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Alright, so I went to the bookstore-to-be Monday after realising I didn’t know the number to call, and the guy said that he was still sifting through applications/waiting for more applications (grossly overestimating the desire of the Daltonian public to work in a bookstore, apparently) and that I should call Wednesday (today, duh) if I don’t hear from him by noon. Well, I’ve rung him twice to no avail, and am preparing to pay the pre-bookstore a visit, though with no guarantee that he’ll even be there. Maybe he at least has Caller-ID and knows that I’m very interested in the job.

I grow angry, and thus more confident. I’m pretty sure that’s a good thing.

I’m going to beat the shit out of something if I’m not hired, moreso if it’s because of the hair and/or beard. Or being male (though the beard could be lumped with that, presumably), since the chick who was there for an interview the same time as me Thursday was filling out paperwork Monday.

Maybe I should have made this entry private, on the off chance that he’s internet-savvy enough to find it.

EDIT: Went by the store (and the mall in general – lots of scantily clad Halloween whores, God it was great), but he was busy talking to another employee and getting ready to open tomorrow, but another guy would tell him that I stopped by. I know opening a new store is a lot of work, so do I have a right to be angry? I’m going to be anyway, but I’d like to know if I’m justified.

Monday, 29 October 2007

Sumo deadlifts:
135 lbs. (61 kg) 1 x 10
185 lbs. (84 kg) 1 x 6
205 lbs. (93 kg) 1 x 3
225 lbs. (102 kg) 1 x 3
255 lbs. (116 kg) 1 x 1/2 (I have a score to settle with this bastard)

Hyperextensions:
3 x 10

Straight-arm pulldowns:
150 lbs. (68 kg) 1 x 10
160 lbs. (73 kg) 1 x 8
180 lbs. (82 kg) 1 x 6

Comments: Felt and performed like shit. I even ate a few packets of M&Ms in hopes that the insulin spike would give me some energy, but to no avail. I’ll do better and actually progress next time, I swear it!

In other news, it’s actually COLD (41 F, 5 C) outside and that rules.

Sunday, 28 October 2007

Bench:
185 lbs. (84 kg) 8 x 3

Tate presses:
35s (16 kg) 4 x 10

Tricep pressdowns:
180 lbs. (82 kg) 1 x 10
200 lbs. (91 kg) 1 x 10
220 lbs. (100 kg) 1 x 10

Rear delt machine:
170 lbs. (77 kg) 3 x 10

Hammer curls:
30s (14 kg) 1 x 10
35s (16 kg) 2 x 8

Comments: Benching sucked again. I don’t know what happened. Left arm’s feeling kind of dead again, and that also sucks. Maybe the Tates and I weren’t meant for each other.

10262007

Wow… The moon is so bright that I can distinguish colours by it.

So naturally, I pissed from the porch and masturbated in the cold night air while looking at the stars. LIBERATING.

EDIT: Oh man, I’m gonna be able to break out the coat for going out tonight. Haven’t been able to do that since… well, since around this time last year.

Friday, 26 October 2007

“Box” squats:
205 lbs. (93 kg) 8 x 2

Hyperextensions:
3 x 10

Straight-arm pulldowns:
150 lbs. (68 kg) 1 x 10
160 lbs. (73 kg) 1 x 10
180 lbs. (82 kg) 1 x 8

Dumbbell shrugs:
60 lbs. (27 kg) dumbbells 1 x 10
90s (41 kg) 1 x 8
60s (27 kg) 1 x 15

Comments: In spite of going into the gym feeling like all hell, it ended up being a pretty good workout. It may be time to switch it up after this 12-week cycle of Westside is finished. Not sure what to replace it with yet.

10252007

Got an interview at a new bookstore at 17:30. Here’s hoping it goes well.

I wasn’t expecting to be contacted so quickly, or indeed to do ANYTHING today, so I went to sleep at some unholy hour, and sounded like a dying horse (horse? Hoarse? GET IT?! I rule) – possibly not a good first impression. But in my defense, I was up READING.

OO-RAH.

EDIT: I think it went well. He, too, has a beard, wears glasses, and reads sci-fi/fantasy. If I don’t hear from him by 13:00 Monday, I’m to call him back. Fingers are still crossed.

Wednesday, 24 Oct 2007

Bench lockouts:
185 lbs. (84 kg) 1 x 10
225 lbs. (102 kg) 1 x 8
275 lbs. (125 kg) 1 x 3
315 lbs. (143 kg) 1 x 1
365 lbs. (166 kg) 1 x 1

Tate presses:
35 lb. (16 kg) dumbbells 1 x 12
40 lb. (18 kg) dumbbells 3 x 10

Lat pulldowns (neutral grip):
190 lbs. (86 kg) 3 x 6

Lateral raises:
20 lb. (9 kg) dumbbells 1 x 10
25 lb. (11 kg) dumbbells 2 x 7

Hammer curls:
30 lb. (14 kg) dumbbells 3 x 10

Comments: Lateral raises fucking suck. I also look to be around 3 or 4 pounds lighter than last I checked, in spite of all the pre-Halloween candy. Man, it would rule if that were the key.

Monday, 22 October 2007

Sumo deadlifts:
135 lbs. (61 kg) 1 x 10
205 lbs. (93 kg) 1 x 3
225 lbs. (102 kg) 1 x 3
255 lbs. (116 kg) 1 x 1

Reverse hyperextensions:
3 x 10

Pullthroughs:
150 lbs. (68 kg) 1 x 10
160 lbs. (73 kg) 1 x 8
180 lbs. (82 kg) 1 x 8

Crunches:
2 x 25

Comments: POSSIBLY could have pulled 275 tonight, but my hamstring started feeling a little pulled/cramped again, so I let discretion be the better part of valour and backed off a little. I hate doing that.

Sunday, 21 October 2007

Bench:
185 lbs. (84 kg) 8 x 3

Tate presses:
30 lb. (14 kg) dumbbells 1 x 12
35 lb. (16 kg) dumbbells 3 x 10

Tricep pressdowns:
180 lbs. (82 kg) 1 x 10
200 lbs. (91 kg) 1 x 10
220 lbs. (100 kg) 1 x 10

Rear delt machine:
150 lbs. (68 kg) 1 x 10
170 lbs. (77 kg) 2 x 10

Comments: Not benching for two weeks sucks when it’s time to start again.

Friday, 19 October 2007

“Box” squats:
205 lbs. (93 kg) 8 x 2

Reverse hyperextensions:
3 x 10

Barbell shrugs:
225 lbs. (102 kg) 3 x 10

Sidebends:
55 lb. (25 kg) dumbbells 3 x 12