After I hit the right button on my iPod, the music I wanted started to play, and you may remember that I posted a sample workout playlist once before.

Next, my iPod started playing songs, and they were too loud, and [...]]]> I was doing my important weightlifting yesterday and had headphones on.

After I hit the right button on my iPod, the music I wanted started to play, and you may remember that I posted a sample workout playlist once before.

Next, my iPod started playing songs, and they were too loud, and I went “ow-ow-ow-ow-ow” and fell down and grasped at my ears, like I had more than one personality inside me, and they were all grappling for control.

!

A bunch of people came to help me get the headphones off, and one of them was all sweaty and dripping sweat on me, and I was like, “no no no you’ll wreck my headphones don’t get them wet,” and she was like, “hey you have nice shoulders”.

I was like, “I know, aren’t they great. You have nice ones also and they are so tan, but they’re all sweaty, why do you go so hard on the treadmill,” and she started to cry about how I wasn’t into her maximum effort.

The truth is I was into it, and wrote her a little note about it, which I had one of the gym employees give to her in the locker room.

Later we went on a date and had pizza, and we were both like, “we better get back to the gym and work this off,” so we did.

We liked each other so much we tried to use the same treadmill at once – what a disaster.

Neither of us wore headphones.

I don’t, but that’s okay.

See how casual it is in here, now.

To your right is what I put inside my face for a [...]]]> This is a casual blog now, which means it’s going to be really about how nice things can be if you have a soul, or even if you don’t.

I don’t, but that’s okay.

See how casual it is in here, now.

To your right is what I put inside my face for a healthy breakfast. Who knows what happens to it after that.

Our bodies are so mysterious. Let’s not worry about it – just be laid back about your biology questions.

1) The can of tuna goes into my face first. A can of tuna is actually fish. You can put the can in your face also, just don’t swallow it.

2) Next comes an apple, which is an indigenous fruit to America. You can’t get them anywhere else. That’s called living in the USA. Get your Visa and come on over.

3) Finally, inside my face goes the Rip-It Sugar Free Citrus Energy Fuel. I had quit energy drinks altogether, but ran into this at a nearby market, and had to try it. Don’t get hooked on those healthy synthetic chemicals! This burns going down your throat, so you know it’s good for you.

Maybe this helped you learn how to make your muscles happen. Maybe it didn’t, and that’s okay too.

Spring is on the way! You don’t even need Xanax to be like this. Just try.

Then I’d have to reply with, “But check out my new personal best [...]]]> You know I want to do steroids, but then I’d have to talk about it and my mom would be like, “No no no no why would you do that liver cancer no no no no what about your pancreas.”

Then I’d have to reply with, “But check out my new personal best in incline dumbbell reverse curls.”

Instead of popping those exciting pills and/or injections, I sometimes just go to the Vitamin Shoppe and grab a nice assortment of different bottles.

Here is one old favorite and new members of the pill family, and that’s my family.

1) L-Tyrosine – I refer to this as L-Gelus in my fiction, and it seriously helps you focus if you take like twenty of them at once.

2) Acai Extract – This is like drinking eco-organic apple cider or something. I just noticed that weird thing on the bottom of the letter ‘c’. I’m going to take it back and get the American acai that doesn’t have that so much.

3) C-2000 – This bottle has steroids in it, and nobody even knows because I scratched out the steroids and wrote “C-2000″ in that nice font.

Sometimes before I take all the pills I line them up like they’re having a little parade and do exactly what happens at the :28 mark of this turtlecall.

Yep, it’s a controversy, and here’s how it happened.

When @shellieshel read that post about me being the worst boyfriend ever, she Tweeted me this:

@brianspaeth Someday, I [...]]]> There’s nothing as fun as having a virtual introduction surprise via your blog between two girls who are being cool at you in different ways.

Yep, it’s a controversy, and here’s how it happened.

When @shellieshel read that post about me being the worst boyfriend ever, she Tweeted me this:

@brianspaeth Someday, I am going to take you out for 1/2 priced burgers and not torture with questions of where our relationship is headed.
2 hours ago via TweetDeck

There was no way around it – I had to get a haircut after that…!

After I did, I sent it to the first girl, and she sent me this text message on my Googelle Nexus Seven:

Oh it’s short – I like it! Also that doesn’t really look like you. Also omg I’m so 13 year old in love I have a file on my desktop with all the pics of you that you’ve sent me in it. !!!

