100 Days Left: The P90X Reboot

People, I was looking at my counter in the sidebar today and realized that I only have 100 days until I turn 30! 100 tiny little days to get allllll those many goals done, the scariest of those being to complete a full cycle of P90X. Do you know why it’s called P90X? Because it takes 90 days to do it! Gah!

So, starting tomorrow, it’s on. The motivating factor is that I have to do it every day because there are only 9 spare days total in this whole thing, and that’s not a lot. I’m not gonna lie– if it weren’t for this whole 30 Before 30 thing, I would say, “Hey, that guy Tim Ferris said you only have to work out for like 15 minutes a day with a kettlebell and you can eat chocolate eclairs, and, actually, working out too much just hurts your body and is counter-productive,” and I would use that and take it completely not in the spirit that it was intended, and eat chocolate eclairs 7 days a week and always sit on my bum because Tim Ferris said I don’t have to do P90X, so NYEH. But I already committed to this thing, and that means I have to do it.

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Five Emotions Invented by the Internet (Sonja’s Version)

@gregoryng pointed out this article called Five Emotions Invented by the Internet. Before I even clicked the link, I was composing it in my head. Turns out the actual article is way different than the one I wrote in my head in the 0.02 seconds between clicking the link and seeing the article, so thought I’d write my version, too.

1. LOL

The emotion: mild amusement, or sometimes totally fake amusement

This only rarely actually means “laughing out loud.” In fact, if I called everyone a liar who said “LOL” on the internet and wasn’t really laughing out loud… well, I’d call a lot of people liars. From what I can tell, it’s mostly a substitute for body language, which is essential when all your social interactions happen through the filter of a few computer screens. May also be a substitute for typing, “Heh,” repeatedly, since that’s probably the noise you would make in person, more likely. Only, bonus: on the internet, it’s a lot easier to fake a laugh if, for example, you’re trying to get a certain guy/girl to like you by laughing at their stupid jokes.

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Little Dramas

Watched a video of Mr. Rogers explaining his passion for children’s television programming the other night. (Hat tip to @shanetjohnston and @bentist for the link.) I can’t embed it that I can figure out, but go watch it– it’s really good.

He talks about the dramas of childhood, the things that we as adults forget were so important to us when we were little– knowing what to do with a feeling, dealing with brothers and sisters, showing love– and I hope those are all little dramas that I never forget were so important. Because, really, what’s more important even in adulthood: learning a new piece of software, or figuring out the best way to show someone you love them? Maybe those dramas of childhood are the ones we still need to work on as adults.

Here’s my favorite song of Mr. Rogers’– There Are Many Ways to Say I Love You:

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