Monthly Archives: June 2010
Storage In Portsmouth – Helping You Grow Up
There are few indisputable facts in the world, but here are a few of them: guys who dress as Santa are creepy, water is wet and men never really grow up. I’ve got a fairly extensive comic collection and spend way more money than I should on gadgetry, films and video games, not to mention that I down a ridiculous amount of energy drinks to get myself through the day (because I’ve been staying up all night playing video games). Essentially, I still live like I’m a student, as did one of my friends. However, he’s just started making out like he’s an adult and all his comics into storage in Portsmouth.
It was the end of an era when he moved away from Colchester and headed up to Portsmouth with his other half for a job; we used to head to the comic shop every week just to see what was out like the dutiful geeks we were, and we used to head to the pub and discuss them at least once a week, or our ideas for our own series, which got more and more outlandish every time, especially as the evenings went on and more beer was quaffed. Unfortunately, however, those days are gone, he’s moved away and his other half’s having a baby, meaning that he’s having to become an adult.
By ‘becoming an adult’, we mean that the room which was full of comic boxes, framed artwork and everything else that he’d accumulated over the years has been cleared out to accommodate a cot and everything else that miniature human needs. Everything has gone into a storage unit in Portsmouth, the room’s a pleasing shade of yellow and our chats don’t revolve around comics anymore – at least they don’t if the missus is within earshot!
I suppose that’s the thing about guys – we’re all big kids at heart, but ultimately, we’ll wear a grown-up mask when we have to and his dropping the collection into storage in Portsmouth is a symptom of that. It doesn’t mean that he won’t ask me what’s happening in the latest Iron Man series or sneak a look at the trade paperbacks every now and then, but he’s at least pretending that he’s grown out of comics for the time being – at least until the new arrival’s old enough to read them.
Not Growing Quickly Enough? That’s What Protein Shakes Are For
I’m not someone who’s known for my patience, so perhaps I have unrealistic expectations of looking like Leonidas a few months after joining a gym and lifting a couple of times a week, but even so, I really feel like I should be getting quicker gains. I reckon it’s got something to do with my stupidly fast metabolism, so I’ve decided to counter that with some protein shakes.
I was in two minds about starting a course of these things – there are always the horror stories that happened to a friend of a friend of a friend, they’re not exactly cheap and there’s always the concern that they just won’t work. Protein shakes have always been something that I was a little wary of, plus I wasn’t quite sure if I was ‘cheating’. I want the results, but I don’t want to get them via nefarious means.
Not quite how I want to look.
The thing was, exercise and healthy eating just wasn’t getting me any gains. I was getting stronger, but no bigger, so I decided that protein shakes were the way to go.
I’ve had nicer tasting drinks, but I do seem to be putting on some muscle by taking these a couple of times a day. All told it seems to be doing the job, so I’ve made worse investments.
