Well, I cheated. I came up with two playlists. The first is less meaningful. It has songs that remind me of certain things or filled with songs that have resonated with the two of us over the years. The second is the one that tells the story of us... in song.
Playlist One
1. Bootyliscious: Destiny's Child- My theme song
2. Wonderful Tonight: Eric Clapton- My sad 17 year old ass sand this to her when we were crazy kids.
3. The Mighty Quinn: Mannfred Mann- Was always on the radio when we got in the car back in the day.
4. Oh, What a Thrill: The Mavericks- snicker.
5. Do You Remember?: Phil Collins- Reminiscent of a tough time.
6. Runaway Train: Vigilantes of Love- I always think of Logan when I hear this song.
7. The Middle: Jimmy Eat World- Nathan.
8. April Showers: Caedmon's Call- Gage loved this song as a Toddler and it is the one I associate with him.
9. In The End: Linkin Park- The one hard band we can agree on.
10. Cumbersome: Seven Mary Three- snicker.
11. Gone Away: Lucy Schwartz- A song I got from Christan that reminds me of the difficulty of the mid-way point.
12. Pushit: Tool- Very much us at that time.
13. Roads: Portishead- Ditto
14. I'm Already There: Lonestar- Me on the road was yet another tough time.
15. Take Me as I Am: Tonic- You get to a point where you want to accept and be accepted as such.
16: Just Another Day: Jon Secada- This one has spanned the entirety.
17. The Dance: Garth Brooks- The only reason this one is not on the primary list is that the characters are no longer together. The sentiment rings true.
18. Seven turns: The Allman Brothers Band- Reminds me of Nathan and the passage of time.
19. Higher: Creed
20: The Club Can't Even Handle Me Right Now: Flo Rida- Chris's theme song.
The List is the Story
1. Unchained Melody: The Righteous Brothers
2. What a Good Boy: Bare-naked Ladies
3. Dulcinea: Toad the Wet Sprocket
4: U2: One
5. Stone: Adam Again
6. Somewhere North: Caedmon's Call
7. Somewhere out There: Our Lady Peace
8. Nothing Like a Train: Vigilantes of Love
9. Schism: Tool
10. Lie to Me: 12 Stones
11. Suspicious Minds: Elvis
12. What a Crying Shame: The Mavericks
13. Let it Fade: Jeremy Camp
14. Rise Above This: Seether
15. The Long and Winding Road: The Beatles
16. Beautiful: Plankeye
17. Collide: Howie Day
18. Colorful: The Verve Pipe
19. In My Life: The Beatles
20. Crazy Life: Toad the Wet Sprocket: The meaning of the song deals with the tragedy at Wounded Knee,. but I have always applied it to the continuance of the intent when all goes to shit. We are a good example of that and it's not over, it's not over, it's not over...
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
The Further Adventures of Proto-Mechanic
The Vehicle: 2006 Dodge GRAND Caravan SXT (Tricky!) 3.8L of Glorious Power!
The Job: Replacing a failed power Window Regulator
Estimated Time: 4 hours (Proto has some Experience with this)
The Place: Proto-Mechanic Garage, Casa de Proto, corner of Hanley and Ben Couch Road next to the Woolworth's.
So, a week and change ago, the power window I replaced a few months back began to grinding and then it would not go all the way up by itself. As related in the last Proto entry, I got to it and found the glass had popped out of the retaining clip. When I went to fix that, the bolt on the clip snapped in half. Undaunted, I drilled the old bolt out and put a smaller bolt through the clips with a nut behind it. Worked like a charm. unfortunately, it did not fix the window.
Somehow or someway, the wires in the regulator had become frayed and were no longer working properly. On Sunday we headed off to Lowe's and then made my way down Memorial Drive hitting:
Aaaa-dvanced! Ahhhuto Parts!: they had one for eighty nine bucks.
Oh-oh-oh, O'Reily's: A hundred and two and would have to order.
The Zone... Dunta-dunta-dun-ta-duh AutoZone!: Good news, the part had a lifetime warranty, so they ordered it for me. I was to pick it up Tuesday. For free!
So, Tuesday, I call the Zone... Dunta-dunta-dun-ta-duh AutoZone! to see if the regulator actually came in. It did so I ran to the house and took the old one out. Took about fifteen minutes. Most of that was screwing with the new bolt I had put in (no pun intended). It would NOT come out. Called in the Beast known as Nate and we forced that window out of there. Got the regulator out, but the wires actually snapped in the process. Scared the crap out of me.
Off to the Zone...Dunta-dunta-dun-ta-duh AutoZone! Get my regulator... for free! Head off to the Casa de Proto and... one of the clips on the regulator is broken.
Balls nasty.
Back to the Zone... Dunta-dunta-dun-ta-duh AutoZone! where they give me my money back. All I can think about as I head to Aaaa-dvanced! Ahhhuto Parts! is that it is now seven o'clock and it is gonna take me three hours to put this thing in. Balls. Nasty.
They still have the part and it is exactly the same price as my refund (smile). Back to the Casa de Proto. I move the van under the carport for the light and focus my attention on the regulator. Time to wrestle this bad boy into spot. With any luck I will get it in within and hour.
Three minutes later I pause and eyeball the door where I have already gotten the regulator in. I figure that I did something wrong or was abducted by aliens who 1) probably probed me and 2) put my regulator in.
Turns out neither was the case. Less than an hour later I have the whole shooting match put together. The window works perfectly. I think the old one might have been defective, it never sounded this smooth. Sweet.
Son of a bitch. It took me twice as long to get the part as it did to put it in. Proto-Mechanic triumphant!
Actual Time: I am counting this as one hour and fifteen minutes. Not my fault the replacement part was broken. So there!
The Job: Replacing a failed power Window Regulator
Estimated Time: 4 hours (Proto has some Experience with this)
The Place: Proto-Mechanic Garage, Casa de Proto, corner of Hanley and Ben Couch Road next to the Woolworth's.
So, a week and change ago, the power window I replaced a few months back began to grinding and then it would not go all the way up by itself. As related in the last Proto entry, I got to it and found the glass had popped out of the retaining clip. When I went to fix that, the bolt on the clip snapped in half. Undaunted, I drilled the old bolt out and put a smaller bolt through the clips with a nut behind it. Worked like a charm. unfortunately, it did not fix the window.
