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"Dig"

Definition: insult, displeasure

Synonyms: affront, aggression, assault, attack, battery, black eye*, blitz*, dig*, harm, hit*, hurt, indignation,
indignity, injury, injustice, left-handed compliment*, onset, onslaught, outrage, push*, put-down*, slam*,
slight, snub, assailment, blitzkrieg, dirty dig, mugging, slap in the face, zinger

Antonyms: kindness, pleasure

BLOG ARCHIVE

September 22nd, 2010 3:46 PM

Tough Going

The week started with a Monday visit to Beaumont to get the implantable heart defibrillator
"tweaked". Wasn't sure how I'd feel afterward but, lets just say that the meds made it a little
tough to wake up. The only thing I know is that "get me some frosted cherry pop tarts" was the
first thing out of my mouth. Don't recall that and not sure if I ever got them. Made it to KoR for
some resistance work about three hours later. Unfortunately, wasn't able to participate in pm
MCB workout either. I guess doing BC the same day as a heart attack is something the Dr's
want you to avoid. Tuesday was back to normal. Resistance work in the am and made it to
Downtown Boxing in the afternoon. Got in about 15 rounds worth of bag and mitt work. Good
to see some familiar faces there. Cornelius Lock (former NABF lightweight champ) was there
training too, always makes it easier to stay motivated with world champs in the house. Early
am today, still feeling a bit "off" from the procedure at Beaumont. Held off on participating in
am MCB. Stayed and got in my strength work and planning on participating in pm MCB later
today. Anyone up for a run to Dondero followed by bleachers, pull ups and push ups in the
mud? Maybe some sled pushing when we get back to the gym... We shall see. Rain? Good,
the run won't feel so hot...

October 4th, 2010 1:48 PM

I Suck!

I must be the world's shittiest blogger! Aren't you supposed to do these things daily? Yeah,
well that's not going to happen. I could write a bunch of random things to take up space and
say I blogged for you but my often concussed brain doesn't function that way. So, let's talk
about the last two weeks. Not really been around much. Nothing fun, no vacation. Not even an
overnight trip. Been gone in my head. Realized that, at some point, you've got to forgive
yourself for some of your own mistakes. However horrible they were, you can't change a
damn thing. When you refuse to let yourself forgive YOU, that lack of being burdenless will
show. It's an odd thing but, at least what I've found, you often focus so much on getting back
at the people that hurt you that you even forget that the root of your anger towards them really
isn't anger at all but pain from being hurt by people that you though you were free from being
judged by. That's hard to admit, even harder to realize. I guess we have so many built in
defense mechanisms to protect us from that feeling of weakness. But, once you realize it, you
also realize that not only does it NOT make you weak. It makes you stronger than you've ever
been in your life. Have we all been horrible? Have we all been god awful husband's, father's
and friends? Maybe, maybe not. I know that I have. That doesn't mean that it's a role I'm
destined to play for my entire life. Rather than be so concerned about everyone else realizing
that, I've learned that the only one that NEEDS to realize it is me. When I realize that and begin
to forgive myself for those things, I can be the husband, father and friend that I think I have it in
me to be.

Lot's of s**t huh?

October 19th, 2010 12:45 PM

New Week, New Goals

Ever wake up and decide you're going to do something dumb, right out of the blue? Welcome
to my life. Maybe it's being manic or maybe just getting sick of "wishing" I'd have done
something already. Let's see now, in the last month I've decided to fight, play semi pro
football and now run an ultra. The previous two I've done before. The current task, something
I've talked about in a very begrudgingly way for years. It came about in a very odd way. In the
middle of answering my sister's question of why I hated running so much when I'd once
loved it. I realized I really had no answer. So, only a month or so coming off Dances with Dirt,
an event that I used to love but, in recent years, detested the very thought of it, came up with
the thought that maybe I'd not only decide to enjoy it next year - but, hey, lets run the whole
damn thing on my own!? Will I do it? Who the hell knows. If it's like boxing or football, I'll
probably decide that A, I'm too old. B, my wife would divorce me and C, I'm still too old. I can't
really use those excuses for this and maybe I won't need to. Maybe I'll actually train for it and
see it through. Either way, my conclusion is this - it doesn't matter what you train for. The
important thing is that you train. And, even if it's only for a few fleeting moments, that whatever
it is you're training for, that you believe you can do it. Even if you're the only one and even if
people think you're absolutely crazy for thinking that. In reality, or at least in my reality, the
doubts make it even more fun to believe in.

November 3rd, 2010 10:08 AM

Ponder This

I LOVE music. As I was driving last night, I heard this great lyric. "I'd rather be working to earn
a paycheck the waiting to win the lottery". I have no idea what that means, but I know it's
something of great significance to all of us. If it isn't, you're part of the problem with everything
that's wrong in this country. People with no ambition other that to sit around and hope that
something will change, without ever getting up to do anything that will make that happen.
Short and sweet... Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.

December 21st, 2010 1:08 PM

Resolution #1

Has it been that long since I've written here? Wow, time goes by. You get busy, your kids take
up your time. Christmas shopping, calming down stressed out nerves from holiday
preparations. Here's the problem, if you don't make time for it, it won't happen. Things don't
just open up and say "hey, here's some time for you to do the things that you have on your to
do list". You have to take control and make it. Even if it means putting a few other things off,
you'll see that there's ALWAYS enough time in the day. Many people would say just the
opposite. But, if you don't make time for the little things, you won't have time for the big things.
There's a great saying - How we do anything is how we do everything. If we don't make time
for the small things, it'll replicate itself in other areas of our lives. Make commitments and
follow them through. It doesn't matter if they seem small. Sometimes the small ones are
merely setting the pace for bigger things to come. If you can't follow commitments that you
deem as insignificant, you won't adhere to the ones you see as important. Besides, nothing
is insignificant and everything is important to someone. This is my New Years resolution -
see through what you set out to do. Though it may seem to make things hectic in the present,
it'll make things far easier and far better down the road.