Welcome to Snoring Orange!

I like G1-style Transformers, 1980s- to 1990s-style R/C cars, and certain types of computer and video games. I don't want my physical collection of things to get out of control, so here is my virtual collection of memorable things.

Physical and mental care

Daily: 10-minute guided meditation

Daily (Go 80% or less on each exercise):

  1. Front plank
  2. Side planks with forearm 45 degrees out
  3. Neutral grip pull-ups
  4. Squats to 90 degrees of knee flexion only to not stress the knees
  5. Wide push-ups
  6. Eccentric heel drops
  7. Overhead tricep extensions

Before basketball:

  1. Straight knee leg lifts
  2. High knee raises
  3. Butt kicks
  4. Shoulder rolls
  5. Neck rolls

After basketball:

  1. Stretch hamstrings, quads, and glutes
  2. Stretch upper calves (with knee straight) and lower calves (aka soleus, with knee bent)
  3. Ice left posterior heel for 20 minutes
  4. Use Theragun Relief on legs, trapezius (muscle between neck and shoulders, NOT the neck), arms, and back
Mecha toys
Modern Transformers

Have (Autobots): Earthrise Optimus Prime, Kingdom Rodimus Prime, Studio Series 86 Ultra Magnus, Studio Series 86 Perceptor, Kingdom Blaster & Eject, Generation One Commemorative Series Targetmaster Hot Rod

Have (Decepticons): Generations 35th Anniversary Classic Animation Megatron, Kingdom Galvatron, Studio Series 86 Coronation Starscream, Kingdom Cyclonus, Dramatic Capture Series Nemesis Bridge Shockwave, Dramatic Capture Series Nemesis Bridge Soundwave & Laserbeak, Generations Wild Rider, Legacy Evolution Deluxe Shrapnel

Had: Generations Leader Powermaster Optimus Prime, Unite Warriors Computron (never opened), Predaking Platinum Edition, Titans Return Brainstorm, Titans Return Hardhead, Titans Return Wolfwire, Titans Return Galvatron, Titans Return Sentinel Prime, Universe Starscream, Generations Wheeljack, Generations Thundercracker, Siege Apeface, Earthrise Snapdragon, Power of the Primes Grimlock, Power of the Primes Slag, Power of the Primes Swoop, Power of the Primes Snarl, Power of the Primes Sludge, Generations Selects Deep Cover, Generations Selects G2 Sandstorm, Generations Selects Artfire & Nightstick, Buzzworthy Silverstreak, Kingdom Tracks

G1 Transformers

Had: Powermaster Optimus Prime, Metroplex, Ultra Magnus, Doubledealer, Mindwipe, Pointblank, Crosshairs, Snarl, First Aid, Slingshot, Topspin, Twin Twist, Targetmaster Hot Rod (reissue, from Japan), Warpath, Seaspray, Bumblebee. My brother had Blitzwing, Galvatron, Bombshell, and some Constructicons.

Have: None

KO Transformers Had: Computron, Abominus, Defensor, Bruticus, WST Dinobots
Other robots Had: Robotech Veritech Spartas Hovertank
Beyblades

Takara Tomy Judgement Joker.00T.Tr

Radio-controlled (RC) cars

Have: Tamiya Durga (DB-01 chassis)

Had: Kyosho Raider, Team Associated RC10 Team Car with graphite chassis, Tamiya Nissan 350Z Race Car (TT-01 chassis), Tamiya Midnight Pumpkin Metallic Special (CW-01 chassis), Tamiya Lunch Box Black Edition body, Tamiya Sand Viper (DT-02 chassis)

Also like: Kyosho Hi-Rider Corvette, Traxxas Sledge Hammer, Yokomo Super Dog Fighter, Team Losi JRX2, Tamiya Top Force, Kyosho Lazer SB Dirt Cross, Kyosho Optima Mid, G-Force GENOVA

Shoes

Own: Adidas Dame 8 EXTPLY in Lucid Lemon

Owned: Adidas Unfadeable in white and gray, Nike LeBron Witness VI in white, Persian violet, yellow strike, and black, Adidas Dame 7 in white, black, and scarlet

Musical instruments

Own: Kona Deluxe acoustic guitar with spruce top, JS Series Dinky Arch Top JS22 DKA in satin black, 1969? Antonino Cavalazzi modern Italian violin

Books

Reading: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

Partially read: The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, A Certain Ambiguity: A Mathematical Novel by Gaurav Suri and Hartosh Singh Bal, Basketball Fundamentals: A Complete Mental Training Guide by Jay Mikes, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Introduction to Graph Theory by Richard Trudeau, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray

