Friday, August 12, 2016

"EXTREMA"

... ('Tis a MATHEMATICAL-term.) 

-- (WARNING) YESTERDAY-morning's "THIRD-'breakfast'" ... of FIVE weekday-"meals" ... INCLUDED "magnesium-citrate"--UNBEKNOWNST to ME--which caused me to WAKE-up ... THREE DIFFERENT-/ SEPARATE-times ... in ~EIGHT hours .. in DIRE-NEED to "RELIEVE some/ALOTTA 'EXCRETORY-pressure'".
... Well, I made it.
(... WHEW!)
Sooo, I "EXCRETED Four "Fun Fecal-Festivities" in ~Fifteen hours.  "Alliteration Aside."
But, I'm NOT-in the BEST-mood, ... 'cuz I'm SLIGHTLY-irritable ... due-to my LACK-of SLEEP.


-- Well, my FORMAL-"day" BEGAN WELL, as I "looked-FORWARD" to my TWO NEW-techniques to SHOW ... TODAY!

... HOWEVER, when I reviewed my NOTES--in the van, I realized, that, UN-fortunately, my NIGHT-Caregiver from the day-BEFORE is/was "a BIT of" a LIAR!  ... He CLAIMED that he put the SIX printed-sheets of the TWO techniques in my FOLDER.  ... But, I found ... ONLY ... THREE copies of ONE technique.
... BUMMER!

... The technique "in-POSSESSION" turned-out to be ... VERY WELL-done!  ... First-off, BOTH my "Professor" AND my 'Sempai' read-over the technique & LOVED it!  Secondly, my 'Sempai' demonstrated it BEAUTIFULLY ... to the KIDS!  They--in turn--showed that THEY understood it (for the MOST-part).  And, finally/WONDERFULLY, "Professor" ASKED me WHEN he/I could SHOW the ADULTS'-class.  ... Sooo, I've got a "DATE" on Thursday-NIGHT!


-- After an UBER-BUSY morning, I'm gonna TRY-to RELAX for the REST-of the DAY/evening/NIGHT.







-- UN-fortunately, my CURRENT-housemate UN-pleasantly SURPRISED me by "ANNOUNCING his moving-OUT starts TONIGHT".

... CONVERSELY, we're having a DINNER-"get-together" with a "COUPLE" of FRIENDS this week.


...

"Ask, ... & you SHALL-receive."

... 
(SOMETIMES/OFTEN, I doN'T "ASK-for" HELP.  So, PLEASE do-NOT assist me!)
(... HOW can I IMPROVE, if I doN'T get the CHANCE to accomplish stuff ... "on-my-OWN"?!)


-- EVERY-time I go to 'NeuroFit 360', I caN'T HELP-but-ADMIRE a message on a wall:
"Convert 'POTENTIAL' into 'PROGRESS'".


-- So, I RE-watched 'Forrest Gump'. 
(... WOWZA!  That-movie REALLY-reminds me of MY-life!
... The MAIN-character "OVERCAME" the NUMEROUS-"drawbacks" of his poor-/BAD-LEGS.  ... He "FALLS-for" a GORGEOUS-nurse.  ... He earns a GARGANTUAN-wealth  ... He becomes an incidental-INSPIRATION!)
(... OR, am I MORE-like "Lieutenant DAN", ... 'cuz he's business-SMART, kinda-BOSSY & LOYAL.)

...

Thursday, August 11, 2016

"There's a FINE-LINE between" ...

... a NUMERATOR & a DENOMINATOR.

... (LITERALLY, 'tis a "VINCULUM" or a "SOLIDUS" ... or--SIMPLY, a "division-bar".)

... "TIRED" & "SLEEPY".
If you're "TIRED", then your muscles are just FATIGUED, & seek REST.
If you're "SLEEPY", that implies that your EYE-muscles are ALSO-"TIRED", & seek an "EXTENDED-nap".

... WHILE "WALKING"-to "RELEASE/RELIEVE my URINARY-tension EARLY this morning (... at ~5:45 am), I WAS rather-"SLEEPY".  ... But, after my "RETURN-trek" to bed, I had ZERO-desire of MORE ''Z''s.  ... Sooo, I got online & RESTED my limbs ... "wide-AWAKE".


