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11:55 am
[Link] | So ya. Fatty mc Fat fat.. thats me.
didn't think the freshman 15 was real. But in my case it was brutally real. when i left in August i weighed 185lbs.
From the lack of excercise. Drop in hockey routine from 7 times a week to twice. I ballooned into a round 210lbs.
This for me is not good.
Today, I started doing a new workout routine. Recommended by Steve McKichan, former goaltender coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs and someone I've been talking too lately (helping with his new site soon). As well as countless other adult goalies. I have started the P90X workout routine.
Today was Day 1.
I am going to post on here what i accomplished in hopes so that when i look back at my numbers, I'll have been able to blow them away.
Day 1 Consisted of Back and Chest. My back workout had to go without 3 excercises unfortunately as I do not have a pullup bar. Next time I plan on putting the video on my ipod and doing it at the gym.
But here we go. Day 1
1. Standard Pushups - 15
2. Military Pushups - 10
3. Widefly Pushups - 10
4. Decline Pushups - 5
5. Heavy Pants - 20 x 1 textbook (used for weights)
6. Diamond Pushups - 5
7. Lawnmowers - 17 x 1 Textbook
8. Divebomber pushups - 5
9. Backflys - 20 x 1 textbook
then the workout routine has you repeat them again
1. Standard Pushups - 15
2. Military Pushups - 5
3. Widefly Pushups - 10
4. Decline Pushups - 5
5. Heavy Pants - 20 x 1 textbook (used for weights)
6. Diamond Pushups - 2
7. Lawnmowers - 15 x 2 Textbook
8. Divebomber pushups - 5
9. Backflys - 15 x 1 textbook
What surprised me most was spreading the pushups around the routine with different excercises in between I did more pushups i thought humanly possible. Total count with the varieties was 90 pushups. I didn't think it humanly possible.
Finished off the routine with the "Ab Ripper X" video. And damn this is where i fell short. I couldn't keep up with any of the excercises. I tried my best till i felt the burn but some of them were just fucking HARD!.
anyways. Day one complete.
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11:45 pm
[Link] | Cursed, the day is long,
Realize you don't belong,
Disconnect somehow,
Never stop complaining now,
Almost like your fight,
And there it went,
Almost like your life.
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12:27 am
[Link] | I just got plowed! HUZZAH!!!!
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10:44 pm
[Link] | problem with living on a small dead end court. you're the last street to get plowed. However, the street that your street connects too gets plowed right away. The plows however never raise their plow when passing the opening of the street, so instead a wall is created right accross the opening of the street, up to my waist, and as long as my arm.
suffice it to say. My car won't mount this and get out.
we can expect plows in my actual street to clear it up, anywhere from early morning till sunday
awesome
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04:10 am
[Link] | so much self doubt.
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03:07 am
[Link] | From the world of the internet, I bring you the most blasphemous inventions ever.
http://divine-interventions.com/index2.php
Enjoy (NSFW)
and a presidential candidate we can all... Get behind?
make up your own euphamism for this one!
Head of state
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05:03 am
[Link] | I looked in the mirror today and saw a face i didn't recognize.
When did i grow up. when did I become a man, grow this facial hair, Get these gray hairs. Was it not only yesterday I was playing ball in the backyard of my parents house. I don't remember when this all happened. There are clips and pieces...
But i don't recognize the face in the mirror
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03:04 pm
[Link] | Theres an unwritten code in canada.
if you live by it, chances are,
you've left your coat on some pile and knew it wouldn't get stolen,
you've never made a move on your buddies GF,
You know on a road trip the strongest bladder determines the pitstop,
you've kept all your hockey trophies,
you've replaced someones pint if you've knocked it over,
if your buddy's in trouble, you've got his back,
you clap for the dancer even though she shouldn't be a dancer,
you use a blowtorch to curve your stick,
you've used your arm as an ice scraper,
and you've grown a beard in the Post season
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04:49 am
[Link] | My blood is cold as ice
Or so I have been told
Show no emotion,
And it can destroy your soul
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02:28 am
[Link] | one of the biggest problems with taking psych as i was told by many, is that I will start to see different types of conditions in which i would automatically self diagnose myself with as i come accross them.
