same old stuff
today it has been uncomfortably hot out. one of the issues with living at home is that my frugal parents don't turn the air conditioning on until it's unbearable..... for my mom. That doesn't come around until it hits 90 at night. So today has been one of those days that i've been sitting down in the basement chilling (literally). Due to an overwhelming feeling of boredom though, i've been resulting to writing here.
life is still quite dull. 99% of the time i've been ok with it, but occasionally it can become annoying. after meeting up with a friend that i hadn't talked to in quite a while, i realized that practically every week has been the same as the prior since like christmas. Chances are you can guess what i do, lol. That being said, i weighed in this week at 218lbs so that puts me at 40lbs lost since last summer. (give or take. i wasn't ever weighing much until way after i started boxing so i don't know exactly where i began). i want to get down to 200 by the end of the summer and i imagine it's going to be tough. i still have a lot of body fat, but i don't want to lose any muscle so i'm going to have to watch intake pretty closely. (not that i can eat any better foods, just less)
I'm running 3 days a week at 4.5 miles each, so that's definitely helping. nothing too crazy, but i have my shitty knees to watch out for too.
the gym is still fun, we've got some new people showing up, the intensity is stepping up and i'm keeping up extremely well (lots of ups). there are talks of scouting out some of the local fights to see what's going on. unfortunately, most is MMA stuff, which is fun to watch, but i'm not much of a wrestler/grappler. I haven't sparred in almost a month and i'm itching to get back. i was taking some time off after my nose was not healing.
some other quick notes regarding that stuff:
- i tend to have the fight club mentality of sizing up everybody i see. i usually win.
- i had to buy new undies yesterday because all my others are too big and don't stay up
- i'm very interested in bringing back the old school fisticuffs bareknuckle fighting, but the whole reason they outlawed such fighting styles is because it killed people. lol.
- my knuckles are starting to get a little goofy looking
- a friend called me too gentle (in reference to needing somebody to detour a stalker of a mutual friend)
now onto other news:
a friend that i went to school with is dying from brain cancer. it was his second battle and unfortunately it was too much for him. he's 23 and not expected to last through the week. i haven't talked to him in quite a while but was supposed to be an usher in his wedding at the end of the month (but couldn't due to the stupid DCI tour BS again). the whole thing makes a person really look at life a little differently. appreciate the little things. we weren't close at all, but the world will be a little gloomier without the antics of J. Frye.
Shop has finally begun production mode of our trombones! I can't say much right now, mostly because there's not much to say, but soon i'll be a full blown instrument maker.
hmm... that's basically it for now. plus semi-pro just finished downloading so i have to watch that while we get rocked with more shitty weather. and i'm hungry. lol
peace out
life is still quite dull. 99% of the time i've been ok with it, but occasionally it can become annoying. after meeting up with a friend that i hadn't talked to in quite a while, i realized that practically every week has been the same as the prior since like christmas. Chances are you can guess what i do, lol. That being said, i weighed in this week at 218lbs so that puts me at 40lbs lost since last summer. (give or take. i wasn't ever weighing much until way after i started boxing so i don't know exactly where i began). i want to get down to 200 by the end of the summer and i imagine it's going to be tough. i still have a lot of body fat, but i don't want to lose any muscle so i'm going to have to watch intake pretty closely. (not that i can eat any better foods, just less)
I'm running 3 days a week at 4.5 miles each, so that's definitely helping. nothing too crazy, but i have my shitty knees to watch out for too.
the gym is still fun, we've got some new people showing up, the intensity is stepping up and i'm keeping up extremely well (lots of ups). there are talks of scouting out some of the local fights to see what's going on. unfortunately, most is MMA stuff, which is fun to watch, but i'm not much of a wrestler/grappler. I haven't sparred in almost a month and i'm itching to get back. i was taking some time off after my nose was not healing.
some other quick notes regarding that stuff:
- i tend to have the fight club mentality of sizing up everybody i see. i usually win.
- i had to buy new undies yesterday because all my others are too big and don't stay up
- i'm very interested in bringing back the old school fisticuffs bareknuckle fighting, but the whole reason they outlawed such fighting styles is because it killed people. lol.
- my knuckles are starting to get a little goofy looking
- a friend called me too gentle (in reference to needing somebody to detour a stalker of a mutual friend)
now onto other news:
a friend that i went to school with is dying from brain cancer. it was his second battle and unfortunately it was too much for him. he's 23 and not expected to last through the week. i haven't talked to him in quite a while but was supposed to be an usher in his wedding at the end of the month (but couldn't due to the stupid DCI tour BS again). the whole thing makes a person really look at life a little differently. appreciate the little things. we weren't close at all, but the world will be a little gloomier without the antics of J. Frye.
Shop has finally begun production mode of our trombones! I can't say much right now, mostly because there's not much to say, but soon i'll be a full blown instrument maker.
hmm... that's basically it for now. plus semi-pro just finished downloading so i have to watch that while we get rocked with more shitty weather. and i'm hungry. lol
peace out