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dendritejungleHey all! Firstly the good news: I'm an aunt again! :D :D :D With all kudos to my sister in law: dude, my new nephew was ten pounds five ounces at birth. OW. *winces in sympathy* But apparently they're all doing well, and I can't wait to go up and visit them this weekend!
And the bad news: I bricked* my beloved iPhone. *sob* It was jailbroken (i.e. hacked so it wasn't tied to a specific contract provider) when I got it second hand, so I never gave it much thought...until I absentmindedly installed a firmware upgrade. Now it's waiting patiently for a SIM card from Rogers that's never going to come.
ETA: *to brick = to render electronics unusable, except as a brick. A very, very expensive brick.
And that sucks because - good news? sorta now bad news? - I had discovered the secret to actually wanting to go running: watching TV while I did so! :D Nothing takes the boredom out of running like watching Lost or White Collar on my iPhone. Now I will be...well, probably balancing my laptop on the treadmill control panel. I'm so glad THAT'S not dorky at all. *rolls eyes*
Oh god you guys. I just want my iPhone back. :(
On the brighter side, I have been running in my building gym regularly enough that I've given myself permission to move to Stage Two of my Master Plan for Health Awesomeness: sign up for a weight-training course. It's been yeeears since I last did weight training, and I am psyched as hell to be getting back into it again! Nothing feels quite as butch and kickass as pumping iron. :D AND it's good for me! Win-win!
The meh: the renovations.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shing_, I am SO JEALOUS of how fast your renovations happened. My tiles are sitting around gathering dust at the moment. *sigh* I like my contractor, but so help me I kinda want to lock him in my place and tell him he can't come out until I have a new bathroom - let alone the kitchen. I'm trying to be patient, but patience is not really my strong suit. At all. *also waits in desperation for hacking wizards to break the latest iPhone upgrade* But SO HELP ME, even if I have to wait another six months and I haven't completely lost it by then, THIS RENOVATION IS HAPPENING. DAMMIT. I can be damn tenacious when I choose.
Oh, and for people wondering why I'm exercising and fearing this is some misguided attempt to lose weight? Reply cut because I know the entire subject is triggery for many folks, but the short answer is no.
It isn't much surprise that in our weight-obsessed culture the instant assumption about any change in eating habits or exercise is that it's weight related. But in my particular case, it's only tangentially related.
The longer answer is that while yes, I have gained some fifteen to twenty pounds over the past couple of years, I am THRILLED about that. Well, I can't lie that I wish a bit more of it had reached my boobs - but even so, I do have bigger boobs! They even jiggle and stuff! *beams happily* And I've got curves where I didn't before! Honestly, I'm delighted about the whole thing.
However, the fact that my metabolism is slowing for the first time in my life - along with some eyesight changes - has brought home to me that I am, in fact, Getting Older, and reminds me that I promised myself since I was a teenager that when I was thirty I would stop coasting on the rejuvenating powers of youth to overcome a life of junk food and couch-potato-ness and, you know, actually take care of myself such that when I'm old my body will still work well.
I want to exercise so I'll still be mobile like my grandmother was when her friends were all in wheelchairs. Hell, she could touch her toes and I couldn't, when she was in her seventies and I was in high school! I want to have muscles that are strong, joints that are limber and arteries that are clear. If my nephews have kids - or grandkids! - I want to be able to play with them, not look at them wistfully from a rocking chair. And let me be clear, this isn't kneeling at the altar of youth: I love my silver hairs (what? they're pretty!) and teensy well-earned laugh lines, and have no interest in looking young as long as I can. But I do want to make the most of the amazing body I have, in all its various capacities and abilities as I age, for as long as I can. And it's high time I stopped taking it for granted.
And the bad news: I bricked* my beloved iPhone. *sob* It was jailbroken (i.e. hacked so it wasn't tied to a specific contract provider) when I got it second hand, so I never gave it much thought...until I absentmindedly installed a firmware upgrade. Now it's waiting patiently for a SIM card from Rogers that's never going to come.
ETA: *to brick = to render electronics unusable, except as a brick. A very, very expensive brick.