Somehow or someway, the wires in the regulator had become frayed and were no longer working properly. On Sunday we headed off to Lowe's and then made my way down Memorial Drive hitting:
Aaaa-dvanced! Ahhhuto Parts!: they had one for eighty nine bucks.
Oh-oh-oh, O'Reily's: A hundred and two and would have to order.
The Zone... Dunta-dunta-dun-ta-duh AutoZone!: Good news, the part had a lifetime warranty, so they ordered it for me. I was to pick it up Tuesday. For free!
So, Tuesday, I call the Zone... Dunta-dunta-dun-ta-duh AutoZone! to see if the regulator actually came in. It did so I ran to the house and took the old one out. Took about fifteen minutes. Most of that was screwing with the new bolt I had put in (no pun intended). It would NOT come out. Called in the Beast known as Nate and we forced that window out of there. Got the regulator out, but the wires actually snapped in the process. Scared the crap out of me.
Off to the Zone...Dunta-dunta-dun-ta-duh AutoZone! Get my regulator... for free! Head off to the Casa de Proto and... one of the clips on the regulator is broken.
Balls nasty.
Back to the Zone... Dunta-dunta-dun-ta-duh AutoZone! where they give me my money back. All I can think about as I head to Aaaa-dvanced! Ahhhuto Parts! is that it is now seven o'clock and it is gonna take me three hours to put this thing in. Balls. Nasty.
They still have the part and it is exactly the same price as my refund (smile). Back to the Casa de Proto. I move the van under the carport for the light and focus my attention on the regulator. Time to wrestle this bad boy into spot. With any luck I will get it in within and hour.
Three minutes later I pause and eyeball the door where I have already gotten the regulator in. I figure that I did something wrong or was abducted by aliens who 1) probably probed me and 2) put my regulator in.
Turns out neither was the case. Less than an hour later I have the whole shooting match put together. The window works perfectly. I think the old one might have been defective, it never sounded this smooth. Sweet.
Son of a bitch. It took me twice as long to get the part as it did to put it in. Proto-Mechanic triumphant!
Actual Time: I am counting this as one hour and fifteen minutes. Not my fault the replacement part was broken. So there!
Monday, February 27, 2012
The Further Adventures of Proto-Mechanic: Home Edition
The Job: Installing a new hot water heater in the Casa De Proto
The Place: Casa De Proto, Pantry
Estimated Time of Completion: 4-5 Hours
So, headed to Lowe's for some wondrous stuff:
1) Hot water Heater... mid range, 50 gallon, 9 year warranty
1) Universal Hot Water Heater installation kit
1) Garden Sprayer (for Christan)
3) Ceiling fans
2) Ceiling fan light fixtures
1) Ceiling fan cleaning brush, 'cause I am worth it.
then hopped over to Sears to get a new drill set. My seven year old Ryobi went dead so I gathered my brain trust (Dad and Master of Sport Mechanic and All 'Round Great Guy, My Personal Mechanicing Lifeline Terry) and debated the pros and cons of getting a set with an impact drill or not. I opted to, 'cause I'm worth it. Dropped off the booty at the house and Christan went off to stock up on two dollar mulch. That would be the second of many, many trips to Lowe's over the next many, many hours.
Unpacked my tools and used the impact drill to put in a screw that had been mocking me for weeks. Gave it "What's for!" Already paid for itself has the impact drill.
I kill the water supply to the house, flick the breaker on the HWH (note my flicking the breaker on the dishwasher several moons back) and drain the old water heater. This goes much faster once the hot water tap has been opened, I found. Broke out the old Volt-Meter I got for the window repair/fiasco (foreshadowing, kids) and made my lone call to Master of Sport Mechanic and All' Round Gret Guy, My Personal Mechanicing Lifeline Terry to see how to use it. Indeed, I had the power off.
Broke out the Universal HWH kit, and unpacked the new HWH, read all the directions and was ready to proceed. I noted that none of the three pipe set ups going into the heater were the same. The hot water outlet was a copper tube about a foot long going into some PVC. The overflow valve was a huge copper fitting with smaller PVC and the cold water intake was a series of jointed metal pipes then hooked into smaller PVC. Yes, Dr. Frankenstein had apparently installed my old Hot Water Heater with parts cobbled together from the ol' homestead and junkyards in the area. But don't worry (foreshadowing teaser) it gets better! I was able to slip off the hot water hook up, but had to hacksaw the cold water and the overflow. No worries. After a very minor struggle, I got the old HWH out of the pantry and only broke the light switch a little bit, but I did find a mummified potato with tendrils of fear escaping it. Set the new water heater in the pantry. It just fit, I mean like a half inch of clearance. Never occurred to me to measure the doorway. Note to Self: Measure the Doorways. Struggled to get the HWH balanced onto several bricks. Yes, bricks, 'cause that was what the old HWH was sitting on. Nostalgia and all that.
So, busted out the Universal kit and, having read the directions, spread sealant on the male end of the flexible hose, and went to put it into the water heater...
eh?
There were already male ends coming out of the HWH. Weird. I checked everything and sure enough, this Universal kit would not work for my HWH. Took my second trip back to Lowe's and found yet another Universal kit that had female adapters on both ends of the hose. Two different kits claiming Universality makes neither one of them Universal. I was able to get my thirty-five bucks back for the bad Universal kit and was able to purchase the new Universal kit for twenty-five dollars and some PVC fittings that I thought would help when I had to hook everything back up.
Back at the Casa De Proto, I quickly ganked a flexible hose on to the hot water outlet and went to use a compression fitting on the 3/4 inch new pipe to the unknown but WAYYYY smaller copper tube. We struggled for half an hour before realizing that something weren't right. A quick call to Big Daddy Dave and, sure enough, my pipe is inordinately small (which is what she said, unfortunately). Back to Lowe's for the third time. Also, the emergency outlet valve is 3/4 inch but the pipe is... 1/4 inch. And the Cold water outlet is 3/4 inch and the pipe is... 1/2 inch. Damn you, Frankenstein. Damn, you, sir.
I tell the guy that the copper tube is prolly 1/4 inch. He claims that is ridiculous, no one in their right mind would use 1/4 copper tubing to install a hot water heater.
"Yeah, well, it could just be my internal rage getting the best of me, but it sho' nuff doesn't look like one of these here," I hold up a 1/2 inch tube, "half inch tubes."
