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growing older really sucks. i hate responsibility and maturity.
for some strange reason i have the urge to make a sincere attempt to be nicer to my body and bank account. thus an onslaught of repairs are on the horizon...
in progress:
- cut down on the coffee to a maximum of two 12oz'ers a day, aleast 6 hours apart of each other. (a pretty big jump from how much i used to drink: 1]full french-press pot when i woke up, 2] a 16oz when i get into the studio, 3] another 12-16oz after dinner, 4] and last hit around 10pm)
- eating 3 -4 human sized meals a day rather than the 1-2 elephant sized intakes.
* been brining my lunch and eating at home more often - balance the diet according to FDA approval. . .whatever the fuck that means. just saw it on the side of the frosted flakes box...
- doing the dishes immediately after usage...another big step. the reasoning behind this one is working on elminating the procrastination factor
- walk and sit with better posture
- stop hitting snooze. get up with alarm and make the bed. (it's harder to climb back in when the sheets look pristine....well for me atleast)
- switch up something monotonous atleast 2 times a week (ie. when/where i have the morning coffee, route to work, eating places, anything on routine)
- 15 chin-ups/pull-ups and 30 push-ups every tuesday, thursday and sunday.
(been doing it for a month and still it shows nothing)
* instead of hitting the bottle or chain smoking at moments of stress, do pushups/chin-ups until arms feel like falling off. - *monday was a friend's birthday so i used that as a going-away-party. . .for the 2nd time this year going to go "on the wagon" again...bye bye whiskey...we had a good run, but been medicating myself a bit too hard lately.
- *last and the hardest on the list...is quit smoking. not strong enough to go the cold turkey route....thinking of devising a plan by a] incrementally cutting back, b] nicorette and c] the carrot sticks approach
. . Resigning and Relocating
once this lease is up and i pay off the rest of this ridiculous loan... i will be leaving philadelphia for new adventures. this is one of the many incentives to come up with "the list."
went on a job hunt on craigslist in various cities and i feel (over-)confident about finding a job anywhere...the problem now is which discipline and which city.
it feels like i've spent the past 6 years in phila on a personally designed graduate program. now i think it's time to implement these acquired skills in another setting. ... somewhere where there is no safety bubble. the comfort zone that i created here has been cozy but also found it was hindering progression. also i don't care much for the hater'tude so overtly present in this city anymore. at first it was amusing now it's infectious.
i tend to have a more open-minded approach when i don't know shit.
. . and 2 more reasons why growing up is so bleedin' difficult
1) is that dreamworks is shooting a live-action transformers movie and they asked to use a poster i was selling online for set-dressing of a child's bedroom... there's no money in this except for the price of the print, but who cares!?!?! it's going to be in the transformers movie!! . . .just signed and faxed the licensing agreement
2) the other is working with a skateboard hero from back when. an offer from a "bloodsucking skateboard company" to work on their next team video is now "A-Go!"
OMGOMGOMG!
i swear, dorkdom will be my downfall