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So ok friends. this seems to be our goodbye for "Work Out Season 2." I got to say big ups to all of you people that I have had the pleasure to meet. Your love and support have made this season not just a television success but a great achievement in the start of my career. I got crazy love for all of you out there who come and say hi whenever you see me. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Where do we go from here?
So this is the exit music for the inception of SkyLab. Understand out there that this ain't "The Biggest Loser". We did not live with these people and monitor their food. This was all of their own lifestyles changing, which is still evident around the gym when you see these fly people with their sexy new confidence just getting it done everyday. So although...]]>
I haven't seen this week's episode. I do, however, remember the filming of it.
The two guarantees in life are birth and death. There is nothing we can do to stop it. The only real solution I see to this inevitability is doing exactly what Doug did: live.
I learned from Doug how to stay focused on every day being important. This was a man that showed only love and understaning for those around him. I don't want to say what's already been said, as well as being crystal clear for all of the viewers, but I must ... Doug was a gift to this world. I miss him and I can only hope there's a little of him left in all of us.
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So raise your glasses and let's make a toast to our friend. He's left us with love. Many blessings to...]]>
Much love to the SkyLabbers. That Lake Arrowhead retreat was something fierce. I touched on it a bit last week, but these are incredible people.
My girl Tess was a definite influence on the rest of the crew. In the gym, she was a role model from the beginning. Even in the therapy session, she seemed to have an important role in self-discovery that opened the doors of communication that allowed some amazing breakthroughs. It was a moving day, and it was cool to see people look inside and hold a mirror to themselves.
How often do people really do that? Probably not enough.
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Man, I was watching the scenes with Jackie being so mad about her clothing line. She was f-ing pissed. That's how JW is, though. She is intense. She does bottle up that rage well, and somehow seems to manage it.
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Let me focus this week on my girl Tess. Tess is fly, for real. She takes a beating in the gym like a medieval whipping boy. Tess has the kindest heart and the most overwhelming generosity I have ever seen. That being said, it was very difficult to see her get upset over a little weight gain.
We have since determined that the weight gain was not as bad as we thought, but still there was weight gain. Jackie looked down at me with her looming glare hoping that I would be forced to change my agenda with T, but I was not having that -- not today and probably not tomorrow. I ain't scared of no Jackie ... I'm terrified of Jackie.
I still, however, know what I'm doing. As the ancient excercise philosophy Moutonics would suggest: "You have to be at 30,000 feet to...]]>
On one hand, am hurt deep to see the last bit of strength in my friend start to weaken and am floored at having to relive the day I had to prepare the thought of saying goodbye.
I'm in that place again...Stop and take a deep breath. I could be upset, again...but that ain't your boy.
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I missed Doug and Erika's party. (Who, by the way, I have not made mention of before this week. She is one of the sweetest and sexiest women in LA for sure. Know that.) I was at a memorial vacation for the anniversary of my Stepfather's passing. I wish I could have been there....]]>
Wow. So, it looks like I didn't go to jail in this episode.
Trust me, I'm relieved. I heard about the commercials suggesting that I may be going to the slammer last week while at a function for my Grandmother's birthday and through a semi-panicked conversation with a close friend's mother. I got reports that people in my family looked genuinely concerned that I may not make it to the party because of the spot on Bravo and were very relieved when I showed up.
The Zen disagreement: I remember that day with Zen and I in the gym where I asked her to come to court with me.
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Now let me first explain that I did, in fact, have an attorney. But he told me it would be no big deal for me to go on my own and due to statute of limitations -- this case would probably...]]>
So, I just found out after watching this episode that Jackie partakes in lesbodionism ... kind of shocking. Of course, I'm joking. But to be honest, I didn't see any of this romantic material between Jackie and Rebecca, and I guess It's all pretty heartwarming.
Some people may call me a romantic, most others not, but I am a realist. I do feel like whatever your sexual preference, couples are going to have problems and rationalize them to stay comfortable. I have to applaud Jackie for being able to walk away from a situation that had become such a large part of her identity.
I remember seeing Mimi and Jackie the day AFTER fights and them going through the motions of repair that had so seemingly become second nature. Maybe I should write a song about it.... I'm sure I already have.
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Well...there you have it. The first episode of Season 2! Ahhh, the memories.
It's interesting to watch the first episode and find yourself genuinely intrigued by the stories that are presenting themselves. We all lived this and go through the proverbial emotions that come with being alive.
You remember the emotions you have towards someone at any particular time and realize how trivial or exaggerated memory serves those feelings and, more so, how quickly those emotions change. For example: At the gala event Doug and Jesse were going at it, Jesse was really pissed...maybe because his blood sugar was low and needed a snack, but nonetheless pissed.
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Zen and I were a couple, but you can see the dynamic definitely shift in her feelings toward me around this time. There is a school of thought that would suggest prepare yourself for failure and be...]]>
