Raptron Rages On

[KB Girl]

Love the deadlift prep It's so interesting what our heads can do about physical performance! 

[raptron]

On 9/8/2019 at 5:18 AM, @mu said:

Curious about the job bit, anything interesting so far?

No, not really. Half the time I look at the job listings and everything sounds soooo boring and terrible that I just close all of my tabs for the day and give up. I'm chatting with a friend at one the universities this week about how he likes it there, but I am a bit reluctant to get sucked into university and university-affiliate programs just due to things I've heard about how they're run and because I feel like once you start working for schools, you wind up staying in that kind of world for a long time. They have nice benefits, though... 

 

18 hours ago, Manarelle said:

No kidding. I've been having issues of balance on handstands where if I'm a centimeter too for forward, my legs and core will drop... didn't realize I had my core too far forward. Time to work on more wrist flexion and positioning. Amazing video, thank you. 

Ahhh! Nice insight. Glad it was useful for ya.

 

2 hours ago, KB Girl said:

Love the deadlift prep It's so interesting what our heads can do about physical performance! 

RIGHT?? It's almost like our minds are part of our bodies or something. So weird, hehe.

[raptron]

Day 5.5

Liftingggg, easy breezy beautiful.

 

Squats: 4 x 4 x 240#

Bench (paused): 5 x 4 x 135#

DB rows: 4 x 10 x 45#

Dips: 4 x 8

Reverse hyper: 4 x 10 x 95#

3 sets of suitcase carries with ??? lbs back and forth in the parking lot to help kill time before dinner

3 x 60s deadbugs

 

We got burritos and then I went home, showered, and tried to pack up/arrange the things I would need to go to gymnastics practice -> my friend's house -> the wedding.

 

Day 5.6

Low key gymnastics practice because I was running a little late and knew I would have to leave early to go get ready for the wedding. I stretched, tumbled, and did uprises and toe shoots on uneven bars. I also did pistol squats on the uneven bars (SO WOBBLY!) because a former olympian did it and I was like HMMM. A few of us played around attempting these for a while and filming each other, so that ended my practice before I made it to balance beam, haha. 

 

I wore my fave dress to the wedding, haha.

 

Day 5.7

The end afterparty got a little bit Real Housewives of X and included a not insubstantial amount of yelling (and had nothing to do with the bride, who was fast asleep at this point!). In the debriefing afterward, the antagonists, I shall call them, apparently said about me: "I don't know how to put this nicely, but [raptron] went on a FEMINIST RANT at us." So that tells you a lot about the people I was ranting at and possibly keys some insight about the situation in general. 

 

BUT, more importantly, my bff whose birthday it is texted me and our other bff at 3 AM saying "let's go to maine tomorrow" so I woke up not long after going to sleep to go home and pack and skip off to Maine, where we dressed in matching gnome shirts and went on a jaunt in the woods and went to the various bays of Maine and got really nice food in Portland, etc.

 

Jog: 3/3 

Lift: 14/15

Write: 9/10 writing, 8/10 journaling

Job applications: 9/10

 

Challenge Summary: A 

I'm going to keep the job application part of the challenge because reporting back to you guys makes me more likely to not give up when I get annoyed by the job descriptions I come across, haha. Otherwise, next challenge is really just going to be the last few weeks of prep before my powerlifting meet on October 12!

 

[CourtnieMarie]

36 minutes ago, raptron said:

So that tells you a lot about the people I was ranting at and possibly keys some insight about the situation in general. 

yes it does. sorry you had to deal with that but glad you were able to get away with friends who love to hear your feminist rants - I mean I know I'd be honored to!

 

also, love that dress <3  

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

5 hours ago, raptron said:

That's an awesome dress and you look amazing. I want your delts and calves when I grow up.

[Mike Wazowski]

DUUUUUUDE that dress and that smoldering look you're serving the camera are A+++. Total model quality there!

 

Also, props to you for going on a feminist rant to people who I'm assuming deserved it.

 

Also also, I have full faith you'll find a great job, even if descriptions are frustrating as can be!

[@mu]

That pic is great! Assassin pageantry as it should be! I am half expecting your hidden hand to be holding an axe or something That dress is fantastic!

 

16 hours ago, raptron said:

No, not really. Half the time I look at the job listings and everything sounds soooo boring and terrible that I just close all of my tabs for the day and give up. I'm chatting with a friend at one the universities this week about how he likes it there, but I am a bit reluctant to get sucked into university and university-affiliate programs just due to things I've heard about how they're run and because I feel like once you start working for schools, you wind up staying in that kind of world for a long time. They have nice benefits, though...

 

I don't remember if you set a deadline with your current work? it would nice to be able to take your time on that one.

[raptron]

On 7/30/2019 at 2:55 PM, raptron said:

Things are going to be a little wild the next few weeks:

• 7/31 - 8/2: Overnight work retreat
• 8/2 - 8/5: DC trip with childhood friends
• 8/9 - 8/11: Tennessee for gymnastics camp
• 8/17 - 8/19: Cape Cod for 7 mile road race on Sunday
• 8/31 - 9/2: Bachelorette weekend in Rhode Island
• 9/7: Wedding (local)
• 9/8 - 9/12: Possible trip to ??? for my friend's birthday 9/8-9/9: Portland, Maine

OH SNAP. I kind of forgot that this challenge was THE CHALLENGE FULL OF EVERYTHING!!!!

 

But we've calmed down now and my priorities are narrowing down. Follow along: 

 

[Mad Hatter]

On 9/10/2019 at 4:12 PM, raptron said:

and because I feel like once you start working for schools, you wind up staying in that kind of world for a long time. They have nice benefits, though... 

People staying for a long time could be considered a good sign you know?  They might for instance really LIKE the job. And the benefits. I understand if you're not tempted because of potential politics/inertia but it's completely up to you for how long you want to stay. Either way I hope you find something that tickles your fancy, I've occasionally looked at what's out there and I get the same feeling that most places seem oh so very boring.

 

And of course I couldn't leave this challenge without saying how fantastic you look in that pic, you look like a movie star. Or well their super buff stunt double.

[CourtnieMarie]

17 hours ago, Mad Hatter said:

their super buff stunt double.

omg, yes. perfect summation.