scored s'mores mocha + shoes ...

... AND  a chat with my bank. something about possible fraud. i guess that's what happens when one makes a series of purchases within a couple of hours ...

• gift for bro. 
• food. 
• shoes. 
• apple store. 
• taxi ride. 

... and then just when i wanted to check my bag in at the airport ('cuz who doesn't want to give an airline more money for service that used to be free?!)  WAIT!!! NOT-SO-FAST, SHIRLNUTKIN! 

found s'mores mocha 

(without the graham cracker convention of august 2007)

as i set out to do

from hash house a go go (at imperial palace)

and i strolled the forum shops intending to window shop and hit the apple store. THEN my feet led me to believe that i needed a pair of loafers and my feet walked in to tod's (and i met jeffrey). (i swear there must be some sort of subliminal messages going on!) i admitted to jeffrey that i was a tod virgin, and i was preparing to cheat on john fluevog. (jeffrey expressed his liking fluevog and his fave hayes valley's gimme shoes and bulo, and that's when my feet convinced my hands to reach for my wallet.)

tod's shoes - blue patent leather.

that'll teach me to cheat on john
with jeffrey serving up tod.

just checking in ...

... before i check-out from las vegas - a short 3 night trip. a cubeopolis trip. and as a non-gambler, no gambling losses to speak of. just eating, shopping, and doing cubeopolis stuff. no shows this time around. coming back? yes.

work travel much? ... meh. i used to travel quite a bit, pre-cubeopolis, a.k.a. when my boss was the voices in my head. however, not-so-much now-a-days. the voices in my head are dormant, and i don't have many cubeopolis-reasons for travel. when i used to travel, i was quite the organized and streamlined traveler - even with last minute request to fly across the country - overnight, couple of days, or extended stays (where i'd prefer a nice kitchenette). oh the memories! meanwhile, thanks to a fellow cubester, l.a.g., who sent me a nice picture to brighten up my travel moments!

and now, before i bolt home,

time for a little shopping at the forum shops

and seeking out a s'mores mocha!

from august 2007, san diego

(slurp)

tiny habits - just before hump day

well @bjfogg, this second time around with tiny habits is a bit unlike the first time, for which i believe in my first experience, i hit the mark each day with my anchors and the tiny-ness of my habits.

two days into this week, my 3 tiny habits have been -

• after i brush my teeth, i will floss one tooth.
• after i take off my shoes, i will stretch my legs.
• after i use the bathroom, i will stretch my arms.

bravo-ish! ... my little victory-awesomeness cheer has been exercised when doing my habits, albeit not 100% of the time.

• day 1 - accomplished each of my tiny habits
• day 2 - accomplished 2 of my 3 tiny habits consistently

super habits ... in my daily report, for day 1, i did share that i am on travel. i learned a new "term" when bj fogg responded - 

travel is really tough on habits. 

if you can do these habits, then they are what i call "super habits" - things you do no matter the situation.

swirling thoughts ... indeed, after my day 2 experience and thinking about how i am making an effort to develop a my tiny habits, i shared the following - 

i am on travel, and i appreciate [bj fogg's] comment about "super habits" - for which i have come to realize a few things:

• visualization - i am thinking that my "visualization" for preparing for tiny habits was too "specific". that is, i actually envisioned my taking off my shoes at home (after coming home from work, from socializing, from exercising, e.g., familiar home environment settings). my tiny habits seem simple enough. i was thinking it's not a difficult thing to do while i'm on travel, BUT i realize the setting/environment is different enough. i've been (re)visualizing in a "generic" context setting - JUST the anchor and action.

• blog post with tiny habits written - HAVING written the tiny habit AND a "public place" (blog) makes a difference for me.

• my "n" on my tiny habit "bathroom / i will stretch my arms"
 - i have actually done this habit MOST of the time, today, HOWEVER, i reported "n" because i did NOT do it when i arrived back at my hotel room and used the bathroom. i just wanted to freshen up, change attire, etc, and completely forgot to stretch. in fact, i realized it because i opened up this email and reported my results. HOWEVER, at the work venue where i spent most of my day, i stretched afterwards each time - usually after i dry my hands.

• awesomeness - i have not been consistent with the "awesomeness" celebratory statements and "happy dance". i do believe this makes a difference to celebrate, as you have advised and shared.  

