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OSU is like 15 mniutes from my house.

Go there and then shred with me!!! :D
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Took an aptitude test for the military on Weds. It took about 3 hours and damn I'm glad I only have to take it once ! I scored really well and they said I'm applicable for just about any job I want. I'm looking pretty well at the Navy. I don't even like the water. Wierd huh ?

I've been very consistant with my exercise. I've been putting running into the swing of things and it's a very big challenge. I forgot how much it sucks, but it's kinda fun just exhausting yourself until you think you can't run any more or faster, and you keep going. One fun workout I like doing is running to Neal School and exercising on their playground. I usually do it at night time, it's about the only time I like exercising.

Played footbag a bit with my new shoes...I went back to G-units mid sesh and noticed it wasn't really the shoes. I just sucked. So I went back to the Frees and played the rest of the sesh with them, about 2 hours. Played with Brad which really helped me to keep shreddin hard. The inside surface isn't the best, but it's doable. I know that my form will improve using these shoes. I can't slop stalls like I used to. The weight...omg, the weight...what little there is, is beautiful. If you've ever shred barefoot, you know that you're just waiting for a shoe that gives you that feeling. Well, the frees do. I'll keep schooling in them and hopefully be comfortable in them for NYJ.

NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ NYJ

I'm excited :lol:

So here are some pictures of my beautiful niece, my shoes, and friends. *Cheers*

Asian babies love the games !
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Brad and Twiggy, smile !
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Where my soldiers at ?
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Dog love. Can you believe I slept in that bed with 2 of them with me ?
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Lil rocker fo life.
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Learning headstands.
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Triple shot of Hot Damn ! (100 proof of pure hell)
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Reaction to a triple shot, pricesless.
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Good stuff...really.
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Colored my Frees and now..the final leap of faith. Silicone.
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Day after thanksgiving feast, *Cheers friends*
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My wacked out hair after my first sesh with my frees.
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Mmm...free.
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Black man air
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It's been a couple days after I've sent my resignation letter...well, email. I'm hearing more from everybody "so I hear you're leaving us." Or something like "so I heard you're joining the military." It's very odd hearing it, but at the same time, it's around the corner. I've heard just about every side that I could want, pro's and con's from everyone. Everyone has an opinion, it doesn't even matter if they know what they're talking about. Oh well, it's always appreciated.

Just got done with 1.5 hours of footbag with my free's. I'm liking these shoes more and more. The transition isn't too bad, it's making me analyze myself a bit more than usual. My pixies are almost too easy now so my game is primarily pixie, and I don't like that. The toe box, or there lack of, is really nice. It is pretty flat and open which allows easy toe sets, but more difficult to stall. I finished up todays session with a grueling pdx eggbeater bsos. By bsos I mean, like a 5 contact string, but oh well. I turned off the music with intention to go home, but of course I had to hit some things. I tried some ps whirls which oddly enough I couldn't hit in these shoes before. They are starting to feel more money. I'd practice one side, then the other, back and fourth. I'd usualy hit or foot my good side while I'd kick the other side when trying to dex. I analyzed it more and started doing no footbag symp whirls. After I tried those and was analyzing the movements, I tried it again with the bag, miraculously they felt a lot better. Butter on good side, footed on flip.

A small theory I have on my weak whirls is that I never was good at outside kicks. I rarely used them and I think created somewhat of a weakness towards them. I look at somebody like brad who learned his outsides better than insides...guess what, he was always awesome at whirls because of that muscle build out of internal rotation at the hip. He had a hard time learning pixies, which in the same movement is an inside kick. While the first thing I learned was pixies...interesting. So I now warm up with outside kicks and the usual easy stuff. I'm glad that everything is starting to click with these shoes. The silicone though isn't holding up. The only parts where it stuck was around the head of the nail and towards the top of the silicone where they all conjoin. I'm not sure what the next step shall be, but I think I'll go to lowes and look for something I could pierce into the sole of the shoe so the silicone has something better to stick to. Possibly...some sort of screening that would allow the adhesive to mold around the small holes. I really hope Mosher's shred shoes he creates...if they ever come out, will be better than my shred shoes. It would be such a waste of time if shred shoes are out there, but mod'd free's are better than them.

