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Saturday, December 25th

03:01AM

Christmas on Other Planets:

Don't know why, but that and the Mouse Princess were my favorite parts of "Mister Mike's Mondo Video." I have an ongoing fondness for things that are short and bizarre.

Hey, since I've gone and replaced almost all the lights in the treehouse with compact fluorescents in the past year, I've got a whole box full of old bulbs. Maybe it's time for a little celebration after all....

And speaking of things bizarre, one of the stranger marketing ideas that I've encountered lately is that now you can get a Phentermine-themed Winamp skin. Why would someone want this? Or their phentermine screensavers and desktop backgrounds? Having a drug-based theme for your computer is weird enough for any drug--and, unless I'm very mistaken about these things, you can't even enjoy the feeling that you're being "cool" or "daringly counterculture" by proclaiming to the world that you're on phentermine.

Oh, well. I suppose we should count ourselves lucky that Viagra hasn't followed suit...yet.

Getting away from skins (Winamp or otherwise) and back to the holiday spirit, ever wonder what the skeletal systems of the toys you're giving (or getting) look like? Check out Michael Paulus' gallery of the skeletal anatomy of cartoon characters. Pretty cool...and, based on skeletal morphology, I wonder whether cartoon characters are specialized descendants of tarsiers. Could be worth tracking down one of those programs that calculate parsimonious phylogenic trees just to see what it would come up with.



Sunday, December 19th

07:54AM

The Two Hundred and Thirty-First Rule of the Ultimate Ninja:

Don't let anyone tell you differently. Shoulder injuries are a pain. You'd be surprised how many exercises, fighting techniques, and even things you do in daily life when you're not playing an evil overlord bent on world domination involve the use of your shoulders.

So, yesterday, while working on fight choreography for "Tengu, Legacy of the Ninja," we worked on sequences that concentrated mainly on lower-body work: kicks, lunges, and some of the more devastating uses of an office chair as a martial arts weapon. After a day like that, you may never look at Dilbert the same way again.

me as a meanie-head
"In this film, you play a big 'ol meanie-head"

But it was afterwards, as I was peeling off my now very accurately named sweatpants that I made an important discovery: I'd split the backside of my sweats most of the way from top-to-bottom. Ooops. You know, on those days when you're supposed to be the ultimate, unstoppable warrior, people just won't tell you about these things.

Really. When was the last time you heard someone say, "excuse me, Mister Ultimate, Unstoppable Warrior; your pants are ripped in the back"?

It doesn't help that I was wearing bright green underwear at the time. So I realized yet another rule of the ultimate Ninja: be sure to wear black undies.

My knowlege of the other details of traditional Ninja fighting style and techniques still needs plenty of work, but at least now I'll be sure to have the right underwear for the role.



Tuesday, December 14th

01:06AM

Star Gems:

Not a night for sleeping...for reasons all too obvious. Unfortunately, it's also not a night for sorting and putting away hardware, which is what's at the top of my to-do list right at the moment. Mind you, I keep getting started all the same, but soon enough I realize that it's not such a good idea, at least for another hour or so.

It's a cloudy night out here, except for a big, clear hole centered around Orion, which is a convenient place for a big, clear hole to be tonight. I figured I'd spend a little quality time out on one of the benches in the garden, underneath the bare leaves of the tree. I took a towel with me for company...or at least to sit upon, since my rump is not what's in need of a cold compress at the moment.

Got more than enough wishes to keep a meteor shower busy, and it certainly wasn't too bad for that, especially for a mostly cloudy night. Some fell in pairs, one right after the other, which seems fitting.

After a while, Orion had clouded over, too, and I came back in. Looks like that stuff on my to-do list is every bit as much still to be done.

Oh, well. If wishes were horses...my carpet would probably be ruined.



Monday, December 13th

19:04PM

Misteaks:

The "Best Typo of the Day" Award goes to a message board announcement I ran across earlier letting people know that today was the peak of the Geminid Meatier Shower.

Space burgers for you and I. Flame-grilled, delivered hot-n-juicy straight to your front door. And your back door. And the garage roof. And pretty much everywhere else. Mmmm...mmmm! I'm just not looking forward to spending the night trying to sleep through the gentle "splat" sounds on the roof.