SIDE NOTE: from my other existing tiny habits, VERY HAPPY that i continue to "touch my water glass" (aka drink water), i have a designated area in my hotel room to "corral" my work bags, and i'm getting my walking in! in fact, i am STILL celebrating these when i do them!

got anchors

getting habits

celebrating victories

f|break: princess

comedy ... thanks SNL for a reality tv show chuckle. be our guest, be our guest, rolls royce, versace ...

enjoy your fiber break with disney princesses (over here) for ~ 3+ minutes 

dwarves are my people ...

they should give a poison apple  to whomever told that bitch she can sing

here comes midnight ...

tiny habits - gimme more!

thanks again, @bjfogg ... i'm going for another opportunity to be part of 3 tiny habits this week. i shared about my initial experiences, i gots me some habits that have formed solidly and a few that i'm modifying and tweaking.


traveling this week ... i purposely signed up to see how i would fair with 3 tiny habits while on travel. i've chosen the following anchors and tiny habits, which represent a bit of tweaking from some of my initial experience ...

• after i brush my teeth, i will floss one tooth.
• after i take off my shoes, i will stretch my legs.
• after i use the bathroom, i will stretch my arms.

recap of habits from initial experience ... i had 7 tiny habits, and 4 of those habits are part of the fabric of my life - 

• after i sit down in my office chair, i will place my water glass next to my phone. ... i am a water-drinking-freak-a-zoid! LOVE. IT.
• after i park my car at home, i will clean out one thing from my car. ... i am no longer driving around a secondary closet or mini-storage unit. i don't apologize for any disarray when passengers enter. what disarray?!
• after i come home after working, i will place my work bag near my stool. ... no more scavenger hunting in the morning before i go to work. i actually look forward to being relaxed before i start my morning commute to work.
• after i use the bathroom at work, i will walk once around the floor before going back to my desk. ... this not only has stuck as a habit, i find myself choosing the longer routes, picking up my walking-pace, and even just making sure to get enough walk-time (rather than plopped in my office chair). AND i am as (or even more) productive.

tweaking habits ... meanwhile, there are a few other habits - primarily related to stretching and teeth brushing - that i'm tweaking, and this week's effort is my tweak week. i have not been feeling the anchors from before, so i'm trying out other anchors. the anchors i have chosen for this week should be fine - EVEN when i'm on travel. an interesting part will be how the habits stick when i'm back home, as well.

got anchors?!

get habits!

#improv tonight

we're making bold choices!

lather-rinse-repeat ... march 4 @madeuptheatre ... our improv group (level d) will perform for friends, family, and friends of friends and family over in fremont. 

• where:  made up theatre - 3392 seldon court, which is off of osgood road (near fry's).
• when: TONIGHT!
• what time: 
  
  • door opens at 7:30 pm.
  • show begins at 8:00 pm (pretty promptly).
  the show will run about an hour.
• how much: $5 per person (for convenience, cash only, please). 
• what what? check out our having fun with la ronde and blind lines (video clip).

who WE are ... we are 11 people who have come together to play and have fun. we continue to build upon what we have learned - new games, short-form improv, and continuing with long form improv - the potpourri has included what are you doing, new (other) choice, gibberish, forward reverse, freeze tag, blind freeze tag, zip zap zop, and many more of which to speak. we continue with idea generator montages, channel surfing, deconstruction, other long form activities while being reminded ...

honest discovery, observation, and reaction [are] better than contrived invention … listen … connections cannot be avoided ...  respect choices made by others … accept and build … avoid preconceived notions … welcome the silences … there is action in thought … reflect each other's ideas.

f|break: bat-stalgic

THANKS @therealadamwest for my morning of nostalgia. i was thinking about the batman movie, the version back in the day - the 1966 movie - when adam west (on twitter, web, facebook, imdb) and burt ward (on imdb) were witness to the united world organization's security council members "transformation" - each was dehydrated and then re-hydrated, albeit not quite their original selves.

quote-a-licious ... why did batman pop up into my head this morning? i think it is part of in-my-head jibber-jabber - an extension of a conversation i had with a friend early yesterday morning, which included references to philosophy, ayn rand, coal-fired power plants, mnemonics (mister wet pets), and my friend's sharing of ...

"... the more implied importance you assign to [a person], the greater independence they will assume and the more difficult they will be to manage toward the established goals of the more informed."

... i have no idea if my friend watched batman (back in the day). however, whether he did or did not, SO worth the checking out the imdb movie quotes for the batman movie. meanwhile ...

enjoy your morning fiber break with batman (on imdb)

for ~ 3:04 minutes of movie trailer fun ... POW!

BONUS enjoy a fiber break with batman and robin (over here)

for ~ 3:46 minutes ... precisely robin!