2026

I don't do New Year resolutions. Everything in life is free-flowing. There are so many factors from day to day to take into consideration. Actually, not even day to day. Hour to hour. I'll have my protein shake with creatine at 8:30 a.m. I'll eat a healthy lunch, no processed foods. I'll eat a decent dinner. Then I'm hungry and think, "Wow that bag of chips looks really good." And I eat a bunch of them. Earlier in the day, I told myself I was going to stop doing that. Nope. But I am going to make a conscious effort to put "good" food into my body instead of junk when I am hungry. Of course, everyone who is "dieting" says that. I never think of it as "dieting." It's purely adjusting what I eat. Anyway, I'll get leaner and stronger again.

Photography and video...where do I start. I have some great gear. Nikon Z8, Nikon ZR, some fun fixed-lens cameras like the Ricoh GRIII and Fujifilm X100V. I enjoy the images I get with the Nikon cameras the most. The GRIII is great for portability. But it's not as fun as full frame. I keep saying I'm going to shoot more video. More video of what's around me every day. More video of myself. The ZR is a great video camera. The DJI Pocket 3 is way more portable. But the video that you get out of it just doesn't have the look. And honestly, I'm starting to care less about the actual video image than I am about the audio that goes with the video. No one likes to watch a video with shitty audio. Do I buy a Rode wireless mic system? Do I do something else? I have a shotgun mic...do I use that more? It's sort of large and in your face, so it makes you stand out.

And the house. The house is a mess. Okay it's not that bad. But we have way too much shit and nowhere to go with it. We need to do a major purge. My stuff, clothes, toys, etc. It needs to go. Do you sell it and deal with people who haggle and are a pain in the ass? Do you just give it away and get nothing in return?

Ah, 2026. 

Physical State

 I started taking a number of supplements on August 14, 2025. Those supplements include:

• Whey protein - 30g
• Creatine Monohydrate - 5g
• L-Arginine - 1000mg
• Zinc - 50mg
• Lecithin - 1200mg
• Pygeum - 4000mg

I take everything but protein daily. I will occasionally skip a protein shake on the weekend depending on what I eat throughout the day. During the week, I drink one every morning shortly after arriving at work.

Outside of the injuries I am dealing with, my body feels good. The arthritis and bone spurs in my toe are not going away without surgery (which I am avoiding as long as possible), so I am going to continue ignoring it. However, my right shoulder has been bothering me since mid-summer. I am going to rest it until fall volleyball league starts and see how it feels at that point.

The main issue with the shoulder right now is that it is preventing me from doing a number of upper body lifts such as bench press or shoulder press. I tried to bench press last night and could not do it without pain in my shoulder. So I will hold off on bench press until it heals up a bit more, but I will continue to do regular squats and deadlifts throughout the week. I am also going to try to do some lifting exercises with very light weights to target the muscles in my shoulder. I plan on bowling Friday and playing golf this weekend.

For lunches, it has been some kind of protein like ham or turkey, grape tomatoes, rice, and fruit like pineapple or apples. I was told should eat more greens, but there are not many that appeal to me. I will eat tuna and/or yogurt as an afternoon snack. I am less picky about dinner and will usually just eat whatever my wife makes and try not to eat more than I should. And instead of eating more of the main meal, I will eat more fruit or vegetables on the side.

My goal is to be both leaner and stronger by the time next summer comes around. Probably not an easy task going into year 41.

Blogs, Photography, Websites

I don't enjoy maintaining self-hosted websites. And I didn't want to pay for something to create a "blog" or host photos every so often. I'm already paying for the Adobe Photography plan which includes Adobe Portfolio. And Blogger is free and allows me to use a custom domain. So...use Adobe Portfolio to host photos and link to the blog over here since I can't do one there.

I don't even really like blogging, but writing things down somewhere can help me remember them, so maybe that's what you'll eventually see more of here.