Hurt my left shoulder a little bit again, so I'm going to have to tweak things. Pisses me off. Can't swim, can't do this, can't do that. Aging - is there anything good about it? And don't give that "gaining of wisdom" BS. I'm as fucked in the head as I have ever been.
So upper body workouts are out for a month. Let's see. Mondays were Chest & Back. Now? Light exercises to strengthen the rotator cuff, and ARX. Tuesdays can stay Plyo. Wednesdays? "Just Arms" from One on One, and ARX. Thursdays? Yoga is a tough one. I don't think I should do any downward dogs for a while, maybe a couple of weeks at least. So, X Stretch. Fridays used to be Legs & Back, but I can't do the Back part anymore. So I will do "Bun Shaper" from the one on One series, and, of course, ARX. Saturdays, rest. Sundays, the jog. I just overdid it is all. It's not as bad as last time when I could hardly get dressed. It's a good chance to really work on technique, work on not eating crap, eating right, sleeping right, and making sure my shoulder heals up okay. I'll do this until the end of October and see how I feel, and if I feel okay, get back to my P90X schedule, starting at phase 2.
Loved the grand final the other weekend. The first three quarters was the most captivating footy of the year. It was a shootout, and the skills were incredible, even in the crappy weather. I was glad the Swans weren't playing, because we would have got thrashed. Then Geelong rolled them, like we rolled the Saints in the '05 Prelim. Must have been great for the supporters. Tom Hawkins looked Cary-ish. I don't know what it is about him. Maybe everyone thinks he's a natural because he's a big good-looking guy, when actually he's just a young, okay player. Had an awesome final series though. Bartell, amazing. I wish he played for the Swans.
I think the greatest achievement by Scott and the team was to ignore expectations. It would have been fine with everyone if Geelong finished fifth or six, maybe even won a final, and then dropped out. Something like the Swans did this year. Everyone would have excepted that. They are on the way out, lot's of good but oldish players, new coach learning the ropes, playing the kids, rebuilding phase, all that stuff. Can you imagine the enourmous task of turning those expectations around? Like turning around a battleship. But they did it. Great stuff.
Other teams need to look at that and not accept anything less than a premiership. I can imagine the Swans getting complacent with making the finals and then not doing much. There's no reason why we can't do what Geelong did. (Got to get rid of Jessy White and Jetta first, though.) But teams like Richmond, Melbourne, Port Adelaide. The complacency at those clubs must be suffocating. They all have (had) coaches that make excuses. Apologise for their players. A stuffy, privelidged air around the club. Fuck that. Get people in there that only accept success. That's why I feel okay about Voss at Brisbane. They guy will accept nothing but success. Same as Buckley at Collingwood. Hird at Essendon. I am surprised that so many first-time coaches have been picked for next year, especially no-name first time coaches. If I was in charge at a club looking for a coach, I would be asking Leigh Matthews, Paul Roos, Mick Malthouse, Mark Williams, how much would it take to get them at my club? Eade even, though I don't think players like Eade enough to want to win a flag for him. How can Gary Lyon not be coaching Melbourne? The guy would straighten Melbourne out in a week. The whole world knows he would be great at it. Instead they (he) hires some guy no-one's heard of. Again. They lost Scully because he wanted to get to a professional club where he could improve just as much as he wanted the millions. Embarrassing for Melbourne.
The other day I woke up after having a dream about a woman close to me (I don't know who it was, just that we were friends) was diagnosed with cancer. Then on Longreads.com first thing over breakfast I read an article written by a woman dying of liver cancer like mum did. What's up with that?
Also, I quit Facebook. Feels a little strange, but I think I'm going to be okay.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011
P90X
Apparently the sequel to P90X, P90X:MC2, comes out on Christmas eve. That's about 90 days from now. That's wierd, isn't it. Yes, I'm doing it again. Everything I've done since my last round of P90X has been a compromise. I know that now, after four days of the new round of P90X. I am as sore as a bastard. It's been a long four days. 86 to go. A couple of things; I'm not doing Kempo X. I'm doing a 5 km jog instead. And I'm not doing Yoga X. Too long. I'm doing Hummingbird Yoga from the One on One series instead like last time. Also, my rest week is a little more "resty", with more yoga and stretching. Apart from that, it's the same as the normal schedule. Finding the time, getting into a routine is tough, but I'll get used to it. Legs & Back today...
