Slacking My Way to My Next Blog Post

True to my slacker nature, I have not updated my blog since my first post in November! Isn't that great? Not only am I slacker I'm also a procrastinator who couldn't get around to even blogging TWICE in four months. I was intending on procrastinating this for another month or so, but I got too worn out worrying about procrastinating and figured "screw it, it's easier just to blog than spend all this time making up lousy excuses for NOT blogging." All you procrastinators out there will know what I'm talking about, if only you ever get around to admitting it.

Okay, so that's the bad news. The good news is that I've actually be actively pursuing 3 out of 4 goals! Wait, you say, why not 4 out of 4? Because that would mean complete dedication to success, and my slacker nature allows only a partial effort. Fortunately I didn't set only 1 goal, or I'd be doing roughly 60% of a single goal. As it is, I'm actually making good progress without betraying my slacker creed (which you'd find interesting and helpful, but I'm feeling to lazy to actually share it with you, so deal with it).

The three goals I'm actively working on are: piano, cycling, and writing. I've postponed my German training until (a) I actually have a trip planned, (b) I marry a bearded German woman named Helga, or (C) I am kidnapped by a group of bouncing German beer maids. As none of those scenarios seem too likely, I'll hold off on German for the time being.

Here's a quick update, to be followed with some actually decent Excel charts I created (yeah, that's going WAY too far, I know, but bear with me):

Cycling:

• Purchased a stationary bike
• Logged probably about 300 miles on stationary bikes
• Purchased an actual ROAD BIKE!
• Went on my first real ride, an eight mile trip to the library and back (contain your excitement!)
• Got my first "cycler's butt cramp" -- this was, I may say, a proud moment for me

Writing:

• I am now on chapter 24 of 31 planned chapters in my novel
• I have a good idea for a nonfiction book and am now actively researching
• I should be able to finish my novel by April 14    

Piano:

• I completed the Level One piano books on January 4, 2012
• I am about half way through Level Two books
• I'll post a video that displays my piano prowess in my next post (remember, music critics, that I have NEVER BEFORE PLAYED THE FREAKING PIANO) so be gentle on me 

 Okay, there's the updates for today. I promise some sexy pictures of me on the bike, video of my music that will rival the Jon Schmidt piano videos, and an update on my book that will make even Stephen King envious . . . all this in the near future.