So, I call Logan and have him measure it. Sho' nuff, he said it looked like a half inch to him. Balls. Guy at the Lowe's gives me a gator clamp fitting, says it will just click into place. Foreshadowing!
Back at the Casa De Proto, I gank the fitting onto the flexible hose and then attempt to just click the 1/2" tube into place. It spins like butter on a bald monkey. I mean, it ain't even close. Forty-five minutes later, I do manage to break the insert and that is that, though I know for a fact that something ain't right. Proto-Mechanic senses tingling and all.
Allow me to have an aside. Against all Proto-Mechanic history, I have managed to stay completely calm and lucid throughout this whole ordeal. Little to no swearing except for the obligatory "shit" and "sonnavabitch."
As Lowe's is now closed, I sigh heavily and figure the hot water intake is a wash, but I do hook up the cold water intake and, I tell you, it looks smartish! The emergency valve pipe? Not so much. See, the fitting I got would not work because the valve is too close to the heater, but with the flexible tube from the Universal Kit, I am able to finagle the 3/4 to 1/4 inch drop off nicely. Of course, three of the five steps involved fly directly in the face of what the book tells ya to do, but I figure Victor got away with it, so screw the book.
I am very down because my family cannot shower, wash their hands or flush the toilet until I get this solved...
In the Morning:
Back to Lowe's as they open. Thanks to the wonderful Janet I find out that my 1/2 inch copper tubing is actually 3/8" and they do not have a Gator Clamp bit that goes from one to the other. I make the executive decision to just use hot water PVC and say to hell with copper.
Back at the Casa:
It all goes together smoothly. Proto is an old hand at PVC work.
Moment of truth one: turning the water on and checking for leaks. Turn the supply on and...
Son of a bitch! No leaks.
Moment of truth two: turning the power back on. Ever since the dishwasher, I have been skittish about power supply. I told Gage to expect nothing, or a pop, a flash and a scream. Throw the breaker...
Nothing.
Proto-Mechanic and family have hot water once again.
Aside two: on the way home from Lowe's the windw in the van does not want to go down right. High on his success, Proto checks it all out... and snaps a very important bolt. That's the universe keeping it real, folks.
Toodles.
Actual time: 8 hours work time. If Victor had not been such a bastard, I would have dropped it in three. "He has a Creed in Three!"Oh, and I never lost my temper once. Ah, growth.
The Place: Casa De Proto, Pantry
Estimated Time of Completion: 4-5 Hours
So, headed to Lowe's for some wondrous stuff:
1) Hot water Heater... mid range, 50 gallon, 9 year warranty
1) Universal Hot Water Heater installation kit
1) Garden Sprayer (for Christan)
3) Ceiling fans
2) Ceiling fan light fixtures
1) Ceiling fan cleaning brush, 'cause I am worth it.
then hopped over to Sears to get a new drill set. My seven year old Ryobi went dead so I gathered my brain trust (Dad and Master of Sport Mechanic and All 'Round Great Guy, My Personal Mechanicing Lifeline Terry) and debated the pros and cons of getting a set with an impact drill or not. I opted to, 'cause I'm worth it. Dropped off the booty at the house and Christan went off to stock up on two dollar mulch. That would be the second of many, many trips to Lowe's over the next many, many hours.
Unpacked my tools and used the impact drill to put in a screw that had been mocking me for weeks. Gave it "What's for!" Already paid for itself has the impact drill.
I kill the water supply to the house, flick the breaker on the HWH (note my flicking the breaker on the dishwasher several moons back) and drain the old water heater. This goes much faster once the hot water tap has been opened, I found. Broke out the old Volt-Meter I got for the window repair/fiasco (foreshadowing, kids) and made my lone call to Master of Sport Mechanic and All' Round Gret Guy, My Personal Mechanicing Lifeline Terry to see how to use it. Indeed, I had the power off.
Broke out the Universal HWH kit, and unpacked the new HWH, read all the directions and was ready to proceed. I noted that none of the three pipe set ups going into the heater were the same. The hot water outlet was a copper tube about a foot long going into some PVC. The overflow valve was a huge copper fitting with smaller PVC and the cold water intake was a series of jointed metal pipes then hooked into smaller PVC. Yes, Dr. Frankenstein had apparently installed my old Hot Water Heater with parts cobbled together from the ol' homestead and junkyards in the area. But don't worry (foreshadowing teaser) it gets better! I was able to slip off the hot water hook up, but had to hacksaw the cold water and the overflow. No worries. After a very minor struggle, I got the old HWH out of the pantry and only broke the light switch a little bit, but I did find a mummified potato with tendrils of fear escaping it. Set the new water heater in the pantry. It just fit, I mean like a half inch of clearance. Never occurred to me to measure the doorway. Note to Self: Measure the Doorways. Struggled to get the HWH balanced onto several bricks. Yes, bricks, 'cause that was what the old HWH was sitting on. Nostalgia and all that.
So, busted out the Universal kit and, having read the directions, spread sealant on the male end of the flexible hose, and went to put it into the water heater...
eh?
There were already male ends coming out of the HWH. Weird. I checked everything and sure enough, this Universal kit would not work for my HWH. Took my second trip back to Lowe's and found yet another Universal kit that had female adapters on both ends of the hose. Two different kits claiming Universality makes neither one of them Universal. I was able to get my thirty-five bucks back for the bad Universal kit and was able to purchase the new Universal kit for twenty-five dollars and some PVC fittings that I thought would help when I had to hook everything back up.
Back at the Casa De Proto, I quickly ganked a flexible hose on to the hot water outlet and went to use a compression fitting on the 3/4 inch new pipe to the unknown but WAYYYY smaller copper tube. We struggled for half an hour before realizing that something weren't right. A quick call to Big Daddy Dave and, sure enough, my pipe is inordinately small (which is what she said, unfortunately). Back to Lowe's for the third time. Also, the emergency outlet valve is 3/4 inch but the pipe is... 1/4 inch. And the Cold water outlet is 3/4 inch and the pipe is... 1/2 inch. Damn you, Frankenstein. Damn, you, sir.
I tell the guy that the copper tube is prolly 1/4 inch. He claims that is ridiculous, no one in their right mind would use 1/4 copper tubing to install a hot water heater.
"Yeah, well, it could just be my internal rage getting the best of me, but it sho' nuff doesn't look like one of these here," I hold up a 1/2 inch tube, "half inch tubes."
