Woooork

So I woke up to a text from kenzie saying she was on her way to this week long music camp-type-thing in northern idaho...cool...since it's northern idaho, its a 3 hour time difference between us, instead of 2 hours...no biggie i guess

I layed around in bed for a while and finally woke up...had my preworkout snack then went to business...

typical stuff for back and biceps...deadlifts, pullups, rows, curls...then lower abs, damned leg raises...not easy :/

then had my protein shake...then took a shower...

after that I realizd i had an hour before i had to be at work...so i practiced a bit before eating then leaving for work.

did I mention I hate my job?

it was a golf outing at work...which consisted of a lot of bringing food out...serving it...clearing dirty plates and then repeating 3 more times...then there was about an hour fo down time before cleaning up shit...then I was able to leave early and be home by 9pm...cool!!

Soooo I get to see my girl in 5 days...sooo excited! :)

It feels weird that it is already the middle of July...that means that summer is like...half over?!

what the hell?? haha

anyways...I've got an addiction to the tv show "Locked Up Abroad"....seeing how they treat and handle you in foreign countries make you realize how well inmates and people inprisioned folks here really have it.


I guess that's all she called for today...maybe I'll write more tomorrow...

I took 5 months off of this...oops!!

Hey everyone,

So I've been procrastinating about updating my blog...and thanks to Ms. Roseum, I am finally updating this.

To sum up the past 5 months of my life...um...let's see...

I'm 185lbs of solid "Holt-man" ...which is the most I've ever weighed in my life so far, and I haven't worked out so hard in my life either. So I'm seeing results, that brings a smile to my face.

School is over for the year and I'm at home working at some bullshit country club about 6 miles from my house. Wondering what I do?...set up for banquets, sometimes work weddings, sometimes work the restaurant, sometimes do peoples bitch work like moving tables outside, moving massive amounts of dinner plates and random stupid shit like that. Oh yeah, and I get to wear a wonderful 'penguin outfit'...consisting of tux pants, a tux shirt, and a vest...its a bit ridiculous and I haven't hated a job like this ever before. I have completely flat feet (sans arches of any kind in my feet), and after 9 hours on my feet they start to really hurt...so everyday I come home with sore feet/ankles and its not enjoyable at all.

But heres some good news...I get to go see McKenzie on the 18th...which is 1 week from now...I'm soo excited and I can't wait. I'm staying a little over a week and I'm looking forward to just sitting around and chillin...and of course, seeing my girl :)

This next week is going to be the slowest weeks of my life, I think haha

More good news...I got a new cell phone, but don't worry, I have the same number...for you folks that actually care. lol I got an LG EnV Touch...its really cool and I like it better than my old phone...which not that I think of it, wasn't really "old"...The weird part is...my dad and my sister have the same phone as me now. My sister got hers, there dad did, then I got mine...cool??

I guess we don't have to worry about chargers if we misplace them haha...

I'm hungry...so I'm using that as an excuse to stop typing haha...maybe I'll write a bit more after I get off work...



cool...


peace brahs...

Finally...a true 'lazy day'

so today has been fantastic so far...

woke up around 930am and went to the post office around 1030 to mail some stuff home...then met mckenzie and people at dascomb for lunch before going to the gym to smack some weights around. i got to the gym around 1215 and started my different workout, most of the time i try to isolate 2 or 3 bodyparts...such as back and biceps when i do deadlifts, pullups, rows, and stuff like that. this time its a different workout...did bench press, clean and press, pullups, dips, incline dumbell bench, and 3 heavy sets of leg press at the end of the workout. i was beyond tired when i finished the routine and it took me like 15 mins to walk from the gym to my dorm room, it usually takes around 10 mins or so. once i got back i chugged a protein shake and took a shower, and here comes the soreness, if its bad now, itll get worse by tomorrow...i MUST make time to go for a run tomorrow at some point to get this lactic acid out of my system.

