All Things Rowdy

I am only a white belt and I have years more of learning to do, BBBBUUUUTTTTTT I did tap all the other white belts, stripe or not, that I rolled with today. I was aggressive and feeling good! Heck, I even rode my pedal bike the 4 miles to class and back!! Here is a picture of me from class today.

Snoop Dogg is in the house. So D and I went to the Unity Tour concert at Cricket ne Coors Amphitheater down in Chula Juana (Vista). The venue was easy to find and it is down the street from my favorite motorcycle dealership, South Bay Motors, and it had good parking for FREE. We were in the first seated section behind the pit and it was a good spot to be. Opening was FrictionPlane. What I want to know is at what stage of your life do you wake up and realize, "hey, I sound a lot like Sting from the Police when I sing?!" As it has been proven soo many times, they are better live than on CD. I think only Cake is better on CD than live... Then we had the man, the dogfather himself, Snoop come on and do his set. It was pretty good. The crowd was really into it and everyone was dancing and screaming the lyrics. He drug out (hahaha, drug) the end of his set, but it was all good. The final act was 311! They came out and just rocked it right way, opening with "Down", their f...

311, Snoop Dogg, this friday! Oh yeah! Down f'shizzle. U N I T Y

"Walmart: The high cost of low price" is an excellent documentary. Watch it! I am never going to shop at a Walmart again and I encourage you to do the same. Now, there is some propoganda in the movie that I think is somewhat deceiving in that some of these folks would of had a crappy life no matter where they worked. But the parts that are specific to how Walmart treats people and their competitors..... horrible. It is no good to have a place where you can buy a $30 microwave if you don't have a job that pays you more than $7.50 a hour!! "We cant to talk about quality of life and they want to talk about cheap underwear." If all you care about is cheap crap and nothing about small business owners and how employees are treated, then fine, shop at Walmart. You will never see me there. If you don't want to take my generalized rambling about it, research it yourself. Just to start out, know that Walmart costs California taxpayers 67 million dollars a year...........

Iv'e been listening to Jack Johnson for about 8 years now. Well, I finally get to see him here in concert in San Diego. One evening, under the sky, this August I will be seeing the man live. I'm already smiling.

I went to jiu jitsu from 1100-1215, 1730-2000 for a total of 3.75 hours of training in one day!! And then I went back again today at my lunch hour!! Tearing it up!

I must just go to the wrong websites....I never get spam emails for Viagra, improving my cars mpg, work from home or anything like that. In one of those rare instances where I do get spam this latest one is definitely the most unique one I received. From:AL-QIRAN (essam_soliman33@hotmail.com) Subject:ÕæÑ ãÔÊÑßÇÊ ááÒæÇÌ ÇáÇÓáÇãí this is not a spam (such honesty, really, i truely believe you) AL-QIRAN.COM القـــــــــران زواج اسلامي قم بالبحث عن زوجتك بين 500 الف مشترك التسجيل و البحث مجاني اضغط هنا HMMMM, I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED THE SERVICE OF AN ISLAMIC DATING WEBSITE!! I really must be more careful about my online presence.....

1. May Gray/June Gloom Who would think that what are beautiful spring and summer months everywhere else are dull, overcast and cooler here? 2. Tijuana Tijuana, or "TJ" as it is called, is really not that fun. It is dirty and repetitive as a tourist destination. I mean it is souvenirs, pharmacy, dentist, liquor store repeat infinity. And the bull fight rings are in great disrepair as well. To top if off you face sometimes a 3 hour wait to get back into the US after you are all done. Just not as fun or 'neat' as you would think. Notice I didn't even mention the violence...... 3. Tourists I guess I really have to believe that tourism is the #3 industry in San Diego. When I lived on Chelsea St in La Jolla I could never park at my own house, streets were filled with non resident bikers, joggers and such. You can't surf anywhere here on a weekend without being within arms reach of someone. I try to stay as far away as possible from 'touristy' stuff during th...

No, not a "Sloppy Rowdy." But this is what I call a Fathers Day burger!!!

I have quite vivid dreams. My dreams cause me to wake in the middle of the night frequently. Occasionally I cry out or appear to be in a physical struggle. Last night the final dream I had before waking up for good is something I think unique enough I am going to turn it into a short story. Thanks to a connection through Tenacious Girl, I know an actual 'real life author' who might even answer one or two of my email requests for help and guidance. Ahhhh, another project.

