & DETERMINATION--ULTIMATELY--"pay-off" (METAPHORICALLY)?!
… Could/WOULD you PLEASE be more SPECIFIC than "ULTIMATELY"?!
… HOW could I be MORE-SOCIAL?!
… Since I prefer SCIENCE over RELIGION, whoM could/SHOULD I THANK for my STILL being able to "function" so WELL?!
(… NOTICE the PROPER-usage of "i.e." RATHER than "e.g.")
(… I remembered my "memory-TRICK" of
"I.e. = Individual example".)
...
Sunday, May 17, 2015
… MORE "quirks"/NUANCES:
…
So, I BEGAN my MORNING at ~6:05 am with a very SMOOTH, CONTROLLED "Toilet-Trek". "Alliteration aside."(--'Dodgeball') I really feel IMPROVEMENT & more CONFIDENT with/in my "swagger".
ALTHOUGH, "NeuroFit 360"-staff recommends that I LENGTHEN my STRIIIDE/GAIT, instead of taking so many SHORT/CHOPPY steps.
I've TRIED this. But, ALAS, I'm NOT there … YET.
Part of my "MORNING-routine" is that I HAFTA beat "EXPERT"-level Minesweeper … THREE times BEFORE I can "move-ON" to MY "shenanigans".
(TIMES:
368 seconds
384 seconds
312 seconds)
Thus, the AVERAGE-time for my "MENTAL-exercise/-workout" was
(1,064 / 3 =) ~354.67 seconds.
(… In other words, my AVERAGE-win took JUST LESS THAN
six 'minutos'.
In an effort to be more SOCIAL, I "catch-up" on my EMAIL-correspondence.
I "WALKED" to my MANUAL-wheelchair--in my bathroom--to brush my teeth & get-dressed.
THEN, I "WALKED" to my MOTORIZED-wheelchair--in my living-room to begin my "WORKING"-day.
I make EVERYTHING a "MATHEMATICAL-FUNCTION".
((… That's just how I THINK.
E.g. As my # of LEG-workouts at "NeuroFit 360" INCREASES, so will my ENERGY.
THESE EXTRA visits will create more ENDURANCE & CONDITIONING.
Extra STAMINA--eventually--creates MORE MUSCLE & LESS FAT.
Since MUSCULAR-tissue weighs ~2.2 times MORE than FATTY-tissue, the CONVERSION will INCREASE overall-weight.)
… EVIDENCE/PROOF of this (LOGICAL) thinking's CORRECT-ness:
So, YESTERDAY I was so
RELAXED & AT-EASE … AFTER I "STOOD" & "PERFORMED"--yet AGAIN--the HIGHLY-ADVANCED, CALMING Karate-form 'Tensho'.
(… ADMISSION: I couldN'T be COMPLETELY "SOOTHED", 'cuz I HAD TO urinate--at the time of my "STANDING" & "DEMONSTRATING my 'SKILLS'".
In FACT, I kinda FORGOT about my NEED to "SECRETE uric-acid" … 'til I got HOME.)
RANDOM THOUGHTS I was thinking: ('Cuz ALL THOSE "CLOSE to me" (METAPHORICALLY/FIGURATIVELY) are "OUT-of-town")
-- "HOW had the Civil War had gone DIFFERENTLY, if LINCOLN were a ROBOT sent-back from the FUTURE?!""
(--Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
-- IF I had the MUTANT-power of an "X-Man", WHAT would it be, … & WHY?
(… For a LONG TIME … PRE-accident, I desired to have the MENTAL/NEUROLOGICAL-prowess of Professor X. NOW, I'm "leaning MORE toward" Wolverine, 'cuz of his RAPID--almost INSTANTANEOUS--ability to SELF-heal.
I watched VARIOUS/ASSORTED films & SPORTS--during my "FEEDINGS" at ~3:00 pm & ~4:00 pm.
(… I've GOTTA give a BIG "THANX" to my "WEEKEND-nurse" for CALLING this morning that she was "gonna be ~20 to 30 minutes LATE".
AAAHHH, COMMUNICATION!)
I WAS "the GATEKEEPER"(--NEO, 'The Matrix Reloaded') of "culinary-BLISS".
(… PRE-accident, I WAS quite an EXTRAORDINARY chef!
What's FASCINATING/REMARKABLE is that EVERY TIME I USED TO COOK, I'd "PREPARE the FOOD" … 'SANS' recipe!
(… SUNDAY is the ONE day that I can organize/"set up" my blog-post FORMAT into a DAILY STEP-by-STEP listing of my DAY's activities.)
...
So, I BEGAN my MORNING at ~6:05 am with a very SMOOTH, CONTROLLED "Toilet-Trek". "Alliteration aside."(--'Dodgeball') I really feel IMPROVEMENT & more CONFIDENT with/in my "swagger".
ALTHOUGH, "NeuroFit 360"-staff recommends that I LENGTHEN my STRIIIDE/GAIT, instead of taking so many SHORT/CHOPPY steps.
I've TRIED this. But, ALAS, I'm NOT there … YET.
Part of my "MORNING-routine" is that I HAFTA beat "EXPERT"-level Minesweeper … THREE times BEFORE I can "move-ON" to MY "shenanigans".
(TIMES:
368 seconds
384 seconds
312 seconds)
Thus, the AVERAGE-time for my "MENTAL-exercise/-workout" was
(1,064 / 3 =) ~354.67 seconds.
(… In other words, my AVERAGE-win took JUST LESS THAN
six 'minutos'.
In an effort to be more SOCIAL, I "catch-up" on my EMAIL-correspondence.
I "WALKED" to my MANUAL-wheelchair--in my bathroom--to brush my teeth & get-dressed.
THEN, I "WALKED" to my MOTORIZED-wheelchair--in my living-room to begin my "WORKING"-day.
I make EVERYTHING a "MATHEMATICAL-FUNCTION".
((… That's just how I THINK.
E.g. As my # of LEG-workouts at "NeuroFit 360" INCREASES, so will my ENERGY.
THESE EXTRA visits will create more ENDURANCE & CONDITIONING.
Extra STAMINA--eventually--creates MORE MUSCLE & LESS FAT.
Since MUSCULAR-tissue weighs ~2.2 times MORE than FATTY-tissue, the CONVERSION will INCREASE overall-weight.)
… EVIDENCE/PROOF of this (LOGICAL) thinking's CORRECT-ness:
So, YESTERDAY I was so
RELAXED & AT-EASE … AFTER I "STOOD" & "PERFORMED"--yet AGAIN--the HIGHLY-ADVANCED, CALMING Karate-form 'Tensho'.
(… ADMISSION: I couldN'T be COMPLETELY "SOOTHED", 'cuz I HAD TO urinate--at the time of my "STANDING" & "DEMONSTRATING my 'SKILLS'".
In FACT, I kinda FORGOT about my NEED to "SECRETE uric-acid" … 'til I got HOME.)
RANDOM THOUGHTS I was thinking: ('Cuz ALL THOSE "CLOSE to me" (METAPHORICALLY/FIGURATIVELY) are "OUT-of-town")
-- "HOW had the Civil War had gone DIFFERENTLY, if LINCOLN were a ROBOT sent-back from the FUTURE?!""
