Clever headline

since we last spoke, i had just got done with the first week of practice. we are heading into our 9th week of practice now and im still holding strong. Workouts are harder, 500s and 600s out the wazoo. Also, a lot faster, im surprised with myself, being able to keep up and finish in the front of the pack. It lets me know im getting a lot stronger and faster as the weeks pass by. It's just a matter of when meets come, for me to put the tools, that my coaches have laid out for me, together and be the athlete that i want to be. I've set some high standards for myself because that is the only way you can actually achieve something great. Setting these high goals will make me just work harder at checking them off of my list; no petty stuff over here, im looking to be at the top when it's all said and done. (question just popped into my head, i wonder when ill find out when ill make the traveling squad.) Well, im ready to race really. see where all of this work is getting me. Oh yeah, Mizzou made the move to the SEC. do i smell a Big 12 conference championship this year and SEC conference championship next year? that'd be great. Well, thats enough about track.

school school school, study study study. all i have to say about that. haha.

If you didnt know, i turned 18. yeah, im a man now. swag. i get to go buy some lotto tickets, try and hit it rich of some scratch offs. haha. glad my best friend chato came and got me for it so i can celebrate with his family rather than sit alone in my dorm all weekend long. one great friend right there, dont know what i would do without the kid.

life; im doing pretty good. what's life without ups and downs? non-existent. sometimes im super happy. sometimes im super sad as hell. i thought i had it good, but once again, negatives came storming into the building to cause some commotion. never ceases to amaze me. but, yeah, what's done is done.....naw, eff that, whats done isnt done.... ;] but, i need to see some family soon. gain my sanity back, get some good laughs. see my beautiful little sister, that'll really bring me back to where i need to be.

That's all folks.
Love, Peace, and Cheese

who gon stop me?

so the first week of track practice is in the books. happy to say....im still a beast. havent lost my mojo at all. still leading groups in workouts. still putting my all in everything i do. still just going out there with the mindset that everyone is after what im after, i have to do what i need to do to be better than them all and to be that number one guy. workouts have gotten a bit harder from high school. but i'm still getting them done. i hear the coaches talking about me. i try to hide the smile, but hey, what can i do if they are feeding to it, ya know? i can feel the frustration sometimes in workouts when i beat out a senior, but all i can say is, get better my dude. but, im just going to keep doing what im doing and not really worry about anyone else getting the workout done. i go all out every rep, no holding back.

being in the weight room three times a week will most definitely help also. just going to put on more muscle and get stronger which will help me in my races, because everyone knows thats exactly what i need. my biggest problem last year, being able to finish a race. having the trainers just right there, is helping out too. gotta keep healthy. making sure my body is right with all the stresses that come with college and being an athlete. they sure do treat you well. hahah. but anyway. just happy to get this opportunity. im going to give it my all. every ladder drill we do, plyos, hills, circuits; going to make sure im giving my all and beating out the guy next too me.

life; life is good. im happy with life at the moment. meeting people is getting easier. and i just met someone who understands me. puts a smile on my face. :D i miss my best friend, chato. we're both doing our thing. he's in texas. i'm in como. but we're both still...hustlin'. trying to achieve out dreams. apartment next year? fa sho. but again, im starting to miss my family in new orleans. just miss home cooked meals. everything here is getting repetitive, in a little routine. just need a bit of a pace changer.

tomorrow, starts another week of practice, that good body aching. ready to see where and what it brings me.
see ya for now folks.

Love, Peace.

Goals Achieved.

well, guess what happened guys. yesterday, i became a member of the University of Missouri-Columbia's (Mizzou) track team. A goal and feat that i have been working my tail off to obtain. It's finally a wish/dream come true. To be on a D1 track team and help them become something great, while also, making something of myself. 

Although I am on the team, i am going to work my tail off like i'm not...because im not guaranteed a spot(since i am just on the fall training squad for now). I'm going to treat this like i did my senior year in the offseason. Putting in countless hours, day in, and day out. Not give in to the naysayers. Also, i wont set a limit to what i can do. i'll always go above and beyond what is set, to try and be the best.This is my chance, im just another mediocre athlete, and now i have to once again, transform myself into  a great performer and someone who is beneficial to the team. I still have tons to prove. To show the coaches and the other athletes around me and everyone else, that i deserve to be on the team and that i will achieve bigger and better things. I have goals already set for myself. One im trying to achieve right now, make it on the traveling squad. Basically get a top spot on the team and have the opportunity to travel to each meet and compete, compete against other schools who have top level athletes. 

