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Apollo Lee




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  2. 1. pay off my student loans
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  3. 2. write a science fiction novel
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  4. 3. love myself completely
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  5. 4. Be a better Father
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  6. 5. cruise route 66
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  7. 6. get rich
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  8. 7. try
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  9. 8. become a world-class web programmer
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  10. 9. bicycle the perimeter of the United States
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  11. 10. update my website more frequently
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  12. 11. get out the door on time
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  13. 12. Go to the dentist
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  14. 13. get good credit
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  15. 14. ride a five-hour century
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  16. 15. ride my bicycle across continents
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  17. 16. get an extensive understanding of OOP
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  18. 17. simplify everything
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  19. 18. re-establish lost friendships
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  20. 19. Write and record an album
    4 entries . 9 cheers     		272 people
  21. 20. go to SXSW
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  22. 21. be happy
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  23. 22. learn jazz piano
    2 entries . 11 cheers     		153 people
  24. 23. Become Financially Independent
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  25. 24. eat healthier
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  26. 25. get in shape
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  27. 26. write a novel
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  28. 27. learn a new language
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  29. 28. Learn Perl
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  30. 29. travel around the world
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  31. 30. be more confident
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  32. 31. make friends
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  33. 32. clean my room
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  34. 33. finish college
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  35. 34. visit all 50 states
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  36. 35. Get CrossFit certification
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  37. 36. master ruby on rails
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  38. 37. learn to sail
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  39. 38. learn how to shut up
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  40. 39. manage my time better
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  41. 40. realize my potential
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  42. 41. Get a barbell and bumper plates
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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, 2009, 04:25PM PDT | 0 comments


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Get CrossFit certification
My friend beat me to it

When I wrote this, the CrossFit Level 1 Certification was a weekend seminar that automatically conferred Level 1 Trainer status on attendees. Now, there’s a written test, in which plenty of questions are about verbal and physical cues to correct execution of the movements.

A friend, with whom I frequently do workouts in my garage gym, did his weekend in April and learned a ton. I’d better start shopping for available weekends and planning out my mastery of coaching functional movement.

Aug 02, 2010, 12:43PM PDT | 0 comments


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

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, 2009, 05:50PM PDT | 1 cheer | 3 comments


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

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, 2008, 10:00AM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments


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