(--Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
-- IF I had the MUTANT-power of an "X-Man", WHAT would it be, … & WHY?
(… For a LONG TIME … PRE-accident, I desired to have the MENTAL/NEUROLOGICAL-prowess of Professor X. NOW, I'm "leaning MORE toward" Wolverine, 'cuz of his RAPID--almost INSTANTANEOUS--ability to SELF-heal.
I watched VARIOUS/ASSORTED films & SPORTS--during my "FEEDINGS" at ~3:00 pm & ~4:00 pm.
(… I've GOTTA give a BIG "THANX" to my "WEEKEND-nurse" for CALLING this morning that she was "gonna be ~20 to 30 minutes LATE".
AAAHHH, COMMUNICATION!)
I WAS "the GATEKEEPER"(--NEO, 'The Matrix Reloaded') of "culinary-BLISS".
(… PRE-accident, I WAS quite an EXTRAORDINARY chef!
What's FASCINATING/REMARKABLE is that EVERY TIME I USED TO COOK, I'd "PREPARE the FOOD" … 'SANS' recipe!
(… SUNDAY is the ONE day that I can organize/"set up" my blog-post FORMAT into a DAILY STEP-by-STEP listing of my DAY's activities.)
...
Saturday, May 16, 2015
JUST a list of ANY (PROUD/GREAT) ACCOMPLISHMENTS I've had RECENTLY … that I may have OMITTED: (SATURDAY II)
…
('Cuz they PROBABLY didN'T "GEL" with the TOPIC/TITLE of that day's BLOG-post)
____________________________________________________________________________
…
I incorporate my ASTOUNDING "grasp"/understanding of PHYSICS to BETTER-accomplish EVERY task/deed I "encounter":
--WHEN I want to go UP & FORWARD, I--FIRST--lean FORWARD to "gather" PROPER/ENOUGH "MOMENTUM" for the "PUSH".
-- I use/utilize/incorporate "PHYSICS" into … ALL … that I DO … and HAVE DONE.
-- Any "aspect"/FACT of "PHYSICS"/"PROPER bodily-MECHANICS" that I MAY have known PRE-accident are REITERATED by the PHENOMENAL staff at "NeuroFit 360".
______________________________________________________________________________
…
I've been making ASTOUNDING PROGRESS/IMPROVEMENTS working out during my THREE workouts PER-week @ "NeuroFit 360":
-- My LEG-flexibility is SLOWLY improving … THANKS to the EXTRA stretching (of BOTH my legs AND arms) that I ALWAYS request from my TRAINERS.
-- My LEFT arm-"RANGE of MOTION" is VASTLY/"VERY MUCH" increasing, PARTIALLY because of UN-expected, NEW exercises SUPPOSEDLY/ADDITIONALLY set to TEST my "TRUNK-control", LEG-/HIP-strength & "'PIGEON-TOE'-inclination".
--
_______________________________________________________________________________
…
"EMOTIONAL-damage can manifest itself PHYSICALLY."
((--Betty Ross (MY brain) to "Bruce Banner/Hulk" (MY body), 'The Hulk'))
For the first ~FIVE YEARS AFTER my accident, (Sooo, 'til ~LATE-2012) I gained CONSIDERATE FAT-mass (NOT MUSCLE-mass).
In the spring of 2013, my LONGTIME-girlfriend "BROKE-UP" with me. So, being QUITE FORLORN, DISHEVELED & CONFUSED, I COULDD've "EATEN myself FURTHER into a PIT of SORROW & DESPAIR".
_____________________________________________________________________________
… BEWARE of PITY--for ME!
"Sometimes 'crazy' LOOKS LIKE 'sad' to 'SUCK you BACK-IN!"
(--Leonard, about DR. Shelton, 'The Big Bang Theory')
…
"LOOKS can be DECEIVING!"
Entirely TOO OFTEN I've heard IGNORANT/UN-informed DOLTS refer to "Yours TRULY" as a "RETARD" … SIMPLY 'cuz I'm in a wheelchair, AND I "communicate" via letter-board.
But, LITTLE do these IGNORAMUSES know that I'm ACTUALLY wiseR than
~(1 x 2 x 3 x 4^2 )% (= ~96%) of the "NORMEES" my age (= 30 years YOUNG).
_______________________________________________________________________________
…
Did I "LUCK-into" MY small-fortune?
Well, the VERY/HIGHLY MIS-informed/OBTUSE American government WOULD say that I DID.
But, those "officials"/representatives have about as MUCH competence AS "the COLLECTION of STOOLS I 'dropped' ''ayer … en mi 'JUAN''".
(… TRANSLATION: Said NUMSKULLS are ~"as DUMB AS my EXCREMENT"!)
Furthermore:
"I do NOT believe in
'CHANCE'.
There is NO SUCH THING as
'COINCIDENCE'."
(--The Architect, 'The Matrix Reloaded')
...
…
I incorporate my ASTOUNDING "grasp"/understanding of PHYSICS to BETTER-accomplish EVERY task/deed I "encounter":
--WHEN I want to go UP & FORWARD, I--FIRST--lean FORWARD to "gather" PROPER/ENOUGH "MOMENTUM" for the "PUSH".
-- I use/utilize/incorporate "PHYSICS" into … ALL … that I DO … and HAVE DONE.
-- Any "aspect"/FACT of "PHYSICS"/"PROPER bodily-MECHANICS" that I MAY have known PRE-accident are REITERATED by the PHENOMENAL staff at "NeuroFit 360".
______________________________________________________________________________
…
I've been making ASTOUNDING PROGRESS/IMPROVEMENTS working out during my THREE workouts PER-week @ "NeuroFit 360":
-- My LEG-flexibility is SLOWLY improving … THANKS to the EXTRA stretching (of BOTH my legs AND arms) that I ALWAYS request from my TRAINERS.
-- My LEFT arm-"RANGE of MOTION" is VASTLY/"VERY MUCH" increasing, PARTIALLY because of UN-expected, NEW exercises SUPPOSEDLY/ADDITIONALLY set to TEST my "TRUNK-control", LEG-/HIP-strength & "'PIGEON-TOE'-inclination".
--
_______________________________________________________________________________
…
"EMOTIONAL-damage can manifest itself PHYSICALLY."
((--Betty Ross (MY brain) to "Bruce Banner/Hulk" (MY body), 'The Hulk'))
For the first ~FIVE YEARS AFTER my accident, (Sooo, 'til ~LATE-2012) I gained CONSIDERATE FAT-mass (NOT MUSCLE-mass).
In the spring of 2013, my LONGTIME-girlfriend "BROKE-UP" with me. So, being QUITE FORLORN, DISHEVELED & CONFUSED, I COULDD've "EATEN myself FURTHER into a PIT of SORROW & DESPAIR".
_____________________________________________________________________________
… BEWARE of PITY--for ME!
"Sometimes 'crazy' LOOKS LIKE 'sad' to 'SUCK you BACK-IN!"
(--Leonard, about DR. Shelton, 'The Big Bang Theory')
…
"LOOKS can be DECEIVING!"
