Toe–touch crunch

I’m gonna keep pushing my semi-paralyzed butt to get in gear and DO THIS!!!

This exercise will target your upper and lower abdominals by crunching your upper body and keeping the lower body isometric. Start by lying flat in bed and raise your legs so your body forms a 90-degree angle. Lift your arms above your chest and contract the abs to lift the upper body. Crunch upward until the fingertips touch your toes before slowly lowering yourself to the starting position. Repeat for as many repetitions as you want.

Source: livestrong.com

Smacked!!!

I’ve been smacked with a renewed sense of determination. Yay! Someone just asked about a gap in my résumé in late ‘02. Nevermind that it was the icky dot.com crash… my arm was paralyzed that year. It stunk, paralyzed w/o health insurance. It’s all good, I got better. After 3 months of acupuncture and LOTS of prayer, I was able to stop using a sling. I won’t be in this chair forever, I’ll just need to work real hard and believe. Why didn’t I do that sooner? Well, getting cancer twice, four years apart and all the accompanying surgeries & treatments kinda got in the way - kinda. The Lord is good, he won’t let me down; I’ll get better. ^._^

Don’t be hatin’ my gamer side

It’s because of my gamer self, I dove into my industry. I was building systems and throwing LAN parties in the early Starcraft days; when I saw a school opening with telecommunications as a major, I knew it was for me and fell in love with it.

Now, my gamer friend followed his instincts and interest in writing to later become a big time editor for a national gaming magazine. I’m so happy for this man. It’s uber cool when you can be proud of the accomplishments of people you’ve dated. Oh yeah, it’s because I worked in the gaming industry that I met him; it’s because we stink at dating, we never stuck together.

Hehe, I think I’ll work my way back to engineering by warming up my gamer/writer self - e3 misses me.

Note: I have an international non-profit I’m working on too. I’m a workaholic that just can’t sit still. Seriously, right now I’m recovering from having cancer twice and am doing physical therapy to undo the mess my multiple sclerosis put me in.

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