a weekend in pictures

Allied Gardens Easter Egg Hunt
mountain biking in east county
teaching the next generation all about starting fires

heard in passing.............

MY passing, that is. While I was at lunch yesterday at this thai cafe, when I walked past a table with two women I heard,

"Nice butt."

(This is where I would normally post a picture of this feature, but I am resisting for once)

nightmares do come true

One of my recurring nightmares is about my teeth crumbling apart in my mouth spontaneously and falling out, leaving me a mouth full of ragged, bony bloody messiness. Not pleasant. Dreaming of your teeth has been interpreted as differently from feeling you're not being heard to you lack faith in God.

So remember when I got my tooth broken by a girl? Remember me saying how much candy I eat? Remember me getting kneed in the face so hard last week I couldn't even close my mouth until the next day? Remember me using a $5 mouth guard now?

Well, after a trip to the dentist it all came back to haunt me like one of my nightmares. My broken front tooth has a tenuous hold on it's life and is one good bump away from being lost. My lower right molar has a larger vertical crack through it and a small amount of decay around its' circumference necessitating a crown.

I was crestfallen upon hearing the news. I wish I could just go to sleep and wake up with a mouth full of new, straight teeth that were indestructible.

The only positive is my dentist decided to make me a free custom mouth guard as she feels sorry for all the abuse my mouth seems to be taking. And I guess I am grinding and clenching at night as well.

Ugh.

"Driveway to the Danger Zone"

I wonder if Kenny Loggins lives nearby........??

Rowdy's Believe it or Not---OR---Mom v Dr M in a Baby Battle Royale!!

Here is a baby picture of me. The note on the back, presumably written by my mom says I am 9 weeks old.

A neighbor (Hi M!!) was over looking at pictures and saw this and asked if it was me and how old I was. When I said "nine weeks" she quite adamantly told me "no way!"

We went on to discuss why this could not be, and as she is the doctor and I am not, I almost had to side with her, but then that would mean my mom was wrong. (Not a pleasant situation to find yourself in. Either way I had to tell someone they were wrong)

Me-The picture says 9 weeks and I think my mom wrote my age down right, so I just naturally believe her.

Pediatrician Neighbor- A doctor, trained in child development and with years of experience tells me no way could I sit up at 9 weeks (even if balanced on my fat tummy) and that no way would I have developed the muscle and motor control to hold my head up like this until at least 6 months.

So which is it? Am I 9 weeks old here as the writing on the back of the picture states, or 6 months as is the opinion of an expert? I've got to think their is a huge difference in a baby between 9 weeks and 6 months........

Well?

the source

How often do you get something right from the source? I envy that my bjj instructor was at the original academy and knew all the principal players from a very early age. It would be like learning to fly by taking lessons from the Wright brothers.

In my quest to improve my physical performance to its' peak, I bought a Ginastica Natural for Fighters DVD from my jiu jitsu academy. I tried watching it but couldn't really get it figured out on my own at home.

Doing a little research I found that the styles creator, Alvaro Romano lives in San Diego and was available for a private lesson! So this morning I went to the University of Jiu Jitsu where he would teach the private and took a hour long lesson with him, doing all the things I could not do at home and getting familiarized with the system.

At the 30 minute mark I felt I might have been in over my head, but he is an excellent teacher and totally responded to all of my subtle cues about what I was doing. The flexibility, the strength, the control and the breathing were all awesome!

Ginastica Natural is totally a system that will help you in BJJ or really any physical endeavor. And it was great to be taught by the person who 'invented' it!!

He was very gracious, very helpful and teaches well. I would recommend both the man and the system.

www.ginasticanatural.com

Self Portrait

You couldn't take a more awesomer picture!

The mysterious myth and legendary legend of 'a bear holding a shark.' This one in Germany!!


note-A couple I am friends with I have secretly nicknamed Homestar and Marzipan. It totally fits too!!!