It’s the sixth of January, and the first time I’ve been able to attack one of my important resolutions — the resolution regarding working out. I had a nasty cold kick in starting on New Year’s Day, and today was the first day it subsided enough for me to do much more than lounge. Actually, yesterday I dismantled and removed the Solstice Tree. Today I managed to disconnect and box up all of the Solstice Lights which adorned the house and doorway area.
Around 8:30, I got a wild hair, and decided, WTF, I’m going to work out. So I put my workout clothes and cross trainers on, and marched my fat ass down to the basement where we keep the “Exercise Equipment Storage Room.” I took the Ipod, connected it to a set of computer speakers with a subwoofer, and scrolled down the album list until I found something unfamiliar enough yet likely to be energetic enough for this purpose. I settled for Bloc Party’s “Silent Alarm” from what, 2005 or so. It was exactly what I needed. My ridiculous goal was to work through the entire album, as my first workout in months. I managed to hang through ten songs, alternating between the stair machine and the airbike at each song interval.
Who know if I’ll be able to keep this up all year — if I can do it twice a week, chances are I’ll be posting body photos here later in the year. I’m just happy I didn’t keel over. Honestly, if I had heart problems they should have kicked in during this workout.
I thought of more Resolutions. Who’s to say it’s too late if it’s after the first of the year?
* Collect bottles of Islay scotch — one bottle representing each distillery on the Island. So far I’ve tasted Laphroaig and Lagavulin, Ardbeg is next. But I currently don’t have any bottles going.
* Collect bourbon — just enough to fill up my Knob Creek family display case. One bottle each of Booker’s, Baker’s, Basil Hayden’s and Knob Creek.
* Solve Rubik’s Cube in under one minute. My current speed, as verified over the holiday weekend, is 1:43. That’s one minute forty-three seconds. The world record is nine seconds.