anyways...tomorrow is friday!! which means....chamber orchestra concert and then drinking...or maybe drinking, chamber orchestra, then more drinking?...i dont know...ive never been to an orchestra concert a little tipsy so maybe i'll do it tomorrow haha

this weekend there is a 'classy' party in orange kitchen in our dorm hahaha.....classy in a dorm room?...of course it makes sense...anyways...i'm providing wine...not really sure what to get though...maybe some white zinf??

anyway...i just ate a massive sandwich from Decafe...and i think another nap might be in order


peace, love, and chicken sandwiches

whoa...i took 2 weeks off from this...my bad

ok so a situation called life happened...and its busy as all hell

monday, wednesday, and friday are busiest days for me this semester...and no i'm not bitching and moaning about it...chill

the weather here in northeastern ohio has been pretty shitty lately. snow, snow, snow...harsh wind, snow, and more snow. typical i suppose?

lately i've been getting frustrated with my schedule because I have to workout at the most inconvenient times, but i gotta get it in.

last night was pushups at 11pm...after a long day and a few long, drawn out rehearsals :( managed to get 400 pushups in 25 mins before heading off to bed...i woke up this morning thinking i didnt workout, then 2pm came, and along with it came the soreness in the shoulders,chest, and triceps..wooo progress!

the routine is looking like this...tues/thurs/sat/sun i can workout...either in my room via my dumbells and perfect pushups or going to the gym to do the assorted exercises i do.

along with the perfect pushup came this workout chart...called a 2 minute drill...based on your max reps you can do in 1 setting you do 3 sets ranging in reps and must be done in 2 minutes...rest a little....do 3 sets of wide grip in 2 minutes, and rest...then the final set of close grip (the hardest ones for me as of now) 3 sets in 2 minutes...that shit burns...a lot

30-16-12 are the repetions...FML

anyways...thats all for now...i think???

oh yeah...if you see Friday within the next few hours...tell it to come faster...

'the situation'

Oops, i didnt get a chance to post a blog yesterday...i went our last night and didnt get back til late...my bad

anyways, so winter term is basically over now...my sleep schedule is now on a normal set, and i used iCal to map out my life for the next semester, it doesn't seem as bad as last semester since i wont have a weekly trombone quartet that wants to meet a few times a week. i have big orchestra, brass quintet, and a low brass section to work on excerpts which will be awesome, seeing as i have my junior jury in may and its excerpts so the reps are much needed and appreciated. i'm supposed to be in wind ensemble, but i now realize i have a class conflict with theory, so i sent an email trying to clear it up...plus i'm only playing on 2 pieces this concert block so it shouldnt be a huge headache for them.

lets see what else is going on...i went out to eat with some friends yesterday at olive garden...then went to duquesne to chill...it was a good time...

thats about it...i'll post another before bed...

quality brother and sister time

wednesday = rest day from working out...abs, and everything from the waist up are sore as all hell...job well done!

did the usual...wake up...ate while watching tv...warmed up/practiced for a lil while before taking a nap.

later in the day i went to the mall with my sister. i needed/wanted to get out of the house, it gets boring and i had some serious cabin fever goin on. so we went to the mall, then went out to eat, and went back to la roche to hang out with sisters boyfriend and roommate. overall it was a very good night, i had a lot of fun. i feel like i have a better relationship with my sister since we are getting older. it seemed weird in the past, but i think it is because we are only 14 months apart. i have a great sister...and i'm lucky that she puts up with my bullshit lol...if youre reading this michelle, you're awesome.

well...its 2am...and i should be asleep since i'm waking up at 930am...

peace brahs,

Willy

whats in store for tomorrow?...jumping rope, more abdominal work...and lots of oatmeal

Oatmeal is awesome

next week at this time the first day of 2nd semester would have begin...interesting how winter term flew by, must have been having fun.

