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November 27, 2004
TPOH
A friend of mine asked me if I get depressed and I had to think since I couldn't really remember a time when I was depressed. I almost felt guilty for a negative response to that question, but that's where it netted out.
Then on NPR there was a commentary about how American kids are doing too many drugs. This was in reference to anti-depressants and the like. I identified with the woman, who said she prefers to stay away from taking drugs for medication, and there were some good insights on why that was happening. Seems too many parents like to take the easy way out and the lure of prescribing drugs instead of talking through and determining what the real root of the issue may be is all to prevalent in our society today. I see this all the time, and it's not a good situation but if you look at the divorce rate, it's no wonder more than half the kids out there are depressed when their own family situation is not optimal as a starting point.
Better get off the soapbox now though. I did manage to enjoy myself a bit this long weekend mixed in with work...
I don't feel depressed ever, but sometimes I do feel like her...
Posted by genex at 02:21 PM | Comments (0)
November 24, 2004
Being in touch with your superpowers
As anyone who is in touch with their superpowers can tell you, it's not the easiest thing determining how you want to deal with them. Some people never realize theirs, while others have to work around them. Some consider them handicaps, while for others it's used to mask who they really are.
It's funny how an animated film can help you get in touch with your own self that way...
Posted by genex at 01:28 AM | Comments (0)
November 17, 2004
Too much travel
Since there have been so many outta town gigs, I haven't had a chance to enjoy SF life as much as I'd like, so weekdays are my weekends. A week ago I went to an awards party for the Bring on the Night photography contest that I was selected as a finalist for, which was sponsored by 7x7 Magazine.
A previous Monday I went to a birthday party for one of Julie's friend's and scored my personal all time high score on Galaga and also figured out that the highest shield represents 30 levels (that yellow one with blue on it).
And finally last Thursday Eleven, Inc. hosted their Eleven Deadly Sins tour party which was pretty fun.
Posted by genex at 02:03 PM | Comments (0)
November 09, 2004
FAQ - aka how I got involved in the bodybuilding and fitness industry
People often ask how my involvement in the fitness and bodybuilding industry started since it's pretty obvious from looking at me that I don't live the lifestyle myself.
My first exposure to anything related was seeing the magazines on the newsstands and the first one I recall was Muscle & Fitness at a Kroger in West Lafayette, IN which had Boyer Coe on the cover. Since I've always liked super heroes this was the first time I saw actual humans who looked superhuman and was intrigued. I kind of forgot about things for a while and then in the 80s saw Women's Physique World magazine which showcased female bodybuilders which I had never seen before. Throughout the 80s I followed the sport as I liked the look of the women, and in high school and college continued being a fan of womens sports. I tried to write a piece about steroids at Auburn University when I was writing for The Auburn Plainsman in the early 1990s but couldn't get too many people to talk about it and that was the start of my journalistic career in the sport.
In college I attended my first contest and had friends involved in the sport. Supporting them, meeting the athletes and other fans was fun and since many of us were all over the place we often shared thoughts and ideas over online services like Prodigy at that time. As the internet evolved, I used to cruise the newsgroups since at that time the web sucked and only seemed to have research papers on it.
As the web evolved, I continued to post contest reports and photos online, and eventually had opportunities to create a site to host the archives. Since then, my personal web page was migrated and evolved into it's current manifestation of 'genex magazine' which is run by James Cook of FTV. I've also done numerous freelance work for Ironman, MuscleMag International, Oxygen and various other publications.
Posted by genex at 07:26 PM | Comments (1)