Entirely TOO OFTEN I've heard IGNORANT/UN-informed DOLTS refer to "Yours TRULY" as a "RETARD" … SIMPLY 'cuz I'm in a wheelchair, AND I "communicate" via letter-board.
But, LITTLE do these IGNORAMUSES know that I'm ACTUALLY wiseR than
~(1 x 2 x 3 x 4^2 )% (= ~96%) of the "NORMEES" my age (= 30 years YOUNG).
_______________________________________________________________________________
…
Did I "LUCK-into" MY small-fortune?
Well, the VERY/HIGHLY MIS-informed/OBTUSE American government WOULD say that I DID.
But, those "officials"/representatives have about as MUCH competence AS "the COLLECTION of STOOLS I 'dropped' ''ayer … en mi 'JUAN''".
(… TRANSLATION: Said NUMSKULLS are ~"as DUMB AS my EXCREMENT"!)
Furthermore:
"I do NOT believe in
'CHANCE'.
There is NO SUCH THING as
'COINCIDENCE'."
(--The Architect, 'The Matrix Reloaded')
...
"A GOOD workman doesN'T blame his tools."
…
Although I REALLY struggle with MANY TIME-related "tasks", I shaN'T BLAME my "T.B.I."!
I must ACCEPT my ERRORS, and "move-ON" to my next task.
… To be a SIGNIFICANT/NOTEWORTHY exercise, said action MUST either IN-crease or
DE-crease one's STRENGTH, SPEED, STAMINA or OVERALL-CONFIDENCE.
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
Despite NOT being a "NAVY-man", I HAVE watched the CLASSIC-film, 'Top Gun', NUMEROUS times!
Anyway, I REALLY support THE Naval maxim:
"EXCELLENCE withOUT arrogance."
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
I KNOW I'm DAMN-GOOD at MANY things!
But, the IMPORTANT "motto" to ALWAYS "follow"/"abide by" is
"You mustN'T brag/boast. Let your 'work'/actions 'SPEAK for themselves'."
I VERY MUCH "stand by"/SUPPORT the preceding statement.
(… Though, doesN'T my CONSTANT-blogging of my GREAT accomplishments KINDA make that "theme"/"motif"/ideology "BLOW-UP in my face"?!)
…
(… QUIET, you!
My writing is COMPLETELY OPEN-to-INTERPRETATION!
"To EACH his OWN.")
______________________________________________________________________________
…
I have NO ONE … to BLAME for the--TEMPORARY--"loss" of my leg-STRENGTH but
ME.
Yes, the judicial-system--THANKFULLY--"said" OTHERS are to "BLAME" for my accident AND resulting injurIES. But, if ONLY I had BETTER "checked" the NEW tires AND/OR "shoulder-rolled" upon my EJECTION from my FALTERING automobile, WOULD I have AVOIDED such a SERIOUS, LIFE-THREATENING "T.B.I."?!
((… (MEDICAL) "Doctors", I pose this question to YOU:)
"ULTIMATELY, WHO is REALLY/ACTUALLY at FAULT in said CATASTROPHE--a MULTI-faceted, RESPONSIBLE CAR-company AND a SKILLED, KNOWLEDGABLE TIRE-company
OR
an UN-suspecting, "INNOCENT" (in THIS "case"/incident) "layman"?!
…
(… I'm going with Option A.))
...
Although I REALLY struggle with MANY TIME-related "tasks", I shaN'T BLAME my "T.B.I."!
I must ACCEPT my ERRORS, and "move-ON" to my next task.
… To be a SIGNIFICANT/NOTEWORTHY exercise, said action MUST either IN-crease or
DE-crease one's STRENGTH, SPEED, STAMINA or OVERALL-CONFIDENCE.
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
Despite NOT being a "NAVY-man", I HAVE watched the CLASSIC-film, 'Top Gun', NUMEROUS times!
Anyway, I REALLY support THE Naval maxim:
"EXCELLENCE withOUT arrogance."
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
I KNOW I'm DAMN-GOOD at MANY things!
But, the IMPORTANT "motto" to ALWAYS "follow"/"abide by" is
"You mustN'T brag/boast. Let your 'work'/actions 'SPEAK for themselves'."
I VERY MUCH "stand by"/SUPPORT the preceding statement.
(… Though, doesN'T my CONSTANT-blogging of my GREAT accomplishments KINDA make that "theme"/"motif"/ideology "BLOW-UP in my face"?!)
…
(… QUIET, you!
My writing is COMPLETELY OPEN-to-INTERPRETATION!
"To EACH his OWN.")
______________________________________________________________________________
…
I have NO ONE … to BLAME for the--TEMPORARY--"loss" of my leg-STRENGTH but
ME.
Yes, the judicial-system--THANKFULLY--"said" OTHERS are to "BLAME" for my accident AND resulting injurIES. But, if ONLY I had BETTER "checked" the NEW tires AND/OR "shoulder-rolled" upon my EJECTION from my FALTERING automobile, WOULD I have AVOIDED such a SERIOUS, LIFE-THREATENING "T.B.I."?!
((… (MEDICAL) "Doctors", I pose this question to YOU:)
"ULTIMATELY, WHO is REALLY/ACTUALLY at FAULT in said CATASTROPHE--a MULTI-faceted, RESPONSIBLE CAR-company AND a SKILLED, KNOWLEDGABLE TIRE-company
OR
an UN-suspecting, "INNOCENT" (in THIS "case"/incident) "layman"?!
…
(… I'm going with Option A.))
...
Friday, May 15, 2015
… "It's all PHYSICS … & ANGLES." (… AND, VARIOUS sciences)
… --ME
(… I said THIS to my UPPER body trainer after I--PAINFULLY--lifted my (SORE) LEFT arm/shoulder ~45 degrees. … ONE TIME. THEN, I CORRECTED my arm-positioning & lifted that SAME arm//shoulder ~135 degrees … TEN DIFFERENT times.)
(… YAY … to my APPLICATION of my KNOWN MATHEMATICAL-sciences!)
(… TRIGONOMETRY)
… Before I "WALK" to my bathroom each morning, I FIRST lean back SLIGHTLY to swing my body-weight FORWARD & UP.
(… Thus, I MUST--QUICKLY & MENTALLY--calculate the NECESSARY "ANGULAR MOMENTUM" to PROPEL me UP & OUT of bed.)
(… PHYSICS)
… Using MORE "physics", I utilize Sir Isaac Newton's "Second Law of Motion" to determine my NEEDED UPWARD "thrust-force".
"F = M x A"
(… "Force = Mass multiplied by Acceleration")
(… PHYSICS)
… So, I MUST/DO "factor-in" said PRINCIPLE during EACH & EVERY one of my "FOUR (hour-long) workouts PER week".
(… HHHMMM, 4 exercise-hours/168 weekly-hours = 1/42 = ~2.38%)
I "spend" ~2.38% of my TOTAL weekly-time "working-out".
Since I generally/USUALLY sleep from ~midnight to ~6:00 am each night,
(~42/168 = ~1/4) then I spend ~one fourth of my week SLEEPING.
