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    I have seen those shoes...I think they are fugly, but maybe they're awesome enough to be worth it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leah Lutz View Post
    I have seen those shoes...I think they are fugly, but maybe they're awesome enough to be worth it.
    They aren't Romaleos, so they probably aren't.

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    Pleased to see you are still alive in the Capital!

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    Quote Originally Posted by stuffedsuperdud View Post
    After months of hurrying up and waiting, I have successfully relocated to Washington, DC. Take that Gilchrest! Well, actually I've been here two weeks now, but my personal computer was broken until just now (still broken, but limping) and the IT guys at work really don't like it when people surf the net, and I can't type on my phone real good, which brings us to this moment.

    Random knowledge
    -I am sharing a large house in Virginia with three hot girls in their mid-20s. When I was 18 I would have sported a raging hard-on all day every day in eager anticipation for the reverse gangbang that was certainly around the corner. But I am no longer 18 so I am mostly trying to keep the guys they have over from using my soap and towel. Also, we probably can't bang anyway since I am still sleeping on the floor surrounded by a moat of underwear and luggage, because I haven't made the requisite Ikea run yet...and I'm sort of getting used to this so maybe I'll just spend the $300 of furniture money on hookers instead.

    -The weather is exciting here, but I'm wearying of native Washingtonians acting all smug whenever they catch me sweating in what is apparently a relatively mild June.

    -Liquor laws. WTF? Guess the "Whiskey comes from Trader Joe's" memo didn't get here in time.

    -I have nowhere to train. A cursory glance suggested that my only options in DC / NOVA are CF gyms, and that there are no sleazy Polish coaches anywhere to be found. This is fast turning into a medical emergency. Inb4 I run LP for a FIFTH time.

    -More exciting/amusing updates to follow, maybe. I've been in a constant state of fatigue since getting here: I flew in on a Saturday night, started work the next Monday morning, and as luck would have it, my boss is the first supermotivated Fed I've met, who likes to start at 6, so we all start at 6, hence the aforementioned state of unpacking and such. A human can only arrive for work before the security detachment for so many times before he turns into a zombie....

    The shoes:
    Given how many times I've seen some manbunned hipster DB slam-bar-kill-PR a 58kg barbell, I wouldn't be surprised if this kickstarter thing at least gets this first product out. They...actually do look kind of like what I had in mind when I mentioned the idea all those months back. Quality-wise, a few red flags though:

    1. I'm kind of wary of how few pictures there are
    2. "Top grain" is, generally actually a bug, not a feature: it means the leather had blemishes and whatnot that they had to sand off, thus making no longer "full" grain. But this is an athletic shoe that will take a beating, so that's okay in itself, but indicative of shortcutting.
    3. "Small-batch workshop" is probably supposed to sound artisanal and whatever, but what it probably really means is they found some factory in Leon, Mexico or maybe Portugal that will cater to their unusual design and low production run for cheap.
    4. The heel is leather, not wood...and wood is 99% of the appeal of pre-CrossFit shoes, so what's the point again, except...
    5. ....yea, hipster lifters. Fools and money and the easy separation thereof?

    I might be okay with pay $150 for this thing if quality-wise it's what I am imagining, measured against the $200 that my 2008 Adistars cost. I am known for being overly harsh, so maybe I'm wrong and these will be a kickass product even for $300+. I guess all we can do is just wait and see.
    Why not 727s ?!

    My two friends in dc both had home setups. One lived a few miles from the sspt joint too

    Hop on Craigslist and find a friend with a garage. Lol

    Glad you alive man !

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    Thanks man! After a few weeks, I'm finally starting to get settled.

    Training:
    I found a gym finally but the hours aren't as flexible so it's just a matter of timing it with my work schedule. I'll probably end up training alone Saturdays and Sundays, and with coaching MTTh or something like that. Should be fun. The gym is full of CF dbags that I'll probably hate, but I they do have a separate WL-only side so hopefully the friction will be minimal. That's not to say weightlifters can't be dicks, esp the new ones. I showed up straight from work and was still dressed like a dork. The whole time I was signing the waivers, some fuckstick was rolling his eyes at me......while jerking 50kg from the blocks at around 80kg BW....so we'll see, I guess.

