Thursday, August 25, 2005

ATI REMOTE WONDER PLUS

http://shop.ati.com/product.asp?sku=2624100&section_id=8

This remote is awesome!! It is a super simple install, and a breeze to setup / use.
You can find them other places than just ATI's site There are 3 different models I would defiantly recommend the Plus it has mouse controls and is RF. I couldn’t be happier!

Later,

J.W.

Geting back into it...

Well I haven’t been riding or anything for like 2 weeks. Until last Tuesday when I started riding again. I believe what I did was pull my MCL in my left knee. Not entirely sure on how I did it. It was either at the gym while doing some lower body stuff or riding the day before. I noticed it on early Friday morning at like 3 A.M. I woke up and my knee was hurting like crap, at first I thought that it was just the way I was laying with my knee completely bent with my foot under my right leg. So I straightened it out and went back to sleep. Well when I woke up the next morning my knee didn’t really "hurt" but I could defiantly tell something was wrong it was very uncomfortable to bend my knee and hold it in the air. Walking didn’t bother me much but sitting with my knee bent was aggravating. So I just took it was for a while and went to the gym and just did upper body and cutout the treadmill for a while. Which I think I will still lay off of for another week or so because still being like 310 lbs. running isn’t the greatest thing for my joints.
Other than that I have gotten in to reading and strangely I have read all of the Harry Potter book and to my utter amazement they are awesome, I could not be more impressed, but now I have to wait for the last book to be released and it will probally be awhile.
I copied all the camcorder footage I have ever gotten onto the computer and put them in an .mpg format also, as to safe guard I won’t loose them and also make them more convenient to watch! I will probally be posting some of them on my website soon.
I sold my Yukon last week to an old friend that is now engaged. So now I have just the
GTO until I get me another truck, I think I am going to get like an extended cab 1500 Chevy or something like that just cheap and a truck not a SUV. With that money I refinanced my car and paid half of it off!! And got rid of the moronic GMAC Idiots, I hated doing business with them and will never do it again. I am also going to totally redo my 3rd bedroom into like a computer/entertainment room, and I also got some new pimp tight!!!! 19" DVI LCD monitors!!
B.J. one of my friends that had moved to Orlando for 2 years moved back last week also!
Other than that I have been good and just been keeping busy getting stuff around the house and
On my computer organized. So I will now resume the strenuous workout schedule and begin loosing weight again. To reach my goal of 280-300lbs. by Jan 1, 2006.

Later,

J.W.

Friday, August 05, 2005

Just riding along...

Well I have been riding alot lately. Did 24 miles yesterday and even more last week. Been to the gym Mon, Tue, wed, and today. Was going to go outta town this weekend but that plan got smashed by a few things maybe next weekend.
Things are going good still at work we had a cook out today. My buddy B.J. that moved to Orlando a while back is moving back to jax this month, that’s cool. Leeanna is like 4 months pregnant. Daniel had fallen off the earth but has started calling again some what.
This week I am defiantly going to go see the Dukes of Hazzard; I think that is going to be an awesome movie.
Me and Brian also found an awesome place to hang out. It's free also but I can’t tell you where it is cuz then it will be too crowded :).
But other than that my mother is doing alot better and things are going pretty good right now.

Later,

J.W.

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

By papa...

Well Monday morning at 11:20 my grandfather died from complications from cancer, lung problems etc. He was 84 and had been in the hospital for the past 6 months. Luckily I was there when he passed with my grandmother, uncles and my mother. Even though we weren’t that close it still hits home real hard and I will miss him alot! But it’s for the better; he had been in pain for so long and didn't deserve what he was getting. Also it was a painless passing, they had been worried that it was going to be a painful death but, luckily it wasn’t. I am down to around 310 lbs. I put up some new pictures on my website. www.thelug.com/images/weightloss.html
Things are going great I am still riding and working out all the time. So I just am living life!

Later,

J.W.

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Chuapthingy...

Well last night I rode 26 miles on my trek that’s the first real ride I have had on the bike it was great I loved it!! I a down to 315lbs this morning. I had a crazy flat on the goat Monday morning I had like 8 bubbles in the side wall luckily I made it to work ok!! Seeing as how the night before I had an expressway run to 140mph!!
This weekend my grandma calls me up and says I found a kitty and its outside and going to die if you don’t come get it??????????? WTF is that lol. So me and Brian go over there and get the cat and stick it in my tub at home till after dinner and a movie. We named the kitty rocket! Went and saw wedding crashers this weekend twice and I was literally the funniest movie I have ever seen it was awesome I loved it. There is nothing better. The next movie I am really stoked about is Doom with the rock it comes out in Sept. I got my 3rd season of Red Vs. Blue also I love that stuff it is hilarious! Got Richard and Nicole to start going to the gym with me that’s a god send cuz it was getting boring going by myself now that Jeff quit and doesn’t workout any more. Hung out with josh and Mel again this weekend, and then D.J. later on that night. Head from Daniel and B.J. Also but for god sakes where's Chad he is still MIA I guess he doesn’t love us anymore?? Well I got a raise at work finally and it was about time I need/deserved it!! Well back to work!

