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The challenge – to write a memoir of your life in only six words. Can it be done? Oh yes, it can.

The lovely and talented Fiona at Confessions from the Home Office has tagged me with a very interesting challenge: to write my memoir in six words.

If you look at her post, it provides some of the background about where the idea originated. But basically, the idea is to sum yourself up in six words or less, post it, and then tag someone else:

• Write your own six word memoir.
• Post it on your blog.
• Link to the person that tagged you in your post, and to this original post if possible.
• Tag five more blogs with links.

without further ado, here it is:

Explore everything, leave no stone unturned…

Tags: 6 word memoir, challenge

Just downloaded the latest Nine Inch Nails album – “The Slip.” Really good stuff and it ventures into new territory on the commerce of music front - it’s absolutely free. A treat for fans, like me, who have been rabidly consuming Trent Reznor’s music since the late 1980s.

A nice way of a successful artist saying thanx to fans. Sometimes art is just that, art for art’s sake and not for making a buck.

Download it for yourself at NIN.com, and Play It Loud Mutha!

Tags: free download, music, nine inch nails

well, since the beginning of december i’ve been on a quest to get back into reasonably good physical condition. and folks, it’s working!

i started at a plump 212 pounds. after two and a half years of knee injuries, shoulder injuries and general malaise i was finally able to start training again. man, i didn’t realize how shitty i felt. no wonder i felt like such a lazy bag of turd.

i’m much closer to my ‘fighting weight’ now at a much leaner 194 - float like a butterfly, or moth, and sting like an, um, wasp (not quite a bee, yet…).

my initial attempts to run were a disaster - 5 miles (too much), and really started to screw up my knees. it took 65 minutes to run five miles. being that i’m a very polarized personality (all or nothing, go big or go home) - i thought more of a good thing would be a good way to get started, not so much!

so then i started building from 1 kilometre and working on speed and adding more distance each week. in 16 weeks i’ve gone from 12+ minute miles down to about an 8:50 mile. i’m up to 8 kilometres in 44-49 minutes. pretty significant improvement.

so i’m nearly ready to run 10K distances - maybe in about 4-6 weeks.

Tags: forest gump, running, training

well. calgary has gone from having 6-10 inches of snow to being 20 degrees today. it is absolutely gorgeous outside. or as i’ve been want to say lately – ‘bitchin!’

there was no excuse not to go for a ride today. nothing too far. just from here out through springbank and along highway 22 to bragg creek but a nice ride just the same.

there were literally swarms of bikes at the gas station and mini-mall in bragg creek. first really nice weekend of the year brings out all the bikes from hibernation.

this was also fiona’s first ride on the highway 2-up/doubling. it’s about 90 kilometres return, so it’s a good way to get used to highway speed, balance and the unruly winds just west of the city. all in all it was a great ride and i think fiona is slowly catching the riding bug.

Tags: fiona's first ride, first ride, riding

holy crap,

everytime i look at my blog another month has gone by. not sure where the time keeps going.

a few updates –

i’m nearly done my first (of two years) of my BEd program to become a teacher. only two more weeks left this year. it’s been a great experience and i’ve learned heaps. my experience in the schools has confirmed that, indeed, i have made the right decision and i was ‘destined’ to become a teacher. it has been one of the most challenging life changes i’ve ever met, but daily i have experiences that show me what a wonderful career choice i have made.

i’ve also recently finished training to be a motorcycle instructor. this is going to be a blast! i’ll have part-time, and possibly nearly full-time work, every summer if things work out. it’ll be great to teach kids throughout the school year then i’ll get to teach another passion of mine, motorcycles, to adults. can it get any better than this?

no really big plans this summer, so i’m looking forward to some ’smaller’ projects around the house and enjoying sitting in the yard or the occasional jaunt on the motorcycle through the mountains. now, if the weather would just co-operate…