Oh yeah! RaaaRRR!
Follow that up with a bowl of this cereal and I'm set!
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Gnu
New lap top. New operating system. New browswer. New software.
All these new things are causing me to go a little slower with computery type junk. So please, be patient.
Thank you.
All these new things are causing me to go a little slower with computery type junk. So please, be patient.
Thank you.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
A father's lessons
10 Things A Young Male Needs to Know or Do to Become a Man.
1. Fix a toilet. Or install a garbage disposer. Or garage door opener.
2. Shoot a gun. Bonus points if you kill it and eat it. Fishing can possibly substitute.
3. Have a serious girl friend.
4. Change the brake pads on your car. Or change a flat tire for someone who can't.
5. Get in a fight. Win or loos, but stand up for yourself or your friends.
6. Have a job that makes you sweat.
7. Learn to cook at least one dinner well enough to impress anyone. Bonus points if using coals or fire.
8. Know how to drive a manual transmission car. Or motorcycle. Anything with a clutch.
9. Make a trip to the ER as the result of an 'adventure'.
10.Develop the habit of always opening the door for women.
1. Fix a toilet. Or install a garbage disposer. Or garage door opener.
2. Shoot a gun. Bonus points if you kill it and eat it. Fishing can possibly substitute.
3. Have a serious girl friend.
4. Change the brake pads on your car. Or change a flat tire for someone who can't.
5. Get in a fight. Win or loos, but stand up for yourself or your friends.
6. Have a job that makes you sweat.
7. Learn to cook at least one dinner well enough to impress anyone. Bonus points if using coals or fire.
8. Know how to drive a manual transmission car. Or motorcycle. Anything with a clutch.
9. Make a trip to the ER as the result of an 'adventure'.
10.Develop the habit of always opening the door for women.
A Rowdy Resume
Rowdy*
123 Awesome Ave
Sun Diego, Kali
1-800-AWINNER
Skills
-To detect and exceed the limits of tire adhesion in both main vehicle types, automobiles and motorcycles. I also specialize in the non-motorized class of mountain bikes.
-Drinking a 2 quart pitcher of Kool-Aide in one try. I can also augment this with a greater than human ability to consume other forms of refined sugar in both liquid and solid state i.e.: licorice, Hot Tamales, marshmallows, sour Gummy anything, Rice Krispy Treats, angel food cake.
-Experience in hiking, camping, wilderness survival, fire starting, hunting, map reading, compass and GPS usage, water purification.
-An extensive knowledge of rap music from 1984 to 1990. This is allied with ownership of the soundtrack for Beat Street in album form and viewings of Breakin' and Breakin' Two Electric Boogaloo in theaters.
-Three years study of chokes, joint submissions and throws as related to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and its practical application in competition and less official settings.
-Practical shooting skills with all major firearm types rifle, shotgun and pistol.
-Amateur Donald Duck impersonator.
-I make the best beef jerky and smoked salmon that anyone has ever tasted. Ever.
-An introductory knowledge of scuba, surfing, sky diving, auto maintenance, snow boarding, rock climbing, tennis, snorkeling and Gran Turismo.
Qualifications
-Greater than 10 speeding tickets since my original drivers license.
-Participation and medaling in SCCA Solo 2 autocross in Oregon, California and Arizona. Completion of Skip Barber Racing School at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Completion of Porsche Club of America San Diego Region Performance Driving School.
-Eagle Scout
-Medalist Pan American Jiu Jitsu Championship 2009, 2010. Medalist Abu Dhabi Pro West Coast Qualifier 2009.
-EMT-B certification. Licensed Nuclear Medicine Technologist.
-Participation in multiple motorcycle track days.
-Formal education in French, Spanish, and Russian. Conversant in neither. Introductory knowledge of Italian, Japanese and Arabic.
-Working as a civilian in a war zone, 2007.
-Multiple series Super-D top 3 overall position holder 2009.
-Possession of valid US passport, but only 12 available entry and exit spots open.
*Only one name. Like Conan, Dracula, He-Man.
So what do you think? What am I really suited for?
Looking at my resume I don't think there is any sort of traditional job I am suited for. It is interesting to think of how people have described me over time, or what traits they would have ascribed to me.
I went through phases of being the tough kid, the sick kid, the striver, the dreamer, the partier, the lost one, the studious one, the fun guy, the dare devil, the player to now the master of fun-employment. Looking at my current "rowdy" resume I really do question what I can do for a 'real' job.... Making me nostalgic for other times in my career. (only kinda)
Nostalgia: A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.
As you can't really be nostalgic for the time you live in, I'm going to select the late 90's with the end of college and the early 2000's with all my moves and experiencing soo many different parts of Arizona and California.
And while a majority of what I do is focused on physical pursuits I do not have to succumb to a weightless, substance-less existence. Don't worry, this Rowdy is not going to devolve during this time.
I am substance. Or am I just trying to convince myself?
123 Awesome Ave
Sun Diego, Kali
1-800-AWINNER
Skills
-To detect and exceed the limits of tire adhesion in both main vehicle types, automobiles and motorcycles. I also specialize in the non-motorized class of mountain bikes.
-Drinking a 2 quart pitcher of Kool-Aide in one try. I can also augment this with a greater than human ability to consume other forms of refined sugar in both liquid and solid state i.e.: licorice, Hot Tamales, marshmallows, sour Gummy anything, Rice Krispy Treats, angel food cake.
-Experience in hiking, camping, wilderness survival, fire starting, hunting, map reading, compass and GPS usage, water purification.