i'm re-adjusting my internal clock so when i have to wake up at 9am it wont be like hell on earth. so i woke up at 930 today, made some oatmeal and just hung out. didnt see the new neighbors today, but i have a feeling we'll be seeing them more frequently in the not so far future.

i made oatmeal with raisins for my breakfast, it has been a while since i've had it and damn, it was good lol. warmed up a bit later than i wanted, but whatever...

was talking to my good friend alex, from high school, we both love working out and being 'jacked black guys' haha...we were talking about pushups and he found this website for people who want to do 100 pushups, something we both could do in a few minutes, but he was talkin about doin 100 pushups in a row. it gave me another goal i want to reach by spring break; 100 consecutive pushups in 1 setting. sounds easy, some might say...then YOU try it right now...go ahead, i'll wait...

instead of bench presses today i wanted to see how many pushups i could do... ready-set-go... i cranked out as many as i could...goal was around 80...and i did 75...not too shabby, but there is room for improvement. there are a few ways of approaching this...every workout day i have i'll add 100 pushups or so...at the end of the workout...1 set of max then another set of however many are left, out of 100...we'll see how it goes

thats all for now...i'm going to do more pushups

cheers,

Will

new faces in the neigborhood

so it looks like we have some new neighbors next door. it was around 4pm and i heard a huge truck attempting to parallel park on the street. the lady that owns the house next door mentioned to my parents that there is going to be a family moving in there temporarily, from south carolina. i guess they got a better job here in the burgh...thats cool i guess. they seem like country folk, nothing against that at all...but its funny when you have normal working people who are city folk and this random family comes into the neighborhood. they have lots of camo gear and 2 riding lawn mowers, which is useless here because 1) there are hills and 2) the yard is the size of a living room, i guess theyll figure it out. oh well, havent gotten a chance to speak with them yet, hopefully theyll be nice people.

i was a fucking chauffeur today...drove michelle to work, drove home...drove mom to work, drove home, picked up michelle from work, and drove home...anyone else want me to take them somewhere?...lol its ok though

so the idea of going into the air force after oberlin is looking like a good idea. my mom and dad would definitely support me if i chose to enlist. he insists if i enter the military, go air force or to into the navy he says...he doesn't want me going into the army or marines, we'll see what happens. it would be cool to play in a band there, but realistically i kinda want to just be there and find a field that intrigues me and do that...and travel. my dad tells me so many stories about his days in the air force...being a single young man out there traveling the world with other people your age. sounds like an epic adventure to me...and i'm not going to lie, i'm watering at the mouth to do the physical tests...pushups, pullups, situps, running...i LOVE working out, i can do those exercises until i puke then do more, all day, every day...i want that challenge. do i have the balls to do the Air Force Special Operation Command?...i dont know, i need to see what they exactly do...hm... i love a challenge

well...thats all for now

peace brahs

Will

Airmen of Note are badass to the max...

Went to bed at 3am...woke up at 10am...first 5 minutes sucked but after my body woke up, it was cake. Figured I would start getting back on track with a normal sleep schedule starting today.

Rolled out of bed to a shitload of soreness...traps,shoulders,lats,biceps,hamstrings,triceps, chest, and abs were ridiculously sore, like hot damn...a job well done from Friday :)

I've been selling some useless shit I have on ebay, and made a nice sum of money on it. Went to the UPS store to ship a mouthpiece, while there the nice young lady that helped me...they usually don't tell you this at the store bc the person last time didnt say it but she asked if she could call me or email me when my packages are all packed and shipped, usually they just automatically email you. I'm guessing she liked me?...not sure though...she was in her mid-to-late 20's, cute, and had nice teeth (thats a big thing for me) ...it made me smile.

So dad has this idea of us playing Spain by Chick Corea, played a-capella...itll be a good addition to our songs...with

Brian on bongos, and we just nail the shit out of it...i like this idea.