So the Grand Final is on tomorrow. The most homesickiest day of the year. I did think about flying down to see it, but with the job hunting and money and allotted days off and the kids and everything, before I knew it it was only a week away. Ah well. Next year for sure. I'm actually going for Collingwood. I tipped them at the start of the year, with just about everyone else. I tipped a nightmare year for the Saints, which it was, but I tipped them to miss the finals, which they didn't. I tipped Goodes for the Brownlow, didn't get up though he had a chance. I tipped Freo in the Grand Final - way off. I think I tipped an assault charge for Fevola - still plenty of time for that. I don't know why, but I found myself barracking for Collingwood last week, even though Buddy's goal was awesome. I think it was because the Hawks knocked the Swans out the week before. I have had enough of the Hawks being in Grand Finals to last a lifetime having grown up in the 80's. The Cats? I don't like a lot of their players. I don't like Hawkins, Ottens, Jpod, Stevie J, those two little black-haired guys, the one who got busted dealing and his new clone, the list goes on. All this rags-to-riches stuff about Geelong makes me laugh, too. From a Premiership to *gasp* a Prelim, then back to maybe another Premiership. Spare me. So I hope Collingwood win because they are the best team. Anyway, I'll be watching it on Sunday morning. I hope it's a great game.
I'm quitting Facebook. It's a difficult decision, and perhaps it's going to come to some personal cost to me, but let me try to explain why.
1) In ten years, Mark Zuckerburg will be the richest, most powerful man in the world. Facebook will be the one of biggest economies in the world, with it's own currency (apparently going to be called "credits"), and with access to the personal information of billions. This is disturbing because Zuckerburg is a dead-eyed, Asperger's Syndrome suffering computer geek, with seemingly no concept of personal space or personal privacy, and mentally incapable of understanding human relationships (symptoms of Asperger's). He will be influenced, swayed, and fooled by psychopathic power-hungry men and women who want what he's got. Whether or not it's Zuckerberg or a bunch of shareholders, that's too much power in the hands of too few. Me quitting Facebook won't stop any of it, but at least I won't be a party to it. And when the Facebook death-squads start rounding up dissenters for work camps, hopefully I will be totally off the Facebook grid by then.
2) Facebook is becoming less about keeping in touch with friends and sharing photos, and more about performing for an audience. I have the suspicion that Facebook is ruining the lives of millions of people (maybe more women than men) around the world. The pressure to present their lives as idyllic and perfect to other women must be enormous. Agonizing over how to comment on a photo of an ugly child "Looks just like you!", or an overweight friend "You look so beautiful!". The only other option is to say nothing, and you can't say nothing. Facebook is engineered this way. There is no [Hate] button or [STFU] button. So we end up pressing [Like] to acknowledge that we have indeed reviewed the photo or comment, but have no response to it. "So sad today. My Grandmother passed away last night. RIP Nanny." "Jim likes this". WTF kind of communication is that? Facebook could have a million little buttons to choose from. Jim loves this. Jim thinks this awesome. Jim hates this. Jim thinks this is bullshit. How about a choice of even two or three? But no. One. [Like]. Such a flat, nothing word. And you know what the next button will be? [Like like]. This is keeping in touch? So let the performances continue, but I won't be watching.
3) I don't want everything I do on the Internet shared, recorded, and sold to corporations. "But you can select a checkbox somewhere and they can't monitor you" they say. Yea? Where is it? I think it's bullshit. And I don't really want to know what everyone else is doing all the time, and I don't want them to know what I'm doing. I don't want you to log in to Facebook one day and see "Jim is masturbating to [Midget fucks pregnant ebony slut] on Youjizz." I don't want that. When you know you are being watched, your behaviour changes. It's the same for atoms, lions in the desert, people on the streets in London. I didn't sign up to be modified.
