West.By far, without a doubt my favorite direction to go. I’m not alone in this regard, even Buddhists believe heading west is the path towards enlightenment. The sun eventually makes it’s way towards west and on top of that, pioneers migrated and settled the west, and lets not forget how the west was won.Regardless of it’s timeless connotations, I personally like the west because for me, in Denver, it means the mountains! I didn’t start until last year, my addiction for altitude, but it’s gaining and gaining, and with the great weather we’ve been experiencing, my addiction has started early! I promised myself last year that I would do more hiking, biking and camping by all accounts.This year has started off on a good foot. Last weekend me and K went to hike with the puppies, and this weekend, the puppies and I went hiking. I’m pretty sure if I had it my way I’d go every weekend.I am going …

It seems as if there is a pretty nasty bug going around. The ‘meme‘ bug. I’m blaming the water this time around. Last time this bug hit it was due in part because of National Blog Posting MOnth. This time it was a note that was tagged in. At first, it was just one person … the next day, two tags …. the next day 4 tags…. and it just seems to grow exponentially. I figured not only will I post up my meme, but I’ll respond in paragraph form, mostly, and It’ll be a multi-part series.So here is the first part ………. ‘15 Things you probably didn’t know about me’I’m anal retentive when it comes to ironing. I mean ANAL. Every morning for as long as I can remember I’ve always ironed my clothes. Even boxers and socks if need be. I know what your thinking, and the only thing I can say is pray for me.Even after 15+ …

Whew. What a year. I have to admit, it’s already shaping up to be a good one. One worth blogging about. One worth remembering.My main reason for posting(although I have many) was due in part to cross a partial item off my Bucket List! Item #9 was to learn to snowboard, so I’m going to have to amend the list. I didn’t learn to snowboard, but I DID go skiing! 6 Years of living in the Rockies I figured it was about time, and the opportunity arose. My goal is if it’s on my list, regardless of how daunting, to say yes and cross it off.We headed up to Copper early Saturday morning and truth be told it was a pretty decent drive. The whole morning I was pretty sick to my stomach. Not due to the flue or cold, but I was pretty nervous. Everybody I had talked to in regards to hitting the slopes basically painted a nightmare …

There is so much to be said, and yet none of it comes to mind.The logical place to start off would simply be at the end of my previous post, and given my extreme lazyness, lack of motivation and my eyes seeing spots of darkness lets begin ….Of course, my new job is the big news as of late. I was told from my previous employer that I’d be laid off as of the first of the new year and with no funds in the bank, the highest unemployment rate in 16 years and the holidays fast approaching I was worried. Perhaps worried isn’t the right word, I was well past worried. Well past stressed …. well past the point of no return.Luckily after tons and tons of phone calls, what felt like a hundred resumes emailed and even more voicemails and emails I was able to land a job. 17 days to be exact. Not one actually …. but …

The 10,000 pound gorilla on my back.From time to time these gorillas are thrust upon me unknowingly, other times they are babies in which I grow and nurture to adulthood and beyond. All kinds of gorillas, financial, spiritual, friendship, relationship among many. I’ve had my fair share of gorillas on my back, and I’ve schlepped them along for various amounts of time ranging from a few minutes, to a year. Some are lightweight, these types are usually ones that after a few days or weeks you don’t notice. Others …. others are incredibly difficult and incredibly heavy with the burdens they bring along usually heavy enough to drop you to your knee and beg for mercy.In my short time here on earth, I realized I’ve been paying attention to the wrong details. All along, I’ve only payed attention to the how and the why these gorillas were placed on my back. How could this have happened? Why have I been …

This photo was taken shortly after I originally got Georgina. However, Georgina at the time wasn’t Georgina, she was a he, and his name was George. When I originally picked “him” up from the store, I was told that she was a he!Fast forward a bit later, and two geckos later, he was laying eggs and not so much a he anymore! It was pretty awesome, and very weird calling George Georgina. Very weird indeed.I’d also like to point out, this photo was one of the first few I took with my new camera.

It would seem as if everytime I blog as of late, it’s turned to a venting session or something catastrophic. Sadly, this post isn’t the exception. It’s been a rough year for me. I know, I’ve stated that within numerous posts and still, with a month and half to go, the ‘08 year isn’t quite through with me yet.It seems as if almost two years ago exactly (well minus two weeks or so) that I’m going through the same thing. I suppose that’s why I blog. It’s curious to see the blog post title in which I posted before, and as I’m going through the same situation, I think the title fits perfectly.“Even though I’ve come so far,  I know I’ve got so far to go and any day now I’ll explode”~ Rise AgainstI really do feel as if I’ll explode. It’s not a matter of years, months, days, hours or minutes but mere seconds. It’s amazing the amount of …

/sigh.Tonight is election night. I’ve got my laptop ready. CNN/FOX/MSNBC/Comedy Central all on standby. We’ll see if America will give me an early Christmas present and a late birthday gift.Please America?I’ll continue to update this blog as time goes on!@6:01pmWAHOO! EV count is up to 77 for BO. Keep on rolling ….@6:13Indiana looking really good for BO. Keep on rolling ….@6:25Checking out http://election.twitter.com/, and watching the tweets flowing in!@6:40CNN/MSNBC call Pennslyvania for BO! Keep on rolling …@6:42Found a live feed for MSNBC! Love the InterTubes!@6:54Hagen vs Dole and Hagen wins! The only senate seat I knew about that I wanted to win. Dole called Hagen godless. Shameful. pfff.  Keep on rolling …@6:56CO Polls closing in 5 minutes. Living in Denver, I see obama stickers literally 20-1. Lets hope the vote stays that way or I might be moving home to Texas! *cough* uhh …. nix that. Keep on rolling …@7:00Only 96 EV’s away from history. Come on baby! Keep on …

In the beginning of July, I was sitting at the FlatIrons Community Church service and the lead pastor was talking about community and the meaning of church. It went on, and that night I signed up to do some wheeling with some folks at the church. I’ve only been out once with them, but hopefully more times in the future.On this adventure, we went out past Boulder, out past Nedarland, and up a trail to a plane crash site in which both pilots died. It was a very creepy experience knowing that out in the middle of nowhere there were the reminants of a plane. Having said that, it was a great time. Hopefully more to come ….

Ok, so I said previously that I was going to make it all complicated, post regular postings below, only headlines up top. However, I changed my mind. I would really like to start writing more, but I just don’t see it happening, but don’t fret. It’s for good reason!I’ve been doing my homework, I’ve purchased all of the necessary hardware and so my next project will be that of a podcast! I figure if Jerry Seinfield can have a show about nothing, why can’t I? Ok ok, so it won’t be all completly about nothing. Over the course of time, I’ll start to have segments and such, but until then. Stay tuned.Exciting times are ahead!