First of all, it doesn’t look like me because I am doing that “eoouuuhh” thing with my mouth, and you can tell that because you can see my tongue there, being like “eoouuuhh”.

That sounds like “eoouuuhh” if you say it out loud.

What do I do now. I’m going to see her today and have her read this blog post to me out loud.

An adventure is you.

I’m more of a cool stud than ever, and girls are sending me emails about that, and also boys are sending me emails about that.

Hey,

I’ve read your blogs since the yaysports days and can’t figure out if you [...]]]> People are getting crazy about me being such a successful Turtlecalls businessman.

I’m more of a cool stud than ever, and girls are sending me emails about that, and also boys are sending me emails about that.

Hey,

I’ve read your blogs since the yaysports days and can’t figure out if you have a girlfriend? It seems like your IM conversations are with different girls, but then your post yesterday makes it seem like you definitely have a girlfriend?

If not, do you want to go on a date with me?

Stan

See what I mean.

That was from a boy.

Well, here’s a clue about my relationship status, and that’s in the form of a cool note I got from the girl who texted me 900+ times in six hours.

It’s part of her response to my LeBron James dream from yesterday. I’m not going to link it because it’s like the next post. Just go there and stop making a scene with that fit you’re having.

2) i’m taking the fact that you dream about lebron and bill simmons (and oprah come on!) instead of me as further proof of your non-romantic-ness

3) the dream means that you’re not romantic

Come on Oprah! What is that supposed to mean. lol

Do you think I have a girlfriend.

Friend of girl finds out from his dad that his real dad is some other guy his mom had an affair with 30 years ago.

She was looking for ideas of what to tell him, whether for general comfort or how to talk to his [...]]]> Short version of what spurred this chat.

Friend of girl finds out from his dad that his real dad is some other guy his mom had an affair with 30 years ago.

She was looking for ideas of what to tell him, whether for general comfort or how to talk to his mom about this.

me: does the mom know he knows

girl: not yet
girl: the parents are divorced
girl: so she doesnt know that his dad told him this weekend

me: he should leave cryptic notes around the house so she’s all scared and creeped out

girl: got it thanks brian

me: like one in the microwave on a can of soup that says “I KNOW”

girl: thats not even cryptic

me: and one in the washing machine that says “OOPS”
me: or put the soup in the washing machine and the note just says “SOUP OOPS”
me: lolol
me: she’s like “what does the soup know?!”
me: and then she like looks at herself in the mirror while she eats it
me: lolol i’m dying over here
me: can I put this on my blog lolol

girl: i hate you sometimes
girl: ttyl

Hey, here’s something fun – for some reason I listened to Angel of Harlem by U2 on repeat for my entire workout yesterday.

That was like 45 minutes straight. Have you ever done that.

There are no non-trilogies around here, so this follow-up post was inevitable.

Am I right or what.

EXT. TOWNHOUSE – NIGHT

Establishing shot. It’s pouring rain – it’s the saddest, least romantic place ever.

INT. TOWNHOUSE – NIGHT

The WOMAN [...]]]> You remember my big love story from last Friday.

There are no non-trilogies around here, so this follow-up post was inevitable.

Am I right or what.

TO BE CONCLUDED.

That’s pretty much it.

I reached out to Kiana to ask her about this, but she was like, “Hey! I am pretty busy right now, so I’ll get back to you [...]]]> A lot of people ask me what my drive or purpose is in writing or creating or whatever it is I do.

That’s pretty much it.

I reached out to Kiana to ask her about this, but she was like, “Hey! I am pretty busy right now, so I’ll get back to you in early November. Thanks for getting in touch! Please subscribe to my email newsletter.”

Since I can’t wait until November, I imagined what our instant gchat messaging conversation might have gone like.

Brian: Hey what is up.

Kiana: Hi!
Kiana: I am on an exercise bike

Brian: that’s cool
Brian: wait – whaaaaaaaat?

Kiana: it’s for exercising
Kiana: it simulates riding a bike but stays in one place

Brian: are you doing a joke

Kiana: No!
Kiana: :P
Kiana: j/k

Brian: do you have stoplights where you live lol

Kiana: One sec – I am switching exercise bikes.
Kiana: k back

Brian: Are the bijies Lifefitness brand
Brian: *bikes
Brian: I lookes it up on Google
Brian: *looked

Kiana Spaeth: Yes.

