cesimpson

No, I did not grow a Pencil-Thin Mustache, nor have too many margaritas and get a new tattoo.

Friday’s Workout

Warm Up

1x Power Snatch + 10x Overhead Squat @ 45#

1x Power Snatch + 10x Overhead Squat @ 75#

1x Power Snatch + 10x Overhead Squat @ 95#

1x Power Snatch + 10x Overhead Squat @ 115#

Clean & Press

2×5 @ 85#

2×5 @ 100#

4×3 @ 120#

Friday work was a little hectic - thus my non-posting here. Sorry.

Cheeseburger in Paradise

Saturday was a beautiful day. Temperature was in the mid-60°s F, no wind, perfect. I went to the store, bought some charcoal, vegetables and some ground beef.

I like mine with lettuce and tomato,
Heinz Fifty-seven and French fried potatoes.
Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer.
Good God Almighty, which way do I steer

–Jimmy Buffett Cheeseburger in Paradise

I grilled and ate my first proper cheeseburger in…a long time. I ate a White Castle on Superbowl Sunday, on a dare, but that doesn’t really count. Saturday was my first ‘real’ cheeseburger.

I did, indeed, cook mine medium rare. I topped it with mustard, lettuce and tomato and an onion slice. I skipped the Heinz 57. Instead of the french fried potatoes, we had grilled bell peppers and zucchini. And washed it all down with a bottle of Bass Ale.

It was pretty good. Maybe not “Paradise”, but not bad. I don’t think a cheeseburger is going to be a regular part of the new ces diet, but one every once in a while wouldn’t be too bad.

Tech Support and a Bottle of Pepper Spray

Sunday was a bit of technical support for mom. Some idiot in her office decided she needed the latest version of something he thought was important and took it upon himself to load it for her. Not knowing any better, she let him.

Well, he’s an idiot - completely incapable of operating his own computer, much less anyone else’s. He ended up bringing her computer to its knees - completely crushed XP, won’t start, nothing. Yeah.

Turns out this was some ‘virus protection’ his buddy had written. Thanks, jerkface.

Now that he’s totally hosed someone else’s computer, do you think he’d man-up and have the responsibility to fix it?

Nope. He says to mom, “Didn’t your son build these computers for you? Maybe you should just let him fix this. I don’t want to cause anymore trouble.”

Yeah. Maybe you shouldn’t have caused the trouble in the first place. Thanks a lot.

So Sunday included copying data off the hard drive, re-staging XP, re-copying data, connecting to the network and then re-establishing the environment she’s used to: Firefox, Thunderbird, all the shortcuts in the right places on the desktop, etc.

I bought her a bottle of pepper spray and left it on her desk. “Mom, if that jackass comes near your computer again, spray him with this then kick him in the ribs.”

~nervous chuckle~ “Christopher, I work in a church.”

~shrug~ “Maybe don’t kick him, then, after he’s down. Just spray him. But make sure you get him good in the eyes.”

1 Hour in the Squat Rack

This morning I spent one hour in the squat rack - Overhead Squats, Front Squats, Back Squats, Pull Ups and Weighted Chin Ups. Matched a PR, set a PR, and did a lot of work otherwise.

I did sets of either 5x Pull Ups @ BW or 5x Chin Ups @ BW+35# between every set of squats listed below.

Overhead Squats

10x @ 45#

10x @ 95#

10x @ 115#

10x @ 135#

5x @ 160#

3x @ 185#

3x @ 185#

Front Squats

5x @ 185#

3x @ 205#

3x @ 205#

1x @ 225#

1x @ 225#

1x @ 225#

Back Squats

5x @ 225#

5x @ 250#

5x @ 250#

3x @ 275#

3x @ 275#

3x @ 275#

3x @ 275#

3x @ 275#