But Be Careful What You Wish For 'Cause You Just Might Get It

It's been less than a week into the new year and already things are falling into place...and Devil hasn't even been putting in much any effort at all.

So far:

• I've acquired a number of photography opportunities through my network of contacts whilst my network of contacts continues to expand.

• I've found a (beginners) ballet class that fits into my existing schedule so I won't have to give up on anything else so +1 more thing to my list of sports and activities I'm already doing. Adding yoga to my schedule is proving a little more difficult to include because of scheduling conflicts but I have no doubt that as soon as I start putting in some effort, I'll find something that works (I've only looked at one place so far...so yeah, I haven't really tried in that regard).

• I've been given the opportunity to participate in a weekly (weekend) workout session that's held at a gym that's owned by one of my contacts. It's pretty awesome because it's not a conventional gym. It's specifically designed for functional strength and he's designed it all like a massive jungle gym playground...but for adults. Although it's in the early hours of Sunday morning, I'm more than happy to participate in it because my Saturday nights are usually over by midnight anyway. Not that it bothers me any more. Too much of my time is wasted sleeping.

• I got some new tyres (ok, so I got some new inner tubes for the tyres) on my bike and they're friggen solid! I love my morning ride to work listening to my MP3 player. I feel an increased sense of awareness when I ride to work while I'm listening to music. I feel an increased sense of awareness when I'm doing anything when I listen to music.

• I'm really looking forwards to swimming a bit more too. I've got myself a new pair of goggles and an underwater MP3 player has been ordered for me so I can listen to music while I'm swimming. I can't wait for it to arrive.

• Work has been going pretty well and despite having to work long hours over the Christmas / New Years break while everyone else was on holidays, I've been financially compensated for it. Admittedly, I could have just as easily done all the work within normal working hours if I had worked consistently but for some reason, I seem to do less work when I get put under excessive amounts of pressure by moron managers who hold onto things until 3 hours before a deadline and then ask you to do the work for them. Who would have guessed that's my stress reaction.
  

When I said (in my last blog) that I wanted to "defy gravity" I didn't realise what Karma would interpret that to mean that literally because it seems that people are gravitating to me more and more. I'm having trouble understanding why because it can't possibly be my abrasive personality or morbidly obese looks. The only logical explanation that I can think of is that after I let myself go over the Christmas and New Year's break, my weight is now significant enough for people to be pulled into it's gravitational influence.

I'd like to say that I want the rest of the year to play out as easily as the first few weeks have already...except I don't want to be morbidly obese any more. I want to have my body fat percentage down to 10% (through diet and exercise).

So Karma...if you're reading this, can you please make my body fat percentage 10% through diet and exercise not through (1) sickness or (2) injury or (3) some kind of tragedy (like death or near death) or (4) disease (like glandular fever or something like that) or (5) anything considered by the general human population to be negative. Thank you.

Devil's Winamp: The Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up
Devil's Mood: Blasé