The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Feeling better, but not healed! Up at 5m cause of the hip, or is that a groin pull?! March Motion in the works, what’s the reason for this again? To learn how to create composite graphics. It’s okay if it takes time, but it still needs to be done. Newsletter in the works! Should have that out tonight, all about Ditan Park Temple Fair. Will get the Goggins challenge written up and done soon. Thinki...

4x4x48 done and done! 56 miles ~90.12kms all told. Why the difference? How did it go? What did I end up eating, sleeping, stretching, running? Any walking? Some articles on completing an ultra: Preparing for running an ultramarathon and how it's different from running a marathon: https://runnersconnect.net/ultra-marathon-guide-learn-maximize-performance/ On recovery: https://runnersconnect.net...

It begins! Busy weekend! 4x4x48 all weekend, started at 7.30am cause I had to work at 8.20. The schedule: Friday AM 8 1 Friday lunch 12 2 Friday aft work 4 3 Friday evening 8 4 Friday night 12 5 Sat morn 4 6 Sat morn 8 7 Sat lunch time 12 8 Sat after work 4 9 Saturday eve 8 10 Saturday night 12 11 Sun morn 4 12 Sun morn 8 13 (Sun lunch 12 14) The food: muesli, oats, milks, dried sweet potatoes, fr...

It’s the leap day of the leap year! Time to celebrate with… going to bed early! New vids up on the Language Vlog: a Chinese check in! A mistake-laced video talking about my current progress which, sadly, although better, I think I was talking about the same things last year at this time! Early to sleep to get a start on tomorrow! Carbs stocked, beverages, food all stocked and ready! Am I doing any...

Feeling better! Though still stuffy. No workout but I did work. Got paid, is this any different than how companies operate? Sixty or ninety days in arrears? What’s it like to move to Beijing? Good question. What do I remember of my first move? And the 4x4x48 is coming up, are you ready? Am I ready? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one and stay healthy out there!

I feel like sh!t! Covid? Seasonal flu? Knocked me out. Still got Chinese class done, but little else. What was the Great People’s Hall like? Qianmen for those little dough pancakes doused in garlic and butter. And a pound of Little White Rabbit candies. Very hard to chew! Workouts in! But an indoor run today as the smog was a little high AND I saw a news report about a dry lake bed from a lithium...

I saw Mao. What was it like? Bought some medals. Annual visit to Tiananmen Square, plus a stop at the first KFC in Beijing. Class cancelled as a result of a sore throat Again! Show to be continued because of a sore throat... Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good start of week!

End of week! These days fly by! Newsletter in the works! All about Ditan. Got an appointment this weekend but we’ll see if it goes through! Plane tickets expensive! How else to get around? Kazakh Russian class again, Chinese on deck for tomorrow! Gotta use up those packages! Workouts in! How was that morning run? It didn’t. Lunch time tho it did get done: 6.51km in 58.12. All the pull ups etc. Aft...

Gearing up for March Motion, but Simon Ubsdell is quitting Patreon! He’s like the Apple Motion guru! AI programs a go go! Just search on Taobao for how many different programs there are. This is what I was thinking of using to create a feature length movie. But… still need a story! Now, free or pay? How much would you spend? Kazakh Russian class done! Back to basics! Tomorrow’s workout… what will...

Kazakhstani Russian class done! Rough AF! How was the run this morning? 6.56km in 49.00. Was quite slippery and stopped to take pictures too! After work weight workout cause… Shot some B-Roll at lunch time. Debating the use of all these shots. STVSKRSKI tracks are up, I wonder if I could do live sets? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com I gotta get this thing automated already! Have a good...

We got snow?! Now I know what they mean that Beijing is a dry city. First SLV video posted in a long time! A longer video reviews my 2023 and what I expect to do in 2024. Chinese class again… gotta use up the package. Same with Russian. Newsletter in the works, how can I make this easier on myself? What if I just copy + pasted from the transcript of my audio blog and then only sometimes created a...

Recording early cause… new routine?? Chinese stock market how is it? Is the Spring break really over?! Where did my time go?? First Chinese class in a long time! Easy to talk, but understanding is still about 85-90%. Then why do I struggle so much in understanding others? Workouts in! Time for a change? Lunch time weights for 40 min and an after work run of 6.5 km in 40.09, about a 6.00 pace. What...

