Thank you to those of you who have already wished me “happy birthday!”
DON’T GET ME ANYTHING! Please take the money you would have otherwise spent on a card or gift and apply it to one (or both) of these non-profit organizations.
Charity:Water - provides clean water to those who otherwise would not have access.
Chapman University - Help build America’s tomorrow by supporting my alma mater.
Thanks everyone!
-dm
joshuaadamsnyder (an awesome comic who you should follow) wrote:
I was driving down Washington Blvd, worrying about events in the year 2017. Somebody made a U-turn right in front of me. It’s what I call a “highly-optimistic U-turn.” Needless to say, he misjudged my location. Whereas he thought I was halfway down the block, I was, in fact, in his passenger…
So… I got a random voicemail this morning. Does anyone have any idea who this is?
My phone was off all night… and then I checked VM at 7:15 and this message was there. So strange.
-dm
esquirephotography: Reminds me of the serenity prayer:
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
There is a complex in San Marcos that has a Pet Sperm Bank called “Pet Clones”. Two doors down is “Friends Forever” which is a port crematorium.
What I did with my extra hour this morning is a surprise… but I’ll say this: Think “candid camera.” I’ll post it once it’s edited.
What is “The Extra Hour” you ask? Read about it here.
Meditation.
It is now Tuesday Dec 12th, and I’ve only skipped out on The Extra Hour a few times. Today I caught up on posting, made morning coffee for me and my better half, and organized some files on my computer. I’m realizing that sometimes one hour is not enough to really get ‘geared up’ and doing something. At the same time, I don’t think I’d be able to handle two extra hours.
Also, I have not been working out as much in the mornings, but started doing P90X in most of the evenings.
I did do the TEH this day, now I can’t remember what it was that I did. Dang it. I need to write these RIGHT AWAY!
I didn’t sleep well… so I decided to keep sleeping. I know this is cheating and is not in the spirit of “the extra hour” but I think I get at least a few free passes, right?
While trying to open my brother’s reel (and it freezing / generally not working) I learned about a few new social networks. 8tracks for example where I listened to the “At the Movies with Woody Allen“ and flavors.me which I don’t really see the point of.
Went for a run.
(vacation)
Worked on some tumblr posts, and on my website.
Just a little bit of writing, and editing my brother’s acting reel scenes. Here’s one example:
Basically, we took one day and shot three scenes. No budget, no crew. Just a way to quickly get some footage that focused on the acting.
Ran, and did a very mini version of ab ripper x.
The extra hour - day 10.
Today I am catching up on a bit of posting, and working on my website.
Yesterday I did 95% of P90X shoulders and arms.
Today I’m going to work on my brother’s reel, and on my brother in law’s race footage.
Today, something interesting happened. We were up late last night with friends… so I decided I’d move my alarm up… just a little, and get in the shower a little later than usual. The result would be an extra 40 min of sleep while still keeping 80% of my commitment to TEH.
Fortunately, my body wanted to wake up anyway. I guess this means the system works!
…oh yea and today I wrote.
-DM
While my participation in TEH has been 100% consistent so far, my documenting it has not. Here’s a recap:
That leads me to today… which gets it’s own dedicated post (up next).
I worked out. ”Ab-ripper X” and push-ups.
Today, I’m dedicating TEH to writing. I wrote a post introducing TEH, and am going to write movie reviews for one of my other tumblr instances since I’ve see lots more movies than I have written, especially in the past week when i was sick.
Thanks for reading,
-DM