I thought to myself, Impossible!
But i found one that fits me to a fuckin T! and i can't help but think. The only thing that seperates me from it, is it's usually diagnosed in young kids.
I need to stop reading texts late at night and then wiki'ing for more information.
Though... a lot of the symptoms do explain a lot.
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11:03 pm
[Link] | 
epic sammich. from top to bottom
Bread
Egg
Cheese
Bacon x 6
bread
bruschetta
tomato
bread
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07:51 pm
[Link] | Maybe it is just me. But. Today the prof mentioned how she browses YouTube for videos relating to sociology and I could only laugh because all I usualy look for are videos where someone usually causes themselves great pain.
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06:21 pm
[Link] |
Bask in it's Glory!
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09:50 pm
[Link] |
so I'm here.
so today went by extremely smoothly. Very unexpected when things actually go as planned. I guess being anal and calling everyone 10 times works out to make sure things are done right.
At first I thought today was going to suck. booked the U-haul for 8am. Got tothe store i was supposed to pick it up. sign says store opens at 8. nobody there. However a "regular" of the store said the guy usually shows up around 8:30.. and that he did!
it took 30 minutes to load everything on the truck at home and then jumped on the highway and off we went. drive was uneventfull and the three of us (Dad, David and I) took about 1 hour to get everything up.
However unpacking everything is fucking tiring as hell, but i've got a lot done. Bedroom is pretty much done. Need to put away the clothing. Living room is done, all is setup. Turtle is up. kitchen is done.
here's some photo's behind the cut.
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12:37 pm
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Move Info
So the date is set.
my last day of work is August 7th
U-haul is rented for Thursday August 21st. All day moving. (17' truck)
its a big place. 2 bedroom, big living room, Kitchen and a den. Rent is affordable.
Not to scale as i drew it myself, but here's a floorplan
Also coming up is my 28th Birthday. I've been ordered that i should have some form of going away party / Birthday Shindig. You all know me well enough to know my opinions on me celebrating my birthday. I don't know if i want to do anything. But it's a Thursday night. Since I'm done work, I'm not worried about being out late, at all.
The place is easy to find. Its in a good area as I've been told. And minutes from the school.
Here is my Schedule
http://goalielife.com/weblog/class.html
My Doors are always open to my friends, Feel free to come visit and stay. I would always appreciate the friendly face and company. There is a spare bedroom (unfurnished right now, but working on it). I will have those very comfy couches that used to be in the living room (not the giant big one now).
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11:38 am
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Whats in an update...
Going to talk for a bit here about more of whats happening of lates.
So I've been accepted into two schools. Brock university in Saint Catherines and Carleton University in Ottawa.
The word "Accepted" was a shock. For many years I have applied to many different schools with the faint hope that i could make something more of myself than the mundane image that people have of me as the "Jewish accountant dude". I apply every year half haplessly with the knowledge and expectation that nothing will ever come of it.
Suddenly that changed this year. I have two acceptances now. As i said in a previous entry, It was shocking. But due to more reasoning than just being accepted (I will explain shortly) I will be accepting Brock's offer.
Brock has offered me acceptance into a 4 year Honours Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. A pretty nifty Degree that looks good and helps me get into teacher's college, which is my true dream. I will be moving to Saint Catherines during the time.
I will be honest. I am fucking scared. While i might be a 27 year old man, I have lived my life under the same roof with my parents nearby. I have delayed growing up and getting out as long as possible and I know now it's time to get going on the right path. Will i fail? I hope not, But failure has been a long standing tradition for me. This I hope to change.