Later,

J.W.

Monday, July 11, 2005

Am I turning into a roadie

Well Saturday I picked up my new bike I ended up getting a Trek 2100 I am very happy with it so far. I haven’t taken it on any long rides yet but what I have done I love. I still have my hoss dee lux but I just wanted something for a different type of workout! I have still been working out, my gym was closed this weekend and they opened the new one this morning so I will give it a try this afternoon. It is supposed to be like 10 times bigger it is in an old food lion. It takes up the whole place! I am down to 323 lbs. as of this morning. There are pics of the bike at my website at www.thelug.com/images/hossdeelux.html . With the rain and everything I haven’t been able to do any yard work lately so I still have alot of branches sitting in the back yard. I will catch up on that soon!

Later,

J.W.

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Howdy yall!

Hello, well it has been a few weeks since I have posted anything. So let me get up to speed, I was at a small plateau for the last few weeks, it started before my birthday and it didn’t help that my birthday came around and I took the week off. I am down to 328lbs now. I have still been riding and going to the gym. I haven’t been able to do any yard work really because it has rained for the last 2 weeks basically. But all the main bushes are cut down all I have to do is haul the rest of them out to the front to be picked up! Not too much other major stuff has been going on just getting ready for the cruise in Sept. The 3 day weekend was nice also! I put some pics of my truck up on the website in the pictures section, and added some other pics also. Well I am getting back up to speed now so catch yall later.

J.W.

Thursday, June 23, 2005

22 WOW!!

Well today is my birthday. I turn 22 I know that isn't old but man I remember turning 12 hehe. I have been riding alot and kind of calmed down on the gym a little until i drop a little more weight, but I am still going steady, I am at 330lbs. right now. I plan on doing alot this weekend. Sorry I haven’t posted alot lately I have actually been doing a decent amount at work. I will update soon.

Later,

J.W.

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

21 wet miles :)

Well last night I had one of the best rides I have had in a long time I spun most of the time giving myself a great workout. I had the leg burn come back I hadn’t had in a long time. We ended up riding 21 miles and about 5 of it was in the wet dirt lol. It was great. Sold my laptop yesterday and I have had it for 1.5 years and the first night the other guy has it he gets a virus and I have to friggin fix it blah! So that’s what I am doing at work today! Yeah. Well back to work and fixing a computer fun fun!

Later,

J.W.

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

And the verdict is...

Not that I really even cared but I was really surprised that he was found innocent on all 10 counts, I thought that he would be found guilty on at least the giving minors alcohol. But o well I never thought that he molested the kids but I do think that he is a strange, strange man!! Because of the nasty rain I haven’t been doing a whole lot lately. I haven’t been able to do any lawn work, ride my bike since last Thursday; I haven’t been to the gym much either trying to wait for breaks in the rain to do the lawn. If it doesn’t rain today I will probally go riding. I am holding steady with my weight at the current time at 336lbs. Helped my friend brian all last weekend on his car trying to get the new motor in on time so he could go to work on Monday, we did it!
I saw Mr. & Ms. Smith on Sunday it was a great movie, I really enjoyed it and will probally go see it again. I haven’t had a chance to see Star Wars EP.3 again but I want to see it again before it leaves the theatre.
I am going to start back at the gym this week hopefully if I can get some of this yard work done if not then I will have to go on the weekends!
Well I guess I will get back to work it is flag day here and we are all wearing our flags, so not wearing a work shirt is nice for once. Well back to work later yall.


J.W.

Thursday, June 09, 2005

Go fast errrrrr... I mean slow...

Well I got the dents all fixed on the GTO Dent wizard guy did a great job can’t even tell!!
Went to the track last night, the weather was super crummy it was in the 90's with 100% humidity, muggy, with fog in the air. Shouldn't even have been racing it was so nasty. Car went 13.828 @ 102.86 with me driving. With a lighter driver the car went 13.6 @ 104.15. Most people were running about half a second off! But regardless I learned how to launch and race my car better and I had some fun.
I picked up a garage door opener for my shop yesterday and will be putting that in this weekend!! That should be lots of fun and interesting to see how many things I can screw up!!
Went riding Tuesday night had a good time rode about 15 miles in the dirt it. We are supposed to go riding tonight and I will be going to the gym tomorrow.
I will also be starting my new experimenting on the home link system being installed in my GTO I will keep everyone updated!
Weight is holding steady at ~335lbs I will hit the gym and bike harder next week and get back to a more rigorous schedule. And I am still eating right! I am just in a slight plateau which will take a few days to jump out of.
Well back to work.