Therefore, I'm EXERCISING for (4/~126) ~31.75% of my AWAKE-time "dispensing HARDCORE kinetic-energy".
(… STATISTICS)
Although it takes me a tad longER to urinate, (NO, sickos! 'Tis NOT a "Urinary Tract Infection". There's a WHOLE big, LONG set-up PROCESS for my "Toilet-Treks") (… "Alliteration aside."--'Dodgeball') I--visually ONLY (… EXCEPT for this ONE time, my urine was A BIT TOO-YELLOW. So, I HAD TO just TASTE a SMALL droplet. … My grade for MY urinary-QUALITY/-PURITY: "ESOTERIC yet PIQUANT."--Stewie, 'Family Guy')
(… BIOLOGY/ANATOMY)
… So, I HAD TO apply my "TRIG-sense" to/in my WORKOUT at "NeuroFit 360" today. INSTEAD of just SITTING on the bench & cycling on the "ARM-bike"--as I was INSTRUCTED, I "STOOD" & applied my KNOWLEDGE of "THRUST" & "ANGULAR-MOMENTUM" to SEMI-create a FANTASTIC workout for my HIPS & LEFT-SHOULDER!
(… PHYSICS & ANATOMY)
…
(INTERNAL-monologue--to MYSELF:)
"If you wake up in the morning, … and ALL you can THINK-ABOUT is (WALKING), … then you're a (WALKER)."
(--Sister Mary-Clarence, 'Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit')
(… MOTIVATIONAL-/LOGICAL-PHYSICS)
...
(… YAY … to my APPLICATION of my KNOWN MATHEMATICAL-sciences!)
(… TRIGONOMETRY)
… Before I "WALK" to my bathroom each morning, I FIRST lean back SLIGHTLY to swing my body-weight FORWARD & UP.
(… Thus, I MUST--QUICKLY & MENTALLY--calculate the NECESSARY "ANGULAR MOMENTUM" to PROPEL me UP & OUT of bed.)
(… PHYSICS)
… Using MORE "physics", I utilize Sir Isaac Newton's "Second Law of Motion" to determine my NEEDED UPWARD "thrust-force".
"F = M x A"
(… "Force = Mass multiplied by Acceleration")
(… PHYSICS)
… So, I MUST/DO "factor-in" said PRINCIPLE during EACH & EVERY one of my "FOUR (hour-long) workouts PER week".
(… HHHMMM, 4 exercise-hours/168 weekly-hours = 1/42 = ~2.38%)
I "spend" ~2.38% of my TOTAL weekly-time "working-out".
Since I generally/USUALLY sleep from ~midnight to ~6:00 am each night,
(~42/168 = ~1/4) then I spend ~one fourth of my week SLEEPING.
Therefore, I'm EXERCISING for (4/~126) ~31.75% of my AWAKE-time "dispensing HARDCORE kinetic-energy".
(… STATISTICS)
Although it takes me a tad longER to urinate, (NO, sickos! 'Tis NOT a "Urinary Tract Infection". There's a WHOLE big, LONG set-up PROCESS for my "Toilet-Treks") (… "Alliteration aside."--'Dodgeball') I--visually ONLY (… EXCEPT for this ONE time, my urine was A BIT TOO-YELLOW. So, I HAD TO just TASTE a SMALL droplet. … My grade for MY urinary-QUALITY/-PURITY: "ESOTERIC yet PIQUANT."--Stewie, 'Family Guy')
(… BIOLOGY/ANATOMY)
… So, I HAD TO apply my "TRIG-sense" to/in my WORKOUT at "NeuroFit 360" today. INSTEAD of just SITTING on the bench & cycling on the "ARM-bike"--as I was INSTRUCTED, I "STOOD" & applied my KNOWLEDGE of "THRUST" & "ANGULAR-MOMENTUM" to SEMI-create a FANTASTIC workout for my HIPS & LEFT-SHOULDER!
(… PHYSICS & ANATOMY)
…
(INTERNAL-monologue--to MYSELF:)
"If you wake up in the morning, … and ALL you can THINK-ABOUT is (WALKING), … then you're a (WALKER)."
(--Sister Mary-Clarence, 'Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit')
(… MOTIVATIONAL-/LOGICAL-PHYSICS)
...
Thursday, May 14, 2015
"My BODY has a MIND of its OWN. It doesN'T LISTEN TO ME!"
…
(--Lincoln Rhyme, 'The Bone Collector')
((… Mr. Rhyme is a FELLOW-invalid (though his handicap is FAR/MUCH WORSE) & a fellow-(Boston-accent) "SMAHTEE".))
…
At "LESS-than-IDEAL"/IN-opportune times, my "bodily-NERVES" AND/or muscles will either
"let me down" or
just "give-OUT" on me.
( : ( )
…
My MOM--a Speech/Language Pathologist--about ME:
"(AUDIBLE SIGH) He's a MATHEMATICIAN. They have THEIR OWN language."
(--'NUMB3RS')
My blog-CREATOR:
"(DUMBFOUNDED, shrugging his shoulders) Oh, I thought it was … like, Turkish … or ANCIENT Spanish, … or SUMTHIN' FOREIGN."
((… "The Architect"(-'The Matrix Reloaded') KNOWS Latin, A LITTLE German & ALOTTA English. But, in direct-CONTRAST to … YOURS TRULY, he's CLUELESS regarding … the "INTERCONTINENTAL-language"--"NUMEROLOGY".))
"You canNOT get through a SINGLE-day with-OUT having an IMPACT on the world around you.
What you DO makes a DIFFERENCE, … and you have to DECIDE way kind of 'difference' you WANT to make."
(--Jane Goodall)
… I CHOSE/DECIDED to--POST-accident/injurIES--CONTINUE my MATHEMATICAL- & "Martial Arts"-MASTERY … by VOLUNTARILY starting MY OWN math-TUTORING service.
ALSO, I STILL (CO-)TEACH a KIDS' martial arts class. Considering my memory is NOW … A BIT "SPOTTY", I mainly focus my TEACHINGS on ''Jiujitsu', … 'cuz it's 'GROUND-fighting,' … and I'm MOST COMFORTABLE … on my BACK.
(… LADIES?!)
… "MATH is LOGIC."
(--'NUMB3RS')
...
"So, I took one of those 'PERSONALITY-Tests'. ...
It came back 'NEGATIVE'."
(--comedian Dan Mintz)
(… Ha ha HA!)
(… But, SADLY, 'tis SO "PAINFULLY"-TRUE about ME … POST-accident.)
(… Sniffle … sniffle … SINGLE tear)
((… J/K! (CHUCKLE) Oh, I REALLY had you goin' THERE, didn't I?!)
… Nonetheless, NO ONE … knows MY "WEIRD", "STRANGE", "UNIQUE", "REMARKABLE", "ANOMALOUS" body as WELL as I!
(… "I am my worst CRITIC", … & I am DETERMINED to KEEP it THAT WAY!)
"I am SELF-'propelled'; 'fueled' from WITHIN.
I APPRECIATE people's 'OPINIONS',
but I am NOT 'ATTACHED' to them.
