The quest towards improved badassery is off to a good start. I have taken two violin lessons, small steps towards being able to play a waltz. I can ride my bike for half an hour on city streets and have started riding it to the community garden I manage. The biggest bonus of this quest is that I keep meeting neat people and then as I get to know them, I realize that they are also badass and that we have a lot in common. For example: My violin teacher decided, when he turned 27 in December, that it’s a year for awesomeness. I’d like to think that being his student will help him achieve it, but then I’d have to reduce the squawking of my bow on the strings.
Additionally, I can do an average of 10 pushups at a time, a far cry from my ultimate goal of 50.. but headed in the right direction of Michelle Obama arms. I’ve started working on my soccer fitness so I can play indoor this year. I may end up with rock hard abs in the process. Combine Obama arms with rock hard abs, biker butt, and classic JB wit and I will be irresistible. Watch out future friends and hopefully existent self-confident nerd of my dreams, who dances AND drinks beer!
The moral of the story is that I can’t wait to see the progress I’ve made when I write this report next month. For now, it’s time to go work on my fitness and then figure out how to dehydrate apples.