I'm trying my best to not let all of this go to my head, can't afford it to. I have to stay humble and stay poised. It's time for me to go out and prove something to myself really, not to anyone else(even though i said i have tons to prove to the coaches). I have to prove to myself that whatever i put my mind to, i can achieve it and get great fortune out of it. So right now, going through my list of goals i have set. and making sure, by the end of my collegiate career, that each and every one of those goals are checked off. Wish me Luck, ill need all the love and support i can get. 

Ill try and keep you guys updated on what goes on and what not. I promise to do some great things on the track. 

Peace and Love

p.s. I honestly wouldn't have this opportunity if it wasn't for the time i spent during the offseason of my senior year in high school with my hurdle coach Tim and the hurdle crew, Cory, Darcie, Katie, Lauren, and Kaylee. They pushed me and supported me for two years and continue to do so. I'd like to give them a special thanks. Especially Cory, became a very good friend of mines and an excellent motivator. Thank you my man. 

Lost in the world.

Well hello folks. I'm in college now, just in case you were wondering. Very little free time, tis why its been a while since i've updating this here blog. but yup, im having a great time here in columbia. kinda.

Here at Mizzou I've just been doing my own thing. my own grocery shopping doing things on my schedule, and when i want to. just trying to shape myself into the adult that i am going to be after college. studying here and there. doing homework. meeting deadlines. running off a schedule that is set by dates two/three weeks away but you're so worried about if you're going to do well, you study two hours on that subject everyday, very time consuming (im kinda babbling, but oh well.) College surely isn't like high school. your teachers won't always remind you when something is due. You can ask for help, but it's really not the same. You have to keep up with the schedule and always study, study, study. Kinda sucks to be honest. i was never one to study. but i have to transform into a person who will sit with a pencil, notebook and textbook and take some notes. not my forte. but im learning to adjust and learning to do things on my own. so everything in the sense of education is good....for now. :D kidding, it'll go up from here, can't afford to go down.

Track tryouts are tuesday. a week or two ago i was excited. no worries i told myself. but as the day of tryouts started getting closer and closer. my nerves began to go crazy and i began to doubt myself (something i always do, but shouldn't). i question my ability or question whether im ready. question if what i have been doing will give me the tools i need to make the team. i know i'm ready for it, though. I'm ready to go out to that track on tuesday, give my all and make that team. That is step one to a huge goal of mines. no more doubting. only certainty. I'm ready. wish me luck.

not going to lie, im kinda lonely here at the zou, haven't really met anyone here. im scared if i do meet people that they will be friends that wont amount to anything. that i cant tell deep things to. i miss my friends. all going to different colleges and the most important of them all in texas. sucks being separated but it's a part of life i guess. hopefully i becoming more outgoing and go and meet people. but, i think ill be fine and do so.

Love, Peace, and Cheese

beautiful faces.

just a couple of pictures i took while down in new orleans. 

sorry for the wait

Hello everyone. How are you doing on this fine evening? Fantastic? Well that’s just fine in my book. :D Anyway, I’m just sitting here on the plane back from New Orleans, so I decided to crack open Word and write my blog post on here until I can get an internet connection.

The week I spent in New Orleans was much needed. Get away from things that were stressing me out and to see my family once more before I depart on my college adventure. Just to see everyone’s smile when I showed them my newspaper articles I wrote, newspaper clippings I was in, and the success I had on and off the track. Knowing they are proud of me and want the best for me makes me the happiest kid again. Hearing upraise instead of being belittle all the time. I brought my best friend, Chato, with me this time. Figured it was time for him to meet my family that I always talk about and experience New Orleans since he hasn’t really been out of state. Wouldn’t have brought anyone else for the ride. Almost killed us on the drive to Baton Rouge, but that’s another story. :D Now, I know why I do the things I do. To make my family proud of me, to hear everyone say ‘Good job jae” “I’m proud of you” “You’re going to do some great things in college and out of college.” Those make my days shine brighter. If you know me, you know I’m all about family. Having a close-knit relationship, able to talk about whatever, always being there for each other no matter the circumstances, and just loving each other unconditionally. I’ll miss them all while I’m at Mizzou. I know they wish I were closer, heck, I do also, but Mizzou called my name and either way they back me up 100% with whatever decision I make.