-- I was EXCITED to read a REPLY-email that I've TENTATIVELY been-ACCEPTED ... as a WRITER ... for my SCHOOL-paper!

... Our/THE FIRST-meeting is TUESDAY, August 23rd ... in the LATE-morning.
(... CRUD!  I've GOTTA reschedule my "UPPER body"-workout.)


-- In my "SPEECH-Therpy", I was ALLOWED-to (by my MAIN-NURSE) ONLY-eat ONE--as opposed-to my USUAL-TWO--scrambled EGG(S).

... I HAFTA-ask my nurse WHY the REDUCED "egg-INtake"! ... But, I'm GUESSING it's 'cuz I HAD a SERIOUS stomachACHE yesterday, & she just wants to be ... CAUTIOUS.

... As an OPTION to TRY-to "BOOST my GROUCHY-mood--in lieu of the FEWER-eggs, my SPEECH-Therapist & I played a LIL' 'Scrabble'.  ... I guess I was-DUE--AFTER losing the last ... THREE games, ... 'cuz I WON ... by 34 POINTS!


-- GREAT "Martial Arts"-class!
I made gave some HELPFUL-advice/-tips, made a couple FUNNY-comments "from 'the PEANUT-gallery'" & ACCEPTED an "assignment" from Professor.


...

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

"KNOW your LIMITS."

... --my "UPPER body"-trainer


-- I awoke EARLY this morning ... with this STRONG "Alarm-Clock" ... in my BLADDER.

'ALARM-Clock'
by A.J. Kaynatma

(To be recited in the tune of ... Dr. Seuss's 'Green Eggs & Ham':)

 "In lieu OF ... my early-RISE, I marveled-AT ... my painless-THIGHS.
When 'deep-in-THOUGHT', ... I shut my EYES,
To better-'SEE' ... my eventual-PRIZE.
While doing THIS, ... many-folks think I'm in-PAIN.
Contrary to popular-BELIEF, ... I AM quite-SANE.
Nooo, I'm NOT-pregnant.  ... I just-have an 'internal-ahLARM'
 ... that's lately-been bringing more HELP than HARM.
Emotions are GONE, ... 'cuz of my 'alarm-CLOCK'.
Y'all caN'T 'see' my 'Highs' & 'LOWS'.  ... So, I seem 'steady as a ROCK'.
Alas, I'm not-always grinnin'.  ... I frequently just-SIGH.
I'm constantly-FRUSTRATED.  ... DAMN this 'T.B.I.'!
Sooo, please doN'T ASSUME.  ... 'How ya feelin'?'  Just ASK.
'Tis an AWFUL-feelin', ... when I caN'T handle a needed-TASK!
Lately, I'm IMPROVIN'.  ... I'm gonna TRY-to put-ON my SOCK.
... IF I'm UN-successful, ... then I'll--AGAIN--hit 'SNOOZE' on my 'alarm-CLOCK'."


-- So, in LIEU of my IN-ability to get-in MY-pool, I decided-to "EXPERIMENT" ... in my BATHTUB ... with MY-BROTHER.
(... Whoa, whoa, ... WHOA!  Eeeasssy, SICKOS!)
My brother helped my Caregiver put me INTO my tub, ... with my clothes-ON, ... so I had water-RESISTANCE, ... as I REPEATEDLY-kicked each LEG under the water.
... THAT was TIRING!
(... I KNOW my FLUID-MECHANICS!)

(... At one point, I even SURPRISED my Caregiver with my REMARKABLE LEG-strength & "Take-CHARGE"-Initiative.
NOICE!)


-- 

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Y'all/I/We NEED-to STOP/PREVENT ... "The NOTHING"!

... --'The NeverEnding Story'
(... I RE-watched SAID-film this morning.)

Falcor: "Never give up, & GOOD-luck WILL find you."

(... Since I'm ONLY ~"HALF-superstitious"*, WHAT/WHO will be MY-"Falcor"/"GINORMOUS FLYING-dog"?!)
(... MY--personified--LEGS!)


-- (In lieu of my-SURVIVING my CATASTROPHIC, death-DEFYING car accident) ME: "I will not die easily. I am a warrior!"

