Author: Moby

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Wow, looks like my buddy roblog‘s house warming party is turning into a regular blog convention. brettcajun just firmed up today that he is coming as well. (homer – you don’t mind sharing the bed do you? *eg*) I work that weekend but have made arrangements to have some of the time off. I may develop a 24 hour case of swine flu. hehehe

My list of out-of-town bloggers met in person will grow substantially that weekend. Rob, Tony, Brett, Homie. . . is there anyone else going I don’t know about?

In other less exciting news, it’s rained almost everyday since I bought the bike. I’ve yet to take a nice long ride on it. *sigh* And, I spent 2 1/2 hours at the DMV again yesterday. It went smoothly this time. Last time was painful to say the least.

Kentucky Tim came over last night and we watched the Wallace & Gromit movie on cable. It was cute. Oh and I screwed up my email client last night. It drove me nuts till I fixed it.

Now, I’m left to finish the laundry. You know what a joy that is to me.

Scifi! II

Arrgggh! It’s been a busy week. It’s my Friday night and I’m catching up on the tivo shows.

Has anyone else been watching the release of the new Doctor Who series on scifi? It’s starting off pretty good. I wasn’t to keen on the first episode but the rest have been excellent. I’ve been having scifi withdrawals w/my regular shows being in the off season right now. It might just work out. hehehe.

Old Journals – 4.19.98

Ok, I’ve gotten a bit behind on my old journal posts. I plead for your mercy. I’ve been a very busy boy. This entry is significantly later on as I got distracted (yeah there’s a surprise) from my journaling.

In this enty, I find myself back in Houston and very happy about it at the time. I’d struggled very hard to make enough money to move as well as buy a car. Probably not the smartest move but it was very symbolic for me. A friend who managed the local bathouse gave me a job working the counter and catering the bbq’s on weekends. My thoughts were still very chaotic and my goals pretty much non-existent. I think I was still hoping for something to just fall it in my lap and make it all better. And while I was still missing the bigger picture, every time I sat down to journal a few more things would come into focus. All was not lost. . .

4.19.98
Well it’s been a very long time since I’ve written in this thing. I haven’t been keeping up like wanted but here I am again making the effort. I have come to a decision. I have no self-control when it comes to choosing what I want to do vs what I need/should be doing. That is something I need to work on a lot!

I’m back in Houston! I am so happy to be back. Even though I’m not working yet, I am still glad to be home. I’ve so missed all of my friends. However, as I feared, I’ve fallen back into alot of my old habits again. I’m trying though. I think I’ve made some very important realizations about myself. Now, I just need to work on the changes. I’ve started studing HTML alot. I need to study even harder if I want to learn it thoroughly. I’m getting concepts down right now and then I want to work on actual application next. I need to have a focus to help increase my self-control. I have no control sometimes when I should. I will work on it.
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Body by Moby

Ok, the title was cheesy but hey, cut me some slack. I’m sleep-deprived.

In an effort to keep my promise, I’m starting out w/some very generic helpful advice for first timers in the realm of working out.

Really simple axioms to remember.

1) To lose weight – you must burn more calories than you consume.

2) To build muscle – you must push some sort of heavy weight.

3) Have realistic expectations – body/muscle development is not an over-night process.

If you are truly interested in changing your outward appearance then you need to make changes in your life. My belief is most folks fail because they 1) go overboard and burn out quickly, 2) have very unrealistic expectations or 3) don’t think or follow it thru.
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Tidbits II

Thanks for the well-wishes and concerns on the new bike. I’m slowly breaking it in. I went for a ride last night. In a word, SWEET! I had sold my scooter but the guy backed out. No biggie, it’s paid for and I have the space.

As for the safety issues, yeah there is that. However, as Joe pointed out a lot of guys get bikes to increase the perception of coolness, manhood or likability. Not so in my case. I could care less really. I upgraded for a variety of reasons but the biggies were based on practicality.

  • 1) While the scooter was great for tooling around the city, I had a really hard time w/it during rain or poor weather days. It is so light that any rain makes it very dangerous to slide around on the street.
  • 2) I can afford a car but don’t want the hassles of parking, storage, fees, etc. I have a garage space so storage isn’t bad however, parking is simplistic w/a bike. Fees even less hassle.
  • 3) I’m no longer citybound. I can actually get on the freeway and drive over the bridge. While not a primary factor it is nice to have the added mobility.

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Surprise!!!!

OMG! I be done lost my ever love’n mind.

Lookie lookie what Moby got.

Blue Booo!

Blue Booo!

Better pics to come once I am not so crunched for time. My buddy kristaki from work went w/me. Afterwards, we were starving. And I didn’t wanna ride it too long till I get my insurance converted over.

We were both surprised how fast it went. I had planned to just go by and look at it. However, the guy offered me 5.9% on the interest so I couldn’t say no. Fast forward 30 minutes later and kristaki is watching me lurch up/down the block getting used to the clutch. (My scooter is one gear w/no clutch. It’s been a while since I’ve been on a bike.)

Del.icio.us

I would say “geek alert” however, I’d like some feedback on this particular post.

I’ve been hearing about the social bookmarking site del.icio.us for some time now. I decided to check it out today. Not bad. It’s sort of like friendster, tribe, and myspace except you share bookmarks instead of self-profiles. Any computer, phone, pda, etc w/net access I can log in and see my bookmarks. Of course, this ties in nicely w/my desire to make the web my portal of online activities.

With del.icio.us I have the choice of listing my tags or my actual bookmarks. I’m just starting so my tag list is minimal at best. I’ve also only added a few bookmarks for now. My question is how many people prefer seeing a list of my tags or the actual bookmarks?

Busy Bee III

No rest for the wicked. I’m off but not such luck on actually being free. *sigh* I miss having a life. (Wait, did I ever have one?…*pondering*)

I’m off to work to bend fresh minds to my iron will. The current class has finished their first rotation and today is their one day classroom training session before starting 2nd rotation. Out of 18 there are 9 left. Sadly, that’s better than most. The remaining group is doing well though.

Tomorrow, I’m headed over to City College to help my previous instructor w/his new EMT class. They are coming toward the end of the semester and doing much more hands on.

Wednesday, I have to go in early (7:00am) as I’m learning the new dynamic deployment for fire side. (I’m not exactly a morning person so I’m sure I’ll be extra cranky that day.) We are switching to a new type of dispatching for medics in the city. Instead of placing them at fire stations they will be roaming. We will use an AVL (automatically verifiy location) system to deploy medics for emergency calls. Basically, it just means we’ll have more tools to do our job effectively. Not any new skills but more attention is required now. The current system is sloppy at best. After a week of training, I hit the floor. One of the perks might be better days off for awhile. I might end up w/a weekend day or two off thru the month of April.