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Showing posts with label Japanese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japanese. Show all posts
Friday, November 26, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Where is my Amazon.com order??
Where is my Amazon.com order?? This is what I've been asking myself the past 4 days so this morning I check the tracking status. It shows delivered Wednesday Feb. 10 (3 days ago) at doorstep by Velocity Express. What the? The Tracking detail also said they made delivery attempts on Monday at 8:00 pm and Tuesday at 930pm. Hmmm. Let me check my calendar aka the TV guide. Well, Monday I was home watching 24 (amazing episode!) and Tuesday I was home watching American Idol (Ellen is not funny). Amazon says, "Check with your Neighbors". My response, "I was home! They delivered to the wrong address! Resend!". I said that much nicer of course. Now I have to wait for them to resend the book "The Alchemist" and dvd "Summer Heights High" . The new golf bag I ordered through Amazon better get here!
I really could have used the "Summer Heights High" dvd yesterday, because the snow storm that hit North Texas knocked out my cable for the whole day. I realized then that I have a serious addiction to Television. Yes, I love reading, but when you're watching a 7 month old it's hard to focus on that. I was having severe withdrawals all day yesterday, including shaking, excessive sweating and lack of appetite. It was weird. I think I know what a drug addict feels like now. I was on twitter via my cell following John Daly all day waiting for updates on the Pro-Am event. That's pretty sad. Cable is back now so I'm good, but I think I need to make some sacrifices.
Let's see.... Sunday- Family Guy and The Cleveland Show. I need those. Monday- 24 and Heroes. No. No cuts there. Tuesday - American Idol and Chopped. Last season I'm watching Idol, but I'll keep it on the list this year. Wednesday - Human Target. Great new show. Thursday. The Office, CSI, Tosh.O. Nothing to sacrifice there. Friday - Spartacus. Another great new show on the Starz network. Saturday - SNL......That's it! I'll sacrifice Saturday Night Live. It's been horrible this whole season. They need new writers bad. That wasn't too bad. Got rid of one show :o) Baby steps people. Baby steps.
Quick weight update. On January 1, 2010, I weighed 191 pounds. I'm happy to say that as of this morning, I'm down to 186. Lowest I've been in a very long time. I started a diet recommended by my facebook friend and professional poker player/celeb Hannah Elizabeth. In a nutshell, I eat a little less carbs and dramatically less sugar. I'm almost at my goal for the year!! Many thanks to Hannah the Queen of Hearts. Check out her Poker blog. It's hilarious! http://hannahqueenofhearts.com/
I'm out. Time to watch the ProAm..... and Americas Best Dance Crew..... and the Olympics....and Danica Patrick race in the Nascar Nationwide Series. Baby Steps People. Baby Steps.
-Tony
PS: I miss Pasta
I really could have used the "Summer Heights High" dvd yesterday, because the snow storm that hit North Texas knocked out my cable for the whole day. I realized then that I have a serious addiction to Television. Yes, I love reading, but when you're watching a 7 month old it's hard to focus on that. I was having severe withdrawals all day yesterday, including shaking, excessive sweating and lack of appetite. It was weird. I think I know what a drug addict feels like now. I was on twitter via my cell following John Daly all day waiting for updates on the Pro-Am event. That's pretty sad. Cable is back now so I'm good, but I think I need to make some sacrifices.
Let's see.... Sunday- Family Guy and The Cleveland Show. I need those. Monday- 24 and Heroes. No. No cuts there. Tuesday - American Idol and Chopped. Last season I'm watching Idol, but I'll keep it on the list this year. Wednesday - Human Target. Great new show. Thursday. The Office, CSI, Tosh.O. Nothing to sacrifice there. Friday - Spartacus. Another great new show on the Starz network. Saturday - SNL......That's it! I'll sacrifice Saturday Night Live. It's been horrible this whole season. They need new writers bad. That wasn't too bad. Got rid of one show :o) Baby steps people. Baby steps.
Quick weight update. On January 1, 2010, I weighed 191 pounds. I'm happy to say that as of this morning, I'm down to 186. Lowest I've been in a very long time. I started a diet recommended by my facebook friend and professional poker player/celeb Hannah Elizabeth. In a nutshell, I eat a little less carbs and dramatically less sugar. I'm almost at my goal for the year!! Many thanks to Hannah the Queen of Hearts. Check out her Poker blog. It's hilarious! http://hannahqueenofhearts.com/
I'm out. Time to watch the ProAm..... and Americas Best Dance Crew..... and the Olympics....and Danica Patrick race in the Nascar Nationwide Series. Baby Steps People. Baby Steps.
-Tony
PS: I miss Pasta
Friday, January 1, 2010
New Year, 1st Blog, Old Resolutions
I've always wanted to start a blog, but never had the time to write one. Not to mention I'm a horrible writer. What better time than now though, because the girlfriend is at work, the baby is asleep and it's the first day of 2010!
2009 went by fast! When filling out dates on paperwork at my job, sometimes I still write 2008. 2009 wasn't too bad of a year for me. I didn't get laid off, didn't catch H1N1 (knock on wood), didn't foreclose on my home. I wasn't too excited about who was elected President, but that's a blog for another day. My biggest failure for 2009 was that I failed to accomplish most of my New Years Resolutions.
My first New Years Resolution for 2009 was to Lose Weight and Get in Shape. Around this time I believe I weighed around 194 pounds. My goal was to get between 180 and 185. This Morning I weighed 191. Mission failed! I know I can accomplish this goal. It's not something out of reach or unattainable. I just need to workout and ease up on the food. I have a 24 hour fitness membership ($99 a year) that I never use. Never! As far as the food, I admit I have an addiction. It doesn't help that I live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. There are so many very good restaurants in this area. The DFW area definitely does not get enough credit for it's restaurant offerings. I'm rolling over this resolution for 2010. Get In Shape and get my weight down under 185.
