Sunday, January 01, 2006
The Most Unoriginal Thing I’ve Written…. Ever
Being as if it’s January 1st and I have a blog, I believe recent changes in the Patriot Act demand that I whip up a post on what my New Year’s resolution will be.
First off, let me say that I think resolutions are good things. They are a nice little way for everyone to better themselves (or try to at least). I can’t really recall too many people resolving to “smoke more cigarettes,” “eat more fried food,” or “kick more homeless people.” No they seem to be regulated to just making things a just a little better.
My resolution sucks. It’s not awe inspiring like learning a new language or socially conscious like volunteering with Habitat for Humanity, nope- my resolution (like so many other lonely housewives) is to loose weight.
For the past year or so, I’ve developed quite the gut. I really need to eat better and stop making excuses for not exercising.
Eating right is the easy part. I never go out to eat for my lunch so the temptation of the double Whopper isn’t there; it’s really just a matter of packing the right lunch and staying far, far away from soda.
The exercise on the other hand gets a little tricky. First of all, it’s cold. Way to cold to ride my bike that is. Anyone who knows me is aware that during the warm months I’m a pretty avid bike rider. Now there are those guys that put on twenty layers and ride in any condition, but I’m just not that committed. I don’t want to join a gym either as all the places around here call for yearly memberships. I hate that. I only want to work out for the three or four months that it’s cold, and I’m not going to pay for anything above that. I suppose instead of just getting my few months of membership fees, they’d rather just not have any of my money at all.
So the plan is to get a spinner. A spinner is this cool little devise you hook up to your bicycle, turning it into a sort of stationary bike. They’re pretty lifelike (meaning it gives you the same riding position you’re used to) and they have some nice, controllable resistance.
With every journey will come a little sacrifice, and this time it’s that second sub-woofer I’ve been planning on. In addition to biking, my other passion is my audio system. As powerful and accurate as it is, it (and all other systems in the world for that matter) could use a little more bass. I had been planning on getting myself a Velodyine DPS10 with some Christmas money I got (to go along with the CHT8 I already have), but I suppose I’ll filter that money into the spinner.
I don’t mind, in reality I have more bass than I need, it’s just that in my mind I like to say that I’m dual subbing. That sounds so impressive in a geeky way. Like dual operating systems for you computer nerds.
So we’ll see how it goes. I suppose now I should start checking out EBay for the spinner and start that long bike ride that goes nowhere. At least it’ll give me an excuse to wear those dorky shorts for a just a little bit longer.
First off, let me say that I think resolutions are good things. They are a nice little way for everyone to better themselves (or try to at least). I can’t really recall too many people resolving to “smoke more cigarettes,” “eat more fried food,” or “kick more homeless people.” No they seem to be regulated to just making things a just a little better.
My resolution sucks. It’s not awe inspiring like learning a new language or socially conscious like volunteering with Habitat for Humanity, nope- my resolution (like so many other lonely housewives) is to loose weight.
For the past year or so, I’ve developed quite the gut. I really need to eat better and stop making excuses for not exercising.
Eating right is the easy part. I never go out to eat for my lunch so the temptation of the double Whopper isn’t there; it’s really just a matter of packing the right lunch and staying far, far away from soda.
The exercise on the other hand gets a little tricky. First of all, it’s cold. Way to cold to ride my bike that is. Anyone who knows me is aware that during the warm months I’m a pretty avid bike rider. Now there are those guys that put on twenty layers and ride in any condition, but I’m just not that committed. I don’t want to join a gym either as all the places around here call for yearly memberships. I hate that. I only want to work out for the three or four months that it’s cold, and I’m not going to pay for anything above that. I suppose instead of just getting my few months of membership fees, they’d rather just not have any of my money at all.
So the plan is to get a spinner. A spinner is this cool little devise you hook up to your bicycle, turning it into a sort of stationary bike. They’re pretty lifelike (meaning it gives you the same riding position you’re used to) and they have some nice, controllable resistance.
With every journey will come a little sacrifice, and this time it’s that second sub-woofer I’ve been planning on. In addition to biking, my other passion is my audio system. As powerful and accurate as it is, it (and all other systems in the world for that matter) could use a little more bass. I had been planning on getting myself a Velodyine DPS10 with some Christmas money I got (to go along with the CHT8 I already have), but I suppose I’ll filter that money into the spinner.
I don’t mind, in reality I have more bass than I need, it’s just that in my mind I like to say that I’m dual subbing. That sounds so impressive in a geeky way. Like dual operating systems for you computer nerds.
So we’ll see how it goes. I suppose now I should start checking out EBay for the spinner and start that long bike ride that goes nowhere. At least it’ll give me an excuse to wear those dorky shorts for a just a little bit longer.
