Sober. Smart. Survivor.

Former fitness-magazine editor, now work in martial-arts multimedia.

Good conversationalist. Magazine, book and video editor. Novice photographer. Spiritual warrior. Pianist, singer, composer. Awards-banquet writer/researcher/designer.

Coffee consumer. Bagel-and-cream-cheese fan. Keep me away from the sunglasses rack.

Mmmmm... sushi!

Easily (and somewhat ironically) frustrated by new technology.

Intermittent junk/comfort-food addict. Non-smoker. Pro-ice-cream, anti-TV/movie-spoiler.

Let's go to the supermarket!

Into weight training, cardio, balancing body-fat loss with muscle gain. Don't use supplements/protein powders, etc., at this point, but open to input as to their efficacy under moderate usage.

Anyone with tips, info, etc., is welcome to drop me a line. I've gotten some good input and encouragement here. (Thanks, guys!)

And if not and you just wanna say "hi," feel free to do so! :o)

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UPDATE 12/27/09: Just updated weight and waist-size figures. Both went up, quite expectedly... but I wasn't expecting the amount of difference between the previous numbers and the new numbers, LOL. 191 to 205 pounds, and 34 to 38 waist. I joked over the Christmas holiday with family that I was "shootin' for 210!" and low-and-behold I'll be there soon enough if I'm not already. Fortunately, I understand that there's a direct cause-effect relationship between food + exercise (and lack thereof) and one's weight + appearance. "Winter weight" or not, I've been in a dietary funk wherein food had become my primary outlet for solace. It's OK... it is what it is, and this too shall pass. The nice thing about having posted pictures here in the past is that I have definite evidence of my ability to alter course and effect change---not that I'm Jabba the Hutt by any means, but I'm certainly not in the best shape I've ever been in right now. Now that the holidays are drawing to a close, my goal is to move into better eating and increased physical activity by mid-January. Knowing me, it'll be a "this is the day" moment where I'll just start. The key, for me, is to move forward gently rather than slam myself into it and expect it all to change in five minutes time. Of course, if nothing changes... then nothing changes. So, as I've posted previously, when that new course gets underway I'll surely make it known in some fashion... new photos, etc. I'm looking forward to it. :-)

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UPDATE -- JANUARY 2, 2010: The new decade begins with... a cold. LOL

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UPDATE -- MARCH 2, 2010: Well, I've been learning about a fitness/wellness system called CrossFit that has piqued my interest. "If nothing changes, then nothing changes," as I posted earlier... so engaging in a new workout paradigm might jump start my interest in starting again---because I simply haven't had any active interest in getting up and gettin' goin' with regard to starting up again with what I was doing before. More will be revealed...

I've answered 99% of e-mail salutations that pop into my inbox. I greatly enjoy having quality pen pals and what not.

And while I have met a few guys from here offline as it were, I'm not necessarily striving to meet anyone in particular, to meet "him." That's not really my mission here. If a given situation presents itself as being mutually interesting, then hey sure. Occasionally it's nice to meet guys in person... sometimes it's for coffee or a bite to eat, sometimes it's for more. If I happen to meet "him" at some point, it most probably won't be because I was sitting here searching for him anyway.

However, at the risk of sounding like a square and snobby prude or something, please don't just e-mail and ask to check out my private pix. If they were meant to just be on view for every guy who popped along, then they'd be in my public photos. :-)

And if you wanna show me your private pix in an unsolicited fashion, that's your choice and I may indeed look because, hey!, at the end of the day I'm still a man. LOL. Some guys enjoy the thrill of exhibitionism. Great! More power to ya... but it doesn't oblige me to automatically open my photo stash in reciprocation unless I want to.

And now that I've potentially decimated my sociability prospects on this site, we now return you to your regularly scheduled programming, already in progress.

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