    Boozing:
    Thanks to VA's liquor laws, a bottle of Laphroaig cost me about $60 today so that's bullshit. I also found a trend where distilleries are releasing "special edition" type things of their core products, which really just means underaged version of their stuff that they're popping out early to appease the unexpected demand. The price of Lagavulin in particular has skyrocketed to like $110 a bottle; it's dramatic price spike relative to that of other Islay whiskies suggests that a significant portion of hte demand comes from noobs imitating Ron Swanson?? Fuck, I hate hipsters.

    Tailoring:
    This is still up in the air. I see Geoffrey Lewis getting a lot of internet praise but that place seems like a wannabe version of the set from Kingsman, and I'd rather not pay a premium for their having a mahogany table in the middle of the room if I can help it. I mean, really, all I need is a sleazy old European guy cupping my nuts, after all. Anyone have any recommendations for the DC metro area?

    Roommates:
    Three hot girls in their 20s walking around in their underwear all evening and I couldn't give any fewer fucks........and that's how I know I'm probably an adult at this point in my life. Or maybe I'm just numb from excessive use of interracial gangbang porn over the years.

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    Tailoring in DC. Their is a kick ass Asian shop across from the Marine Barracks on 8th and "I" S.E. I went through that mill in 91 and the shop is still there as of 4 years ago.

    They do a lot of uniforms for the barracks so you may have to time your visit when they aren't running Marines through for dress uniforms.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bryanccfshr View Post
    Tailoring in DC. Their is a kick ass Asian shop across from the Marine Barracks on 8th and "I" S.E. I went through that mill in 91 and the shop is still there as of 4 years ago.

    They do a lot of uniforms for the barracks so you may have to time your visit when they aren't running Marines through for dress uniforms.
    Awesome. Will keep this handy. In the interim, I dropped off an old pair of pants with an old Korean guy near my house as a test run. Will see how it goes.


    TRAINING ZOMGWUTWUT:
    Snatch:
    Super heavy-ass bar x many
    40kgx3x3
    50x3x2
    60x3x2
    70x1,0,0,1,2
    60x4

    I was probably in a state of heat exhaustion by the time I got to 70, and was definitely lightheaded; it's a CF gym with a weightlifting program in the back, so of course the whole place was like 110°F and humid. The native Washingtonians were doing all right, but they did get a kick out of seeing the asshole from California sweating puddles.

    Snatch high pulls:
    90x4x2
    100x4x2

    Tore a callus because I've developed baby soft hands these past few weeks. The better for pleasuring my manfriend with, I guess. VERY SORE even before I left the gym. Holy crap.

    Time to drink. I occurred to me that my previous jobs were more like playing around, because academics and startup leaders have one thing in common (esp if the latter was formerly the former) and that they're both disorganized ADHD motherfuckotons who let the staff run free. Feds....not so much, and for the first time, I am actively looking forward to weekends....

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    I must have overdid it on Friday, because I was destroyed all weekend. Legs felt fine, actually, but my back was smoked. Took it a bit more conservatively today by working in with some guy's snatches and just futzing around with cleans, jerks, and presses. The weights were in the 40kg-60kg territory. Then I I squatted while some guy snatch-balanced, again up to 60kgx10. Lame yea, but whatever.

    I noticed that one of the women CFers is significantly stronger than the rest, including most of the men, and shaped exactly like if they invented a comic book character that did CF, i.e. take She-Hulk and pump up her upper back and calves, pack everything in Lululemon, and there you go. Stand by for inevitable awkwardness as I engage in a futile gym mating ritual over the next few months.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stuffedsuperdud View Post
    I must have overdid it on Friday, because I was destroyed all weekend. Legs felt fine, actually, but my back was smoked. Took it a bit more conservatively today by working in with some guy's snatches and just futzing around with cleans, jerks, and presses. The weights were in the 40kg-60kg territory. Then I I squatted while some guy snatch-balanced, again up to 60kgx10. Lame yea, but whatever.

    I noticed that one of the women CFers is significantly stronger than the rest, including most of the men, and shaped exactly like if they invented a comic book character that did CF, i.e. take She-Hulk and pump up her upper back and calves, pack everything in Lululemon, and there you go. Stand by for inevitable awkwardness as I engage in a futile gym mating ritual over the next few months.
    Do it.

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