Musk It!

I ran with my wife to work and then came back! It was a dreary, hilly morning run but nice to have the company.

Today's Haiku

Construction barrel
discarded by the roadside
Orange and lonely

Today's Workout
Running: 5.2  miles
DAREBEE: Day 2 from 90 Days of Action

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Musket from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Triple Threat

What's this?! THREE HAIKUS?!? Oh yeah it's real.

Today's Haikus

Pieces on the floor
I've got "new board game syndrome"
A fresh batch of rules

Streetwise skateboarder
umbrella strapped to his chest
This dude is prepared

Plump fingered hello
with a wide-mouthed cheshire grin
Friendly as can be

Today's Workout
Running: 3.1 miles
DAREBEE: Day 1 from 90 Days of Action

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Tempestuous from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Hotel

Found a pretty easy workout for my in-between period called hotel. Predictably, it's for people who need a brief workout while they're at a hotel.

Today's Haiku

Limp tomato plant
infested with spider mites
sadly, a lost cause

Today's Workout
Running: 3.1 miles
DAREBEE: Hotel

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Gloss from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Journey Complete

Finished my DAREBEE exercise regime! Going to take tomorrow easy because the final push was BRUTAL.

Today's Haiku

Posts ward off stray cars
A most intriguing design
They look like tampons

Today's Workout
Running: 2 miles
DAREBEE: Day 60 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Curfew from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Chillin'

A delightfully lazy Friday!

Today's Haiku

Shock of purple hair
with a unicorn backpack
Loud and proud of it!!!

Today's Workout
Running: 3.1 miles
DAREBEE: Day 59 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Reticent from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Gobblin'

Another double haiku day!

Today's Haikus
Green gutted walnut
Something grubby was hungry
gobbled up the heart

Cryptic graffiti

paint misted on a placard

What does "BREE SLUT" mean?

Today's Workout
Running: 3.1 miles
DAREBEE: Day 58 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Inchmeal from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Weathered It

Drove through downtown DC in the rain at dusk. It was a white-knuckler but I made it with only a slight frazzle. The rain did get most of the bird crap off the car - the tree by our apartment is lousy with starlings.

Today's Haiku

Industrious ant
hauling a crumb twice its size
Buddy, you got this

Today's Workout
Running: 2.1 miles
DAREBEE: Day 57 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Behemoth from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Lead Stomach

Today was rainy so I was intent on finding a dry moment to run. Fortunately, the rain let up for a little this afternoon. Unfortunately it was after I ate three vegan chicken sandwiches.

The run did not go well.

Today's Haiku

Twin sentinel crows
survey from soccer goal posts
 for their next big score

Today's Workout
Running: 3.1 miles
DAREBEE: Day 56 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Languid from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Professional Rodent

Feeling good so we got another set of double haikus. Hooray!

Today's Haikus!

Military doc
probes my medical background
Trial for trial

A stench on the breeze
wth notes both earthy and sour
Eau de Human Shit

Today's Workout
Running: 3.1 miles
DAREBEE: Day 55 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Pro rata from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

10 Large in the Wee Hours

Had a fantastic 10 miler this morning (around 5am!) to help make up for lost mileage during travels abroad. I managed my first Vegan day too, though it wasn't as nutritious as I would have liked, especially with all my exercising. Lots to improve! I'm happy with how things are looking going into month two!

Week 4

Stats:
Running Mileage: 71.86/1,000
Drinks: 40/365
Vegan: 1/100
Books Completed: 1/25
Words Written: 28,336/350,000

Fasts (Days without)
Internet: 21/171
TV: 10/120
Gaming: 15/141
Booze: 7/163
Coffee: 13/150
Junk (Savory): 4/100
Junk (Sweet): 12/100
Eat Out: 12/100

Today's Haiku

A solemn statue
at attention yet at ease
for twenty minutes

Today's Workout
Running: 10.5 miles!
DAREBEE: Day 54 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Festinate from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Rain it in

Early night to prep for taking my wife to the airport at the ungodly hour of 3:30 tomorrow morning. It also rained all day which makes for a weird schedule in general.