(--Atreyu, 'The Never-ending Story')
... From my 24+ YEARS of "Martial Arts"-STUDYING/           
-TRAINING, I've "collected" three shirts mentioning 
BUSHIDO' ... which is Japanese for 'the way of the WARRIOR'.
((... Practically-SYNONYMOUS. 'ZANSHIN' (--'the MARTIAL-way ... a RECURRING-theme in TEACHERS'-/MY-lessons in class


-- My NeuralPsychoTherapist (NPH)--to ME: "[YOUR-

creativity] has NO-boundaries." 

[laughs]

ME: "That's NOT-true! You're LYING!"

MPH: "Foolish boy.  Don't you know ANYTHING about [your-

creativity]?  It's the world of human fantasy.  Every part, every 

creature of it, is a piece of the dreams and hopes of mankind. 

Therefore, it has NO-boundaries. 

ME: "But, WHY is [MY-creativity] 'DYING', then?!"

... NPH: "Because people have begun to lose their hopes and 

forget their dreams. So [your-'T.B.I.'] grows stronger."

... ME: "HOW-so?" 

NPH: I"t's the emptiness that's left. It's like a despair, 

DESTROYING [YOUR-mind].  But, I have been TRYING-to

help [you 'BEAT'] it."


-- So, I attended a meeting this AFTERNOON about my FUTURE ACADEMIC-tenure at "Nova BUSINESS-School".
(... The resultS were KINDA-"To Be Determined".)





KEY
* = I START/TRY a "LUCKY-tactic" (?!).  But,  ~HALFWAY-through ('Tis ACTUALLY ... 38.461538461538464% --> 5 of 13 letters in "SUPERstitious".), I realize the STUPIDITY of said-"COINCIDENCES".  ... Ergo, I'd ONLY-/ JUST-be "SUPER-".  

... 

Monday, August 8, 2016

"I'm NOT-'sick'. But, I'm not-WEEEEELLLLL,"

... --(SONG by 'Lit')


-- The GREATEST-brains OFTEN-"carry" SO-MUCH TRIVIAL-KNOWLEDGE & ACADEMIC-RESPONSIBILITY 
that it becomes BURDENSOME. 
(... E.g. John Nash ... of 'A Beautiful Mind', ... ME)


-- "'TRUE-LOVE' & 'LOYAL-FRIENDS' are two of the TOUGHEST-things to FIND & 'hold-ONTO'."

... "Do you CONCUR?"
...
Y'ALL: "Excuse me?!
... WHY didN'T [we] just-'CONCUR'?!"
(--'Catch Me If You Can')


-- A.J.'s VERSION of Lit's SONG, ''Im Not Sick.  But, I'm Not Well'', ... entitled 
'I'm STILL Brighter-Than Thou Art':

"I HAD good-DREAMS.  'Twere ah-BOUT ME.
... But, they were with my 'PRE-VEE-OUS BAH-DEE',
Back when I could sit-ON the POTTY,
I'd 'flush-OUT' the 'CRAP' that WAS 'IN-ME'!

Brain-tissue has MEMORIES.
 ... MINE caN'T forget the basics of 'FIH-ZIHKS'!
I--STILL--'keep in mind' the CIVICS!
I doN'T SEEK it but STILL-LIKE others' APPROVAL.
(... But, very-FEW 'EH-ver' DO!)

I'm STILL brighter-than thou ART.
'Tis quite-TIRING being so-SMART!

Been-QUIET in my CHAIR & HEARD 
... That folks' presumptions ARE quite-'REACHING'.
While I'm OBSERVING & 'PREACHING'.
... Yet, I doN'T OWN a 'ROH-ZAH-REE'.

I was in REHAB for WAY too-LONG!
ALL-the-while, I learned NOTHING!
Please doN'T MISTAKE my JOKES for ... bein'  CRAZY!
I'd cut-OUT my VOCAL-cords ... for my-LEGS, DAMNIT!"
______________________________________________
...
(AUDIBLE-sigh)
There's just too-MANY ACTIVITIES/COMMITMENTS to do, too-MUCH LOYALTY to my brother ... & NOT-enough TIME in the day for ME to COMPLETE a SONG-revision ... on a NON-weekend.

''C'est la vie.''


...


