*Watched Empire Of The Sun (1987), Threads (1984), and Smoke In the Eagle's Shadow.
*Ate at Chicken Meets Rice restaurant for the first time.
*Read The Beatles Get Back.
*Ate Nature Valley Cranberry & Pomegranate, Cashew, and Peanut granola bars for the first time.
*Cleaned the house.
*Flashlights, first-aid kit, and smoke detectors checked.
*Booster shot Pfizer vaccine.
*Tested negative for COVID-19.
*Roasted boneless pork loin for the first time.
*Car maintenance: repaired windshield and passed smog check.
*Read The Big Book Of Beatrix Potter.
*Watched Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978) and Den Of Thieves (2018).
*I voted.
*Watched Grumpy Old Men, Grumpier Old Men, The Neverending Story, and Requiem For A Dream.
*Sharpen cooking knives with the Zwilling 4-Stage Knife Sharpener.
*Cleaned the house.
*Ate at Pizza Guys restaurant for the first time.
*Watched Girl, Interrupted (1999); The Hitman's Bodyguard; The Way Of The Dragon (1972); Nobody; Game Of Death; and No Escape (1994).
*Finished playing Final Fantasy VII.
*Reread Charlie And The Chocolate Factory by Rolald Dahl.
*Reread I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max.
Watched The Magnificent Seven (1961), T2 Trainspotting, Village Of The Damned (1960), Being John Malkovich, and The Warriors (1979).
*Cleaned the throttle body and mass air flow sensor in my car.
*Ate Nature Valley Biscuits With Almond Butter and Cinnamon Toast Crunch Chocolate Churros cereal for the first time.
*Cooked with Grill Mates Texas Barbecue Seasoning for the first time.
*Cleaned the house.
*Watched Pretty In Pink, Trading Places, Zulu Dawn, and Fist Of Fury.
*Cooked with Kinder's Buttery Steakhouse seasoning for the first time.
*Ate La Boulangere Pain Au Chocolat pastry for the first time.
*Reread Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling.
The regular blog readers know my personal problems from my Innovating Common Knowledge blog. I'm long-term unemployed. I live with my parents. I'm like a George Costanza from Seinfeld. I also have lifetime problems or personal weaknesses. I'm heat sensitive. I can't tread water. My short-term memory is poor. I have few friends. These problems aren't nothing in comparison to bigger world problems. I'm not homeless because my ex-wife kicked me out. I'm not a corrupt politician. I don't work at a borderline illegal company. I'm not losing brain cells.
Life goes on. Motivation is strong. I job search five days a week. I self-job train five days a week or six days a week. I teach myself life skills such as tying knots, using a ratchet strap, and using a navigation compass. I'm improving my cooking skills. I exercise four days a week. I sleep eight hours a night. I read books. I write blogs. I'm one step closer to become a self-trained genius at the end of the day.
Today's blog is another bullshit blog from the past. However, I allow today's bullshit blog as a reminder my life is not that bad. Today's blog is a reassurance, a comfort, and a brief time-out I'm doing something good.
*Watched Punch Drunk Love, Mission: Impossible--Fallout, Good Time (2017), Snowpiecer, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
*Cleaned the house.
*Second dose Pfizer vaccine.
*Updated my webpage Innovate Infinitely.
*Ate Lacey's Chocolate Trader Joe's cookies for the first time.
*Reread Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling.
*Watched The Boondock Saints (1999), O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and The Last Boy Scout.
*First dose Pfizer vaccine.
*Reread Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix by J.K. Rowling.
*Watched Mulholland Falls, The Innocents (1961), and The Crying Game.
*Ate Honey Chocolate Chip Belvita, Maple Cheerios, Chocolate Toast Crunch, Lemon flavor Kit Kat, and Chocolate Life cereal for the first time.
*Factory reset my Samsung Galaxy S7.
*Cleaned the house.
Blogger's note: Today's blog is posted at Innovating Common Knowledge and at Finding Raymond Mar.
Blogger's note two: Today's blog is overdue. The vacation happened in Dec 2020-Jan 2021. I was supposed the write the blog in Feb 2021.
I took a vacation from Dec 20, 2020 to Jan 15, 2021. The last time I took a planned vacation was Jul 14-19, 2015. I blogged the Jul 2015 Timeout Good Raymond Mar. I took an unplanned vacation on Apr 6-21, 2019 Timeout Good Raymond Mar II. Honestly speaking, I forgot about the Apr 2019 vacation. I discovered the Apr 2019 vacation when I searched for past Innovating Common Knowledge vacation blogs. Was my latest vacation overdue?
The short answer is yes. The long answer is no. My Dec 2020-Jan 2021 vacation was not a 100% vacation. It was not 100% fun. I job trained on some days. I caught up watching documentaries. I sold eBay auctions. I cleaned the house. I cooked the meals. I wrote blogs. I job searched. I exercised. There was work to be completed. I was responsible for my obligations.
I didn't take life for granted. I learned lessons from 2007 Was Actually A Bad Year, The Year Was 2007, and Top Ten Wisdom Acquired In 2007 I Failed To Follow. The Dec 2020-Jan 2021 vacation was the correct 2007 Summer Sabbatical.
*Watched Primer (2004), Trainspotting (1996), and Deliverance (1972)
*Ate Honolulu Cookie mini bites chocolate chip macadamia nuts cookies for the first time.
*Purchased Khombu Liam style slip on shoes for home use slippers.
*Installed Bell Hyperflex Core steering wheel cover.
*Changed my car's motor oil.
*Watched Charade (1963), The Big Easy (1986), They Live (1988), Risky Business, Shoot 'Em Up, and Get Out (2017).
*Cleaned the house.
*Ate Cinnamon Brown Sugar With Vanilla Creme Belvita, Costco Smoked Pulled Pork, and Greenlee's Cinnamon Bread for the first time.
*Ate at Kelly's Deli at a Home Depot and Bonchon Korean fried chicken for the first time.
*Created a BoardGameGeek account ININ61.
*Super Bowl LV.
*Ate Lindt Chocolate, vanilla yogurt with chocolate chips, and Tate's Bake Shop cookies for the first time.
*Applied Every Man Jack Face Lotion And Post Shave lotion for the first time.
*Sold my eBay auctions.
*Purchased a pop-up clothes hamper.
*San Jose State University Spartans won the 2020 Mountain West Championship. I purchased a championship Mountain West t-shirt.
*Finished playing Final Fantasy VI.
*Updated my webpage Innovate Infinitely.
*Vacuumed with a Shark vacuum cleaner for the first time.
*Watched Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 1984, Eight Men Out, and The Secret Of NIMH.
*LED White Tape Light Strip. Used the strip as ambient backlighting while I'm on the computer.
