Saturday, June 21, 2008
MonaVie!
hello all! as some of you already know, I am no longer on the bench. I am doing some training work out in Cupertino, CA (just south of SF). Will probably last about a month and then back to the bench..I am sensing a slow summer. Next time you see me, I will have my dark, savage tan. :-)
To that end, I have kept my eyes open for business opportunities that would provide a little bit of a supplement to my income during these slow times. AND, I think I may have stumbled onto something that will do just that. MonaVie.
Now, some of you may have heard of this stuff (especially those of you in Cali), but I had never heard of it until a neighbor of mine introduced it to me. It is basically a super nutritious drink made up of 19 fruits from around the world including the Acai berry. Which, again, I had never heard of, but Kat had seen it discussed on Oprah and it has gotten a lot of press as it is full of antioxidants and phytonutrients, etc. It is from the Brazillian rain forest, so its got that going for it. Which is nice.
Anywho, my neighbor gave me a swig of this stuff and it tasted good so he gave me the bottle and asked me to try it for a week to see if I felt any differently. I drank another 2 oz that night and it had an amazing impact on my energy level. The next day at the gym, I felt like I could run on the treadmill for 2 hours! After going home and scouring the label for any sign of stimulants/hallucinogens (and finding none), I decided this was an amazing elixir and started taking my two daily shots. Now, it doesn't have any weight loss attributes, but it helped me run longer and harder and I have continued my weight loss program with vigor...in fact, I am down 20 lbs now. I've also gone from drinking 6-8 diet cokes/day to zero. Don't need the boost anymore.
Anyway, I am obviously sold on the product.
So, the financial supplement part comes in. MonaVie is distributed through network marketing...NOT a pyramid scheme (first question everyone asks). So, in addition to the health benefits, there is a wealth benefit. (catchy, eh?)
Long story, longer..after doing hours of research on the product and the opportunity and grilling my neighbor for two hours and doing google searches on "monavie scam", "monavie illegal", "monavie killed my mom" and "monavie screwed me" (and finding no negative pub), I decided to enroll as a distributor. I bought 3 cases to get started (one for my consumption and 2 for sharing) and will have 2 cases shipped to me every month (again, one for me and one for sharing). 4 bottles to a case and that will last one person for 4 weeks. I have no doubt that I will be successful with this and will make a ton of money.
So, there you have it. Bar the doors and lock up the kids. Jak is doing network marketing and each and every one of you can expect a call/email within the next couple weeks. Drinking the juice is a no-brainer and the business side just happens naturally...if you like it, you tell someone else about it and they want some. All of a sudden, you have a customer. I signed up my mom, sister, aunt and a former supplier (not drugs, but promotional items) :-)
In all honesty, I see this as a great opportunity for anyone who wants to make some great money and get healthy at the same time. There isn't a person who reads this that wouldn't kill this thing from day one. Especially you Greg. Geez. The stuff even mixes well with vodka and in margaritas. :-)
OK...I was reticent to turn this post into a sales pitch, but I am pretty passionate about this deal. I want everyone to profit from it. Just for some perspective, the people that sponsored me make about $500K/year doing this and they are freakin' normal people. The guy that sponsored them makes $2.5MM/year and he is a former sales person who is a bit over the top, but has a good head on his shoulders.
Here are a couple links if you want to do some research. Feel free to call me and ask any questions. Remember I am on the west coast for the next few weeks, so am probaby either on your time or it is earlier where I am.
www.brighart.com
www.buildthejuice.com
http://www.buildthejuice.com/other_resources/roush_monavie_presentation.ppt#256
Much love to all!
jak
To that end, I have kept my eyes open for business opportunities that would provide a little bit of a supplement to my income during these slow times. AND, I think I may have stumbled onto something that will do just that. MonaVie.
