So, I had a pretty crazy weekend, capped off with a day of tailgating at Country Fest in the Gillet Stadium parking lot. It was wild to say the least, good grillin, good beer and friends, and a few fights. Wild time.
So the big news with me is that I am moving back to texas this weekend. Plano to be exact, just North of Dallas. I am pursuing my passion, which is fitness, and i will be a personal trainer at Lifetime Fitness. Timing on th job and the move all worked out perfectly and I couldn't be more excited to finally be doing something that I love and not just doing something that I can do and that I am good at. I will also be close to my brother and sister-in-law, and The Village, which I am so excited and looking forward to become a regular part of. A sense of community is something that I have sorely missed over the past few years.
So, give me a shout if you ever get to the Plano area, and keep checking back to see how the move goes and hear all about my new job. It is an exciting time for me.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Pre
One of the great things that has come out of me living in Boston has been a renewed interest in reading. Recently I have been like a sponge, from business books, books by Christian authors, to inspirational books, and personal training manuals. Its been great. Right now I'm reading a biography of Steve Prefontaine.
For those of you that haven't heard of "Pre", he was a middle distance runner in the late 60s and early 70s for the University of Oregon and for the US in the Olympics. This guy was amazing. His life was cut short though, he died in a car crash around the age of 25. I don't think he EVER lost a meet in college, sometime running 2 events on the same day and setting college and American recods in both. Think of running in the 5 mile, winning and setting a collegiate record, then turning around and doing the same thing in the 3 mile. All this still under 22 yrs old, which is young for distance runners. This guy was also insanely famous for a runner. Think Michael Johnson at his most famous times 10. His coach at Oregon was Bill Bowerman who co-founded Nike. Pre was one of the first people to ever wear Nikes and help populartize them when they first started.
One of the things that keeps coming up is how determined and competitive this guy was. He had the determination of Lance Armstrong without having gone through the adversity that Lance did. I mean think about it, Lance was great before his battle with cancer, but because of the strength and determination that overcoming cancer gave him he became one of the greatest athletes of all-time. Would he have been as great if he hadn't had that adversity to overcome and make him stronger and more determined? Personally I don't think he would have. Pre had that type of determination because he knew he had a gift, and felt that not using that gift to its fullest was a waste. He always ran in the front, not drafting off of other runnners which is the norm. He felt that giving anything less than everything he had every race was chickenshit.
His legacy is still around today, Nike has a whole freakin line of Pre clothes, and every up and coming track superstar is always compared to Pre, who I think still holds a ton of HS and College and even American records. I highly recommend that you, my blog fans, check the book out. Just type prefontaine into amazon or something.
Man, what an inspiration. To have that drive every day, think how different life would be. Crazy. I love reading this kind of stuff because it motivates me to not waste my gifts. It reminds me of the parable about the Servants and the Talents in Matthew 25 (I think thats right). We all have gifts and we are meant to use them to their fuillest, anything less is a waste.
On another note we won our semifinal game in my YMCA league tonight, so we are in the finals next week. Yours truly was ballin with around 14 points, 8-10 boards, and 4-5 assists. Usually I am fine to sit back, have fun, not worry about doing anything more than board and play D, but tonight I decided to be AWESOME instead. True story. Although I think I strained my calf a little so I gotta rest that baby before next week. Even studs like me get hurt sometimes. I can't wait for the 'Ship next week though!
Speaking of awesome: Transformers. Go see it. I am trying to convince my friend Tim to name his second son Optimus Prime. I think it is a very dignified and respectable name. I mean, he's only a sentient robot that helped save the world from the Decepticons, I think the least Tim could do is honor the man, errrr robot, whatever.
Here's a pic of Pope, Carrie, Hailey and me at the Sox game.
For those of you that haven't heard of "Pre", he was a middle distance runner in the late 60s and early 70s for the University of Oregon and for the US in the Olympics. This guy was amazing. His life was cut short though, he died in a car crash around the age of 25. I don't think he EVER lost a meet in college, sometime running 2 events on the same day and setting college and American recods in both. Think of running in the 5 mile, winning and setting a collegiate record, then turning around and doing the same thing in the 3 mile. All this still under 22 yrs old, which is young for distance runners. This guy was also insanely famous for a runner. Think Michael Johnson at his most famous times 10. His coach at Oregon was Bill Bowerman who co-founded Nike. Pre was one of the first people to ever wear Nikes and help populartize them when they first started.
One of the things that keeps coming up is how determined and competitive this guy was. He had the determination of Lance Armstrong without having gone through the adversity that Lance did. I mean think about it, Lance was great before his battle with cancer, but because of the strength and determination that overcoming cancer gave him he became one of the greatest athletes of all-time. Would he have been as great if he hadn't had that adversity to overcome and make him stronger and more determined? Personally I don't think he would have. Pre had that type of determination because he knew he had a gift, and felt that not using that gift to its fullest was a waste. He always ran in the front, not drafting off of other runnners which is the norm. He felt that giving anything less than everything he had every race was chickenshit.
His legacy is still around today, Nike has a whole freakin line of Pre clothes, and every up and coming track superstar is always compared to Pre, who I think still holds a ton of HS and College and even American records. I highly recommend that you, my blog fans, check the book out. Just type prefontaine into amazon or something.
