Happy New Year, Rock M Family

1) Graduate in May
2) Move to the East Coast for grad school
3) Read 42(!) books
4) Run a 5K. I hate running.

1) Become a billionaire
2) Marry a supermodel
3) See Mizzou win a national championship

1) Finish 2012 with a GPA above 3.35
2) Eat Healthy/ Drink less pop
3) Start trying to save some money

I have the most authentic Jamaican Jerk Chicken recipe ever, I watched the guy make it in a lean-to kitchen with beach sand for the floor, so if you are interested let me know!

Resolutions?
1)Ankle is finally stable, now I have to get back in to the best shape of my life…
2) 4.0 next semester
3) Go on as many road trips next year for football games, as many as a student budget will allow
4) Always take the extra effort, in anything I do.

Hope everybody’s holiday season was peaceful and filled with love! Thanks for putting up with me this past half a year!

Thanks to Bill and all the contributors for making this a great place.

1) Get my main project to publishable territory before the end of this year

2) Get better at doing “chores” for the Mrs. (ie grown up phone calls)

3) Continue running better until we can both have “fun” doing 5 Ks/10 Ks again

I have to echo Bill on the smart and witty friends. You know where you can redirect the others…

1) Run 5 times a week. I thought about a distance goal, or a race goal, or a time goal, and I decided that this is what I need the most. Just the commitment to get out of bed early (the only time that works for me, even though I am not a morning person) and log some miles. If I do that, the rest will come.

2) Less time online, and more time with books. I love to read, but my online/offline ratio has gotten out of whack. Probably not what Bill wants to hear, but I doubt that my RockM time will suffer much. Ironically, what has pushed this to the top of my list is a speech to the cadets at West Point that I found via my Google Reader and read online.

1. By Sunday at bed time, have a workout schedule for the following week. This includes the training for a half marathon on April 14.

2. Be more present to my children and enjoy them while they still think talking/hanging out with me is socially acceptable.

3. Get my husband to join the RMN community. He is the genesis of my Tiger fandom & I think he would appreciate the community.

Cheers!

1 – Lose 100 lbs.
2 – Run the Kansas City Marathon on 10/20/12

1) Run in at least 3 5K’s
2) eat healthier
3) shop/eat at more local business/restaurants in or around town

-it looks like we might have enough people to hold the first ever Rock M Marathon with all the people that want to run

I’ve run in probably ~10 in the last 2 years in KC, so any of you that want to run them together just let me know.

I’ve already signed up for the All-Star 5k at Kauffman Stadium on All-Star Weekend, INFO HERE I’ve done the Royals 5k runs the last 2 years, they’re are superb events and you get to end the run right next to home plate in the stadium. It’s really awesome.

The Rivalry Run last year was a ton of fun, as it’s Missouri vs kansas. This will be the 3rd year of it, and Missouri has DOMINATED the first 2. Right now they’re aiming for August 18, 2012. INFO HERE

If anyone would be interested in joining the Komen Race for the Cure 5k but you don’t have anyone specific to run for, you can join the team I run for supporting a close family friend who is now a 5-year survivor of breast cancer. Being out there for that event is one of the most humbling and inspiring events you could ever witness. August 12, 2012 INFO HERE

The Smithville Dam Run is great because it’s really easy. The last 1/4 mile is all downhill. The Smithville run in 2010 is still my PR (around 28:30) and the only time I’ve medaled for my age group. INFO HERE

And the last one I recommend is the John Glaser Memorial 5K. John Glaser was a Shawnee fire fighter who lost his life in action about 2 years go. This 5k raises money for the fund that supports the families of fire fighters and police officers who’ve been lost in the line of duty. It’s tough to run with a lump in your throat, but this will make you do it. INFO HERE

always something interesting on here

2011 was brutal and I’m glad it’s over. hopefully 2012 will bring less stress and chaos. I’m looking forward to spending lots of time with my wife an little girl and enjoying our new house.

good luck to everyone in 2012.

ps- you guys like to run way too much

You guys kept me positive (for the most part) when some rocky times in MU athletics popped up this season.

Resolutions:
1) Join the 73,000 club – That’s 200 push ups a day for 365 days. I plan to at least average 200 per day to get to that goal, since sometimes stuff gets in the way.

2) Increase my dontation to the TSF. I promised if we made the switch to the SEC, I would support the University better financially. Its time to put my money where my mouth is.

3) Obtain my CCW permit, and see to it that my wife does as well.

Best wishes to you all in obtaining your goals for 2012!!

