"(PROPER) Communication is KEY!"

…

AAARRRGGGHHH!
UUUGGGHHH!

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

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

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

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

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

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



...

… PARTY @ my "SECOND home"!

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

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

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



...

It's ALL "PSYCHOLOGICAL".

…

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

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


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

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



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As my REHABILITATION/RECOVERY progresses, I--

ALWAYS--recall this REALLY MOTIVATING quote:


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

fact that you're even THINKING ABOUT 'making a 

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

"ALLOW yourself to be GOOD enough."

(--Alice Domar)



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Today I attended a KIDS' Karate promotional-ceremony.  

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

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

of my TWO black belts.

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

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

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

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

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

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

belt.



The kids were GREAT!

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

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

demonstrating one of MY DESIGNED 'Jiujitsu'-techniques!


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

KIDS!




...

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Rome wasN'T built in A DAY."

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

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

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

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




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



...

Knowledge-"APPLICATION:":

…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FINALLY, I let go of said "bar"!

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

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


...

I must REPENT … for the sake of KARMA!

… 

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

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

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

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

happiest for him and live there forever?" 

(--'The Green Mile')


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

(--Morpheus, 'The Matrix')


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

accident and resulting CATASTROPHIC injurIES!

(… HOW/WHY did I DESERVE that?!)


…

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

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

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

LACK thereof!).


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…

(Regarding my RECOVERY:)

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

of TIME."


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

"WALK" again.)
…

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

(… --'The Matrix Reloaded')


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

off"/spread/create GOOD-times!





...

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

… 

(Pun IN-tended … with the "STEPS".)



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

and suddenly you are doing the impossible."



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"It's PHYSICS!") 

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

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


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…

"A good HEAD & a good HEART are ALWAYS a 

FORMIDABLE combination."

(--Nelson Mandela)


I ALWAYS--QUICKLY--"weigh the 

PROBABILITY/STATISTICS" of my SUCCESS in/at 

helping/assisting OTHERS. 

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

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…

Although I VERY MUCH seek INDEPENDENCE & my OWN 

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

HELP I get … WHEN I ASK for it!




...

Stay MOTIVATED & OPTIMISTIC!

…

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

(--Denver Broncos wide receiver, Julius Thomas)



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

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

… & CONSTANT-"WORK".


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…

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

"What the fuck is THAT?!"

"Theodore Hertzl, 'State of Israel'."

(--'The Big Lebowski')


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

(--'The Incredible Hulk')

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

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


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TODAY--Sunday--is SUPPOSED TO be MY 

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

"No REST for the WEARY".  


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

ALWAYS good!  


… 

My "WORK" is like the song:

"EIGHT DAYS a WEEK!"

(… HYPERBOLE)



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…

My psycho-neurologist--about ME:

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

… a threat to NATIONAL-SECURITY."

(--'Fantastic Four: Silver Surfer')

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

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

'ISSUES') WAY OUTTA proportion'!"


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…

ALTHOUGH,

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

We ALL do!"

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



I was only TEMPORARILY offended, when my brother told 

ME that TODAY (December 14th) is

"National ASSHOLE-Awareness Day".

(… It was merely/only in JEST.)


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…
Speaking of KEY-dates. YESTERDAY was

12/13/14.

("COOL-BEANS!")

((… The NEXT time such a CHRONOLOGIC numerical-

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

2103.  (01/02/03))

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

(KIDS') calendar!))



...

(INSPIRATIONAL quotes I found:)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(… I WANT to WALK & TALK & EAT!)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



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