A Jiu-jitsu Log Filled With Shenanigans

I’m bringing back the blog.  I’m back in the gym, I’m training, I’m wrestling, I’m doing good.  Things are good.  I expect big things on the horizon.  I just gotta keep believing.  This is it, I hope I’m ready.  BELIEVE IT SON.

I literally had 100 spam comments waiting for me to moderate.  So I’m thinking I might be going back to requiring an account for posting comments.

The new year is getting off to a decent start.  I’m hoping it really picks up next month.  I’ve been budgeting and managing my money very closely.  I don’t really have much to update today and probably won’t have anything for awhile.  So until next time…  Keep it real, or just follow me on twitter.

I’m working as a substitute teacher tomorrow.  Well, actually, a teacher’s aide.  I only had two assignments to choose from at the time and the other was a half day.  Plus, I’m nervous and figured it would be a nice ice breaker to have an actual teacher with me to kind of guide me through the first day.  Then after that I’ll be brave enough to run my own class.

The real thing I’m excited about is training after work.  Getting back in there and grapping and doing some jiu-jitsu is exactly what I’ve been missing lately.  I can’t tell you how stoked I am about tomorrow.  I’ll try to throw down an update tomorrow night to let you guys know how it went.  Wish me luck for tomorrow I take a step down the right path for once.

Oh man, nothing like a good night run in the cool breeze to get the blood flowing.  The power of music and it’s motivating capabilities is [are?] awesome.  I walked around out in the dark for awhile, listening to my iPod getting in the mood for a little jog.  I felt good when I started running and that feeling held strong the entire run.  I’ve had a few good days of exercise but I’m sure that will all go to hell when I leave in a few days.

I’m heading to Vegas.  Never been there before.  Originally it was a scouting trip to see if I wanted to move there, but now it’s more like a vacation I shouldn’t be taking and can’t afford.  But being in Vegas when you hurting for cash is never a bad thing in my book.  Actually, it sounds like an awesome opening line to a book about self made millionaires!

I made a budget for this month.  A real hand-to-God budget where I try to account for and limit all expenses.  I used some software that my brother recommended for me.  It’s really quite surprising how quickly it all adds up.  I’m sure it will take more than a few months of tweaking before I have it quite right.  And I’m also sure I’m going to go waaayyyy over budget this month (Vegas, 2 trips to TN, Thanksgiving) and next month (One trip to TN, Xmas).  But hopefully I’ll be set for the new year.

Lastly, I’ve joined twitter.  Not sure why.  Just something else to add to my page to help out with getting traffic and there’s like 5 people on twitter that I’m interested in following.  Plus things have been a little slow when it comes to blog topics, so maybe for the two members I have [hint, hint] you can kill time between posts by reading my tweets.  The link is over there on the left.  Check it out BRAH.  I’ll try to toss in another update before Vegas.  And in case I don’t, I want everyone to know my goal is fly out to Vegas and win enough to never have to come back.

Tomorrow is pay day.  That’s always a good feeling.

Nothing really to blog about.  Going on vacation in a few days, pretty pumped about that.

Until next time…

Back when I was a wee little grasshopper I used to have a book that I wrote in.  I guess that was my first journal and it predated this blog by a decade or so.  I don’t have it anymore because I threw it in the Muskatatuk river.  Why did I do that?  I don’t know, I was a young kid and maybe I didn’t anyone to read my personal thought.  Or maybe I was just embarassed that I was keeping a journal.  There are only two things that I remember about that journal.

On the cover was a poem; Footprints In The Sand.  This is the only poem that I know the title of.  I always liked this poem and occasionally its message will pop into my head.  If you haven’t read it, you should go ahead and get on that.  The other thing I remember about my old journal was a P.S. note I made after one of my entries.  It went something like this;

“P.S. Today, OJ Simpson was found innocent.  He can never again be tried for the same charges.”

Why that little note stuck in my head all these years, I do not know.  But it popped into my head the other day when I was at the library looking for a good book to read and I glanced across If I Did It, OJ’s hypothetical confession and how-to.  I quickly grabbed it up and checked it out.  I finished the book by the end of the night and have now rendered my own verdict.

He did it.  He absolutely did it.  No way on earth would anyone write a book about murdering someone, if they didn’t do it.  No way, Jose.  Also, he didn’t ever admit doing something wrong in his book, it was always Nicole’s fault.  The man took no responsibility anywhere.  Good book though, I enjoyed reading it.

And as a quick note here, I read Marcus Allen’s book and it sucked.  Don’t read it because IT SUCKED.

So, what’s new with me?  Other than replacing the bed and bumper on my truck ALL BY MYSELF, I can’t say I’m doing anything interesting.  There’s a closed-up building off the interstate that I look at every day on my way to work that is just begging to be explored.  I think I might just have to pull over some day and take a quick peek-a-boo.

No training for me.  Looking towards the new year and Indianapolis to get back at it.  It’s too far off, I hate it.  I miss jiu-jitsu so much, I swear it’s good for my soul.  I have to find a supplement before life gets in the way and I never find my way back.  Going to try to get back to blogging more regularly.  For the singles and singles of my fans out there, hang in there!  More updates are on their way!

I am in a fantasy football league with my roomates and a few other people this season.  Last night we held our live draft and picked our teams.  Yours truly landed the number one pick.  That means Adrian Peterson for this guy!  The only problem with drafting first was that I had to wait to the last pick of the 2nd round until I got to pick again.  But then I got to pick in first in the 3rd round, so I had back to back picks all the way through the draft.

Overall I’m pretty happy with my picks.  I got AP, Aaron Rodgers, Ryan Grant, Ronnie Brown, Rob Bironas, and Steve Smith.  I’m a little weak at WR, TE, and Defense but am only projected to lose two head to head matches up this season.  On my bench I have Hasselback and Sanchez sitting.  Hopefully one of them plays like a champ so I can trade away the other guy for another WR.  I’m also hoping Percy Harvin puts up decent stats this season.  Below is a screenshot of my lineup (click on it to see it full sized).  I’ll try to update weekly to show you how my team is doing.

I didn’t go to North Vernon last night because the guy i was supposed to train with canceled on me.  I’m disappointed, but if he’s sick, he’s sick.  There’s nothing I can do about it.  Maybe we’ll reschedule for next week.  Either way, I need to get going on being active again.

I just finished reading Randy Couture’s book.  It was good but I never realized how much Randy cheated on his wives or how his realationship with the UFC was so rocky.  I recommened reading it for anyone who loves MMA/UFC.  Up next on my “To Read” list is A Fighters Heart by Sam Sheridan, followed by Forrest Griffins book.