Greatest Misses (Blog Marathon 2.1) #92

As promised here’s Pt. 2 of the 30-day Blog Marathon recap. If you joined late and have no idea what the marathon was even about CLICK HERE for the introduction and if you want to know how it ended CLICK HERE. Since the 90 blogs in 30 days was a bit much for some folks [...]

Greatest Hits (Blog Marathon 2.1) #91

Okay, the 30-day marathon is complete and I want to thank each and every person that checked in for the journey. If you joined late and have no idea what the marathon was even about CLICK HERE for the introduction and if you want to know how it ended CLICK HERE. I will say this, [...]

Evening Epilogue: Day 30 (The Victory Lap) 90/90

 
Good evening,
Well, I did it. I made it through the 30-day fast and 90 blogs marathon. For those that caught on late or just missed it, I explained what the fast and marathon were all about HERE. Just to summarize the reasoning, though, it was/is a 30-day spiritual journey where I abstained from food and [...]

DAY 30: The Break Up (Prequel) 89/90

PRELUDE: Early on in the 30-day blog marathon I told the story of The Breakup. If you don’t recall or didn’t read it, click the link above. Now this is what happened approximately 29 days earlier…

It was sometime in mid-August of 1999 and Monica and I were about to celebrate our third anniversary. In honor [...]

Morning Monologue Day 30 (Graduation Day) 88/90

“Wake up, Mr. Socks, Mr. Socks, Mr. Fresh/Mr. By-His-Self-He-So-Impressed/
I mean, damn did you really pass this test…?”

Good morning,
Wow, I really am at Day 30. It is a great day to wake up and be so impressed by myself. Not with conceit or ego, but with humility and pride. I am less than 12 hours away [...]

Evening Epilogue: Day 29 (Roommate Wanted) 87/90

Good evening,
You gotta love days off. It offers you the time to do some of the things you want to do but just can’t seem to fit into your normal everyday schedule. Because if this were any other Tuesday, I would have been at work working. Yeah, you get the weekends to do your own [...]

DAY 29: Ode to the Big Girl 86/90

Let me preface this by saying I’m not a “chubby chaser” or anything of the sort, but the other day I saw a woman that some might consider a “big girl” that caught my eye. She wasn’t big in the sense of obese, but big in terms of height and just the overall “solidness” of [...]

Morning Monologue: Day 29 (I Gotta Date Today) 85/90

Good morning,
Waking up early is never fun, especially on your day off. If the stars had aligned in my favor, yesterday would have been the last day of my fast and I would have been able to be slothful today and bask in the glory of a random Jewish holiday. But that’s isn’t the case, [...]

Evening Epilogue: Day 28 (The Foreword) 84/90

Good evening,
How goes it? In a good space right now. My energy is good and I feel good. Today wasn’t that stressful, and the fact that I’m off tomorrow only makes it better (thanx Jewish holiday). Add to that the fact that I now officially have only two days left ’til I can break fast [...]

DAY 28: What if…A Woman Proposed to Me 83/90

“A man proposing is merely an illusion of control, and getting down on one knee a cruel irony. Women have always made the decision to get married,”

—Steve Beale, TimesOnline, February 28, 2008

I keep finding myself being posed with the weirdest questions as of late. I guess the blog has positioned me to be the [...]

Morning Monologue: Day 28 (The Prayer) 82/90

Good morning,
Today I woke up and before I left the bed I took time to reflect and have a conversation with God. I’ve had a few during this fast, but this morning’s seemed more focused. It went a little something like this:
Dear God, 
I thank you for allowing me to awake this morning. I know that [...]

Evening Epilogue: Day 27 (In Effect Mode) 81/90

Good evening,
It’s slowly starting to sink in that the fast is almost over. I have to say as much as I sometimes feel restricted by it; the thought of it ending also seems scary. I’ve gotten used to the process. The early hours. The constant writing. The focused thought. Someone told me when I started [...]