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About Me

Well what can I say. It was time for a change in the About Me section of my Myspace...
Where to begin. Well I guess you already know pretty much everything about me from what I had written here before. So there really isn't much to say.
To sum things up, I was born in Saint Louis, continue to reside here and plan on staying here for at least another few years.
My parents own a restaurant and have owned one since I was born. I've been working for them for most of my life, but have finally escaped that. Anyone who's parents own a restaurant and have worked for them knows what I mean...
I do have a real job as an engineer and I'm back in school for my masters in business... Not sure why yet, but I do everything for a reason. I just don't find out what that reason is until later...
I don't like to sleep a whole lot. I think I could be doing better things... Unfortunately my body doesn't agree with what I think, so it forces me to get at least 7 hours a night.
I guess I run a lot. I like doing marathons, they aren't as hard as everyone thinks they are and I think just about anyone can do one if they tried. I would definitely tell anyone to run at least one, it's worth the effort and time.
I also like to ride my bicycle. I've done a lot of century rides and I hope this summer I can get into racing. Although I have a long way to go to keep up with the big boys... I've decided that road biking is better for me, since my mountain bike has put more scars on my legs than anything else.
Oh, and I'm a little crazy...
That's about it...
Okay, so evidently that wasn't it... A friend of mine reminded me of something very important in my life. Something that I spend more time thinking about than I spend time sleeping. No, not a girlfriend... Food... I like to eat.
I would eat constantly if my budget allowed it. I like to eat just about anything, as long as someone else eats it somewhere, with the exception of insects... I also like to cook. I won't spend a lot of time preparing dinner for myself, but if I have people over I'll make something nice for them.
So food, yeah I like it...

My Interests

Running, Biking, Building stuff, Landscaping my yard, Getting horribly sun burnt while landscaping my yard, shooting off fire works, getting eaten alive by mosquitoes while shooting off fire works, Road Trippin, International Travel, Listening to sweet music, road trippin and traveling internationally while listening to sweet music and meeting new people.

Music:

Jack Johnson, Death Cab for Cutie, Donavon Frankenreiter, G. Love and Special Sauce, Matt Costa, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, The Postal Service, Elliot Smith, Tristan Prettyman, Norah Jones, Guster, Iron and Wine.

My Blog

Do What You Like, Like What You Do.

One of the things that we all forget is that there is not a destination in life. Most of the people I encounter, and more often than not myself included, are always thinking about goals and rewa...
Posted by Jeff on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:26:00 PST

Rome The Rest

After a delicious hotel breakfast consisting of a croissant, Italian Coco Puffs and grapefruit juice I checked out of my room and started towards the hostel that I had printed directions to. &nbs...
Posted by Jeff on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:16:00 PST

Marathon Number 4

October 7, 2007 Lakefront Marathon Milwaukee, WisconsinStretch Goal Time: 3:00Real Goal Time: 3:10Realistic Time: 3:30Probably Time: 3:40
Posted by Jeff on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:57:00 PST

Rome - Day 1

The flight from Paris-Beauvais to Rome-Ciampino was about 45 minutes late, but I guess that's about par for the course in regards to Ryan Air. The plane ride itself bordered on chaotic, if not c...
Posted by Jeff on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:14:00 PST

France - The Rest

I woke up in the hotel room at around 7AM with a plan. I was going to start my day with the Louvre, since I heard that the line for it gets bad later in the morning. After that I would go ...
Posted by Jeff on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:02:00 PST

France - Day 1

I woke up the day after our visit to Trier know that I was on my own now. I'd have no one to talk to other than those that I'd meet along the way. I packed up my things, checked out of my ...
Posted by Jeff on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 07:27:00 PST

Germany: Days 1 - 5 (Mostly Day 1)

I successfully completed my Tour of Europe 2007. It was both a journey through Europe and a journey through myself. I learned a lot about my own ability to survive under a good amount of p...
Posted by Jeff on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 09:59:00 PST

EuroTrip

On May 20 I will embark on my whirlwind tour of Europe. I leave Saint Louis at some point in the afternoon on Sunday the 20th and arrive in Frankfurt, Germany on the morning of May 21. Fr...
Posted by Jeff on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:04:00 PST

Wall? Oh that wall...

Well I'm sure you have all been waiting to hear about my latest marathon. Well I can happily report that I have completed number 3. This time the Saint Louis Marathon in my very own home t...
Posted by Jeff on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:00:00 PST

For What It's Worth

So I've been alive for 26 years now, and I've been dating for about 10 of those years. In those 10 years I've had a relationship that's lasted nearly 3 years and another that has lasted 1 and a ...
Posted by Jeff on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:40:00 PST