A Record Bench and a Locked Door (Part 1) – Mad Chaos: November 5, 1998

A Grand Prophecy for November

The month of November shalt be slow, of coquetry and blessed findings. Shall it be a month of proposed rights and impartial promises. ‘Tis one month from Summer and twofold from a new year. The millennium awaits, an with interest to shield proposals of a fallout of East 1999. Forthwith shalt be dealt like a hypothesis of Nostradamus, highly regarded predictions as truth. These words herald of a day that shall never fade and will exist upon words in all time. These are the words hither, my anecdote, my story, my legend.

Today has been an ongoing remembrance where I keep learning more that the world is a small place. To this I shall get to later but let me begin of my day which started at 2:30 p.m. Lyssa didn’t give me a call from work like I hoped she would, it would have woken me up earlier and given me a good start to the day, Lyssa’s voice. Knowing that I was due for a workout I had myself something to eat in the morning and for the next hour and a bit I listened to music.

Paperwork and a Phone Call

There was a letter from Centrelink for me stating that I hadn’t handed in a letter they asked me to fill out and finding the letter I realized I was two days late. Having one month to fill it out I must have forgotten but walking upstairs I had my parents fill out their bit and was ready to leave when the phone rang.

Keith called me and told me that Ace had the video of ‘Mimi Macpherson’ where she’s getting fucked. Keith wanted to bring the movie over along with a video player so he could get it dubbed for Ace. That was fine with me and we set the time for around 7:00 p.m. Shawn also gave me a call just before I left and he asked me what my plans were for the day. Shawn and Tatton wanted to drive to the beach but being 3:45 p.m. I gathered it was too late and I wouldn’t get back in time for Keith.

Locked Out Again

Heading to Campbelltown I had exactly half an hour to walk all the way to Centrelink but I gathered that if I didn’t make the distance it would have been a good warm-up for the Gym. Well, I walked to the doors of Centrelink and what do you know, they were closed. Looking inside I could see them just closing up so I stood there hoping someone would just open the door and let me hand in my form but five minutes later I got pissed off and left.

The walk home was nice with the sun beaming down on me, not too hot, nice. The time was 5:15 p.m. when I arrived home and almost immediately I picked up a towel and made my walk to Bradbury Gym. By now I was warm enough to handle heavy weights and let me tell you, I didn’t buckle under too much pressure and I finally upped my highest weight on Bench Press to 170 pounds…

Chasing a Personal Best

Chest: The very first set after stretching and riding the bikes was Peck Deck with an easy 60 pounds which I performed 20 reps with. Next on the warm-up list was Seated Machine Bench Press and with 60 pounds I performed 12 reps. Pullovers was next and with 35 pounds I concentrated on my breathing to lift the weights 12 times. Deciding upon a small change in the warm-up I performed 30 reps on Machine Ab Crunches with 20 pounds assistance to loosen up the middle of my body.

The real shit now started as I set up the Bench Press with a record weight of 170 pounds and I was a little hesitant. Warming up thoroughly I asked this big guy for a spot and helping me up with the weight I definitely done three reps by myself before I was assisted to complete 7 reps. Feeling that I didn’t want to ask him for another spot I walked to Seated Machine Bench Press and with 160 pounds performed 8 gut wrenching reps.

Putting the weight down to 140 pounds I performed 6 more reps and then quickly changing to 100 pounds performed 8 reps. 60 Pound Dumbbells for Incline Dumbbell Press was too much with one rep so I decreased the weight to 55 pounds and performed 6 reps. Peck Deck was next and with 120 pounds I performed 10 hard reps. Jumping onto assisted Dips with 50 pounds assistance I performed 10 reps. Last on the agenda was Pullovers and decreasing my highest weight to 55 pounds I performed 10 reps.

Arms Back and Abs

Biceps: Once again Biceps was given priority over my back and by this time I had noticed Tod whom I talked to for a minute and also Redd who waved to me first. There was an Indian girl there that kept looking at me and at the end of the day I walked into the weighing room on purpose because she was there. Both of us walked out at the same time so I smiled at her, she smiled back.

Anyway, my Biceps, the first exercise of warming up was Standing Cable Curls with 30 pounds and 12 reps. Next was a warm-up on Preacher Cable Curls with 20 pounds and 12 reps. Moving to Standing Cable Curls once again I performed 10 exhausting reps with 60 pounds. Moving to Standing Dumbbell Curls I performed 6 intense reps with 35 pound Dumbbells. Performing 8 reps with 30 pound Dumbbells I then moved to Preacher Cable Curls with 40 pounds and I finished 10 reps.

