The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Murph: 2.08 mile warm up - 20.52 Unweighted 1 mile - 9.17 Workout 16x - 29.37 5 pull ups 10 pushups 15 air squats 1 mile - 8.55 Felt pretty good after and did think of doing the whole 20 rounda but was wanting to leave some left for the afternoon. But did get me thinking that it is possible, unweighted, to complete the whole thing. Language convo class at 5.30, wanted to try pure conversation prac...

Internet issues so no livestream :( DELTA module to begin, lots of reading and theory to go through. Was told to plan to go through the whole thing, not just one part HSK 5 and language proficiency -how do you know when it'a good enough? PLUS! A reader's comments! And when HR leaves, is it all over? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have a good end of week!

Ukrainian independence day A reading of some Ukrainian Today's bike ride, subway was packed going there Had to sign two documents and do it in person because of my foreign passport. The lady I know there I havent seen in years and she was surprised at how thin I was compared to before. A drop of 18kg! Workout completed A little bit depressing to see and hear so many people leaving. Do you think we...

Smells like smoke? Nearing the end of ghost month No mirrors to decorate the room or else you'll see a ghost... yea, your own face in the middle of the night! Watched the 2015 Murph challenge, they do it all at once, no sets! He ran the last mile in 8 minutes! Nowhere near this level of fitness! Need to work out how I'll get the morning workout done as I have to be across town in the morning. Anot...

Out Saturday night, went on for a bit, new place opened up Last full week of August already, are you having fun? Humidity has moderated Workouts arent as intense, feeling a little sluggish but still putting in the time Tired of not being able to travel if only just to see something SLV vids up Using YouTube shorts to post more travels vids, bike rides on hethe weekend Where could you live for $100...

If i had the money, what would I do with my time? Learn languages -never talked about this yesterday New SLV vids up TikTok and YouTube Shorts: okay to poat old travel videos? A walk down memory lane for me! Dual workouts, -Half Murph this morn but with 4.? kg, about 8 lbs or so. 10 rounds: Mile 1: 9m 46s Workout: 26m 11s Mile 2: 10m 28s Continue to watch Prehistoric Planet. This is soooo cool! Oh...

Raining all day! No bike ride, slept in, but did some mobility work in the morning SSP31 up! You can download the mp3 through Google Drive on my website or hit me up on Wechat and I'll send it to you. Language learning channel brainstorming... Metaverse n nft classroom, is it something teachers to use? Send yourself to the classroom? Can students use it or is it just for an 'open office hour' clas...

ANDREW BUSTAMANTE! Not what I said before. Watching Prehistoric Planet on Apple TV. Everything seems to either eat or kill something else. How do they remember that one or another creature will eat you? If you have to ask what an 18-hour work day is... Doing the DELTA! Aaaannnndddd... EPISODE 31 IS FINALLY UP! Rachel Weiss from the Date night China podcast joins me to talk about podcasting, being...

Humidity down so it is cooler and much nicer than a week ago! Power brownouts in parts of the country, should I feel bad about using my fan? Realize that it's difficult to fall asleep with it on and... even with the crickets outside! 18 hour work days, could you do it? Dr. Jordan Peterson talks about this especially as it pertains more to men than women in the late 30s. Well, sheeit, am I going th...

World population to hit 8 billion, so? Are people still not having kids because it hurts the environment? Havent heard that argument in a while Salman Rushdie stabbed! I remember when Satanic Verses came out... still havent read it Double workouts HSK vocab... 97 minutes on Sunday! Have I been slacking that much? Still no HSK results just yet. 24 miles around 2nd ring road! YouTube shorts seems to...

Listening to PT Barnum's "The Art of Getting Money". Known for his Barnum & Bailey circus that ran until 2017. USAmerican entrepreneur, in his introduction to this book he says alcohol and tobacco are two of the biggest problems that young people face, especially those who think themselves business savvy. Turns out he was a big smoker and boozer before a visit to Europe which changed his mind. Dua...

Joe Rogan reads TikTok's TOS: is it just a data mining app? Contrast Gary Veynarchuk's 'get on TikTok' and his claim that China will surpass the US within the next decade or so. You on it? Writing a book in 30 days by James Altechur -Could I write a book for ESL learners? Language learners? Given the big push towards audio, do you really want to hear everything? Or what about these services that o...

