Spring Blogging
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Before you become afraid that the title of this post means I will be dropping back to seasonal blogging, fear not. I still intend to keep you all abreast of the goings on in my life. This is largely because I was recently reminded by more than one or two requests, that people do care about me and want to know what is going on - even the mundane. Again, I hope to do better. However, please realize a simple fact that I am coming to understand myself; weekly posts just aren't in the cards for me anymore.
On the up side, this apparently means I still have at least 3 readers. It also means I need to write one of the posts that I was really trying to avoid. You see, there is a part of me that doesn't really want to blog about my day-to-day life. Unfortunately, I've realized, there are a few people that would only know about my day-to-day life by reading my blog. This post is for you.
As I'm sure you've read I bought a house in early December - you can find the post here. BF and I are still moving in, but things are actually starting to settle down. I'm getting more into the groove of being a homeowner and with the birth of spring (finally) I am starting to really enjoy the space.
An average day for me involves getting up sometime between 6:30 and 7:30, depending upon my energy levels. I find I can generally make the two block stroll to work without much effort and still make it by 8:10 at the latest even with such a late start. I don't claim to be really enthusiastic about my days when they start on the later end of this window, but I get by.
Work is 8-5, M-F, as an Assistant Attorney General. The title sounds more impressive to my family and friends than it feels to say it. So far my work includes such diverse areas as trademark and patent, tax, health care, contracts, liability, Native American, administrative, and general policy advice. If nothing else, I am being put to work. :)
My evenings are populated with either being domestic, exercise or what activism I find I can stay involved with.
Those of you who know me know my domestic qualities well enough, so I won't bore you there. The activism I'll blog about later.
Exercise means at least twice a week, one hour, meetings with my trainer, A. She is amazing. Mostly because it seems like everyone I know wants to know how much weight I've lost. Officially, the scale says I am 60lbs lower than my highest ever body weight. This has, however, been true since last October. I am not worried about that number anymore. I've reached what A, and other who should have some knowledge on the subject, think is as low as I can go without some form of starvation. Now, I am focusing on continuing to decrease body fat and increase muscle mass. This won't really change my weight, though. This too is starting to show, and I am glad for it. I really feel like I am taking care of myself. I eat well, I eat plenty, I have a good time at the gym, and I look good. What more could a gay boy want.
Thanks for taking a moment to sit with me on my porch and purge over coffee. Yesterday I spent 6 hours raking the dead grass out of my lawn - the roofers claimed to have done a complete job, I'm not convinced. BF is calling, though, and I need to get on with my day. Today we will be planting flowers; fertilizing, seeding and watering said lawn; and generally preparing for some (he said hopefully) spring greening to begin.
I'll be back when there is more to keep you abreast of, but in the mean time, now you know where I am.
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SHENANIGANS
Monday, March 31, 2008
OH NO THEY DIDN'T!!!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23884819
I AM OFFICIALLY CALLING SHENANEGANS.. MOTHER F&*$ING SHENANIGANS!
And here I thought the reason gays couldn't serve is that we were worried about sex behind the front lines. MOTHER F#$%ING SHENANIGANS!
and for those of you who care.. I looked up shenanigans to make sure it was spelled right.
P.R. - post rant - I had intended my initial post back from being a blob to be something much more focused on things my reader had likely missed about his/her favorite bligger i.e. My birthday, a really great relaxation that I personally experienced spelled out in great detail, or some other fun randomness.. but this has me steamed right now.
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Sunday, March 16, 2008
I am a bad blogger. I have not been keeping you, my almost loyal readership, entertained with regular posting. I let my email and background expire without replacing them. I became disconnected from the blog. I am trying to fix these problems. First, a major facial for the blog itself. Please check back for updates.
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Tiddy Bear - Funny Infomercial
Friday, February 01, 2008
Something tells me the Rev. owns stock.
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Life happened
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Dear blog - and more importantly those who read it!
My life has been hell for almost a month now. I feel like I put in an offer on my house in Cheyenne (you all have to come see it unless you are just a stalker) and this morning is my first bout of sanity in the interim. Somehow I assumed that home ownership would be less stressful. First there were all the offers and counteroffers and counteroffers: I barely had the chance to go home and help work on the farm. I had to respond so fast! Then the inspections, and the contractors (I have a new roof, seller paid for it), and then came closing. . . and then, the very next day. . I flew to D.C.
Yes, I went to Washington D.C. I did it all by myself. Not pleasure mind you, I went for a work conference. Every day from about 8am till 6pm EST I was in the same room learning about health care privacy laws. Sadly, because this is a major part of my job, I really found it entertaining. More sadly, I have no real idea what D.C. looks like with sun shining on it.
For my spare time I shopped in Pentagon City, learned how to use the metro (tres easy if you put your ticket in right), and wandered around the national mall after dark. The best and the worst part of the trip was the national mall. The best part being the history and the grandeur of that space is awe inspiring, especially after dark. Its the lighting. The worst part was, managing to get to the Natural History Museum just before it closed I got kicked out of this photo exhibit before I was finished. Lets just say, I was crying (in that good way that happens when you see really awesome art that you aspire to create yourself) up until the nice security guard came in screaming "the museum is closed get out!"
