In the current election in San Diego, the incumbent Sheriff is running unopposed. So I am doing a write in campaign to run against him. If you want a different choice, write in my name for Sheriff of San Diego County when you vote.
Rowdy Bricco.
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Confusion reigns Updated 5/30/2014
So it was thought I had a high blood level of lead from being in the shooting sports. I do not. Thankfully. But in the routine visit to discuss this my general practitioner has a mild concern.
Concerning? My brain. Some loss of balance, some confusion, some loss of cognitive ability. Initially we thought lead poisoning. Negative. Then low testosterone, which I've had in the past and been treated for. Negative.
Saturday morning at 7am I'm getting an MRI of my brain. And yes you will see pictures!!
Update: First off, I have had like 4 documented concussion in my life. With at least two probable. I'm not sure if that's excessive. Who knows? Certainly not the NFL. And for a while I had really bad positional vertigo. Oh and my grandma died of a brain tumor and my mom has a benign brain tumor, though that sort of thing isn't genetic is still seems weird.
Examples of loss of cognitive ability are things like being asked "can you bring me two boxes off the counter" and me getting irritated and replying "there are four boxes on the counter, how can i bring you two?" and repeating that over and over. Having to get out a pencil or calculator to add things like 27+14. That would take me almost 30 seconds now sometimes if doing it in my head. Not being able to read and tell the difference between micrograms and milligrams.
Examples of confusion are things like getting in trouble at work for doing demonstrations totally wrong. Showing up at the wrong time. Multiple instances of getting "lost" or going the wrong way driving, just seconds after declaring my stated destination.
And my genetic testing from earlier shows me with a 7 times greater than average chance of getting dementia/alzheiemer's. But who get's that at my age??
They did a neuro exam in the office with things like touching my nose and other coordination things. I passed all those. Then ones where you move your face all around, and I passed those too. The balances ones, I failed all of them.
Being a space case, having other people in my life notice I'm a space case and having it be a new onset; that is what has gotten my doctors attention. Now I'm pretty sure this will blow into nothing. No storm of crazy medical drama. But I am just the tiniest bit anxious about the results, given all what I just said. Probably will just be a normal study though and it will be all chalked up to just being dumb.
Concerning? My brain. Some loss of balance, some confusion, some loss of cognitive ability. Initially we thought lead poisoning. Negative. Then low testosterone, which I've had in the past and been treated for. Negative.
Saturday morning at 7am I'm getting an MRI of my brain. And yes you will see pictures!!
Update: First off, I have had like 4 documented concussion in my life. With at least two probable. I'm not sure if that's excessive. Who knows? Certainly not the NFL. And for a while I had really bad positional vertigo. Oh and my grandma died of a brain tumor and my mom has a benign brain tumor, though that sort of thing isn't genetic is still seems weird.
Examples of loss of cognitive ability are things like being asked "can you bring me two boxes off the counter" and me getting irritated and replying "there are four boxes on the counter, how can i bring you two?" and repeating that over and over. Having to get out a pencil or calculator to add things like 27+14. That would take me almost 30 seconds now sometimes if doing it in my head. Not being able to read and tell the difference between micrograms and milligrams.
Examples of confusion are things like getting in trouble at work for doing demonstrations totally wrong. Showing up at the wrong time. Multiple instances of getting "lost" or going the wrong way driving, just seconds after declaring my stated destination.
And my genetic testing from earlier shows me with a 7 times greater than average chance of getting dementia/alzheiemer's. But who get's that at my age??
They did a neuro exam in the office with things like touching my nose and other coordination things. I passed all those. Then ones where you move your face all around, and I passed those too. The balances ones, I failed all of them.
Being a space case, having other people in my life notice I'm a space case and having it be a new onset; that is what has gotten my doctors attention. Now I'm pretty sure this will blow into nothing. No storm of crazy medical drama. But I am just the tiniest bit anxious about the results, given all what I just said. Probably will just be a normal study though and it will be all chalked up to just being dumb.
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Monster
I heard about myself the other day, said somewhat mixed with humor and exasperation, "You really only can be yourself, can't you?" Want some context? I was turning left out of a parking lot, in front of three No Left Turn signs, in the exact same spot I'd previously gotten a ticket for that exact offense. Aaaaannnddd I just got a letter from California DMV telling me my license is in jeopardy. Plus you know how that effects my motorcycle teaching job......
What's the point? Well I'm pretty simplistic. I just want to get a chicken suit, light it on fire and jump off the pier. I've got to be Rowdy, because no one else will do it for me.
My birthday was yesterday and I got a gift I wanted. A nostalgic gift. A record player!! And a few great records as well. It took a few minutes to get it all set up but when that needle first dropped.......... oh I knew this was a great gift. Now the day after my birthday I'm beginning to show some of my Rowdy-ness.
It's manifesting itself in my discovery of just how much is out there on vinyl records. I had no idea. I thought records stopped being made in like 1988 or something. But no, you can buy records of music that is current right now!! So not only can I get old Peer Gynt classical records from the 50s, country music from the 60s, real rock and roll from the 70s, rap and new wave from the 80s, grunge from the 90s but like EVERYTHING.