Later,

J.W.

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Another day another...

Well last week wasn’t that all exciting. Went to the gym everyday, went riding twice, worked that’s about all I did. I got my new rims on my bike for the off road tires they are real nice.
I am currently debating on what to do about my truck situation, I think that I want to get a quad cab 4 door 2500 Silverado, instead of my Yukon, I want a 4 wheel drive and it would be nice to put alot of cash in my pocket. I guess we will see what happens.
I am also thinking about putting a stereo in my new car, it is hard to listen to a factory system after using my system in my truck for so long they make a nice head unit that I want for the gto I am thinking about getting from Kenwood. I am going to do some yard work this week before the trash man comes to get the yard trash so it doesn’t sit there fro a week again.
My weight is down to 337lbs things are going good now I just need to bump it to that next level.
Night before last some little ****ers found it necessary to paintball my cars in my front yard well luckily I keep the gto in the garage right! HAHA of course not I left it out because I was driving it to work the next day, well I got a nice little dent in the rear quarter from one of there fing paint ball it isn’t horrible but it is the point of the matter. The dent guy here at work is going to take it out tomorrow for free. I will find those little *****'s and give them a piece of my mind... Well back to work.

Later,

J.W.

Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Crappy day!!

Well the day started out crappy with a flat tire!!! Here's a pic of what was in it http://www.thelug.com/metalpiece.JPG I patched it even though it is a big hole it is holding now but we will see!! A new tire for the GTO is $145.00 my cost like $225 normal!! Then I dealt with some family BS this morning!! Customers have been abnormally dumb this morning also.

Went and saw the longest yard last night, it was a very good movie! Good cast good story good acting. Now I need to go see the original which I have never seen to see how it stands up.

I love my car I have like 425 miles on it now I had 44 when I got it lol. I drove around alot last night having some alone time to think and stuff!
Going back to the gym today seeing as how the weather is so crummy and we are under a severe thunderstorm warning I doubt I will be able to ride.
I reached my goal 24 days early I wanted to be 340 by my birthday June 23 but I did it today. This morning I weighed in at 340lbs I am setting a new goal of 300lbs by January 1, 2006.

Later,

J.W.

Friday, May 27, 2005

Got It!!

Well it happened I picked up my new 2005 Pontiac GTO last night and all I can say is hell yeah I got a giant SEG on my face lol. It is more than I could of imagined. Tight, fast, clean, sexy, new. Wow did I just describe a new car or a 18 year old virgin??? j/k well I love it period...

here are some pics. www.thelug.com/images/gto.html

Later,

J.W.

Thursday, May 26, 2005

Maybe a nice GOAT??

Well lately I have been doing alot of yard work; I haven’t gone to the gym this week, trying to take a break. I was feeling a little burned out and didn’t want to push it and chance burning out completely. I haven’t been riding either, I was going to go today but I am going to the Pontiac dealer after work and probally getting a new 2005 Silver GTO http://www.fast-autos.net/pontiac/05gto.jpg . I really want this car I new I liked it but didn’t know how much till I drove one. It puts all of my favorite aspects of a car into one, it handles like my 2002 corvette did, has more room than my 2000 Trans Am did, has more power than both cars, has interior that is BMW quality, and it is in a small innocent looking package that when you least expect it will blow your doors off lol.
This weekend I will do some riding and hopefully some driving in a nice silver 6spd car :) I plan on going to the gym also I can go Friday because I am taking a friend down state to pick up a motor and wont be back till like 10-11 o'clock. And then we will be having a big and rich time at Mel's house lol.
Work has been going good but I am still actively thinking of a permanent career change and trying to decide what field I want to get into, I know I should get into computers because that is what I know and what I like but I guess we will have to see. I would like to get on with a company like GM, CSX, Microsoft, etc. A major main stream company. And not be on the phones 24/7 like at Citi bank and Convergys. But I will just see I guess. I think I am going to start taking my cert tests and go that route for now I can get the books and take a test for like 100$ and be done with it, because I don’t want to do college right now not that I could do it anyway, with my current schedule, bills. And I will not be drawn into the whole student loan thing screw that!
Today I also reserved tickets to go see that King Tutankhamun Exhibit when it comes to Fort Lauderdale next year, which will be awesome!
O I am still going on the cruise in September. but the person I was going to go with backed out so I still have 2 tickets and the other ticket is half paid for or I might just pay for it and take someone I dunno but I am definitely still going.
Well I guess I will get back to work.