4) And finally, when you strip away all the bullshit above, this is why I want to quit. I don't like how I am always looking at Facebook and slyly trying to check out what other people are doing or saying, or if they are fat or bald or still hot or whatever, kind of like spying on them. I want to stop doing that.
It's a shame because I liked looking at the photos my friends put up, and the message function is convenient (though a bitch to navigate), but the other stuff is just too much. Maybe there's something else. Maybe there's no way to do anything on the Internet that can't be monitored, recorded, and sold. But to be honest, I have never been in less contact with my friends and family, despite Facebook. Or maybe it's because of Facebook. I don't call or mail anyone because I know what they're doing because it's on Facebook, and vise versa. The two letters I've written to friends this year were to friends who aren't on Facebook, and it was great. I got nice long letters back about how they are, what they're doing, etc. I'm going to do more of that.
So that leaves me in a bind about this blog. I could write this crap and not post it, but I think that while I'm living here and not really able to express myself much, this blog is useful. Knowing it is being read is an integral part of it. I'm sure that when I finally find a job in Oz and I move back down, I'll forget all about this blog. But it serves a purpose, and helps me organize my thoughts and set goals. Anyway, catch ya later.
So the Grand Final is on tomorrow. The most homesickiest day of the year. I did think about flying down to see it, but with the job hunting and money and allotted days off and the kids and everything, before I knew it it was only a week away. Ah well. Next year for sure. I'm actually going for Collingwood. I tipped them at the start of the year, with just about everyone else. I tipped a nightmare year for the Saints, which it was, but I tipped them to miss the finals, which they didn't. I tipped Goodes for the Brownlow, didn't get up though he had a chance. I tipped Freo in the Grand Final - way off. I think I tipped an assault charge for Fevola - still plenty of time for that. I don't know why, but I found myself barracking for Collingwood last week, even though Buddy's goal was awesome. I think it was because the Hawks knocked the Swans out the week before. I have had enough of the Hawks being in Grand Finals to last a lifetime having grown up in the 80's. The Cats? I don't like a lot of their players. I don't like Hawkins, Ottens, Jpod, Stevie J, those two little black-haired guys, the one who got busted dealing and his new clone, the list goes on. All this rags-to-riches stuff about Geelong makes me laugh, too. From a Premiership to *gasp* a Prelim, then back to maybe another Premiership. Spare me. So I hope Collingwood win because they are the best team. Anyway, I'll be watching it on Sunday morning. I hope it's a great game.
I'm quitting Facebook. It's a difficult decision, and perhaps it's going to come to some personal cost to me, but let me try to explain why.
1) In ten years, Mark Zuckerburg will be the richest, most powerful man in the world. Facebook will be the one of biggest economies in the world, with it's own currency (apparently going to be called "credits"), and with access to the personal information of billions. This is disturbing because Zuckerburg is a dead-eyed, Asperger's Syndrome suffering computer geek, with seemingly no concept of personal space or personal privacy, and mentally incapable of understanding human relationships (symptoms of Asperger's). He will be influenced, swayed, and fooled by psychopathic power-hungry men and women who want what he's got. Whether or not it's Zuckerberg or a bunch of shareholders, that's too much power in the hands of too few. Me quitting Facebook won't stop any of it, but at least I won't be a party to it. And when the Facebook death-squads start rounding up dissenters for work camps, hopefully I will be totally off the Facebook grid by then.
2) Facebook is becoming less about keeping in touch with friends and sharing photos, and more about performing for an audience. I have the suspicion that Facebook is ruining the lives of millions of people (maybe more women than men) around the world. The pressure to present their lives as idyllic and perfect to other women must be enormous. Agonizing over how to comment on a photo of an ugly child "Looks just like you!", or an overweight friend "You look so beautiful!". The only other option is to say nothing, and you can't say nothing. Facebook is engineered this way. There is no [Hate] button or [STFU] button. So we end up pressing [Like] to acknowledge that we have indeed reviewed the photo or comment, but have no response to it. "So sad today. My Grandmother passed away last night. RIP Nanny." "Jim likes this". WTF kind of communication is that? Facebook could have a million little buttons to choose from. Jim loves this. Jim thinks this awesome. Jim hates this. Jim thinks this is bullshit. How about a choice of even two or three? But no. One. [Like]. Such a flat, nothing word. And you know what the next button will be? [Like like]. This is keeping in touch? So let the performances continue, but I won't be watching.
