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Sunday, April 22, 2018

I wanna thank everyone that has followed this page through out this entire time. My film career has taken turn for the better. I'm really longer really directing per se. I'm focusing on sound for film and video as a location sound mixer, and I'm hoping to become a sound designer and do foley work as well. This is not a goodbye to this project rather a break. Here's what I've been up to since on the link down below. I have 6 days on this current crowd funding campaign if you can help me I would greatly appreciate it, I am currently $600 away from making my goal. Thanks for your help!

https://www.gofundme.com/please-help-agraudio

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

First Half Marathon of the season

Since my last post I've been waiting to find another marathon or half to put at ease any emotional pain that's been troubling me. Since then I took up another hobby that's been very therapeutic. This past month I month I decided to take comedy improv classes with my brother at the Improv Olympic Theatre here in Chicago http://chicago.ioimprov.com/. I realized that we need to laugh at everything regardless of how bad things may seem and this class is teaching me to do that, but most importantly... I'm learning how to listen. This is the key to any relationship that you can have.

As for other good news and going back to what I said earlier, I'm running in a half marathon this Saturday June 4Th. It's the South Shore Half Marathon that will be taking place at the "South Shore Cultural Center" in here in Chicago. Soon enough I'll post of that event in the meantime here's a link to the site http://www.131marathon.com/13_1_Chicago/ and remember to keep running.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Our Expectations

We set our expectations high on people we think we know. Several days ago I had to let go of someone dear to me. In the beginning things were great, as the relationship progressed signs were misinterpreted leading me to acts jealousy and over protection. We came into each other lives not looking for anything in particular. We both came out of dark periods that lead us to take different paths. I ended a working relationship with my best friend, plus I had to cope with the death of another friend that died a few days before completing my first Chicago Marathon. As for her, she came out of a relationship and a cancer scare that turned out to be a close call. As time progressed I told her how I felt about, to my misfortune the feelings weren't reciprocal. Had I continued being her friend things would have been much worse, and it's not worth holding on to something that like that.  When we let our emotions get the best of us we can easily become blinded by our the truth that our true loved ones see. After having went through this experience I advise you all to choose your friends and lovers alike wisely, because one way or another they can sub-consciously take advantage of you without realizing it. When this happens the best thing to do is walk away before it's too late.

On another note a few days ago I took a bike ride to work and came to the realization that I have a lot going for me. I have a job that may not be the best one yet, it's comforting to know that my money will be secure. Soon enough it will compile and I will be fortunate to receive more work in what I really love doing. Secondly is the fact that whatever problem that's bugging me I'll find the answers to as I'm running on the Lake Michigan trail. So until then, keep running.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

New Job, New Era, New Day

Not much has happened since my last post. All I can say is that January was full of set backs due to sub-zero temperatures and lack of winter running gear. On the other hand I'm starting to get the hang of my new job as a messenger, the route and paper work I fill out each day is rather easy. My hours are from 3:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. As I settled these past few months I managed to pay a few bills and past debts.

February was an interesting month, not only was I not able to run but we had to deal with the worst snow storm in our history. It was so bad that the practically the entire city shut down for two days: this included offices, schools and government building. It came out to about 50 inches of snow that accumulated.

Finally, March and April has been fairly the same my next step is to attempt to finish my taxes and find and find the resources I need for film and video equipment. The first item on the list is a boom pool with blimp and a windjammer. In the meantime I'll continue with the running and hope for the best. So until then keep running.

Friday, December 31, 2010

Bring in the New Year.

