Packing Light

Hey guys! I recently wrote a couple guest blog posts on traveling light over at ATaleof2Monkeys.com. I think they are worth a read if you are planning a trip soon or just wanting to pack less for your travels. The first post is called "Top 5 Tips for Packing Light" and the second is called "What I Brought: A Packing List by Jeff". Check them out if you want!

Look for a post or three about my East Asia trip on here soon. Until then here is a photo to wet your appetite!

Book Recommendation: Ready Player One

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San Diego Comic-Con is this week so in the spirit of letting your geek flag fly I have a geek-related book recommendation for you. If you grew up in the 80's, enjoy classic movies and video games, or just appreciate a good book then I wholeheartedly recommend Ready Player One. If I Love The 80's and The Matrix had a baby it would be this book. It is all kinds of awesome.

Go forth and read!

P.S. I highly recommend listing to the audiobook version which is narrated by Wil Wheaton. He does a great job and you can tell he has a genuine connection to the content.

Tough Mudder

In a fit of insanity I agreed to join a friend in running a Tough Mudder race in October in Las Vegas. It is supposed to be the toughest race on Earth. I'm thinking maybe I bit off a little more than I can chew..

I will be doing a lot of training like this so that I don't die when I actually run the race:

Right now I can barely run a half mile.

For this race I will have to be able to run 10.5 miles across the Nevada desert while navigating obstacles designed by the British Special Forces.

I'm basically fucked..

So to avoid gruesome injuries and certain death I will have to do some very targeted training.

My plan is to work up to running a 5k using the Couch to 5k program and then keep adding miles until I can easily run 6-7.

While I'm working on that I will also be doing resistance training to build muscle and strength to aid me in navigating the obstacles.

Then I'm just going to start running around the city like a mad man climbing walls and jumping over things yelling "PARKOUR!" and "TOUGH MUDDER!". That's what people who run these races do, right? ...right?!

Simple Motivation

 A twitter friend recently posted this and it was exactly what I needed to get me out of a rut I was in that day. Thought it might do the same for you!

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Starting Over

Hey All!

Welcome to the 2.0 version of the blog! I decided to start over. A lot of things have been changing in my life so I felt like getting a fresh start here as well.

The content will be roughly the same: stuff that I happen to find interesting or cool things that I happen to be doing. My main goal is to just have a fun, creative outlet for my thoughts and experiences.

If the spirit moves you, please feel free to subscribe to the RSS feed or just write a comment.

Thanks for stopping by!