Wednesday, April 29, 2009
It's been a long time
So I'm now going to really try and be committed to writing on my blog about 2x/week. I know that I said that during lent, and I failed at that, but I think I can do this. I'm still losing weight (down about 35 lbs over all, but no where near my goal weight. My pants fit better and people notice it in my face, so that's a good thing.
I went to my 20th high school reunion last weekend and it was, to say the least, a blast from the past. It was funny to watch some things occur:
That's all for now, see ya soon
I went to my 20th high school reunion last weekend and it was, to say the least, a blast from the past. It was funny to watch some things occur:
- People falling back into their old cliques from high school
- No real deep conversations -almost every conversation that I either heard or participated in went like this, " Hi. its so good to see you. are you married? do you have any kids?" and moved from there - either into parent zone, or sort of scorn for those who haven't borne any fruit... unless they were living some fab life, and we had some of those.
- people still holding on to whatever baggage they had in HS, and the amazement that they brought it with them to the reunion
That's all for now, see ya soon
Thursday, February 26, 2009
So I've been playing with my webcam and Coming up with some interesting stuff - take a look and tell me what you think
On other fronts, my life is getting better - I'm losing weight ( i think it's the whole "putting less food down the piehole theory" and getting ready for baseball. I've started talking to someone every week about the things that are holding me back and getting me ready to push forward. I'm excited.
One of my goals for lent is to post something here and on my other blogs at least once a week. It'll make the creative side of me move better. see ya on the flip side!
On other fronts, my life is getting better - I'm losing weight ( i think it's the whole "putting less food down the piehole theory" and getting ready for baseball. I've started talking to someone every week about the things that are holding me back and getting me ready to push forward. I'm excited.
One of my goals for lent is to post something here and on my other blogs at least once a week. It'll make the creative side of me move better. see ya on the flip side!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
25 things you didn't know about me
So this sort of thing has been floating around Web 2.0 for a while, so I thought I'd send it to you and there you have it.
1. My Siblings range in age from 26 to 66
2. I learned to drive on a tractor in OK at age 11
3. I carry 3 kennedy half dollars - 1 from 1971, 1 from 2005 and 1 from 2008. and the 1971 piece was carried by my dad everyday until he died.
4. If I could eat only 3 things for ever, they would be Pizza, Italian Beef sandwiches and gummi bears
5. Holly, and only Holly, can tell me this joke and make me laugh - "What's Brown and Sticky?"
6. I'm deathly afraid of clowns
7.I'm the only person in the history of St. Ignatius to be confirmed and take first communion in the 5th floor chapel
8. I have most of the songs on those late-night TimeLife "Glory and Praise CD collections" (I can only imagine; our god is an awesome god) on my ipod and play them at full blast in my car
9. Once, while coaching girls basketball, i made a girl cry simply by pointing.
10. I love Hootie and the Blowfish - I mean like have all of their albums, like long after their were popular.
11.I have at least 1 friend in each of the 50 states
12. My 3 favorite days are: My birthday, Baseball Opening Day and Election Day
13. I have 2 middle names
14. I own over20 bowties
15. In 37 years, I've never gone more than 10 months without having a room mate
16. I love fruity, sweet "girly" drinks
17. My secret dream job is to have my own radio talk show like Roe Conn
18. I know the school Mascots of all 119 D1 football teams
19. I laugh hysterically when I see a dog chasing its own tail
20. I read at least 1 book per week cover to cover
21. My secret crush is Stacy London from TLC's what not to wear and I want to be Clinton Kelly
22. I can recite all of the Schoolhouse Rock rhymes (I'm just a bill...)
23. I played gold against Eldrick C. Woods and Lost my ass
24. I love Hats
25. I would love to live in a hotel for a year
1. My Siblings range in age from 26 to 66
2. I learned to drive on a tractor in OK at age 11
3. I carry 3 kennedy half dollars - 1 from 1971, 1 from 2005 and 1 from 2008. and the 1971 piece was carried by my dad everyday until he died.
