Welcome to my space. Life finds me living in Japan. It’s certainly a different culture but it’s one that’s tremendously peaceful and inviting. There's so much here to learn and I‘m looking forward to getting to know more about the culture and the people.So...about me... Some random facts...been to bartending school, a foster puppy parent, volunteer at a local hospital, pilot in the Air Force, have taken Japanese and Spanish, was adopted... I'm looking to learn, to make friends and reconnect with lost ones.Life is something else. You've just got to enjoy it all. The good, the bad, all of it. It all goes a long way toward making us who we are. I've lived a very full and interesting life so far. Made more than my fair share of mistakes, more than my share but I'm learning from them. I'm striving to be a better person, a better friend to those who love me, a better brother to my two wonderful sisters and a better son to my parents. At some point in life we are all going to have to look back and ask ourselves "are we proud of who we were?" I hope to be able to answer in the affirmative. It's going to be a tough task to accomplish but I'm not willing to quit. I owe it to myself, to those I interact with, to Brendan James.For those who care or want to know Brendan James was my son/will always be my son, my only child. He died at 6 1/2 weeks of age from a syndrome called CHARGE. Bless his soul.I'm looking to make some new friends, to expand my horizons. Learn new things, experience life more, just get out there and mix it up. Hopefully I can share some of my own experiences with others, be a good friend, and make a difference. Isn't that what life is all about?I realize a lot of my blogs are serious and somewhat deep. They express some of what's inside but it's not all of me. I can also be a goof. I'm a master of mixology, a antagonizer of children and a general random. It's all of what makes me so damn endearing.Currently training for an Ironman. For those unfamiliar, it's a 2.4 mile swim, followed by a 112 mile bike, topped off with a marathon for good measure. I’ve already completed a ½, the Aviva Singapore 70.3 in September and it was a blast! So, if anyone out there is up for some running, swimming or biking...let me know! Heck if you're just up for lounging around and shooting the bull (not real bulls, that would be cruelty to animals or something so I can't condone that) then let me know too. Always open to making some new friends!