Other than that, training has been going well. I've been keeping up on my exercising, running, footbag. I notice a jump in endurance because of the training and the combination of lighter shoes on my feet. It's nice to hit moves without spending as much energy...it sucks though me being even more inconsistant than I was before. It's always a weighing in of pro's and cons of shoes, but I think these will be the best. Hopefully my consistancy will build up as my style and efficiency builds around these shoes. With that, I'll just hit all the same shit I usually do for longer amounts of time...and hopefully add some harder links and moves into the repetoir. I've got a couple pictures to add, but I'm not even home yet. Before I run off I think I'll do a couple exercises, stop at wally mart, and head home...play some CS: S and/ or Gunbound.
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I always hated that the lavers sole doens't flex. When I saw the commercial for those frees I wondered if they'd be good.
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HooD wrote:.. guess what, he was always awesome at whirls because of that muscle build out of internal rotation at the hip. He had a hard time learning pixies, which in the same movement is an inside kick. While the first thing I learned was pixies...interesting.
Yeah interesting.. I got good inside kicks and stalls on bothsides and good pixie on bothsides. But I can only do fairy and outside on oneside. Never thougt it has something to do with each other..

Here is a little suggestion: MAKE A VIDEO OF YOU SHREDDING IN YOUR SWEETASS SHOES BEFORE YOU LEAVE! PLEASE! It would be nice to see what they have done to your style and how they look on when playing.. + Its a long time since you made a real solovideo and your trickselection and your editing goes so well together..

I really dig your blog. All the photos spice it up nicely.

We should play CS:S together soon. It's like a year since we last did so. I just recently started playing a little again.

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Today I requested the 18th of work off. If that goes well I will be taking my MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Station) on Monday. I'd stay over night at a hotel and wake up bright and early to do my physical. After that I would talk to the Navy about my career path and sign lots of paperwork. If all goes well I will be getting into the Loan Repayment Program which basically pays off all my previous loans which has accumulated for over $10k.

I just got home from a nice jog. Well the jog really sucked because before I ran I ate a cheesecake and some egg nog, then downed 2 glasses of water. The bad part was the Nog...I almost puked about 5 times on my way up and back. Got to Neale school and did my exercises. I ripped off the silicone on my shoes and am going to redo the inside surfaces soon, prolly tonight. I've got another idea that should work a bit better to keep the silicone adhesive on a bit better.

Yesterday I went Snowboarding for the first time this winter. Basically my 2nd time snowboarding and I had a blast. The first time I don't really count as my first because I fucked my knee up in the first hour and that ended up in surgery. We all know that whole ordeal. My knee puffed up a little, but nothing too bad. I picked up snowboarding pretty well and at the end of the day tried a black diamond...mistake !!! I ate shit for about 1/3 of that trail. I only looked down it for about 10 seconds and went. It was funny cause people were at the top talkin to each other, "Hey man...this shit looks steep, look at the moguls, let's go back." So my friend Jordan is like, you goin ? Me says, "Fuck it, lez ride." I knew there wasn't any turning back so I just went for it and fell down for about 1/3 of it. It was so steep that I wiped out once and just kept sliding down the hill, I could have prolly went the whole way on my ass, but that would have accomplished nothing so I dug my edge in and stopped myself. Hopped back on and started the cycle over of a couple cuts and then eat shit and rpt.

Here are some of my fav. pics from that lil trip. I decided to take the camera with me and keep it in my pocket. If I fell it was what I protected dearly, my body was the shield.