So why go if i'm so afraid? Because my life basically stinks. It's not horrible in the sense that I'm poor and struggling. It sucks in the sense that nothing ever changes. I have lived the exact same life, with the exact same people with the exact same expectations for almost the entirety of it. I'm not particularly close to anyone anymore. I haven't been intimate with a girl in many years, and the endless strings of rejection definately has destroyed what semblance of self confidence i may have ever had. Work is dull, Mundaine and quite honestly could do just the same without me here. Not to mention that work itself may not exist in a year due to our parent company being bought out.
So nows the time. Moving away, even if it's only 1 hour away, Going to school, learning, opening my mind, meeting new people for the first time in years. it's a fresh start. I a sense it removes me from my current life. will Distance myself from ties to people i may have let get to strong, and let me clear my mind.
A new start I think I'm ready for.
I just have to wait till September.
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10:19 am
[Link] | Got a 2nd acceptance from Brock university.
however they did not have the program I applied for so they arbitrarily accepted me into Psychology Honours BA.
definately have to consider it
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07:47 pm
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Update - Whats to come
I don't update my blog's a lot. There's usually nothing new to say or talk about. Life generally becomes very stagnant as you grow older. The routine doesn't change much and life ticks by on the clock a second at a time.
What is new you might ask that warrants a new blog entry, And a public one at that? A bit. I'm about to take a 180 degree shift in the norm for me. As many of my friends know, I've been applying year after year to universities with the same resounding "no" being offered time and time again.
But what has changed? In the later quarter of 2007 I finally got off my ass and completed my Seneca College Diploma. Yes thats right I am now a graduate and an alumni from Seneca College. Diploma signed, Sealed Delivered. I felt proud of accomplishing something different.
But what to do with it? I don't know. My education was never well done. I have failed courses, And my highschool life was a disaster with a 58% average graduating. But once again i applied to school. The expectation this time was another round of "NO". Once again, all the schools asked for my highschool diploma, The diploma that has always done me in in the past. But something changed. Before I even mailed a single one out, I recieved an email from one of the schools. It was an offer of acceptance. My first University "YES" in my life. I got in somewhere. if every other school says "no" i still have my one "yes". Now i have till May 5th to make that decision. Do i go, or do I not?
I think I must. I didn't apply just to not go. But i never imagined I'd ever get a yes. I'm nervous, I'm scared, but I'm ready for this change. I'm 27 and i feel like i'm 17 again.
The problem is, The school i got accepted to is Carleton. I must move to Ottawa. 6 hours away from Home. 3 years Degree. Finding living. Finding work.
So here's where my Journal will come into play. I will try to update this with the process in moving and my life away from home for the first time. To keep my friends up to date on my "newer" life I am starting.
My Diploma, For pride
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Current Mood:  confused
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10:55 am
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Just so there's no confusion or 'Miscommunication'
September 2 - 6 I am in Boston
December 15 - 23 I am on a cruise
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01:54 pm
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update for the sake of update
Well, was in Cleveland Ohio this weekend. Cleveland is, well interesting. it was my bro, dad and I. We went to a ball game on Saturday. I got burned to a crisp. But better than looking like a ghost.
Went to the Rock And Roll hall of fame. The hall of fame was actually really cool. Lots of multimedia presentations and stuff to read. They did a good job. Was expecting ti to be short and dull, but we were in there for nearly 5 hours.
The drives were pretty uneventfully and sitting in some traffic was a pain in the ass.
However, if i had to recommend somewhere to go for a "trip", Cleveland wouldn't be it. saturday evening downtown cleveland was empty. there's nearly no one in the City on weekends. Stores are almost all closed sundays, and there aren't any real "districts".
and the song from the new megadeth album i can't get outa my head
When you feel that something's wrong
I'll shelter you and keep you warm
I'll never let you walk alone
I loved you and you still hated me
I'm coming and it won't be long
Time to reap what I have sown
Never, ever let you walk alone
I know your enemy it once was me
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