This is going to be an essay when I finish and you will get to see it progress as a work. When this entry is finished you will have some history of me as a person and insight into some of my different relationships with family. As well as my thoughts, hopes and feelings for the future. Roughly right now I plan on covering these areas. 1. My role as a son of God, him being my Heavenly Father. 2. The role and relationship with TCB, my dad. 3. The story of connecting with my biological parent, LK. 4. Me being a father myself and how I feel about that, what it has been like for me. 5. What I wish for GC, the real "dad" and day to day parent of J,K & M. 6. Advice and concerns I have for K and M as they grow into being men. As you can see this is quite comprehensive and I will be writing and updating and bringing pictures and stories in over the next week. So please, if this interests you, come back, comment and see how it progresses. If you happen to be reading this and are on...

Years and years ago when I worked at Al's Bike and Toy as a bicycle mechanic I used to ride my mountain bike everyday. If you have ever ridden a bike like that you know hydration is important. At that time I just drank out of a water bottle like everyone else. Then when Camelbacks came along it was amazing. So versatile and the ability to carry so much more. We put hot stuff in it for snowboarding and I started using a mix of Mountain Dew and Gatorade on my longer mountain bike rides. Last year though, I finally tried something I had always heard good reviews of and that is Cytomax. I was at Rich Olivers Mystery School sliding a little dirt bike around on the dirt track all day and he provided Cytomax for us to drink all day. I was amazed at my endurance and recovery using it! Now that I seemingly am back into Brazilian jiu jitsu hardcore I find I am needing more than water during my two and half hour long training sessions. Let me tell you, for me, nothing beats Cytomax for use du...

Last night I was given the honor of a black stripe on my white belt!! I have been training at Fabio Santos' Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy for two months now. I told him I entered the South Bay Open and he told me to start going to the advanced class as much as possible. So last night I went to my first advanced class. This class is 90 minutes rather than the 60 minutes of the beginner class. And being soo excited about training, I decided to do both classes back to back, so I trained 150 minutes straight last night! The end of the advanced class I got my stripe! Then I went into the beginner class and didn't tap anyone! hahaha. I just need to be humble and realize I am training, learning and growing. My pride was a little hurt that I was promoted in the advanced class and then didn't "show it" in the beginner class. But you know what, my sense of what is going on during rolling and sparring has really increased, so in that sense I think it is worth it. Position lead...

K was the only one of the three who got me a present for my b-day. He made me a glass with a fighter jet etched into the glass. It is the perfect morning time jiuce glass! I love it. And I have the only one like it in the world!! Thanks K!

I love summer, it is my favorite time of year! Even though this thing I go to frequently, called a 'job', is putting a small cramp in my summer style I shall still have fun! 1. Going to Wyoming, South Dakota for the 1st time 2. going to a MotoGP race 3. Camping and sea kayaking at Anacapa island with good friends 4. Competing in and hopefully winning my class at the Southbay Open 5. Attending the Scandanavian Festival up in Junction City, Oregon 6. Visiting with J,K,M 7. Buying more fireworks for my illegal show on the 4th of July 8. Supermoto track days at Adams

"Suspend"..........hmmmm, does that mean she is thinking about 2012? Ambition laid bare.... My feelings exactly kid.

When I worked in Iraq for SAIC, the equipment I dealt with was all about interdiction and detection of smuggled goods, weapons, drugs or whatever. So how did I go from that to being in a hotel room with a nondescript duffel bag full of chili? Nalley's chili is not sold in so-cal, so I have to "smuggle" it in from out of state. I can't help it, it is my favorite! Let's do some modern, big city math. A gram of cocaine is $50. There are 28 grams to an ounce, so an ounce of cocaine is going to cost you $140. A can of chili is 15oz, so the equivalent of a can of chili in cocaine costs $2,100. My chili costs were -airfare $500 -chili $30 -duffel $20 -baggage $50 totally $600 for 24 cans of chili. That breaks down to $25 a can of chili, versus $2,100 for a can of cocaine. I feel like I am getting a bargain!!!

July 26th I will be competing up in Torrance at the South Bay Open. I will be fighting Masters, Superfeather. Rar! Last competition I was in was one put on by Megaton Diaz in Arizona back in 2001. I think I was 4th and the only person my division winner didn't submit. Before that my last competition was the California State Grappling Games where I placed 2nd in my division in 1999... So yeah, it has been a while since I have fought. But it is back on now! I just need to make sure I dont weigh more than 140lbs on fight day with my gi on.

Young Stalin-Biographical account of his life to about 1920. The Road-Post apocalyptic story of a father and son trying to survive. In Defense of Food-A rebuke of how science and "nutritionism" encourage what we eat. The Man Who Made Lists-Biography of Roget. The Lucifer Effect-A study of the Stanford Prison Experiment and Abu Ghraib.