Gym. I workout four days a week. I follow four weight training programs from bodybuilding.com at the gym. I follow five weight plate and dumbbells training programs for my home mini-gym. I jog around the neighborhood. I continue to improve my workouts.
Movies. Watching good movies is worth my time. I avoid stupid movies. I'm picky purchasing movies for which I ask myself the question, "Am I going to watch the movie multiple times?" If the answer is yes, then I purchase the movie. My all-time favorites are the following: 12 Angry Men, A Few Good Men, A League Of Their Own, Aliens, All The President's Men, Ben Hur, Black Hawk Down, Breaking Away, Casablanca, Clerks, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Good Will Hunting, Hot Fuzz, La La Land, Little Miss Sunshine, Mary Poppins, Office Space, Parasite (2019), Saving Private Ryan, Stand By Me, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, The Dark Knight, The Godfather, The Lion King, The Princess Bride, The Shawshank Redemption, The Sound Of Music, Titanic, Toy Story, Wall Street, and UP!
The Outdoors. I started hiking in Mar 2009. My favorite places to hike are Castle Rock State Park, Angel Island State Park, and Point Lobos State Natural Reserve. I hike, camp, and backpack anywhere including urban hiking and open trails. Give me my hiking hat and my hiking shoes. I like to see new scenery.
I live my life post COVID-19 global pandemic. I socialize with or without my mask. It's a judgment call. I eat inside restaurants. I work out at the gym; although, I still wear a face mask. I continue to take the virus seriously.
Board Games. I play children games such as Chutes & Ladders and Candy Land; mainstream games such as Monopoly and chess; card games such as Ascension and Fluxx; party games such as Pictionary and Beyond Balderdash; family games such as Dixit; and Eurogames such as Viticulture and Puerto Rico. I also play Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and Japanese or Riichi Mahjong. My favorite casino game is craps.
Music. Classic rock, classical music, classic jazz, and big bands are my favorite music. The Beatles is my all-time favorite band. Let It Be is my all-time favorite Beatles song. Paul McCartney is my favorite Beatle. I listen to 80s and 90s rock and pop most of the time. I listen to classic rock during my home workouts.
Podcasts. I listen to 99% Invisible, Damon Bruce Plus, Freakonomics, Lex Fridman, MuggleCast, Sex With Emily, Stuff You Should Know, The Krueg Show, and The Weekly Show With Jon Stewart. My current events podcasts are 60 Minutes and Nightline. My retired podcasts are Car Talk, NBC Sports Bay Area Happy Hour, and The Dave Ross Commentary.
Sports. I follow the headlines in football, baseball, and basketball. I'm a San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants, Golden State Warriors, San Jose Sharks, and San Jose Earthquakes fan. I follow the headlines for college football and college basketball casually especially the bowls games and March Madness, respectively.
Joe Montana is my favorite 49ers player. Buster Posey is my favorite Giants player. Stephen Curry is my favorite Warriors player. Joe Pavelski is my favorite Sharks player. Chris Wondolowski is my favorite Earthquakes player.
Books. I moved my books read to My Books Read. The list is sorted by author's last name. In particular, I read the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling from Sep 2019 to Mar 2020. I'm decades late to the party. My favorite characters are Harry Potter, Minerva McGonagall, and Sirius Black. Gryffindor is my house. My wand is a white 10.75 inches made of oak with a phoenix feather core. My patronus is a tiger. My favorite volume is either Year 5 The Order Of The Phoenix or Year 7 The Deathly Hallows. I can toss a coin to choose the favorite.
Vacation. I visited Disneyland, Universal Studios, Yosemite, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, SeaWorld, San Diego Zoo, Huntington Library, Hoover Dam, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia in Canada, Russian River, and Zion National Park in Utah.
Cooking. I'm a novice cook. 95% of the meals I cook are healthy. I continue learning cooking techniques including stir-frying, baking, and roasting to make the meals taste better. I have cookbooks and printed recipes I'm eager to try. Click Cooking 101 to view simple recipes.
My household minimizes eating processed foods. We rarely eat frozen foods. We don't eat deli meats. The acceptable canned foods are chili, tomato sauce, fruits, vegetables, and ingredients for big meals such as olives and tuna. My household must eat rice, fruits, and vegetables.
Television. I watch little TV. I spend more time watching sports than primetime. I watch TV series on DVD because I don't have cable. My DVD collection is small. My all-time favorites are Breaking Bad, Firefly, Knight Rider, Leave It To Beaver, Malcolm In The Middle, Seinfeld, The A-Team, The Dukes Of Hazard, The Simpsons, and Three's Company.
Dancing. I learned ballroom dancing in Jan 2009. My sister danced competitively. She taught me during her free time. I learned the fox trot, waltz, tango, cha cha cha, nite club two-step, east coast swing, west coast swing, and the hustle.
Education. My college degrees are a Bachelors Of Science in Economics at San Jose State University and an Associates Of Arts in Accounting at De Anza College.
Other Parts Of Me: Taking pictures of police cars, writing blogs posted on my webpage Innovating Common Knowledge, writing personal blogs posted at Finding Raymond Mar, watching ballet especially The Nutcracker, shopping, and exploring new places to visit.
Japanese Anime. I'm a retired anime fan. My all-time favorite anime series is Full Metal Alchemist.
Video Games. I took advantage of the COVID-19 global pandemic free time coming out of video game retirement playing classic video games. FFVI is my favorite out of the Final Fantasy VI, VII, and VIII games played. I also finished Call Of Duty: World At War, Left 4 Dead 2, and Black Mesa. I play Japanese Mahjong on Tenhou. Gauntlet II is my all-time favorite arcade game. The Legend Of Zelda is my all-time favorite console game.