well..today was uneventful

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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