August 28th, 2010
During one of my countless sessions in the conditioning room at my university’s gym, I overheard a conversation between two friends.
One was giving a spiel to the other about the use of music in a workout; commenting on the fact that you shouldn’t use music to psych yourself up. Rather, you should be finding the strength from within (I couldn’t find any other way to make that sound less corny). What I mean by that – is that it should be your own determination and goals that push yourself to improve.
That being said, I’m putting together one of my best workout playlists to date.
Stay tuned,
J
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August 24th, 2010
For those cloudy rainy days.
Corrine Bailey Rae – Another Rainy Day
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Alicia Keys – Prelude To A Kiss
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Burt Bacharach – Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
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John Legend – Show Me
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John Mayer – Comfortable
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Norah Jones – Don’t Know Why
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Sigur Rós – Staralfur
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August 23rd, 2010
The possibility of losing doesn’t appeal to me, so I’ve decided not to play this game.
Continue? Y/N
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August 14th, 2010
Girl on the subway
Eating her bowl of fruit loops
She sees me staring.
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August 10th, 2010
It’s always a tough call deciding how to approach potentially awkward situations.
Say for example you come across an old acquaintance who may or may not remember you. Sadly, you don’t think your previous meetings made a lasting impression.
So you’re faced with two choices:
Choice A: Make the first move. Approach the individual(s) and open up a conversation hoping that they have a vague recollection of who you are.
or
Choice B: Pretend you never saw them, and save the potentially awkward confrontational introduction, awkward paraphrased storytelling on how you know each other, awkward half-hearted ‘catching-up’ questions, awkward parting of ways, and maybe the after-taste of regretful decisions and having to make the other guy feel bad for not remembering you…
I’d think that most of us have been on the receiving side of such situations. Someone recognizes your face, calls you by your name (that’s how you KNOW they know you) and stops you to say hello. You converse for a brief moment, making sure to keep things as general as can be on your end – simply because you haven’t the faintest idea who they are.
Morale of the story is that life is full of enough non-intentional awkward moments as it stands. Let’s not make things worse than they already are OK?
Credits to Jason and Claire (who will never read this) for the inspiration. I managed to avoid both of you two days in a row.
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August 8th, 2010
Bruno Mars – The Other Side (Feat. Cee-Lo Green & B.o.B.)
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I must be itching for a date with death. It’s that, or I just need to stop listening to extremely energizing music. Dreams of skydiving and cliff jumping constantly run through my head when I listen to this song.
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August 2nd, 2010
I feel thin.
I have this insatiable need to see/do/want/eat everything. But in practice, I’m terrible at making good use of my time. I’ll defer everything, wasting solid hours on too much television, music, and as I just realized, attempts at witty blog-writing.
To try and remedy this great personal injustice, I’ve been trying to read David Allen’s Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. This isn’t an admission of guilt that I can’t rely on myself to be at all productive. I’ve just been lifting some of the more outstanding points of view or perspectives on being productive, as well as some of the big-picture techniques the author goes through.
Still, my mind works faster than my feet can walk. Time to buckle down and earn myself some small victories.
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July 24th, 2010
I’m at the end of the best three month vacation I’ll ever have, and wondering when I’ll get this much time off again. I spent most of it touring Asia and the rest taking on new hobbies and accomplishments back home.
So the intermission is over – what’s next? Act Two. The beginning of the rest of my life.
It’s a scary thought, moving into the real world. So scary that I know people who refuse to accept it, who go back for more school: a master’s degree, a PhD, or an entirely new bachelors. The understanding that come September, you won’t be giving up that four month co-op job and returning for another year of school with your friends… or that the length and timing of your summer and winter breaks are now dictated by your own allowance of vacation time, and not the prescribed schedule set out by the school administration.
But oddly enough, not me. I can’t wait to start. I can’t wait to suffer workaholic-ism, or be consumed and unavailable solely because I’m being too hardcore at work. That’s odd isn’t it?
I think I’ve developed an unquenchable thirst to do everything and see everything. To take ‘work-life’ balance to an entirely new level.
My new-found ambition is also my kryptonite – let’s just hope I don’t spread myself too thin.
New chapter, new blog. It’s that simple.
J
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July 22nd, 2010
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