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Just curious, what do you do nowadays?

by onedev 11y ago

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bmelton 11y ago
Well, I'm a work-at-home programmer, so mostly, I gain weight. That's a joke, mostly, but having settled in to family life and programming, I did gain a lot of weight that I'm working off at the moment. As it stands, I'm still about 20-25 pounds overweight, but I haven't trained anything seriously since I had to take the family out of my last dojo due to ... uhh, personal concerns[1], a couple of years ago. That said, I've been scouting out replacement dojos that do more than BJJ, which are harder to find, and have found a couple that are promising to get back to. My area of focus has historically been in Muay Thai, and I've just really never been all that great at BJJ, so while I enjoy training BJJ, it's nice to have a gym that does other things that I can go to to feel "good at something". [1] - http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/12/3/5170294/team-lloyd-irvin-rape-assault-coercion-stories http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/12/3/5170294/team-lloyd-irvi...
- onedev 11y ago
  Wow that's incredibly fascinating. Thanks for sharing!
  - bmelton 11y ago
    If the "Lloyd Irvin rape scandal" is fascinating, let me tell you, at the time it was the scariest thing in my life. I have a 13 year old daughter, and as soon as I was clued in on the allegations, I mentally ran through every single event we'd attended, and tried to remember whether or not my daughter had spent any time with anyone unattended. The answer I came back with was 'No', thankfully. As she was only doing children's classes (obviously), I would gleefully watch her every practice and give her tips / practice with her afterward. After that, we left the gym, but in addition to whatever other allegations against him, Lloyd Irvin takes his gym contracts very, very seriously, and I ended up owing them the remainder of the contract after they sued me (and won) which was only extra painful because we had just renewed the contract, so despite only having been a month or so in, they ended up getting a judgement in their favor somewhere in the $2800 range.

Just curious, what do you do nowadays?

by onedev 11y ago

Just curious, what do you do nowadays?

deleted 11y ago

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bmelton 11y ago

Well, I'm a work-at-home programmer, so mostly, I gain weight. That's a joke, mostly, but having settled in to family life and programming, I did gain a lot of weight that I'm working off at the moment. As it stands, I'm still about 20-25 pounds overweight, but I haven't trained anything seriously since I had to take the family out of my last dojo due to ... uhh, personal concerns[1], a couple of years ago. That said, I've been scouting out replacement dojos that do more than BJJ, which are harder to find, and have found a couple that are promising to get back to. My area of focus has historically been in Muay Thai, and I've just really never been all that great at BJJ, so while I enjoy training BJJ, it's nice to have a gym that does other things that I can go to to feel "good at something". [1] - http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/12/3/5170294/team-lloyd-irvin-rape-assault-coercion-stories http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/12/3/5170294/team-lloyd-irvi...

onedev 11y ago
Wow that's incredibly fascinating. Thanks for sharing!
- bmelton 11y ago
  If the "Lloyd Irvin rape scandal" is fascinating, let me tell you, at the time it was the scariest thing in my life. I have a 13 year old daughter, and as soon as I was clued in on the allegations, I mentally ran through every single event we'd attended, and tried to remember whether or not my daughter had spent any time with anyone unattended. The answer I came back with was 'No', thankfully. As she was only doing children's classes (obviously), I would gleefully watch her every practice and give her tips / practice with her afterward. After that, we left the gym, but in addition to whatever other allegations against him, Lloyd Irvin takes his gym contracts very, very seriously, and I ended up owing them the remainder of the contract after they sued me (and won) which was only extra painful because we had just renewed the contract, so despite only having been a month or so in, they ended up getting a judgement in their favor somewhere in the $2800 range.