I share Bill’s two resolutions, and have a couple more:

3. Make it to at least one conference away game. Haven’t started really thinking about it yet, but @Florida would sure be fun.

4. Start learning a foreign language. Haven’t decided which, but for work purposes, likely French or Arabic.

1. Get some kind of job agan. It’s funny how when you stop working, you realize how much you actually miss it. I miss going into an office and actually accomplishing something. Hopefully I can accomplish this within the next couple of weeks.

2.Finish writing a novel. I have about four that I’ve started and let go. I need to go back to one of them and commit to finishing it.

3. Start working out regularly. I’m not even going to focus on the weight loss aspect, but I need to become active again. I have a nearly five year old I need to be able to catch without being winded within 30 seconds.

4. Become a better contributor to Rock M Nation. I am grateful that Bill and RPT thought enough of me to give me a chance to be an author here, and it was fun this year. Now I need to become a stronger more creative writer to keep up.

for that i am thankful, and will try to minimize some this year. more importantly, i need to concentrate more on the positive aspects of my wife and son. we would all be happier if i would start actively trying to make them feel better about themselves as human beings and family members. i think if i can accomplish that, other “resolutions” will fall into place naturally. thank you to everyone here on rmn for always being interesting and accommodating. happy new year, RMN!

1. Be more focused in my work, and take more initiative.

2. Attempt to regain enough strength in my left leg so that I can ponder a 5K next year

3. Be a kick-ass dad.

Mrsjst and I are planning on a triathlon this year. We did a half century bike ride in the fall and really enjoyed it. Current plan is a sprint tri in march or april and the real thing a couple months later. That’s going to accomplish a lot of other goals (cook more at home, drink less) for us too. Also, she’ll never see this, but I’m ridiculously proud of mrsjst, who is finishing up her supervision to become a licensed professional counselor and a registered play therapist. So this fall it’s possible she’ll be out of the public schools, which would be really good for her. Other than that … SEC away game sounds like fun. Happy new year, everyone!

So I’ll be absent from the Rock M community till probably mid-March or April…

But my resolutions for the coming year are:

1. Start my Air Force career by giving it my all and going day by day.
2. See as much as the nation/world as I can.
3. Become closer to those who truly are important in my life.

…while also seeing Missouri win a National Title in Basketball this year and enter the SEC kicking a** and taking names.

BRONCOS LOSE!
SUCK IT TEBOW!
SUCK IT HORSE FACE!
NO PLAYOFFS FOR YOU!

1. Get started on grad school.
2. Get back to running 4-5 days a week & run a marathon.

And in this family, I’ll take the role of the weird, creepy old uncle that laughs pathetically at his own unfunny jokes.
One of my resolutions is to take more time off from my work and go to more Mizzou games in person.

And thanks to everyone for a great 2011!

I have a handful of things I’d like to get done this year, but I wouldn’t call them resolutions, per se. I’m planning on starting my PhD in the fall, I have a lot I’d like to get done on my house (time allowing) and running a barefoot 5k would be pretty cool, but we’ll see how that goes. Mostly I just want to try to be a better husband, son, friend, etc. Not that I think I’m a bad one now, but there’s always room for improvement.

and doing a strategic plan rather than just resolutions. Basically I’m going to try to quantify things and set deadlines and such in hopes of actually accomplishing them rather than blowing them off like usual. Here are some of my general ideas:

1. Work on my songwriting. I just got my first album made, and I’m really happy with how it came out, but I want to be more deliberate about improving my craft as a songwriter.

2. Lose more weight. I lost 50 pounds two years ago, and plateaued when I started law school, and I’ve probably gained 15-20 pounds of it back this semester because I got out of the habit of working out. I want to get back on track working out regularly, being aware of what I’m eating, and lose some more weight. The ultimate goal: a two-syllable damn. If I weigh what I think I do, I think another 40 or so pounds will probably put me in full-on MMA fighting shape (except that I don’t know how to MMA fight). I may reinstitute an old life rule of no more than 2 beers on weeknights to aid this goal as well.

3. Be more proactive in my personal life. I used to do well keeping in touch with my good friends who all dispersed after college, but it fell off a lot when I hit the Second Semester 1L Depression last spring. I want to get it back together. I also want to date some. It’s been a while since I dated anyone, and I’ve used the fact that I don’t have much opportunity, since law school is basically all I do. No more excuses.

I’m not setting any goals regarding Mizzou sports, but I hope that both it and this community will continue to be inspiration and motivation to do things the right way.

to be healthier and live and love more.

Thanks RMN for the entertainment, knowledge, and comraderie.

1. Finish Ironman
2. Sub 20 5K
3. Be more positive