The Airmen of Note play it in the key of Bb minor and its perfect

slide-wise on the trombone. So thats the key we're learning it in

haha. Airmen of Note play it ridiculously fast and its the only

recording I have, so yeah...ready-set-blow lol (yes, that's what

she said)

So......I've been doing a little research...Air Force Special Forces

anyone? Hm...I like the sound of this...shhhhhh bloggers that

read this...nothing is set in stone so we'll just keep that between us.

Well, that's all for now I guess...If I remember something important I'll

add another post!

Peace fools,

Will

what a lame friday

So today was a very bland day. did the usual...woke up, practiced, lifted weights, and then just chilled.

I'm not feeling very talkative right now so this one will be a short one.

Had a fantastic workout earlier today. Today was upper body...consisting of overhead presses, pushups, pullups, dips, more pushups, curls, skull crushers, and ended with yep...you guessed it...more pushups...and I still owe 50 more before bed tonight. I think changing up the routine once in a while and using body weight exercises for HIGH reps are a good way to keep your body thinking. Couple hundred pushups, overhead presses, pullups, dips, more pushups, and some isolation exercises to get the arms...then finishing with more pushups...I feel sore already. My back and shoulders are VERY sore from deadlifting on Thursday, thank God for rest this weekend...and by rest I mean jumping rope...lol

Oops...this one is a short...I promise to write more tomorrow!

Ciao,

Will

well..today was uneventful

bllllllllllllaaaaaahhhhh

I really don't have much to talk about today. I woke up around 1030...dragged ass around the house until practicing some trombone for a while, it was fun. Then it was lunch time...had some leftover sloppy joes and some fruit. waited a few hours before lifting today, ended up watching Jerry Springer (its been forever since i've seen that shit, wow) then ended up vaccuming the house before deciding to warmup my body then time for the workout.

Today was deadlift day, my personal favorite exercise to do. It's a rather simple concept...place a loaded bar on the ground and pick it up while maintaining good form. If done correctly you feel a strain basically all over the body. I usually feel it the most in the hamstrings/butt area...along with my middle back. Towards the end my grip starting giving out, and forearms were on FIRE. Did 6 sets today...135lbs for 12 reps, 205lbs for 8 reps, 255lbs for 8 reps, 310lbs for 5 reps, 310lbs for 5 more reps, and a final set of 310lbs for 5 reps. It felt great, I was tired by the end and this is how you build fantastic and truly strong grip strength. After deadlifts, did shoulder shrugs to work the traps, and side lateral raises to hit the middle deltoids, finishing with some abdominal work. I;ve recently cranked up my ab work and i can now feel it whenever i use them...be it benchpress or deadlifts, I can really feel the extra core strength kicking in when you need it most...that's enough workout mumbo-jumbo...tomorrow is Friday!!....meaning upper body type stuff...bench/overhead press type stuff...lets see how sore my hammies (hamstrings for you non-juicehead brahs) are tomorrow.

In other news, apparently we have some new temporary neighbors moving in the house next door to us tomorrow sometime. The house next to ours is a duplex, and has been empty for about the past 4 years or so. Some lady bought the house/property and was fixing it up a little before trying to rent it out to folks. The lady is odd...she's over the house at the most random/stupid times...such as...why would you come over the house to cut the grass at 9:30PM on a Tuesday night?...I don't know...but I don't totally know her, so whatever. Apparently some of her family members from south carolina are coming...well a couple and their 18 year old son...and a dog. My Buddy probably won't get along with that dog...our Buddy doesn't really like other dogs...(male dogs, that is...haha)

