Originally a Comment in Angie's Journal

[rinue]

I had a dream last night in which I took a bullet to the gut because I stepped in front of Obama when someone tried to assasinate him. I did it totally without thinking, and it seemed like the most natural thing in the world. I can't remember a time before this when I've looked at a politician - or anyone really - and thought "this guy is more important to the world than I am." In the dream, it was just reflex, and I was a little amused and happy, like "will you look at that. I did the right thing there, and how funny that it was right." We were on the sidewalk at DFW.

Comments

[tommx.livejournal.com]

be patient with yourself and do what you can. I know exactly what you mean about feeling like you get worse every time. Even recently, there have been times I'd assume the position and feel as if I had someone standing on my back.

I actually don't mind the hard wood floors, but that's probably because I got used to them in karate.

Some things you might try:

Knee push ups. It may seem like the wimps way out, but you can always use those to build yourself up to the real thing.

Try not going all the way down. Maybe like a half push up. I had to do that for a while, and it was still very much a challenge.

Don't do them too slowly. If you go too slow, your arms will tire quickly. Neither go too fast, as the same may happen. Find a good rhythm.

If you can't do many at one time, then figure out how many you can do, and do a few sets of those. Over time, they will get easier.

Bear in mind, when I first started doing push ups for exercise as an adult, I could barely do 5.

Being sick certainly doesn't help, so I sympathize. However, I expect one day I will be walking along, and feel the ground suddenly drop a few feet from beneath my feet. When that happens, I will know you have pushed the world up (relative to your position of course since up doesn't actually exist in space)

[rinue.livejournal.com]

relative to your position of course since up doesn't actually exist in space

This is the next thing I intend to work on: convincing NASA that all cosmic navigation should be given relative to me. I'm thinking I'll use the old "we need hard standards!" technique.

[tommx.livejournal.com]

That ties in very well with my idea of enforcing fixed-do solfege relative to the tone of my voice when I say my own name.

[rinue.livejournal.com]

That would be so convenient any time you needed to tune your guitar, although I suppose it would disadvantage the brass instruments somewhat.

[tommx.livejournal.com]

That's their hard luck. Besides, with enough breath support, all things are possible.