So, I call Logan and have him measure it. Sho' nuff, he said it looked like a half inch to him. Balls. Guy at the Lowe's gives me a gator clamp fitting, says it will just click into place. Foreshadowing!
Back at the Casa De Proto, I gank the fitting onto the flexible hose and then attempt to just click the 1/2" tube into place. It spins like butter on a bald monkey. I mean, it ain't even close. Forty-five minutes later, I do manage to break the insert and that is that, though I know for a fact that something ain't right. Proto-Mechanic senses tingling and all.
Allow me to have an aside. Against all Proto-Mechanic history, I have managed to stay completely calm and lucid throughout this whole ordeal. Little to no swearing except for the obligatory "shit" and "sonnavabitch."
As Lowe's is now closed, I sigh heavily and figure the hot water intake is a wash, but I do hook up the cold water intake and, I tell you, it looks smartish! The emergency valve pipe? Not so much. See, the fitting I got would not work because the valve is too close to the heater, but with the flexible tube from the Universal Kit, I am able to finagle the 3/4 to 1/4 inch drop off nicely. Of course, three of the five steps involved fly directly in the face of what the book tells ya to do, but I figure Victor got away with it, so screw the book.
I am very down because my family cannot shower, wash their hands or flush the toilet until I get this solved...
In the Morning:
Back to Lowe's as they open. Thanks to the wonderful Janet I find out that my 1/2 inch copper tubing is actually 3/8" and they do not have a Gator Clamp bit that goes from one to the other. I make the executive decision to just use hot water PVC and say to hell with copper.
Back at the Casa:
It all goes together smoothly. Proto is an old hand at PVC work.
Moment of truth one: turning the water on and checking for leaks. Turn the supply on and...
Son of a bitch! No leaks.
Moment of truth two: turning the power back on. Ever since the dishwasher, I have been skittish about power supply. I told Gage to expect nothing, or a pop, a flash and a scream. Throw the breaker...
Nothing.
Proto-Mechanic and family have hot water once again.
Aside two: on the way home from Lowe's the windw in the van does not want to go down right. High on his success, Proto checks it all out... and snaps a very important bolt. That's the universe keeping it real, folks.
Toodles.
Actual time: 8 hours work time. If Victor had not been such a bastard, I would have dropped it in three. "He has a Creed in Three!"Oh, and I never lost my temper once. Ah, growth.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
OMG! Have been so busy. But there is a lull and I am milking it, dammit! The week that was:
Monday 2/6/12
Squats
Jacob
45 x 10
135 x 5
185 x 3
205 x 5
215 x 5
225 x 5... PR!!!
Chris
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 3
165 x 2
190 x 1
205 x 3
205 x 3
205 x 3... Killing it
Pete
BW x 12 x 2
45 x 10
135 x 8
225 x 5
315 x 3
405 x 2
455 x 5
480 x 5
510 x 5... it nearly killed me. The weight was never in question, it was just heavy.
Called it. The stress and strain of work are killing me in the gym.
Wednesday 2/7/12
Bench
Jacob
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 3
180 x 5p
195 x 5p
205 x 5p... PR!!!
3ct pauses
165 x 5p
Chris
45 x 10
75 x 5
95 x 3
110 x 4p
120 x 4p
130 x 2p... PR, but she just did not have it tonight.
125 x 3fp
115 x 5p
Wides
105 x 8
I didn't do anything because of an elbow issue.
Friday 2/10/12
Deadlift
Jacob
135 x 10
185 x 5
225 x 3
255 x 5... done. Long story.
Christan
135 x 10C
185 x 5S
205 x 10C
205 x 10S
225 x 4 + 6 C
225 x 10S
Pete
Sumo
135 x 10
225 x 5
315 x 3
405 x 2
460 x 5 all reset
495 x 5 all reset
525 x 5... could only reset last one. It was just killing me.
Sunday 2/12/12
Christan: had to squat becuase of a meeting on Monday
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 3
165 x 1
195 x 1
215 x 1... a little ugly
230 x 3... TPR
230 x 3... PR for sets... looked pretty good.
Speed pulls: con
135 x 5
185 x 5
205 x 3
205 x 3 Sumo
205 x 3 x 6 sets
Pete: My whole Chi was messed up
P-Rows
225 x 5
255 x 5
275 x 5
295 x 5
Pullups off the Smith Machine
4 sets of eight
Standing abs
120 x 15
140 x 12
150 x 10
160 x 8
170 x 1
160 x 6
130 x 12
Front Delt Raises
20 x 10
25 x 10
30 x 10
Side Delt Raises
25 x 10
30 x 10
35 x 8
Monday 2/13/12
Squats: The return of the idiot twins show
Jacob
45 x 10
135 x 5
185 x 3
205 x 3
225 x 3
245 x 3... PR
Bench
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 3
165 x 1
195 x 3p
205 x 3p
215 x 3p... TPR, did not think he was going to get it.
Gage
Squat
45 x 10
135 x 8
185 x 5
225 x 5
255 x 5
275 x 5... looked pretty good
Overhead Press
45 x 10
95 x 5
105 x 5
115 x 5
120 x 5
Pete
Squat
bw x 12 x 2
45 x 10
135 x 8
225 x 5
315 x 3
405 x 2
480 x 3
510 x 3
545 x 3... OMG it hurts us, my precious.
Once again, I crap out.
Wednesday 2/15/2012... This was our twentieth anniversary!!!
Bench
Chris
Close Grip
45 x 10
75 x 5
95 x 3
110 x 3p
115 x 3p
120 x 1p... got out of the groove.
120 x 1p
120 x 2fp
2 board close
125 x 1p..ugly
115 x 3p
120 x 3p... easy
125 x 2p.... good ending to a bad workout.
Gage: The triumphal return
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 3
190 x 5p... easy
215 x 5p... solid
225 x 5p... same as last set.
3 board
245 x 3p
255 x 3p
265 x 3p... Noone, including himself, thought he was gonna get the last one.
Pete
45 x 15
95 x 10
135 x 8
185 x 5
225 x 3lp
275 x 3p... guh
295 x 3lp... last pause was rough
315 x 3lp... did not intend on pausing the last one, but it felt good.
Close Grip
255 x 5p
275 x 3p... I stopped and Gage chastised me so I unracked and did 2p
295 x 1p... shoulder felt hinky and loose, so I called it.
then we celebrated our anniversary with chocolate, Chips Ahoy!, Pizza and Rolling Rock.
