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A First Step

As of Friday of last week, I am on medical leave for my health. Things have gotten weird, and it has become increasingly clear that it is time for me to take care of myself. Tentatively, I’m off until February 23rd while we (my MD and I) figure things out. So, today will be my first step towards getting healthier in 2018.

Today I restart Weightwatchers, but without any of the meetings or the person to person support. It will be a lonely path, but it is one I must take. So here is how I’m going to deal with that lack. Every Monday I will do my weekly weigh in, and tell you my reader about my successes and my failures of previous week, and what my goal is for the upcoming week. I will be starting off slow, focusing first on diet, and then as early as next week start transitioning into more physical activity. I need to be careful as only 18 days remain at this point of my leave, and I still need to rest my weary body.

So today is my first weigh in of 2018.

Current Weight: 361.4

My goal for the week: Focus on my caloric intake and stay within the “WW points’ allowance.

Thank you for listening. I’ll have additional posts this week on other topics, so keep an eye.

Randy

RandyTheBlog in 2018 Part 2

I've been putting some thought into what exactly this blog is. RandyTheBlog is an encapsulation of who I am as RandyThePerson. The things I like and love, the things I hate, and moments in time not yet lost like tears in rain (:P). I hope to do something I've never done before; To open up to complete strangers. I'm not comfortable being sociable. Which is weird for me to say as anytime I've been out with friends, I'm the one who does the majority of the talking with random people.
Well, moving on, I've decided that the month of February will be the beginning of the renewal of Randy. I'm going to be focusing on my health, both mental and physical. Expect to see a lot of posts related to that process in the foreseeable future. Just to give a little background, I've always been a rather "large" person. I'm six feet tall and currently weigh in the area of 360 pounds, give or take 5 pounds. The lowest I've ever weighed was 235 and that was back in High School. I am currently the heaviest I've ever been. I'm a morbidly obese nerd, who wears glasses, and keeps a blog.
Now before you run away, I'm going to make it clear that I won't only be writing about my "weight loss" journey. I've got vidya games to talk about, and movies, and TV shows (oh so many TV shows), and books, and anime (oh so many animes). As I said before I'm a morbidly obese nerd, who wears glasses, and keeps a blog.
See you next week,
Randy

RandyTheBlog in 2018

I don't know why I'm here. I know, weird, right? I bet you're thinking the same thing at the moment. I originally started this blog in 2011 to give me something to do with the abundant time I had then found myself with. I was unemployed, not attending school; a man with no idea what to do with himself. 7 years later, I'm still that man.

Yes, things have changed. I have a full-time job with a steady income. I don't have to worry overly much about my bills, these were things that I had written about in depth in the past on this very blog. The day to day minutiae of being unemployed, of the anxiety, of finally getting a part time job, the stress of the job, and so on. But still, I'm still that man who has no idea what to do with himself.

I'm still a young man, 33 years old (soon to be 34), but I've gotten to the point where I've isolated myself. Every day is the same. I get up, go to work, come home, go to bed. 5 days a week. My weekends are spent taking care of my chores that I've neglected during the week. I go out with my elderly mother and help her with her groceries or just to go with her for general shopping. I don't go out an socialise. Friends do come over usually once or twice a week to keep me from getting weird and twisted from lack of human contact (I've always been weird). Most times it still feels like work, but that is a topic for another time when I reveal what I do on the weekends with these friends.

My life has become empty. I've become empty. I feel my brain decaying from disuse. Once upon a time I thought of myself as an eternal student. I wanted to learn things, many beautiful things. I love (loved?) literature, the window into the mind of others, the chance to walk in other worlds, and to see the world through different eyes. Since I flunked out of university, all those years ago, my ability to think critically has lessened. That's not to say I've become dumber, but I tend to avoid the headier books. I sometimes think something broke in me then.

But enough of my whinging, I'm here to talk about the state of RandyTheBlog in 2018, and really the state of Randy. I think I'm back. I think I want to change, to grow, to become a better person. I want to write, I want to read, I want to think critically. For too long have I let my abilities languish, but no more. So, what does that mean for this blog? Well, I'll be writing more. In case you haven't noticed I've already posted a few times this year. Ok, I know you're looking at me funny, thinking that posting a random video in reaction to something in lieu of writing about the topic doesn't really count, but it does. It fits into a long tradition of this blog of me just posting randomly. But hey, I've also posted an update for an old post. I solved a mystery that had bugged me, Pizza Ghost has been found.

You're still wondering what exactly to expect from this blog in 2018. I don't know. I'll post something at least once a week, that is a promise. It could just be about anything. Reviews of... things, random videos that amuse me, idle musings, and maybe even some creative writing. Maybe I'll document my attempts at trying to better myself.

So, please dear reader, join me as I grow and try to become a better person.

Until next week, I remain

Randy

UPDATE: I’m Trying To Find A Specific Clip

On 6 November 2011, I wrote a post titled, "I'm Looking For A Specific Clip". This post can be found here. Unexpectedly, It has since become the second most viewed post on this blog. As I've not been updating this blog in a LONG time, I felt that it was time to post an update.

Sometime in the last two years my search came to an end. A friend of mine, with the help of some fine folks on Reddit, were able to find it. I post for you now the clip in question. It is as ridiculous and absolutely glorious as I remembered. ENJOY!

In Response to the Premiere Episode of “POP TEAM EPIC”

Hello, 2018, Pleased to Meetcha. Can We Be Friends?

I guess introductions are in order as you’ve just arrived. I’m Randy and this is my blog. More or less my home on the internet as I eschew most forms of social media. I might be getting old.
I’m sorry that 2017 gets such a bad rap, but it wasn’t a fun year. In fact, I say that it was a little frightening. 2017 was a year of hate, of hurt, and a world at the brink devouring itself. At least more so than normal. I hope that you don’t take offense.
2018, we place our hopes in you. We hope that you’ll be a year of heart, happiness, healing and redemption. If 2017 was the dark middle chapter, we hope that you’ll be our happy ending, a light in the dark.
I hope to speak with you again soon.