I learned a LONG TIME ago that IF I give them the 'POWER' to 'FEED' me,
I also give them the 'POWER' to 'STARVE' me."
(--Dr. Steve Maraboli)
… Speaking of NON-medical "doctors", I have the UTMOST-RESPECT for y'ALL.
((… I--ONLY--"coasted" (EASILY) through ~3/4 of my "ACCELERATED M.B.A.", before my TRAGIC/CATASTROPHIC auto-accident DESTROYED my LIFE.))
THUS, "PROPS" to y'ALL--INCLUDING MY neuralpsychologist AND MY brother--for accomplishing what even I could NOT achieve … ACADEMICALLY!
((… Granted, my brother's ALWAYS been a GOO student. (SNICKER) (… Well, he IS related to ME!))
… Awww, SHOOTSKEES! He asked me to NOT YET refer to him as "DR. Kaynatma", 'cuz it'll JINX him!
Bro, you shaN'T be superstitious!
"EACH of us CONTROLS (his/her) OWN destiny."
((--Toby (WELL-KNOWN, ESTABLISHED psychologist), 'Scorpion'))
… ME: "Bro, let's SPLIT the 'work'. I'll be 'SUPER'. & YOU be 'STITIOUS'!
…
"Right now, I'm 'SUCKLING at the BOSOM of modern-PHYSICS."
(--DR. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
HHHMMM
...
(--Lincoln Rhyme, 'The Bone Collector')
((… Mr. Rhyme is a FELLOW-invalid (though his handicap is FAR/MUCH WORSE) & a fellow-(Boston-accent) "SMAHTEE".))
…
At "LESS-than-IDEAL"/IN-opportune times, my "bodily-NERVES" AND/or muscles will either
"let me down" or
just "give-OUT" on me.
( : ( )
…
My MOM--a Speech/Language Pathologist--about ME:
"(AUDIBLE SIGH) He's a MATHEMATICIAN. They have THEIR OWN language."
(--'NUMB3RS')
My blog-CREATOR:
"(DUMBFOUNDED, shrugging his shoulders) Oh, I thought it was … like, Turkish … or ANCIENT Spanish, … or SUMTHIN' FOREIGN."
((… "The Architect"(-'The Matrix Reloaded') KNOWS Latin, A LITTLE German & ALOTTA English. But, in direct-CONTRAST to … YOURS TRULY, he's CLUELESS regarding … the "INTERCONTINENTAL-language"--"NUMEROLOGY".))
"You canNOT get through a SINGLE-day with-OUT having an IMPACT on the world around you.
What you DO makes a DIFFERENCE, … and you have to DECIDE way kind of 'difference' you WANT to make."
(--Jane Goodall)
… I CHOSE/DECIDED to--POST-accident/injurIES--CONTINUE my MATHEMATICAL- & "Martial Arts"-MASTERY … by VOLUNTARILY starting MY OWN math-TUTORING service.
ALSO, I STILL (CO-)TEACH a KIDS' martial arts class. Considering my memory is NOW … A BIT "SPOTTY", I mainly focus my TEACHINGS on ''Jiujitsu', … 'cuz it's 'GROUND-fighting,' … and I'm MOST COMFORTABLE … on my BACK.
(… LADIES?!)
… "MATH is LOGIC."
(--'NUMB3RS')
...
"So, I took one of those 'PERSONALITY-Tests'. ...
It came back 'NEGATIVE'."
(--comedian Dan Mintz)
(… Ha ha HA!)
(… But, SADLY, 'tis SO "PAINFULLY"-TRUE about ME … POST-accident.)
(… Sniffle … sniffle … SINGLE tear)
((… J/K! (CHUCKLE) Oh, I REALLY had you goin' THERE, didn't I?!)
… Nonetheless, NO ONE … knows MY "WEIRD", "STRANGE", "UNIQUE", "REMARKABLE", "ANOMALOUS" body as WELL as I!
(… "I am my worst CRITIC", … & I am DETERMINED to KEEP it THAT WAY!)
"I am SELF-'propelled'; 'fueled' from WITHIN.
I APPRECIATE people's 'OPINIONS',
but I am NOT 'ATTACHED' to them.
I learned a LONG TIME ago that IF I give them the 'POWER' to 'FEED' me,
I also give them the 'POWER' to 'STARVE' me."
(--Dr. Steve Maraboli)
… Speaking of NON-medical "doctors", I have the UTMOST-RESPECT for y'ALL.
((… I--ONLY--"coasted" (EASILY) through ~3/4 of my "ACCELERATED M.B.A.", before my TRAGIC/CATASTROPHIC auto-accident DESTROYED my LIFE.))
THUS, "PROPS" to y'ALL--INCLUDING MY neuralpsychologist AND MY brother--for accomplishing what even I could NOT achieve … ACADEMICALLY!
((… Granted, my brother's ALWAYS been a GOO student. (SNICKER) (… Well, he IS related to ME!))
… Awww, SHOOTSKEES! He asked me to NOT YET refer to him as "DR. Kaynatma", 'cuz it'll JINX him!
Bro, you shaN'T be superstitious!
"EACH of us CONTROLS (his/her) OWN destiny."
((--Toby (WELL-KNOWN, ESTABLISHED psychologist), 'Scorpion'))
… ME: "Bro, let's SPLIT the 'work'. I'll be 'SUPER'. & YOU be 'STITIOUS'!
…
"Right now, I'm 'SUCKLING at the BOSOM of modern-PHYSICS."
(--DR. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')
HHHMMM
...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
"You know what separates the 'WINNERS' from the 'LOSERS'?"
…
"The SCORE?"
(--Quarterback Shane Falco, 'The Replacements')
(--Quarterback Shane Falco, 'The Replacements')
(Chuckle) "No, it's getting back (UP) 'on the horse' AFTER ' 'getting KICKED in the TEETH'."
(--Coach McGinty, 'The Replacements')
… "LIFE" VIOLENTLY STOMPED on my face, as I lay--COMATOSE--on the street.
But, I--ADMIRABLY--strive EVERYDAY to RETURN to my "KICK-ASS" life-level of HAPPINESS, SUCCESS & TRANQUILITY!
… "LIFE" VIOLENTLY STOMPED on my face, as I lay--COMATOSE--on the street.
But, I--ADMIRABLY--strive EVERYDAY to RETURN to my "KICK-ASS" life-level of HAPPINESS, SUCCESS & TRANQUILITY!
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
On the FATEFUL, CATASTROPHIC day of July 6th, 2008, after a SPECTACULAR workout/class at my "martial arts"-dojo (as USUAL), I was driving--QUICKLY--on the HIGHWAY, when my FRONT-LEFT car-tire SUDDENLY, INEXPLICABLY exploded & shredded.
On the FATEFUL, CATASTROPHIC day of July 6th, 2008, after a SPECTACULAR workout/class at my "martial arts"-dojo (as USUAL), I was driving--QUICKLY--on the HIGHWAY, when my FRONT-LEFT car-tire SUDDENLY, INEXPLICABLY exploded & shredded.
Ergo, I was EJECTED--OVER my seatbelt, OUT my window & ONTO the paved intrastate.
