New Year's RESOLUTIONS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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I APPRECIATE GOOD times/folks!

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

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

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

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

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



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


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… RELAX! I'm ALIVE.

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


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"REMEMBER, my friend,"

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

for life is too SHORT for NEGATIVE-energy."

(--Bruce Lee)

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

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

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


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… More GOOD stuff!

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

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

(… WHEW!)

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

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

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

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

YAY!

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

(… GOOD CALL!)

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

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

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

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

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

"My name is 'NEO'."

For I am "The ONE".

My MANY DOUBTERS/HATERS ask me:

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

ME: "Because I … CHOOSE to."

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

"Did you ALWAYS … KNOW?"

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

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

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



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


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



(ANOTHER blog-post WILL come TONIGHT.)


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"Help ME … help YOU!"

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--'Jerry Maguire'

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

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

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

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

PHENOMENAL ASSISTANCE!

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

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

fuel." ~ Sydney J. Harris



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

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

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

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

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ANOTHER post WILL come TONIGHT.


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'Feliz Cumplean(tilde)os, … Jeses.'

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(WARNING:)

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

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

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

A.J. occasionally speaks in

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

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

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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



P.S. MERRY CHRISTMAS!


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