January 2006 Archives
Sweat and Gobble
Okay, so here’s the deal. In late December I started a regimen of working out 3-4 nights a week. I do some free weight exercises and then 30 minutes on the stair-stepper. But that’s just the back story.
Last night I was not planning to work out. I was tired from driving a lot during the day, and worn out from translating some dialogue from the Esgares story in Brigandine Grand Edition.
So anyway, I wasn’t planning to work out.
However, I really wanted to eat some Ben & Jerry’s Strawberry Cheesecake Swirl ice cream. So I figured, what the heck, I’d do my regular exercise routine first.
Kind of reminds me of Tacky when he was in that horrible J-drama “Antique”. His character could size up a piece of cake or sundry pastry and know exactly how many minutes he’d need to work out or kilometers to run in order to burn off the calories.
So there you have it. Keep your eyes out for big, big news coming near the end of the week.
By Voards on January 30, 2006 9:47 AM
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So guilty...
I feel so guilty.
I didn't work out tonight. Seriously, I'm just too tired. And I'm making excuses why I'm not going to work out. That's how it starts, you tell yourself, "I'll only skip it just this once."
What's worse, I had fried banana for desert at Table for Two tonight. Imagine just where those calories are going to go...
Hmph.
By Voards on January 20, 2006 11:09 AM
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You know what?
Consider for a moment, if you will, the average pregnancy test commercial. You, the TV signal consumer, are treated to one or more couples waiting anxiously for the results while a VO (Voice-Over) delivers some pedestrian message. When the little stick (or similar device) shows positive, the waiting couple bursts into joyful tears.
To this I say: What about people who would want such a product in hopes of seeing a a result of negative?
I mean, really! I would love to see an anonymous survey of purchasers of pregnancy tests. I bet you at least half (or perhaps more) are hoping for a negative result. To note, I imagine the positive/negative expectancy would be affected by age and marital status demographics.
However, as I was once a single male, I feel discriminated against after the fact. Shouldn't the commercial want to let me know of it's speed, ease of use and accuracy to let me know I didn't get someone pregnant?
I'm not asking for equal coverage. As long as there's one unmarried couple jumping for joy at a negative response, I'll be happy. If you've ever been there, you know the elation that negative response can bring you.
By Voards on January 17, 2006 3:40 AM
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超電磁ヨーヨー
Hm.
While working out tonight I saw Combattler V destroy a multi-tentacled, green turd-like monster spotted with cannon which spit out acid. Based upon what he saw on a TV ad for a world master yo-yo exposition, the bloated, drunkard scientist invented a new weapon for Combattler with which to rid the world of the current episode's threat. If you guessed the name of the weapon was "Choudenji Yo-Yo", you're absolutely corect.
To note, before being eliminated by Combattler, the "slave-monster" (or is it "Monster-slave"?) was generally making a nuisance of itself by destroying Tokyo buldings and landmarks with its tentacles and corrosive green slime. And killing the citizenry by the gross dozen.
Now that's entertainment!
TODAY"S VOCABULARY:
超電磁ヨーヨー (Choudenji Yo Yo); Super Electromagnetic Yo-yo.
By Voards on January 11, 2006 10:53 AM
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Lunchtime soon...
There’s something so comfortable about having a competent staff.
Some days the administrivia never ends. My phone will ring off the hook, I’ll get flooded with e-mail, and I’ll have multiple projects going on at once, all of which need immediate attention.
On those days I feel like posting a sign on my office door which would read, “Open this door and I will kill you, cook you, eat you and make wind chimes out of your dried bones.”
That wouldn’t be very student centered, however. Nor would it be respectful to my staff. Thus, I refrain from such antics and leave any untoward thoughts unsaid.
However, I just want to send props out to my staff. They’re a fairly hard-working bunch, and competent as well. I’m sure my ulcer(s) are much smaller because of them.
By Voards on January 5, 2006 2:42 AM
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あきまして おめでとう ございます！
Happy new year everybody.
I hope you spent it in some way similar to mine: Quality time with quality people.
2005 in many ways really stank on ice, didn't it? The world in general saw so much death and tragedy. Closer to home, two colleagues were stricken in the worst way. One lost his wife in a lash flood an the other lost his wife and child when they were rear-ended by a drunk driver.
And yet, for me it was filled with a few personal high points. I discovered and achieved some things regarding my current education pursuits which will lead me to begin teaching two years sooner. My forsena.org page (dedicated to the PS game Brigandine) has attracted many great visitors which post regularly to the message board. And, as I try to do at least once a year, I visited Japan again.
Not all of my personal points in 2005 were good ones. However, when I start to feel too sorry for myself I think of the overwhelming loss and tragedy overwhelming so many others from tsunami, earthquake, flood, commuter train derailments, terrorism and this asinine war.
Compared to that, the inconveniences and setbacks I've had seem as nothing. And, as nothing, I let them go.
By Voards on January 1, 2006 12:42 PM
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