Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Bloggaday 136 – PWND: The Supernatural Handicap Battle Royal of the Century Christmas Party Spectacular

Bloggaday 136 – PWND: The Supernatural Handicap Battle Royal of the Century Christmas Party Spectacular

First off, I just came up with that title. Technically, I’ve already written the following 75 words, but I had to go back and mention it. Cause honestly, how awesome of a story title is that? It’s 11 words. That’s right; this one goes to 11.

So I got pointed over to this website http://www.undeadinthehead.com/p/call-for-submissions.html from Jake Bible’s Twitter, and thought, Cool. It’s a great thing. Christmas zombies to help charity? I know, how has this not been done before? It’s so simple.

My first thought, well second after the whole cool thing, was I have a good zombie story. Third thought? Damn, it’s not Christmassy. Then of course, Hey I have Christmas story that has pretty screwed up ending. Again, I was spoiled. The story was not zombie-orientated.

Well, what is a writer to do? I mean, I really want to help those little foster children out. So I finally got off of my ass from a few weeks ago when I last worked on some fiction and started pumping out some new content. I’ll be honest. It starts out slow. The first 500 words (for this Bloggaday) doesn’t have any action. The next 500 (next Wednesday’s Bloggaday) will give you (and the first zombie) a taste of action. The third 500 has a little action, but will probably play a bit of setup (I’m only 1,100 in right now*).After that though, it really gets Christmassy and zombie asskickery.

I know I said today would be The Performer of the month, but PWND got bullied last week for the clipshow, so I’m just going to postpone it until tomorrow.

The Supernatural Handicap Battle Royal of the Century Christmas Party Spectacular

The man stood at the table, wine glass in hand. He sighed as the moron in the living room continued to wave his arms at the group that joined him. At least the man was quiet though.

A woman from the group shouted from the edge of the cushion, “Dances with Wolves! Flashdance!” As the dancing man jabbed a finger at his nose, the woman continued, “Pinocchio!”

A chuckle accompanied the man at the table as he took another drink. He looked up to a huge man leashed by a clip-on.

“Not a fan of charades either, huh?” the big man pointed, his drink nearly slushing from his cup.

“No, asinine party games are not my idea of fun,” he quipped, a hard accent trailing his words.

“Hey now,” the man said, a slur starting on his own speech. “My wife’s in there playing.”

The original man swirled his glass and said, “And why aren’t you in there playing?”

“Because it’s fucking stupid,” the beast laughed.

The man gave a chuckle before sipping another drink from his glass.

“Hey, how did you get the crystal and the fine red stuff when we all got stuck with the red plastic and punch?”

“Ah,” the accent came again as he held the cup up. “My wife’s boss is a close friend. That has its perks at these damned Christmas parties.”

“I’ll have to keep that in mind for next time.” The big man paused as he stared at the group in the room. “Paul,” he said, turning to offer a hand.

The shorter man swapped his drink between hands and took the man’s grip. The two escalated in the strength of their grasps before he said, “Henric.”

“That’s quite the interesting name to go along with your accent. Where exactly are you from?”

The man retrieved his hand and slid it back and forth on the pant leg away from the man. “Romania. I came here… many years ago.”

Nodding through another drink, Paul said, “Nice. I had a neighbor from Romania.”

“Really.” Henric said flatly, returning his gaze to the flailings of the man.

“Yeah. She tried teaching me some conversational Romania, but the only thing I retained was suge pula.”

A drop of the deep red trailed down Henric’ chin as the jarring of the laugh threatened to spill it all. He wiped the drop as it raced across his pale skin. “That is very funny. Are you sure you know what that means?”

“Yeah, you don’t think that would help me over there? I figured I could fake my way through it as long as I knew that.”

Henric ground the drop into his thumb as he said, “I wouldn’t call ‘conversational Romanian,’ but I’m sure you and your wife will have a lot of fun.”

The two stood there, nodding through the silence. Paul finally said, “So what do you do?”

