Friday, January 29, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Mongol Rally
Basically Ever since I first discovered the little adventure called Mongol Rally, I've held it high on my bucket list. With that in mind, I'd also like to do the Sahara Rally and, to be quite honest, make somewhat of a habit of a nomadic lifestyle. If you're savvy!?!? Here are a few of my favourite playlists I created in youtube.
Driving Rich Crazy 2006 Two guys named Richard, drive a Fiat Uno almost to Ulan Baatar. Well produced and the conclusion is perfect!
Nick & Barnaby This was my first introduction to the rally, expedia sponsored these two guy to drive it in a classic mini. They release the videos about 2 a week or so and it was good fun keeping up with it.
Saharan Rally These guys did both rally's so far. I'm impressed!
Driving Rich Crazy 2006 Two guys named Richard, drive a Fiat Uno almost to Ulan Baatar. Well produced and the conclusion is perfect!
Nick & Barnaby This was my first introduction to the rally, expedia sponsored these two guy to drive it in a classic mini. They release the videos about 2 a week or so and it was good fun keeping up with it.
Saharan Rally These guys did both rally's so far. I'm impressed!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Lessons from 2009
To begin with...
You better blow your money, otherwise someone else (some thief) is going to spend it for you! Thanks to the government, the financial industry, and the insurance industry...
You better blow your money, otherwise someone else (some thief) is going to spend it for you! Thanks to the government, the financial industry, and the insurance industry...
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Learning
It is one thing to learn from your/the past. Something entirely different to let go of what taught those lessons.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Old Question
A friend posed the following question to me, a while ago:
Living in a realm where anything is possible, if you were now living in the city of your choice and you earned enough money where your bills were paid with extra spending money, what kind of activities would you be doing? I’m not talking about shopping for Prada b/c I know that’s a given. How would you spend your time?
First let me clarify, do you mean I have a job I like/love and freedom to come and go as I please and the extra spending money was significant?
Yes!
Sorry, this is all kinds of scatter brain.
Ok, well, I’d definitely try to get a lot of culture, ie theatre and the arts. I really do enjoy being active, so that would be a big part of my life. I realize I gravitate toward more counter culture activities, so I’d do things like that, but I’m also interested in traditional sports so I’d like to do those. In addition to theatre and arts I’d go to sporting events, but mostly with friends as a social activity. Music of course is a given, I’d try to stay as on top of music as I do now and go to shows, but still remain selective and not just go for the sake of going, as in, I like the Rolling stones, but I don’t need to see them. I would travel for any of the activities mentioned above. I would celebrate birthdays in grand style. I would drive fast all the time, not reckless, but you know. I guess I would really try to be a “renaissance man,” and try my best at many things, concentrating on a few. Being a gentleman is important to me so I’d do my best at that. Ultimately I’d be at home as little as possible but have as much fun as possible. Along the travel lines, I’d definitely try to do epic type of trips, like snowboard vacations to Russia, scuba in the Caribbean, etc etc.
This all makes me think about a phrase that’s been circling my head for ages now: “everything, all the time” as in I’d like to do everything all the time, but it’d best be stated as “anything, anytime.” This is of course within certain constraints, I’d don’t want to engage in anything base or morose. I also wrote a blog about how I want to do many things but not get mired down in all the politics/lifestyle that seems to come with them, and that is speaking to me now, as in I’d want to do many of these things, but don’t want to make it a constant. If that makes sense.
Living in a realm where anything is possible, if you were now living in the city of your choice and you earned enough money where your bills were paid with extra spending money, what kind of activities would you be doing? I’m not talking about shopping for Prada b/c I know that’s a given. How would you spend your time?
First let me clarify, do you mean I have a job I like/love and freedom to come and go as I please and the extra spending money was significant?
Yes!
Sorry, this is all kinds of scatter brain.