Sunday, August 7, 2016

"'The FUTURE' BELONGS-to those who 'WORK' for it"

... --Malcolm X

... EVEN-on my (SUPPOSED) "Day of REST", I'm STILL ... GLADLY ... "WORKIN'" for/toward BETTER-HEALTH.

... 'Tis a WELCOME-addition that my brother' girlfriend--whom he met in Turkey--has been staying AT my house for a FEW days!
(... She'll stay for a few-MORE days.)

... I am--by NO-means--"hitting-ON" her, ... 'cuz I RESPECT his-"WORK".  ... But, I DO GREATLY-APPRECIATE new-GUESTS!  ... So, I spent MOST-of MY-day TRYING-to ENTERTAIN MY-bro & HIS-girl.


-- GOOD Olympics thus-far!


...

Friday, August 5, 2016

(REFLECTION:)

...  
By NO-means am I anywhere-CLOSE-to being-DONE!  
... But, thus-FAR, through ... 11,443 days ... BREATHING, KICKING, ... LIVING "aboard Earth", ... 

"I can look back on a life of achievement: Challenges MET, competitors BESTED, obstacles OVERCOME".
(--The ACTUAL Jeffrey Lebowski, 'The Big Lebowski')


-- I am UN-like anyone else ... in that I am WILLING-to laugh-at MYSELF ... 
UN-like ANYONE-ELSE.


-- I found an article detailing the CHARACTERISTICS/"SIGNS" of a "STRONG--yet SCARY--Personality", & ... I was noting the SIMILARITIES between the SUBJECT-matter & MYSELF:
1) Do-NOT put-up with EXCUSES.
(... My-AUDACITY is OFTEN MIS-understood as "OBSTINANCE".)
2) Be-CAREFUL about WHO you let-INTO your-LIFE.
(... I do-NOT WANT/NEED someone-ELSE to tell ME of WHAT I'm CAPABLE.)
3) You ABHOR "SMALL-talk".
(... I am NOT-RUDE!  ... I just have TOO-MANY IDEAS & NOT-ENOUGH TIME to "deal-WITH" OTHERS' BANALITY.)
4) IN-sensitivity, IDIOcy &/or IGNORANCE "breeds FRUSTRATION".
((... I put-in the TIME AND EFFORT to USE my-brain for (ALOTTA-) GOOD.  ... Therefore, it REALLY-"BURNS my COOKIES", when people make INSTANT-judgments with-OUT FIRST-devising a PLAN.))
5) Know HOW-to LISTEN.
 (...  I compliment-OFTEN.  ... UN-fortunately, MANY people are-NOT used-to ENCOURAGEMENT, ... so they PANIC.)
6) Do-NOT NEED attention.  
(... My WARM, SOCIABLE, OUTGOING personality just-naturally ATTRACTS people. 
7) Be "fearless".
(... I do-NOT let my FEW-fears "DICTATE" HOW I "RUN my life")
8) Interpret "Insecurity" ... as an "OPPORTUNITY"
(... I am ALWAYS-TRYING to LEARN & EVOLVE.)


--  "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

(--Hockey-LEGEND, 'The Great-One', Wayne Gretzky)

... "DoN'T WORRY-about 'FAILURES'.  ... WORRY-about the chances you MISS, if you doN'T even-TRY."
(--Jack Canfield)


... 

"T.G.I.F."!?

... 
-- If you've NEVER-"LOST your MIND", ...
then you've NEVER "FOLLOWED your HEART".


-- "You know the BEST-way to get-OUT of a 'NEGATIVE-spiral'?  ... 'A-tit for TWO-tats'."
(--Charlie, 'NUMB3RS')


-- I watched 'Dead Poets Society' yet-AGAIN early this morning.
... "The 'POWERFUL-play of LIFE' goes-ON, ... & YOU may contribute a 'VERSE'."................