Ukraine hits Crimea... why they cant use the weapons to go further into Russia double workouts... TWO rounds of skip n ballz! Vocab review, it's all I do Sanya 80,000 tourists kept from leaving... there could be worse places I guess On travelling and tourism: since Tibet is closed, they have suggested alternative routes -would you rather travel on your own (no guide) or go on a packaged tour? New...

11 mile bike ride in the morning, get up n get it done Gotta use up Russian lessons Never seen anti-Russian sentiment so high before amongst the people I know. Foreign Affairs article. What would it take? 生闷气 (-悶氣) shēng mènqì - sulky -Are the Chinese people you know a little downtrodden? Sky miles are disappearing Metaverse for F1?! Pro sports?! NFTs are hockey players you create and train V...

Humidity hits 84%?! Internet problems... is it just me? Internet repair in Chinese! Thank goodness for translatation and multiple connection lines! Setting up some new channels for the podcast and possibly will keep the audio blog separate. Also thinking of how to spin off May You Make Your Movie into a separate project. Sanya hit by THE VIRUS! When will this end? And... turns out some universitie...

Nice and quiet today! No generator! Slow n twenty workout today, focused more on technique and going slow Early cause invites to go out More people leaving but staying in Beijing 'Because if you don't you'll have to update your resume' - a little quote or saying I came up with to motivate myself. Animations continue... animating bean makes it look like a ball sack some times. Show notes tracks n v...

Qixi day... another Valentine's Day in China Pelosi gone, internet a little bit better, but not much Half bike ride today, lots of mobility work. Humidity high, rainstorm finally to cool things down! Show notes tracks n vids on stevensirski.com Have a good one!

Humidity high! Affecting workout performance. Few more animations done, need to soundtrack. Leaving open the idea of using anything to animate, but I want to focus on animation this month. A guy I know wrote a few improvised songs for his kid so I used them as inspiration. China elections coming up, bet you didn't think they happen but yes, they do. Coincidentally, Evergrande executives forced to...

Reading some articles on Germany before the war... Foreign Affairs between 1931 and 1940. They saw what was happening. Have a few other articles I want to read on the subject as I find it fascinating and just a touch of a warning in some way. Just something to look out for. Cyncism is popular, but why don't people reject their passports? They choose to live somewhere else yet they hold on. Bike ri...

Humidity and connection issues! Knife Sharpener actually sings! Compound clarified with pesticide! New month! Civic holiday in Canada, Dauphin's CNUF and Folklorama kick off this week. Looks like it's in full swing, I've never seen another city put on a show for each culture in the city. Food, traditional clothing and dance, items for sale from that country. I don't think I ever went to the Chines...

A weekly wrap up of the topics discussed on this week's podcasts! July 25 to 29 2022.

End of month! Humidity hits! Tough waking up today, is skipping destroying me? Or was it the Nordic curls I tried yesterday? I feel those today! Haven't felt a strained muscle in a very long time! Quarter Murph done and another two miles and slow mo workout in the aft. Gold bounces! Crypto charges! If you're not publishing, do you exist? What do you think? August Animation? With work hitting full...

HUGE shout out to the coders n programmers that have created such cool tech! Trying to livestream from my.phone while using the recorder app AND overlaying show notes from another APP! Simply neat and impressice! More SLV vids up: walking and eatinf chocolate. Can't live stream from my phone cause I don't have enough subscribers on Youtube just yet. So go subscribe! :D August animation... have bee...

Right... livestreaming can have connectivity issues. Sprints... still... eeech, BUT, I've noticed that doing sprints of skipping has been cutting down on fat. Like, noticeably! There's something beautiful about hearing the rain... but can you sleep with it always there? HSK flashcards continue... SLV videos continue and an idea for a TikTok channel! Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com!...

Flash card HSK - slowly going through the several decks I have have: physical, Ankidroid x3, and Memrise. New vids up on SLV, tongue twisters! Are they actually useful for teaching ESL? SpaceLab, ever been? Neat but food is only 还可以. A report from Slovenia and... Georgia! Live streaming... did I just eliminate my evenings out?! Is there another way I could do this to give me some flexibility? S...