Ok, well, I’d definitely try to get a lot of culture, ie theatre and the arts. I really do enjoy being active, so that would be a big part of my life. I realize I gravitate toward more counter culture activities, so I’d do things like that, but I’m also interested in traditional sports so I’d like to do those. In addition to theatre and arts I’d go to sporting events, but mostly with friends as a social activity. Music of course is a given, I’d try to stay as on top of music as I do now and go to shows, but still remain selective and not just go for the sake of going, as in, I like the Rolling stones, but I don’t need to see them. I would travel for any of the activities mentioned above. I would celebrate birthdays in grand style. I would drive fast all the time, not reckless, but you know. I guess I would really try to be a “renaissance man,” and try my best at many things, concentrating on a few. Being a gentleman is important to me so I’d do my best at that. Ultimately I’d be at home as little as possible but have as much fun as possible. Along the travel lines, I’d definitely try to do epic type of trips, like snowboard vacations to Russia, scuba in the Caribbean, etc etc.
This all makes me think about a phrase that’s been circling my head for ages now: “everything, all the time” as in I’d like to do everything all the time, but it’d best be stated as “anything, anytime.” This is of course within certain constraints, I’d don’t want to engage in anything base or morose. I also wrote a blog about how I want to do many things but not get mired down in all the politics/lifestyle that seems to come with them, and that is speaking to me now, as in I’d want to do many of these things, but don’t want to make it a constant. If that makes sense.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
What I mean by, "My life is a mess"
Recently I had a conversation with someone and I told them that "my life's a mess." I didn't get to get into the details of that statement particularly, but let me try to here... First thing you should consider is that all of this is just an annoyance these days and I don't let it get me down, but still, it can be frustrating...
Most importantly are some health issues that are affecting me and my family. My mother has a very serious condition and I'm struggling with it. It really gets to me that such a wonderful, sweet, empathetic, giving woman could be cursed with such a tragic affliction. I'm helpless to do anything about it due to my own circumstances. I too was diagnosed with a serious health condition and although I'm beating it, it does require medical monitoring and that comes at a cost not completely covered by my seemingly good insurance. I'm managing it as best I can, but I was already in some financial dire straits before this, and I continue to have difficulty getting out of it all. Partly, it is out of my own mistakes, some of which I keep making, and partly due to this medical which I resent.
This all affects me and I'm having difficulty getting into the swing of what I consider my normal schedule. There are parts of that schedule that I am not fully completing or completing on a regular basis and this causes me distress. Most importantly is fitness. Before my medical, I was quite active and had a routine of activities that I did to maintain my fitness. I just haven't been able to find the time or make the time to get fully back into it. It is sporadic at best which frustrates me.
I am further frustrated by my work atmosphere. I no longer feel challenged(did I ever), nor interested in my work and I feel I've been told that my only option to advance is to leave. I don't mind that option. I do see problems, however. Firstly, I haven't seen a good opportunity since before my medical. I believe my medical cost me an opportunity, which I resent. Second, I am trapped in that I CANNOT lose insurance, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER. Finally, adding to my frustration, is that I don't feel financially secure enough to take much risk in finding other employment.
That, in a nutshell, is what I mean by, "My life is a mess." I don't mean to suggest that any of this is impossible, it's not! I am just impatient and do feel ambushed and burdened.
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Now playing: The Flying Tigers - Hell For You
via FoxyTunes
Most importantly are some health issues that are affecting me and my family. My mother has a very serious condition and I'm struggling with it. It really gets to me that such a wonderful, sweet, empathetic, giving woman could be cursed with such a tragic affliction. I'm helpless to do anything about it due to my own circumstances. I too was diagnosed with a serious health condition and although I'm beating it, it does require medical monitoring and that comes at a cost not completely covered by my seemingly good insurance. I'm managing it as best I can, but I was already in some financial dire straits before this, and I continue to have difficulty getting out of it all. Partly, it is out of my own mistakes, some of which I keep making, and partly due to this medical which I resent.