Brian: are those good ones
Brian: I like their logo

Kiana: I like the Precor logo more, plus Lifefitness has a cheap internal motor. These bikes run great for the first 18 months and then wear out

Brian: are you ready for some fooootballlll lol

Kiana: lol

Brian: lol

Kiana: lol

Brian: Okay talk to you after your exercise is done

Kiana: Goodbye

You can see why people are so charmed by me and my work, and thus why name changes like this are inevitable. (It’s happened before.)

Kiana wins a prize, and the prize is my last name. I can’t thank her enough.

Go over to The Christmas Bridge site for more pictorial evidence of this Kiana Spaeth phenomenon.

Do you want to change your last name to Spaeth at all. If so, maybe I can teach you the Spaeth Family Song.

The backup plan is the main plan – that’s those movies and you already know that.

Well one is in [...]]]> Well in case my new book doesn’t make that crazy money happen to me because of how I forget to market it again, maybe the backup plan will be the way to go.

The backup plan is the main plan – that’s those movies and you already know that.

Well one is in the works in a way that is looking nice and here was part of the big online internet chat about the next steps in making it happen with these guys and they are guys that are making the movie.

I changed their names because right now that movie is still a secret movie and not a movie for you to know about just yet.

Guy has joined
Tucker has joined

Tucker: hello everybody
Tucker: can this be voice?

me: I’m in a starbucks

Guy: lol

me: lol I really am why is that funny

Tucker: like moby dick
Tucker: what did i miss?
Tucker: good news i hope
Tucker: are you on your droid?

me: no my netbook

Tucker: can you send that budget?

me: I did
me: he did a first pass – not meant to be a hard breakdown of the script – just a “yeah this is a realistic ballpark number”

Tucker: hmn
Tucker: interesting numbers
Tucker: i didn’t see where it said how many days the shoot is…
Tucker: nevermind
Tucker: 50

me: does it say that lol

Tucker: haha
Tucker: no 20

me: I thought he had it at 18
me: which doesn’t seem like enough

Tucker: yeah, that’s kinda short
Tucker: are there any weather stages/transitions in OH?

Guy: yeah, winter and not winter

Tucker: the biggest issue is finding covered sets in the event that there is weather then

me: if it’s snowing can I still take off my shirt
me: lol oh that is going on my blog

After that Guy was like, “oh you are such a narcissist!” and Tucker was like, “guys stick to business!” and then I was like, “lol” and then lost my internet connection and went to go make my muscles happen at the gym.

Hopefully those guys worked it out I better email them to check in. btw I am Team Tucker between the two of them.

But no for real my muscles are just hiding in a way that is deceptive. [...]]]> Sometimes there’s a meathead guy that lives inside the regular guy and they are both me but the meathead one feels silly because of how the regular guy lives on the outside and you can see where that is going.

But no for real my muscles are just hiding in a way that is deceptive. I can make them happen if I turn off my humble patrol meme that I have.

Anyway, that meathead guy hates those toe-shoe Vibrams and you know that about him and another thing he knows is don’t bring coffee to the gym, buddy!

For real it’s a weird thing and that guy who did both made my alarms happen this morning.

Good reason to post on this for you.

That’s a telly to you Englands.

Well it makes a sound and then I am going, “Oh man what is that noise I am so startled,” and [...]]]> Hey so I was busy waking up this morning and sometimes I make my Android friend do that to me and my Android friend is my mobile telephone.

That’s a telly to you Englands.

Well it makes a sound and then I am going, “Oh man what is that noise I am so startled,” and start knocking over lamps and especially that one lamp I hate that one because of the shade on it always being dusty.

When I find my little friend I hit the button and slide him across the floor so I can get a little more rest and that’s maybe like eight more minutes that I want.

Yep I did that today except at the end of the slide that the phone did the screen lit up like a Ghostbusters trap and made a Ghostbusters noise and caught a ghost for me and that was a Herbert Hoover ghost and he invented the vacuum cleaner.

History is good for you don’t be afraid.

“What a great app and that would be a great app even if it didn’t really catch ghosts,” is what I thought and now I am sharing.

They should make that app but only for phones that can slide like my buddy does.

Oh and if you were wondering yep Hugh Jackman is taking the whole fall to make his veins pop again so those veins can be there for him in Here Comes That Guy Wolverine Again.

If they called it that I would buy the download and the DVD and the Blue-ray and I would do that the first day they were out and also I would see it in the theater just so I could ask for tickets to Here Comes That Guy Wolverine Again when everyone else is just being meek with their, “One for Wolverine, please. I am lonely.”

