Wow has it been a while since I bothered with this blog, not like anyone reads it anyway. Well let me go ahead and make an update.

I'm back in school. I received my AA in history but frankly there is little point in going any farther than that, no money in history so I am going back to get my AS in geology and then off to the university to get my BS and maybe even MS. There is a future and good living in the sciences and its a subject I love and feel a growing need to defend in this world of fading knowledge.

On the work front I am growing to hate the gym I teach and train at. The people are nice and the coaches are good people but the owners have fucked me so many times now that I swear I should be bleeding. Its a rock and a hard place for me. Either I quit and have wasted the last year or I hang in there and hope things get better.

The farm is my only refuge. I'm building an aquaponic greenhouse out of mostly recycled materials, I just got my hands on a 6000 gallon water tank that will be used to collect rain and I am doing a massive overhual of my paddoc system. The food forest looked great this year but I need to do a lot more planting next spring.

Well there are some ups and downs folks. I sprained my right knee (formerly known as my good knee) and I've been laid up for about 3 weeks so far. Luckly I am healing which is nice for a change. I should be back to normal in another week or two. I've been speeding recovery with regular joint mobility work and a really strong liniment called "Tiger exists the forest" which smells really bad but will hopefully get me back into action soon.

Now how about new years resolutions? For me the two goals I have set are to get my next level CST certification and participate in a Tought Mudder. What are you going for?

Well I've been a bad blogger. So lets pop a new one up shall we?

Been busy but not where I wanna be yet. Good news thou! My gym wanted a resume and if all goes well I could be gainfully imployed as an instructor once again. My little training business is also picking up. I should have 3 students saturday. Feels good to be making progress in my chosen career field.

I've also recaptured my love of art. I've gotten all new drawing tools and a really nice drafting table. I hope to get my skill back up to snuff and begin a web comic.

Lastly I am going to be launching a blog. I think it will be titled Brian's Folly. It will be an educational blog about permaculture and hobby farming. The format I am hoping for is an educational article on wednesdays and a comic on sundays. If all goes well I'll have it up and running sometime in the new year.

Well its been a while hasnt it? Frankly I've been to busy doing nothing Still training at Adrenaline but not as often lately. I've been busy doing signature campaign work. Borning miserable stuff. People treat you like scum and most of them are so poorly informed on civics that they think they are voting just by signing the paper! Don't even get me started on all this identity theft bullshit!

Also been working on the house. Dad and I stuccoed the back walls of the house. Then we poured steps and a patio and fenced it in to make a nice little garden for me mom. Also been planting more trees in my orchard and I'm planning a pasture rotation system for my goats that I am hoping will cut down on their feed bill.

I also have a book idea I want to work on. Working title is "Little Livestock" it would focus on raising honey bees, worms, soldier fly larva and possibly chickens and rabbits using a tractor system.

Still looking for a steady job.... All this temporary shit just isn't worth it. Can't make any real money and I never know how long the money I am making will last. I WANT STABILITY!!! The feed store I buy from wanted an application from me so maybe something will come of that. Not the greatest or highest paying job out there but if its steady work I will be happy. I just need an anchor while I get my other projects off the ground.

Hell of a night at Adrenaline tonight. I had my jiu jitsu classes. 1 1/2 no gi and an hour of gi. You know that kind of sore where your abs hurt from breathing? Ya thats me Everyone I role with is polite and really damned good. Every class I've taken here I have been pleased with and really couldn't be happier with this arrangement.

Now for a few random thoughts of the evening;

"Pretty good night. Only disloc...ated my knee twice." "Wait why is that good?"

"Damn you bullshido! All those "its not gay as long as you don't make eye contact" jokes were running through my head all night!"

"Wait where is my arm again?"

"This cup is really uncomfortable but not nearly as uncomfortable as an elbow in the boys."

"Why are you making my try to triangle a guy when he doesn't even have a neck?!"
There's a peak in my head enjoy

In other news the job hunt continues but I've got high hopes at the moment. My trip to Kern is only days away now and I cannot wait! I've never been rafting before. Lastly the CST/Limalama class is beginning June 4th and its getting a very good response so far.

Having some setbacks in my business venture so I am taking a new course. Starting May 28th I will be holding a 2 hour class from 9am to 11am every Saturday at Ford Park in Redlands, CA. The first half of class will be an hour of Circular Strength Training (mainly clubbell athletics and prasara yoga) followed by an hour of self defense instruction (mainly I'll be working on Limalama and basics of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu). If anyone would like to join in here is the link thanks!
http://www.meetup.com/IECSTLimalama/events/17581316/

Not much happening on the girlfriend front. I really feel lame I don't even know where to go to meet women anymore. Maybe I should hold auditions Still I figure think will workout if I keep myself open to the possibilitie of meeting someone new.

On the fitness front my foot is about ready to get back into running and I am down to 210lbs. Thats a 5lbs drop in the last month. Pretty please about that and I am now only 15lbs from my goal for this year. Its also a 5 year low in my weight. I couldn't be happier about that.

On the work front things are still a bit more troublesome. Work at Antix is going great, I just wish I could manage another night there. Really need the money. The community center is giving me a migrain. They people there are great. The director is an excellent guy and his staff are good people but the organization there is a nightmare. No one communicates with anyone else and just trying to get my classes going is miserable. Im about ready to pull out of there entirely but I'd need to find another place to teach out of first.

Owww! I've been dealing with some real nasty kidney stones for the last week. Its really put me off course in my training for the 1/2 marathon but hell or high water (or knife like stabbing pain in my right side) I am moving up to 7.5 miles tomorrow. At the 5 mile mark I was able to come in at 59:30 so I'm coming along well but the stones are really making life hell. Whats slightly worse is that this pain and some side effects from the vicodin I was given has aggrivated my insomnia and the total effect has pushed me into a depressed and lonely state.

I haven't been in a relationship in about 2 years now and I really miss having actual companionship. There is something immesurably wonderful about having someone in your arms while you sleep. Having someone to go places with or to just talk to. I don't know how I let myself get so isolated but I've pretty well managed to cut myself off from the world around me. I need to break out of this but I'm at a loss as to how. If anyone here knows a nice girl in my neck of the world I am open to blind dates I sure could use the help.

Classes at Antix Fitness are going great, my last class was full! My yoga is excellent and I'm feeling great. In other news I am training for the "Run Thru Redlands" April 10th. My goal is to run the 1/2 marathon barefoot. This morning I ran 5 miles in 1:06 so I have a little ways to go but I'm feeling good. My cardiovascular system is built for endurance. After running for an hour my breathing was fine and my heart rate was normal in 10 minutes after I finished my run. I felt like I could have kept going even.

Held my first class at Antix Fitness tonight. All went well and everyone really enjoyed my class. I had several girls tell me that they had tried yoga before and did not really like it. They however loved my yoga class. Starting March I will be holding a weekly Prasara yoga class at Antix and hopefully more to come.