2010 goals.

January 27th, 2010 @ 12:29 am

Kettlebell class needs goals.  “For the year” he said.  I think year long goals are hard.  Cause if you really try, you can do a lot in a year.  So I imagine a lot of our goals would be considered sandbagging goals.  But here’s my first draft:

• 15:15 workout, for 64 minutes, with a 16kg bell, doing 8 snatches per 15 seconds.  I did 16 minutes now.  Add a minute a week for the rest of the year, I’ll get to 64.
• Press the 40kg bell in either hand.
• Pistol with either leg
• 200 snatches in 10 minutes with the 24kg bell
• Be able to press while in a deep squat (more of a stretching exercise than a strength for me)
• 5 pull ups. This one is kind of strange, cause 5 pull ups are the pre-requisite for their “beginner” kettlebell class and I can’t do it.  I can do 1 if I save up all my energy for it.  Yet I can pass the test for completing the intermediate class, of 100 snatches in 5 minutes.  It’s all about what you focus on…and now I need to focus on the lats.

With these goals, I think my weight and bodyfat % will stay in check.

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The inner rebel is gone.

January 16th, 2010 @ 9:44 pm

The Robinson’s were kind enough to deck our family out with shirts with this on them.

And I guess it was kind of a dig, but they’re not really the type to make digs like that, which makes it that much more special of a dig.

Anyway, I wore the shirt yesterday.  And I was planning on buying 2 dozen donuts on the way to work.  But I got a late start, chit chatting with our nanny and Sal and getting her family tickets to go see Avenue Q and explaining why it wouldn’t be appropriate for my kid to go see this play with muppets, yet it was okay for her kids to go.  Double standards and all.

So I thought I could grab a donut at lunch, or a snickerdoodle, or at least a couple cookies from the catered lunch at the interview function I was set to rebel against my shirt.

I got distracted at lunch, figuring out how much more food I could get into the to-go box vs. a plate.  But it was chicken saag…with extra carne asada fajitas on the side under the naan.

And then the interview thing – there were no cookies left.

And when 5 o’clock rolled around and Brian was getting a coffee I looked at the donuts behind the glass and I just kept on venting about work instead of throwing down some change for the donut.

So the shirt kind of worked in a reverse negative backwards kind of way.  We’ll see if it still works post fat dunking.

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Points of view…

January 15th, 2010 @ 9:31 pm

Last night, there was something on TV talking about the passage of 20 years.

I thought about 20 years for a moment and realized that in 3 years, I’d have known Catherine for 20 years.

I shared my joy and excitement of that fact with her.

“Well, this year, I’ll have known you half my life.” She snorted with semi-disgust.

I was quite taken aback with the amount of dislike she was able to compress into such a potentially sweet moment.  I had to come up with a rebuttal.

“Uh…well, I see it as you’ve doubled in age.” I was able to snort back.

It’s all just perspective, honeybun.

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The Box was too far away.

November 26th, 2009 @ 10:37 pm

Ninja Assassin gets $7 out of the $10.50 I paid.

But a lot of the joy of the movie comes when I said “his pants are falling off!” during a training sequence. Then I look at Catherine. She’s already grinning.

“Oh. I guess you didn’t need me to point that out…”

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Stockpiling the coupons.

November 26th, 2009 @ 7:44 am

While we were out dining the other night, it came up that occasionally, I go through a lot of effort to save a couple of bucks.

Now you can too.

$3 gets you a $25 coupon at Restaurant.com.  That $25 coupon is usually on a $50 total bill.  So it’s basically a $22 coupon if you spend $50 bucks.  They’ll automatically add 18% tip, but that shouldn’t be an issue either.  Or you can spend $6 and get a $50 coupon at some places.  I think I’ve bought one of those for Fuel near Santana Row.

The first time we used the coupon, it didn’t work out that well, as we ate too much at a little sushi joint.  It was easy to use the coupon – just we felt bloated making the $50 quota.

But then we noticed that a local bar, which has all the NFL games and chicken wings and ribs (for Sal) was letting you get $25 off a minimum purchase of $35.  So I have 8 of those coupons to use over the next couple of weeks.  And I might buy a few more.

Anyway – the way to get it is to follow this link – and use it to search for Restaurant.com.  The $3 promo should only last a few days, but the coupons you buy are good for a year or so (hence I’ve stockpiled 8).  There will be additional messaging about using the marketing kickbacks for your own kid for college (recommend signing up for uPromise) or letting a few nickels go into Sal’s account.  Doesn’t matter to me – just wanted to share the link for the $3 Restaurant.com coupons.  Use discount code “thanks” when checking out to get the discount.

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backup plans for entertainment.

November 25th, 2009 @ 5:20 pm

Catherine and I have struggled to find movies that we both really enjoy. Balls of Fury might be the most recent one we’ve seen in a theater together and enjoyed.

Her last pick – Invention of Lying – lost her pick privileges. We’re visiting the grandparents so that means one thing (besides being IT support) – we get to see a movie. And I’ve been picking The Box and she’s been fighting it.

Now, I doubt its gonna be a great movie, but I think its going to be a good conversation starter. Already we’ve gotten into a few fun chats about why one would or would not push the button.

Story is: push the button, get a million bucks, and oh yeah, someone you don’t know will die.

I say, butterfly effect says that you waving your arms around is killing people every day on the other side of the world, so why not make a million bucks while you’re at it.

Other people say you shouldn’t be directly related to anyone’s death.

So…the movie preview gets a little crazy at the end with the couple trying to protect their own kids, so there’s a twist in there somewhere – maybe the family of whomever is killed is told you’re responsible and you made a million off it. Or by pushing the button you get put into the lottery for who dies next time the next contestant pushes the button.

But till we see it, who knows?

And besides, what else are we gonna go see? Precious? She said she heard it was tough to watch and I asked why and she said it was cause she had a hard life and sad things happen. And as she said it, she realized that I’d be laughing at all the “wrong” times in the movie and she also declared that a movie we won’t be seeing together…

Either movie has already been worth the price of admission.

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