4. If I could eat only 3 things for ever, they would be Pizza, Italian Beef sandwiches and gummi bears
5. Holly, and only Holly, can tell me this joke and make me laugh - "What's Brown and Sticky?"
6. I'm deathly afraid of clowns
7.I'm the only person in the history of St. Ignatius to be confirmed and take first communion in the 5th floor chapel
8. I have most of the songs on those late-night TimeLife "Glory and Praise CD collections" (I can only imagine; our god is an awesome god) on my ipod and play them at full blast in my car
9. Once, while coaching girls basketball, i made a girl cry simply by pointing.
10. I love Hootie and the Blowfish - I mean like have all of their albums, like long after their were popular.
11.I have at least 1 friend in each of the 50 states
12. My 3 favorite days are: My birthday, Baseball Opening Day and Election Day
13. I have 2 middle names
14. I own over20 bowties
15. In 37 years, I've never gone more than 10 months without having a room mate
16. I love fruity, sweet "girly" drinks
17. My secret dream job is to have my own radio talk show like Roe Conn
18. I know the school Mascots of all 119 D1 football teams
19. I laugh hysterically when I see a dog chasing its own tail
20. I read at least 1 book per week cover to cover
21. My secret crush is Stacy London from TLC's what not to wear and I want to be Clinton Kelly
22. I can recite all of the Schoolhouse Rock rhymes (I'm just a bill...)
23. I played gold against Eldrick C. Woods and Lost my ass
24. I love Hats
25. I would love to live in a hotel for a year
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
A new day is here!
So today is the inaugration of Barack H. Obama. Today we see the change we so richly seek and the destiny of a lifetime fulfilled. For me, it means so much more than just the election of a Black man to the highest office in the land. Today brings the knowledgethat I can look at my 2 children, full of hope and truth and light, and tell them that there is nothing that they cannot achieve.
As the grandson of a man lynched for simply wearing the uniform of his country, a country that he risked his life for countless times - today is special. As the son of a man that, in order to continue to work for a country he loved so much, had to go to court just to achieve that priveledge, today is amazing. As a young man who has been given every opportunity to showcase his potential and sometimes failed miserably, this is a new dawn.
I stand before my friends, family and my God to tell you that today starts a new Chapter in My Life. Marc 2.0 if you will. Many things will stay the same, but over the coming year you will see many new changes. Some of you might cringe at what you see, but know that its all for the best. Some of you might decide that you don't want to "opt-in" to the new Marc...and that's OK too. We've had a good ride and all of you have helped me get this far on my journey.
Enjoy the spectacle of what we, collectively, are about to witness today. We won't see anything like this for a long time.
Marc...
As the grandson of a man lynched for simply wearing the uniform of his country, a country that he risked his life for countless times - today is special. As the son of a man that, in order to continue to work for a country he loved so much, had to go to court just to achieve that priveledge, today is amazing. As a young man who has been given every opportunity to showcase his potential and sometimes failed miserably, this is a new dawn.
I stand before my friends, family and my God to tell you that today starts a new Chapter in My Life. Marc 2.0 if you will. Many things will stay the same, but over the coming year you will see many new changes. Some of you might cringe at what you see, but know that its all for the best. Some of you might decide that you don't want to "opt-in" to the new Marc...and that's OK too. We've had a good ride and all of you have helped me get this far on my journey.
Enjoy the spectacle of what we, collectively, are about to witness today. We won't see anything like this for a long time.
Marc...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Catch up with me
SO... it's been quite some time since I've blogged here. What's been going on?
Changed jobs, twice
Had a baby
Almost got a divorce
got so far in debt I still don't know what to do
Thats about it.
Changed jobs, twice
Had a baby
Almost got a divorce
got so far in debt I still don't know what to do
Thats about it.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Since I've been gone (fat, baseball, race, hookers, etc)...
...the world has turned all topsy turvy. Let's start with me. I'm still on the weight loss train and chugging along at a nice pace. I've had a few setbacks, and I've made some excuses as well, but i'm committed to this so I can't be a chump. I'm going to start ramping it up in April and May cause I want that dough. Plus I'll have a little time on my hands.
As faithful readers already know, my current position runs out on April 2, so what's a Brotha to do? I'm not going to tell you yet, but it'll be big.
My baseball team is getting better. Opening day is only 2 days away, assuming we're not in the middle of a blizzard on saturday morning. All of the pieces are in place, we just have to take it one game at a time (and every other cliche I can think of). Here is their current picture.
Nice looking bunch of guys, huh.
