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Well I'm taking a day off from the bmx track and working on some street riding skills and endurance training. I have a hill in mind to try and ride up as well as some nice bumpy sidewalks along downtown. I need to learn to build up my endurance and my bunnyhopping skills and curb launching skills. This here pic is me at the city park playground just messing around manualing on the open concrete shuffleboard area. I also "used to" rode the putt-putt golf course making quick jumps and bunnhops. Unfortunately the place is patrolled and no bikes, skaters, or in-line skaters are allowed there anymore. They also tore down the sand pit volleyball pit and planted grass there. Too many "undesirables" were showing up there. Now it's all for the kids and families. So even the walking path through the park has signs up saying "No Bikes". That leave me only the downtown section to ride on. And the good thing about that is there are lots of hilly sections downtown through tree lined neighborhood streets, filled with songbirds and the rustle of wind through the trees. Its really nice there.I should be leaving soon before it gets too hot to ride. It got really hot by 11:30am yesterday and today I want to ride before the heatwave... its a sticky, balmy 66 degrees outside right now, so I should leave early. I just realized I don't have headphones for my cdplayer nor the cash to buy them right now, so I will just listen to the sounds of nature and of the people milling about downtown.Have a good one everybody and to the bikers... ride on!
Well today's one hour long practice got me familiar with all the jumps and rollers and I think I've got the track wired. I took about 8 runs from the second turn into the third straight over a small step-up, pulled up for the lip, down the backside, over a roller you had to pull up for (or it would launch you), and then practiced jumping the tabletop right after... its so close to the roller there's barely enough time to pull for it so i practiced jumping it. It has a nice long smooth back side so it if you don't make it, you are still on flat ground. After about 3 runs I was pumping it and my first sky over the jump was the most scary adreneline rush one could have.I gave it about 4-6 more runs and actually made backside of the jump but not enough body english to drop the front end to the backside but I was clearning it. That made me feel better. There is just not enough time to pull manual the table right after the roller its too quick. Best way is to jump it. I'll try and get some photos of me jumping it and a pic of me starting from the gate.All in all it was a good intense ride for an hour... a true body workout. I love it. And yes I had a full face helmet on. Always will. One can break bones, but not worth the head concussion if I wreck, which i don't think I will since i've got the track wired now. I know every roller, every jump and know how to pull for them. I don't plan on racing this year, but I will take gate practice. I need to re-learn how to take gates and also how to re-learn how to jump and table tops are perfect since they are flat on top and if you don't make it you just land flat and keep going. Peace out peoples.
I spent most of today sick from some spoiled potato salad last night. Cramps, hitting the loo every 1/2 hour for 1/2 an hour at a time... I'll spare you the details but now I'm feeling much better. I missed most of the day which was a nice 77 degrees. Now its nightfall and my favorite time to blog, read, do yoga or whatnot. I'm skipping the yoga tonight as I feel still to ill to do inverted stretches.
In about an hour it will be dark and I'll be left with some candlelight and some ambient music and incense. I got a rude reply from some jerkoff on on of my groups about my use of salvia to meditate to and I simply replied that most of us here are friendly folk and he must be a cop. Too bad, its still a "legal herbal smoke" here in Virginia. I "KNOW" the power of it and am a practicing shaman. The visions only last about 10 minutes and the rest of the hour is a good energetic body sweaty buzz. Next reply I get from him will get use of the delete key. It comes in handy for angry idiots like that.
Anyhow... its quite now, my cat is already asleep and I plan to stay up for a few more hours and read some from my trilogy fantasy novel "The Coldfire Trilogy". It will be my third read and its quite an adventure.
Peace and blessings.
