Day 1 of cycling.

So, today I started my routine of cycling to work, and did I learn a lot, hopefully. 1, leisurely bike ride times do not equate to the same as a purposed bike ride time. I grossly underestimated how well I would make time to work, so tomorrow, I'll be leaving around 7am. 2, people are much more stupid then when you're driving with them. 3, A stock saddle is well, a stock saddle. You must upgrade or pay the up-charge to get a better one. There's nothing worse than a sore ass all day long. 4, I must learn how and when to gear up/down in order to ride more efficiently. 5, map out your route way before hand. I took the route I would normally drive (not the 417 Dean/University) and it was brutal. While at work I mapped out a bike route on Google maps and it took me through a local park and while it did not save time, it made for an easier ride due to no traffic, just angry, snarling, drooling and barking dogs that wanted to eat my legs.
All in all though, I thoroughly enjoyed my ride and look forward to tomorrows' ride in. I also decided to make a video of my restoration of the Cannondale H300 I got off Craigslist. It will be both fun and something to occupy my time in a productive way since I'm not getting a ton of calls for gigs. I've got to write out how I'm going to present the video segments, where I'll shoot it (most likely my extremely messy garage: weekend plans: clean & straighten up the garage). I'm really looking forward to getting that bike road ready.

Okay, so I've been a bit slack. In all aspects of my life recently. I've been slipping in my work outs, writing, reading, work and basically every area of my life with the exception of cooking and masturbation. I've become solidified and that scares the hell out of me. So, tomorrow it's back to doing P90X, which does work, I can attest by it for when I was doing it earlier this year. But a slight shoulder injury sidelined me and I kinda just milked it for way too long. I'm back up to 225 lbs (according to the Publix up the road's weight scales) and my measurements are way off from where I want them to be. I've never felt genuine embarrassment before, but seeing that number and my friend's face, I wanted to just crawl under something. I hold my co-workers, students and everyone else to a higher standard, so what has happened to the standard I hold myself too? I want to apologize to everyone, and to myself; I'm sorry. I'm sorry for not carrying the same torch of ideals, beliefs and self-respect I demand of you. I will pick up my fever again starting today and carry it with such a fervor as to be unmatched. 90 days, 35 lbs it shall be done, it will be done here in Orlando Fl, Earth, third planet of our Milky Way Galaxy. I will be in touch soon and hopefully with about 10 pictures documenting my weight loss journey.

weight loss

So I went running today, but with a new goal in mind instead of just 'losing weight'. I ran with a heart rate monitor to make sure I could stay in my target zone to burn fat calories. I'm no longer obsessed with losing weight, more so with losing fat and narrowing my waist down. I need to shave off 4'' around the midsection. So, on this hot, balmy and fairly breezy Orlando Wednesday morning I ran 4 miles in 51 minutes and burned 800 calories. If I can do this 4x a week, that's 2 lbs a week dropping, but the flip side is my average heart rate was 83%, which is slightly outside the target for weight loss. Perhaps staying in the cardio zone will help me lose weight, it will just be slower, based on what I've read from various sites online. During my run I got to rescue a mocking bird who was suffering some sort of shock or heat stroke. On a busy stretch of highway I waited till the cars realized I was trying to get this little bird out of harms way and I quickly picked him up. Trying to get him into a tree he did not want to let go of my hand, again accredited to shock or extreme tiredness on his part. All in all it was a good run followed by some rows and a set of 21s after wards. I'm hoping that with this new goal I can pace myself better than I have in the past with getting into shape. To date I've gone from 269 in December '07 to 205-210 currently.

Short and long week.

So, this week was both short and long. Due to long overnight shifts and shoots the week went by incredibly fast. Next week will be the same. 3 shoots to start the week followed by 4 long days to fill in the rest of the work week. I feel I need to develop an addiction or hobby to fill in any lulls in time, just to keep a sense of continuity for when I'm not on set. Girl watching is always a good one, but that just leaves one wanting. Eating is another good one, but I'm trying to trim down. Oh well, it is what it is right? Hopefully a new 7D will be in the house pretty soon and then I can continually shoot and shoot. Well, off to watch the Lakers hopefully close out their series with the Thunder. Who would have thought it would be this great of a series. Plus it's inwardly entertaining to see & listen to my roommate get upset when things don't go well.

Later taters.

Addiction.

Ok, a side note to my blog cherry. I've decided that Facebook® is our new internet porn. It's more than addicting and you can make anyone a celebrity on there. Good times indeed and you heard it here first.

Blog cherry

So, here it is, me blogging. I work in the film industry, yes I accept full frontal head shots and no the casting couch is not scotch guarded. My aspirations include gaffing a feature and becoming a DP for features and music videos. I'm also losing the last of my 90 lb goal I set forth 2 years ago. Other than that I hope to use this blog as a way to inspire, teach and most importantly, amuse my fellow travelers. Perhaps I'll also refine my writing skills and styles through my musings of every day life in central Florida, yeah, I'm stuck here but I'm okay with it for now. Life is good at the moment. Well, it's time to go eat some vegetarian lasagna and garlic bread. Y'all have a good one and see ya later taters.