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Apollo Lee




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Apollo Lee's Life List

  2. 1. get rich
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  3. 2. Learn Perl
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  4. 3. update my website more frequently
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  5. 4. ride my bicycle across continents
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  6. 5. get an extensive understanding of OOP
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  7. 6. eat healthier
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  8. 7. pay off my student loans
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  9. 8. cruise route 66
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  10. 9. Become Financially Independent
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  11. 10. visit all 50 states
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  12. 11. make friends
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  13. 12. become a world-class web programmer
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  14. 13. ride a five-hour century
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  15. 14. go to SXSW
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  16. 15. try
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  17. 16. write a novel
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  18. 17. be more confident
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  19. 18. get good credit
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  20. 19. simplify everything
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  21. 20. be happy
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  22. 21. clean my room
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  23. 22. finish college
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  24. 23. get in shape
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  25. 24. learn jazz piano
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  26. 25. bicycle the perimeter of the United States
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  27. 26. travel around the world
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  28. 27. Be a better Father
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  29. 28. learn a new language
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  30. 29. Write and record an album
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  31. 30. love myself completely
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  32. 31. Go to the dentist
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  33. 32. re-establish lost friendships
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  34. 33. get out the door on time
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  35. 34. write a science fiction novel
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  36. 35. Get a barbell and bumper plates
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  37. 36. realize my potential
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  38. 37. learn to sail
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  39. 38. Get CrossFit certification
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  40. 39. master ruby on rails
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  41. 40. manage my time better
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  42. 41. learn how to shut up
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How I did it
How to look great naked
It took me
140 days
It made me
awesome

How I did it: On July 27, 2007, I weighed myself and saw 196 pounds on the scale, so starting out with my old Army PT routine and transitioning to CrossFit on September 18, 2007, was the answer to getting rid of a number of years of accumulated weight.By New Year's Eve, I'd lost 46 pounds and stood on the scale to see 150 looking up at me.  Doing the CrossFit workout of the day with my own equipment, walking 1.5 miles each way to the train, and tr… Read how I did it…

Jun 06, 04:25PM PDT | 0 comments


Recent entries
move to San Francisco (read all 2 entries…)
Probably Never Really Wanted To 1 month ago

As of this moment, I’ve lived in California for exactly ten years. If I haven’t moved to San Francisco before now, I’m never going to. Every time I contemplate the idea, I think of one reason I’d want to and 20 reasons I wouldn’t. Obviously, I don’t belong in the city. And I’m now sort of done apologizing for that fact.

Somebody’s got to be the disco freak of the Valley anyway, right?

Jun 01, 05:50PM PDT | 1 cheer | 3 comments


Write and record an album (read all 4 entries…)
52 Tracks in 52 Weeks 8 months ago

I set a New Year’s goal in 2008 to write 52 Tracks in 52 Weeks. As of October 8, I’ve posted 39 to my music blog. I’ve got 13 more to go and there are 12 weeks left in the year.

Surprisingly, a staggering majority of the tracks are improvised ambient compositions at about 40 beats per minute. Creating these slow, lethargic, sleepy time pieces tunes my ear to mix issues that I wouldn’t notice if the tempo was higher. Plus, it gets me in the practice of trusting my musical skill enough to play music while the record button is on, with no idea where I’m going with this.

It also gives me the realization that not every track I write has to be great for me to let the world have it. Of the 36 ambient tracks I’ve written so far this year, I doubt very many of them are amazing. The point is that musical output often looks like a bell curve, with a small number of As, a bigger number of Bs, a great number of Cs, a few Ds, and a smattering of Fs. Even if your favorite artist can do no wrong, we never hear the army of turds they wrote to get to their greatest hits. Even some of the songs on Stevie Wonder’s albums are filler (Cs).

Onward!

Oct 13, 10:00AM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments


Get a barbell and bumper plates
CrossFit needs weight 12 months ago

I’ve found a couple of places online where I can get a bar and 300 pounds of rubber bumpers for under $750. I have room in my garage, provided I shift things around. I could get 750 pounds of iron plates and a barbell used for $120 around here (lots of people buy exercise equipment, use it once, and sell it), but I want rubber bumpers. With iron, if you start to fail, you still have to lower the weight to the ground.

With bumpers, you reach lock out and you drop the bar. Since I always work out alone (although I’ve invited my housemate to join me), having equipment that doesn’t require a spotter is key. With bumpers I can put them in the back of my new car with a barbell, drive to the park and do Fran as RXed.

(Fran = 3 rounds for time (21, 15, and 9 reps) of: 95 pound thrusters, pullups)

I’ve been using dumbbells and kettlebells. Time to raise my game.

Jul 07, 2008, 04:34PM PDT | 1 cheer | 1 comment


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Be less shy bleach my hair platinum blonde do the splits Get organized retire early volunteer at an animal shelter make love on a beach Get out of bed no later than ten minutes after the alarm goes off germander wants to expand my vocabulary have a fairy tale ending stop biting my nails for good accept myself dance dance dance complete a marathon make a smaller ecological footprint kelleenapieralski wants to Read 50 books in 2007 learn how to liquid lose weight love more talk to my dad more eat more Get my transmission fixed mplseagan wants to get over an unrequited love go on tour get my tattoo finished Trust my instincts stop binging finish my cookbook
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