*Gasp* Is it, it can't be...holy crap, it IS a new post!
Hey folks,

So according to LJ it has been 23 weeks since I last updated this. So what has happened so far? Let's summarize, shall we...

- Finally got the VW Jetta back on the road (and for those that have ridden in it, you know that is a good thing).

- Finally decided what I am going to do with the rest of my life (going back to school and taking industrial electrician 4-year course. It is 8 weeks of study and then 44 weeks of actual work, making great money, plus it gives me something more to hopefully get across the border with so that I can marry my long-time girlfriend and adopt her son as my own).

- Most recently had another massive catastrophic seizure that was totally my own fault (let that be a lesson to you kids: Don't be me. Don't decide to go out and play volleyball at the company picnic on the hottest day of the year while wearing both a hoodie and jacket and having absolutely nothing to eat. Again, kids, don't be me).

So needless to say I was revived by my horrified co-workers and took another trip in an ambulance. After this latest visit however, I have had a moment of personal growth (and those that know me know that doesn't happen often, if at all). I have decided to retire from the following sports:

Football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, volleyball, weightlifting, playing upright arcade video games, and pretty much anything that causes my blood pressure to rise to the point where I start to go towards a seizure.

People that know me know that what I just said kills me a little bit inside, but my family, friends, colleagues, and myself (mainly my family, friends and myself) have found it in our best interest to have me stick around and not to put myself in danger by doing the activities mentioned above.

So what does that leave for me, you ask? Well, pretty much two things: Golf and yoga (there are actually three things but the last one is personal between a man and his girlfriend, and we'll just keep it at that so as not to be vulgar). I have been playing golf for a while now, and it works well for me. I have been wanting to take up yoga for quite a while, and it looks like it will be a great alternative to going to the gym and banging out the weights to get in shape.

So, your boy here has decided to leave a portion of his life that used to be most of his life behind, for good. Maybe this is personal growth for me. I'm almost 30, and they really don't make it like they used to...

So now I've decided to simplify, to re-find my place in the field. Maybe giving up these things will help with that. Lord knows I need to do something...

So, I leave you with a quote as right now the Democratic National Convention is on right now and I really like Barack Obama against John McCain in this one. It's from Barack Obama's acceptance speech in St. Paul, Minnesota:

"America, this is our moment. This is our time, our time to turn the page on the policies of the past, our time to bring new energy and new ideas to the challenges we face, our time to offer a new direction for this country that we love. The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge -- I face this challenge with profound humility and knowledge of my own limitations, but I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people.

Because if we are willing to work for it, and fight for it, and believe in it, then I am absolutely certain that, generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless, this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal, this was the moment when we ended a war, and secured our nation, and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth. This was the moment, this was the time when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves and our highest ideals."

It's about time.