3) I don't want everything I do on the Internet shared, recorded, and sold to corporations. "But you can select a checkbox somewhere and they can't monitor you" they say. Yea? Where is it? I think it's bullshit. And I don't really want to know what everyone else is doing all the time, and I don't want them to know what I'm doing. I don't want you to log in to Facebook one day and see "Jim is masturbating to [Midget fucks pregnant ebony slut] on Youjizz." I don't want that. When you know you are being watched, your behaviour changes. It's the same for atoms, lions in the desert, people on the streets in London. I didn't sign up to be modified.
4) And finally, when you strip away all the bullshit above, this is why I want to quit. I don't like how I am always looking at Facebook and slyly trying to check out what other people are doing or saying, or if they are fat or bald or still hot or whatever, kind of like spying on them. I want to stop doing that.
It's a shame because I liked looking at the photos my friends put up, and the message function is convenient (though a bitch to navigate), but the other stuff is just too much. Maybe there's something else. Maybe there's no way to do anything on the Internet that can't be monitored, recorded, and sold. But to be honest, I have never been in less contact with my friends and family, despite Facebook. Or maybe it's because of Facebook. I don't call or mail anyone because I know what they're doing because it's on Facebook, and vise versa. The two letters I've written to friends this year were to friends who aren't on Facebook, and it was great. I got nice long letters back about how they are, what they're doing, etc. I'm going to do more of that.
So that leaves me in a bind about this blog. I could write this crap and not post it, but I think that while I'm living here and not really able to express myself much, this blog is useful. Knowing it is being read is an integral part of it. I'm sure that when I finally find a job in Oz and I move back down, I'll forget all about this blog. But it serves a purpose, and helps me organize my thoughts and set goals. Anyway, catch ya later.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Google translate
I have hit a bit of a hump after going great last week. I have hurt my rotator cuff in my left shoulder. Otherwise known as "swimmer's shoulder". I might give the swimming a miss from now on. Shame. Maybe another jogging session. I didn't actually do it while swimming. I went swimming last Thursday, killed it, felt great, then hurt it on Monday night playing with the kids. It just started aching. I think I might have done it during the Chest & Shoulders workout after work last Monday, so maybe it wasn't swimming. Whatever. I've taken it really easy the last week.
I took the day off work and we all went to Nagashima Spaland last Tuesday, which is a massive amusement park. We just went to the pool section. Jo Jo lost his mind in the wave pool and Willy went on his first proper waterslide. "It was very crazy" he said. Fun day. Mind you, I didn't have to go to work, so it was always going to be an awesome day because I am hating work at the moment.
I'm thinking of changing the oil in my motorcycle so I consulted the manual and decided to translate a section of it because I was bored. Maybe you are interested in where Google Translate is at. I am. Here it is.
ORIGINAL JAPANESE
エンジンオイル
エンジンの性能を維持するためには、定期的なエンジンオイルの点検・補給が必要です。
汚れたオイルや古くなったオイルは、エンジンに悪影響を与えますので、早目に交換してください。エンジン停止直後のメンテナンスは、エンジン本体、マフラやエンジンエキゾーストパイプなどが熱くなっています。ヤケドにご注意ください。
この車の潤滑装置はドライサンプ方式を採用しています。
エンジンオイル量の点検は下記の手順で行ってください。
エンジンを始動して、オイル量の点検をする前に、以上の点検を行ってください。
１．右側サイドカバーを取り外します。（３２ページ参照）
２．オイルレベルゲージを外します。
３．布などでオイルレベルゲージについたオイルを拭きます。
４．車体を垂直に立て、オイルレベルゲージをねじ込まずに差し込みオイルレベルゲージにオイルが付着するかを確かめます。
５．オイルレベルゲージにオイルが付いた場合は、７１ページ記載の要領でオイル量の点検をします。
GOOGLE TRANSLATION
Engine oil
To maintain the performance of the engine, check engine oil supplement is required periodically.