Now, some of you may have heard of this stuff (especially those of you in Cali), but I had never heard of it until a neighbor of mine introduced it to me. It is basically a super nutritious drink made up of 19 fruits from around the world including the Acai berry. Which, again, I had never heard of, but Kat had seen it discussed on Oprah and it has gotten a lot of press as it is full of antioxidants and phytonutrients, etc. It is from the Brazillian rain forest, so its got that going for it. Which is nice.
Anywho, my neighbor gave me a swig of this stuff and it tasted good so he gave me the bottle and asked me to try it for a week to see if I felt any differently. I drank another 2 oz that night and it had an amazing impact on my energy level. The next day at the gym, I felt like I could run on the treadmill for 2 hours! After going home and scouring the label for any sign of stimulants/hallucinogens (and finding none), I decided this was an amazing elixir and started taking my two daily shots. Now, it doesn't have any weight loss attributes, but it helped me run longer and harder and I have continued my weight loss program with vigor...in fact, I am down 20 lbs now. I've also gone from drinking 6-8 diet cokes/day to zero. Don't need the boost anymore.
Anyway, I am obviously sold on the product.
So, the financial supplement part comes in. MonaVie is distributed through network marketing...NOT a pyramid scheme (first question everyone asks). So, in addition to the health benefits, there is a wealth benefit. (catchy, eh?)
Long story, longer..after doing hours of research on the product and the opportunity and grilling my neighbor for two hours and doing google searches on "monavie scam", "monavie illegal", "monavie killed my mom" and "monavie screwed me" (and finding no negative pub), I decided to enroll as a distributor. I bought 3 cases to get started (one for my consumption and 2 for sharing) and will have 2 cases shipped to me every month (again, one for me and one for sharing). 4 bottles to a case and that will last one person for 4 weeks. I have no doubt that I will be successful with this and will make a ton of money.
So, there you have it. Bar the doors and lock up the kids. Jak is doing network marketing and each and every one of you can expect a call/email within the next couple weeks. Drinking the juice is a no-brainer and the business side just happens naturally...if you like it, you tell someone else about it and they want some. All of a sudden, you have a customer. I signed up my mom, sister, aunt and a former supplier (not drugs, but promotional items) :-)
In all honesty, I see this as a great opportunity for anyone who wants to make some great money and get healthy at the same time. There isn't a person who reads this that wouldn't kill this thing from day one. Especially you Greg. Geez. The stuff even mixes well with vodka and in margaritas. :-)
OK...I was reticent to turn this post into a sales pitch, but I am pretty passionate about this deal. I want everyone to profit from it. Just for some perspective, the people that sponsored me make about $500K/year doing this and they are freakin' normal people. The guy that sponsored them makes $2.5MM/year and he is a former sales person who is a bit over the top, but has a good head on his shoulders.
Here are a couple links if you want to do some research. Feel free to call me and ask any questions. Remember I am on the west coast for the next few weeks, so am probaby either on your time or it is earlier where I am.
www.brighart.com
www.buildthejuice.com
http://www.buildthejuice.com/other_resources/roush_monavie_presentation.ppt#256
Much love to all!
jak
Monday, June 09, 2008
HIDE! and The REAL Story
hey there...still on the bench, but still lacking motivation to do this on a daily basis...see, I am getting exhausted from pretending to work. It takes hours of sitting at the computer watching old videos of Liska at the pool or Greg and I jamming in the garage on Blakely....speaking of which, I took down the drumming posts because I have now linked to my YouTube page on the left. So, if you want to see videos, you can go there any time. You can blow them up to full screen and everything...leave comments, etc. Much fun to be had by all.
So, I'm not sure where she got it, but Liska for the past few months has been yelling "HIDE!" to Hagen everytime Kat or I walk into a room where they have been playing. It is not like they are doing anything bad...at least as far as we can tell. Since there is really no place to hide in the playroom, they just bury their faces in their arms or start running around screaming. As a matter of fact, I think I have a video of it somewhere. :-) I'll have to find it and post it.