Thanks a lot, "Life-BALANCE"!
(… Sbiff, sniff, … SNIFF! That remark REEKS of SARCASM!)
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
"You know, there's a R'ULE' in sports:
DoN'T do anything GREAT, if you caN'T handle the CONGRATULATIONS."
(--NFL-analyst/-commentator John Madden in the film, 'The Replacements')
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
"A 'REAL man' admits his 'FEARS'."
(--Coach McGinty)
I'm "TERRIFIED" of (OTHERS') STUPIDITY, (MY OWN) EMBARRASSMENT, being ALONE, my (TEMPORARY) DISABILITY's LIMITING my DESPERATE-attempt to find MY "SIGNIFICANT OTHER" (FEMALE) & (MY OWN) injury-caused "AWKWARDNESS" leading to my FURTHERING my INJURIES!
___________________________________________________________________________
...
You've GOTTA have "'HEART--miles & miles of HEART."
(--Coach McGinty)
… Despite my NUMEROUS UN-successful ATTEMPTS to IMPROVE my POSITIONING, MEMORY and/or FLEXIBILITY, I have the DETERMINATION & FAITH/BELIEF (in MYSELF) to CONTINUE my REMARKABLE "JOURNEY" to--EVENTUAL--WALKING … 'SANS' walkER.
___________________________________________________________________________
Above ALL, I/we MUST remember:
"PAIN heals.
Chicks dig SCARS.
… GLORY … lasts forever."
(Quarterback Shane Falco)
… I have NUMEROUS "SCARS":
on my right forearm,
on mu left BIG-toe,
on/in my "40%-dormant" right-fingers &
on my left shoulder.
… THOSE are merely the VISIBLE-"scars". My "INTERNAL-'scars'" include:
-- a "T.B.I.",
-- a "BROKEN heart",
-- a (since-REMOVED) "pin" in my left hip,
-- a "pin" in my left knee
-- a LARGE "BURDEN of RESPONSIBILITY" over my EIGHT employEEs.
___________________________________________________________________________
"'FREAK-injuries' are UN-avoidable."
(--Broncos GM John Elway)
… What MATTERS is how you REACT yo said "FREAK/RANDOM-injury".
… NOW, I DO seem like … A BIT of a "FREAK", 'cuz
(… ACTUALLY, when describing MYSELF, I MUCH PREFER the term "ANOMALY"!
"FREAK" carries such a NEGATIVE-undertone.)
( : ( )
__________________________________________________________________________
… STELLAR reaction for RECOVERY … via workouts:
"Be STUBBORN about your GOALS …
& FLEXIBLE about your METHODS."
P.S. Any/ALL quotes (" ") are/were from the film--'The Replacements'--that I--YET AGAIN--watched this afternoon.
...
Thanks a lot, "Life-BALANCE"!
(… Sbiff, sniff, … SNIFF! That remark REEKS of SARCASM!)
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
"You know, there's a R'ULE' in sports:
DoN'T do anything GREAT, if you caN'T handle the CONGRATULATIONS."
(--NFL-analyst/-commentator John Madden in the film, 'The Replacements')
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
"A 'REAL man' admits his 'FEARS'."
(--Coach McGinty)
I'm "TERRIFIED" of (OTHERS') STUPIDITY, (MY OWN) EMBARRASSMENT, being ALONE, my (TEMPORARY) DISABILITY's LIMITING my DESPERATE-attempt to find MY "SIGNIFICANT OTHER" (FEMALE) & (MY OWN) injury-caused "AWKWARDNESS" leading to my FURTHERING my INJURIES!
___________________________________________________________________________
...
You've GOTTA have "'HEART--miles & miles of HEART."
(--Coach McGinty)
… Despite my NUMEROUS UN-successful ATTEMPTS to IMPROVE my POSITIONING, MEMORY and/or FLEXIBILITY, I have the DETERMINATION & FAITH/BELIEF (in MYSELF) to CONTINUE my REMARKABLE "JOURNEY" to--EVENTUAL--WALKING … 'SANS' walkER.
___________________________________________________________________________
Above ALL, I/we MUST remember:
"PAIN heals.
Chicks dig SCARS.
… GLORY … lasts forever."
(Quarterback Shane Falco)
… I have NUMEROUS "SCARS":
on my right forearm,
on mu left BIG-toe,
on/in my "40%-dormant" right-fingers &
on my left shoulder.
… THOSE are merely the VISIBLE-"scars". My "INTERNAL-'scars'" include:
-- a "T.B.I.",
-- a "BROKEN heart",
-- a (since-REMOVED) "pin" in my left hip,
-- a "pin" in my left knee
-- a LARGE "BURDEN of RESPONSIBILITY" over my EIGHT employEEs.
___________________________________________________________________________
"'FREAK-injuries' are UN-avoidable."
(--Broncos GM John Elway)
… What MATTERS is how you REACT yo said "FREAK/RANDOM-injury".
… NOW, I DO seem like … A BIT of a "FREAK", 'cuz
(… ACTUALLY, when describing MYSELF, I MUCH PREFER the term "ANOMALY"!
"FREAK" carries such a NEGATIVE-undertone.)
( : ( )
__________________________________________________________________________
… STELLAR reaction for RECOVERY … via workouts:
"Be STUBBORN about your GOALS …
& FLEXIBLE about your METHODS."
P.S. Any/ALL quotes (" ") are/were from the film--'The Replacements'--that I--YET AGAIN--watched this afternoon.
...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
"'LUCK' doesn't exist."
… "'Math & Science' DOES."
(--Walter O'Brien, 'Scorpion')
"SLAVERY" was ABOLISHED (in AMERICA, at least) in 1865.
'Tis 2015 NOW.
Ergo, for the past 150 YEARS, the OVERALL "LIFE-message" has remained CONSTANT:
"We ALL have/possess 'FREE-WILL'."
We EACH "create"/cause our OWN--respective--"PROSPERITY" or "DEMISE".
(… Granted, there ARE IN-frequent, UN-fortunate situations in which one "FALLS" as a "VICTIM of CIRCUMSTANCES"--as I DID, but LIFE tries to LIMIT such instances.)
Thus, we MUST "take the 'BAD' with the 'GOOD'".
"LIFE" is all about "BALANCE".
…
"Use 'The FORCE'."
(--Jedi-Master Yoda, ANY/all 'Star Wars')
…
"Have you ever heard of 'VIETNAM'?"
(--Walter Sobchak, 'The Big Lebowski')
...
“I’m like the f*ckin’ Viet Cong, man, alright? I’m in and I’m out. I was there the whole time. You don’t know it, alright? That’s the f*ckin’ art of becoming somebody who people can pin their beliefs and their dreams on.” – Irving, 'American Hustle'
… I WAS QUITE the TALENTED, DEVOTED/(PREVIOUSLY-)"COMMITTED" (… Pun IN-tended.) 8-year competitive wrestler. Thus, I'm CERTAINLY NOT "USED TO"/COMFORTABLE being "PINNED".
HOWEVER, if ANY of y'ALL wanna "pin" your HOPES, CONFIDENCE & MOTIVATION upon ME, then I'd GLADLY oblige!