Next for 2009, I wanted to improve my poker game. My goal was to just get in more playing time to improve my overall game. Poker is just a hobby to me, but it's a hobby I really enjoy. I played less poker in 2009 than I have in the past 3 years. What happened? A little thing called having a baby happened. With a new baby of course I had to make some sacrifices and poker was one of them. Towards the end of 2009 I started to get back on the felt a little and I plan on increasing that a bit in 2010. I'm not officially going to include Improving my poker game as a 2010 Resolution, but I will always thrive to improve.
This is a big one and the only one I was successful at accomplishing. Become debt free (except for mortgage)! A couple of years ago I read Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover. It changed my way of thinking. I followed his program and as of December 2009 I have no debt outside of my mortgage. The last debt I paid off was my student loan. It felt great! I don't ever plan on getting in a situation again where I have credit card or any debt other than the mortgage.
The final New Years Resolution for 2009 was to improve my Japanese. This one hurts, because it doesn't just affect me. I have a daughter who lives with her Mother in Japan. She can't speak English anymore and I speak very little Japanese. I visit her every year in Japan and we occasionally speak on the phone. When I visit we do fine because we find a way to communicate. But for the other 51 weeks a year when we are just talking on the phone it's tough. I don't understand most of what she is saying and She doesn't understand most of what I'm saying. In 2008 I tried to take some Japanese lessons at the Fort Worth Japanese Society, but all we did was read through a book. I can do that on my own. I need to practice speaking. In 2009, I didn't do much studying at all. It's tough to learn a language on your on, but I'm going to trying harder in 2010. I really need to find a Japanese person (preferably a male so my girlfriend doesn't trip) that I can meet up with and practice speaking. We'll see. This is definitely a Resolution added to the 2010 list.
So here are my New Year's Resolutions for 2010:
1. Improve speaking in Japanese
2. Get in Shape, Get under 185 pounds (I always lump these two into one)
3. Improve Golf game (My addiction for Golf is stronger than my addiction for food)
4. Keep Blog going (At least two blogs a month)
-Tony
P.S. I'm not a very good writer. If you notice errors in any of my blogs, just let it be. I will not be proof reading them. I will quickly type them up, run a spell check and publish.
2009 went by fast! When filling out dates on paperwork at my job, sometimes I still write 2008. 2009 wasn't too bad of a year for me. I didn't get laid off, didn't catch H1N1 (knock on wood), didn't foreclose on my home. I wasn't too excited about who was elected President, but that's a blog for another day. My biggest failure for 2009 was that I failed to accomplish most of my New Years Resolutions.
My first New Years Resolution for 2009 was to Lose Weight and Get in Shape. Around this time I believe I weighed around 194 pounds. My goal was to get between 180 and 185. This Morning I weighed 191. Mission failed! I know I can accomplish this goal. It's not something out of reach or unattainable. I just need to workout and ease up on the food. I have a 24 hour fitness membership ($99 a year) that I never use. Never! As far as the food, I admit I have an addiction. It doesn't help that I live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. There are so many very good restaurants in this area. The DFW area definitely does not get enough credit for it's restaurant offerings. I'm rolling over this resolution for 2010. Get In Shape and get my weight down under 185.
Next for 2009, I wanted to improve my poker game. My goal was to just get in more playing time to improve my overall game. Poker is just a hobby to me, but it's a hobby I really enjoy. I played less poker in 2009 than I have in the past 3 years. What happened? A little thing called having a baby happened. With a new baby of course I had to make some sacrifices and poker was one of them. Towards the end of 2009 I started to get back on the felt a little and I plan on increasing that a bit in 2010. I'm not officially going to include Improving my poker game as a 2010 Resolution, but I will always thrive to improve.
This is a big one and the only one I was successful at accomplishing. Become debt free (except for mortgage)! A couple of years ago I read Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover. It changed my way of thinking. I followed his program and as of December 2009 I have no debt outside of my mortgage. The last debt I paid off was my student loan. It felt great! I don't ever plan on getting in a situation again where I have credit card or any debt other than the mortgage.
The final New Years Resolution for 2009 was to improve my Japanese. This one hurts, because it doesn't just affect me. I have a daughter who lives with her Mother in Japan. She can't speak English anymore and I speak very little Japanese. I visit her every year in Japan and we occasionally speak on the phone. When I visit we do fine because we find a way to communicate. But for the other 51 weeks a year when we are just talking on the phone it's tough. I don't understand most of what she is saying and She doesn't understand most of what I'm saying. In 2008 I tried to take some Japanese lessons at the Fort Worth Japanese Society, but all we did was read through a book. I can do that on my own. I need to practice speaking. In 2009, I didn't do much studying at all. It's tough to learn a language on your on, but I'm going to trying harder in 2010. I really need to find a Japanese person (preferably a male so my girlfriend doesn't trip) that I can meet up with and practice speaking. We'll see. This is definitely a Resolution added to the 2010 list.
So here are my New Year's Resolutions for 2010:
1. Improve speaking in Japanese
2. Get in Shape, Get under 185 pounds (I always lump these two into one)
3. Improve Golf game (My addiction for Golf is stronger than my addiction for food)
4. Keep Blog going (At least two blogs a month)
-Tony
P.S. I'm not a very good writer. If you notice errors in any of my blogs, just let it be. I will not be proof reading them. I will quickly type them up, run a spell check and publish.
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