As many of you know, my good friend Greg had a bit of an accident on his worksite last month and was badly injured. So, badly it seems that he insisted that they freeze his entire body and awake him once medical science had determined a cure for his ailments. Even upon being told numerous times that there was already a "cure" for what ailed him, Greg insisted that it wasn't good enough. "Time...the cure is 'time'? If the only cure for broken ribs is time to heal, I'm not buying what you're selling. Freeze me up Han Solo style!" he was heard to say from just outside his ICU room. This was only one in a long line of bizzarre events that have defined Greg's time since his fall from Grace...Grace being the name they had given the scaffolding. Who knew that construction workers named their scaffolding?
First, even before saying the requisite "ouch", Greg was asking nearby workers if they had seen where his Natty Can had rolled off to. When the pain started to settle in, he did ask a nearby individual to contact 911, there was a communication issue that brought Greg much frustration as his chosen assistant did not seem to understand him. Once he realized the fruitlessness in asking a crow for help, he looked around for more "human" assistance.
Finally, within half an hour, the paramedics showed up. They had to cut his clothes off to assess his damaged body only to find out that Greg had made the decision to go commando that day. It was a Monday after all. Well, Commando down below...up top he was wearing a sports bra-type apparatus that we will heretofore refer to as a Bro or Mansierre. Fortunately, shock had set in and Greg was incapable of feeling embarrasment over his exposure to his workmates. I can't imagine they will ever bring it up once Greg is back in the saddle.
That leads us back to Greg's insistence on being frozen ala Walt Disney. Though adamant that it was the right thing to do, Greg finally relented when he learned that his insurance would not cover such a procedure. So, he opted to be put under for a couple days and negotiated a year supply of medicinal marijuana to help with the pain in lieu of the whole frozen in time option.
Through it all, Greg kept his faith strong...constantly thinking back to the time he spent in the merchant marines. You see, he jumped ship in the Himalayas and made some dough as a professional looper, ya know, a caddie. Well, one day, he ended up caddying for the Dalai Lama himself. Flowing robes, bald, stunning. Well, the Lama was not known as a good tipper, so at the end of the round, he stiffed Greg on his tip. So, Greg is like, "Hey! Lama...how's about a little something, ya know, for the effort?" The Lama says "Oh, there will be no money...but when you die, on your death bed, you will receive total consciousness." So, he knew he had that going for him. Which, as we all know, is nice.
I know some of you have been on the Brown's blog and heard a little bit sanitized version of the story, but we serve nothing but the truth here at Longhorn in Paradise. Read both versions and you tell me who ya gonna believe.
In all seriousness, a big welcome back to the outside world for Greg who was stuck in ICU for 8 days and in the hospital for a couple more after that. Could not have been fun. We are glad he is back with us and cannot wait to get out to California to see his new svelte self. Leave it to Greg to find a way to collect a check (disability) during a down economy and to lose 40 lbs in 10 days. Talk about a charmed life. ;-)
Much love to all!
jak
p.s. no Natty cans were hurt in the writing of this story
p.s.s. any investigators that come across this story, it is a work of fiction and should be treated as such.
So, I'm not sure where she got it, but Liska for the past few months has been yelling "HIDE!" to Hagen everytime Kat or I walk into a room where they have been playing. It is not like they are doing anything bad...at least as far as we can tell. Since there is really no place to hide in the playroom, they just bury their faces in their arms or start running around screaming. As a matter of fact, I think I have a video of it somewhere. :-) I'll have to find it and post it.
As many of you know, my good friend Greg had a bit of an accident on his worksite last month and was badly injured. So, badly it seems that he insisted that they freeze his entire body and awake him once medical science had determined a cure for his ailments. Even upon being told numerous times that there was already a "cure" for what ailed him, Greg insisted that it wasn't good enough. "Time...the cure is 'time'? If the only cure for broken ribs is time to heal, I'm not buying what you're selling. Freeze me up Han Solo style!" he was heard to say from just outside his ICU room. This was only one in a long line of bizzarre events that have defined Greg's time since his fall from Grace...Grace being the name they had given the scaffolding. Who knew that construction workers named their scaffolding?