Listening to

The Deadliest Warrior

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The Supernatural Handicap Battle Royal of the Century Christmas Party Spectacular? Only on Bloggaday

Exit stage right to my corner of the interweb > \/

http://twitter.com/daviddysart Plaster Caster Twitter Strutter

http://daviddysart.tumblr.com/ Hung My Head in a Tumblr

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/ A Little Less Conversation and a Whole Lotta Love

http://www.facebook.com/thedaviddysart?ref=sgm If I Never See Your Face Again

Youtube Awesomeness

http://www.youtube.com/user/DavidDysart Still deciding to try to capture it or let it slip

For the Piccaday

http://s1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/daviddysart/Piccaday/ Says I broke it twice, I must have done it half a dozen times

http://thepiccaday.blogspot.com/ Because Yesterdays ain’t got nothing on me

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviddysart/sets/72157623465996877/ From the nest in the hills chillin’ with Flynt

New to the Bloggaday? These are the essential posts to see

1 The basics

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/02/bloggaday-1.html

3 Get PWND with story content

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/02/bloggaday-3-1st-pwnd-edition-ever.html

73 Mash-up of science and relatable humor? It’s just Bloggaday

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/04/bloggaday-73-pwnd-with-side-of-bacon.html

85 Deadpan humor and drama, what more can you want?

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/05/bloggaday-85-my-public-apology-for.html

118 Maybe some practical real world advice drowned in humor.

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloggaday-118-my-guide-to-efficiency.html

120 My new favorite segment, the Song of the Week with Tom and Chuck

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloggaday-120-sotw-3.html

136 June 30


* I only have a vague idea where I’m going with it


Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Bloggaday 135 – June Fitness Report

Bloggaday 135 – June Fitness Report

So every month I’m going to post one of these. At first, I’ll post the monthly updates on my stats. After that, I’ll post the specifics of my workouts. They aren’t the only times I’ve exercised, but that’s when I’ve gone through the rundown with the music. If you want an explanation of the workouts, you can see this Bloggaday -> http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloggaday-110-new-exercise-regime-for.html

The weight and fat % could be off. I’m using an old scale that doesn’t work too well. I weighed myself 4 times, one right after the other and got 4 different numbers with a 3 or 4 pound spread. So I’m not too sure how accurate the fat % is on it.

Well, that’s about all I’ve got to say on this.

June Fitness Report

Date: June 28, 2010

Height: 6’ 2”

Weight: 183 lbs

Fat %: 17%

Heart: 72 bpm

Waist: 36 inches

Hips: 41 inches

Arms: 11 inches

109 June 3 Thursday

#

Song

Time

Workout

Comment

1

Shoot to Thrill

3:00

Sparing

Started about halfway through the 5+ minute song

2

T.N.T

3:36

Triceps

Fist half were just bench presses, but then I started working in the extensions

3

Big Balls

2:42

Crunches

I’ve got to work on my neck muscles

4

Back in Black

4:14

Sparing

5

Highway to Hell

3:30

Triceps

6

For Those About to Rock

5:48

Crunches

7

Thunderstruck

5:54

Sparing

8

Here Comes the Fool You Wanted

5:35

Triceps

9

Straight to Rock City

4:12

Crunches

10

Crazy Girl

3:47

Sparing

11

I Love Sugar On Me

3:33

Triceps

113 June 7 Monday

#

Song

Time

Workout

Comment

1

Shook Me All Night Long

3:34

Sparing

I was feeling pretty good. I was moving a lot. If I could do at least this for all three rounds, it would be a good start

2

T.N.T

4:14

Triceps

I’m thinking I might not be 100% from last time. They seemed harder than they should have been

3

Back in Black

3:36

Crunches

These actually felt really good

4

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

3:55

Sparing

Kept my hands up, but I wasn’t jumping around and showing off as much footwork off.

5

For Those About to Rock

5:48

Tap Squats

Tap Squat: Squat, tap the ground, and come up. These were good. I’ve got a feeling I’m going to regret doing them for 5 ½ minutes though.

