Are you supposed to squeeze toothpaste from the bottom, is that a hard-set rule? My buddies don't really adhere to it, but I thought a lot of people are rigid about that rule.
It's well known that you feel better about yourself after you work out, but my theory is it's a mix of feeling good emotionally, mentally, AND physically. Emotional part : forget your troubles (hakuna matata), mentally you feel like you're losing wait, and physically your heart feels better, body feels like it's done some work. I dunno, there's gotta be some Men's Fitness article or something that knows better about this. Bottom line: Exercise = good for you, lol.
The most dangerous and nightmare-inducing thing on the roads for me is two cars colliding because they changed lanes....into the same lane at the same time. Painful to watch if you're behind those cars, and always makes me cringe. It's not really either person's fault, you check your blind spot and if there's no one there you go, you don't naturally look at the lane NEXT to the lane you want to go into. Happens a lot when there's a lot of cars on the road, it's just proof that you gotta be REALLY careful driving cuz even if you're mistake-free something can happen.
a VERY big success last night at the Angels game, if you haven't heard they won 4-1 and put a deathgrip/stranglehold on the series w/ a 2-0 lead. I can not emphasize how thrilling it was to be sitting in the crowd at a playoff game: guys chanting "Let's go angels" from the first on, thunder sticks going off every time there was a 2-strike count on a boston batter, everybody on the edge of their seats on each delivered pitch. Awesome atmosphere, awesome food (go to Ruby's Diner in center field), awesome game (tied 1-1 in the 7th, Angels broke it open off Josh Beckett, the Darth Vader of Red Sock Nation).
The best part was, though, in one of the more serendipitous moments of my life, I randomly got on an elevator w/ my buddy and who gets on after us but MIKE BOOGIE, who's apparently there to support the Red Sox. 99% sure it was him, his face is very distinctive, and he's a Red Sox fan apparently (straight out of wikipedia). Don't really believe in fate/karma/outer being, but if there was ever a sign to be had, that was it. For those laughing at my starstruckness and wondering who Mike Boogie is, he's well known in Big Brother circles as the winner of Big Brother 7 (All-Stars) and Dr. Will's buddy, had a show-mance w/ Erika, 1/2 of the "Chill Town" alliance, comes back in different seasons in different appearance roles. Basically, a rock star for BB fans. I'm rather impressed w/ myself.
Leads me to another message to an individual is sort of a stranger but not really.....Michelle from the past Big Brother season, 11. I really hope she reads it, like Josephine Kao did after I wrote about her spelling bee prowess...( I was REALLY proud of myself for writing that post)...
Michelle, you were my hero this season on Big Brother. Not because you finished 4th, or you did really well on some challenges ( memory wall, the dueling HoH, and the guesstimation/ bluffing challenge), but you really gave me, and a lot of other people I'm sure, confirmation that there are good people out there.
Ok that sounded cheesy. Well, in our society there are a lot of possible heros out there: You can be a music fan and idolize Billy Joel or Faith Hill; you can be a sports fan and idolize Brett Favre or Candace Parker; you can be a civics fan and idolize Barack Obama or Rosa Parks. Point is, there are a lot of prominent names out there, and they are good heroes to have, but they are NOT ordinary people like us. When we watch them perform/ work, we think, "wow they're good, but they're not really like us, they're special."
A person like you, though, Michelle, reminds us that there are a lot of people from a lot of different walks of life who do good things and live their life with integrity and for a lack of words, just be a good person. You don't HAVE to be a famous athlete or president to be a good person; it starts with yourself and your own behavior. So for me, Michelle, when I saw your background on TV, that you were picked on in high school, was sort of shy when you met your husband, didn't do that much social stuff, I empathize with that and can relate to that: It's called living life. Life has a lot of trials and tribulations, it throws a lot of stuff at us, and not all of us can have the luxury of extraordinary leadership skills, musical talent, or special abilities. Some of us have to just rely on working hard, and remembering to be a good person.
So when I see Ronnie bullying Michelle in the Big Brother House and calling her the "worst person I have ever known," or when Natalie goes around calling Michelle the devil, it sort of presents a microcosm of what heroes like Michelle have to deal with in ordinary life: people being mean for no reason, calling people names, being rude, and generally not giving others the time of day. It's disturbing how people get away with these things, and it takes a lot more for the ordinary person to just try to move on, deal with it, and move on. Being a good person is not easy: you have to deal with all the people who have chosen not to give a darn about it, or just don't get it; they honestly don't know what they're doing wrong. It's the people who have good character who have to deal with that and persevere through it. So that's why I thought it was extremely special of you, Michelle, to deal with all of those things, especially since a lot of times you were isolated because the mob mentality of the house went against you and piled on. Often times, it's the good people who are targeted because it's easy to say stuff about them, they don't retaliate because it's not in their nature to say bad stuff about people. Just know, Michelle, that you've inspired a lot of people with the way you dealt with all that stuff. You've certainly made a fan out of one fantasy sport guru / BB Fan.
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
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