You know, sometimes in life, all you have are f*cked up, poisonous choices.”
( – Rosalyn, 'American Hustle')
(… ALAS! ''C'est la vie.'' = 'Such is LIFE.')
So, I watched 'The Shawshank Redemption' for the "UMPTEENTH" time, and it REMINDED me to ALWAYS utilize my SKILLS/TALENTS.
(… "Andy Dufresne" WAS a STELLAR "banker" BEFORE his FALSE imprisonment. Yet, as a prisoner, he CONTINUES his financial-advising.)
(… I WAS a MAGNIFICENT "number-generator" BEFORE my TRAGIC accident. Yet, as an invalid, I CONTINUE my mathematical-BRILLIANCE … via tutoring & account-balancing.)
(… ALSO, I STILL TEACH martial arts.)
… "If you canNOT do GREAT things,
do SMALL things in a GREAT way."
(--Napoleon Hill)
(… Relating to ME, "GREAT" refers to
QUALITY > QUANTITY)
...
(--Walter O'Brien, 'Scorpion')
"SLAVERY" was ABOLISHED (in AMERICA, at least) in 1865.
'Tis 2015 NOW.
Ergo, for the past 150 YEARS, the OVERALL "LIFE-message" has remained CONSTANT:
"We ALL have/possess 'FREE-WILL'."
We EACH "create"/cause our OWN--respective--"PROSPERITY" or "DEMISE".
(… Granted, there ARE IN-frequent, UN-fortunate situations in which one "FALLS" as a "VICTIM of CIRCUMSTANCES"--as I DID, but LIFE tries to LIMIT such instances.)
Thus, we MUST "take the 'BAD' with the 'GOOD'".
"LIFE" is all about "BALANCE".
…
"Use 'The FORCE'."
(--Jedi-Master Yoda, ANY/all 'Star Wars')
…
"Have you ever heard of 'VIETNAM'?"
(--Walter Sobchak, 'The Big Lebowski')
...
“I’m like the f*ckin’ Viet Cong, man, alright? I’m in and I’m out. I was there the whole time. You don’t know it, alright? That’s the f*ckin’ art of becoming somebody who people can pin their beliefs and their dreams on.” – Irving, 'American Hustle'
… I WAS QUITE the TALENTED, DEVOTED/(PREVIOUSLY-)"COMMITTED" (… Pun IN-tended.) 8-year competitive wrestler. Thus, I'm CERTAINLY NOT "USED TO"/COMFORTABLE being "PINNED".
HOWEVER, if ANY of y'ALL wanna "pin" your HOPES, CONFIDENCE & MOTIVATION upon ME, then I'd GLADLY oblige!
You know, sometimes in life, all you have are f*cked up, poisonous choices.”
( – Rosalyn, 'American Hustle')
(… ALAS! ''C'est la vie.'' = 'Such is LIFE.')
So, I watched 'The Shawshank Redemption' for the "UMPTEENTH" time, and it REMINDED me to ALWAYS utilize my SKILLS/TALENTS.
(… "Andy Dufresne" WAS a STELLAR "banker" BEFORE his FALSE imprisonment. Yet, as a prisoner, he CONTINUES his financial-advising.)
(… I WAS a MAGNIFICENT "number-generator" BEFORE my TRAGIC accident. Yet, as an invalid, I CONTINUE my mathematical-BRILLIANCE … via tutoring & account-balancing.)
(… ALSO, I STILL TEACH martial arts.)
… "If you canNOT do GREAT things,
do SMALL things in a GREAT way."
(--Napoleon Hill)
(… Relating to ME, "GREAT" refers to
QUALITY > QUANTITY)
...
Monday, May 11, 2015
'(Upside-down Question-mark) Cuando?'
…
I "operate"/"function"
"under the (EVENTUAL/IMMINENT/INEVITABLE) impression" that
I WILL "WALK & TALK".
'Tis NOT a matter of "IF".
'TIS a matter of "WHEN".
((… 'Tis NOT "hypothetical", ...
'cuz I have the WISDOM, DETERMINATION, MENTAL- & PHYSICAL-"STRENGTH" to DEFY ALL MEDICAL-(SUPPOSED)"knowledge".))
______________________________________________________________________________
… "TIME" is of the "ESSENCE".
_______________________________________________________________________________
…
"Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate.
… BElieve in YOUrself."
(--Bruce Lee)
______________________________________________________________________________
...
"'EVIL' spelled BACKWARDS is 'LIVE'."
(--'Summer of Sam')
… Since the film is about a SADISTIC MURDERER, the message IMPLIES that "doing (MORALLY/ETHICALLY) 'WRONG' stuff is PART OF living".
_______________________________________________________________________________
… However, CONVERSELY, THAT can be interpreted as
"Doing the 'RIGHT thing' can/may be QUITE DIFFICULT."
(… 'Tis so, so, SSSOOO "RIGHT" for my LEG-muscles/nerves to "RE-generate" & "trigger" the APPROPRIATE/NECESSARY "stimuli" to "RE-create" & "RE-establish" the "messaging" NEEDED for (PROPER/UN-aided) "WALKING".
______________________________________________________________________________
…
Entirely too MANY people think--& SAY--that I'm "NOT all there … UPSTAIRS", JUST because I'm--TEMPORARILY--in a wheelchair AND "speak"/communicate via letter-board.
HOWEVER, if ONLY said "NAYSAYERS" would--FIRST--converse with me BEFORE "casting me ASIDE", they'd REALIZE:
"HOLY … MOLEY! … Pardon my STUPID ASS-umptions, but this 'SLOW' INVALID is WAY smartER than I could even … IMAGINE!"
(… "LOOKS can be DECEIVING!")
(… "DoN'T 'judge' … a 'book' by (ONLY) its 'COVER'.")
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
“LEARN from YESTERDAY, LIVE for TODAY, HOPE for TOMORROW. The IMPORTANT
thing is to NOT STOP questioning.”
― Albert Einstein
______________________________________________________________________
… "TODAY" went very well.
"TOMORROW" … & the MANY days thereAFTER couldN'T be anything but …
BETTER!
...
I "operate"/"function"
"under the (EVENTUAL/IMMINENT/INEVITABLE) impression" that
I WILL "WALK & TALK".
'Tis NOT a matter of "IF".
'TIS a matter of "WHEN".
((… 'Tis NOT "hypothetical", ...
'cuz I have the WISDOM, DETERMINATION, MENTAL- & PHYSICAL-"STRENGTH" to DEFY ALL MEDICAL-(SUPPOSED)"knowledge".))
______________________________________________________________________________
… "TIME" is of the "ESSENCE".
_______________________________________________________________________________
…
"Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate.
… BElieve in YOUrself."
(--Bruce Lee)
______________________________________________________________________________
...
"'EVIL' spelled BACKWARDS is 'LIVE'."
(--'Summer of Sam')
… Since the film is about a SADISTIC MURDERER, the message IMPLIES that "doing (MORALLY/ETHICALLY) 'WRONG' stuff is PART OF living".
_______________________________________________________________________________
… However, CONVERSELY, THAT can be interpreted as
"Doing the 'RIGHT thing' can/may be QUITE DIFFICULT."