-An extensive knowledge of rap music from 1984 to 1990. This is allied with ownership of the soundtrack for Beat Street in album form and viewings of Breakin' and Breakin' Two Electric Boogaloo in theaters.
-Three years study of chokes, joint submissions and throws as related to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and its practical application in competition and less official settings.
-Practical shooting skills with all major firearm types rifle, shotgun and pistol.
-Amateur Donald Duck impersonator.
-I make the best beef jerky and smoked salmon that anyone has ever tasted. Ever.
-An introductory knowledge of scuba, surfing, sky diving, auto maintenance, snow boarding, rock climbing, tennis, snorkeling and Gran Turismo.
Qualifications
-Greater than 10 speeding tickets since my original drivers license.
-Participation and medaling in SCCA Solo 2 autocross in Oregon, California and Arizona. Completion of Skip Barber Racing School at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Completion of Porsche Club of America San Diego Region Performance Driving School.
-Eagle Scout
-Medalist Pan American Jiu Jitsu Championship 2009, 2010. Medalist Abu Dhabi Pro West Coast Qualifier 2009.
-EMT-B certification. Licensed Nuclear Medicine Technologist.
-Participation in multiple motorcycle track days.
-Formal education in French, Spanish, and Russian. Conversant in neither. Introductory knowledge of Italian, Japanese and Arabic.
-Working as a civilian in a war zone, 2007.
-Multiple series Super-D top 3 overall position holder 2009.
-Possession of valid US passport, but only 12 available entry and exit spots open.
*Only one name. Like Conan, Dracula, He-Man.
So what do you think? What am I really suited for?
Looking at my resume I don't think there is any sort of traditional job I am suited for. It is interesting to think of how people have described me over time, or what traits they would have ascribed to me.
I went through phases of being the tough kid, the sick kid, the striver, the dreamer, the partier, the lost one, the studious one, the fun guy, the dare devil, the player to now the master of fun-employment. Looking at my current "rowdy" resume I really do question what I can do for a 'real' job.... Making me nostalgic for other times in my career. (only kinda)
Nostalgia: A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.
As you can't really be nostalgic for the time you live in, I'm going to select the late 90's with the end of college and the early 2000's with all my moves and experiencing soo many different parts of Arizona and California.
And while a majority of what I do is focused on physical pursuits I do not have to succumb to a weightless, substance-less existence. Don't worry, this Rowdy is not going to devolve during this time.
I am substance. Or am I just trying to convince myself?
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
If? If!
Meeting with surgeon today. Couple of quotes from that meeting. None of this was said smilingly or with a joking tone.
#1
Rowdy-"When will my surgery be to fix all this?
Dr-"April"
R-"You better be kidding, or else you aren't leaving this room."
Dr-"How long do you think it would be before people came into the room if that happened?"
R-"About 25 seconds, but I can do what I need to in that time."
Dr-"Hmmmm. All I can think is maybe pulling your jacket over your head"
R-"That's ok, I can still do what I want"
Dr-"Ok, December."
#2
Rowdy-"So what sort of complications could happen from this next surgery. No one told what could happen this last time and look what I woke up with. What are the chances of me waking up with something screwed up again?"
Dr-"If it's any consolation I looked at the numbers and you are the only patient this has ever happened to with me."
Rowdy-"So what if it does again then??"
Dr-"Well, sue me and the hospital and get tons of cash."
Rowdy-"I will."
#3
Dr-"You might not want to know this, but one of my friends in college wrote an episode of Law & Order SVU. It was about a child molester and they needed and evil sounding name, so he used mine"
Rowdy-"He was right."
#1
Rowdy-"When will my surgery be to fix all this?
Dr-"April"
R-"You better be kidding, or else you aren't leaving this room."
Dr-"How long do you think it would be before people came into the room if that happened?"
R-"About 25 seconds, but I can do what I need to in that time."
Dr-"Hmmmm. All I can think is maybe pulling your jacket over your head"
R-"That's ok, I can still do what I want"
Dr-"Ok, December."
#2
Rowdy-"So what sort of complications could happen from this next surgery. No one told what could happen this last time and look what I woke up with. What are the chances of me waking up with something screwed up again?"
Dr-"If it's any consolation I looked at the numbers and you are the only patient this has ever happened to with me."
Rowdy-"So what if it does again then??"
Dr-"Well, sue me and the hospital and get tons of cash."
Rowdy-"I will."
#3
Dr-"You might not want to know this, but one of my friends in college wrote an episode of Law & Order SVU. It was about a child molester and they needed and evil sounding name, so he used mine"
Rowdy-"He was right."
IDC
I don't care what anyone says, a sponge bath is not fun. Nor relaxing. Nor sexy. It is an annoying, pitiful substitute to the real glory of a shower. A long, hot, steam filled, high water pressure shower.
Sponge baths are the Gizmo, Scrappy Do, Ogee, Gleek, Orco crappy sidekicks to the super heroes of cleaning Hot Shower, Hot Bath and Epsom Salt Bath. Whose real sidekicks are wash cloth, scrub brush, soap, shampoo.
You get the picture. I'd take a picture. You know I will/would.....
Sponge baths are the Gizmo, Scrappy Do, Ogee, Gleek, Orco crappy sidekicks to the super heroes of cleaning Hot Shower, Hot Bath and Epsom Salt Bath. Whose real sidekicks are wash cloth, scrub brush, soap, shampoo.
You get the picture. I'd take a picture. You know I will/would.....
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