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rugged sinews

Can barely walk today. I trained hard last night and barely made it out of there. I warmed up with a run, then used the heavy bag for 20 minutes before starting 3×20 rep squats with 135, 185 and then … Continue reading

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Real update.

Busy weekend, if you define “busy” as having all your time taken by a few things, and not having enough time for everything else. I was in the library, mostly. I trained and I ate and I slept deeply and … Continue reading

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update coming!

A little late today, sorry about that. Come back later!

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Learning and Changes

Learning produces changes within an organism, and interestingly, those changes are almost always permanent. The stakes of learning are quite high as it creates a state of being that ultimately determines nearly everything about life as you know it. We … Continue reading

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I don’t work well with others

And it’s not that I don’t like people. It’s that I don’t like working with people when the medium is “ideas”. If we’re building a canoe, I’m happy to help sand, and get help lifting it to the water. If … Continue reading

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recovered-ish

Ears ringin’ still and I love it. My neck is a little sore and my heart is full. Me and Gio (the lead guitarist from Malevolent Creation) met up at the venue to watch Devin Townsend and Gojira do their … Continue reading

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recov

Devin and Gojira kicked my ass last night. Recovery morning and I’m running late. More (ughh) later (groooaaan)

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first weekend of the snake

This is the oldest lion head in NYC, up on a wall in the secret association. It weighs about three times as much as the new heads, which are mostly paper and epoxy. The old ones were steel wire, lots … Continue reading

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ambition

The walk in to work was damn near paradisal. It’s sunny and about 45. Hoody weather. Bounce-in-your-step brightness, the mind filled with the hope and excitement of somehow still being alive. By the way, The Perfect Hoody is so named … Continue reading

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unroutine of home

Unconscious in a timely manner last night, and up with plenty of time to be fairly alert for a staff meeting. This time I was just an attendee, but I actually paid attention to everything that was presented. What a … Continue reading

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