Greetings fellow bloggers,
Today marked an important day for me. I checked my email earlier and noticed that Katherine Switzer, from the award winning documentary "Spirit Of The Marathon", emailed me with some instructions on what to next for my documentary project. She suggested that I send my promo clip to running magazines and websites like: let's run, Hal Higdon, CoolRunnung, Active, Runners World, Running Times, etc to promote myself. For more information click on the links bellow. Until then have a Happy New Year, and remember to "keep running".
http://www.marathonmovie.com/
http://www.kathrineswitzer.com/
http://kathrineswitzer.wordpress.com/
http://www.letsrun.com/
http://www.halhigdon.com/
http://www.coolrunning.com/index.shtml
http://www.active.com/
http://www.runnersworld.com/
http://runningtimes.com/

Monday, December 20, 2010

Another Weekend Another Run

Hey Guys,

I started a long 7 mile run on Friday evening, that felt like an eternity. I realized that it was getting dark and the temperature dropped from 22 degrees to 14 degrees F with a chill factor of 4. With out enough layers on me, I tried running as fast as I could just so that I could keep the body warm. The only real problem I faced was that I was missing a glove since 2 weeks ago. I along with my older brother were house sitting my sister's place. She was on her honeymoon with her husband in Mexico. Since I was gonna be there for awhile I took the time to wash a lot of laundry, including some of my running gear. Unfortunately, on my last day there my gloves must have fell out of my basket when I drove off back to my place. Nevertheless, driven by my commitment to this blog and film, I ran anyway, in the bitter cold of the night of Friday evening, December 17 Th. After experiencing the harsh Chicago cold, I said to myself "never again, will I be unprepared." So without further ado, I'm giving you all some tips for the winter and fall that I'm following. Note the tips I'm citing are from Jeff Galloway's Blog. http://jeffgalloway.typepad.com/. Jeff Galloway is a US Olympian and columnist for Runners World magazine http://www.runnersworld.com/. He is also a celebrated author of two top selling books on running entitled, Galloway's Book on Running and Galloway's Training Programs.

He says, "Generally, cold weather makes running easier. Since there is less heat buildup, there is less body fluid lost, and the cool temperature makes running more invigorating. When the mercury drops bellow 50 degress F, however, you'll have to start thinking of protective measures. 
1. Wear a series of thin layers. Close to your skin, you'll want something warm. Poly is one of the series of winter fibers that keep the warmth close to the skin but allow extra heat and perspiration to escape. 
2, Continue to add external layers, adjusting the temperature and wind conditions.
3 Cover up all extremities with extra layering: hands, ears, toes.
4. Men wear extra layer or underwear, as you need.
5. In extreme cold (when the temperature or wind chill is bellow 10 degrees F), do not expose any skin if possible. Even when there is a minimal exposure, put Vaseline or other cold weather insulation/protection on any area which may incidentally be hit by the wind (eyelids, etc.) 
6. Be sure to coat your shoes or socks that insulate your feet. Most running shoes are designed to let out cold into your feet, which can cause frostbite on days colder then 32 degrees F. Remember that you generate a significant wind chill efect on your feet as you move them through running motion.
7. As you warm up peel off each layer before you start sweating. Too much sweat accuulation will freeze and cause problems.
Warm-ups That Take the Sting Out of Winter
1. On very cold days, bundle up and exercise for a very few minutes indoors.  You may walk, jog in place, use an indoor track or exercise on the machines (cycle, rowing, stair, etc.).  Before you start sweating, go outdoors and you’ll have a reservoir of warmth to get you down the road.
2. Start your run/walk going into the wind.  This allows you to come back with the wind.
3. If you start to get very warm, remove an outside layer of clothing or unzip your outer layer, if applicable.  A garment with long sleeves allows you to tie it around your waist or put it in your fanny pack – because you may need it later.
4. On cold days, pick environments where you could seek refuge for at least a few minutes if you need to.
5. On very cold or windy days, alternate between inside and out.  If you have an indoors facility, it helps to come inside when you start to get cold.  Exercise indoors only long enough to take the sting away – but head outdoors before you start sweating.
6. Don’t let yourself sweat because it is likely to freeze and leave you very cold.  Remove a layer or go outside before the sweat starts flowing."

Follow all these steps and you'll all do fine, remember "keep running".