Old oil and dirty oil, so can adversely affect the engine, please replace early. Maintenance after the engine stops, the engine body and the engine is too hot exhaust pipe and muffler. Please note burns.
The car's lubrication system is adopted as the dry method.
Please check the engine oil is doing the steps below.
Start the engine and check oil level before you, please do more inspections.
1. Remove the right side cover. (See page 32)
2. Remove the oil level gauge.
3. Wipe the oil with a cloth and oil level gauge.
4. Body upright, but check to be deposited into the oil to the oil level gauge oil level gauge Neji込Mazu.
5. If the oil level gauge with oil, then check oil level in the manner described on page 71.
MY LITERAL TRANSLATION
Engine Oil
In order to maintain the functionality of the engine, regular inspection and supply of the engine oil is necessary.
Dirty or old oil has a bad effect on the engine, so change it beforehand. The engine, muffler, and exhaust pipe are hot when performing maintenance immediately after stopping the engine. Take care not be burn yourself.
This motorcycle uses the dry sump style lubrication unit.
Follow the instruction below to check the amount of engine oil.
Perform the following inspections before starting the engine and checking the amount of oil.
1. Remove the right side cover (see page 32).
2. Remove the oil level gauge.
3. Wipe off any oil on the oil level gauge with a clean cloth.
4. Stand the motorcycle vertically, insert the oil level gauge without screwing it in, and check the amount of oil on the oil level gauge.
5. If there is oil on the oil level gauge, use the guidelines on page 71 to check the amount of oil.
MY FINISHED TRANSLATION
Engine Oil
You should regularly check the engine oil in order to maintain the performance of the engine.
Dirty or old oil can damage the engine, so it should be changed before this happens. Take care not to burn yourself when performing maintenance immediately after stopping the engine, because the engine, muffler, and exhaust pipe will be hot.
This motorcycle uses the dry sump lubrication method.
Follow the instructions below to check the amount of engine oil.
1. Remove the right side cover (see page 32).
2. Remove the oil level gauge.
3. Wipe off any oil on the oil level gauge with a clean cloth.
4. Stand the motorcycle vertically, insert the oil level gauge without screwing it in, remove it, and check the amount of oil on the oil level gauge.
5. If there is oil on the oil level gauge, use the guidelines on page 71 to check the amount of oil.
Notes:
Google translation: is shit. Steps 1 and 2 are the only acceptable translations. I like the [Please note burns]. "Oh yes, I have burnt myself here, here, and, oh, here. I also note the pain these burns are causing."
My job is safe: for now. And for a while, it seems.
Literal translation: This is my translation using the Japanese as a base. So it sounds stiff and strange, but hey, that's what is says.
Finished translation: A clean up, attempting to make the English more natural-sounding. Also fixing up any unclear sections, like in the Japanese (and the literal translation) it says "insert the oil level gauge without screwing it in, and check the amount of oil on the oil level gauge". That would be pretty hard to do without removing it again. So I added the bit about removing it again.
The hard part is making it sound natural after being distracted by the original language. If my boss told me to just write out a section from scratch about how checking and changing oil is important and how you do it etc for the English edition of this manual, it would sound much better, and it would be different, too. But the translator has a source, and if the source has a look at the translation and can't see that this means this and that means that he might think "WTF? I didn't write this!" and talk to the translator's boss. So it has to be recognizable as a translation, if you know what I mean. Maybe not so much in an enlightened workplace, but you won't find one of those here in Japan, unless, ironically, you go to the Google offices in Tokyo.
Anyway, back to the workouts sans swimming this week.
I took the day off work and we all went to Nagashima Spaland last Tuesday, which is a massive amusement park. We just went to the pool section. Jo Jo lost his mind in the wave pool and Willy went on his first proper waterslide. "It was very crazy" he said. Fun day. Mind you, I didn't have to go to work, so it was always going to be an awesome day because I am hating work at the moment.
I'm thinking of changing the oil in my motorcycle so I consulted the manual and decided to translate a section of it because I was bored. Maybe you are interested in where Google Translate is at. I am. Here it is.