Man, what an inspiration. To have that drive every day, think how different life would be. Crazy. I love reading this kind of stuff because it motivates me to not waste my gifts. It reminds me of the parable about the Servants and the Talents in Matthew 25 (I think thats right). We all have gifts and we are meant to use them to their fuillest, anything less is a waste.
On another note we won our semifinal game in my YMCA league tonight, so we are in the finals next week. Yours truly was ballin with around 14 points, 8-10 boards, and 4-5 assists. Usually I am fine to sit back, have fun, not worry about doing anything more than board and play D, but tonight I decided to be AWESOME instead. True story. Although I think I strained my calf a little so I gotta rest that baby before next week. Even studs like me get hurt sometimes. I can't wait for the 'Ship next week though!
Speaking of awesome: Transformers. Go see it. I am trying to convince my friend Tim to name his second son Optimus Prime. I think it is a very dignified and respectable name. I mean, he's only a sentient robot that helped save the world from the Decepticons, I think the least Tim could do is honor the man, errrr robot, whatever.
Here's a pic of Pope, Carrie, Hailey and me at the Sox game.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Hello
So, this is my blog. I guess I started blogging a little back in my myspace days, before I deleted my profile. This will be where I share my thoughts, some pics, quotes, jokes, who knows. We shall see. It will be a work in progress, much like me. I think my bro and seom other friends of mine have blogs on here somewhere, so I will try to add them to my friends list.
A little about me. I'm 28, single, living right now in the great city of Boston, MA, working in Sales for an IT company called EMC. I have learned a lot in the 10 months I have been in Boston, and grown a lot as well, as an adult and spiritually. Sometimes you head down a path and it takes to to a completely different place than you expected. Somewhere that wasn't even on the map when you took that first step, but in the end it is where you were headed all along.
I have wonderful family, my parents Gary (Big G) and Karen, still married after 29 years, and living in Lubbock. Also my little brother Beau and his new wife, Kimbo, who live in Highland Village, soon to move to Denton where Beau will be the campus Pastor for The Village Church: Denton Campus. Beau, Kimbo, and my parents are so wonderful and support me more than I deserve, and all serve as examples to me daily. I can't wait to get to spend more time with them in the future.
I am a Christian, and working every day to build a stronger relationship with Jesus, from whom everything I am and have comes from. I am thankful everyday for the gifts in my life. Right now I am reading some great books by CS Lewis, John Eldredge, and the book of Matthew. Lewis is a tough read and works your mind, Eldredge plays to the heart and reminds you how exciting our story is. They sort of contrast one another but both build different areas of my spiritual walk. Great authors. I am also a big fan of John Piper and love to podcast sermons from the Village Church http://www.thevillagechurch.net/podcast/index.html (my brother preached 2 weeks ago, "Remebering the Gospel", it was awesome.)
I love sports and fitness, and being active, when my lazy TV watching side doesn't get the better of me. I am a Certfied Personal Trainer with the Nat'l Strength & Conditioning Assoc, and have some plans to put that thing to good use, as well as get a few more certifications. Its fascinating to learn how much the human body is capable of, and how to continually challenge it and push it to the limit, which is what I try to do everytime I train. I can't describe the rush and sense of accomplishment I get after a killer session.
So, that's a little about me. I am also a pretty goofy, sarcastic guy, so some of that will probably come out in what I write, if I keep this thing up! Thanks for stopping by my little spot on the web. I will put up some pics and stuff when I figure out how to. God bless.
A little about me. I'm 28, single, living right now in the great city of Boston, MA, working in Sales for an IT company called EMC. I have learned a lot in the 10 months I have been in Boston, and grown a lot as well, as an adult and spiritually. Sometimes you head down a path and it takes to to a completely different place than you expected. Somewhere that wasn't even on the map when you took that first step, but in the end it is where you were headed all along.
I have wonderful family, my parents Gary (Big G) and Karen, still married after 29 years, and living in Lubbock. Also my little brother Beau and his new wife, Kimbo, who live in Highland Village, soon to move to Denton where Beau will be the campus Pastor for The Village Church: Denton Campus. Beau, Kimbo, and my parents are so wonderful and support me more than I deserve, and all serve as examples to me daily. I can't wait to get to spend more time with them in the future.
I am a Christian, and working every day to build a stronger relationship with Jesus, from whom everything I am and have comes from. I am thankful everyday for the gifts in my life. Right now I am reading some great books by CS Lewis, John Eldredge, and the book of Matthew. Lewis is a tough read and works your mind, Eldredge plays to the heart and reminds you how exciting our story is. They sort of contrast one another but both build different areas of my spiritual walk. Great authors. I am also a big fan of John Piper and love to podcast sermons from the Village Church http://www.thevillagechurch.net/podcast/index.html (my brother preached 2 weeks ago, "Remebering the Gospel", it was awesome.)
I love sports and fitness, and being active, when my lazy TV watching side doesn't get the better of me. I am a Certfied Personal Trainer with the Nat'l Strength & Conditioning Assoc, and have some plans to put that thing to good use, as well as get a few more certifications. Its fascinating to learn how much the human body is capable of, and how to continually challenge it and push it to the limit, which is what I try to do everytime I train. I can't describe the rush and sense of accomplishment I get after a killer session.
So, that's a little about me. I am also a pretty goofy, sarcastic guy, so some of that will probably come out in what I write, if I keep this thing up! Thanks for stopping by my little spot on the web. I will put up some pics and stuff when I figure out how to. God bless.
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