Amber

Okay, so Amber sits next to me in EXW325. She has the most amazing skin tone ever, and her eyes are incredible to boot. She has a slight goofiness to her, which makes me think that she probably doesn't get hit on a whole lot. So anyways, I am not a freak about it or anything, but I throw her a compliment every now and then, and I went full bore on it like a week ago. I told her something along the lines of "Can I tell you something? No matter how you're dressed, or what you've done with your hair, you always look so beautiful." She responded with like, *blush/smile* "I'm usually just wearing pajamas or something" (this isn't even really true, by the way), to which I then said "I know, that's why I'm so impressed." Ashlee thinks that this was lame of me, and that Amber probably thinks I'm creepy now. I have evidence to the contrary however. So ha, read on Ashlee bitch.

I was sitting in class, waiting for the professor to get there, and Amber came in and sat down. Now, normally, I'd say something like "Hi, how are you doing?" and then not really talk to her much after that. NOW though, after last week's love fest, SHE says "Hey, how're you doing?" to which I responded sort of lightly, and returned the question, then she sort of pushed a conversation, and we talked about her knees and her horses and stuff. It was nice, and she is very pretty. Of course, this would have been a good time to ask her out, and see really how far she was, but I didn't want to risk the chance of proving Ashlee right, so I didn't.

Oh, and I also talked a lot to Lauren beFORE class, but sort of decided that I think I'd rather be just friends with her. I asked her to go to dinner with me, but as friends. We might go this weekend.

"We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes."
-John F. Kennedy

A History in Pictures

So it occurred to me that I'd almost lost all of my previous bodybuilding and powerlifting related pictures when my computer crashed a little while back. So, I'm going to post some of my favorites for posterity.

APRIL 2004







These pictures are from essentially my smallest point. I'd been dieting and working out for about 5 or 6 months I believe.

AUGUST 2004



This was my thickest point, after a Summer of bulking and working out very hardcore.

APRIL 2005







These pictures were probably of my best combined form. I was thick, but also relatively lean. I would love to get back to this point. I was at this point, only a little more muscular, when I broke my ankle the following August.

"Take time with a wounded hand
'Cause it likes to heal, I like to steal
I'm half the man I used to be
This I feel as the dawn
It fades to gray"
Creep - Stone Temple Pilots