library adventure
Like many of my adventures, they start out in a library or bookstore or bar with a reading section set aside. There I was in an old part of Columbus, Ohio the bar I guess was actual in Reynoldsburg or a section of the town close to Columbus the bar has a reading section. I was drinking and reading an old comic books from the 70s. I had just finished a comic and was reading the aged advertisement. I enjoyed reading the advertisement in the old colors of the comic section Sea Monkeys turning the page.
An advert about the civil war soldiers tiny ones 150 packages with bridges, and three cannons. I did not see that advert in some years. Next to the advertisement was an odd advert. Mister Lee's school of superhero's training. The advertisement showed a man being splashed by water from what looked to be a tea pot.
Reading more out of curiosity the ad states to survive boiling water, sharp steel stabs, and falling into water at high heights. Subsequently, a mailing address in California and phone number at the bottom of the page. An old circle mark from a pen around the advert. Below the advertisement is the words I wish this to be true.
For the fun of it, I called thinking 40 years had passed maybe the school had too. A person answered "Mr. Lee's school of superhero training." Wondering more than anything I asked how much was the school and if the school was still in California? The answer depends on the stay and yes only one in California.
I asked about the classes and timeframe getting more interested in the training then I ought to at an old reading bar. The courses were specifically short-term, and one could take usual two a day or if there was a desire, a person could choose a polyphasic sleep course three weeks prior to taking a two-week course and potential take five courses within a two-week timeframe. The idea intrigued me greatly. I asked for a course catalog. There was a pause on the phone. How certain are you about taking the courses was the question with an implied the lady did not want to waste postage on a want to be a superhero? I answered that I had recently gone through an accident and had two months of vacation saved up. I could hear the smirk at the other end of the line. She took my mailing address.
I received the catalog three weeks later. I had forgotten so when I opened the large-size envelope I was surprised by the catalog. The courses were wild and amazing.
Memory improvement which I was reading about in the library, there was a teacher who had won some recollection award of memorizing pi to 3,000 places. The first course on the catalog was on how to withstand electricity shock the teacher having supposedly taken in 30 times the amount of electricity that normally kills a man. Another course on polyphasic sleep training to allow a person to sleep only four hours a day with a section of the program allowed to be home-schooled. More mind courses on studying to be a human calculator or memorize piano music by listening to the music once. Courses on climbing walls and acrobatics called the human spider course which says a special trainer will be introduced who will show how to mimic spider-silk and climb buildings like Spiderman. Swordsmanship hand-eye coordination course allowing a person to cut either a bullet shot at them or allowing a person to throw a fruit with a hand using the same hand to cut the fruit in half before the fruit reached the ground or sword swallowing. I took the catalog to work the next day.
Between conference calls listening to program build ups and software development, I browse through the catalog circling the courses of most interest. I selected the polyphasic sleep training figuring for two months I could work-out lose weight, and sleep while taking on an additional five courses all within a two-week vacation period. I fill out my vacation request form and send it into the headquarters. In two or three days I get a response approved.
Next I fill out a credit card application. The courses run a thousand dollars per week plus room and board; along with the flight, I figure I will spend nine thousand to learn some very useful skill sets. Skills that I acquired over a very short time. I pay my first thousand for the polyphasic sleep course. Expecting something different I receive something, which not disappointing but not what I expected. A regular routine with workout instructions for the other four courses which I applied for including some additional daily exercises with a circle around the word most useful to succeed in becoming a superhero.
The polyphasic sleep course breaks the day into six-hour time tables. And one hour to nap or sleep and five hours to stay awake and do something creative or be bored to death in the middle of the night when there is nothing to do. The first few days were exciting because I used the whole workout delivered. I went to the library and checked super memory books on how to improve my mind a supplemental course book suggested. I signed up for a seven-day free trial at the local gym that is opened 24 hours a day. There I took up weightlifting and a spin class to increase my flexibility. During the workday was the difficulty due to my work schedule requiring 9 to 11 hours a day I had to actually take a lunch nap which required me to stay even later at work to show that I spent my time at work. The problem of being honest is actually doing the work. For two weeks prior to the vacation, I learned memory, went from 21 percent body fat down to 11 percent. I gained flexibility to do forward rolls, backward rolls, and learned to stand on my hands for 15 minutes. Those two weeks were not bad for thousand-dollar investment.
