Huh...

Still no call on my surgery date....

Still 127 pounds...

BUT I loaded the Brazo Portuguese language lessons on my laptop today and listened to some of it.

And I plan on going and getting a stationary exercise bike tomorrow. Gotta get my cardio started.

So while my days seem to blur together on the couch some new things are still happening.

3 odd new realizations just from tonight.

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I feel like a total creonte.

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Out of 30 t-shirts only 4 of mine are plain solid colors.

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I have just over 400 books at my house.

well boys, i reckon this is it

1 .45 automatic.
2 boxes of ammunition.
4 days' concentrated emergency rations.
1 drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills.
1 miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible.
100 dollars in rubles.
100 dollars in gold.
9 packs of chewing gum.
1 issue of prophylactics.
3 lipsticks.
3 pairs of nylon stockings.

"A fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff."

If you know the movie, we should be good friends.

Hulk smash!

I consider myself a "finesse" guy. I don't fix things with a hammer, I don't over torque bolts, I don't walk into things, I don't slam the car door. I'm about technique.

But yet somehow in my rowdy way there are certain things I seemingly can destroy at will. At one time it was clothes. Always needing a patch, fixing a zipper, belt loop torn off, something would happen to the garment.

Then I had about a 6 year run of it being watches. No matter if it was a $300 Bulova stainless steel, armored up extreme sports plastic Freestyle, or the simplest Timex I destroyed at least one watch a year. Broken cases, buttons, screens, glass, crystals, bands. If it was a part on a watch that could be cracked or torn off it happened.

I wonder what would have happened if I really did get the Rolex I wanted for college graduation at the time...

Now for the past 3 1/2 years it has been digital point and shoot cameras. In that time frame I have had 5 of them and not a single one still functions. They have all fallen prey to too much hard use. Strapped to motorcycles, mountain bikes, guns. Fallen on the dirt, the grass, the pavement and sand. Oh and snow too. From zero miles per hour to 40. I've held them in my hand taking pics and video at 10F snowboarding to flying around in a helo in Iraq at 115F.

Each one has been some $200 Sony or Cannon. They were good cameras. For the 8 to 9 months they functioned. And now with the holidays coming up and more travel again in the coming year what am I to do? I'm sick of using my cell phone as a camera but I don't want to buy another camera I'm just going to destroy in 5 months....

What to do, what to do......???

two words

super. feather.

orange. crush.

yes. please.

hurry. up.

One goal for 2011 already

I have made an early decision on one of my goals for 2011. About half of my goals from 2010 will have to carry over as though I may have accomplished them in letter, I am not totally happy with how I did.

But the new goal for 2011 is that I am going to do one jiu jitsu tournament per month starting in March. With a special emphasis on making it to the International Masters and Seniors tournament in Rio in July.

Right now it looks like this until I get a more complete schedule of tournaments for 2011.
Jan-recovery from surgery
Feb-begin physical and jj training again
Mar-? maybe a small local think, like Grappling X
Apr-Pan Jiu Jitsu Championships in CA, aka The Pan-Ams
May-?
Jun-World Jiu Jitsu Championships in CA aka The Mundials!
Jul-International Master & Senior Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Brazil, aka the mundials for athletes over 29.
Aug-Las Vegas International Open BJJ Championship
Sep-American National JJ
Oct-Pan JJ No-Gi Championship
Nov-World No-Gi Championship
Dec-?

2011 is going to be the year my jiu jitsu takes off!!!! If it is not family or church my focus is going to be 100% on jiu jitsu.

all type and no pics makes my blog a a dull thing

San Diego in November, I <3 U!
16g of sugar. See post below for context. Delicious.
Yes, I am getting 100% of what I "need" through my arm but as you can see I am not getting all I "want". Hooked up and cooking, so I better be careful. Nah....