And I hate cleaning "secret sauce" off the windows.

...speaking of things meaty, the best case of mistaken identity of the day was being mistaken for a performer in the organization-formerly-known-as-the-World-Wrestling-Federation. Either that or I'm even more confused than I thought I was and I just happen to look like a prominent member of the World Wildlife Fund.

The "Worst Sound of the Day" award goes to the grindy-crunchy sound my shoulder made when I was under the weights on the bench press. This was followed by the sound of my dropping the weights. Noisy. Have you ever considered how shoulders are very poorly placed for wrapping up with ice packs using just your other arm? It's actually rather tricky to get anything wrapped around a balky shoulder and not easy getting any of it snugged up and likely to stay put.

There's probably an art to it, but I'm actually perfectly okay with not having enough experience with the whole thing to have mastered that art. Maybe a little bit of spray adhesive will help the Ace bandage stay in place long enough to get the first few wraps on.

We'll see how it goes over the next few days or so. I'd managed to get myself out of two movies once before by breaking my foot; I'd really prefer not to get myself out of another two this way. After a little recuperation, I bet I can still keep going, just a little more slowly and carefully for a while.

That extra protein from the skies will probably help with the whole healing process anyway.



Saturday, December 11th

18:34PM

I Am to Please, But Somehow I keep Missing:

Sometimes I try too hard and get hurt, more often I get wrapped up in too much else that's going on and don't try hard enough.

At least right now it seems I've hit the groove in the gym. It's always hard to tell whether that means you've stumbled onto the right technique or just that the timing is right. But, either way, it's much better to be in the groove instead of in a rut.

Now, if I could just get "into the groove" as far as anything else is concerned. In one of the roles coming up, I really need to get a lot smoother and faster in the fighting techniques that I'll need to be using. But, then, I've only done two days of practice for it so far, and there's a few months yet to go before the movie goes into production, so maybe it'll get better. :-)



Monday, December 6th

22:18PM

Have you been naughty this year?
naughty or nice?

If not, don't worry, there's still time.

It's been a while since I've played "Evil Santa," always a popular gig this time of year. Last time I did it on stage, I even had a team of well-trained Ninja Elves to help out (previously, it had been a solo act, so the audience just had to wonder what kinds of assistants the Evil Santa might have).

But no stage show scheduled for this year. Guess I'll have to limit my "Evil Santa"ing to private performances.

Just sit on my lap and tell me what you think you deserve to get this year....

I've been off low-carb for a while now and it's nice to start feeling like I have arms again. Still have a ways to go to get all my strength back, but I'm working on it. I tend to do the low-carb thing every couple of years anyway, and this time I needed to clean off some troublesome bodyfat that I'd packed on while recovering from a muscle tear. Call it a classic case of adding "insult to injury," but a torn hamstring does terrible things to one's activity levels. Remind me not to do that again.

Low-carbing is always different, though part of the reason is that, experimental sort that I am, I keep trying different variations. This was the first time I'd taken the rather extreme approach of simply not eating for the first three days and occasionally skipping a day when I needed to get back on track.

In general, this is not recommended, but it's pretty effective. I adapted to low-carb right away and never had problems with carb cravings. Okay, there was that whole "persistent yuckiness" part, too, but that's less troublesome than carb cravings because it doesn't lead you into doing anything that would spoil the diet.

Of course, now I read some articles by the ever-informative Lyle McDonald claiming that low-carb dieting suppresses testosterone production. Not a good thing for the aspiring athlete. Weird thing is that I'd noticed early on that it seemed like my beard had almost stopped growing--I'd still get stubble eventually, but a full day produced somewhat less than a usual five o'clock shadow. Probably something worth noting for future reference. I haven't found a workaround yet, but I probably should before the next time I embark on a low-carb adventure.

lat pulldowns

Hmmmm...well, I'm off of my dieting phase anyway and back in the gym for some rebuilding. I could still use better definition, too, but I think I'll stick with the carbs for a while.

I wonder just how much naughtier can you get with carbs than without?



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