This all affects me and I'm having difficulty getting into the swing of what I consider my normal schedule. There are parts of that schedule that I am not fully completing or completing on a regular basis and this causes me distress. Most importantly is fitness. Before my medical, I was quite active and had a routine of activities that I did to maintain my fitness. I just haven't been able to find the time or make the time to get fully back into it. It is sporadic at best which frustrates me.
I am further frustrated by my work atmosphere. I no longer feel challenged(did I ever), nor interested in my work and I feel I've been told that my only option to advance is to leave. I don't mind that option. I do see problems, however. Firstly, I haven't seen a good opportunity since before my medical. I believe my medical cost me an opportunity, which I resent. Second, I am trapped in that I CANNOT lose insurance, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER. Finally, adding to my frustration, is that I don't feel financially secure enough to take much risk in finding other employment.
That, in a nutshell, is what I mean by, "My life is a mess." I don't mean to suggest that any of this is impossible, it's not! I am just impatient and do feel ambushed and burdened.
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Now playing: The Flying Tigers - Hell For You
via FoxyTunes
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
more optimism
Don't be upset about the things that went wrong, be glad about the opportunities to go well...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Miami Horror
Miami Horror - Sometimes from PEDESTRIAN Creative. on Vimeo.
Fly away, get lost, and never be found!!!Friday, September 11, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
My itunes listening process!!!
So I'm finally getting halfway into my new mode of listening to Itunes. My problem is I have a ton of music...A ton, dang music blogs... So, I have a ton of music, and not all of it I've listened to. Shamefully, I haven't been an equal opportunity listener. N E Ways, I've organized my Itunes such that my play counts sync form the Ipod and now I'm whittling down the list such that the play count on everything is at least at 1. This, will take a very long time, but I do listen to my I-pod predominantly in the car, so that helps. Still, this is a monumental task.
How I'm doing it; first sort songs by play count, all the zeros come to the top, grab a bunch and put them in a specific playlist I'm syncing on my ipod, play through them, then sync again so all the play counts get added, remove all the ones with a play count from playlist, add more that don't have a playcount...it sounds harder than it is.
I have a pretty nice stereo in my car; nice in that it directly links to my Ipod, so I don't have to fight with radio tuning etc etc. I'm able to access the ipod from the stereo and browse songs, etc etc. Only thing that would be helpful, if it would let you rate songs as they play. I'm trying to rate more of my music lately, just to add another bit of meta information, and not being able to do it on the fly with my car stereo is a minor inconvienience...note to Sony, fix this!!!
How I'm doing it; first sort songs by play count, all the zeros come to the top, grab a bunch and put them in a specific playlist I'm syncing on my ipod, play through them, then sync again so all the play counts get added, remove all the ones with a play count from playlist, add more that don't have a playcount...it sounds harder than it is.
I have a pretty nice stereo in my car; nice in that it directly links to my Ipod, so I don't have to fight with radio tuning etc etc. I'm able to access the ipod from the stereo and browse songs, etc etc. Only thing that would be helpful, if it would let you rate songs as they play. I'm trying to rate more of my music lately, just to add another bit of meta information, and not being able to do it on the fly with my car stereo is a minor inconvienience...note to Sony, fix this!!!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
"celebrate your life"
"and there's more to celebrate"
or something like that...Been kind of in a funk lately, but recently got hold of a favourite remedy/guilty pleasure, so I'm changing my perspective, whew...
Biking news: I bought clip in's etc for my street bike a while ago and I finally got those on the bike the other day. Today I rode it, horribly, in the wind, but I just wanted to get a feel for the clips. Didn't seem all that bad...
or something like that...Been kind of in a funk lately, but recently got hold of a favourite remedy/guilty pleasure, so I'm changing my perspective, whew...
Biking news: I bought clip in's etc for my street bike a while ago and I finally got those on the bike the other day. Today I rode it, horribly, in the wind, but I just wanted to get a feel for the clips. Didn't seem all that bad...
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