The Hunger Games

Table push-ups and jogging in place

As you know, I’ve been trying to get a bit fitter, so I’ve been working some exercise into my routine in-between all my ass sitting and TV watching. So far, it’s been working out pretty good for me 🙂

I do about 200-300 push-ups a day — my sissy table push-ups, since I’m not willing to go down to the floor with my dog ready to stomp on my back. I don’t do them all at once, since I’m not secretly Superwoman, but I do groups of 40-40-20 within a ten minute period. Once in the morning, once in the afternoon, and once in the evening. I’m thinking about adding another two groups in there to get it up to a round 500.

I’ve already lost one pound since I started and my arms are getting toned and that annoying waggle has disappeared.

Tonight I added five minutes of jogging in place, which science tells me should have burned 45 calories. It got my heart rate up and I could feel it working my legs, so I’m going to add that to my routine as well. I don’t really like running, since my feet are a little flat and it starts feeling like the skin is tearing right at the arch, but the jogging in place wasn’t bad at all.

I figure 30 minutes of jogging in place (272 calories according to MyFitnessPal’s calculator) and 500 push-ups a day should see some serious results within a month. At the very least, I’ll honestly be able to say that I’m trying to get healthier. Plus, I’ll have me some serious arm guns.

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Beta readers

I am on the lookout for some beta readers. I’ve made myself a little side-site and I’ve gotten some very helpful concrit, but I’ve always been of the mind that a few more eyes never hurt anything.

Projects I’m working on and will be posting:

• Tuesday Night
• The Brand
• The Panic Pure
• Paradigm Shift
• Franz Caulder: Rescue Position
• Faizel 02
• Doggy Style
• Residual Blue
• Fiends
• Spores!

So if you’re a cash-strapped fan of my work willing to read some stuff and offer some feedback, let me know. The rewards include clean copies of the ebooks once they’re ready to go, your name listed in the acknowledgments*, and my eternal gratitude.

I’m good at spelling and grammar, though I do occasionally double up words when wordwrap defeats me (it mostly seems to be “the the”). I had Seth finish eating the same sandwich twice. Solar’s clothes changed during a scene and no one noticed it. And sometimes it helps to have someone tell me “More details” when I don’t realize I’m glossing over a scene.

* I realize that some people don’t like to be associated with m/m stuff, and that’s totally cool. You can be listed by your first name and last initial, or your non-profane nickname (Ass Monkey Ball Licker will not receive a dedication, though A.M.B.L. will get a big thank you).

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Catching Fire

I finally saw Catching Fire, the second movie in the Hunger Games tetralogy (there were three books, but there’s four movies, it’s weird). Jennifer Lawrence is my heterosexual girlcrush; fuck anyone that hates her, she’s adorable.

I watched the movie with my dad, and while The Hunger Games didn’t move him, I think Catching Fire has sealed the deal and he’s become a fan. I’ve loaned him my copies of the books and we’ll see what he thinks about them. (I expect there to be some bitching about the first person narrative, but I’m hoping he’ll be able to get past it.)

Phillip Seymour Hoffman played the Plutarch (game master guy) and he already filmed the first part and most of the second of Mockingjay, though he died with one week of filming left. I guess they’re going to CG him into his last scenes, so I’m not sure how that’s going to work out. Anyways, Catching Fire was a good movie, and it was brilliant on Blu-Ray. Though Liam Hemsworth’s face looked ginormous and I can see why he grows that beard between movies. I mean, I wouldn’t say anything, but I was seriously startled.