Ooh, I almost forgot. One night, while I was trying to see as much of the city as possible I got lost in Dupont Circle. Well, not lost, just couldn't figure out which streets went where I needed to go. However, like a good gay, I turned on my dar and followed the beacon right to the HRC. Yeah, literally stumbled onto the place trying to figure out where I was. Gaydar now comes with GPS!!! From there, I got my bearings and had one of the est "queen" cuts of prime rib I've ever tasted.
Other highlights of the trip include being told on at least 3 occasions that I am beautiful/handsome/good looking by people who didn't have to say a word (although one may have been a prostitute), flood therapy for my social shyness (I initially didn't even want to leave the hotel), and experiencing something new and fun that I hope to do again.
Since then I have been packing, moving, packing, moving, packing and moving. On the days when the weather hasn't permitted me to move, I've been unpacking. Heck, today may be the first day I've had Internet access for pleasure since my last blog! That's depressing. I must go cry now.
Back.. So.. Mo and D helped last weekend with setting up the kitchen. MUCH THANKS! This weekend, we hope to move the furniture. If only my brother could get here with the trailer.. damn this Wyoming winter!
That's what's up in my life. Hopefully I will have the Internet again before another month goes by. We'll be getting together real soon in the new house for party time, too.
Cheers!
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Check me out
Saturday, December 01, 2007
http://tkirch.deviantart.com/
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I've done it.. well sorta.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
The good news is, that after 8 years of altering my diet, learning to go to the gym for me and not the social interaction, even more drastically altering my diet, and generally doing my best to be healthful, I have reached my goal weight.
Here's the story. I graduated from high school as a tortured soul. Like so many people, I guess. It wasn't ok to be gay. It wasn't ok to be a nerd. Debate was not fashionable. And certainly, weighing more than 50lbs over your governmental body mass index score for obesity was not how you made friends. But I tried to be tough and not let it get to me. Then I saw a picture of myself. The picture was under the debate section of my high school yearbook. Maybe it was the way I was sitting, but I knew something had to change.
To start, I tried wearing bigger clothes to cover myself. If I couldn't see it, then nobody else could either. Inside, I felt like a circus tent. And I got bigger. I was not happy. I remember my dad setting down one morning to talk to me about it shortly after graduation. I'll eliminate the name in case I ever out this blog to my family, but basically his "you don't want to poke out from under your shirts like [name] do you" was enough for me. I don't know what my heaviest weight was, I am sure it was recorded somewhere in a doctor's office or something, but it doesn't matter. As a kid who has never had the muscular strength to do a pull-up, I weighed in excess 245 and it had to stop.
My saving grace? The wellness class I was required to take for college. There I learned about how the things I put into my body were crap. I learned that I was aerobically unable to run one lap around the track, let alone more than a mile. But more importantly, I learned how to change these things, and I learned how to get information about being healthful. The other great thing that happened here was my first scientific body mass indexing. The government and their "you are X foot tall therefore you should weigh x lbs" can go FUCK itself, that index will never be true for me, my build, and therefore my life. What I got out of MY indexing, was that I could lose down to 180 and be in peak physical condition. As a result, I set a goal for somewhere between 190 and 200.
At first it was easy. I can eliminate soda from my diet, result: lose 5 lbs. Next was the snack cakes that I was fond of purchasing from vending machines. There went another 5 lbs. With each change I not only learned that I could live without these things, but that it felt good to make these changes too. Don't get me wrong, I fought hard against it too. I didn't want to go to the gym by myself. I didn't want to push myself that hard. But I like having pancakes with a cup and a half of syrup every day for breakfast. Buying healthy things is more expensive. . . you name it, I made an excuse for it. And my weight plateaued around 230 after occasionally flirting with 225, but never dropping lower.
Then, a little over a year ago, I got serious. I was at a low point, afraid I didn't have the drive or the determination to make it. I started researching and learning about ways to live healthier, and making more drastic changes to my diet. Beware anything with sugar, carbs in moderation and never within 2 hrs of bedtime, eat more chicken and fish, beef is a luxury. Just by being conscious about my food, and when and how I ate it, I started to lose weight again. Somewhere in all this, my best friend challenged me to meet him every morning to run/walk a 1.2 mile course with him. Eventually we started going to the gym. And, now that he's moved away, I've learned to make the gym something I do for me.
Today, I like working out. I can run over 2 miles, as long as I have a music player. I like eating healthy and in moderation. I am, overall, happy with where I've come to. My weight is now somewhere just shy of 195 depending on which scale I get on. I've reached my goal.
Time for a new goal. I want to get more involved with activities that involve teams and friends. Ice skating, bowling, racquetball, boomerangs, basketball, volleyball... you name it. These are all things I've enjoyed doing with friends, and I don't do enough of them now. I'll continue to save the gym for me and anyone who wants to tag along. I want to get a trainer, preferably one who isn't pretentious and who won't drain my piggy bank. I want to get another real body mass indexing. I want to know where I can go from here, and I can't wait to see where this will take me.
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