Squats
Jacob
45 x 10
135 x 5
185 x 3
205 x 5
215 x 5
225 x 5... PR!!!
Chris
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 3
165 x 2
190 x 1
205 x 3
205 x 3
205 x 3... Killing it
Pete
BW x 12 x 2
45 x 10
135 x 8
225 x 5
315 x 3
405 x 2
455 x 5
480 x 5
510 x 5... it nearly killed me. The weight was never in question, it was just heavy.
Called it. The stress and strain of work are killing me in the gym.
Wednesday 2/7/12
Bench
Jacob
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 3
180 x 5p
195 x 5p
205 x 5p... PR!!!
3ct pauses
165 x 5p
Chris
45 x 10
75 x 5
95 x 3
110 x 4p
120 x 4p
130 x 2p... PR, but she just did not have it tonight.
125 x 3fp
115 x 5p
Wides
105 x 8
I didn't do anything because of an elbow issue.
Friday 2/10/12
Deadlift
Jacob
135 x 10
185 x 5
225 x 3
255 x 5... done. Long story.
Christan
135 x 10C
185 x 5S
205 x 10C
205 x 10S
225 x 4 + 6 C
225 x 10S
Pete
Sumo
135 x 10
225 x 5
315 x 3
405 x 2
460 x 5 all reset
495 x 5 all reset
525 x 5... could only reset last one. It was just killing me.
Sunday 2/12/12
Christan: had to squat becuase of a meeting on Monday
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 3
165 x 1
195 x 1
215 x 1... a little ugly
230 x 3... TPR
230 x 3... PR for sets... looked pretty good.
Speed pulls: con
135 x 5
185 x 5
205 x 3
205 x 3 Sumo
205 x 3 x 6 sets
Pete: My whole Chi was messed up
P-Rows
225 x 5
255 x 5
275 x 5
295 x 5
Pullups off the Smith Machine
4 sets of eight
Standing abs
120 x 15
140 x 12
150 x 10
160 x 8
170 x 1
160 x 6
130 x 12
Front Delt Raises
20 x 10
25 x 10
30 x 10
Side Delt Raises
25 x 10
30 x 10
35 x 8
Monday 2/13/12
Squats: The return of the idiot twins show
Jacob
45 x 10
135 x 5
185 x 3
205 x 3
225 x 3
245 x 3... PR
Bench
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 3
165 x 1
195 x 3p
205 x 3p
215 x 3p... TPR, did not think he was going to get it.
Gage
Squat
45 x 10
135 x 8
185 x 5
225 x 5
255 x 5
275 x 5... looked pretty good
Overhead Press
45 x 10
95 x 5
105 x 5
115 x 5
120 x 5
Pete
Squat
bw x 12 x 2
45 x 10
135 x 8
225 x 5
315 x 3
405 x 2
480 x 3
510 x 3
545 x 3... OMG it hurts us, my precious.
Once again, I crap out.
Wednesday 2/15/2012... This was our twentieth anniversary!!!
Bench
Chris
Close Grip
45 x 10
75 x 5
95 x 3
110 x 3p
115 x 3p
120 x 1p... got out of the groove.
120 x 1p
120 x 2fp
2 board close
125 x 1p..ugly
115 x 3p
120 x 3p... easy
125 x 2p.... good ending to a bad workout.
Gage: The triumphal return
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 3
190 x 5p... easy
215 x 5p... solid
225 x 5p... same as last set.
3 board
245 x 3p
255 x 3p
265 x 3p... Noone, including himself, thought he was gonna get the last one.
Pete
45 x 15
95 x 10
135 x 8
185 x 5
225 x 3lp
275 x 3p... guh
295 x 3lp... last pause was rough
315 x 3lp... did not intend on pausing the last one, but it felt good.
Close Grip
255 x 5p
275 x 3p... I stopped and Gage chastised me so I unracked and did 2p
295 x 1p... shoulder felt hinky and loose, so I called it.
then we celebrated our anniversary with chocolate, Chips Ahoy!, Pizza and Rolling Rock.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Been on Vacation so: Training Log: the week so far!
Monday 12/26/11
Christan: had to bench because her neck was giving her trouble
Bench
45 x 10
65 x 8
85 x 5
95 x 5p
105 x 3
115 x 6p
115 x 6
120 x 3fp
115 x 4p
115 x 5
Wide Grip
105 x 7p
105 x 7
3 ct Pauses
100 x 4p
Pete
Squat: Focused on getting the bar on the shelf: the right spot on my back. Felt like I had been setting up too low
bw x 12 x 2
45 x 10
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 5
405 x 5
465 x 3
520 x 5... only had to get one, wanted two or three, but got the five. My knees are getting too old for this.
Walkout: wrapped
610
Speed pulls: Conventional
3" Deficit
225 x 3
315 x 3
350 x 3 x 3
Floor
350 x 3 x 3
RDL
315 x 8
335 x 8
355 x 8
Standing abs
120 x 10
130 x 10
140 x 10
Calves
45 x 15 x 3various
Tuesday 12/27/11... HBTM.HBTM.HPDP.HBTM.
Christan: gets to...
Squat
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 5
160 x 3
185 x 2
200 x 1
210 x 7... PR!!!
Walkout: 275... looked good
Speed Pulls
Floor:
Sumo: 175 x 3 x 3
Conventional: 175 x 3 x 3
Leg Press
185 x 10
225 x 10
315 x 10
Calves
315 x 12 x 2
Pete
Shoulder Warmup!!!
DB Press
25 x 10
45 x 10
65 x 10
75 x 10
85 x 10
95 x 7
Floor Press
75 x 8
85 x 8
95 x 8
BB tricep Extensions
45 x65 x 12
85 x 10
105 x 8
115 x 1... shoulder
95 x 12
Rope Pushdowns
100 x 10
120 x 10
140 x 10
160 x 10
Preacher DB Curls
25 x 10 x ea
30 x 10 x ea
35 x 10 x ea
Wednesday 12/28/11
Pete
Seated DB Shoulder Press
25 x 10
40 x 10
60 x 10
75 x 10
Face Pulls:
150 x 15
170 x 15
190 x 15
210 x 15
Pullups
BW x 4 x 4 sets
Suitcase DL
135 x 8 x ea
155 x 8 x ea
175 x 8 x ea
185 x 8 x ea... and I thought I was going to die. But I didn't.
