Last day of freedom so to say. I am excited and nervous how tomorrow is going to start... then June... then July... But I am sure it is going to be a start of a great thing.
Bacon is a vegetable right?...RIGHT!?!
- Glenster
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
A whole evening of colo(u)ring.
I'm not gonna lie. I'm a little anxious to get this started, so I can quit dreading it. Whenever I have some feat to accomplish I freeze right before starting it, and just think myself into a hole about it, which makes it obviously much more difficult to start and a hell of a lot more agonizing to finish. I don't want to do that with this.
Anyway, yes, yes I did spend the entirety of last night coloring (or colouring if you're Glen), if you're wondering. I'm surprised all my fancy graphic design markers didn't dry out in the two-ish years that I haven't used them. It's amazing what markers don't do when you leave the caps on...
I wasn't going to town on some coloring book, though that would have been freaking fantastic as I do have crayons around here somewhere; I was actually scribbling/sketching/drawing/markering some ideas for the look and feel of this blog. And I don't draw or design anything these days. EVER. I have a couple, and will probably do more in the future, as the Blogger-templates are eye-gougingly fuck-ugly to me. What I don't have, however, is the technical knowhow to code all this fun stuff that I can draw and Photoshop to make all pretty into an actual layout that we can all see.
All that aside, I realized at work that this might take more gusto and drive than was originally thought, because I have family functions to attend this summer---two in June, one in July, two of them being weddings I have to rsvp for, the other being the Eric Clapton show in Chicago. Both of these months will be some sort of food-related challenge, thankfully, so I won't "lose" the "game" in terms of sleep. That said, here's a few things I will miss out on:
-Wedding reception food (meat in June, sugary stuff in July...but I assume the caterers at both weddings will have some sort of veggie and/or crazy reduced sugar option, otherwise I claim the fruit and salad bars as my territory.)
-Anything my mom makes while I'm home after the E.C. show, specifically chili, steak, stuffed peppers, etc, etc. (That said, they do have this nifty stuff called Tupperware, and I have one of those new-fangled contraptions called a freezer...so this might not be much of a problem at all.)
-Steak sandwiches at Tony's in Saginaw, which we will probably go to while we're in town for my cousin's wedding in June. They're like the sloppiest Sloppy Joes ever, and they are amazing. Perhaps they are also freezer friendly as well.
All bitching and moaning aside, here's what I have to look forward to:
-Sympathy and/or pseudo-scorn from relatives, i.e "Oh, I know someone that's on that diet..."/extreme criticism until I say, "Hey, more for you," and they shut up.
-All the guacamole, salsa, mac'n'cheese and hummus I can eat. Hell yeah.
-Fake bacon, aka Fake'n. Loved it when I did my 8 month stint as a de-facto veggie in high school, still kind of miss it when I have bad real bacon nowadays.
-Fresh fruit and veggies from farmers' markets and parents' garden. They'll all probably be gone in a day, but whatever. Amazing noms are amazing.
-No random shifts! I have a weekly schedule and it is consistent through the month of May. Win.
Okay, enough out of me. Back to coloring or something now.
Don't forget your towel,
diz.
Anyway, yes, yes I did spend the entirety of last night coloring (or colouring if you're Glen), if you're wondering. I'm surprised all my fancy graphic design markers didn't dry out in the two-ish years that I haven't used them. It's amazing what markers don't do when you leave the caps on...
I wasn't going to town on some coloring book, though that would have been freaking fantastic as I do have crayons around here somewhere; I was actually scribbling/sketching/drawing/markering some ideas for the look and feel of this blog. And I don't draw or design anything these days. EVER. I have a couple, and will probably do more in the future, as the Blogger-templates are eye-gougingly fuck-ugly to me. What I don't have, however, is the technical knowhow to code all this fun stuff that I can draw and Photoshop to make all pretty into an actual layout that we can all see.
All that aside, I realized at work that this might take more gusto and drive than was originally thought, because I have family functions to attend this summer---two in June, one in July, two of them being weddings I have to rsvp for, the other being the Eric Clapton show in Chicago. Both of these months will be some sort of food-related challenge, thankfully, so I won't "lose" the "game" in terms of sleep. That said, here's a few things I will miss out on:
-Wedding reception food (meat in June, sugary stuff in July...but I assume the caterers at both weddings will have some sort of veggie and/or crazy reduced sugar option, otherwise I claim the fruit and salad bars as my territory.)
-Anything my mom makes while I'm home after the E.C. show, specifically chili, steak, stuffed peppers, etc, etc. (That said, they do have this nifty stuff called Tupperware, and I have one of those new-fangled contraptions called a freezer...so this might not be much of a problem at all.)
-Steak sandwiches at Tony's in Saginaw, which we will probably go to while we're in town for my cousin's wedding in June. They're like the sloppiest Sloppy Joes ever, and they are amazing. Perhaps they are also freezer friendly as well.
All bitching and moaning aside, here's what I have to look forward to:
-Sympathy and/or pseudo-scorn from relatives, i.e "Oh, I know someone that's on that diet..."/extreme criticism until I say, "Hey, more for you," and they shut up.
-All the guacamole, salsa, mac'n'cheese and hummus I can eat. Hell yeah.
-Fake bacon, aka Fake'n. Loved it when I did my 8 month stint as a de-facto veggie in high school, still kind of miss it when I have bad real bacon nowadays.
-Fresh fruit and veggies from farmers' markets and parents' garden. They'll all probably be gone in a day, but whatever. Amazing noms are amazing.
