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This might have been a New Year’s resolution, I don’t really remember.  If it wasn’t, I’m sure as hell adding it to the list.  I have decided that by year’s end, I will be able to pass the equivalent of an Army PT test.  "But Michael," you might not be asking yourself, "why would you be interested in doing that?"  The answer is because I feel like I owe it to myself to really start improving myself physically.

So, the bare minimum goals are 50 sit-ups and 40 push-ups each in two minutes, and run two miles in 16:36.  I think this is absolutely doable.  If I can make it to 80/75/13:00, that’d be a "perfect" score, but I don’t know yet if that’s a realistic goal.  We’ll see.  If I think I can make it, you bet I’m shooting for it. 

I’ve already started daily sit and push-ups.  I’m starting slow, but I can already go up to 25 sit-ups before I start wearing out.  Sad yes, but I also haven’t really done anything like that since my freshman year of high school.  Push-ups I didn’t keep close count of, we’ll say I did 20 yesterday.  I bought some Nike Free running shoes and went jogging yesterday.  Went for a little under a mile, felt like my shins were catching on fire, hehe.  But I don’t feel bad today, which last time I jogged, the next day I didn’t feel so 100%.  I’m trying to pay attention to my pace and such, not jump in over my head.

Let me comment on the shoes.  These are some of the strangest shoes I’ve ever worn.  They’re really light and have a sliced up sole so that when you move, they react to your feet much more.  They were designed to mimick barefoot runners.  Launch more from the ball of your foot when running.  So far I really like them, though I hate Nike.  I also splurged and ordered a 4Gb iPod Nano to run with.  Apple had good prices on refurb iPods, and I wanted the 30Gb iPod Video, but I decided that wasn’t worth it since you can’t jog with hard drive based players.  Plus I really don’t think I’d watch any video on it in the long run.

So that’s that.  I’m gonna be a mean mofo by the end of the year.  I still need to buy a weight bench.  Anyone got one to get rid of?

You know, I’m really glad my new blog is going to be ready for mass enjoyment soon.  I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am quickly becoming disenchanted with MySpace and its oft fuckedupedness.  Example:  my friends list says I have 142 friends.  I don’t, I have either 132 or 133 depending how and when you count.  Also, my view counter for my blog hasn’t reset the "Today" reading all week.  And let us not discuss how many times mail has been down, or I’ve been kicked to the generic error page this week.  Let’s face it, these guys suck at their job.  I’ll be glad to put my reliance on something I have more control over.

All that’s left for my new blog really is to design a layout that is actually mine.  Right now the one that’s there is a canned theme, and though nice, isn’t actually something I see reflecting any me-ness.  I have, however, been stealing MySpace’s emoticon graphics when it suits me.  Anyway, I think layout will be priority one this weekend. 

I get to go to the eye doctor Monday…scary!