Progress Report...

Just thought you guys would like to know how I'm doing with my workouts.  At my heaviest, I weighed 303 pounds.  Presently I am down to 279 pounds.  This is with only one trip to the gym per week.  I want to do more; it's just a matter of finding the time and then pushing myself out the door to go.  I actually managed to also put into use some of the other cool boxing gear I bought awhile ago, like the $100 boxing shoes (Nike Jordan Boxers, to be more precise) I got but couldn't wear because they hurt my feet.  Turns out they hurt because I didn't cut my toenails.  Can you say "stupid?"  I knew you could.  Far cry from regular sneakers, man...they almost feel like dancing shoes.  I also recently bought a set of those Perfect Pushup handles to try out, and I gave 'em the acid test last night.  I couldn't really do a regular push-up on them; my body doesn't seem to trust my arms to be able to push it all the way back up, so I ended up doing knee push-ups...and my arms STILL feel like lead.  Crap, these things are pretty cool.

Post Election Day thoughts...

My family is pretty much hardcore Republican.  My mom has pictures of Ronald Reagan, John McCain and Sarah Palin near our phone.  Naturally, I'm pretty much Republican myself.

I don't have the heart to tell my parents I voted for Obama.  If I did, I would likely get kicked out of my house.

Our nation has put its trust in you, Barack.  Don't fuck up.

Thank God the election is over.  Let's get back to work.

Not Everyone: some Election Day thoughts.

Not every Democrat is a bleeding-heart liberal.

Not every Republican is a rich white old conservative.

Not every Christian is a judgmental hypocrite who can't grasp the idea of gay marriage.

Not every Muslim is a militant terrorist out to bomb us back to the stone age.

Not every homosexual throws their sexuality in heterosexual people's faces.

Not every heterosexual throws their sexuality in homosexual people's faces.

Not everyone who supports our troops supports the war in Iraq.

Not everyone who supports the war wants it to continue.

Not every rich person wants poor people to stay poor.

Not every poor person wants to rob the rich.

Not every celebrity supports Obama.

Not every small-town citizen supports McCain.

Not everyone votes.  Everyone should.

 

I urge you: vote.  Left or right, Democrat or Republican, it doesn't matter.  Voting is YOUR right and privilege.  It's a right bought by human blood...American blood.  And don't vote for someone because someone tells you to or not to.  Always vote your conscience, whether your conscience is governed by rationality or by emotion.

 

Vote.  And for God's sake, don't panic if the other guy wins.  It's not the end of the world.