ORIGINAL JAPANESE
エンジンオイル
エンジンの性能を維持するためには、定期的なエンジンオイルの点検・補給が必要です。
汚れたオイルや古くなったオイルは、エンジンに悪影響を与えますので、早目に交換してください。エンジン停止直後のメンテナンスは、エンジン本体、マフラやエンジンエキゾーストパイプなどが熱くなっています。ヤケドにご注意ください。
この車の潤滑装置はドライサンプ方式を採用しています。
エンジンオイル量の点検は下記の手順で行ってください。
エンジンを始動して、オイル量の点検をする前に、以上の点検を行ってください。
１．右側サイドカバーを取り外します。（３２ページ参照）
２．オイルレベルゲージを外します。
３．布などでオイルレベルゲージについたオイルを拭きます。
４．車体を垂直に立て、オイルレベルゲージをねじ込まずに差し込みオイルレベルゲージにオイルが付着するかを確かめます。
５．オイルレベルゲージにオイルが付いた場合は、７１ページ記載の要領でオイル量の点検をします。
GOOGLE TRANSLATION
Engine oil
To maintain the performance of the engine, check engine oil supplement is required periodically.
Old oil and dirty oil, so can adversely affect the engine, please replace early. Maintenance after the engine stops, the engine body and the engine is too hot exhaust pipe and muffler. Please note burns.
The car's lubrication system is adopted as the dry method.
Please check the engine oil is doing the steps below.
Start the engine and check oil level before you, please do more inspections.
1. Remove the right side cover. (See page 32)
2. Remove the oil level gauge.
3. Wipe the oil with a cloth and oil level gauge.
4. Body upright, but check to be deposited into the oil to the oil level gauge oil level gauge Neji込Mazu.
5. If the oil level gauge with oil, then check oil level in the manner described on page 71.
MY LITERAL TRANSLATION
Engine Oil
In order to maintain the functionality of the engine, regular inspection and supply of the engine oil is necessary.
Dirty or old oil has a bad effect on the engine, so change it beforehand. The engine, muffler, and exhaust pipe are hot when performing maintenance immediately after stopping the engine. Take care not be burn yourself.
This motorcycle uses the dry sump style lubrication unit.
Follow the instruction below to check the amount of engine oil.
Perform the following inspections before starting the engine and checking the amount of oil.
1. Remove the right side cover (see page 32).
2. Remove the oil level gauge.
3. Wipe off any oil on the oil level gauge with a clean cloth.
4. Stand the motorcycle vertically, insert the oil level gauge without screwing it in, and check the amount of oil on the oil level gauge.
5. If there is oil on the oil level gauge, use the guidelines on page 71 to check the amount of oil.
MY FINISHED TRANSLATION
Engine Oil
You should regularly check the engine oil in order to maintain the performance of the engine.
Dirty or old oil can damage the engine, so it should be changed before this happens. Take care not to burn yourself when performing maintenance immediately after stopping the engine, because the engine, muffler, and exhaust pipe will be hot.
This motorcycle uses the dry sump lubrication method.
Follow the instructions below to check the amount of engine oil.
1. Remove the right side cover (see page 32).
2. Remove the oil level gauge.
3. Wipe off any oil on the oil level gauge with a clean cloth.
4. Stand the motorcycle vertically, insert the oil level gauge without screwing it in, remove it, and check the amount of oil on the oil level gauge.
5. If there is oil on the oil level gauge, use the guidelines on page 71 to check the amount of oil.
Notes:
Google translation: is shit. Steps 1 and 2 are the only acceptable translations. I like the [Please note burns]. "Oh yes, I have burnt myself here, here, and, oh, here. I also note the pain these burns are causing."
My job is safe: for now. And for a while, it seems.
Literal translation: This is my translation using the Japanese as a base. So it sounds stiff and strange, but hey, that's what is says.
Finished translation: A clean up, attempting to make the English more natural-sounding. Also fixing up any unclear sections, like in the Japanese (and the literal translation) it says "insert the oil level gauge without screwing it in, and check the amount of oil on the oil level gauge". That would be pretty hard to do without removing it again. So I added the bit about removing it again.
