Of Mice and Men

Can't figure out why that title seems appropriate for my rant tonight. At least it does so inside my head. Maybe it has something to do with choices. You see, it has something to do fitness. Yes, fitness. Not exactly a topic any geek would be comfortable with. It involves getting up off our collective asses and hitting the gym to do some reps to get in shape. The prospect of sweating and grunting and be humiliated by others who are in better shape is not exactly my cup of tea. Good God, I can barely get thru the normal warm-up routines for my Soo Bahk Do.

So why the interest? Let's just put it this way. I'm tired of being drained and listless for most of the week. Most of the time I sit while working and at home I'm either sitting down playing with the family's Playstation 2 or I'm asleep in my bed taking a nap. After a while easily getting tired gets tiring. Or boring.

I've checked the Internet since it has way more information than the local city library.... Actually Ateneo de Davao University's library is the largest here in Davao but I'm not a student anymore so I can't borrow any books from there. So off to the nearest Internet cafe for me in my quest for knowledge.

Turns out what I needed isn't in Wikipedia. Ended up in other blogs. At least the people there know what they're talking about. I hope. I've come across a some comments in a few blogs that basically say that what the blogger is proposing isn't possible. Ahhh, I'm confused now. More knowledge than I need.

You see, the problem I have is not losing weight. It's gaining weight. I used to call my condition having a very lively metabolism. Now I know I'm what bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts call ectomorphic. Yup. Skinny, long-limbed, and can devour table-loads without gaining a single kilogram. Sucks. Big time.

Anyways, I plan to look into this more... And hopefully learn soon how to properly post blogs. I don't think I got my linking down pat yet. But soon... Oh yes, very soon >:D The world will be mine.

First Timer eh?

Here I am on my first blog ever. I've been reading blogs for a few years before I even realized they were called 'blogs'. Back then I just thought of them as an online diary of people who led fascinating lives. Now I know that diary is called a blog.

So why am I doing so right now? Mostly to get thoughts out of my head. I do that with my own journal but this time I'm trying something new. I'm making it online.

I would say I've prepared for it. You see, I used to keep a diary where I would literally put my thoughts into. No editing, just raw info. Yep, even the mean thoughts that you would not normally tell anyone, not even into the air.

But my mom and step-dad kept finding it. And kept being offended by it. I would ask them just why they would read it in the first place. No, the 'discussion' would be diverted as to why I would write something like that.

I won't bore you with the details. Long and short of it is, I've learned to keep a journal of my life without being able to offend anyone directly, I edit them now as I write the words. So I'm hoping I'll be able to do the same here.

The challenge now is finding enough readers that will actually stick with me and maybe, just maybe, learn from each other. It's a long shot I know since I've been to an awful lot of blogs lately but a bloke can hope, can't he?

Anyways, I'll add more soon. Next time I intend to share why I titled my blog 'Burnt Observer'.