mind body soul

my chiropractor is dr. hurst peacock. the freaking man. he is an integral part of me being an athlete. here is his website. anyway, he gave me an autobiography to read about thurman fleet. i believe that thurman came up with the "zone" concept, but he also developed something called concept therapy. you can google him if he interests you. the biggest piece i took from the book was the care that thurman paid to the mind, the body, and the soul. i've begun to implement that in my life. sometimes i get too one sided whether it be too much body, or too much soul, etc.

this is a great song. the video sucks. it's crazy how talented some of these kids are. miley cyrus, jonas brothers, taylor swift, solja boy, jesse mcartney. crazy. i love the lyrics to this song, and it rings true in my life every day. i haven't heard a song this good lyrically in a long time. songs have always made me feel an emotion. i can't really explain what this song does for me, but i'll say this. i've been feeling this coming for a little bit. i love when stuff like that happens.

i feel like telling a story. this particular story came to me the other day as i was driving down the road. i was 13. i was playing in an all star tournament at shades mtn. park. i was wearing #7, playing shortstop. i have to share a secret at this point. ever since i can remember, i have been able to tell if a batter was going to hit a ball at me on the ground. some guys just had a swing that i could tell the way they angled that they were going to hit it at me. this particular batter had this 'stance'. there was a runner on first. he hit the ball and to this day, all i remember is seeing the ball down and reaching to my right. then the crowd went wild. i've tried for 9 years now to remember how i fielded the ball, how i threw it to second base. i can't. it was all instincts. that was the first time in my life i actually was aware of my instincts. i guess that was the first step in me honing my instincts to where they are today. test your instincts. if they pass, BELIEVE in them. they're all you got. and on top of that, hone them all the time, b/c you have to stay sharp!

i did this for my boy chuck liddell. i love chuck. this is my tribute. he is my favorite fighter, but he is now retired. so i've been walking around like this for a couple days. it's rather odd.

next wednesday in auburn ben harper is playing with citizen cope, for free. ya digg?