It never gets easier, you just go faster. ~ Greg LeMond.

What exactly is a hobby? I found this definition: "An activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure." It's safe to say I have one main hobby, and that is riding my bicycle. In fact, that's basically been my hobby my entire life; from my different BMX bikes, to getting my first mountain bike in 1992 (wow, 20 years ago!). I've had several different bikes, and I recently bought a new one... which couldn't have been at a more perfect time.

I have completely stepped up my game when it comes to riding; with the new bike, I also bought new pedals, new shoes, new lights to ride at night, I'm riding several times a week, and I recently joined a team to race in the 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo Mountain Bike Race!

So, this activity that I do regularly in my leisure time is providing me with a ton of pleasure. It always has, and hopefully it always will. It's my hobby.

Purpose

September of 2005 is when I started this new thing called Social Networking. I created a MySpace account simply to have a place to blog. It seemed like the best option, because I would write my random thoughts down (or recap what I had been up to, because status updates weren't around yet), and people would have the opportunity to read and comment on them. However, I never really intended on them being read on a regular basis. It's not like I am some kind of awesome-entertaining writer. Instead, I thought of my blog entries as a place that I could simply spill my thoughts out, and then someday I could go back and read them - or someone else, like my kids, could read them maybe after I'm long gone.

With that said, it seems like the thoughts I write about on a regular basis are somewhat negative. I'm a happy person and have an awesome life, so maybe this is my one place I can release any negativity that somehow gets into my head. ...Or maybe I should just focus on how awesome everything is for me instead. Hmmm. Ah who cares, nobody is supposed to actually be reading any of this anyway; I should just write whatever comes to mind.

Pain is what comes to mind right now. Just over a week ago, I crashed on my mt. bike and did some damage to my left shoulder. My range of motion has been getting better, but there's a large lump on the top of my shoulder. I did some research and quickly found out what it probably is: AC Separation (or shoulder separation). It's bad, but not very bad. From what I read, I don't need surgery. Hopefully.

A Ty Fact: I prefer a hot coffee on a cold winter day, and I prefer country music on a hot summer day. I have no idea why those two things just came to mind.

Where is his mind?

There are some simple things I do on a daily basis that results in common courtesy for others. Usually it's good driving habits, such as not driving in the right lane so that people can pull onto the street from side streets or businesses, etc. Or throwing my gum in the trash, so that someone else doesn't step on it. Or putting my shopping cart in the return area, instead of leaving it sit in a perfectly good empty parking spot - or rolling away into someone else's car. Some of these things are so simple, but end up being a big deal to someone else. Too bad more people don't practice these simple things, or even put their head in the game to realize what they're doing.

I walked into the bathroom at work to drop a deuce (I know, TMI). There are two toilets and two urinals. There was already a guy in the bathroom... pissing in the toilet and all over the seat - instead of simply using a urinal. He then walked out of the bathroom without flushing or washing his hands. So now the one toilet I wanted to use, that I had to wait for, has piss all over it and in it. At that point, I would've gone outside and shit on the guy's car if I knew what he was driving. Where was his mind?