Why is that belt in the picture. lol

You know how that one gets my sadness to kick in in a way that is big, but then some cheer came and tried to help me, and you are maybe [...]]]> I haven’t been able to practice my cardiovascular fitness and weightlifting this week because of how the doctor did cutting on me last Friday.

You know how that one gets my sadness to kick in in a way that is big, but then some cheer came and tried to help me, and you are maybe the one who did that?

Examples are how you know I love Presidents but maybe not like this one from @ZeroKNS that came with the mailman on his visit yesterday:

That seems like a fun controversy about who is more popular in the clouds.

Also sometimes remember my old business turtlecalls.com and now there are people like @MayKat33 doing politics to make it keep trying to happen with arts and crafts:

Then some YOU CAN HAVE SELF-VALUE warmed over me and I made this one for myself:

So hopefully today my physician will take an attitude that’s more like GET BACK TO WORKING YOUR BICEPS, GUY.

This was my first book – the one where I admit I’m deceptively muscular.

They were like, “what does that mean” to me in their live broadband video note, and I was wearing a baggy sweatshirt [...]]]> I was talking this weekend with a book reader, and the book they had read was mine.

This was my first book – the one where I admit I’m deceptively muscular.

They were like, “what does that mean” to me in their live broadband video note, and I was wearing a baggy sweatshirt so I showed them this picture.

“Is that even the same guy,” is what their face meant to say, and then they wanted to know some famous people who maybe had this condition, also.

Joel McHale took his shirt off on Community and now he has a DM trophy. Ben Affleck could be DM if he wanted to.

Ryan Reynolds was DM until he just started having his shirt off all the time, which made it undeceptive.

That’s the big-time temptation of being DM. There’s an urge to let everyone know, like how I put in that hazy picture above or how the Force goes bad guy for some people in Star Trek.

Also me and Joel (and Christian Bale sometimes) work really hard to get like this so if you’re naturally muscular or (especially) blatantly muscular, you’re boring.

Go to the dog pound!

I am really having the crazy day this time on my dot com blog. lol

Yes, I’m giving away the Simmons basketball book. It was fine, but my time with it is now complete.

Also, this picture happened with a pseudo-Polaroid Android app.)

So I was at the gym yesterday getting ready to make my muscles happen some more, and as I [...]]]> (This is my outgoing mail today.

Also, this picture happened with a pseudo-Polaroid Android app.)

So I was at the gym yesterday getting ready to make my muscles happen some more, and as I opened my gym bag, I realized I hadn’t put anything in it.

There was just one stray weightlifting glove – I never use these cause I’m a tough man – and a pair of old ePod headphones.

There were no workout pants and/or shorts.

I had a t-shirt on, so no problem there. But I also had on jeans.

I sat in there contemplating what to do for about 15 minutes. I took off my shirt while I did this so anyone who walked in would think I was in the middle of changing, and also so I could do my narcissism I like to have sometimes.

Ultimately I decided to drive away in my car to someplace to buy some pants, and then came back to the gym.

I crawled in so the staff wouldn’t have deja-vu and get scared about how their minds worked.

Have you ever worn casual clothes to the gym.

I guess I was confused, because @The_Real_LLC read it as the guy just couldn’t see the sky or something.

The one thing I know for sure is [...]]]> Okay so the other day I posted that stuff about how the dude couldn’t see the moon because of the workout supplement he was taking.

I guess I was confused, because @The_Real_LLC read it as the guy just couldn’t see the sky or something.

The one thing I know for sure is that this guy’s log of his experience is amazing.

Some more:

Vision side effect, I went to bed I couldn’t see a thing, the window blinds were open and there was light outside, but whatever spot I looked at it went dark but I could see from the side of my eye, for example if I looked at the widow directly there was nothing, but as soon as I rotated my eyeballs away from the window I could see it clearly.

my biceps are sore more than ever and I am loving it.

That last sentence is an LOL for sure, but I still don’t understand how this works.

i just got back driving over one hour at night, a little uncomfortable because all the incoming headlights looked yellow tinted and was confusing especially looking in the rear view mirror

Seriously – I thought in the other entry he couldn’t see when he was looking at something?

PS. I didn’t get enough sleep last night due to the energy drink, so I felt really tired today and somewhat lightheaded, but tomorrow is chest day and I’m ready to rip it up

Oh.

i went outside while the lights were off and tripped over a chair, it hurt like son of a b—h, even my son who was walking with me looked at me like (how in the hell you didn’t see that chair!)