6

Highway to Hell

3:30

Curls

I wanted to isolate the movement, so I tried kneeling into the arm of the couch, but didn’t work too well. For the second half, I stood behind the couch without much more luck. I think I’m lucky it wasn’t a 5 minute song

7

Thunderstruck

4:54

Sparing

Again, a decrease in footwork. Cardio is definitely a weak point right now

8

Shoot to Thrill

5:18

Triceps

Really started feeling them at the end there

9

Hells Bells

5:16

Crunches

Again, felt good. I’d say these were my biggest improvement.

121 June 14

#

Song

Time

Workout

Comment

1

War Pigs (Cake)

3:54

Sparing

Yesterday, I took one of the 5 gallon water jugs and did some presses, so my shoulders are pretty sore today. Not too extensive on the cardio this time

2

Back in Black

4:14

Triceps

The thing with the water yesterday was more shoulder work, so this wasn’t too bad.

3

Iron Man

5:26

Crunches

I think I went higher, so I should’ve work my lower abs more than I have.

4

For Those About to Rock

5:48

Sparing

When I thought the song was winding down, I decided to finish out with a string of punches… I wasn’t at the end…

5

Running With the Devil

3:37

Triceps

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6

T.N.T

3:36

Crunches

Got off to a really good start. Still feeling good

7

Eye of the Tiger + Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

4:04 +3:55

=7:59

Sparing

Took it a little slow, so I did two songs

8

Watching Airplanes

4:02

Triceps

Cruising along

9

Highway to Hell

3:30

Crunches

Loddy Doddy

10

Thunderstruck

4:54

Sparing

11

Headstrong

4:46

Triceps (with some flies)

A nice change up about halfway through

12

Seven Deadly Sins

2:52

Crunches

13

Shoot to Thrill

5:18

Sparing

I was still feeling really good, but I need to move on with my day. I think I may have slacking off a little bit throughout my workout.

122 July 16

#

Song

Time

Workout

Comment

1

For Those About to Rock

5:48

Sparing

I was feeling good, but once I started, I regretted choosing a 6 minute song

2

T.N.T

3:36

Tri’s and chest

Extensions and Flies for the chest. Can feel that I worked out yesterday, but feeling good

3

Shook me all Night Long

3:34

Crunches

Definitely feeling yesterday’s go round. Won’t be doing anymore sets of these today

4

Back in Black

4:14

Sparing

A lot of 1, 2’s from both stances. A few overhands tossed in for good measure

5

Running With the Devil

3:37

Biceps and Shrugs

I was a little worried at first, but it wasn’t bad.

6

Not Fade away

1:49

Squats

After last time, I’ve decided to take it slow with these

Listening to

Kitchen Nightmares

Twitter Tag

My first fitness report. I don’t think I’ve got any F’s or D’s*, only on the Bloggaday

Exit stage right to my corner of the interweb > \/

http://twitter.com/daviddysart Plaster Caster Twitter Strutter

http://daviddysart.tumblr.com/ Hung My Head in a Tumblr

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/ A Little Less Conversation and a Whole Lotta Love

http://www.facebook.com/thedaviddysart?ref=sgm If I Never See Your Face Again

Youtube Awesomeness

http://www.youtube.com/user/DavidDysart Still deciding to try to capture it or let it slip

For the Piccaday

http://s1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/daviddysart/Piccaday/ Says I broke it twice, I must have done it half a dozen times

http://thepiccaday.blogspot.com/ Because Yesterdays ain’t got nothing on me

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviddysart/sets/72157623465996877/ From the nest in the hills chillin’ with Flynt

New to the Bloggaday? These are the essential posts to see

1 The basics

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/02/bloggaday-1.html

3 Get PWND with story content

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/02/bloggaday-3-1st-pwnd-edition-ever.html

73 Mash-up of science and relatable humor? It’s just Bloggaday

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/04/bloggaday-73-pwnd-with-side-of-bacon.html

85 Deadpan humor and drama, what more can you want?

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/05/bloggaday-85-my-public-apology-for.html

118 Maybe some practical real world advice drowned in humor.

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloggaday-118-my-guide-to-efficiency.html

120 My new favorite segment, the Song of the Week with Tom and Chuck

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloggaday-120-sotw-3.html

135 June 29


* I really hope