... "There's a time for daring and there's a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for."
(--Professor Keating, 'DPS')

... "No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.
(--Professor Keating, 'DPS')


-- Really in lieu of my "FOOT-/ANKLE-Rotating SUCCESS", I was INSPIRED to REWRITE a "CELEBRATORY-song":

 

'This is MY Life'
(by Edward Maya)


"I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming out loud
I'm searching the missing part of my heart
Uuuuu uuuu uuuu,you catch me every time I fall
When I look into your eyes
I just know you tell me lies
This, this is my life I'm looking for you searching love in your eyes
This, this my life I'm chasing a dream that fade away in the night
Can you get to my soul,
I'll make you lose the control,
I'll be your sun in the night
Just come here inside
I'm playing with you
I'm falling for you
When I look into your eyes
I just know you tell me lies
Ref: This,this is my life I'm looking for you searching love in your eyes
This, this my life I'm chasing a dream that fade away in the night
I can't follow dreams forever
Just to see them fall apart
We can change the world if we are together
'Cause I know I won't let it go
When I look into your eyes
I just know you tell me lies
This, this is my life I'm looking for you searching love in your eyes
This, this my life I'm chasing a dream that fade away in the night
I start to miss your smile,your voice is all I hear
I'm chasing hollow eyes,show me I'm wrong tonight
This,this is my life I'm looking for you searching love in your eyes
This, this my life I'm chasing a dream that fade away in the night"
______________________________________________
... 
'I Need MY Legs'
(by A.J. Kaynatma)

"I'm TRYING-to STAND ... 'con-STANT-LEE'!
I'm WAITING-for my LEG-nerves to RE-GROW!

Tiiiiime, tiiiiime, TIIIIIME, ANY-activity is QUITE-DUE!
When I use MO-MEN-TUM,
... Then ADD 'fatigue' as a SUM,
... It'll ALLOW me to STAND, ... & WALK to get some-more RUM.    
I 'rih-FUZE' to LET-myself STUMBLE from the weight ALL-on my LEGSS!
Can I 'suh-PORT' my WEIGHT?!
... OR, will my temper serve as BAIT?!
I'll 'STEADY-up' & 'settle-DOWN'.
... DoN'T feel-bad, IF I FROWN.
... I'm STILL feelin' 'STRAIGHT'.
I just con-cen-TRATE.
... When I STAND with BACK real-STRAIGHT,
'Tis QUITE a RELAXING-STATE.
... I feel-PROUD, 'cuz I've been QUESTIONING my PROGRESS-RATE!    _____
I shaN'T let my REMARKABLE-dream FADE from several-MISCUES!
... I've gotta-MAKE 'REE-AH-LIH-TEE'
... To DIS-prove ALL you 'HATERZ'!
..."
_____________________________________________

...

I've GOTT-watch ... the
OLYMPICS!



...

Thursday, August 4, 2016

LIFE's MAIN-goal ... for the "BIG-picture":

... 
"CONVERT POTENTIAL (in)to PROGRESS."


-- ... For the last ... 2,951 days, ... (since July 6, 2008), I've ATTEMPTED-to CHANGE ... my ONCE-ASTOUNDING "potential" into greatER MENTAL- & PHYSICAL-IMPROVEMENTS.


-- 'Twas a "grab bag of AMBIVALENCE" today:

... I was doing some LEFT-footed "STRETCHING-exercises" in-bed, ... when I noticed that I could pain-LESS-ly rotate my LEFT-foot/-ankle  COUNTER-clockwise/OUTWARD ... ~35 degrees ... as OPPOSED-to the PAST ~8.07 YEARS of being "PIGEON-toed".
(  : )  )

... I learned that it would cost an (UNKNOWN) EXORBITANT-amount of $ to build & INSTALL the NECESSARY-covering for me to SWIM in MY POOL ... in lieu of STRAY-animals, their respective-EXCREMENT and/or URINE, MY G-tube & my ODDLY-shaped/MULTIPLE-layered POOL.
(  : (  )

... My housemate told me that he's figured-out how-to get-to his work/job EASIER.
(  : )  )

... Sooo, he declared that--within the MONTH--he's gonna move-OUT ... to Miami--close-to WORK.
(  : (  )

... 'Twas a FABULOUS "Martial Arts"-class ... with GREAT/HLPFUL remarkS from ... "the peanut-gallery" (ME).

... During the drive-HOME, some JERK-driver SWERVED ... almost-INTO my van ... ALL-the-WHILE, he's YELLING EXPLETIVES at my Caregiver.
(  : (  )

... (WARNING) I reflected-upon my TWO SOLID "bowel-movements" in a span of 16 hours today.
(... GOOD-"sign"!)


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