Knackered! Was that a week off? Ditan Park for the win ! Big Spring Festival Temple Fair. Took a lot of footage that we haven’t had for years. Lots of foods tried. Little pancakes called 炸灌肠 zha guan chang, chuaer, fake ice cream, Beijing traditional ice cream, etc. Got me thinking… what do I do with all of this footage? Remember I was thinking about starting a new-ish vlog channel? I think I m...

Black metal a go go - shows and bands coming back in numbers! Episode 44 recorded and in the books! Used RIverside to do the recording so it should be faster this way. Busted my mic stand in prep. Did some rope work after. Tomorrow temple fair? Thinking Ditan. STVSKRSKI continues on YouTube! Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!

So, was Carlson a stooge? Have you listened to the podcast yet? One thing I didn’t mention yesterday was about the claim of the USD being weaponized. The US govt is aware they’re doing this and many people in the US know this too.  And how is social media research going to? Rather well. Need to learn how to batch upload and schedule posts. Using Metricool to do this. -CSV files to the rescue! -Use...

It is warmer outside! Smoggy too. No run today as my legs were shot. Hungry much of the day, do I even know how to snack healthily? Another death. :’( A buddy’s nephew passed away in his early 20’s. So what about that Tucker Carlson interview? Key takeaways: his version of history is very Russo-centric. Where did the Rus begin from? The Ukrainians as borderland people, but then what are the Russia...

Wow what a weekend! There was some football game on and, Tucker Carlson interviewed Vladimir Putin! Workouts in! 6.52km at lunch in 45.38! Six days of running in a row! Feeling it! Plus, swings and lifts after 6. Spring Festival in full on quiet mode here in the capital. Haven’t gone anywhere and I’m just fine with that.  How was the weekend? Made it to 12.06, further than NYE! Barely any firework...

It’s finally here, with a four hour special! The Year of the Dragon begins at midnight! Chun lian 春联对联 are up, clothes washed, floor swept and… hair defo not cut. Workouts in! Lunch time run 6.62km in 59.14. A heavy-ish kettlebell workout later on. Got some other projects worked on, wondering how much time it takes to set this stuff up! Podcast episodes being arranged! STVSKRSKI continues… mor...

Done and done! Now the holidays begin! STVSKRSKI continues to crank out the tracks, would it be such a hassle to change this show’s intro n outro? What about a Year of the Dragon sample pack?? SkyRemit… again problems! Markets closed tomorrow, and things are quiet. Went for a run, why not? 6.52km in 53.53. How much abuse can the body endure? Newsletter… I ended up rewriting it all, will send it ou...

STVSKRSKI continues with more tracks uploaded. Some views already, no subscribers… go subscribe! Intro track courtesy of STV! And it’s all done! Aside from a work meeting tomorrow morning, we done for a week! Sending money through SkyRemit again, we’ll see if it works. Use another bank though, as Bank of China requires 50K minimum and Alipay charges you for the transfer fee.  Newsletter… may have...

Omg chips!!! Chinese stocks turn! Canadian energy pops!  Newsletter in the works! Python is the choice for automation. STVSKRSKI continues… Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good one!

Things are slowing down only to speed up! Workouts in! I fell! First time! 6.48km in 41.45, light workout after work. How to run a marathon, is it possible when you don’t have time to run with other people? STVSKRSKI now LIVE on the YouTube! @stvskrski Follow subscribe like and jive online! Chinese markets are closed on Friday so if you want your money, you need to sell by Wednesday so you can tak...

It’s the weekend! And I work! But things are winding down. New books! When will I even read them? Spent after work hours building up my Notion calendars and, of course, making another track for STVSKRSKI, or should I call that SKRSKISTV? Workouts in… ish. 4.61km with all the fixems in at 44.33. Started late so couldn’t really justify doing another lap. After work slow kbells but I’m hurting: elbow...

New month! Getting quiet out there! Jamuary done and posted! All up n done for this year. Next project STVSKRSKI on YouTube, a teack a day for the next 365 days. I have no idea if I’ll actually be able to do this. Posting videos there, may rip the audio and put that onto Bandcamp. Feature February 2024: got some ideas and that’s what this month is about: trying out a few things. It may guide the e...

End of the month! What a month! Jamuary done! Now to tidy up, backup and archive. New project will get going soon. Newsletter in the pipeline, look for it soon. February what to do, plan? Script? Shoot? Workouts in! Feeling a little bit better and stronger. 6.63km in 41.07. Some slam ball action. Kbells after work. And do you remember me saying one of the reasons I run four miles and not three or...