Kids are so silly – don’t they know daddy is getting big and strong.

just wanted to report about my vision, the moon was so bright last night according to my wife, she said the whole room was lit, well i couldn’t see a thing, i couldn’t even see where the window was

This next one is also interesting, although not vision-related.

The new [redacted] tastes different, kind of like fiberglass glue, not that I tasted fiberglass glue, but it tastes like the smell of fiberglass

: /

Whatever – regardless of whether this stuff works, I need to understand how this vision side effect works. It seems there’s not just a problem with the moon, but also with seeing windows.

Should I try this stuff or not? I’m still waiting for Mommy to get in touch telling me not to – she may have stopped reading the blog again.

During that time, I tried probably every nutritional supplement possible, and even now continue to keep an eye on the newer stuff coming, some of which might be [...]]]> As you may or may not know, long ago I was a personal trainer, a brief gig that sprung mainly from my love for health and fitness.

During that time, I tried probably every nutritional supplement possible, and even now continue to keep an eye on the newer stuff coming, some of which might be deemed “borderline legal”.

It’s rooted in a longing I have to be offered a role where they’re like, “This pays a lot of money and it’s yours, but we need you to put on 20 pounds in two months.”

When that happens, I’ll call and apologize to my mom, then speed-race to the nearest steroid dealer I can track down with more excitement than anyone has ever done anything with.

Anyway, there’s an interesting product swirling around that surely will be banned sooner rather than later.

Perusing a message board where some people are trying it out, apparently there’s a small vision-based side effect that accompanies the ingestion of said product.

Here are some posts made by users.

Occasional blurred vision side [effects] are still something that will have to be taken in account till there is a sure fire way to either stop it or lower the chance of getting it.

Slight and occasional blurring. Annoying, but somewhat mild really.

I did have a blurred vision. It wasn’t much but I remember having to concentrate more to focus on things. I also had a vision sides during the day – yellow tint, color cycling and a definite blurring.

What.

i don’t think any of us experienced blurred vision, we only lost the ability to see farther at night; we could only see where the light was aiming at. also it took longer to adjust from light to dark places, and at night we couldn’t see the sky even with a full moon.

Oh.

God.

BUT DID IT MAKE YOU BIG AND STRONG.

So I was on Blackberry Messenger with the [...]]]> To preface this, you need to know that I locked my keys in my car about a week ago, and the AAA guy that came to get them out was FURIOUS at my ineptness, especially when it turned out the keys weren’t even in the car.

So I was on Blackberry Messenger with the same person I was on with when it happened last time.

Brian: Gah damn it I left my lights on now my battery is dead

Girl: Omg brian
Girl: You have so many car troubles

Brian: I swear I call AAA once a week lol

Girl: LOL

Brian: it’s not the car it’s me – just always in a hurry

Girl: Omg if that same guy some again
Girl: Comes

Brian: Lololol oh god it’s even more cold today

Girl: Lol forever

Brian: I will buy him this romance novel from borders
Brian: IMG00608.jpg ( 77.03KB )

Girl: LOLOL

Brian: I’m just like “sorry man I know it’s cold I got this for you”

Girl: “This should keep you warm at least a little”

Brian: Lol
Brian: Oh man it is cold out

Girl: : (

Brian: My hands have frostbite and no longer work

Girl: R u wearing shorts again
Girl: Oh no lol

Brian: LOL
Brian: Like my car won’t start and also I tripped on the curb and fell down and can’t get up lol

Girl: LOLOL

Brian: Nobody will help me lol

Girl: Lmao
Girl: Omg

Brian: I’m loling for real right in the middle of the store lol

Girl: Lol lol lol

Brian: Oh god the car just started now what lolol
Brian: He will get here and I won’t be lol

Girl: LOL SHUT UP

Brian: I will leave the book on the ground with a sorry note

Girl: Omg I’m dying
Girl: LOL
Girl: Horrible

Brian: Oh man I am glad I can share this with you

Girl: Lol omg me too brian

Brian: going to the gym – time to get big and strong!

What happens to all my BBM pals when the Google Phone takes hold of my life January 5th? Do you think I can still find ways to have mobile instant messaging fun?

When I was done with that, I stopped pretending to get work done, and instead embraced my wild nostalgia for the subsequent 8.5 hours.

After that, I went and read [...]]]> I spent about an hour and a half yesterday watching the marathon of the two original V miniseries on SyFy while I worked.

When I was done with that, I stopped pretending to get work done, and instead embraced my wild nostalgia for the subsequent 8.5 hours.