Hey ya'll its been a while since I last posted. I've been doing lots of yoga, meditation, and prayer... along with the part-time job hunting. I feel a lot better these days. Got two solid days of Cruiser BMX riding at our local track and I pulled my shoulder muscles so I've been doing stretches on and off throughout the past two days.I think tomorrow will be a fine day for bmx'ing it up at the track. Talk about a full-body workout! Usually two hours and I'm whipped. Looking forward to tomorrow. Temps should be in the mid 70's. Perfect riding weather. And while I'm typing this my cat is begging for petting. (petting the cat)... Ok I'm back. Listening to some old Pink Floyd.I'm going to meditate tonight for another hour with the help of the salvia leaf... a legal herbal smoke for those not in the know. It's the dry season here and no herb to be found wherever I check or talk to. Its also the growing season so it may be a few MORE months before I can obtain some herb to smoke and relax to. Tis ok with this Dirt Magnet. I like my snuff and the occasional light beer I drink in the evenings. Helps me sleep well too.Anyhow this post was mostly about nothing, but I retook the Jungian Type Personality Test and really paid attention to the questions and my truthful answers and as posted in an earlier blog... I'm still and INFJ. Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Judging. People like us usually take on more than we can handle and set expectations too high. Also, we are very empathetic people to others suffering.Well, that's all for now folks.Peace and blessings.
After re-reading the Celestine Prophecy for the third time I'm getting in touch with coincidences in my life and trying to build up my personal energy.
Example: I'm going to about five places tomorrow that are hiring part-time labor. I have my resumes and references ready, have my story straight that I am MI and (we'll just say I'm going to say "Bipolar" is all) can only work a part time job due to the requirements of my disability and with my right to work ticket.
I think I understand my control drama much better as I usually play aloof while interrogators and intimidators are all around me. To get clear I need to fill myself up with love and give these people the energy they will subconsciously pull from me and I will have to name their drama at some point without being rude (that's a hard thing to do). I also learned that getting clear and following one's intuition is a good thing... most people call that a gut instinct to interact with somebody or be motivated to do something, yet many seldom do and dismiss it with a passing thought or wave.
I intend on looking my best and doing my best in these interviews for part-time labor and the best place I can think of right now is our local beverage "Crown Cork & Seal" that packages your favorite beverages like Dr. Pepper, RC Cola, & Gingerale. No experience required. I think its mostly a packing or loading job part-time in the evenings and I'm a night owl anyway when I do have stuff to do in the evenings.
Tomorrow also after 6pm I'm heading on over to Groove Merchant - a new bike shop in Martinsburg to test out the new MCS Magnum Cruiser and see if I want to put some cash down on it. I still have to sell my Kona $800 2006 MTN bike after it gets out of the shop Monday for a new crank arm and a tune-up. If not, this dirt magnet will continue to ride my MTN bike at the city park BMX track.
The hobbit in me keeps me in most days as we hobbits like to work on their own things and (me with my kitty tigger) be an internet junkie and write these posts that are a reflection of my desire to journal my feelings and emotions.
Know what else? I don't smoke, I don't drink, I don't do drugs (except the occasional herb), and I don't have sex anymore (I take care of myself occasionally), and the last thing - Casual Sex - just isn't worth the risk of becoming infected with some STD or worse Hepatitis or AIDS. I used to enjoy the casual relationships and fun encounters with woman of all ages but they always wanted a relationship and me playing the 'aloof' drama accepted their interests and now find that this hobbit don't need no more relationships. I can do better to take care of myself and just have online or "friends only" relationships.
May the green glow of this dirt magnet hobbit carry on and learn to increase my energy vibrations to higher levels as more coincidences - like the one I had today to go back in the Blockbuster Video store later to apply directly with one of the assistant managers. Personally I also take what my doctor said seriously, "You don't belong in a retail or call center environment because of your severe panic attacks you suffer from." Truth be told.
So this dirt magnet hobbit shall carry on and continue to be with and support my online health groups I call family.
Peace and blessings.
I personally hate installing software... the waiting... the possible hiccups in the installation... security serial numbers... applications halting. And so on.
But thanks to the amazing help (yea right) of Comcast I was able to re-install my McAfee Security Suite (with AntiVirus and Firewall).
Took me two days to figure out how to do it and all it was a simple problem I corrected in my Comcast Email Address that was spelled wrong. So when McAfee tried my old email address it cancelled my subscription to McAfee Updates.
Ahhh but a resourceful hobbit like myself was able to pull it all together and make it work.
Aint computers great? Errr... uh... yea i suppose so.
Ahh An MCS Complete Cruiser Ride. Now THIS is a real racing machine. MCS Magnum Complete Aluminum frame, Chromoly fork, 3pc chromoly cranks , chromoly handlebars (nice and tall), chromoly stem, easy cruiser gearing...
