Stepford Wednesday

Hey everybody!

I was having kind of a cynical day yesterday, so I'm whipping myself back into a good mood with one really long workout. If you want to split it into two shorter ones feel free, I'll show you where I'd make the cut :).

First let's hash out what the jumping intervals are for today:
1 round is:
1 min jacks with mini straddle jump (the ones I described yesterday)
1 min get ups
1 min wide leg jumping
1 min get ups
1 min shadow roping

Workout of the Day: Dive Bombers Exercise Challenge
1 round of jumping intervals
Tabata Squats (10 seconds rest 20 seconds MAXIMUM EFFORT - 8 rounds)
------if you want to do two workouts this is the end of workout 1------
1 round of jumping intervals
Tabata Lunges (10 seconds rest 20 seconds MAXIMUM EFFORT - 5 rounds each leg - plant your feet and lower into the full lunge - back knee should LIGHTLY touch the floor, front knee NEVER goes over your front toes - and all the way back up to two straight legs)
1 round of jumping intervals
8 minute abs

Alright. Now for the Stepford commentary. One afternoon when I was tutoring a couple of girls in Gen Chem one of them made a crack at me for being a Stepford. When I asked her for clarification she said I do what I'm supposed to do, make good grades, help other people etc. Basically, I don't fall out of line and I do it with a smile.

So here's my own assessment of the situation. The list of reasons that make me Stepford-y:
1) Unless it's above 90 degrees - I never go to school in a shirt sans some kind of collar
2) I am an academic perfectionist. I never strive to make an A, I always strive to make a 100 or get whatever the maximum amount of points is and all bonus on top.
3) I don't "accessorize". Cheap crappy accessory beaded necklaces and earrings or those made with huge nickel wire loops or enormous rhinestones may be de rigueur in night time situations, but I refuse. I only buy real jewelry, and the only things that ever change when I go "out" are my rings. Specifically I have a killer vintage 1960's yellow gold ring with a 10x13mm opal on it that I absolutely love. It was appropriate then, and I get tons of compliments on it 50 years later - so it fits my requirements.
4) My favorite drinks are: dirty martini, gin and tonic, Guinness
5) I have the same Ralph Lauren cable knit sweater in 5 colors.
6) I have a Chocolate Lab.
7) My go to hair style is a straight side parted low bun. I wear it this way everyday.
8) I bake our dog treats from scratch using organic ingredients. Don't want to kill the pups with preservative laden garbage.
9) My favorite look on a guy is: well fitting jeans, a white button down (cuffs sloppily rolled up), new balances and a shitty old ball cap.
10) You'll see me in a headband, but never in a hat. Seriously. Girls in fedoras or other weird hats is just . . . no. Menswear inspired shoes: good. Menswear inspired headwear: bad. Exception: post workout hair ball capping is necessary sometimes.

Reasons I am not a Stepford.
1) I have a huge problem with authority. Primarily because the "authority" is usually a total moron.
2) I bite my nails.
3) I say fuck. A lot. Not around kids or in an environment that could affect me professionally - but in my comfort zone, it flies.
4) I have some pretty unpopular opinions about schoolteachers (as in high school and younger - NOT professors) and police officers.
a) "Those who can't do, teach." Applies to school teachers more recently than historically. Back in the day when teaching was one of the only jobs women could routinely get, the quality of teachers was much better, I think. God knows I learned a lot from all of my teachers who were older - but the younger ones we're noticeably less bright. Glaring exception: my old roommate Teresa who is one of the smartest people I know.
b) Police officers? Can pass a polygraph, and that's about all.
**These are generalizations - OBVIOUSLY - so no anecdotal retorts**
5) I don't bake for people. Because free radicals and cancer cells feed on sugar, and I don't want to kill my friends :).
6) I don't drink (anymore).
7) I dabble with tennis, but I really prefer to lift weights.
8) I never straighten my hair.
9) I don't wear make up about half of the time, in public or otherwise.
10) I have had about a billion piercings in the past - now I just have one in each ear, and two in my belly button (top and bottom) *gasp*. And I have a (small) tattoo on my foot *double gasp*.

All in all, I'd agree that I look the part (you can't see the piercings or tattoos because of clothes and shoes) and have some traditional leanings that would put me in the "Stepford" category. However, I tend to think the defining characteristic is willing subservience and mindless adherence to social norms. Because I neither have an "assistant" brain/mindset, nor am I prone to espouse any particular opinion because the contrary is unpopular, I'm quite certain I do not fit the mold of a Stepford.

But maybe that's just because being a Stepford isn't socially acceptable :P.

ROCK!

*******UPDATE*******

Dive Bomber Challenge: 65 (One behind Zuzana - DAMN.)
Tabata Squats: 17/16/15/14/14/14/14/12
Tabata Lunges L: 18/18/16/15/14
Tabata Lunges R: 19/18/16/15/15

Total Squats: 116
Total Lunges L: 81
Total Lunges R: 83

I didn't write down the reps of the get ups during the jumping because there was no break between the intervals.

Now to Biochem 2 for an hour. The only thing that makes going to school on a day like today palatable is organic decaf with a splash of coconut milk in my travel French press.