Today's Haiku

Scratchy veils of rain
like a mutt's nails on hard wood
wet but not fluid 

Today's Workout
Running: 0 miles
DAREBEE: Day 53 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Acolyte from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Lil' Double

I often write my haikus on my runs (mentally) and today I was feeling inspired enough to write two. Enjoy!

Today's Haikus:
Emergency pillar
a blue beacon for safety
It's out of order

"It's a girl" pink spoon
A dalliance with fro-yo
Sweet brief mouth affair

Today's Workout
Running: 3.1 miles
DAREBEE: Day 52 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Paste from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Buttocks Broke

I must have done a little too much yesterday, exercise-wise, because I'm so very sore in my general middle area...but mostly my butt for some reason. Getting up and down is a struggle. And still a great deal of tiredness from the trip! Slow goings but enthusiastic to move forward.

Today's Haiku

Lone plastic wrapper
A brick ticklin' tumbleweed
Rider of the wind

Today's Workout
Running: 3.1 miles
DAREBEE: Day 51 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Halcyon from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Little Worse for Wear

Dealing with weird jet lag. Had a burst of energy most of the day and suddenly lost all of it around 6 or so. Very happy to be back and returning to a proper schedule!

Today's Haiku

Yellowing arbor
dead leaves splayed about the trunk
Autumn already?!

Today's Workout
Running: 4 miles
DAREBEE: Day 50 from a Hero's Journey (WE'RE BACK BABY!

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Salvo from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

TRAVEL: Germany Day 5/International Flight

Today's Haiku

Mile-high movie time
a couple Sam Rockwell flicks
He gets punched a lot

Today's Workout
(exempt due to travel)

Today's Drawing
(From my special drawing reserve)

TRAVEL: Germany Day 4

Today's Haiku

Countlessly broken
A healed Berlin is thriving
despite her fresh scars 

Today's Workout
(exempt due to travel)

Today's Drawing
(From my special drawing reserve)

TRAVEL: Germany Day 3

Today's Haiku

Plastic biergarten
an obvious tourist trap
Hooked lined and sinkered

Today's Workout
(exempt due to travel)

Today's Drawing
(From my special drawing reserve)

TRAVEL: Germany Day 2

Happy Birthday to my very good friend William! He's the reason we put together this whole trip. What a wonderful time!

Today's Haiku:
Crisp summer morning
through gold fields and black forest
German excursion

Today's Workout
Running: 4 miles

Today's Drawing
(From my special drawing reserve)

TRAVEL: Germany Day 1

Today's Haiku

Berlin train station
an old friend lights up and leaps
flying monkey hug

Today's Workout
(exempt due to travel)

Today's Drawing
(From my special drawing reserve

TRAVEL: Iceland Day 2

Today's Haiku

Neon trendrils sway
in this continental rift
filled with glacial blood

Today's Workout
Running: 2.2 miles

Today's Drawing
(From my special drawing reserve)

TRAVEL: Iceland Day 1

Today's Haiku

At the crater's lip
ancient volcanic leavings
boulders, red and black

Today's Workout
(exempt due to travel)

Today's Drawing
(From my special drawing reserve)

Into the Unknown

Off on another adventure! We'll be in Iceland a couple days and then Germany for a few more. I have a dear friend who's turning 30 and his family is throwing him and his two brothers a birthday party (they're triplets). An unintended bonus: we'll be in a country that really cares about football for the World Cup Finals!!

So I've scheduled post to go up each day that are placeholders in case I can't get to editing them while I'm busy globetrotting with my wife. Wish us luck!

(BTW today's picture got a little weird and ran away from me. When the pictures are in pen there's only so much I can do once they get started.)

Today's Haiku

Great cracks underfoot
roots breaking up man's paving
dear God let them win

Today's Workout
Running: 2.25 miles
DAREBEE: Day 49 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Benevolent from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Pre-journey

I've been so domestic lately that it doesn't seem possible I'll be on an international flight tomorrow. I'm hoping the system calibrates by then!

The posts will be abridged for the next week, without any DAREBEE or running. Probably only a picture and a haiku unless travel lights a fire somewhere new and unexpected and I feel like writing.

Today's Haiku

A fleet of buses
waits patiently by the curb
to devour children 

Today's Workout
Running: 3.1 miles
DAREBEE: Day 48 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Transmogrify from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Some updates

Second update! Short notes: Running is great. Having trouble not partaking in the sauce, both boozy and cheesy. Feeling really good regardless.