If there is an "MCS Speedfreak Cruiser" I didn't see it on their website, but this looks like the beauty I've been looking for. a nice nimble stiff and quick off the line cruiser. It oozes "Do Me" all over it on the BMX track. I have a bite on my Kona Cinder Kone 2006 MTN bike and I hope I get it sold next Thursday after I get it out of the shop from a tune-up. Should be nice and showroom ready for the buyer whom told me the price was right but the size may be too big for a 5' 6" dude. I told him with the seat down its perfect for a dude his size and very nimble even on a bmx track.
We shall see. Tune in again fellow dirt magnet hobbiters....
Yes, once again its 'the bloom' hits Winchester, Virginia.
Its the 80th Shenandoah Apple Blossom festival; complete with Circus, two parades (fireman's tonight at 5pm, & Grand Feature Tomorrow at 1:30pm), Weekend in the park - arts, crafts, food vendors (ahhh funnel cake and cotton candy), and the carnival - just a 1/4 mile from my house... I can hear the screams of the kids and parents on the rides and smell the sweet funnel cake and food. Its quite a weekend. Police (Task Force, DEA, State & Local Police, Undercover cops)... this a hobbit is a staying in... once you've been arrested (me for a 2001 DUI on XTC), you fear for your life upon seeing them. I was actually astonished at the two Task Force police at the local Handy Mart by the doors looking for 'suspicious' people, drunks, druggies, anything out of the ordinary and I was just going in to buy some potato chips to eat. I felt very looked upon by the police with my shorts, tattoos, ear piercings and tye-dye shirt on. But they never stopped me or questioned me, just a "have a safe evening sir" was all I got on the way out.
I can't go to the carnival just for the crowd and people. Plus my doctor told me to avoid amusement rides as that may cause a seizure in me - even the safe looking 'scrambler' could throw me into convulsions he said to me last month. So this hobbit is a hobbiting in his safe hobbit hole with tigger the cat.
The parade and stuff is fun for kids and families, but once you've seen the festival many times over as a kid most of us 'locals' either stay in or go out of town... OR watch it on local tv.
I'm just blabbering on and listening to "Lateralus" by TOOL. Need some metal right now to stay awake as I slept last night for 10 hours... and still sick with the intestinal flu. Called up a herbalist friend in Phoenix and she said to drink chamomile tea and eat peanut butter. Stay away from coffee and heavy foods.
Bleh... I've felt better. My bike still in the bike shop - had to order a new crank arm I bent at the bmx track. They said use locktite, but that they would not put that on it. A fellow biker told me to use the medium strenght locktitie and just keep it tight. I'll probably avoid the track and take to the mtn bike trails when i get it back as i'm trying to sell it in the valley trader so I can buy a single-speed 24" bmx cruiser.
That's all for today folks.
Peace and blessings.
Well folks I am now going through a mixed-episode of depression, anxiety, and fear and loathing. I have been on disability for two years and am looking to find a safe haven to work part-time in and still keep my nut check which I count on to pay my rent, utils, bills, gas, and groceries.At the advice of a good friend of mine I have registered, refined and shortened my resume to pertinent information only, and uploaded in MS WORD format my resume and created a good general cover letter. I have already applied to two "PC TECH" jobs: one in Front Royal (20 min drive) and same position in Hagerstown, MD (35 min drive). I anxiously await the opportunity to work on computer issues, migrations to MS Windows XP, and Imaging software which I have experience in and carry a Microsoft Certification and an A+ Computer Technician hw/sw Certification.I have set the date as of Friday, May 11th to apply in person to 4 open part-time positions in Winchester (short commute, easy jobs). I hope the full-time PC Tech positions will allow me to work just part-time (less than 25hrs/week).I will meditate and pray for something to come my way just by following my instincts and coincidences I am watching for. I need the 10 days to mentally and physically prepare myself through yoga and mountain bike riding the local BMX track in the evenings when its cooler and can ride with a riding buddy of mine... tonight included. Call it my mental health clarity and time to mentally prepare myself for the socialization and fear and anxiety reduction at either the local part-time jobs or offer myself in the interview for PC TECH as part-time only. I will NOT risk losing my nut check to risk it all for a full-time position in that area. I just can't do it. I'm not ready yet.I hope you readers that have been privied to my blog to offer your prayers and healing vibes.Peace and Blessings.