Friends have been fighting lately, nothing new. Just getting tired of all of it. I’ve realized whom I can keep close to me and whom I can truly call a friend. It’s not many, but it’s a select few that I am proud to claim as my friends. They actually care to listen and care to making input on a problem I came to them about, instead of turning it around and making them conversation about themselves. Knowing I have people I can turn to and talk about a certain situation puts me at ease. A lot of them have gotten me through the toughest times of my life at this point and I am grateful and would like to thank them for that. Thank them for caring so much about me and respecting me for who I am.

Summer is almost over. Twenty-two days until I have to move to Columbia to start a new chapter in my life. I feel the need for a change; this will be good for me. To experience new things, meet new people, and achieve goals that I have set for myself. This summer has been pretty good. Working, training for track, and just spending as much time as I can with the people I love. Kind of ready to be out of Liberty already, but just enjoying the time I have left; no rush. I’m going to hangout a lot more with friends and go workout crazy. When summer ends, I will go to college, get ready for classes and continue on my journey to walk-on tryouts. I’ve worked so hard for this goal and I’m going to get it, just like all the other goals I have set my mind on. Wish me luck everyone.

-Jae
p.s. i wrote this while sitting on the plane back from new orleans, so it's a little date....thirteen days until como. 

all summer.

it really has been far too long since i've updated this. the last time was before state.....state was may 27th/28th. soooo....yeah. hahaha. it's all good though. here just to update the people on the kid's life. 


well, at state. we came in second place overall as a team. i was happy with the way everyone performed, left everything i had on the track that day. it was a very bittersweet moment, knowing it would be the last time i ran with those guys, built up the greatest chemistry i have ever seen out of a team and it was just sad to see it all go away but great knowing everyone did the best they could and we cam out strong. now im looking forward to track at mizzou. wanting to make the team is a real goal of mine. and im going to achieve it, i know it.


Mizzou, omg. words can not describe how much i love that college, but ill try to put words to describe it. i've only been once, been to ku four times mind you, but it was just perfect for me. at the summer welcome, the leaders and what not, they were great, i want to be one of them my sophomore year. then i got my new mac there. oh yeah. then my class schedule, soo mmmmmm-able. monday, wednesday, and friday a 8a.m., 9a.m. and 10a.m. then im done. then on monday, tuesday, and thursday i have a 2p.m. and im done. great schedule. i love it. dont see how i could hate it. so much free time. haha. just a little afraid though, going off alone and what not.


but yeah, so far, this summer. i've been doing a lot of working, then either working out or going straight to hangout with my friends. there has been a lot of drama through out my friends, splitting us up, but i know that we will all come out of this little slump and everyone will get over whatever it is, realize how petty it is, and know that we only have a month really to see each other before everyone leaves, which will be very bittersweet. im honestly going to be the one to cry when i have to say ''goodbye'' to all of my friends and all of the people i have met here in liberty over the few years i have been here.....let me not get all emotional on this post, save it for a later date.


well yeah, thats all thats really been going on. spending as much time as i can with the people i love. and making money. and getting great music...mmmmmmmm.


Love, Peace, and Cheese
p.s. me and my best friend, Chato, are going to new orleans....cant wait. just thought id share that piece of information. :D

donald trump.

Hello young world. seems like we all made it through 'the end of the world', i'm glad that you can join me.

I've been so happy as of late, well, one day tried to kill my confidence, but, i just moved past it and made the best of it.

track is going great. since the last time i updated this thing, we've gotten through most of the championship meets. conference, we cam in second as a team and my hurdles, really disappointed. so yup, once again, i cried. district, talk about crazy. prom and a track meet on the same day. recipe for disaster. 4x8, had to put the team on my back, 4x2, barely advanced, hurdles, biggest disappointment, felt like i didnt accomplish anything the whole season because of one race, honestly just wanted to give up. but i came back with the 4x4, and had to strap the team on my back once more. and it was a mad dash to prom. sectionals: 4x8, didnt advance, 4x2, didnt advance, 4x4, i thank my teammates for giving me such a big lead and i could run the last ten meters smiling. :D...police escort to graduation right after the meet? yeah, ill take it, running out of the car into the municipal hall and exchanging pants. a story for my kids....so i am now a high school graduate, and state bound!


life is just great at the moment, socially, track wise, school wise. going to a great college, mizzou. i can easily walk-on for the track team, which i plan on doing. i have great friends. i wouldnt trade the start of this summer for anything. at graduation, it all hit me, that i wont see most of these people anymore, it's sad, but i have to deal with change, which i need help with.but yeah.


a lot of people have impacted my life this year, and it's great. the greatest coach in the world: Tim Fritson, my hurdle group, cory, darcie, katie, lauren and kaylee, we're just one big family, and i'm going to miss them when i go off to college. my best friend chato, and there are tons more. helped me get to where i am now. and i thank them, and appreciate everything.


summer 2011, i'm going to make the best of it. train hard so i can make the mizzou track meet. train my friends that came to me to help them meet a goal. hang out with great people. and just live life care-free. 


reason i named this "Donald Trump" is because i feel like i just am taking over everything or want to take over everything and be great. i expect nothing but perfection in everything. some may say thats the formula for failure, but i see it as true motivation to be the best of the best and make people look up to you. 


