I'm back . . . I hope

Wow, crazy, it has been just about a year from my last post. I have been in a pressed sabbatical, life happened. I yearn to put my hand to the pen again so here I am.

I log into my blog for the first time in a year and I have 12 comments to moderate. I am so excited! It turns out to be links for pharmacy site selling Viagra, invites to see some strange girls unmentionables, Chinese writing, and attempts to start business relationships with me with "real good dejected prices". Really! Is anyone else annoyed that losers out there have to take every cool thing on the net and figure out how to peddle their porn, smack, scams, and links with it?! Nine out of every ten friend invites on Facebook now want to "show me their pics". I should change my gender status just to avoid half this junk!

If anyone is out there (that doesn't want to show me their leaf covered sections!) give me a shout out. Otherwise I am writing to myself. . . again. . . for therapeutic benefits. . .

Fallen

I have succumb to the darkside. . .I joined Facebook. . .Aaaaaaaaaaaah!

A couple of wows and woahs. . .

Wows:

How cools that so many people have hooked up with me in forty-eight hours, its almost like I

have friends! This could boost anyone's morale. But truly, I like everyone who has asked to be a friend, very cool!

FarmTown, the one and only (fingers crossed) game I play on Facebook. Low maintenance, principled, and simple . . . love it.

I got to show my family off to my Facebook friends, including David.

Woahs:

Gotta get used to the chaotic wall format. Information like a paintball machine gun sprayed at a wall. . .

A ton of quizzes, polls, and causes. . . hold the cards close to my chest on those items.

See ya, I gotta go post on Facebook. . .

Four down, twelve to go. . .

A quarter of the way through the year. . .

Fourth of the way there. . .

Falling off and getting back on the horse. . .

If there is anyone who reads my blog with any regularity, they may have noticed it has been a while since I last posted.

Life happens.

My work restricted "social sites" from access. I won't complain but it is annoying when a few abuse a good thing and ruin it for the rest. That dealt a tough blow to my blogging habit because I did most of my blogging at lunch or breaks. Then when I get home I am usually exhausted or busy with family so I don' t sit down and write.

It also got busy at work, school and family.

I have really missed posting to my blogs and getting feedback from my 1 and 2/3 fans. Also I took a strengths test at work and one of my strengths recommended I write regularly. I do want to accomplish some of my new year goals.

2 outta 10

2 months down 10 more months to go . . .

PS I just thought this was a cool picture

Getting excited. . .

It is a new semester as a student of GWU. I am excited for my US History class and my new mentor (Lem) is great!

Hooray for small victories . . .

To have a post every day was one of my New Year Resolutions. One month done and eleven to go. . .

140 Pounds to Humility. . .

Just before the new year I weighed in at 272, today I weigh 261. This is due in part to my MMA (Brazilian Jui-Jitsu, Boxing, Wrestling, and Kick-Boxing) workouts four times a week.

Today I did some light sparring with 140 pounder named Zack. To be clear, I weigh 120 pounds more than this guy. Zack handed me my lunch with a extra serving of humble pie! Twice he picked me up completely and dropped me on the mat. I have only been doing MMA for a month but my BJJ is ok and I usually can give my opponents trouble or at least make them work for the tap. . .this guy was a crazy spider-monkey and bending me in ways that make a pretzel blush. I was absolutely handled.

Zack was really gracious though and taught me a couple of great techniques. It is pretty clear I have much more losing to do before I start winning.

Resolutions. . .

I don't think I will put down all my resolutions. . . but here are a few that I will track on my blog with your support.

1. I will weigh under 205 by May 31, 2009 (I'm 272 now)
2. I will participate in at least one BJJ competition in 2009
3. I will complete NaNoWriMo 2009
4. I will run a 10k in 2009
5. I will blog everyday

I am going to see if putting it on my blog and accounting to the readers will help motivate and encourage me to complete these resolutions.