And that sucks because - good news? sorta now bad news? - I had discovered the secret to actually wanting to go running: watching TV while I did so! :D Nothing takes the boredom out of running like watching Lost or White Collar on my iPhone. Now I will be...well, probably balancing my laptop on the treadmill control panel. I'm so glad THAT'S not dorky at all. *rolls eyes*
Oh god you guys. I just want my iPhone back. :(
On the brighter side, I have been running in my building gym regularly enough that I've given myself permission to move to Stage Two of my Master Plan for Health Awesomeness: sign up for a weight-training course. It's been yeeears since I last did weight training, and I am psyched as hell to be getting back into it again! Nothing feels quite as butch and kickass as pumping iron. :D AND it's good for me! Win-win!
The meh: the renovations.
shing_, I am SO JEALOUS of how fast your renovations happened. My tiles are sitting around gathering dust at the moment. *sigh* I like my contractor, but so help me I kinda want to lock him in my place and tell him he can't come out until I have a new bathroom - let alone the kitchen. I'm trying to be patient, but patience is not really my strong suit. At all. *also waits in desperation for hacking wizards to break the latest iPhone upgrade* But SO HELP ME, even if I have to wait another six months and I haven't completely lost it by then, THIS RENOVATION IS HAPPENING. DAMMIT. I can be damn tenacious when I choose.Oh, and for people wondering why I'm exercising and fearing this is some misguided attempt to lose weight? Reply cut because I know the entire subject is triggery for many folks, but the short answer is no.
It isn't much surprise that in our weight-obsessed culture the instant assumption about any change in eating habits or exercise is that it's weight related. But in my particular case, it's only tangentially related.
The longer answer is that while yes, I have gained some fifteen to twenty pounds over the past couple of years, I am THRILLED about that. Well, I can't lie that I wish a bit more of it had reached my boobs - but even so, I do have bigger boobs! They even jiggle and stuff! *beams happily* And I've got curves where I didn't before! Honestly, I'm delighted about the whole thing.
However, the fact that my metabolism is slowing for the first time in my life - along with some eyesight changes - has brought home to me that I am, in fact, Getting Older, and reminds me that I promised myself since I was a teenager that when I was thirty I would stop coasting on the rejuvenating powers of youth to overcome a life of junk food and couch-potato-ness and, you know, actually take care of myself such that when I'm old my body will still work well.
I want to exercise so I'll still be mobile like my grandmother was when her friends were all in wheelchairs. Hell, she could touch her toes and I couldn't, when she was in her seventies and I was in high school! I want to have muscles that are strong, joints that are limber and arteries that are clear. If my nephews have kids - or grandkids! - I want to be able to play with them, not look at them wistfully from a rocking chair. And let me be clear, this isn't kneeling at the altar of youth: I love my silver hairs (what? they're pretty!) and teensy well-earned laugh lines, and have no interest in looking young as long as I can. But I do want to make the most of the amazing body I have, in all its various capacities and abilities as I age, for as long as I can. And it's high time I stopped taking it for granted.
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Date: 2010-02-24 08:48 am (UTC)MACHO MANMUSCLY BUTCH!and i understand that desire to take care of your body - you only have one, and it has to last your whole life!
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Date: 2010-03-01 01:09 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-02-24 01:53 pm (UTC)And I share your enthusiasm for working out - I've swum lengths twice in the last few days and love how quickly my body responds happily to such things.
Bear had the same iphone problem last summer. Apparently you can update the firmware before you unlock it, but the other way round is doom. Which I guess you know. Good luck!
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Date: 2010-03-01 01:11 am (UTC)Hey, working out high-five! :D
Thank you, I actually really appreciate hearing I'm not the only one. *sigh*
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Date: 2010-02-25 10:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2010-02-26 02:01 am (UTC)Good work.
I continue to exist as a bad example.
Let me scare you into good habits. :)
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Date: 2010-03-01 01:13 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-02-26 08:41 pm (UTC)Yay about the lifting weights part! I totally want to lift weights and be strong and kick-ass too! :)
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Date: 2010-03-01 01:14 am (UTC)I recommend it - weights are a lot of fun! :D