Screaming happily for no reason.
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Posing before the mountain rides me.
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Squirrel Cage rocked me at the end of the day. Doesn't look bad from there, wait till you go down it.
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Look tough and people think you're a good snowboarder, until you actually snowboard.
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Macro function on the lift.
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The crew.
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How not to ride a snowboard.
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One cute girl.
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Medic !
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HooD wrote:I picked up snowboarding pretty well and at the end of the day tried a black diamond...mistake !!! I ate shit for about 1/3 of that trail. I only looked down it for about 10 seconds and went. It was funny cause people were at the top talkin to each other, "Hey man...this shit looks steep, look at the moguls, let's go back." So my friend Jordan is like, you goin ? Me says, "Fuck it, lez ride." I knew there wasn't any turning back so I just went for it and fell down for about 1/3 of it. It was so steep that I wiped out once and just kept sliding down the hill, I could have prolly went the whole way on my ass, but that would have accomplished nothing so I dug my edge in and stopped myself. Hopped back on and started the cycle over of a couple cuts and then eat shit and rpt.
:lol: Haha. I've done that, only I was a lot more experienced than you and still went down most of the hill on my butt/chest. The trail was called, "Goosebumps..." Yeah. Moguls are snowboarders' enemies...especially down steep hills. I miss snowboarding.

Well. It seems like you are really going off to the military someday soon. We should meet up sometime before you go.
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Choices, choices, choices and not much time left.

So I thought I had my path set and my mind chosen. Something doesn't feel exactly right, but I've made my mind up. I'd like to continue the medical corpsman, but before I dedicate myself to the Navy I had one last visit with the marines today. I went in and told them with hesistance that I think I figured out what I wanted to do. Join the navy hospital corpsman program.

I talk to a couple of the recruiters at the same time and the point they make to me is that I have spent 4 years in the medical field. I personally want a change of carreer paths, but what type of change ? I know going into the corpsman program would be different, yet similar. They talk to me about trying something completely different and maybe I would find an interest I didn't know about before. Just like how I found out about the medical field. So now I'm looking into firefighting : Crash, Fire, & Rescue. I've always like playing with fire and things that go with that.

WWMD...What would macgyver do ? I've always looked up at Macgyver because he could always solve any problem you handed him. How so ? Well, because he is a very well rounded person with many skills. I think I'm back to 50 / 50 on what I want to do, but joining the marines is a big possibility again. Ugh, I'll ramble later, back to work.
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Played for 1.5 hours today with my newly mod'd frees. I remod'd them last night at my friends while watching some UFC. They seem a bit more solid this time round. I've been pretty thorough with my exercising so I guess I understand why I didn't play great today. Most likely my body just needs a little rest. Footbag sat. exercise sat > Snowboarding sunday > exercise mon > exercise tues > exercise weds > footbag today. I've been trying to keep up on my running and I've gotten to where I can do 1 mile runs under 6 minutes which I'm really proud of. I also timed myself running to work which took 8 min and 21 sec. I think it's roughly 1.35 miles. Anyways, I'll shred on sat and hopefully my legs will be a little more responsive.
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Just woke up and was browsing in the footblogs and then deja vu. I saw quantum balance and I guess I had my first dream with Sam in it, also Ashley D. was in it too. I played with them briefly and then had dinner with ashley at her house. Her parents made some bomb italian food and kept feeding me garlic bread. We talked about this new law that was going to be passed about...god I have no idea, it was wierd. Stocks / bonds on canned foods or something...it was really wierd. Usually my dreams have a bit more action in them, but this one was just oddly fun.

Played some footbag yesterday for about 1.5 hours. Brad played with me for about 1 hour. About 2/3 the way through the session something strained my left hip flexor so that slowed me down a lot. Nothing memorable during the shred session, seems like that is unfortunately the latest trend in my shred with my new shoes.

