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Operation New Direction-Active Phase I complete.
Taken two days after being cut. I shaved too. Will be the summer cut. A hint of a smile too! (1/2/2010-I don't have the gotee anymore. Updated coming soon.
Member since: 06/11/07
Last active: 03/18/10
Profile updated: 03/17/10
Direct link: http://www.realjock.com/ErikTaurean
Age: 47
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Relationship Status: Single
Looking for: Friends, Online Chat
MY STATS AND INFO
Build: Average
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 208 lbs
Waist: 34 inches
Chest: 41 inches
Arms: 15 inches
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Brown
Ethnicity: Mixed Race
My gym: Soon
Weight training:
Cardio training:
Sports I like: Cycling, Skating, Swimming, Tennis
Other sports I like:
HIV status: HIV -
Safer sex?: Always
ABOUT ME
Jan 2-Very early
Meant to do this yesterday, but just after midnight on New Year's, I couldn't log in, as I saw only 30 people on at the time.
I am going to list my Goals and Resolutions for 2010 here as well as my Main Goal of Operation New Direction. After 13 months being unemployed and being evicted because of an irresponsible roommate, I was finally filled with enough anger and focused it to do something about it and I am headed in the right direction. I am 47 years old and I don't have a boyfiriend, but I hope at some point I wiill meet the right guy and marry him, but I am getting ahead of myself here. 2009 was devastating for a lot of us, to say the least. I hope that if you have not done so, now is the perfect time to do some soul cleansing and redirect your energy, even if it is angry energy. Anger can be a powerful motivator if you can get it under control and diminish it as you go along with each successfully met goal. I am doing it and in the process after getting my job last fall, lost 28lbs from the walking I do during breaks to get to the smolking area. Yeah, I know. Moving right along....
So without futher ado, here are my 2010 Goals & Resolutions along with Operation New Direction. Incidently, Phase I is complete! Yay!!!
A New Year, A New Decade, New Resolutions and New Goals
Wishing Everyone A Bright and Prosperous Future and Best of Luck with your goals this year and beyond. Here are mine:
2010 Resolutions and Goals
Based in part on the 7 Principles of Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa Principles
Umoja (Unity)-To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race.
Kujichagulia (Self-Determination)-To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves.
Ujima (Cooperative Works and Responsibility)-To build and maintain our community together and make our brother's and sister's problems our problems and solve them together.
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)-To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.
Nia (Purpose)-To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
Kuumba (Creativity)-To do always as much as we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.
Imani (Faith)-To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
Resolutions
1. To become more vocally and physically active in the local, state and national gay community.
2. To be more active with my civic responsibility.
3. To be more vocal in the overall governmental and political process.
4. To continually maintain a balance of mind, body & soul.
5. Recognize my personal and professional responsibilities before being able to assist others.
6. To be open to others: listen and discern the difference between allies and enemies.
7. To understand that there is strength & purpose in defeat and that it is not the end.
8. Be open to others' thoughts and perspectives, but defend my beief system unapologetically.
9. Increase my blogging, share my perspective, educate and be educated.
10. To enhance and increase my skills to advance myself and help others.
Goals
1. Complete 'Operation New Direction' (foundation for the next phase of my life).
2. Continue to grow in my profession and advance in position by years end.
3. Read a book a month. Time for new authors.
4. Get smile back which will be another weapon to gain control of my body.
5. Get control of my body back-step up workouts, eating habits, quit smoking.-Update 3/1=took Feb off so as not to overdo it. Fell off the non smoker wagon and for all of you Cigarette Nazis, I wasn't born yesterday. I know the ramifications of smoking. Back off.
6. Purchase a car by end of 1st half of the year.
7. Join the Charlotte Business Guild during the 2nd quarter.
8. Join the Queen City Tennis Association.
9. Get health insurance to get a doctor to get a physical done.
10. Position myself to be made permanent at work, gain allies, steer clear of detractors.
Bonus-If 75% of all are in place or met by 3rd quarter). Well it had been just under 14 years, but a P.N.H. (potential new husband) would be a great reward for hitting 75% overall. Well, I can dream. haha.
