aphtyr v.9 [ exploration ]

december 31, 2008
2008

it's the last day of 2008, so i figure i'm obligated to make a post today in order to have a december post.

looking back a year ago, it looks like i was doing metcon and rearranged my room. coincidentally i rearranged my room again (although i now hardly spend any time there), but i have pretty much abandoned metcon (something i should probably change).

i enjoy achieving certain goals as you probably already know, and over the course of 2008 i think my top achievements were:

1) developing the strength for the handstand press (among other pressing movements) and,
2) learning to solve rubik's cube

some other notable happenings that weren't achievements include giving up balisong collecting and relegating parkour training to the summer (though not voluntarily).

some goals for next year include the backflip and stronger handstands.

below i've put together a little movie of clips from my iphoto albums (33.2 MB). hope you enjoy and have a great new years!

scene listing in chronological order:
JAN:
- continuous motion aerial practice
- traying at wellesley
- robot competition at mit
FEB:
- fred wesley and trombonists at berklee
MAR:
- parkour at bentley
- ninja attack
- pranking evan
APR:
- first boston marathon in person
MAY:
- revisiting rochester parkour spots
JUL:
- boston july 4th crowds
- first muscle-up on tape
- 270 cat at clarke middle school
- car trick
- wall spins at mit
- parkour at gordon college
AUG:
- biking cape cod
- better muscle-ups
- successful one-arm push-up
SEP:
- even better muscle-ups and pull-overs?
- hayden parkour and accident
- birthday one-arm push-up reps
- birthday L-sit pull-outs
- birthday muscle-ups and transition to L-sit
OCT:
- hiking mount monadnock
- left-handed one-arm chin-up holds
- L-sit to handstand press
DEC:
- L-sit to handstand press (again)
- assisted one-arm handstand holds

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