After that, I went and read the recaps of the single season of the regular TV series.

It wasn’t until I reached this synopsis of the last episode that I realized what a profound effect this franchise had on my work, particularly the type of writing I’ve been doing for about the past year.

When Diana learns that Mike and Philip have agreed to a friendly fencing exhibition, she orders James to make sure the swords are deadly — instead of unarmed exhibition weapons, Mike and Philip will use swords charged with nuclear disintegrators.

Now, if that doesn’t sound like it’s right out of my Brad Radby book or my Saved By the Bell Begins, I don’t know what does.

After reading that, I couldn’t help it, and started watching the episodes on thewb.com – particularly because of the way Marc Singer’s Mike Donovan embraces the action jump, the action run, the action ladder-climb, the action casual walk, and the action going-out-to-dinner.

Those of you who have seen 2WO G2N G2Y – which is nobody – would be as shocked as I am to see I’m basically doing Mike Donovan in that role.

You can watch some choice Donovan clips right here.

Oh, and if you’ve read my Prelude to a Super Airplane book, you know that the V screengrab at the start of the post was also good for a mild heart attack.

What is your favorite kind of action thing to do and when was the last time you did it.

So I’m supposed to be writing exactly what you want me to for the next 12 posts, plus Becky [...]]]> (This blog called Steady Burn caught wind of some WSM? rumblings, saying it appears to be a “sort of irreverent and haphazard production”. If that’s not accurate, I don’t know what is.)

So I’m supposed to be writing exactly what you want me to for the next 12 posts, plus Becky will be 13.

But…I haven’t been able to work out since the surgery. All I can do is take these 30 minute walks that do nothing. My brain is days away from complete shutdown.

Wednesday I’m cleared to at least go on the elliptical machine, and that should spur genuine sweat/breathing/heart-rate acceleration – hopefully things start functioning again.

In the meantime, what more could you want than @jerryricetwo?

YO MAH PICTURE A BOOTY HELICOPTER NOW!!! LOL!!! say a voicemail at it

DAM JUDE LAW GET OUT MAH SOFA wtf bro this night over

JUDE LAW THINK HE ON CSI MEAN HE SLEEPIN ON MAH SOFA?? WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT??? brb

@trilby_dare YO I PUT SKY CAPN ON DAT TV AND JUDE LAW GOT OUTY FIVE MAH SOFA LOL!!!! omg he still drunk

DIS JUDE LAW AINT MAH FRIEND EVER AGAIN NOOOOOOOOOOO

Is Jude Law actually inside his sofa, or is that just the slang/vernacular? Even I don’t know.

JRtwo’s like my little personal Pinocchio – I just want him to be a real boy. :(

How would you go about getting a passed out Jude Law off your sofa? If these jokes were exactly the same, but I didn’t reveal that they actually came from Twitter, would that solve GOt’s problem? Answer all these questions for me – mah life!

(Follow me on Twitter here. This page has a new picture of my shoulder.)

As such, I’m starting to get brain-slow and feel weak and soft and depressed. I can take walks, but there’s teen angst boiling up inside.

BOIL! BOIL! BOIL AND A BUBBLE! TROUBLE BUBBLE!!!

I’m allowed [...]]]> So since my surgery I haven’t been allowed to lift at all. Like, I’m not supposed to strain my face.

As such, I’m starting to get brain-slow and feel weak and soft and depressed. I can take walks, but there’s teen angst boiling up inside.

BOIL! BOIL! BOIL AND A BUBBLE! TROUBLE BUBBLE!!!

I’m allowed to hit the gym in a condensed and cautious manner a week from today – let’s hope I make it that long. And really, Calvin Stadiums is so very worthy of your attention on Facebook – this week, he’s chronicling his 2005 World Record Hot Air Balloon Ride.

I wasn’t nearly as close as it looked, but later we did get closer and I dropped the camera in the volcano to see what would happen. Since the camera melted, I could get a picture of that. Plus, a camera can’t take a picture of itself anyway. When we stopped for more fire for the balloon, I bought another camera.

Oh, also – I’ve made friends with this girl @RCAstyle on Twitter, and periodically ask her to do little artistic set-ups at her office for me. It’s pretty fun:

That one was “Write CHUCK D FOREVER on a piece of paper, and then put it on your desk next to an upside-down stapler.” The underlining was a bit of improv that I feel really improved the piece.

(Follow me on Twitter here. And follow the stupendous @alexiskn also!)