I’m in good shape.
I got my Story Grid re-certification project exactly where I wanted it today. Right on time. Thank lord. Monday and Tuesday weren’t pleasant, such long days…but gawdammit it worked. I was able to cruise today without really breaking a sweat. It’s such a relief.
Not done with the project yet, by any means. I think I have two more solid days of work to finish filling out the rest of the macro information…but the micro scene-to-scene analysis is done. And holy crap does Neuromancer have a shit ton of scenes. 170 of them, to be exact, across only 24 chapters. It’s definitely the style of the writing: short, concise scenes. I dug it reading it.
It’s not a perfect book. It doesn’t execute everything perfectly. But…it’s pretty damn close, and it was visionary. Just started reading another book today written by a writer friend of mine and I can hear the influence in his prose. Very snarky. Funny. Exciting. Intelligent, and densely packed with information. Fun information. Strong voice. I picked well.
I’m also in good shape physically. Did all my workouts today, including the planking. Digging my new song, it works really well. Intro, dance break, instrumental middle, bridge, and then a second dance break. Three minutes in total. Perfect. Also did 212 pushups. That means I’m up to over 1,000 push-ups a week! That’s insane. I do them like they’re nothing, now. That feels good. Makes me feel strong. I can feel the strength in my core. Pushups and sit-ups were the right exercises to start with.
Soon as I max out with my goal (266, I think)…I’ll probably pare that back down to 225 (which I’m three weeks away from!) and then start adding in pull-ups and squats. That’s a whole other part of my body that’s neglected. I’ve never been good a pull-ups, nor have I ever been good at working out my lower body. That’ll be so good for me. That will probably take me another year to really get into good shape, honestly. But, I can do it. I know I can. I’m on a roll. In the groove. It’s a habit, now. It doesn’t feel right not to do it.
It rained today. Obligatory mention of that. It was nice. I watched the storm clouds all day outside my window. It’s going to make everything green down here for a little while.
Night.