Operation New Direction
Phase I (completed)-a) Employment and steady check.
b) Apt or place to live that isn't a hotel, extended stay or otherwise
c) Begin upgrade of wardrobe
d) Get rid of poison from the last few years
e) Pay off loans from El & A (best friends)
Phase II-a) Begin research for car purchase and insurance
b) Get credit report from the 3 bureaus (and learn how to read it)
c) Complete work wardrobe upgrade
d) Furniture pieces for new place
e) Get my stuff from storage (completed)
f) Address changes, voter registration, license change.
Phase III-a) Purchase car and insurance
b) Create list from credit report and begin paying off.
c) Renew lease to extend another year as planned (completed)
d) Research changing from bank to credit union
e) Start going to the gym regularly (my new apt complex has killer equipment)
Phase IV-a)Begin casual wardrobe upgrade
b) Research creating blog or enhancing current blog activity.
c) Begin research for to decide if Master's Degree program-Public Administration is really
something I want to do.
Well, there you have it. A lot ahead in 2010 for me, but it is necessary for me to go forward and grow as an individual. Thanks for stopping by. Drop me line anytime. Like hearing from others with perspectives to talk about, even about something I said in chat or in a forum. Have a great year guys!
PS: New pics coming soon! I took some of the older ones down.
Blog and other things about me here: http://www.myspace.com/eriktaurean
-----///-----Plz
----///-----Put This
---|||---|||---On Your
---|||---|||---account If
---|||---|||---You Know
-----///----Someone
-----///-----Who Died
------///-----Of
-----///----Cancer
----///--
Meant to do this yesterday, but just after midnight on New Year's, I couldn't log in, as I saw only 30 people on at the time.
I am going to list my Goals and Resolutions for 2010 here as well as my Main Goal of Operation New Direction. After 13 months being unemployed and being evicted because of an irresponsible roommate, I was finally filled with enough anger and focused it to do something about it and I am headed in the right direction. I am 47 years old and I don't have a boyfiriend, but I hope at some point I wiill meet the right guy and marry him, but I am getting ahead of myself here. 2009 was devastating for a lot of us, to say the least. I hope that if you have not done so, now is the perfect time to do some soul cleansing and redirect your energy, even if it is angry energy. Anger can be a powerful motivator if you can get it under control and diminish it as you go along with each successfully met goal. I am doing it and in the process after getting my job last fall, lost 28lbs from the walking I do during breaks to get to the smolking area. Yeah, I know. Moving right along....
So without futher ado, here are my 2010 Goals & Resolutions along with Operation New Direction. Incidently, Phase I is complete! Yay!!!
A New Year, A New Decade, New Resolutions and New Goals
Wishing Everyone A Bright and Prosperous Future and Best of Luck with your goals this year and beyond. Here are mine:
2010 Resolutions and Goals
Based in part on the 7 Principles of Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa Principles
Umoja (Unity)-To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race.
Kujichagulia (Self-Determination)-To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves.
Ujima (Cooperative Works and Responsibility)-To build and maintain our community together and make our brother's and sister's problems our problems and solve them together.
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)-To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.
Nia (Purpose)-To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
Kuumba (Creativity)-To do always as much as we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.
Imani (Faith)-To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
Resolutions
1. To become more vocally and physically active in the local, state and national gay community.
2. To be more active with my civic responsibility.
3. To be more vocal in the overall governmental and political process.
4. To continually maintain a balance of mind, body & soul.
5. Recognize my personal and professional responsibilities before being able to assist others.
6. To be open to others: listen and discern the difference between allies and enemies.
7. To understand that there is strength & purpose in defeat and that it is not the end.
8. Be open to others' thoughts and perspectives, but defend my beief system unapologetically.
9. Increase my blogging, share my perspective, educate and be educated.
10. To enhance and increase my skills to advance myself and help others.
Goals
1. Complete 'Operation New Direction' (foundation for the next phase of my life).
2. Continue to grow in my profession and advance in position by years end.
3. Read a book a month. Time for new authors.
4. Get smile back which will be another weapon to gain control of my body.
5. Get control of my body back-step up workouts, eating habits, quit smoking.-Update 3/1=took Feb off so as not to overdo it. Fell off the non smoker wagon and for all of you Cigarette Nazis, I wasn't born yesterday. I know the ramifications of smoking. Back off.