P-Rows
225 x 5
245 x 5
265 x 5
285 x 5
Shrugs
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 10
315 x 10
315 x 10
365 x 10
Front Delt Raise
5 x 12 x ea
10 x 12 x ea
10 x 12 x ea
Christan: had to bench because her neck was giving her trouble
Bench
45 x 10
65 x 8
85 x 5
95 x 5p
105 x 3
115 x 6p
115 x 6
120 x 3fp
115 x 4p
115 x 5
Wide Grip
105 x 7p
105 x 7
3 ct Pauses
100 x 4p
Pete
Squat: Focused on getting the bar on the shelf: the right spot on my back. Felt like I had been setting up too low
bw x 12 x 2
45 x 10
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 5
405 x 5
465 x 3
520 x 5... only had to get one, wanted two or three, but got the five. My knees are getting too old for this.
Walkout: wrapped
610
Speed pulls: Conventional
3" Deficit
225 x 3
315 x 3
350 x 3 x 3
Floor
350 x 3 x 3
RDL
315 x 8
335 x 8
355 x 8
Standing abs
120 x 10
130 x 10
140 x 10
Calves
45 x 15 x 3various
Tuesday 12/27/11... HBTM.HBTM.HPDP.HBTM.
Christan: gets to...
Squat
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 5
160 x 3
185 x 2
200 x 1
210 x 7... PR!!!
Walkout: 275... looked good
Speed Pulls
Floor:
Sumo: 175 x 3 x 3
Conventional: 175 x 3 x 3
Leg Press
185 x 10
225 x 10
315 x 10
Calves
315 x 12 x 2
Pete
Shoulder Warmup!!!
DB Press
25 x 10
45 x 10
65 x 10
75 x 10
85 x 10
95 x 7
Floor Press
75 x 8
85 x 8
95 x 8
BB tricep Extensions
45 x65 x 12
85 x 10
105 x 8
115 x 1... shoulder
95 x 12
Rope Pushdowns
100 x 10
120 x 10
140 x 10
160 x 10
Preacher DB Curls
25 x 10 x ea
30 x 10 x ea
35 x 10 x ea
Wednesday 12/28/11
Pete
Seated DB Shoulder Press
25 x 10
40 x 10
60 x 10
75 x 10
Face Pulls:
150 x 15
170 x 15
190 x 15
210 x 15
Pullups
BW x 4 x 4 sets
Suitcase DL
135 x 8 x ea
155 x 8 x ea
175 x 8 x ea
185 x 8 x ea... and I thought I was going to die. But I didn't.
P-Rows
225 x 5
245 x 5
265 x 5
285 x 5
Shrugs
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 10
315 x 10
315 x 10
365 x 10
Front Delt Raise
5 x 12 x ea
10 x 12 x ea
10 x 12 x ea
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
The Further Adventures of Proto-Mechanic
The Vehicle: 2002 Ford Focus, aka The "Frankenfocus"
The Job: Check front brakes because of a weird noise, replace rear brake shoes
The Place: The Proto-Mechanic Garage
Estimated Time: 5 hours
So, for the last month I have been hearing a sound from the front of the car. It sounds like brakes grinding. Got up early Sunday morning to get a good start. Had the first front tire off at 9: 30. The front brakes look fine. On to the rear brakes. Fun Fact: Apparently Proto-Mechanic has issues with the direction a clock goes in. I was pretty sure I snapped a lug... and then proceeded to almost do it on the next one. I should have know that this was an inauspicious start.
It took me thirty minutes to get the jack stands set where I was happy with them. Removed both back tires. It was at that point that I could have turned back if I wanted to. My out was there, but I did not take it, because I am an idiot.
First anticipated issue: Drums won't come off. No sweat, I'll tap 'em with a hammer. No joy. I was expecting this. I'll just un-tension them and...
First unanticipated issue: Unlike the last brake job I did, there is no little hole in the drum to get to the tensioner. Alright, let's have a closer look. I see nothing except rust, brake dust and bolts.
First call to Master-of-Sport-Mechanic-and-All-'Round-Great-Guy, My-Personal-Mechanicing-Lifeline, Terry.
PM: "There is no hole to tension the shoes."
Master of Sport Mechanic: "Sure there is. Look for a rubber cap."
PM: "I don't see one."
All-'Round Great Guy: "Are you sure?"
PM: " Yes, I'm... wait. There it is."
Terry: "Just work a screwdriver in there and loosen 'em."
PM: "No dice, bub. I have two inches of clearence."
Terry: "Well, see if there are four bolts on the back side."
PM: "There are."
My Mechanicing Lifeline: "Well, just loosen them."
PM: "Is there a size between 11mm and 10mm."
Terry: "No, why?"
PM: "'Cause nothing fits."
Terry: "Is it a six point or twelve point nut."
PM: Counting "Six."
Terry: "And Nothing fits?"
PM: "No. Wait... those arn't bolts. They are round, like rivets."
Terry: "Well, that's weird."
PM: No shit. "Yeah."
So, against my better judgment we have to take the bearing cover off.
Terry: "Just pop the cotter pin out."
PM: "There ain't one."
Unanticipated issue number two: Terry: "No cotter pin?"
PM: "Nope."
Terry: "Well, what is holding the nut on?"
PM: "Looks to be a clip with six flanges, one around each side of the nut."
Terry: "Well,... um, I guess just bend the flanges back."
PM: "You guess?" That's comforting.
Terry: "Yeah."
I hang up and bend the flanges back and reveal the nut and find that, of course, I have no socket near big enough to fit the nut.
Terry: "It should come off no problem."
PM: "It won't budge."
Terry: "What about needle nose pliers?"
PM: "Nope."
Terry: "The guy takes it off with his hand in the video I am watching."
PM: "Unless he's the Hulk, it is a dirty trick of smoke and mirrors."
Awesome. Guess where I'm headed?
Off to the Zone... Dunta-Dun-Dunta... Auto-Zone where I drop twenty three bucks on a 1-1/16 socket and the next two sizes up. Then we have to do a bit of stuff in town. When I get back the nut comes off and lo and behold it is not one nut it is two. The first is just a wee slip of a thing. so, I bend the flanges out some more and... the 1-1/16 socket will no longer fit. METRIC!!!