Love, Peace, and Cheese
p.s. EVERYONE SHOULD COME OUT TO THE STATE TRACK MEET! MAY 27/28TH IN JEFF CITY. WATCH US DOMINATE!
p.p.s. yes cory, i used your design for my background. proud liberty hurdler. 

thinking of a title....

hmmmm. so, i have a kinda important meet tomorrow. a meet where im just going to try and achieve some times that i have set for myself and that my coaches have set.

running four events: 4x8,4x2, 300m hurdles, and 4x4

thats a heafty workload, but to be honest, i really think i can do it all. and still be able to get the times i really want to get in each of those. 

for the 4x8, i want to at least get 2:00, that would really be nice. show how strong i am and what not. 

4x2, at least get under 23. thatd be fine with me, didnt really have a goal for this one. kinda took me by surprise.

300, 40 or under as usual. anything above that is a fail for me. main event. 

4x4, 51 or under. but 50 or 49. mmmmmmmm. i just may cry if i get that. hahahha.

going to be a beautiful, long, but beautiful day tomorrow. and i cannot wait. im super excited to be honest. I PUT THE TEAM ON MY BACK! ahhahahaha. but yeah.

time to make everyone proud/happy.

come out and watch Liberty Track team dominate? yea yea. at Staley. 4o'clock peoples. yeeeeeeeeeeee!

Love, Peace, Cheese

p.s. heres a little video from last friday. 2nd place. pr. 40.22, looking to kill that tomorrow.

attention grabber.

Hello young world.
its me again. i've been gone for sometime, but its all good. i have returned, hold your applause.
lets get this show on the road.

Track-EFFING LOVE IT! all the hard work i put in during the offseason is paying off. im ranked second in the state with a 40.22 right behind a kid i know for certain i can beat. its just a matter of hitting everything in rhythm and going out stronger and finishing strong. i never thought i would be ranked 2nd in the state. that makes me feel amazing. and the 4x4 is great too. Austin, Max, Cory. yeah, we want to win it all. and we know we have it in us to do so. all the tools are there. we just have to put it all together and win. and the attention from the coaches and everyone is helping my confidence. its helping me realize that i am something special and that i can do great things. knowing they want me to run on the 4x8 is a great feeling. my goal for that is to bust out at least a 1:59 friday at staley. im ready to just blow everything out of the water. its going to be a good day weather and race wise hopefully. 39 in 300 hurdles? sounds lovely. hopefully, a scholarship starts to show itself as i get deeper into the season. needless to say, im happy.

School-well, its there. hahah. getting by with a 3.0 gpa. not to happy about that. but geeze, so damn lazy, but there are only a few weeks left until i graduate[which i wont be attending. sad reality] but ill be out of high school.  and on my path to college. hopefully mizzou. and then getting a great education so i can start a great career in accounting. :D

Life-well, its been great. just kind of like a roller coaster. most of it really is my fault. and i take blame for it. just things i do that are bad. im selfish with a lot of things and i realize that. and i've hurt people, and broken promises and lies. just all bad. dont want to get into full detail on here. so i wont. but yeah. just, life, life is good.

Love, Peace, Cheese
p.s. hmmm, prom is coming up. still have nothing to wear.....ooops.

omg !

im ready for college. never thought those words would be coming out of my mouth. especially right now. i hate people who rush life, but for some reason. i really cant wait to be a freshman at Mizzou. 
omg, so exciting. hahah. but yeah, just ready to go, get my education, run, may pledge[who knows] and earn bank. sounds like a plan, yes? indeed.


anyway, tomorrow is the 28th, you know what the means? first day of track, yes yes, even more exciting. there are 23 days until the first track meet. 23 days to get into amazing shape so i can meet my goal. which is under where i left off last year, 41. so i really want this. gonna try and put myself through some morning workouts. and hopefully it all works out, ya dig dig? yeah. 


