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The Trinity Trails of Fort Worth
Around Labor Day of 2011 I bought a Trek 7000 from Fort Worth Cycling & Fitness Center here in Fort Worth. Since then I have spent 4-5 days a week riding the Trinity Trails for 45 minutes to an hour & a half. It was mostly an attempt to try and get in better shape. The good news is that has worked. :-) The better news it has become a way of life. The view and freedom you get from being on a bicycle are incredible. I guess that's why kids love to ride so much...they haven't been told it's not 'cool' yet and know something good is going on!
The Trinity Trails are a series of paved and unpaved paths that run along the Trinity River. There are several major parks you can access them from and you'll see anyone from bikers, joggers, recumbent bikers & dog walkers out at all hours of the day. Not only the physical benefits but the mental clarity you experience when riding is incredible. Most of my design & the direction I take with my career happens while riding.
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead
So recently I saw the film Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead by Joe Cross. Joe tells his personal tale of rebooting his body with raw, fresh vegetable and fruit juice. In the course of 60 days Joe's health makes a dramatic change and he helps out some new friends along the way. Please check it out. It streams on Netflix and free on Hulu.
After watching the film I bought a juicer and went to my local grocery store and got started. I quickly realized that I needed to be going to the farmers market to afford the massive amounts of food I would be juicing so my wife and I go to the Dallas Farmers Market and the Cowtown Famers Market once a week. I did a 5 day juice fast and since then have maintained mostly juice with a regular meal (plant based) each day. I don't own a scale but I have gone in 4 loops on the belt and now am looking to start gradually replacing my wardrobe. I feel better than i've felt in years and encourage others to look into juicing if they are interested. Please feel free to write me if you have any questions!
From the Speakers to the Brush
Music is my window to the world. Through this window I have seen many parts of the country and the world. It has also shown me joy, pain, accomplishment, zen, frustration, vision, friction and most of all, life. While I no longer play music as a my primary profession I can't imagine a day without it.
After working with hundreds of bands and playing with famous and infamous artists, songwriters, musicians, producers and everything in between I stepped away from playing full time early in 2010. I saw my self and those around me becoming negative towards where the music business is headed. Playing music began as a love...and somewhere I lost that love. It made more sense to let go of my career in hopes that one day I could find that love and joy of playing, discovering and embracing music.
I am thankful to say that day has come. Currently I play on occasion and spend most of my musical energy on composing.
Recently I was asked to be a part of the B.A.C. January exhibit at the Arlington Museum of Art's series: From the Speakers to the Brush. I composed the piece 'Pursuit & Perception' for the installation.
It is an incredible world we live in right now. I mean ridiculously connected. When I was a kid (which wasn't that long ago) just hearing the latest release from your favorite band could take days...maybe even weeks. Now if someone I barely know has a little too much cream cheese on their bagel that lives 2 continents away I know about it before I take my next breath. It's too much.
While this technology is good for many things and when introduced it felt like the world was changing for the better, I have to pause and ask what is the real benefit? So I am saying my good-byes, collecting a few phone numbers am deleting my account in a few days.
As a front end web developer I spend a lot of time with a computer...and I really like it for the most part. But in an effort to conserve my hours on the machine and my quality of life and communication I think leaving fb is going to a welcome change.