In other news, let's talk about Obama and his "fun" with his pastor. It's my opinion that he did what he's supposed to do. His speech was great and he decided to broach the subject of race in America. I've been reading a lot on both sides about this, and the thing that cracks me up is when those that oppose him say that he's been a part of a "racist" church and shouldn't be associated with a racist tend to forget that Bush took a endorsement from the guys that run Bob Jones U, who say that interracial relations are a sin against humanity; (that sounds pretty racist, right?), Bill Clinton is a Southern Baptist, a denomination that has 2 wings, one for Blacks and one for Whites since the Whites refused to let Blacks take part. no one talks about that. Or the fact that the Catholic Church segregated itself at every level until the early 1980s and in some cases still do by order of the local bishop! When I was in college, I went on a service trip to Mississippi to help build houses. I had to sleep on the floor of the rectory because the "Christian families" that were sponsoring the service project didn't allow black people into their houses unless they were the help. "If I were to let that colored boy live here (yours truly), i'd have to burn the sheets when he left." I'm not bitter, but I have an understanding of race that a lot of people don't. There's nothing like having your hand extended to shake your future father-in-law and it just sit there, and have to wonder if its because he doesn't like you (impossible, everyone likes me) or doesn't like your color. Luckily I didn't let that stop me and now we actually get along (even though he is a Repub)
Next up, How could Eliot Spitzer be so stupid??!!??WTF? if you made your bones busting prostitution rings, you have first hand knowledge on how they work. Why would you do that? go see an independent? set up a deal. do something, but not a escort service. and let's talk about her. Cute, dare I say hot, but 4K hot??? not really. Plus, if you know anything about that sort of thing (not that I do, I just have friends) she's only getting about 1K of that money. maybe 2. sad. Plus, don't make your wife do the equivalent of the perp walk - it's bad enough that you got caught, then you made her look even dumber than she already did by standing there.
That's all for now. I'll blog after Easter (fun with the family - that's going to be so much fun since my sister goes to Trinity UCC, and we're really political) and my first baseball game.
Marc
Most people have a desire to look for the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional.
As faithful readers already know, my current position runs out on April 2, so what's a Brotha to do? I'm not going to tell you yet, but it'll be big.
My baseball team is getting better. Opening day is only 2 days away, assuming we're not in the middle of a blizzard on saturday morning. All of the pieces are in place, we just have to take it one game at a time (and every other cliche I can think of). Here is their current picture.
Nice looking bunch of guys, huh.
In other news, let's talk about Obama and his "fun" with his pastor. It's my opinion that he did what he's supposed to do. His speech was great and he decided to broach the subject of race in America. I've been reading a lot on both sides about this, and the thing that cracks me up is when those that oppose him say that he's been a part of a "racist" church and shouldn't be associated with a racist tend to forget that Bush took a endorsement from the guys that run Bob Jones U, who say that interracial relations are a sin against humanity; (that sounds pretty racist, right?), Bill Clinton is a Southern Baptist, a denomination that has 2 wings, one for Blacks and one for Whites since the Whites refused to let Blacks take part. no one talks about that. Or the fact that the Catholic Church segregated itself at every level until the early 1980s and in some cases still do by order of the local bishop! When I was in college, I went on a service trip to Mississippi to help build houses. I had to sleep on the floor of the rectory because the "Christian families" that were sponsoring the service project didn't allow black people into their houses unless they were the help. "If I were to let that colored boy live here (yours truly), i'd have to burn the sheets when he left." I'm not bitter, but I have an understanding of race that a lot of people don't. There's nothing like having your hand extended to shake your future father-in-law and it just sit there, and have to wonder if its because he doesn't like you (impossible, everyone likes me) or doesn't like your color. Luckily I didn't let that stop me and now we actually get along (even though he is a Repub)
Next up, How could Eliot Spitzer be so stupid??!!??WTF? if you made your bones busting prostitution rings, you have first hand knowledge on how they work. Why would you do that? go see an independent? set up a deal. do something, but not a escort service. and let's talk about her. Cute, dare I say hot, but 4K hot??? not really. Plus, if you know anything about that sort of thing (not that I do, I just have friends) she's only getting about 1K of that money. maybe 2. sad. Plus, don't make your wife do the equivalent of the perp walk - it's bad enough that you got caught, then you made her look even dumber than she already did by standing there.
That's all for now. I'll blog after Easter (fun with the family - that's going to be so much fun since my sister goes to Trinity UCC, and we're really political) and my first baseball game.
Marc
Most people have a desire to look for the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional.
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