OH! my dude michael applied to Mizzou. hopefully he gets accepted and what not. that'd be all gravy for real. haha.


uhhh yeah, dont really know what else to blog about. my gauges are 10s now. i went from 18s to 14s to 10s in about a good week and half , two weeks. pretty good. doesnt hurt at all. so yeah. 


Love, Peace, Skeet, and Cheese

last call..

i really had in my head what i was going to blog about. but then i lost it. effing fail.
oh well. ill try and remember some of it. pretty sure it will just come to me once i get going. and it will be good to get some post to this ol thing.

well....im going to start putting myself through some two-a-days now. hopefully i can actually get up and get the motivation to do this because otherwise it will be a complete fail. nomtombout? probably not. but yeah, it will be good to get in two workouts, one in the a.m. then p.m. , i wont be as tired anymore because i wont be working as much so ill have my time to regroup and be lazy and get to my goal....under fourty for the first track meet....which is on the 22nd by the way....well yeah.
i really want this thing, i want to go to state. i want to break the hurdle record. i havent been putting in a lo....well i have been putting in a lot of work, but i truly feel like i can try more and i can push myself more.
the season starts next week, i've been working since october to get what i want. and right now, i feel like im not even ready. which isnt good at all. hence why im going to start pushing myself  more. no more being lazy.
no more taking days off because i want to.
its time to get in that mode, and actually want this thing.

Love, Peace, Skeet, and Cheese
yeah...i didnt remember anything i was going to blog about. oh well.

if you think i don't look good.....

you've just been proven wrong .
Love, Peace, Skeet, and Cheese
p.s.

ill think of one later....

People, people, people. how goes it? good? thats fantastic.
me? well , i've been good....or bad? iono . just kinda what im feeling at the moment.

what's been going on lately? well nothing much, just the same ol' same ol' ya know.
going about life carelessly. aha. but yeah. sorry i've been forgetting about this blog, as i apologize everytime i update. but yeah. i like the other one much better because i can make fun of clowns. :D

anyway. track? its been going well. i've been putting in a lot of work that i hope shines throughout the season. hoping to get to 38 or lower and get a scholarship to mizzou or another D-1 college. i really want to run in college and beyond . its a goal that i've been wanting since i started running at the tender age of six .
can you dig it ? i can .

school? going better. grades are where i want them...besides french which gets a big eff you t(-_-t) . but yeah .
college, as i already stated, going to mizzou . visiting there in about two weeks with the friends Jamila and Katie. :D can't wait . exciting exciting . gonna major in accounting . yup yup .

the ladies ? well what can i say . its a struggle. or so i make it a struggle. but yeah, thats my own personal matter, which i wont discuss on my blog. but if you were to ask i would probably tell you. so yeah.

uhhhhhhhhhhh. social life. its amazing . loving it. like im in college, its pretty dope. got me excited and all what not . :][ a couple months left and ill be a freshman in college , oh i can not wait [even though im afraid.]

i love my friends . ill close it out with that .

Love, Peace, Skeet, and Cheese
i need to change my facebook profile picture. i dont have the shag dog fro anymores.
maren , you're a joke . HA !
and uh yea , im handsome .

Creative Title ?

Hello young world, tis been a while since i last updated on this thing. I feel bad, but it's whatever you know. 

Well my life? It's been full of ups and downs, mainly my fault. I learned how to deal with them though, stick to one thing and everything will be ok and fall into its own place. 

I went to new orleans for christmas and had a blast with my family. I missed them so much, especially my little sister. here is a picture of her, my cousin jeremy and I.....we swag it. 

well anyway, i had to sadly leave them. that's always the hardest part. I teared up in the car with my grandpa on the way to the airport. . . i miss that man too, his stories always cheer me up. ha.

Now track, it's going very well. Workouts have been going well, really starting to see a difference in my mentality and the way i evaluate myself going over the hurdles. I'm really wanting to get in a track meet now rather than waiting until march. I think it would do justice to see where i am at. Can't wait until i iget on that track, happiness. 

Another thing, i got accepted to Baylor. yeeeeeeeeeeeee ! hoping to get accepted to LSU soon, love that college with a passion. and looking to get more offers come track season. i'd really be happy. 

Random thought that just popped in my head. i need more money to buy some stuff, clothes, shoes, winter gear, and most importantly a car. number one on my list. yeeeee. sorry this update isn't up to great JaeJae standards. ill do better next time. 

Love, Peace, Skeet, and Cheese

p.s. I Love my friends. haha. 

p.p.s. Kelsey Madison