So Simon is leaving to England / New Zealand for a while on Mon. so we partied a bit at his house. I was one of the only sober people, quite suprised. I just didn't feel like drinkin. I think I was just being a bit emo cause I approached some uberly cute girl that worked in the arcade, but I don't think she dug me a whole lot. Then again, I can never read girls, so I don't know. I tried and that's what counts, just gotta bounce back up and try try try again. So yeah, while everyone was getting drunk we came up with exercises to max out. We did all sorts of fun shit that only me and my crew would find fun. Let's seee...We hung from our elbows on the pull up bar (2:31 sec), we did grip hanging (1:41sec), pushups (75), walls sits (2:41 sec), prone hypers (200), prone bilateral shoulder raises (150), prone rows (140), Planks stage 2, Side planks stage 2, Tricep dips on stairs (80) then to finish it off after we were beat, pull up increments. (2, 4,6,8,10,11) And now I'm a bit sore, but not much. just a little tight here and there. Anyways, I'm gonna shower up and take adri to the mall and shop a little.
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Getting more comfortable in my frees. I remember I had an old goal of 10 ripwalks...never did get that. Got 12 today ! Footed pixie paradon > superfly, really thought I had it. Uhm... Finished the session with a nice 40 bops and a long string of some easy stuff. I still haven't figured out the best way to mod the insides and it's drivin me friggen bonkers. This works, but the silicone starts to peel off eventually...so I don't know what to do. Keep thinking and I'm sure I'll come up with something.

At the end of my session I lifted some. I was going to skip all forms of exercise today and go back to visit that girl at the mall, but my friend talked me out of it. Since I've given her my # I shouldn't go back and see her...bah !!! Brad told me not to go too..I've already planted my seed, I reply with " I want to go back and water it, give it a lil love." Oh well, I'll never know what to do...I'm no James Bond. OH ! And to anyone wondering *should I see Casino Royalle?* GO !! It was awesome kickass. He makes me want to become a badass and become all that is MAN ! haha, until then I'm stuck with myself.

Time to eat some All Natural vanilla yogurt and get some sleep. What shall I fall asleep to tonight ?? Some more macgyver prolly.
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Super-glue the silicone to your shoe?
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Crazy ass night last night, drunken shinanagans. Let's see here... I waited around and cleaned myself up while waiting for my buddy. He was supposed to be here at 10:30, but got held at work so we left here after midnight. So I already had a couple beers and a half bottle of wine to get me loose. Unfortunately our dd left because she was tired of waiting so I had to drive. The drive up was fine, but the drive back was a bit sketchy. While we were driving to the brewery we practiced Whte Christmas by the Drifters. We were ready to rock out, but to our dismay there was no white christmas in the karaoke selection...bummer. So as we are figuring, let's just sing some Darkness - I beleive in a thing called love, someone else starts singing it >___< Horrible luck.

Later these jerk jocks (don't know how else ot classify those assholes) heckled one of my friends' girlfriends and that's when shit got out of hand. They started argueing and then I stepped into it and shoved them apart, and of course their friends came up and started shit with us. Basically, 4 guys wanted to kick my ass, but they were out numbered, but they were pretty big. I didn't really care so I stepped up in their faces, I was in a dumb brave mood. We exchanged words for a good 10 minutes, but there was no fight. They later got kicked out for starting so much shit. Fuckers. So that was that and we later took off. I drove home pretty drunk, shame on myself. I had the intentions not to, but I had to get there to sing my song and they didn't even have it !

So I don't really remember this, but my buddy said we stopped in a church parking lot to pee on the church. After that we headed to wal-mart. At wal-mart I was in the punching mood so I was punching random objects...started with soft objects that molded back to the original form (toilet paper) and then I gave a big popcorn tin a good ole wallup (sp?). I remember as we were checking out I saw jerky and told my friend to get some. He grabbed one and said NO !!! We need them all !! So I wake up this morning and there is 5 different packages of jack links jerky :lol: I remember also accidentilly dropping the juice while checking out...busted it on the floor. Man...we had a blast. Can't forget about when we pulled in..we both had to pee again so I had the bright idea of pissing on our neighbor's front porch, lol. I climbed on the side of it and arced it on the porch while my friend just walked up the stairs and let loose...I was laughing so hard. Oh how I hate my neighbors' dogs. Therefor I resent my neighbors...therefore we had to pee on their porch. So after that he gave me my xmas gift, fricken jagermeister set - 2 shot glasses and a pint, yum !