Back to the Zone... Dunta-Dun-Dunta... Autozone, where I swap the larger SAE sockets for a 26 and a 27mm socket. I get back. The two nuts are actually three nuts. I keep going. The three nuts is actually four nuts and the flange will no longer bend without breaking.
Second Call to Master-of-Sport-Mechanic-and-All-'Round-Great-Guy, My-Personal-Mechanicing-Lifeline, Terry.
Unanticipated issue number three: Terry: "Four nuts? I never saw anything like that."
Whenever a guy with 50 years experience, ASE qualifications out the wazoo and smarts to boot says, "I never saw anything like that." You know you are in over your head.
Terry: "Break the clips."
PM: "Do they sell them seperate?"
Terry: "I imagine. Hey, did you check the bearings I sent you to see if they come with the clips?"
Lesson: Always check the boxes of parts. You never know what you will learn.
This had not occured to me. By the way, Terry sent me a set of break shoes and a coupla bearings that he just happened to have laying about that actually fit the Frankenfocus. So, lesson learned: check the boxes first.
PM: "Yes, they do."
Terry: "Just break 'em off and the drum should come right off."
Then Master-of-Sport-Mechanic-and-All-'Round-Great-Guy, My-Personal-Mechanicing-Lifeline, Terry had to go do some actual work himself and so left me to my own devices.
I broke the flange clips and the last nut came off. A couple of solid whacks with the hammer and the drum came off.
Repeat with other side, except now I just broke the flanges and took all four nuts off at once. EPJ.
Now to the shoes.
Well, they came off easy enough.
I am goin to buy a set of brake spring thingy's before I do... IF I do shoes again. Logan and I grunted and strained but finally got both sets of shoes on with only a moderate amount of fuss. I followed Master-of-Sport-Mechanic-and-All-'Round-Great-Guy, My-Personal-Mechanicing-Lifeline, Terry's advice of doing one shoe at a time, leaving the other side exposed as a guide. This was a solid idea. Glad I though of it.
So, except for bent pin that bent because I put it in the wrong hole even though Logan thought it went in the hole it actually went up going in, it was not a big deal.
Unanticipated issue number four: Then we had to put the drums back on. Remeber that there was not a hole to get to the tensioner? Well the tensioner sits betwixt the shoes and I can't figure this out to save my life. I look it up online and I get:
Hit Number 1: A video of a brake job on a 2001 Focus where the guy chews a lot of gum and does not actually show the brake job, he just tells us that he did the brake job. Asshole.
Fuming.
Hit number 13: A video of a guy doing a brake job on a 2002 Ford Something Else where he just fits the drum back on like breathing. Smug bastard.
Let the simpering begin.
Hit 39: A diagram of a brake job on a 2002 Ford Focus that says to seperate the small cam to loosen the shoes. I have no idea what this means.
I am swearing AT myself now.
I go outside and Logan has figured out what that means. You have to press a screw driver between the unmoving small cam and the moving larg cam that is not round but shaped like a "Q" and a "G" looped together. Damned if this does not work. Drums go on like a champ. Smug bastard asshole that I am, in my joy I forget that with the clamps on the nuts on the cover for the bearing, I do not have a socket big enough. Sigh.
I have to go to a concert for my Mother-in-Law. After the concert I swing by the Zone... Dunta-DunDunta... Auto-Zone! to swap out my last unused socket. And they are closed.
But Oh-Oh-Oh-O'Reilly's... Auto Parts is open! Go figure the six dollar SAE socket does not fit as well as the 30mm at 9 bucks. 30mm. Prolly need that again next week. Get home and fit it all back together.
Brakes work fine.
The noise is still there.
Son of a bitch.
Thing I learned:
1. A hammer is a good friend.
2. It is better to stay calm.
3. A calm son is good to have in a pinch.
4. Master-of-Sport-Mechanic-and-All-'Round-Great-Guy, My-Personal-Mechanicing-Lifeline, Terry still has me beat. Smug bastard.
5. Check your parts boxes first
6. Avoid doing brake shoes.
7. Buy a damned spring tool.
8. The internet SUCKS!!!
Total time with breaks for shopping, parts runs and a Christmas Cantata... Eleven Hours. OMG!!!
The Job: Check front brakes because of a weird noise, replace rear brake shoes
The Place: The Proto-Mechanic Garage
Estimated Time: 5 hours
So, for the last month I have been hearing a sound from the front of the car. It sounds like brakes grinding. Got up early Sunday morning to get a good start. Had the first front tire off at 9: 30. The front brakes look fine. On to the rear brakes. Fun Fact: Apparently Proto-Mechanic has issues with the direction a clock goes in. I was pretty sure I snapped a lug... and then proceeded to almost do it on the next one. I should have know that this was an inauspicious start.
It took me thirty minutes to get the jack stands set where I was happy with them. Removed both back tires. It was at that point that I could have turned back if I wanted to. My out was there, but I did not take it, because I am an idiot.
First anticipated issue: Drums won't come off. No sweat, I'll tap 'em with a hammer. No joy. I was expecting this. I'll just un-tension them and...
First unanticipated issue: Unlike the last brake job I did, there is no little hole in the drum to get to the tensioner. Alright, let's have a closer look. I see nothing except rust, brake dust and bolts.
First call to Master-of-Sport-Mechanic-and-All-'Round-Great-Guy, My-Personal-Mechanicing-Lifeline, Terry.
PM: "There is no hole to tension the shoes."
Master of Sport Mechanic: "Sure there is. Look for a rubber cap."
PM: "I don't see one."
All-'Round Great Guy: "Are you sure?"
PM: " Yes, I'm... wait. There it is."
Terry: "Just work a screwdriver in there and loosen 'em."
PM: "No dice, bub. I have two inches of clearence."
Terry: "Well, see if there are four bolts on the back side."
PM: "There are."
My Mechanicing Lifeline: "Well, just loosen them."
PM: "Is there a size between 11mm and 10mm."
Terry: "No, why?"
PM: "'Cause nothing fits."
Terry: "Is it a six point or twelve point nut."
PM: Counting "Six."
Terry: "And Nothing fits?"
PM: "No. Wait... those arn't bolts. They are round, like rivets."
Terry: "Well, that's weird."
PM: No shit. "Yeah."
So, against my better judgment we have to take the bearing cover off.
Terry: "Just pop the cotter pin out."
PM: "There ain't one."