Anyway...lately I've been thinking about the future...and it kind of makes me nervous. What do I want to do...grad school? ...take a year off then grad school?...enlist in the military and play in a military band?...who knows?...Well I have thought about it and as of now I think grad school right after getting out of Oberlin would be a great idea...but I have this urge to do something for my country, after all, it has done a lot for me and I feel I should give back. Thing is, if I do enlist, I don't want to play in some military band...I want to do it big, something challenging that will have me thinking all the time and ultimately make me better. Was thinking...Army Ranger?...Navy Seal?...Airforce Special Forces?...or maybe become a sniper, since I work incredible well by myself. The idea of the Special Forces sounds great...I know it is an incredible amount of work, both physically and mentally, but I think if I set my mind to it, it is achievable. If anyone chims in on this subject trying to say the war is all bullshit and all that stuff I don't want to hear...please don't say it...you're not going to change the way I feel/view the war.

that's about all for tonight...no one is actually reading this...but its still cool to leave thoughts on a blog...theyre cool to read from time to time

Cheers,

Will

ponder ponder ponder...

So I woke up to the doorbell being rung and a massive FexEx truck sits out infront of the house. I go answer the door half awake and see some delivery guy who had wayyy too much cheap cologne, but he seemed nice. My dog, buddy, was flippin a shit, as he usually does when someone comes to the house. luckily he only smells them and wants the visitor to play with his toy when he greets them at the door. Anyways, my dad's new cell phone came in...its an Env Touch, cool phone, and I want one lol. not that I hate my env2, its a solid phone and I dont want to be picky, but I really like the env Touch. so when dad came home he asked that I activate it, set it up, and show him how to text easily. The ringtones on that phone suck monkey balls, so I made him a james brown tone.

Today was a rest day from working out. My legs and calves are very, very sore but thats a great thing because that means they're growing bigger and stronger. I have been busting my ass trying to make sure I'm ready to reach my spring break goals...if you care to know...I'll tell you...I want to bench press 300lbs, deadlift 400lbs, squat 310lbs. I hope to be around 185lbs by spring break. right now I am currently 180lbs (give or take a pound) and feel bigger and stronger than I ever have been. those are my goals and I feel that i can reach them if I work hard enough. oh yeah, I'm am doing this all naturally...meaning no creatine, no NOS, no extra doses of glutemine, nothing but protein shakes and 4-5 meals a day with lean meats. It is VERY hard to keep up this lifestyle--yes it is a lifestyle--during the semester with the hassles of getting good grades in classes, practicing for lessons, preparing juries, working, and having time to have a social life, ALL on top of making time to get the gym which is all the way across campus in Oberlin's comfortable 10 degree winter weather. But its something I want so bad, I've never wanted this more than anything in my life (so far, at least). its something I need to do for me. Its therapeutic for me...I call it workout therapy, allowing the person to pour out all his emotions and feelings out without having to be passive aggressive haha anyways, thats how I feel about it...sorry if it was a little much.

I was watching CNN with my mom (as she always does when she gets in from work) and they had a special on John Edwards...and his um...'shenanigans' while his wife was battling (and still is) cancer. Its just pathetic...says he made a mistake, and grant it, people do make mistakes, but he had been sleeping with this woman on more than 1 occasion so I don't think he can claim it was just a 1 time thing. Just because you can do something doesn't automatically mean you have to do it. This subject still hits close to home to me, and that is why it really pisses me off when I hear about infidelity. People in the spot light...cough*Tiger Woods*cough...I feel bad for, because it is a private thing and I'm sure it doesn't help that there are cameras and magazines just watering at the mouth for that shit to happen, almost like they wish for it. I'll leave it at this...shit happens, and everyone fucks up...if you fuck up once, and are truly sorry, i believe you should be forgiven and then you move on with life. But if you did it multiple times, and only feel bad when the word spreads and everyone knows what happens...fuck you and seriously get your shit together in your life before bringing someone else into it....lol ok i'm stepping off the soap box now

That's all for now...

Peace,

Will

January 27 2010

Elizabeth has this blog and it inspired me to do the same thing. I figure I'll rant here and there on a few things, and just type whatever I feel at the moment. I hope a few people actually read it, if not, ehhh...its not the end of the world.

Not to get started on a bad note, but I'm really sleepy so I will start this actual business tomorrow... lol

Peace,

Will