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[vicarz]

Huh...benched a whopping 135 for 5 reps today, with the last 2 uneven. Still, that's 100 lbs less than my max and I couldn't do that 5 times. So, slowly I'm improving. My triceps feel weird still, but I wonder if that's good.

Asked a 70 year old man for a spot, a not-touch spot just in case I had problems. This led to a long conversation about how he used to be a 235 lb football player until his spine needed surgery. Dude was FURIOUS at being skinny at 70 in the gym. I wonder how lucky I am to discover my spine and muscle imbalances while I'm almost 50 fucking years young. I might be able to fix my spine. I hope to be a scary old fucker at 70.

Somebody flagged me as adult content. Ick, I'm click-I'm-18 material now. Huh.

I need to do a long post about machismo, image marketing, and a proposed strategy of publicizing the virtues of choice - of the benefits of choosing to be wealthy, and the benefits of choosing not to take on so much investment and responsibility. I'm serious, but need to develop the issue.

Bought an iphone so I'm being obnoxious on fb. And in general. The 13-year-old girl in me is never buried deep. Saddest discovery is the iphone 5s has better audio than this dinosaur laptop.

I've lost at least 10 lbs since I was injured.

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[djpsyche.livejournal.com]

If you'd like someone to help build the argument in favour of more life in the work-life balance, even at the expense of stockpiling cash, I'm your gal. Let me know.

Skinny at 70... yeah, the downside of my DNA is that skinny looks hot at 30, not so much at 70. Still, I refuse to adopt an unhealthy lifestyle in pursuit of a "healthy" BMI. (Yes, I know that you would argue that any lifestyle which doesn't include a gym membership can't be "healthy," but I differ.)

[vicar.livejournal.com]

I'm not that fussy - fit can mean many things. I'm a fan of active, and slowly accepting the research that says inactivity is a health problem even if combined with activity.

You bike a lot - maybe that's enough. I do think you need strength, especially as a female, because load bearing exercise increases (or preserves) bone mass and in particular prevents/slows osteoporosis.

It's not just my fetish! :D

Yeah, talk to my accountant...but really, I see anger at the inability to buy a cadillac escalade and rappers bragging about their cars (accessorized with women). It's just there is no other model for success other than sticking out with wealth. Why not "I chose in between, with enough money to play, but not working 70 hours a week." Or "I got a job out of high school, and every so often I quit for a couple months to backpack because I don't want a lot of responsibility? I win!"

[djpsyche.livejournal.com]

"there is no other model for success other than sticking out with wealth"

Serious? Trolling?
Of course you can choose in between. You just gave two examples of people I'd say were more successful at life than the 70-hour-a-week slave who has a massive house and no fun, whose kids hate him (hi Dad) because making money was always so much more important than anything else, who gets to retirement age and finds herself no longer healthy enough to take all those trips she put off because she was too busy working.
How about being happy?
It's not as obvious, no. But weren't we always the ones who didn't give a crap what anyone else thought?
If someone looks at me and says, Her house has no spare room, I look back and say, What time do you set your alarm for?
I DON'T SET MINE.
I win!

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Not trolling - I'm saying while you and I might agree with the alternatives, I don't think many others feel the same (they may do it, but feel insecure) and there is no loud public dialog about the benefits of fuckitism. Most car commercials are about establishing superior status via virtue of the vehicle driven.

An exception might be Subaru.

[djpsyche.livejournal.com]

Most commercials. That's the whole point of advertising -- sending people the message that what they currently have is fine won't sell stuff.

I kind of feel sorry for people who don't believe they have worth as human beings. That their only self-esteem comes from owning more stuff than other people.

That said, this past weekend we stayed with the half-brother of a band member who has a huge house, impeccably furnished and decorated -- well, except for the perpetual 17-year-old's room which I stayed in. What a dad, letting her and her friends graffiti those immaculate walls! Anyway, having those rare experiences makes me think, did I miss the boat on materialism? If my priorities were different, could I too have a house 20 times the size of my current residence? Or would I be sitting in that house, bored stiff because there was never anything to do in Sheffield?

Capitalism is not compatible with believing one's current financial situation is adequate.