6. Purchase a car by end of 1st half of the year.
7. Join the Charlotte Business Guild during the 2nd quarter.
8. Join the Queen City Tennis Association.
9. Get health insurance to get a doctor to get a physical done.
10. Position myself to be made permanent at work, gain allies, steer clear of detractors.
Bonus-If 75% of all are in place or met by 3rd quarter). Well it had been just under 14 years, but a P.N.H. (potential new husband) would be a great reward for hitting 75% overall. Well, I can dream. haha.
Operation New Direction
Phase I (completed)-a) Employment and steady check.
b) Apt or place to live that isn't a hotel, extended stay or otherwise
c) Begin upgrade of wardrobe
d) Get rid of poison from the last few years
e) Pay off loans from El & A (best friends)
Phase II-a) Begin research for car purchase and insurance
b) Get credit report from the 3 bureaus (and learn how to read it)
c) Complete work wardrobe upgrade
d) Furniture pieces for new place
e) Get my stuff from storage (completed)
f) Address changes, voter registration, license change.
Phase III-a) Purchase car and insurance
b) Create list from credit report and begin paying off.
c) Renew lease to extend another year as planned (completed)
d) Research changing from bank to credit union
e) Start going to the gym regularly (my new apt complex has killer equipment)
Phase IV-a)Begin casual wardrobe upgrade
b) Research creating blog or enhancing current blog activity.
c) Begin research for to decide if Master's Degree program-Public Administration is really
something I want to do.
Well, there you have it. A lot ahead in 2010 for me, but it is necessary for me to go forward and grow as an individual. Thanks for stopping by. Drop me line anytime. Like hearing from others with perspectives to talk about, even about something I said in chat or in a forum. Have a great year guys!
PS: New pics coming soon! I took some of the older ones down.
Blog and other things about me here: http://www.myspace.com/eriktaurean
-----///-----Plz
----///-----Put This
---|||---|||---On Your
---|||---|||---account If
---|||---|||---You Know
-----///----Someone
-----///-----Who Died
------///-----Of
-----///----Cancer
----///--
GUYS I'M LOOKING TO MEET
Jan 2 very early
I have been single now for about 14 years. There are reasons, but the main one is that I know what type of relationship I want and I know how I am in relationships. What I expect is what I should be giving. I am going to go out on a limb and begin to test the waters again. In case you want a snapshot of the kind of guys I like physically, just take a look at my hotlist, no real type per se’. As far as age is concerned, I am open, but I have a general rule of not dating anyone young enough to be my son nor old enough to be my dad. Kind of like the “Half plus 10 equation on the lower end and plus 10 on the upper end. Monogamy must be in place. It is not a joke to me and it is NOT negotiable. I am NOT into open relationships. And as for being single, I DON’T do hook ups. I appreciate a man (men) who is honest with himself and others, comfortable in his own skin and makes no apologies for it without being an ass. Guys like this, whether of a romantic nature or friends are the ones I tend to gravitate towards.
And since this has been a topic of late, know your HIV status. There is absolutely no reason to put yourself or your partner in any type of danger. Although AIDS is no longer the automatic death sentence it use to be, it is still nothing to dismiss. I lived through the height of the AIDS crisis and came out unscathed. I have seen a great number of profiles here that say they practice safe sex, but the HIV status area is blank. It is still that important guys. Get tested! This conversation will be had at some point.
What's Your Personality Type?
You Are An ESTJ
The Guardian
You're a natural leader and a quick, logical decision maker.
Goals are important in your life, and you take many steps to achieve them.