This has created a monster in me that envisions having almost as many records as I do books. (There are about 400 books in my house) Crazy crazy crazy. Heck, San Diego has over a dozen record stores I can go to in person.
Knowing myself and my rowdy ways, as well as you and I both know them, don't be surprised if my record collection grows exponentially for a while.
(the first record I played, the soundtrack to the movie Only Lovers Left Alive. an excellent vampire movie!)
What's the point? Well I'm pretty simplistic. I just want to get a chicken suit, light it on fire and jump off the pier. I've got to be Rowdy, because no one else will do it for me.
My birthday was yesterday and I got a gift I wanted. A nostalgic gift. A record player!! And a few great records as well. It took a few minutes to get it all set up but when that needle first dropped.......... oh I knew this was a great gift. Now the day after my birthday I'm beginning to show some of my Rowdy-ness.
It's manifesting itself in my discovery of just how much is out there on vinyl records. I had no idea. I thought records stopped being made in like 1988 or something. But no, you can buy records of music that is current right now!! So not only can I get old Peer Gynt classical records from the 50s, country music from the 60s, real rock and roll from the 70s, rap and new wave from the 80s, grunge from the 90s but like EVERYTHING.
This has created a monster in me that envisions having almost as many records as I do books. (There are about 400 books in my house) Crazy crazy crazy. Heck, San Diego has over a dozen record stores I can go to in person.
Knowing myself and my rowdy ways, as well as you and I both know them, don't be surprised if my record collection grows exponentially for a while.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Wow oh Wow
6 days until I'm another year older.
9 days until I getta see Killer.
25 days until I get to see Benson's baby bump.
29 days until I go to Juice Box's wedding.
9 days until I getta see Killer.
25 days until I get to see Benson's baby bump.
29 days until I go to Juice Box's wedding.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Fartsy and Artsy and Fiery
Not sure if it's in the national news right now, but San Diego has some pretty good fires going right now in north county near a lot of residential and commercial areas. You can actually see the smoke from my house, so I went out on the balcony and took some pictures. Of which a selection are below and the rest on my photography blog.
Monday, May 12, 2014
Two Sides of the Same Coin
Focusing on the Negative....
St Louis has more burned out, broken down, blighted areas of urban decay than I've seen in any other American city. Half a mile west of where the Cards play is horrible.
Missouri is full of bad choices. From smoking, to food, to drinking to no exercise.
Reading doesn't seem to be that highly valued of a skill.
The weather.
The slow driving and lack of real signage. Someone hit my rental car and didn't leave a note either.
Everything closed at 8pm.
The constant teasing about being from California. I grew up in Oregon and Washington, please. I'm much more "mountain man" than I am "beach boy."
I got second place from something beyond my control. I was winning and then a stage was thrown out. The new aggregate scoring placed me in second. Not happy that someone else could effect my score.
Two words. American Airlines. Morons.
Focusing on the Positive....
People in service industries were very nice. Once I let my guard down it was pleasant.
I was 8th overall out of 162 competitors. My trophy was nice.
Plenty of choices for bbq.
Little traffic. Rush hour was laughable in comparison to California.
I got to meet a lot of people, many of them new. New friends are always nice.
All of my stuff worked flawlessly in competition.
St Louis has more burned out, broken down, blighted areas of urban decay than I've seen in any other American city. Half a mile west of where the Cards play is horrible.
Missouri is full of bad choices. From smoking, to food, to drinking to no exercise.
Reading doesn't seem to be that highly valued of a skill.
The weather.
The slow driving and lack of real signage. Someone hit my rental car and didn't leave a note either.
Everything closed at 8pm.
The constant teasing about being from California. I grew up in Oregon and Washington, please. I'm much more "mountain man" than I am "beach boy."
I got second place from something beyond my control. I was winning and then a stage was thrown out. The new aggregate scoring placed me in second. Not happy that someone else could effect my score.
Two words. American Airlines. Morons.
Focusing on the Positive....
People in service industries were very nice. Once I let my guard down it was pleasant.
I was 8th overall out of 162 competitors. My trophy was nice.
Plenty of choices for bbq.
Little traffic. Rush hour was laughable in comparison to California.
I got to meet a lot of people, many of them new. New friends are always nice.
All of my stuff worked flawlessly in competition.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
30 for 30
30 for 30 is the general title of some pretty cool sports documentary films in association with ESPN. I like to watch them on ESPN Classic or Netflix. Especially the football related ones. And with today being the first round of the draft, well let's just say they all inspire this post.
This month I have been doing 30 crunches or whatever per day. Some sort of abdomen exercise and that is a surgically induced weak point in my body. 30 for 30.
I've decided that next month's personal 30 for 30 will be a little more ambitious. Ambitious, not crazy as I have three out of state trips in June. I want to run 2 miles for 30 days straight in June. No make ups allowed, if it's not 30 days straight and not two miles, it's failure.
This month I have been doing 30 crunches or whatever per day. Some sort of abdomen exercise and that is a surgically induced weak point in my body. 30 for 30.
I've decided that next month's personal 30 for 30 will be a little more ambitious. Ambitious, not crazy as I have three out of state trips in June. I want to run 2 miles for 30 days straight in June. No make ups allowed, if it's not 30 days straight and not two miles, it's failure.
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