Falling is fun?

Well, readers (the very few I'm sure)
as you know, I've taken up the sport of Mountain Biking.
It is really a great sport for exercise, fun and... getting hurt on the occasion.

Wednesday, September 17th I went out to a trail in Gaylord, MI
with one of my friends. i've ridden pretty much all of the trail except one section. My friend and I ended up in that part of the trail and it was a great time! As we approached the end the trail went down a good sized hill and then at the bottom was about a 3 ft mound of dirt.
Thinking it would be fun to jump it... I did and to my surprise it shot me up higher than anticipated. I landed and was feeling good about it.
so I decided to make a few more attempts but have my friend take video of it. well, the 4th attempt was doomed to be my last for the day.
I decided i wouldn't touch the brakes coming down the hill and just hit it with some good speed.
well, speed has never been a great friend of mine apparently because when I landed my foot slipped off the pedal driving me into the ground and sliding a bit.

The first thought coming to mind while laying on the ground "Oh Sh*t, I hope I'm ok! I don't have health insurance!" after getting up I realized just how bad my tailbone felt when I came down on the seat directly on the tailbone.
after a few minutes of dusting myself off and my friend helping wipe the dirt off my (off)roadrash, I went back to the truck.

the ride home wasn't so pleasant with having to ride home 45 minutes, sitting on a broken tailbone. once i got home I showered off and then i realized I had a little bit of tree sap in my hair. I couldn't help but laugh at the whole thing.
I'm healing up pretty well, the only thing that really bothers me is my tailbone... I have a feeling it is bruised or broken... for the second time.

This is still better than sitting safely at home on the couch watching TV and or at some mall buying the latest trend.

Day Two 9/10/08

Today I woke up, watched MTV for the first time in forever... and to my surprise, I am now a Lil' Wayne fan, haha. I watched the VMA's which he performed at and that was it, I was like 'dang, this song really is pretty sic" so I had my friend Andrew send me the album and I put it on my iPod and listened to it while I cleaned out my car later on. It had been nearly 2 months since I've cleaned my car out and I just couldn't stand it so I decided to spray it off and vaccuum it all out.

Ah, after the car cleaning, I went home and got ready and rode my bike with my friend Jimmy for a few hours. I'm getting better! Oh! and something rather epic happend! I can bunny hop bike now!
even for all the years I rode bmx I could never do that (sad I know...)
I was pretty pumped so I practiced that quite a bit tonight. I'm getting a lot better already and it's only been 24hrs since I figured it out for the first time.

I work friday and Saturday this weekend which is nice, but that means not a lot of weekend fun for me. should be good though, work CAN be fun... sometimes.

Oh, a side note... I'm watching The National Geographic channel... and I've never felt more sick in my life. this little girl and her family eats horses... but they also love riding them... not sure how that works out haha. This program has been rather interesting though, it is all about the different cultures around the world and their cultural food.
made me think, people eat crab here... but we think its gross when other cultures eat spiders and things of the like. what were we thinking?

It's a good day for a vegetarian :]

Day One: 9/9/08

This being the first entry, I thought I would just write a few of the most recent major events in my life to kick things off.

Back in July, I quit my job to move out to California to live with my Girlfriend at the time.
I was feeling very homesick and not quite ready to move 3,000 miles away from home yet, so I moved back home after only a few weeks. This was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do in my life, because it mean't ending the relationship I had with a girl I had cared so much about. Since I've moved back home, I have been trying new things to test myself. I bought a mountain bike and have been riding local trails and single track courses... which has been quite fun and challenging considering I haven't ridden a bike in years!

As fun as it is, I am still not satisfied with myself.
My next plan of action is to get in touch with Michael Moore and any other movie business people in the area. I am wanting to work in the sound field for movies. having gone to school for this, I feel I probably should pursue it.

also, I'd like to mention, the title of my blog comes from lyrics to the song Unlearn by VERSE
I would like to recommend this band to anyone with an open mind for music and/or someone who appreciates music with heart and substance.

That is all for now.