Stop me if you've heard this one. Guy goes to gym, guy runs on treadmill until his heart rate reaches 173, guy keeps pushing til he reaches a "zone" wherein he's unstoppable. That, my friends, is the Grappler Baki zone. This happenned to me tonight at the gym and I liken it to Grappler Baki because that's the name of an anime series that I used to watch. Basically, the protagonist is this kid named Baki: his father is the strongest fighter in the world but kind of evil (in an Akuma kind of way where he thinks his path is the right path) and he, Baki, trains relentlessly as a fighter in order to one day beat his father. So one particular episode, when he was really pushing hard while working out, he reached a zone where he was able to awaken, or rather gain access to, his endorphins. For the purposes of the anime, they described endorphins as this feeling you have wherein you can't be stopped, i.e., you're tireless, and thus can keep on pushing your body to remarkable levels. It was kinda funny because the anime was in Japanese (with english subtitles) and since the word endorphins is not a Japanese word per se, the voice actor just pronounced it in his own native tongue; it came off sounding kinda like this -
en-dawphinz (I know, I know, I digress a bit; back to the point)
Now I'm no scientist but the anime was kind of on-target with the feeling you get when endorphins enter your bloodstream; as near as I can tell its a hormone released after sex...maybe, bout 90% sure. But the anime just used it as a zone where you can feel no pain and hence no limitation, which, I guess, is akin to the feeling of absolutely no-pain you get after sex because you "shot off" ;)
To wrap up (y'know, before this all becomes incoherent) I feel really good because once I reached that Grappler Baki/Endorphins zone tonight, I felt so incredibly powerful. I gotta say, it feels damn good. If this is what it means to be fit, healthy and strong, count me in for life.
I love the gym :)
Monday, September 24, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
R U Ready to Rrrrrrramble!
So, I'm at work, watching the clock. Man, I need a much more exciting life for 08, maybe I should run for President under the RMA (wouldn't U like to know, heh). Actually considering taking quite a few leaps of faith and risk for the New Year after my proposed ending of my tenure at my current drop. More on that to follow.
So...read Blayze's blog, read Birdimus's blog, commented on both.
I need a muse or a muse needs me. I need some new local girls too.
May this week be a productive one at the gym and end with muses, music and more girls.
This is rambling people, I don't really have anything specific to say.
I'm out.
So...read Blayze's blog, read Birdimus's blog, commented on both.
I need a muse or a muse needs me. I need some new local girls too.
May this week be a productive one at the gym and end with muses, music and more girls.
This is rambling people, I don't really have anything specific to say.
I'm out.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
No, I am not dead
Been awhile, almost 2 bloody weeks, but I'm back.
First things first, NYC Labor Day Wknd:
1) Didn't make it to the parade (again) but my peeps who did said I was better off on the Queens side where I was chiling with my cousin et al.
2) The drive-up was pretty decent; minimal traffic and seamless transition from the Verazzano Bridge to my first stop in Bklyn by my sistren K. However, can you say TOLLS!! Goddamn!!
2.5) Might as well get the driving part out of the way while I'm at it: the drive down was on Sept. 4th, from Bklyn str8 to work. Gotta admit tho, had to take a 20 minute nap at a rest stop of the NJ Turnpike. Only real traffic I encountered was in Baltimore making my way to the job. Overall, I'm pretty proud of myself for making these drives by myself (without a CD player might I add). It was my first solo road trip going that far (previous was close to 2 hours to Virginia) and I'm fully confident I can do it again. Lastly, NY drivers are fckin aggressive!! If it wasn't for my Jamaican driving experience, I would be flustered by the impatient, improper and in some cases, a phrase I coined (maybe) NON-drivers out in that Mofo! "Too many cars, not enough drivers."
4) Hit up quite a few barbecues, one of which featured Shark-Meat, and its not bad really. Though its not great either. I kept up my discipline for the most part by having a lone Guinness amongst the water, juice and soft drinks that I drank.
5) Managed to eke out a gym session at Bally's with my cousin; I was adamant about working out at least once while I was there, mission accomplished.