(… 'Tis so, so, SSSOOO "RIGHT" for my LEG-muscles/nerves to "RE-generate" & "trigger" the APPROPRIATE/NECESSARY "stimuli" to "RE-create" & "RE-establish" the "messaging" NEEDED for (PROPER/UN-aided) "WALKING".
______________________________________________________________________________
…
Entirely too MANY people think--& SAY--that I'm "NOT all there … UPSTAIRS", JUST because I'm--TEMPORARILY--in a wheelchair AND "speak"/communicate via letter-board.
HOWEVER, if ONLY said "NAYSAYERS" would--FIRST--converse with me BEFORE "casting me ASIDE", they'd REALIZE:
"HOLY … MOLEY! … Pardon my STUPID ASS-umptions, but this 'SLOW' INVALID is WAY smartER than I could even … IMAGINE!"
(… "LOOKS can be DECEIVING!")
(… "DoN'T 'judge' … a 'book' by (ONLY) its 'COVER'.")
_____________________________________________________________________________
…
“LEARN from YESTERDAY, LIVE for TODAY, HOPE for TOMORROW. The IMPORTANT
thing is to NOT STOP questioning.”
― Albert Einstein
______________________________________________________________________
… "TODAY" went very well.
"TOMORROW" … & the MANY days thereAFTER couldN'T be anything but …
BETTER!
...
Sunday, May 10, 2015
"MOMMAS, … doN'T let your BABIES grow -UP to be … COWBOYS." (… THAT's a SONG.)
…
-- It's "Lazy Sunday 2", 'cuz it's the SECOND Sunday of the month.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diHT867W2Q8
(… Copy & Paste the link onto/into YouTube.)
(… It's a "Digital SHORT" from 'SNL'.)
… In MY particular opinion, "LAZY" has a NEGATIVE-connotation. ODDLY enough, I prefer the word "FATIGUED" … or "EXTREMELY-nonchalant".
… 'Tis NOT that I am AVOIDING "WORK", 'tis SIMPLY that I like to ENJOY my ONE SEMI-day-OFF" by "takin' it EASY".
I like to spend MUCH of my SPARE-time:
-- watchin' one of my MANY dvds OR TV-movies
-- watchin' SPORTS
-- stretchin' my LEGS & LEFT-fingers
-- emailin' FRIENDS
-- Upon my REFLECTIONS on my "martial arts"-TEACHINGS, 'tis 'MUY IMPORTANTE' to note to my students:
WHEN/IF fighting, "REMEMBER: it's NOT the size of the MAN in the FIGHT.
It's the amount of 'FIGHT' in the MAN."
(--Augie, 'Role Models')
(… Of course, I've ALWAYS been a STAUNCH, FIRM believer/example of the belief/theory that
"FINESSE/FLUIDITY > POWER".
MANY of the students are young, SMALL & FEMALE. So, I MIGHT have to follow that with an explanation of the "METAPHORICAL-"/"FIGURATIVE-"sense.)
-- Upon reflecting on OTHER aspects of my LIFE:
1) As MUCH as I WANNA IMPROVE my PHYSICAL-health, I MUST … ALWAYS "give my ALL" in my workoutS & other DAILY-activities. However, my--CONSTANT--"ALL-out"-effort MUST be--somewhat--LIMITED/RESTRICTED to PREVENT further MEDICAL-/PHYSICAL-/HEALTH-damage.
((… 'Por ejemplo': My MAIN-nurse RECOMMENDED that I STOP my DAILY-squats (40-50), in order to NOT "aggravate" my (PREVIOUSLY-) SORE hip.))
2) I CONTINUE to APPLY the LESSONS/TIPS I learn about WEIGHT-SHIFTS, LONG versus SHORT STRIDES & BACK/NECK-POSTURE.
3) I get WAY TOO LONELY at home! Ergo, I HAFTA go-OUT more.
My--CURRENT--housemate helps A LOT with my SOCIABILITY!
(… Whether I go-OUT or invite "peeps" HERE varies, but having a SECOND "communication-outlet" is GREAT!)
4) I've GOTTA "PRESENT myself" WELL … AND mix in (ALOTTA) HUMOR!
(I.e. "CHICKS 'dig me', 'cuz I RARELY wear underwear & when I DO, it's usually something UNUSUAL."
--John, 'Stripes')
...
-- It's "Lazy Sunday 2", 'cuz it's the SECOND Sunday of the month.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diHT867W2Q8
(… Copy & Paste the link onto/into YouTube.)
(… It's a "Digital SHORT" from 'SNL'.)
… In MY particular opinion, "LAZY" has a NEGATIVE-connotation. ODDLY enough, I prefer the word "FATIGUED" … or "EXTREMELY-nonchalant".
… 'Tis NOT that I am AVOIDING "WORK", 'tis SIMPLY that I like to ENJOY my ONE SEMI-day-OFF" by "takin' it EASY".
I like to spend MUCH of my SPARE-time:
-- watchin' one of my MANY dvds OR TV-movies
-- watchin' SPORTS
-- stretchin' my LEGS & LEFT-fingers
-- emailin' FRIENDS
-- Upon my REFLECTIONS on my "martial arts"-TEACHINGS, 'tis 'MUY IMPORTANTE' to note to my students:
WHEN/IF fighting, "REMEMBER: it's NOT the size of the MAN in the FIGHT.
It's the amount of 'FIGHT' in the MAN."
(--Augie, 'Role Models')
(… Of course, I've ALWAYS been a STAUNCH, FIRM believer/example of the belief/theory that
"FINESSE/FLUIDITY > POWER".
MANY of the students are young, SMALL & FEMALE. So, I MIGHT have to follow that with an explanation of the "METAPHORICAL-"/"FIGURATIVE-"sense.)
-- Upon reflecting on OTHER aspects of my LIFE:
1) As MUCH as I WANNA IMPROVE my PHYSICAL-health, I MUST … ALWAYS "give my ALL" in my workoutS & other DAILY-activities. However, my--CONSTANT--"ALL-out"-effort MUST be--somewhat--LIMITED/RESTRICTED to PREVENT further MEDICAL-/PHYSICAL-/HEALTH-damage.
((… 'Por ejemplo': My MAIN-nurse RECOMMENDED that I STOP my DAILY-squats (40-50), in order to NOT "aggravate" my (PREVIOUSLY-) SORE hip.))
2) I CONTINUE to APPLY the LESSONS/TIPS I learn about WEIGHT-SHIFTS, LONG versus SHORT STRIDES & BACK/NECK-POSTURE.
3) I get WAY TOO LONELY at home! Ergo, I HAFTA go-OUT more.
My--CURRENT--housemate helps A LOT with my SOCIABILITY!
(… Whether I go-OUT or invite "peeps" HERE varies, but having a SECOND "communication-outlet" is GREAT!)
4) I've GOTTA "PRESENT myself" WELL … AND mix in (ALOTTA) HUMOR!
(I.e. "CHICKS 'dig me', 'cuz I RARELY wear underwear & when I DO, it's usually something UNUSUAL."
--John, 'Stripes')
...
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