Unanticipated issue number two: Terry: "No cotter pin?"
PM: "Nope."
Terry: "Well, what is holding the nut on?"
PM: "Looks to be a clip with six flanges, one around each side of the nut."
Terry: "Well,... um, I guess just bend the flanges back."
PM: "You guess?" That's comforting.
Terry: "Yeah."
I hang up and bend the flanges back and reveal the nut and find that, of course, I have no socket near big enough to fit the nut.
Terry: "It should come off no problem."
PM: "It won't budge."
Terry: "What about needle nose pliers?"
PM: "Nope."
Terry: "The guy takes it off with his hand in the video I am watching."
PM: "Unless he's the Hulk, it is a dirty trick of smoke and mirrors."
Awesome. Guess where I'm headed?
Off to the Zone... Dunta-Dun-Dunta... Auto-Zone where I drop twenty three bucks on a 1-1/16 socket and the next two sizes up. Then we have to do a bit of stuff in town. When I get back the nut comes off and lo and behold it is not one nut it is two. The first is just a wee slip of a thing. so, I bend the flanges out some more and... the 1-1/16 socket will no longer fit. METRIC!!!
Back to the Zone... Dunta-Dun-Dunta... Autozone, where I swap the larger SAE sockets for a 26 and a 27mm socket. I get back. The two nuts are actually three nuts. I keep going. The three nuts is actually four nuts and the flange will no longer bend without breaking.
Second Call to Master-of-Sport-Mechanic-and-All-'Round-Great-Guy, My-Personal-Mechanicing-Lifeline, Terry.
Unanticipated issue number three: Terry: "Four nuts? I never saw anything like that."
Whenever a guy with 50 years experience, ASE qualifications out the wazoo and smarts to boot says, "I never saw anything like that." You know you are in over your head.
Terry: "Break the clips."
PM: "Do they sell them seperate?"
Terry: "I imagine. Hey, did you check the bearings I sent you to see if they come with the clips?"
Lesson: Always check the boxes of parts. You never know what you will learn.
This had not occured to me. By the way, Terry sent me a set of break shoes and a coupla bearings that he just happened to have laying about that actually fit the Frankenfocus. So, lesson learned: check the boxes first.
PM: "Yes, they do."
Terry: "Just break 'em off and the drum should come right off."
Then Master-of-Sport-Mechanic-and-All-'Round-Great-Guy, My-Personal-Mechanicing-Lifeline, Terry had to go do some actual work himself and so left me to my own devices.
I broke the flange clips and the last nut came off. A couple of solid whacks with the hammer and the drum came off.
Repeat with other side, except now I just broke the flanges and took all four nuts off at once. EPJ.
Now to the shoes.
Well, they came off easy enough.
I am goin to buy a set of brake spring thingy's before I do... IF I do shoes again. Logan and I grunted and strained but finally got both sets of shoes on with only a moderate amount of fuss. I followed Master-of-Sport-Mechanic-and-All-'Round-Great-Guy, My-Personal-Mechanicing-Lifeline, Terry's advice of doing one shoe at a time, leaving the other side exposed as a guide. This was a solid idea. Glad I though of it.
So, except for bent pin that bent because I put it in the wrong hole even though Logan thought it went in the hole it actually went up going in, it was not a big deal.
Unanticipated issue number four: Then we had to put the drums back on. Remeber that there was not a hole to get to the tensioner? Well the tensioner sits betwixt the shoes and I can't figure this out to save my life. I look it up online and I get:
Hit Number 1: A video of a brake job on a 2001 Focus where the guy chews a lot of gum and does not actually show the brake job, he just tells us that he did the brake job. Asshole.
Fuming.
Hit number 13: A video of a guy doing a brake job on a 2002 Ford Something Else where he just fits the drum back on like breathing. Smug bastard.
Let the simpering begin.
Hit 39: A diagram of a brake job on a 2002 Ford Focus that says to seperate the small cam to loosen the shoes. I have no idea what this means.
I am swearing AT myself now.
I go outside and Logan has figured out what that means. You have to press a screw driver between the unmoving small cam and the moving larg cam that is not round but shaped like a "Q" and a "G" looped together. Damned if this does not work. Drums go on like a champ. Smug bastard asshole that I am, in my joy I forget that with the clamps on the nuts on the cover for the bearing, I do not have a socket big enough. Sigh.
I have to go to a concert for my Mother-in-Law. After the concert I swing by the Zone... Dunta-DunDunta... Auto-Zone! to swap out my last unused socket. And they are closed.
But Oh-Oh-Oh-O'Reilly's... Auto Parts is open! Go figure the six dollar SAE socket does not fit as well as the 30mm at 9 bucks. 30mm. Prolly need that again next week. Get home and fit it all back together.
Brakes work fine.
The noise is still there.
Son of a bitch.
Thing I learned:
1. A hammer is a good friend.
2. It is better to stay calm.
3. A calm son is good to have in a pinch.
4. Master-of-Sport-Mechanic-and-All-'Round-Great-Guy, My-Personal-Mechanicing-Lifeline, Terry still has me beat. Smug bastard.
5. Check your parts boxes first
6. Avoid doing brake shoes.
7. Buy a damned spring tool.
8. The internet SUCKS!!!
Total time with breaks for shopping, parts runs and a Christmas Cantata... Eleven Hours. OMG!!!
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Update and a Poem Drops
We have been in "hell week," the last week of rehersals/first week of the show. Christan is directing "Uh-oh, Here Comes Christmas" down at WACT. This is her first directing gig. As such, I had to come out of retirement to act, paint sets and listen to her get mad.
I have not gone to the gym or done anything except work and go to the theatre in literally a week, so I am prepared to do very little today.
Opening night went pretty well for everyone but me: I sucked it up. Of course, the big crowd of 17 people was pretty dead. Second night went much better and the crowd was really into it. Two down, five to go.
My poem, "Picking Over Sortes that We Might Understand" dropped in The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature along with an inexplicable picture of a tractor.
I have not gone to the gym or done anything except work and go to the theatre in literally a week, so I am prepared to do very little today.
Opening night went pretty well for everyone but me: I sucked it up. Of course, the big crowd of 17 people was pretty dead. Second night went much better and the crowd was really into it. Two down, five to go.
My poem, "Picking Over Sortes that We Might Understand" dropped in The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature along with an inexplicable picture of a tractor.
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