And today I woke up nice and drunk ready for work. Made some biscuits and eggs and took off. I'd say I was pretty well drunk from 8am - 2 PM...prolly that last shot of jager i did before I went to bed. I'm so glad that I don't have to go to work now and a new path is on the way. For better or for worse a change is in the horizon. Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll get to Chicago and live there :D Get snowed in...find a job, and play footbag... I doubt that. Anyways, I'm done with today's ramble, time for soup.
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I think you hit on the right idea. Skip the whole military thing 8O And become a firefighter. Theres a good respectable exciting job that wont require you to do whatever the boss says including killing innocent people.
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I thought Nike Frees would be really hard to shred in, the toe looked terrible to me. But looks like you've managed quite well.

Your form looks really good too.
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Thanks for the reply, I was hopin someone would have some sort of opinion on how my game looked with those shoes compared to my old game. I'm still getting used to them and I know the video is short. I kept it simple so you could see how my rhythm and technique looks.
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Hello sister, hello niece.
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Single buckshot jolted me pretty good.
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.22 semi-auto
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buckshot cappucino
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Dirty Harrys
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Fort Boreman - overlooking ohio
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Oh my god, Johnzilla
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Stationary logrides have never been so fun !
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Pissin on downtown
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I'm a bad influence
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I love climbing anything
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Now that is some dirty suede
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Government property - No trespassing. I guess the government forgot it's existance.
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Some of the best pizza in Parkersurg area, oddly enough it's from Sams.
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sweet pictures!
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My sister came in on the 23rd and one of the first things I told her was to check in the living room to see this package. I told her I got a sweet snowboard and my sister didn't really believe me. I think one, that it was just out like that and 2, a snowboard is pretty pimp, too pimp for me. So yeah, she didn't know anything about it and my mom had no idea who bought it either. I guess what happened was that package was supposed to be a suprise from her husband. He told my other sister to relay the message to keep it a secret from Ali. Well, Ali found out as soon as she came in because that message was never relayed to us. Hahahaha... so we later found out that it was her board...and I didn't have shit. I was so excited when I saw the package I immediately assumed it was for me and called my buddy and told him about it.

Silly me, later we all celebrated xmas on the 24th at our house here in Vienna. Mom, Dad, 2 sisters, neice, and brother in law. I enjoyed it pretty well, but was over all bummed about getting my hopes way high, and then having them dropped way low. So then the next morning we all had breakfast together with french toast to boast. During breakfast my sister asked me to turn off the TV so I did. I walked in the room and slowly stopped as I looked at the tv in confusement. There was a snowboard leaning against it, but it wasn't the same one as my sister's. There were also boots and bindings... my jaw dropped. That's when my sister came out and said " Merry Christmas !!" I reply... "There is a Santa after all !!" I was just glad I politely got up when she asked me too...because there was something very nice in the other room. So yeah, my christmas turned out just hunky dory.

Yesterday...on christmas, Brad and I shredded at the clinic. Even though I don't work there I still have the keys. I should prolly give those up, but I need to get a couple more sessions in. I jogged there as my warm up and tested out my new jacket. It's a really nice grey / orange neoprene / polyester fabric that screams exercise in me !! So I did. Had a lil session and almost hit a sweet 5>5>5 - woulda been pixie paradon > blurriest > superfly, but my set was shit after my blurriest. I'm still getting more comfortable in my frees. Here shortly I need to go to Lowes to get some more silicone because they fell off on my jog back. It was raining pretty hard and I had to jog for about 4 minutes in it. I also did a shitload of shopping for preparation of Chicago New Years Jam. Changed oil in my car, got some new blades, changed filter, and windshield wiper fluid. I think I'm totally ready :)

So...all is left is finishing up my shred playlist, washing/cleaning out my car, remodding my frees, and gathering the troops so they can sleep over here. We'll go to bed after we watch some Ninja Warrior that comes on at midnight. One of the best shows ever. Basically a Japanese show that let's athletes compete at these uberly hard obstacle courses. I wish I'd have a shot at one... It'd be really fun training for something like that, gaining true strength...ninja warrior strength. Anyways, time to get movin !!
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