The hard part is making it sound natural after being distracted by the original language. If my boss told me to just write out a section from scratch about how checking and changing oil is important and how you do it etc for the English edition of this manual, it would sound much better, and it would be different, too. But the translator has a source, and if the source has a look at the translation and can't see that this means this and that means that he might think "WTF? I didn't write this!" and talk to the translator's boss. So it has to be recognizable as a translation, if you know what I mean. Maybe not so much in an enlightened workplace, but you won't find one of those here in Japan, unless, ironically, you go to the Google offices in Tokyo.
Anyway, back to the workouts sans swimming this week.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Week 2 & 3
What a win by Sydney last week. I really expected them to be a little bit flat after the sadness of the week, but they came out fired up. Reminded me of when we played Collingwood earlier this season. In that game it looked like they had really committed to doing everything they can to win. Couldn't beat Collingwood, but we got Geelong. They look really flat, and are in danger of going into the finals with 2 losses. I'm not sure they can make the Granny now. They look shaky. Swans will probably play the Saints first week of the finals. Probably the best outcome for us.
Workouts going well. Running, swimming, stretching, lifting. All good. I feel stronger. I was a bit flat after not getting the IBM job in Brisbane. I keep thinking how cool it would have been to get it. At least the reason I didn't get it has nothing to do with me, more to do with the job. Hopefully a position I am suitable for will open up there in the near future. It has spurred me on to get better at what I do. I don't want to be given the chance to work there and then flunk the interview.
The Chest, Back & Shoulders workout is the problem. It's long and hard. I think what I'll do is take out all of the pull-up exercises out of it, which cuts it down to eight exercises, and with the pull-ups, I'll "grease the groove". That means, every time I walk under my pull-up bar, I do between 5 - 10 pull-ups. So instead of doing them during a once-a-week workout and doing, say, 25 of them, I'll do some every time I go down to the garage, with might be many times a day, meaning I'll do 100s a week without the fatigue.
Workouts going well. Running, swimming, stretching, lifting. All good. I feel stronger. I was a bit flat after not getting the IBM job in Brisbane. I keep thinking how cool it would have been to get it. At least the reason I didn't get it has nothing to do with me, more to do with the job. Hopefully a position I am suitable for will open up there in the near future. It has spurred me on to get better at what I do. I don't want to be given the chance to work there and then flunk the interview.
The Chest, Back & Shoulders workout is the problem. It's long and hard. I think what I'll do is take out all of the pull-up exercises out of it, which cuts it down to eight exercises, and with the pull-ups, I'll "grease the groove". That means, every time I walk under my pull-up bar, I do between 5 - 10 pull-ups. So instead of doing them during a once-a-week workout and doing, say, 25 of them, I'll do some every time I go down to the garage, with might be many times a day, meaning I'll do 100s a week without the fatigue.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Day 7 & 8
Fire Up Your Abs the other day was pretty good. Not too strenuous, but the last round got me sweating. And the 900 m swim last night was pretty cruizy. 6 lots of six laps. Funny, three weeks ago I struggled to swim four laps in a row, now I can do 6 x 6.
At the pool there were two swimmers (me and another guy) and four lifeguards.
My bike motor is making a pretty loud clicking noise each rev. I usually listen to my ipod while I'm riding, but I can still hear it. Tick tick tick tick. I might take it to a mechanics this weekend.
Fear is compelling me to study Japanese, fear of finally getting contacted by IBM and the flunking the Japanese section of the interview. You know that little voice that says, "Hmmm, it might be best if you didn't leave this to chance, do a little preparation even though it appears the interview might not happen", the voice that competes with the other voice that says, "Ah, fuck it". There's always voices in my head telling me to do stuff.
*Just got a mail from IBM. No good, as expected. They wanted a native Japanese. Anyway, I'll keep at the study so I'm a little more confident going into Japanese interviews.
At the pool there were two swimmers (me and another guy) and four lifeguards.
My bike motor is making a pretty loud clicking noise each rev. I usually listen to my ipod while I'm riding, but I can still hear it. Tick tick tick tick. I might take it to a mechanics this weekend.
