One Side Will Make You Taller

Daily Digest for 2009-04-30

Posted by Richard Mankhey

	3:53am	rmankhey updated their status on Facebook. Richard just recycled a wish with a coin from a wishing fountain. That makes it twice as likely to come true. :-).
	11:00pm	rmankhey posted 6 tweets on Twitter. (Show Details) I wonder if it ever ocurred to anyone that using the Swine Flu as justification to close the US/Mexican border might have been sensible? Wow! Bryan Adams’ "Summer of ‘69" is a *great* song to wake up to. Anyone else have a favorite song/music that gets them moving? I hear church bells striking 11 o’ clock. It’s kind of ominous, especially with it being a chilly, damp night. I love it! I found *another* 4-leaf clover today. I’m beginning to see a pattern in the Rorshach. @SuDeepe Jinkies! Don’t make those scary sounds at me! You know how traumatized I already am by scooby-do & ghostbusters! I’m off to my first Toastmaster’s meeting. This should be fun!

Posted in: Lifestream Comments(0) Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Daily Digest for 2009-04-29

Posted by Richard Mankhey

	2:06am	rmankhey updated their status on Facebook. Richard just bought some Wonder Bubbles for 99 cents & by the power of Greyskull, he’s gonna blow ‘em!!
	4:10am	rmankhey watched a video on Hulu.
	12:46pm	rmankhey posted a tweet on Twitter. I just heard an advert for "Menopause: The Musical" on the radio. Hmmm…what’s next, "The Sound of Erectile Dysfunction"?

Posted in: Lifestream Comments(0) Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Daily Digest for 2009-04-28

Posted by Richard Mankhey

	6:39am	rmankhey updated their status on Facebook. Richard is anxiously awaiting the UPS man to deliver an early b-day present from Mom. She alraedy ruined the surprise by telling me it was a box, but I love boxes! I hope it fits!
	6:39am	rmankhey updated their status on Facebook. Richard is anxiously awaiting the UPS man to deliver an early b-day present from Mom. She already ruined the surprise by telling me it was a box, but I love boxes! I hope it fits!
	4:58pm	rmankhey posted 4 tweets on Twitter. (Show Details) Someone on the metro next to me just raised his hand, & he’s not "Sure". :-/ @ranson Are you kidding? People are joining Twitter to follow Demi’s man? Oy. Whatever it takes, I guess. @cappstar Wow! How awesome is that? You mean actual needles breaking the skin? Cool! Did it work? @aroscigno Boys *are* smelly, but it isn’t always a *bad* smelly. M I Right?

Posted in: Lifestream Comments(0) Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Nude

Posted by Richard Mankhey

Where does the time freaking go? I feel like Einstein’s Universe is contracting around us and the laws of relativity no longer hold true. I can’t seem to be able to get anything finished anymore…I want to be in touch with all the wonderful people in my life, but it seems like the more they mean to me the worse I am at being a good person and letting them know how much I care about them or even just saying hello via Text, Twitter, Facebook, Email, etc.

I feel overwhelmed so easily these days, where as before I hardly even knew what it meant to be just ‘whelmed’ (Clueless! Love it!). But seriously…

So I won’t talk about work, but Sunday AND today my gym was closed due to a power outage and even some restaurants were shut down. They might not open until Wednesday.

At first I was *horrified* because I NEED my exercise like…a junkie…and Sunday I was a bit stressed out to not exercise and today when I got to the gym after a particularly long day at work and saw it was closed I seriously thought I would start crying.

But I got over it quickly and thought to myself, “Hey Richard…what is the universe trying to tell me? What can I do with this situation?”

I decided to go home (after stopping for some celery and iceberg lettuce and cans of baby corn…oh, and a box of Frosted Flakes and some ketchup) and put on my running shoes and risk my life on the darkening streets of sub-rural Vienna.

So I mapped out a 3 mile route on Go(d)ggle Maps, uploaded some Beyonce remixes to my baby iPod (the 80GB one is just too big to run with because when it’s in the pocket of my running shorts it bounces around much too closely to my junk for my comfort) and took off and you know what? It felt SOOO good to feel the air and see the stars coming out and have Beyonce’s “Halo (Dave Aude Remix)” accompanying me that I managed to run a steady 10 minute mile pace and went the 3 miles non-stop.  I barely even had that coppery taste in the back of my throat that reminds me oddly of steel or oxidized blood that arises when one exerts oneself too much.

I still had some energy so I ran to the Vienna Metro parking garages and ran up and down the 6 flights of stairs a few times and then I ran some laps around the top of the parking garage and you know what? The view from up there is incredible! Not that Route 66 is all that romantic, but I was thinking it’s too cool to enjoy alone.

So the power outage at my gym goaded me to remember how much I love running, and I discovered a fun place to take a date sometime and enjoy the view in semi-public-privacy. Lol.

I just love serendipity.  It seems to be all around when you look for it and even when you don’t it’s there, but you don’t get to enjoy the benefits unless you keep your eyes and mind open (and Beyonce remixes don’t hurt, either).

Posted in: Serendipity Comments(0) Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Daily Digest for 2009-04-27

Posted by Richard Mankhey

	6:03am	rmankhey updated their status on Facebook. Richard is not going to take back what he said about Thor.
	3:26pm	rmankhey posted a tweet on Twitter. I wish I could change the "What are you doing?" Twitter prompt to "What are you durrin’?" How YOU durrin!?

Posted in: Lifestream Comments(0) Monday, April 27th, 2009