my wish for the new year

Fewer of these:


Or maybe more. This made me laugh. A lot.

Happy New Year.

a year of sessions

Last year I joined a gym and signed up to work with a personal trainer.

I had to switch trainers because of various issues, and it ended up that Trainer #3 was the right trainer for me.

During my first session a little over a year ago, I attempted to exercise on a pull-up machine (you grab the bar at the top of the contraption and step on a li'l platform which moves up and down based on a pulley system of weights - the more weight/resistance, the easier the exercise).

At first try, I could barely do eight pull-ups at the 210 lbs. resistance weight.

Today, I easily did three reps of ten pull-ups at 120 lbs..

(I also did pushups today - many, fast, and easy, and it was enjoyable and it's because I don't have as much weight around my midsection which we'll discuss later but believe me when I tell you it was one of the AWESOMEST feelings I had felt about myself in a long while and made me glad to be me and glad to have made the decisions I've made.)

Thanks, John. Best trainer ever.

flick? flick who?

sing along with me!

what? I can like this.

Perhaps you've seen, around certain blogs, disclaimers when a certain product or service is mentioned. I heard that there's a law or something now stating that if you're promoting something on your blog you need to make it clear if you received those goods and/or services for free (ie, in exchange for the awesome review). Here's my disclaimer for this post:

***IN NO WAY WAS I ASKED BY CLOROX OR ANYONE ELSE TO REVIEW THIS PRODUCT, AND I WASN'T GIVEN IT FOR FREE. I HAD TO PAY FOR IT JUST LIKE YOU DO.***

Man, I love this thing.



Do you clean your own toilets? I do. When I discovered this thing, I was EXCITED to clean my own toilets. I mean, a disposable toilet brush. Yesssssss.

The toilet wand starter kit (maybe that's what it's called, I don't have it right in front of me) (Owen Bytheway I bogarted these images from google) consists of a Toilet Wand, a storage caddy, and the disposable cleaner-heads, seen here:

You just pop those things on the end of the wand, scrub your toilet, and then when you're done, aim the dirty cleaning head over the trash can, press the button on the wand handle, and the dirty cleaning head falls into the trash. You never have to see it again or let it sit in your bathroom for the rest of your life (like you have to with a regular brush), OR EVEN TOUCH IT.

Genius.

Dear Clorox,

Work on a like plunger.

Fondly,

~j5t

Dear Anyone else,

If you give me free stuff, I could review it and make it look awesome, like I did right here.

Fondly,

~j5t

Dear New Friends from theblogfrog,

Welcome! Wasn't that fun yesterday?

Fondly,

~j5t

Dear You,

Click Here for some Christmas Spirit in the form of a party you didn't attend (nor did I - don't feel bad about it).

Fondly,

~j5t

contest

I want to win this.

A LOT I want to win it.

Do you want me to win it?