Fear is compelling me to study Japanese, fear of finally getting contacted by IBM and the flunking the Japanese section of the interview. You know that little voice that says, "Hmmm, it might be best if you didn't leave this to chance, do a little preparation even though it appears the interview might not happen", the voice that competes with the other voice that says, "Ah, fuck it". There's always voices in my head telling me to do stuff.
*Just got a mail from IBM. No good, as expected. They wanted a native Japanese. Anyway, I'll keep at the study so I'm a little more confident going into Japanese interviews.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Day 7
So it's 20 years since Nevermind. Holy shit. I remember driving to Rosebud with Adam and Craig and Max listening to it over and over, and we all loved it straight away. By the time Kurt Cobain was dead I had moved on to the British pop, then a few years later to techno, and then that pretty much did it for me with music.
I have given up on the Lee Child's book. I'm four chapters in, but I've already worked out the two twists so far in the story ages before the protagonist did, which can't be good. Harlen Coben is the best popular thriller writer around. I'll get one of his books next, I think.
Chest, Back, and Shoulders on Monday was good. I didn't go crazy, just focused on form, and didn't really push it. Next week I hope to get a couple more reps in for each exercise. I'm feeling it today though, two days later. Yesterday I had my rest day. Got the Rev Abs workout tonight.
I have given up on the Lee Child's book. I'm four chapters in, but I've already worked out the two twists so far in the story ages before the protagonist did, which can't be good. Harlen Coben is the best popular thriller writer around. I'll get one of his books next, I think.
Chest, Back, and Shoulders on Monday was good. I didn't go crazy, just focused on form, and didn't really push it. Next week I hope to get a couple more reps in for each exercise. I'm feeling it today though, two days later. Yesterday I had my rest day. Got the Rev Abs workout tonight.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Day 5
Days two, three, and four have come and gone. The stretch was good. The Arms workout was fine, though it appears someone has stolen my 15 kg dumbbells. The garage door is left open sometimes, and they are right near the entrance, so there you go. Funny how they only took them, and not anything else, like my toolbox or ipod, which were also there. So someone ran in, grabbed 30 kg of weight, half the body weight of most people here, and raced out again. Weird. Maybe I have misplaced them, but I can't think where else I would have put them. So I did all the exercises with the 10 kg dumbbells, which isn't really enough. So I'll either buy some more, which I don't want to do, or every Saturday go to the gym and do it, which I might do because it's more interesting than doing it in the garage and I'll get better results. Day four was the 4 km run, no dramas.
Still no word from IBM, though I noticed they re-posted the position vacancy last week. Weird. Lots of weirdness recently.
Finished the Hyperion Cantos. Great stuff. Wish I could erase all memory of it and read it again for the first time. Started reading Killing Floor by Lee Childs. Only a couple of chapters in, but I like it.
Great win by the Swans this week. It feels so good beating St Kilda. I don't know why, it just does. We are still carrying too many duds. They must trade White and Jetta. White would be okay if he could kick straight, but Jetta costs us every time he gets the ball. Granted he can run fast, but if you can't run and kick, or run and think, what good is running? So we will get pumped by Geelong next week, and then have to beat the Lions in Sydney. Too be honest, I don't have good feelings about the next two weeks. I think we might limp into the finals, but not do anything. Won't matter in the end, because it'll be a Geelong/Collingwood granny. Hope so, anyway.
Still no word from IBM, though I noticed they re-posted the position vacancy last week. Weird. Lots of weirdness recently.
Finished the Hyperion Cantos. Great stuff. Wish I could erase all memory of it and read it again for the first time. Started reading Killing Floor by Lee Childs. Only a couple of chapters in, but I like it.
Great win by the Swans this week. It feels so good beating St Kilda. I don't know why, it just does. We are still carrying too many duds. They must trade White and Jetta. White would be okay if he could kick straight, but Jetta costs us every time he gets the ball. Granted he can run fast, but if you can't run and kick, or run and think, what good is running? So we will get pumped by Geelong next week, and then have to beat the Lions in Sydney. Too be honest, I don't have good feelings about the next two weeks. I think we might limp into the finals, but not do anything. Won't matter in the end, because it'll be a Geelong/Collingwood granny. Hope so, anyway.
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