You enjoy interacting with others, mostly through work related activities.
Your high energy level means that you are great at getting things done!
In love, you tend to bring stability to relationships.
You feel comfortable being in charge, and you enjoy being a provider.
At work, you take charge. You thrive in structured environments and don't mind enforcing the rules.
You would make a great teacher, judge, or police detective.
How you see yourself: Realistic, stable, and pragmatic
When other people don't get you, they see you as: Rigid, bound to rules, and a bad listener
I have been single now for about 14 years. There are reasons, but the main one is that I know what type of relationship I want and I know how I am in relationships. What I expect is what I should be giving. I am going to go out on a limb and begin to test the waters again. In case you want a snapshot of the kind of guys I like physically, just take a look at my hotlist, no real type per se’. As far as age is concerned, I am open, but I have a general rule of not dating anyone young enough to be my son nor old enough to be my dad. Kind of like the “Half plus 10 equation on the lower end and plus 10 on the upper end. Monogamy must be in place. It is not a joke to me and it is NOT negotiable. I am NOT into open relationships. And as for being single, I DON’T do hook ups. I appreciate a man (men) who is honest with himself and others, comfortable in his own skin and makes no apologies for it without being an ass. Guys like this, whether of a romantic nature or friends are the ones I tend to gravitate towards.
And since this has been a topic of late, know your HIV status. There is absolutely no reason to put yourself or your partner in any type of danger. Although AIDS is no longer the automatic death sentence it use to be, it is still nothing to dismiss. I lived through the height of the AIDS crisis and came out unscathed. I have seen a great number of profiles here that say they practice safe sex, but the HIV status area is blank. It is still that important guys. Get tested! This conversation will be had at some point.
What's Your Personality Type?
You Are An ESTJ
The Guardian
You're a natural leader and a quick, logical decision maker.
Goals are important in your life, and you take many steps to achieve them.
You enjoy interacting with others, mostly through work related activities.
Your high energy level means that you are great at getting things done!
In love, you tend to bring stability to relationships.
You feel comfortable being in charge, and you enjoy being a provider.
At work, you take charge. You thrive in structured environments and don't mind enforcing the rules.
You would make a great teacher, judge, or police detective.
How you see yourself: Realistic, stable, and pragmatic
When other people don't get you, they see you as: Rigid, bound to rules, and a bad listener
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TESTIMONIALS
Testimonial left on 10/7/2009
Thanks man :)
Testimonial left on 8/26/2009
Man of the DAY!!
CONGATS!
xo
Johnny
Testimonial left on 8/26/2009
--- MOTD! Congrats, young man!
Testimonial left on 7/4/2009
A personal hero of ours. Erik, your kind phone call right after our marriage ceremony (how did you ever time that?) made you forever part of the best day of our lives!
Thank you!
Testimonial left on 6/20/2009
This is one of the nicest guys on realjock
Testimonial left on 6/7/2009
You know what I like about this guy?
What you see is what you get... genuine, honest, up-front.
100% admirable.
Testimonial left on 6/5/2009
Wow! You are awesome. Thank you so much. I very much appreciate your input on this web site. It is great to see people who care as much as you do. We need more people like you! Thanks again!
Testimonial left on 6/2/2009
I am glad Erik and I are good buddy. He is such a sweet and caring guy. He's the guy everyone wants to talk to in the chat room or on Realjock's discussion forum. He's charming as hell with a great smile.
Testimonial left on 5/22/2009
The dude is a cool cat for sure
Testimonial left on 4/20/2009
Erik
Thank You for the very kind words. You are a gem of a guy!
Testimonial left on 3/13/2009
Erik is a really nice guy. I helped him with his ball....long story. :)
Testimonial left on 3/11/2009
Erik is an awesome guy. Everyone should be friends with him... smart, funny, an expert on various types of asses. Oh, and he thinks I'm mischevious, so i guess that's a good thing, haha. But seriously, how can a fellow Taurean not appreciate another? ... well, actually, there are many ways, but Erik is one cool guy.
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