Later,

J.W.

Monday, May 23, 2005

Yawn...

Well didn't do a whole lot this weekend. Went out with some friends on Saturday and had a good time. Sunday I helped a friend with a few cars and that was about it lol. I didn't ride, I didn't go to the gym I really didn't do anything, well I cleaned up the house a little bit. I am going to go to the gym today and when I get home do some lawn work and then clean some guns but that's about all I think I will do tonight. Hopefully I will go riding tomorrow. I am contemplating getting a car again, but this time I am thinking about getting a new gto with the ls2 in it, but I haven't decided yet I think I will go test drive one this week, maybe Wednesday. I am still trying to decide who I should buy one from I have a person I used o be friends with at another dealer but I am not sure if I would like to buy another car from him I have bought three and I don't like the way he has been acting recently. So I am either going to Coggin on Atlantic or nimnight I am not sure yet but I think that I do want one for sure. Something new would be nice with a warranty compared to a 3-5 year old Trans Am like I wanted at first. But we will see.

Later,

J.W.

Thursday, May 19, 2005

The sith came and went!

Well I went up to the movie theater at about 8:30 last night and waited for about 5 minutes then we were allowed to go into the theatre and sit and wait! Which I will admit was a great thing waiting outside would have sucked! Let me first say it was one of my favorite movies in the series, it had its occasional corny or poorly written line like all the Star Wars do, but it was still freaking awesome!! I was not disappointed at all; it brought everything together very well. The AMC 24 of Orange Park did a great job of accommodating everyone, they didn’t show movies in 12 theatres, had 1$ hotdogs, bottled drinks, medium popcorns. I was impressed it went seamlessly. I think that I would give it a 8.5/10 rating, there was one element I think was left out, and a few poor lines that could have been written better, but there were even a few moments that it almost wanted to jerk a tear from my eye, it didn’t happen but it was close. But I think that what sucked the most was that I know it is now over there will almost defiantly not be any more Star Wars movies. At one point there was talk of movies 7, 8, & 9 but Lucas has said he will not make them maybe he is being secretive maybe he is being conservative and not wanting to start another 9-10 year cycle who knows only time will tell but I wont hold my breath. But all in all I will defiantly go see it again and again and again...

We went riding Tuesday and rode about 15 miles had a good fast ride. We are going riding this afternoon also but not sure what/where/when?? I went to the gym before the movie yesterday, worked out bi's and forearms. I burned them hard I felt awesome I hadn’t hit them that hard in a while!!

Let wish Melissa a very Happy Birthday!!! :) Have fun tonight MEL!

Work has been picking up the last few days its been alot less boring but I still am not sure if I am happy or not. I like my job but the so so pay (don’t get me wrong it isn’t bad) is not motivating me!! We will see how it goes in the next 3 months.

Later,

J.W.

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

nothing exciting

Went to the gym last night and worked out shoulders and traps. After that went to outback with Brian and had a steak yummy. After that we went and drove around looking for houses. That's about it I was tired as crap I slept like a baby last night! Today I have to go pick up my bike from the shop and I think that we will go riding this afternoon but not positive depends on the weather?? I will post it up later...

Later,

J.W.

Monday, May 16, 2005

More yard work.

Did alot of yard work again this weekend. I still didn't make too big of a dent in the amount left to do but atleast it is some more progress.
Went riding for a little bit Saturday, and went and at dinner with Marci, Josh and Mel. After dinner we went and played mini golf and watched the girls hit the balls hard enough to put them in the street, it was hillarious!! Then Marci wasn't feelign well so she went home and me, Josh and Mel went back to her place adn swam drunk it was a good time.
Sunday was a little boring Grandpa is back in the hospital and i mowed the yard, and cut some more trees down.
I cleaned through my closet last night before i went to bed and wow it is crazy how much clothes I cant wear anymore because they are way too big!! I had about 60 pounds of clothes! Well back to work!

Later,

J.W.

Friday, May 13, 2005

Friday 13th ~~

Today hasn’t been too weird, but a little weird there have been some weird people coming in here today. Mainly just idiots.
Last night was fun we went riding and went some trials jumping place that some kids on dirt bikes made. Jeff busted his butt alot and I got some pictures I will post later today. I went down some of the hills and over some of the small jumps, and then we rode around mandarin for about 15 miles. Going to the gym later today and working out chest and triceps. Then tomorrow I am going to do some yard work and ride on Saturday, might go ride Sunday to might go to islands of adventure. I guess I will just see how the weekend goes!

Later,

J.W.