Read: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini, Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov, Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry by Gail Eisnitz, Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov, The Insecure Mind of Sergei Kraev by Eric Silberstein, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells, The Mamba Mentality: How I Play by Kobe Bryant, Family Inc.: Using Business Principles to Maximize Your Family's Wealth by Douglas McCormick, How People Change by Alan Wheelis, The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Values, and Spiritual Growth by Scott Peck, Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns, The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, From the Outside: My Journey Through Life and the Game I Love by Ray Allen and Michael Arkush, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom, The Speed of Sound by Eric Bernt, The God's Eye View by Barry Eisler, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel by Mark Haddon, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, Terms of Use by Scott Morrison, No Place to Hide: Edward Snoiwden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald, Love's Executioner: & Other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin Yalom, Creatures of a Day: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin Yalom, The Future Is Yours: A Novel by Dan Frey, Practical Psychoanalysis for Therapists and Patients by Owen Renik, Affluenza: How Overconsumption Is Killing Us--and How to Fight Back by John De Graaf, David Wann, and Thomas Naylor, The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm, Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know by Meg Meeker, Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert Martin, Boys Should Be Boys: 7 Secrets to Raising Healthy Sons by Meg Meeker, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish, Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture: A Novel of Mathematical Obsession by Apostolos Doxiadis, If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland, Crazy: Notes on and Off the Couch by Rob Dobrenski, Number Theory by George Andrews, The Square Root of 2: A Dialogue Concerning a Number and a Sequence by David Flannery, Thinking Mathematically by J. Mason, L. Burton, and K. Stacey, Birth and Death of Meaning by Ernest Becker, The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS: Solving Crime with Mathematics by Keith Devlin and Gary Lorden, Numbers: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Higgins, Nothing Special by Charlotte Beck and Steven Smith, Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness by Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner, The Hedonism Handbook: Mastering the Lost Arts of Leisure and Pleasure by Michael Flocker, Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction by Timothy Gowers, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh, Angels & Demons by Dan Brown, NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by Allen David, Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time! by Conrad Barski, The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas, Parasite Eve by Hideaki Sena, The Stranger by Albert Camus, The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, Forward: Stories of Tomorrow by Veronica Roth, Blake Crouch, N. K. Jemisin, Amor Towles, Paul G. Tremblay, and Andy Weir, Crown Heights by Colin Warner and Carl King, Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang, Memory Man by David Baldacci, Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood: Practical Parenting From Birth to Six Years Paperback by Jim Fay and Charles Fay, The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins, The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Overstory by Richard Powers

Manga

Read: Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba, Pluto by Naoki Urasawa

Partially read: Slam Dunk by Takehiko Inoue, One Piece by Eiichiro Oda, Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto, One Punch Man by One, Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima, NausicaƤ of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki

, Noblesse by Lee Kwangsu, Tower of God by S.I.U. (Lee Jong Hui)

Reading: None

Anime Bubblegum Crash, Bubblegum Crisis, Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, Castlevania, Robotech, Macross Plus, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke, Vision of Escaflowne, Inuyashiki: Last Hero, Tiger and Bunny, B the Beginning, RWBY
Cartoons Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs, Thundercats, The Transformers, Inspector Gadget, Bionic Six, Voltron, Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Movies Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Green Book, 12 Angry Men, Knives Out
TV Shows Star Trek: The Next Generation, McGuyver, The A-Team, Orville Want to watch: Ted Lasso (Apple+)
Violin music Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 by Prokofiev, Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 by Bach
Piano music Scaramouche: Piano Duet by Darius Milhaud, Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version, Selections from Final Fantasy by Hal Leonard, Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 by Bach
Video game consoles and tech

Had: TI-82, Sony CLIƉ, Atari 2600, Famicom, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), Nintendo DS (Electric Blue), NES Classic Edition, Super NES Classic Edition, SEGA Genesis Mini

Have: AlphaSmart/Renaissance Learning Neo2, Nintendo Wii, New Nintendo 2DS XL (Black + Turquoise), Nintendo Switch, Retroflag SUPERPi CASE-J with Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, Retroflag GPi CASE 2 with Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) Lite 2GB SDRAM Wifi No eMMC

Video games
Atari 2600 games Space Invaders, Missle Command, Combat, Joust, Yars' Revenge, Berzerk, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Defender, Asteroids, River Raid, Dig Dug, Pac-Man
Famicom games Super Mario Bros. 3, Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti, Dragon Quest III, Dragon Quest IV, River City Ransom, Sangokushi: Chuugen no Hasha, Contra
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) games Final Fantasy II, Final Fantasy III, Chrono Trigger, NBA Give 'n Go
Nintendo Game Boy Advance (GBA) games Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation, Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2
Nintendo DS games 7th Dragon III Code: VFD, Radiant Historia, Front Mission
NES Classic Edition games Balloon Fight, Galaga, Super Mario Bros., Final Fantasy, Gradius, Double Dragon II: The Revenge, Mega Man 2
Super NES Classic Edition games Super Mario World, Super Mario Kart, Final Fantasy III
Nintendo Switch games Hades, Undertale, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy VIII, Romancing SaGa 3, Horizon Chase Turbo, Super Robot Wars V, Super Robot Wars T, Untitled Goose Game, Overcooked 2, Final Fantasy I-VI Pixel Remaster Collection, Persona 5 Royal, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Arcade games Street Figher II: The World Warrior, Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting, NBA Jam, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Computer games
DOS games Wing Commander, Master of Orion, Romance of Three Kingdoms II, Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon, Star Control II, Dune II, Quest for Glory I, Quest for Glory III, Rampart, Warlords, Gorillas, Nibbles
Windows games Heroes of Might and Magic III, Final Fantasy VII, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Mac games Hyper Light Drifter
Mobile games
iPhone games Dragon Quest II, Dragon Quest III, Romancing SaGa 2, Transistor
iPad games VVVVVV
Tabletop games Pandemic