-No random shifts! I have a weekly schedule and it is consistent through the month of May. Win.
Okay, enough out of me. Back to coloring or something now.
Don't forget your towel,
diz.
Why we do it.
Howdy all, Glen here. so as my partner in this experiment has stated how i came up with this idea, here is why.
To be honest, at first i had no idea why i wanted to do this, that it was just a crazy idea. but after thinking it through i am more confident in it then ever. I had this question in my mind before i thought of this plan, 'Who am I really?'. Now not in the direct sense of what my place is in the scheme of things, but on a more personal level. Who am I by what i do to myself? What is my life? So that got me thinking into what i do with my life, and that of course came up the crazy idea of my Monthly Challenge, or Lifestyle Challenge.
The Lifestyle Challenge is simple, attempt one new thing or change in your life just for one month. It can be anything that suits your current lifestyle and it keeps your life interesting as you are learning new things. That is the beauty of this challenge, it is so simple and can be personalized to anyone! There is no outside pressure to do this, no rigorous program to follow. It can be applied to any aspect in your life. Perhaps you spend to much money on fast food, so for one month do not buy any fast food and go from there. That is not a forceful change on your life or similar to what Diz and myself are doing.
In the end I would say that I am doing this challenge because i don't want to get into a life of constant repetition. So by keeping life interesting, making it new and exciting every month, will eliminate any boredom and depression commonly associated with today's society.
So during the months of this challenge, this blog is going to be a source of our experiences, and boredom as Diz stated. Expect doodles.
- Glenster
To be honest, at first i had no idea why i wanted to do this, that it was just a crazy idea. but after thinking it through i am more confident in it then ever. I had this question in my mind before i thought of this plan, 'Who am I really?'. Now not in the direct sense of what my place is in the scheme of things, but on a more personal level. Who am I by what i do to myself? What is my life? So that got me thinking into what i do with my life, and that of course came up the crazy idea of my Monthly Challenge, or Lifestyle Challenge.
The Lifestyle Challenge is simple, attempt one new thing or change in your life just for one month. It can be anything that suits your current lifestyle and it keeps your life interesting as you are learning new things. That is the beauty of this challenge, it is so simple and can be personalized to anyone! There is no outside pressure to do this, no rigorous program to follow. It can be applied to any aspect in your life. Perhaps you spend to much money on fast food, so for one month do not buy any fast food and go from there. That is not a forceful change on your life or similar to what Diz and myself are doing.
In the end I would say that I am doing this challenge because i don't want to get into a life of constant repetition. So by keeping life interesting, making it new and exciting every month, will eliminate any boredom and depression commonly associated with today's society.
So during the months of this challenge, this blog is going to be a source of our experiences, and boredom as Diz stated. Expect doodles.
- Glenster
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The filler journal.
While I wait for The Glenster, smoker of bitches, to accept the co-writer email confirmation, I will take up e-space by telling a story.
He and I met on the internet, rvb.roosterteeth.com to be exact, and after about a month or two of bouncing comments off of each others' profiles, we started talking on skype with a few other people. Then we became facebook friends, because as you all know, that is the only way to be friends these days. We've never actually talked on the phone and we definitely haven't met in person, but I think we get along quite well all that aside.
Anyway, very recently, whilst talking on skype, he said he wanted to try something different every month. I said, "Sounds cool, what are you thinking?" So he tells me he wants to try a few different things including getting enough sleep every night for one month, cutting meat out of his diet for a month, eating less refined sugar during another month, getting more exercise, etc, etc. I said, "Go for it." After declaring his intent on rvb and getting a lot of shit for it (especially the 'not eating meat for a month' part), I decided I'd join in too, because, hey, it sounds like it's worth a try. Besides, the more support you have for something, the easier it is to stick to it.
Though we both have rvb.roosterteeth.com accounts (that come with journals), a nice little collabo-blog like this probably wouldn't hurt to post in. I don't know if we're going to try posting every day or something, but we'll work it out as we go. If there's anyone reading or about to read this, hopefully it's not butt-numbingly boring. We will be sure to provide lots of pretty pictures and drawings for your visual amusement.
Remember to give peas a chance,
diz.
He and I met on the internet, rvb.roosterteeth.com to be exact, and after about a month or two of bouncing comments off of each others' profiles, we started talking on skype with a few other people. Then we became facebook friends, because as you all know, that is the only way to be friends these days. We've never actually talked on the phone and we definitely haven't met in person, but I think we get along quite well all that aside.
Anyway, very recently, whilst talking on skype, he said he wanted to try something different every month. I said, "Sounds cool, what are you thinking?" So he tells me he wants to try a few different things including getting enough sleep every night for one month, cutting meat out of his diet for a month, eating less refined sugar during another month, getting more exercise, etc, etc. I said, "Go for it." After declaring his intent on rvb and getting a lot of shit for it (especially the 'not eating meat for a month' part), I decided I'd join in too, because, hey, it sounds like it's worth a try. Besides, the more support you have for something, the easier it is to stick to it.
Though we both have rvb.roosterteeth.com accounts (that come with journals), a nice little collabo-blog like this probably wouldn't hurt to post in. I don't know if we're going to try posting every day or something, but we'll work it out as we go. If there's anyone reading or about to read this, hopefully it's not butt-numbingly boring. We will be sure to provide lots of pretty pictures and drawings for your visual amusement.
Remember to give peas a chance,
diz.
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