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Fitness: I didn’t quite make it to 200, but I got awfully close – I’m 200.6 pounds as of this morning. I’m definitely at the mode of staying the course, as my bi-weekly 6-mile/930-calorie [endurance routines] are getting rid of the weight in all the right places. My trainer thinks I should stop here, but I know I’ve got enough extra weight on me to make it to 190 easily. Down, down and away! On to old goals! |
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As you may know, I’ve been working on my [Nintendo-A-GoGo] site as of late by completely updating the look twice in less than a month, playing through NES and SNES games again (the best part), and working on rewriting the material from the original version of the site. In doing the last part, I’ve been perusing all of the site and one page in particular caught my attention – the Profile page. It’s an interesting snapshot into how I was during the summer of 2003, though I’m not sure exactly what month. It was after I graduated from college (June), but before I left Pagliacci for the 2nd time (September, I think). In any event, I’m going to take a look through the most interesting bits and see if things pertaining to how I wanted to live my life in the future (aka now) have held up. Old Goals Fulfilled I had a section that I entitled What do you want to do with your life? and while it was beyond tempting to put “I wanna rock!” (kudos if you get the reference), I actually went with the straight answer. Here it is: “Get a job that allows me to comfortably support myself, yet still allows me time at night and on the weekends to make music, work on websites, or what have you. I would like to get a bit of musical reputation going, but I’m not looking for pop stardom or anything. A cult following would be peachy.” Done and done. Well, I’ve got the full-time job, I have time in the morning instead of at night (though that's my choice), and defining the amount of interest in my musical works by using the words “cult following” is likely stretching it somewhere between a bit and a lot. That said, there are a fair amount of folks interested in at least one of my projects, and I’ve got somewhere between three to five that are interested in collaborating on the [Philistine on the Sidewalk] project, so that’s definitely cool. As a musician, you always like more people to hear your work, but I’m happy with what I’ve achieved in these areas so far. I’m still looking to achieve more musically and I think I may be outgrowing the traditional 9-5:30 fare, but not quite yet. The stars have yet to properly align in order for me to do so, but I can tell it’s coming. All the work I’ve put in over the past four months is starting to show some signs of paying off. I’ve got to keep working and keep creating. Old Goals Unfulfilled The next bit is still on the goal list, but I’ve yet to achieve this one. The original is in a few sections, so I’ll summarize: “I was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, but I don’t want to live here for the rest of my life. I really enjoy spending time on the northern Oregon coast, so I’d like to live there. However, I need to put away some serious money before that can happen.” I’m still working on the serious money part, though the goal’s still in place. I hadn’t set a specific time for this to happen when I wrote this, though I have now. Time will tell if I’m able to meet that goal, but I’ve made a realistic plan and I’m working on realistic ways to get there. I’d be closer if I hadn’t worked part time (or not worked at all) until I was almost 26.5 years old, and if I hadn’t spent so much money on fitness over the past four years. However, complaining about spending on fitness is stupid, because I’ve gone from 305 to 200 in that time and there’s not much point in having a nice place to live if I’m in crappy shape, is there? One thing I have spent too much over the years is material goods – a lot of which I don’t plan to use any more. Thus, one of the goals this year is to sell off a good majority of these things. I do have the eBay Auctions section listed on the front page of The Realm, but I haven’t started any up yet. That should change in a few months, but it’s not on March’s goal list. Maybe it’ll be on April’s. Holy Crap, He’s Still Around? I also wrote a section about my cat that I’ve had since I was 11 and put it under a section simply called Pets: “I have a cat named Mouse. The story goes that he was born under a bed. The daughter of the owner of the mother cat heard noises from under the bed and looked, and saw Mouse. Then she said, “Eek, a mouse!” The name stuck. He kind of does look like a giant mouse though, doesn’t he?” Mouse is still alive and kicking, recently turning 18.5 years old on the 21st. He’s starting to get a few nerve issues and he about drowned me in slobber the other night, but he’s still friendly and snuggly and likes to block the way through doors and hallways. The picture I had up is out of date and I don’t have any current ones readily accessible (he’s off hiding somewhere), but he’s a big Russian Blue Siamese. The Next Iteration So where do I see myself in another six and a half years? Nearing 37 years old, living on the Oregon coast, and still creating like nobody’s business. Other than that, the sky’s the limit! Discuss this post at [The Forum of Jason Vincion]! Posted on February 26th, 2010. |
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