An Aussie geek stuck in Texas

[tag]model[/tag][tag]cycling[/tag][tag]Houston[/tag]A few weeks ago I was on the local morning TV Show, Great Day Houston modeling in a Bike Fashion segment that was sponsored by my local bike shop, Daniel Boone Cycles so if you navigate to their Looking Good section and select the Bike Fashions 101 link on the right you can see the video clip.

My appearance is close to half way through the clip and towards the end during the injury segment we all get to look awkward as we ride in the background on a very tight course. Oh and if you are wondering what the “rainbows” are, they are actually world champion stripes as the shoes and socks are special Tom Boonen limited editions plus nothing I was wearing was made in the USA and I certainly aren’t so I don’t know where the “Jason is all made in the USA” comment came from.

[tag]blog[/tag]I have no idea how long it was broken but I finally upgraded the FAlbum plugin I use for my Flickr feed on my sidebar and got it working again so there are no more broken images and all is right with the world again!

[tag]birthday[/tag]On Monday 31st July 2006 I turn 30 and officially become an old fart!

Honestly though it doesn’t really worry me too much, actually I think I’m dreading all the shots and drinks I’ll have bought for me more than I am turning 30. It isn’t like there is some sort of rule that says once you turn 30 you can’t have any fun and even if there was then guess who would be breaking it?

[tag]girlfriend[/tag]I haven’t posted here for quite some time and apologize for that, I’m sure I’ve lost a lot of visitors as a result but blogging is one of those things that is hard to do continuously. Anyway my life has had some major changes lately as I am now single and living alone once again so maybe I can start posting in the Torrid Tales category again!

I won’t get into the details of what happened here as if you know me well enough then you can talk to me in person and if not then it is none of your business! It has caused me to do a lot of thinking and contemplation though making me believe it really was for the best after the initial shock of it all so I have begun the process of moving on.

I have been going out a lot once again, which is great as it is something I’ve really missed doing especially catching up with friends I had lost contact with along with making new friends. Looking back I’m not exactly sure why I stopped going out like that and hanging out with my friends but it isn’t a good indication of the health of my relationship at the time so that is something I’m never going to let happen again.

In relationships you obviously need to make some sacrifices through compromises but at the same time you need to find the right balance as if you start losing your own life then you lose your identity and become just one half of a relationship instead of an individual as part of a couple. A good relationship is where you can be yourself and she can be herself, then together you can be the combination of both your individualities so really a relationship has three entities - yourself, your significant other and the relationship itself. Looking back that isn’t what we had and I don’t even know if we ever really had it so it is time to move on.