Coulda, Woulda, Still Can

Click the link to the right under the "Help" and "Donate" part. It is for the Crohns and Col1itis Foundation of America. The group that actually raises money and brings awareness for helping people with these diseases.

Right now there is no known cause for Crohns. There is no known cure for Crohns. If you've read my blog or know me in real life you know how I have suffered from this crappy disease. Real suffering for most of my life....

Last week if you donated more than $10 on Monday you were told you would get a treat for it.

So here I am making a rack of my famous beef jerky for those who donated. And I make delicious jerky!

You can still donate. I have dinner deals, gokart deals and other such things where if you go and eat or race gokarts the proceeds go to CCFA. If you feel like it, please click the link in the upper right column and donate today.

My 2nd mnt biking vid

Texas

Food, family, fun. I've now been to Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Georgia, Illinois, Texas, South Dakota and New York.

when the least is the most

Of all the dudes at the Korean day spa I was at tonight, I have the least to be ashamed of.......

Just saying.

In some of the things I've done, like say bikram yoga or jiu jitsu, you feel lots of pressure on your body. Certain positions in both can cause your throat to be blocked.

When the lady doing my massage walked on my back the pressure she could exert was so great it would cause my throat to close, stopping me from breathing. I would gurgle and spittle would come out of my mouth.

Just saying.

the simple things can also be the most complex

Take the t-shirt for instance. Seemingly the most simple of all garments. At one time it was just white, cotton and crew neck.

Not so anymore. I have 4 distinct types of t-shirts. (can you tell I did laundry today?) First I have what I like to call my "nice" t-shirts. Things from Gap, Banana and such. Something classic or in style right now. Solids and prints. These are all on hangers in the closet. I do live in San Diego, so a t-shirt and flip flops are something you can never have too many of.

Then I have my "exercise" t-shirts that live in my dresser and fill up a full drawer, even when I clean them out twice a year. These are all my tech tees, things designed to wick sweat away from you. Running and working out in the garage give them their use. I wish this was more often. Like 90% of America.

Third I have my two wheel tees. T-shirts dealing with motorcycles and mountain bikes and often they are one and the same. Normally a bold color and some sort of large graphic. Fox, Alpinestars, Trek and the like. I guess I use them sometimes as a life style identifier but I also like the look quite often. Souvenir ones from races and such get worn a little and then either tossed or saved. A good example would be my autographed Kevin Schwantz shirt. Or the first Moto-GP race at Indy. Or my invite only shirt to DC Shoes motocross facility opening party. You get the idea.

Speaking of saved t-shirts I pretty much have stopped wearing jiu jitsu shirts unless they are ones from my school. All of my tournament tees are now folded and put away. One day I want to be able to to pull out these t-shirts, my medals, mountain biking medals and trophies and be able to say, "See kids, grandpa used to be awesome!" Just like how I feel when I look at the picture of my dad from the 70's with shoulder length hair, shirtless and in a rock band. Pretty cool and definitely a nice surprise.

T-shirts, who knew they could be soo complex?

can you tell i'm obsessed with bike riding right now??

The plan is set. I leave for my almost two week mountain bike roadtrip on Thursday July 28th! Watch out Colorado and Utah!