Let the beatings commence!

"Folded in your fleshy purse
I am floating once again
While the muted sounds are pumping rhythm
All the walls close in on me
Pressure's building wave on wave
'til the water breaks - and outside i go, oh"
- Peter Gabriel "Growing Up"


Weight: 161


Still trying to figure out if I'm going to give this blog 'direction' or a 'theme' or anything like that. I'm entirely sure that I would not come up with some original idea that no other blogger has ever thought of, and even MORE sure that I am not going to 'out-write' a professional blogger... so for now, I will continue to ramble.

But I think I did figure out that I need a regular schedule, and for now, I will TRY to make that schedule 'once a week, preferably on Friday'. I think this is good and makes sense for a couple reasons. First, it means I (hopefully) will not burn out right away by over-blogging. I think we've all seen blogs with the best of intentions that come out of the gates firing on all cylinders, but run out of steam and come up lame. (And yes, I did just mix up metaphors for horses, cars, trains, and some other thing... but it works). It will also prevent me rambling on more than I already do.

Additionally, I think it means I'm blogging enough to 'stay current and interesting'. I mean, that's basically 50 blog posts a year (I get a couple weeks off, right?) That's a good number. I know people who've been blogging for 3+ years and they still don't have 50 posts.

One direction I know I do NOT want to take this blog is the "cute things my kid says" direction. I'm assuming someone out there already has a blog covering it, and I'm positive that stories about your kid are NEVER as funny to other people (evne relatives) as they are to you. They can still be funny... just not AS funny. And sooner or later it becomes tedious to the reader. Plus I don't want to wake up Friday morning, realize my kid has been boring lately, and feel the need to pressure her to 'say something funny'. That never works.

However - my 5 year old daughter was watching "The Karate Kid" with me last weekend, and it got to the scene where Daniel (Ralph Macchio) was apologizing to Ali (a delightfully plump but still attractive Elizabeth Shue) at the bottom of the water slide at Golf N Stuff. As they kiss, my daughter says "Is that two girls?" This movie will never be the same for me, as henceforth, Daniel-san is just an ugly tomboy.

As for the commencing beatings... this coming week will be my official return to running after 6 weeks off. I did actually run 2 miles on a treadmill a couple days ago, just to test it out. That went well, but the next day I was more sore than a whore on dollar night. Ideally, I would take more time off and heal and rehab, but I'm a little too pig-headed to do that. I must start running regularly again, and I must start next week.


For my local friends, let me plug Family Care Physical Therapy in Amherst, as they have done a great job in trying to get my Achilles back in running shape. I recommend them to anyone. And if you drop my name, you get your initial consultation free.

I plan on running 5 days a week, starting at 15 miles a week, and working up to 30 miles a week as I traing for the Country Music half Marathon. Additionally, I hope to keep swimming 3 times a week, and bike once or twice a week to keep getting into 'triathlon shape'. AND... still have one day of total rest. Might be a tall order to fill.

I don't know that I'll blog out my actual training - either what I really did, or what I was supposed to do, or am planning to do. Again, I think there are plenty of other blogs out there like that. But if someone wants to know, just ask.

if you're still reading - thank you. And again, I encourage comments and questions. I might run out of things to say one day, and that will help me come up with something. That said, I am NOT blogging about my daughter's first ever play date, the ridiculous fights (2 of them) that my wife and I got into, my opinions on my friends' goofy relationship issues (that they never listen to), how the Haiti earthquake has effected my workplace, and my opinions on the Buffalo Bills recent coach hiring - all things from the last week! So while this is long, it's only about half of what it easily could be... you're welcome.