I choice three other courses along with memory, and sleep. They are sniper lessons the ability to hit a target 1,000 meters away within a week or your money back, Train your arms to supply a superpower blow like a tiger claw and hold your breath for 6 to 10 minutes to dive to 150 feet. I had always wanted to join the military being an aries but asthma, and allergies had removed that career path, so I thought that learning to shot while on vacation would be worthwhile. The tiger claw description and picture of Bruce Lee striking a brick with an open hand claw were enough to make me want to be fearsome. The breathing technique described in detail about the diving course made sense to me, and I hoped would allow me to start running again because of all the pollen in the air my breathing was hard on a normal day.
For the sniper program, I started right away on eye coordination due to wearing glasses. I learned the basic standing or offhand position.
You have seen the movies where the good or bad-guy turns so that their port side is facing their target. The placing of the feet are important like left foot slightly to the right of the target having both feet about shoulder length apart. Always I learned the hard way brings the rifle up to your face instead of bending your head down or your face ends up with a rash burn on your ear. Make sure to snug the rifle to your shoulder while you breathe in, hold the rifle firmly and pull the trigger. All this I learned at Bob’s Alley gun shop lesson for those who want to buy an AK-15. Six lessons during my extra five hours two weeks prior to going on my vacation. Luck had me stumble upon a coupon which allowed me in for free. The other four main firing positions kneeling, prone, sitting, and squatting I was going to have to learn on my vacation.
The tiger style kung fu punch required me to start right away doing pushups. Then strengthening my fingers by removing one finger at a time until I could do 1,000 push up normal and 100 three finger push ups. Since I started right away I also learned that there are quite a few techniques to memorize 23 stances, 17 blocks, and 15 punches. Again being cheap I signed up for five weeks of free classes at several different studios and took the classes simultaneously using my recently added memory, I learned all 23 stances, most of the blocks and the 15 punches without being able to break a brick. I also learned that a tiger punch was more of a facial palm heel racking with the fingernail punch not a brick breaking punch. The humor of a comic book drawing bringing me into realization that the world lies often.
For the diving the 24-hour gym there was a pool. However, I learned that the quickest way to being able to hold your breath longer was to lose weight. I went from 21 percent body fat down quickly to 11 percent just adding sit ups and lunges to strengthen my stomach muscles. I started out day one being only able to hold my breath for 20 seconds. I figured by adding practice time and training, I would be capable to hold longer. The pushups, sit ups, and lunges with reduced body fat and practicing got me to hold my breath to five minutes prior to getting on my plane for my vacation.
During this sleep training change, memory workout, and adventures with kung fu, night gyms, and swimming my mind actually improved on working as a scheduler. I could remember dates to a greater degree and conversations better cutting down on a lot of recollections and rework of other people's indecisions during reporting periods.
Day of my flight was exciting. Arriving in California via route of Utah, I introduced myself to a lady that boarded there in Utah. Her name you would not believe it or not was Pink. She was not wearing anything Pink, in fact; she was very Gothic all in black. She was actually interested in me. Looking back I guess losing weight, and having muscles does pay-off. However, at the time, I was more into listening to her talk. She had a voice that could melt your heart. She was going to California for training, and if I understood correctly a singing career.
We both got off the plane, and I was surprised to see her trying to catch a cab outside. I was going to stay at a youth hostel and needed a ride also. I asked where she was going only to discover we were going to the same location.
We caught a ride together it was Sunday late having been on a plane eleven hours and worked four hours that day I was tired. The hostel was nice bunk beds, and community shower. I locked my stuff up in the locker provided put on shorts and went to shower. Not seeing a man or woman sign just seeing shower signs I went in a got ready for a shower. Surprise when Pink waked in the buff. At least, she was not shaved from the eyebrows down. She had hairy legs, and underarms she pretended to try to cover up. Myself manhood is what manhood does when seeing beauty. She said something like looking for a shower to shave. I turned around trying not to ogle her anymore than I had already done.