Back: Warming up with an exercise I’ve neglected for my whole time back at the Gym I only realized after coming back home how much I was lifting and the importance of this exercise, Close Grip Lat Pulldowns. Starting with 50 pounds I warmed with 10 reps and then pushing the weight to 120 pounds I performed 10 reps.

Moving to Wide Grip Lat Pulldowns I warmed up once again with 40 pounds and 12 reps. Increasing the weight to 80 pounds I performed 8 desperate reps. Moving to Seated Cable Rows I performed 10 reps with 120 pounds. Last on the agenda was One Arm Dumbbell Rows and picking up 60 pounds I performed 12 reps per hand, pretty easy.

Abdominals: Last on my agenda I decided to finish off the wound and already an hour into the workout I started fast. Machine Ab Crunches was the weapon for two sets of 30 reps with 30 pounds.

Dinner and a Dodgy Tape

Upon arriving back home I waited upon Keith to come over and getting my bowl of Spaghetti, Broccoli and four pieces of chicken my after-workout meal was set. Keith and Ace came over ten minutes after I started eating and chucking the two videos together we started to watch the home made pornographic movie of what was supposed to be Mimi Macpherson. The picture was shit and apart from two or three minutes of sex Mimi keeps fingering herself.

Looking at this guy’s sexual activity and then looking at what I always did for Lyssa, comparing the two I feel sorry for Mimi. This guy only lasted a couple of minutes with her and after rolling over he let her get off on her fingers. My rule of thumb is simple, no less than an hour, plenty of foreplay (Not included in the hour of lovemaking) and of course, the most important face, the female gets to orgasm every single time. Maybe I give too much towards sex but hey, I’m there to enjoy it.

Ace Wants to See Lyssa

Tatton and Shawn came over ten minutes after they did and as they sat down there were five of us sitting around. Ace commented on my speakers and how they were pretty large. What got me wondering was when Keith told me that Ace wanted to see a picture of Lyssa because he thought he knew her. Obviously I started thinking of the worst and thought that Ace either knew someone that flirted with her and succeeded while I was going out with her, Ace wanted to get onto her or someone wanted her.

Those were the surreal thoughts running through my head as I handed him the photo album but there was also the side of me that said “Yep, that beautiful girl over there with the blonde hair was my girlfriend for a year, feast your eyes because you can never have it”. That I was, proud to have gone out with someone as beautiful as Lyssa but I couldn’t help to wonder why Ace wanted to look at the photo’s of her. Keith made it clear to me later in the car as I asked him “Why did Ace want to see pictures of my girlfriend”.

Ralf drove to my house soon after that and as he also stepped into my room to view the movie that was playing I couldn’t help but to think that the old days were once again back, people were flocking once again to my house. Those thoughts were aided when we heard a motorbike out the front of my house and gathering it could only be Jett I let him in.

Jett was driving his brother’s motorbike but he informed me that tomorrow is the day he buys a $2500 bike for himself, he’ll be over. All of us were sitting in my room and Tatton installed the connections to the back of the video’s when we started taping. Stopping after Mimi’s video was finished we realized that the video wasn’t taping. Tatton didn’t set up the cables properly so he set them up again and I started taping.

Keith had to leave for Tamsen’s house to have dinner so Ace got a lift with him leaving the movie and video at my house. The rest of us kept watching the video but then Shawn and Tatton left and it was soon Jett and I. We conversed about this Friday and how he’ll come out to the Catholic Club with us if we end up going.

Lyssa Sounds Down

Ten minutes later Jett also left my house and that left me with my computer and the video. Stopping the video I found that it wasn’t taping again, Tatton fucked up the connections. Lyssa gave me a call around 8:00 p.m. and sounding quiet on the phone she was distinctly upset for some reason. Asking what the problem was she said she had none but then she told me she waited for my call yesterday but it didn’t come.

Apologizing I know I had no time to give Lyssa a call because as soon as I woke up Keith picked me up. The only time I was back at home was past 10:30 p.m. and I knew I couldn’t give Lyssa a call. Ali did buy flowers last night from across the street from Mobil. The flowers were for Penelope obviously because they had a big fight.

That fight could have been over him losing the Celica but I didn’t make it aware to Lyssa yet that I even knew about that and I didn’t want to ask Lyssa if that was the trigger for her to be angry at me on Sunday night. Lyssa didn’t go out last night with Ali and Penelope even though she was invited but I don’t even think the two of them were together.