I love San Diego!

OK so this post really has nothing to do with anything but I was just going through some pictures and I came across this picture of San Diego that I've had on my hard drive for a while. I love this picture. It makes me think of just how beautiful San Diego really is... and who in the world would ever think of snow in a San Diego landscape.

Medical Tests For Young Adult Men

So I haven't been to the dentist in quite a while so I thought I'd make an appointment today for sometime next week. As I was thinking about this I figured I should make an appointment to see a general doctor too seeing as though I've only been to one once in the last 6 years or so.

The thoughts on the doctor however were also inspired by an article in Best Life magazine, which I subscribe to. This is by far my favorite magazine these days by the way. Anyway, the article was entitled "The Best Medical Tests For Men". The article featured many different tests you should have performed in your thirties, forties, and fifties. It briefly described the tests and informed how often they should be performed.

I thought this was an excellent article but it mentioned nothing of a man in his twenties. I of course went on-line but I have been shocked to find that there is hardly anything on the subject matter for men at all let alone men in their twenties. I've found that most site say you should live a healthy lifestyle and see your doctor but nothing seems to say what I should see my doctor about. I don't even know what has been done to me in the past to checkup on!

I did however find the following on MebMD for health tests in all decades of life and descriptions of them all. They should be helpful even though some of these pages are designed for women.

I'm just going to have to start trying to formulate my own health maintenance regimen without the help of a to-do list guide. Stink. Anyway, I guess it's worth it, and maybe he'll magically make my neck stop hurting. The following are WebMDs health tests by decade:

Health tests in your 20s and 30s
Health tests in your 40s
Health tests in your 50s
Health tests in your 60s and up
Medical Tests A-Z

Tests for the thirties according to BestLife Magazine include:

• Fasting Blood Glucose (Once a year), 
• HIV ELISA/Western Blot (Once every 5 years), 
• Testicular Exam (Monthly Self-Exam), 
• Body Mass Index (Once every 3 years), 
• High-Sensitivity CRP & Homocysteine Test (Every 5 years), 
• Full Lipid Profile (At least once every 5 years), 
• Blood Pressure (Once a year), 
• and a Dental Exam (Twice a year). 

Further tests suggested by WebMD include:

• a Skin Exam (Once every 3 years), 
• an Eye Exam (Once every few years), 
• and a Check-up on Immunizations. 

Looks like this will keep me busy at the doctor for a while. :)

My First Survivor Application Video

Since I just added the video for my second application video to Survivor I thought I'd go ahead and post my first Survivor application video. This video was also fimed and edited by my good friend, roommate, and lead editor for NGS Media, Aaron Riveroll. It features clips for long ago mixed with clips filmed specifically for the application. This video adhears to Survivors requirements that videos not be more than 3 minutes long. I just can't understand why they didn't pick me for the show. Enjoy.

20 Questions With Brian Mounts

I've been diligently working on nothing of consequence this evening, mostly cleaning up my hard drive and farting around online but I did come across this old Survivor application video that my roommate Aaron from the Nice Guy Society & NGS Media made for me. In the video my old roommate Josh posed many different questions which I half-comically answered. Anyway, this video was fun to make and is a good representation of me... in a weird sort of way and it is a great memory from my not to distant past. Enjoy.

A Long MLK Jr. Weekend

I needed this weekend like I've needed no other weekend in a while. I came down with a bug last week and took some time off of work and by Saturday morning I began feeling better until I decided to accompany my roommate, Aaron to Ramona for a photo shoot. This shouldn't have been a problem except we were outside for about 2 and a half hours in 30 degree weather. In fact when we packed up and left it was a cool 31 degrees with an approximate 10mph wind. Flakes of snow were even falling. Needless to say I caught a chill that lasted with me for most of the rest of the day and pushed me back into the fog of sickness.

Saturday night ended up being a very lazy evening. I accompanied Flor to a school group potluck dinner party in Encinitas and then spent the evening with her and her sisters at PLNU. While there we watched a Christian Illusionist perform. I've seen better but this guy was definitely talented and generally fun to watch. He did however do one of my favorite card tricks - 4 Aces. You can watch a variation of this trick here on YouTube:



Anyway, Sunday I was very sick but Flor and I watched the Chargers lose, entertained my parents for dinner and then watched a classic Hitchcock film: The Birds. Very cool and very dated in style. I enjoyed the movie but it doesn't have the intensity that a modern suspense has. Monday ended up being my first day of feeling really better. My parents came over around 11am and went to lunch with me, Flor, Aaron, and AJ. Then we spent some time checking out Cabrillo Monument on what ended up being an amazingly beautiful day. The few pictures we took can be found here on Picassa Web.

Overall much of the weekend I was able to relax and recuperate from my illness and that was key. Now I'm strong enough for work, yeah! When's the weekend going to get here? :)

I've Defected From Live Journal

This will be just a quick post as it's roughly 12:30am. I just wanted to say that though I have many posts in my archives I actualy just began using Blogger to house my Blog as I just stopped liking Live Journal. Anyway, I use everything else Google puts there hands on so this just made sense. Anyway, I'm also merging a lot of my random writings into this one blog as well such as my Bowling Musings and my Financial writings. This blog will probably end up as a diverse conglomerate of ideas and posts rather than a focused theme oriented blog. And that's OK with me because this is my space to write for myself.

2006 - A Year In Review

Another year has ended and another year has begun. Last year I made a quasi-prediction:

"If this year (2005) is a warm-up for 2006 then I will be happy because 2006 could be the best year of my life! But then again I’m an optimist; I can’t help it."

I could not have been any more correct. 2006 was one of the best years of my life. First of all I began the year in a new living arrangement which was by far better than the last. I made some excellent investment desicions in the Spring and Summer which faired quite well. I began dating Flor who then became my girlfriend the day before my 26th birthday and I couldn't be happier with her footprint in my life. Bowling has been going good. My statistics this year on the PBA Western Regional Tour have been a definitive improvement over the previous year. My job has been a challenge at times but it has supported me financialy and developmentaly and I couldn't ask for a better boss. I'm really looking forward to watching what my career becomes as my job continually evolves. I've had an rich year traveling the country. 2006 brought me trips to New Jersey, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Missouri, and Hawaii as well as my first Cruise when I vacationed south of the boarder in Ensenada Mexico. Lastly, and most importantly I've really remained close to family and friends and have generaly begun to understand that I am repected by them more than I realized at the outset of this year.

Here's to an amzing 2007. I would be extreamly lucky to experience another year as enjoyable.

2007 - Another Year Begins

Just thought I'd make an entry here 'cause it's a new year and I haven't made an entry in about a thousand years. Happy New Years everybody! In case anyone still checks this feel free to say hello. For now I leave you with a picture from my new years celebration.