Also I put a new "random" post on the sidebar. The coding is a little rough at the moment but I'm hoping to get it to work with haikus eventually. We'll see!

Week 2

Stats:
Running Mileage: 39.29/1,000
Drinks: 18/365
Vegan: 0/100
Books Completed: 0/25
Words Written: 18,281/350,000

Fasts (Days without)
Internet: 8/171
TV: 3/120
Gaming: 4/141
Booze: 1/163
Coffee: 5/150
Junk (Savory): 8/100
Junk (Sweet): 5/100
Eat Out: 8/100

Today's Haiku

Solitary flag
remnant from explosion day
small but majestic

Today's Workout
Running: 2.42 miles
DAREBEE: Day 47 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Lucubration from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Sad Squirrel

Prepping for our trip! Buying snacks! Figuring out logistics and plant watering schedules! Woo!

Today's Haiku

Sputtering squirrel
just avoids my trampling
on two broken legs

Today's Workout
Running: 3.9 miles (70 degrees! Sooooo nice)
DAREBEE: Day 46 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Eccentric from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

BONUS PICTURE (7/19/17)

Robins be trippin'

TRIP PLANNING! Heading to Iceland/Germany in a few days so that's taken over for the time being.

Today's Haiku

Robin in pursuit
A moth a beak's length away
You earn your meals here

Today's Workout
Running: 3.1 miles
DAREBEE: Day 45 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Sophistry from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Gremlins

Pre-travel and health insurance gremlins showed up today and mucked up the system's guts. Hopefully it'll be up and running in a day's time but it's hard to know without spending some time assessing the damages.

Today's Haiku

When you crank these tunes
all the stress and terror melts
and you become light

Today's Workout
Running: 3.2 miles
DAREBEE: Day 44 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Asseverate from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Boom and Train

Doing some housework for these vacation days. Updated my "What is This?" for this year on the right over there. Working on creating a tumblr page to share all of the pictures I've drawn so far. It's 500+ so you can imagine that's taking a while.

Today's Haiku

Train comes a rumblin'
Behemoth in our backyard
Creature of Industry

Today's Workout
Running: 2 miles
DAREBEE: Day 43 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Pyrotechnics from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Octagon

Wrote a pretty huge entry but decided it wasn't ready for posting just yet. Tackling some big stuff too, which is exhausting all on its own. Happy America Day to all!

Today's Haiku

Concrete octagon
weeds spring up on equal sides
They know symmetry 

Today's Workout
Running: 1 mile
DAREBEE: Day 42 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Regardless from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Thrum

Internet finally got back up! But pretty late so it screwed up the day, so we're going short today.

Today's Haiku

The electric thrum
Cicadas shriek from tree trunks
Married to swelter

Today's Workout
Running: 3.1 miles
DAREBEE: Day 41 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Canicular from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)

Travel and Tally

Had a travel day visiting friends and then found out our internet is out. Not super great, but through some phone hot-spotting I can manage to get this one up.

First check-in week and it's looking pretty good! Few things to note:

-Vegan is going to be hard. A friend just got us a cookbook so we can start planning!
-Drinks will be worked on. It was my birthday week after all
-I'm tracking my words so I can average around a thousand a day to keep the wheels turning
-I set different goals for the fasts to compare to last years (for the ones that carried over)

The main point is to track my habits and hope to improve. I'm not being strict about hitting the goals because last time I felt especially pressured to meet and/or exceed them.

Pretty silly when I'M the one setting them.

Week 1

Stats:
Running Mileage: 20.5/1,000
Drinks: 9/365
Vegan: 0/100
Books Completed: 0/25
Words Written: 10,247/350,000

Fasts (Days without)
Internet: 6/171
TV: 2/120
Gaming: 4/141
Booze: 0/163
Coffee: 3/150
Junk (Savory): 1/100
Junk (Sweet): 3/100
Eat Out: 3/100

Today's Haiku

Starving travelers
moments after returning
scarf down tacos

Today's Workout
Running: 2.9 miles (take THAT 95 degree weather!)
DAREBEE: Day 40 from a Hero's Journey

Today's Drawing
(Based on the word Metier from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day)