A little about myself

I figure I should introduce myself to the blog world, and maybe explain a bit about myself and my interests. It seems like an appropriate kind of thing to do. I have a ton of hobbies. I kinda spread myself too thin in that regard because I don't focus enough attention on any one thing.

First off, I love mountain biking. I bought a 600 dollar mountain bike two and a half years ago and I fell in love. It was seriously the nicest bike I have ever ridden on in my life. I bought it because I thought hey this might be a fun way to get some exercise. I started off just street riding around the city but I found out that that was pretty boring and quite dangerous. People in cars do not see you; I feel like I'm always about to get creamed.

So I looked up information about the trail systems in southeastern Michigan and it turns out that there are dozens of great trails in beautiful state parks all around the area. So I picked out an extremely difficult trail because I aint no chump right? And I pack my bike up and left. I road Pontiac Lake State Recreation area for my first trip. It's 10 miles of ridiculously hard trails. It's a big circle and you're supposed to ride clockwise. I road the trail backwards, and with no helmet. Spandex clad gangsters yelled at me to turn around but fuck em, they aint shit. Within a few minutes I managed to flip over my handle bars into thick underbrush, bruising my ego and shoulder.

After what seemed like an eternity I stopped at the top of a hill to rest. A few moments later a group of 60 year old men came to the top of the hill and stopped to talk to me. They told me that I really needed to turn around cause I might cause an accident. A biking accident ha! I didn't know they existed. I asked them if I at least had made it half way, and they told me not even close. I followed them back the rest of the way but they basically left me in the dust. It was embarrassing, but from that moment on, I was hooked. Mountain biking is awesome. I eventually went back to that park and conquered the trail going the right way and have been riding ever since.

Another one of my hobbies is playing the drums. I bought my set a year ago and I am trying desperately to learn how to play. It's a lot of fun to beat out my stress on these. I'm not in a band, nor do I aspire to be a rockstar or anything. I just want to get decent on these things and be able to jam with friends and stuff.

I am a computer junkie as well. I dick around on the internet way more than I like to admit. I have seen every single internet meme, and goofy youtube video. I love all things technology. I love fixing computers, and tweaking them to do all of the sweet shit that they were meant to do. I spend a lot of time on the computer.

I am a sports nut. I love watching sports on TV and in person. I am particularly partial to Red Wings hockey and U of M football, but I'll watch anything. Recently I spent hours watching the Wimbeldon open. Tennis! I guess I'm just in love with sport as a whole. I am quite athletic, and was the captain of my wrestling team in high school. I also boxed golden gloves for a while, and trained in mixed martial arts with my wrestling partner in high school. I love competition, although it seems as though my days of competing might be over. I coached a little league wrestling team last year and had a blast. I think I will probably end up being a wrestling coach amongst other things.

These are just some of the things that I like to do. I will post more about myself in the future. Oh, and here's one of my favorite youtube videos of all time.