First, even before saying the requisite "ouch", Greg was asking nearby workers if they had seen where his Natty Can had rolled off to. When the pain started to settle in, he did ask a nearby individual to contact 911, there was a communication issue that brought Greg much frustration as his chosen assistant did not seem to understand him. Once he realized the fruitlessness in asking a crow for help, he looked around for more "human" assistance.
Finally, within half an hour, the paramedics showed up. They had to cut his clothes off to assess his damaged body only to find out that Greg had made the decision to go commando that day. It was a Monday after all. Well, Commando down below...up top he was wearing a sports bra-type apparatus that we will heretofore refer to as a Bro or Mansierre. Fortunately, shock had set in and Greg was incapable of feeling embarrasment over his exposure to his workmates. I can't imagine they will ever bring it up once Greg is back in the saddle.
That leads us back to Greg's insistence on being frozen ala Walt Disney. Though adamant that it was the right thing to do, Greg finally relented when he learned that his insurance would not cover such a procedure. So, he opted to be put under for a couple days and negotiated a year supply of medicinal marijuana to help with the pain in lieu of the whole frozen in time option.
Through it all, Greg kept his faith strong...constantly thinking back to the time he spent in the merchant marines. You see, he jumped ship in the Himalayas and made some dough as a professional looper, ya know, a caddie. Well, one day, he ended up caddying for the Dalai Lama himself. Flowing robes, bald, stunning. Well, the Lama was not known as a good tipper, so at the end of the round, he stiffed Greg on his tip. So, Greg is like, "Hey! Lama...how's about a little something, ya know, for the effort?" The Lama says "Oh, there will be no money...but when you die, on your death bed, you will receive total consciousness." So, he knew he had that going for him. Which, as we all know, is nice.
I know some of you have been on the Brown's blog and heard a little bit sanitized version of the story, but we serve nothing but the truth here at Longhorn in Paradise. Read both versions and you tell me who ya gonna believe.
In all seriousness, a big welcome back to the outside world for Greg who was stuck in ICU for 8 days and in the hospital for a couple more after that. Could not have been fun. We are glad he is back with us and cannot wait to get out to California to see his new svelte self. Leave it to Greg to find a way to collect a check (disability) during a down economy and to lose 40 lbs in 10 days. Talk about a charmed life. ;-)
Much love to all!
jak
p.s. no Natty cans were hurt in the writing of this story
p.s.s. any investigators that come across this story, it is a work of fiction and should be treated as such.
Friday, June 06, 2008
Liska's Dance Recital
third of three video posts today...Liska's Dance Recital at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center on May 18. She is the one that is not blonde. Y'all didn't realize we lived in the German part of town did you? Sheesh. Anyway, Liska had a blast and really took to the big stage. If you have seen the videos of her past recitals, she was much more engaged in this one. What a natural!!
I am going to try to do a video post next...so, hold on to your hats!
Much love to all!
jak
More fun with Tulsa Weather
Here is some footage from our little Tornado Warning event last night. I am starting to enjoy filming this stuff...maybe I will join the Storm Chasers from our local news station! :-) Enjoy the fireworks and don't forget to listen for the Tornado Siren in the background toward the end. That is when we took cover under the stairs. Now, who wants to come visit us?? :-)
Much love to all!
jak
Fun in the Sun
As in most parts of the country, June is considered the beginning of Summer here in Tulsa...the only difference is, "summer" does not equate to hot sunny days...it equates to tornadic thunderstorms nearly every day! Joy joy! I thought that my SoCal friends might enjoy a snapshot of what a typical rainstorm is here in Oklahoma. This is from Sunday of this week...I will post the one from last night post haste.
Hope everyone is doing well!
Much love (and dryness) to all!
jak
