Top Five

Today for you, just a look into one of my top five favorite movies.
1.) You can never go wrong with Marvin Gaye.
2.) Jack Black does a stellar job with his performance. Enjoy!

JT Fact: Some people idolize super heros. Super heros idolize Jeremy Thiel.

Half Empty or Half Full?

Saturday Night I joined the rest of America and watched Avatar. I had heard from a few (in my opinion) viable sources that it was the best movie they had ever seen. Being the movie buff that I am, that alone was enough to spark my curiosity.

I had no idea what the movie was about. I had kind of seen some previews but never really payed attention to it. All I knew was that there were blue alien looking people, flying dragon looking creatures and shooting arrows. Not really enough to spark my interest on first sight. I thought it was another Star Wars/ Star Trek kind of movie and those movies aren't really my cup of tea.


I WAS WRONG! This is monumental. I'm a guy, so naturally its hard for me to admit when I'm wrong. I posted a while back on how I didn't want to be "that guy" that tries to stuff books that I think are good down people's throats, or movies for that matter. This is an exception, a pass, a get out of jail free kind of thing. If you haven't seen this movie GO SEE IT! I highly recommend you watch it in 3D. Now I understand there are critics who will probably dispute my opinion and rightfully they can do so. I will say this, there were some parts in the movie that struck a chord with me. One in particular....

A piece of dialogue... I'm going from memory so if its not accurate please do forgive me.

Guy: Well then teach me
Girl: We have tried to teach the Sky People. It is hard to fill a cup that is already full.
Guy: Well my cup is empty

Hopefully this doesn't ruin anything for anyone. After hearing this part of the movie instantly the question of, Is it half empty or half full popped in my head. I like this dialogue because I think there is truth in it. So many times I know I have been quick to argue my point before actually hearing people out. What does it take for someone's cup to be empty? What does that mean? I have my thoughts on what it means and my preference is to have an empty cup rather than a cup that's half full or half empty.

JT Fact: When Jeremy Thiel does a push up, he isn't lifting himself up, he's pushing the earth down.

Urban Legend?

So while watching the game last night. Sorry UT fans (not really) I was browsing around on Facebook and noticed that someone had created a Facebook page dedicated to how Jeremy Thiel was the coolest CrossFitter in the world. I thought this was pretty hilarious but cool in its own right at the same time. I mean nobody's making facebook pages dedicated to me. So I decided to checkout this fan page. Sure enough it exits! JT's facebook fan Page.

To take it even one step further there's a discussion board set up. The topic Jeremy Thiel vs. Chuck Norris. I have to admit I'm a little upset that i didn't think of this first but kudos to the person who did. Let the battle begin!



Jeremy Thiel does not wear a watch, HE decides what time it is!

Gettin Jiggy With it!

"A better Me" i believe is how it was put. Well, step one is for me to take the first step.

New Year. New Post.

Six Days into the new year and like many people I've been doing some thinking. Before 09' rolled to an end there was a discussion. What are people's thoughts on beards and mustaches? I personally like them and my hats off to those who have the patience to rock them. I've always wanted to try both, I however, am not one of those patient facial hair kind of guys. So a collaboration of some well known men and their mustaches and beards:
"20 Manliest Mustaches and Beards From Facial Hair History"

To read or not to read

"Growth means change & change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown"
-unknown

Every now and again i go through these stages where all i want to do is read. I'll read book after book after book and then it just stops and no matter how interesting the book may be i just can't get into it.

So as of right now I'm on a reading kick... I just finished reading the book The Shack by William P. Young. I have to say my natural reaction once i finished reading the book was that i had to tell everyone about it. I wanted everyone to read this book, in my opinion it was that good. Then i started to think how many times had someone tried to push some book they just finished reading on me? Well if they're anything like I am when I finish reading a book, all the time. Will I read it? Well maybe not then and there but there's a good possibility that i'll get around to it. Depending on the book of course. If its a "Twilight" book probably not.

When it comes to books and movies, titles, quotes and characters just stick in my head. It doesn't matter if I've only seen the movie or read the book once these things just stay there...in my brain. Sometimes its a good thing other times not so good because i'll go on quoting movies and sometimes just to myself. Makes for interesting stares though. My whole point to this is that you can't really make someone read a book. They have to be in the mood to read or simply just want to read. There's a quote from the movie The Hurricane that popped into my head when I stumbled upon this little revelation "sometimes we don't pick the books we read, they pick us". Well said. At the time i thought it was a funny little joke. Like a book was just going to fall at my feet while I was walking through Barnes & Noble or something. Yeah probably not gonna happen.

I just now finished reading this book and I've had friends trying to get me to read this book for over a year. Just wasn't the right time, not yet. After reading this book it makes sense to me why I waited until now to read it. Now I'm going to do my best not to be that guy who's pushing another book on you to read. But I will say this, when you've got some questions floating around in your head that you just can't seem to get answers to, or you find yourself in a rut and can't seem to get out of it keep this book in mind.

Media Team

Taking Pictures, editing, producing and making videos started out as just a hobby. Well, what was once a hobby is now a career move. Being in this field you look at commercials, pictures, interviews in a whole different light. You start putting songs with workouts and listening to questions that people ask, so that you can find out what people want to know. I get a chance to be in contact with tons of creative and open minded people on a daily basis... from clients, to coaches, to some pretty BA media guys. Every day is a learning day....

A few of the CFC videos i've made.







An awesome video that Elliot made... this is the direction that i would like my skills to head in! Thanks for all the Help E.

Stubborn Determination from CrossFit Central on Vimeo.