6) Girls: my cousin, his boy and myself met 3 girls from Boston and had a random outing with them that ended with us sleeping over at their hotel room. heh, funny, strange, but kool likkle flex. On that same outing, before we headed in for the night, we hit up one of my sistren's cousin's barbecues in Bklyn - the cousin is quality, so I had to initiate a 'program.' Speaking of program, I also met in person a girl I've been talking to for a while (basically, a mutual friend/mentor type hooked us up over the phone and we've just managed to meet - exchanged pics of course) and finished 'programming' her. When she comes to MD, the programming will come to fruition....yeah, she knows it too, the boy is bad! Oh yeah, some random girl backed it up on me crazy in this Soca session and I was really just trying to get past her, didn't intend to dance. But she grabbed my wrists and pummelled me with that a$$; hey, what u gon do? I answered back. No use wasting a 'wine.' Interestingly enough, she backed me into a column. Now columnar support is always a good tool for winists - if the deed arises - but in this case, she was a bit overzealous (my back!). S'aight though, I'm a winist, we adapt.
Girl Summary - couple warm kitchen-kinda encounters and couple things cookin ;)
7) Networking - My cuz and I briefed each other on our respective ventures and I met and hung with some of his peeps/entourage. Fortune 500 coming strong!! RMA on the rise!! 80sssss runnin it!!!
Overall, good, relaxing trip; I look forward to going back. NY is indeed one of my favourite places. Since I got back? Well.....here's a 1-line/sentence summary:
Gym - faster, stronger...1 Outing, +ing the girl vibes...more RMA, 1 B-day Blayze, VMAs - Kan-tourage-50
Ersk is out for now....nuff words on my mind, must run the novel movements. Businesses, got to set the dynamite. More gyal or 1 gyal? Irregardless, steamsin fi gwaan soon. Also, I choose Kanye; its the ROC!!
First things first, NYC Labor Day Wknd:
1) Didn't make it to the parade (again) but my peeps who did said I was better off on the Queens side where I was chiling with my cousin et al.
2) The drive-up was pretty decent; minimal traffic and seamless transition from the Verazzano Bridge to my first stop in Bklyn by my sistren K. However, can you say TOLLS!! Goddamn!!
2.5) Might as well get the driving part out of the way while I'm at it: the drive down was on Sept. 4th, from Bklyn str8 to work. Gotta admit tho, had to take a 20 minute nap at a rest stop of the NJ Turnpike. Only real traffic I encountered was in Baltimore making my way to the job. Overall, I'm pretty proud of myself for making these drives by myself (without a CD player might I add). It was my first solo road trip going that far (previous was close to 2 hours to Virginia) and I'm fully confident I can do it again. Lastly, NY drivers are fckin aggressive!! If it wasn't for my Jamaican driving experience, I would be flustered by the impatient, improper and in some cases, a phrase I coined (maybe) NON-drivers out in that Mofo! "Too many cars, not enough drivers."
4) Hit up quite a few barbecues, one of which featured Shark-Meat, and its not bad really. Though its not great either. I kept up my discipline for the most part by having a lone Guinness amongst the water, juice and soft drinks that I drank.
5) Managed to eke out a gym session at Bally's with my cousin; I was adamant about working out at least once while I was there, mission accomplished.
6) Girls: my cousin, his boy and myself met 3 girls from Boston and had a random outing with them that ended with us sleeping over at their hotel room. heh, funny, strange, but kool likkle flex. On that same outing, before we headed in for the night, we hit up one of my sistren's cousin's barbecues in Bklyn - the cousin is quality, so I had to initiate a 'program.' Speaking of program, I also met in person a girl I've been talking to for a while (basically, a mutual friend/mentor type hooked us up over the phone and we've just managed to meet - exchanged pics of course) and finished 'programming' her. When she comes to MD, the programming will come to fruition....yeah, she knows it too, the boy is bad! Oh yeah, some random girl backed it up on me crazy in this Soca session and I was really just trying to get past her, didn't intend to dance. But she grabbed my wrists and pummelled me with that a$$; hey, what u gon do? I answered back. No use wasting a 'wine.' Interestingly enough, she backed me into a column. Now columnar support is always a good tool for winists - if the deed arises - but in this case, she was a bit overzealous (my back!). S'aight though, I'm a winist, we adapt.
Girl Summary - couple warm kitchen-kinda encounters and couple things cookin ;)
7) Networking - My cuz and I briefed each other on our respective ventures and I met and hung with some of his peeps/entourage. Fortune 500 coming strong!! RMA on the rise!! 80sssss runnin it!!!
Overall, good, relaxing trip; I look forward to going back. NY is indeed one of my favourite places. Since I got back? Well.....here's a 1-line/sentence summary:
Gym - faster, stronger...1 Outing, +ing the girl vibes...more RMA, 1 B-day Blayze, VMAs - Kan-tourage-50
Ersk is out for now....nuff words on my mind, must run the novel movements. Businesses, got to set the dynamite. More gyal or 1 gyal? Irregardless, steamsin fi gwaan soon. Also, I choose Kanye; its the ROC!!
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