- Aug
- 31
- 2010
Everything I Own, Right Here.
Thats right. I finally did it. I am down to a backpack and a suitcase! (well, a backpack, and 2 suitcases…) The boxes in the middle are to be shipped to my parent’s house for long-term storage. The suitcases and backpack are all I am living out of now. My goal is to get down to the small suitcase and my backpack, and nothing else.
This has been a long-term goal for me and I am damn near completion. Thank you to Aeslya for buying my car and helping me get down to this. The car was the major prohibitor. So long as I COULD move stuff, then I would. Without it, I can only take what I can carry.
More fun stories from the road soon!
JM
- Aug
- 18
- 2010
WTF is HTML5 And Why We Should All Care
- Aug
- 7
- 2010
Beth Hart Learning to live
- Aug
- 7
- 2010
The Vettes EPK
- Aug
- 7
- 2010
Hipsters are Fun.
I saw this while walking around Santa Monica. It taught me more about poetry in a glance than I learned in 4 years of high school English.
- Aug
- 5
- 2010
Don’t Worry. Be Happy.
Seriously people. Positivity is the key to all of life’s successes. Well, hard work and luck (luck = what happens when preparedness meets opportunity). Opportunity rarely passes to people who are negative. Why would someone recommend you or want you on their team if you are a pathological frowny face?
I just needed to get that off my chest. Thank you.
JM
Had I the opportunity to address tonight’s audience at the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Rotaract Club of Southbay, I would have said this:
“In 2006 I made my first journey to Los Angeles. I was 1 of 6 delegates representing the Rotaract Club of LSU to the 2006 USCC Conference hosted at UCLA by Rotaract District 5280. This is also when I was first acquainted with the Rotaract Club of Southbay and a few of their illustrious members: Megan, Tori, Jonathan and of course, Roderick (to name a few).
Ever since this trip, Los Angeles has always been on the horizon for me.. it has always just been a matter of time. From this brief visit, I knew there was something special happening here, and I have been waiting for the opportunity to come be a part of it. FINALLY, 4 years later, the stars seemed to align, and so I left my home in New Orleans, and headed west.
Now, for those of you who know me at all, you may have taken notice that I have been blessed with the ability to travel a little. In the last year alone, I have lived in 5 cities. Each of them very significant and well worth my time there. But none of them were home. None of them could have my heart. None of them had a strong Rotary Family.
Upon attending my first Southbay event, a wetlands cleanup, I was immediately welcomed into the fold and my skills and ambitions put right to work. I was finally being reunited with people who understand who I am and people that I find deserving of my time and admiration.
Over the past few months I have become very involved and even honored with leadership roles within the club and the district. My ambition has been welcomed and fostered. My skills have been put to work. Good is being done.
The past few years of my life have been the 3 most amazing post-graduate years I could have ever imagined. I have known wonderful people, experienced diverse cities and cultures, and I have worked in more industries than most people will come to know in a lifetime. I have been very lucky indeed. Nonetheless, I have considered this period, ‘the Dark Ages of My Life,’ because they have been, more or less, without Rotary.
I am so grateful to Southbay because I now have a guiding light. The Dark Ages have come to a close. My heart is becoming attached to a PLACE for the first time since I was 14.
Home is where the heart is. My heart is for Southbay.
Congratulations on 10 great years. I look forward to being a part of the next 10.”
- Apr
- 26
- 2010
Celebrity Encounters List
* indicates the number of times I have encountered this group/person
.38 Special*
12 Stones*
4 Lyn*
Afroman*
Alabama*
Alice In Chains*
Al Kapone*
Alter Bridge*
American Bang*
Another Animal*
Ben Kweller**
Blackfoot*
Black Stone Cherry***
Blind Melon**
Boys Like Girls*
Breaking Benjamin******
Brian Howe of Bad Company*
Buckcherry*
Carrie Underwood*
Chamillionaire**
Charlie Daniel’s Band*
Cherry Moore ∞
Chevelle**
Chris Cagle*
Chris Young*
Collective Soul*
Corey Smith*
Cross Canadian Ragweed**
Darius Rucker*
Daughtry**
Dave Matthews*
Dezmond Meeks ∞
Dierks Bently*
Dinosaur Jr.*
Dr. John*
Drew Holcomb*
Drivin n’ Cryin*
Emerson Drive*
Eric Church****
Eve 6*
Eyes Around*
Fabulous**
Foo Fighters**
The Format*
Gabby Johnson**
Galactic*
Gavin DeGraw*
Gin Blossoms **
Girl Talk*
Good Charlotte*
Gov’t Mule*
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals*
Greg Talmage ∞
Hanson*
Hurt**
Indigo Girls***
Ingram Hill ∞
Issac Hayes*
Jason Aldean**
Jamey Johnson*
Jennifer Johns**
Jesse McCartney*
Josh Kelley*
Josh Turner*
Kansas*
Keith Urban*
Kudzu Kings*
Ky-Mani Marley*
Leann Rhymes*
Lonestar*
Louis XIV*
Love and Theft*
Ludacris*
Luke Bryan*
Lyfe Jennings*
Marc Broussard*
Matt Wertz*
Mavis Staples*
Metro Station*
The Mississippi Mass Choir*
Nappy Roots*
North Mississippi All Stars***
of Montreal*
Old Crow Medicine Show*
One Less Reason*
OneRepublic***
Papa Roach***
Paris Hilton*
Poison*
Project Pat*
Puddle of Mudd***
Ratt*
Red******
Red Jump Suit Apparatus*
Robert Randolph*
Ryan Adams*
Saliva*
Saving Able****
Sawyer Brown*
The Sea and Cake*
Sean Kingston*
Seether*****
Shinedown*
Sick Puppies*
Speakeasy**
Staind*
Taylor Hicks*
Taylor Swift*
Tea Leaf Green*
Three Days Grace*******
Three Doors Down*
Trace Adkins*
Tracy Lawrence*
Velvet Revolver*
The White Stripes*
Wilco**
Wyclef Jean*
ZZ Top**
- Mar
- 19
- 2010
Did It While I Was Young
“Do it while your young.” I can’t tell you how many times I heard those words growing up. I heard them from family, friends, T.V., people I aspired to be like, and everywhere in between. I don’t know how many times it took hearing it before it sank in, but sink in it did!
In the past 10 years I have lived on 3 continents, in 4 countries, and in 12 cities. I am not a military brat. I am not a gypsy (though I might like to be one day!). I am not sketchy. I am certainly not running from anything or anyone. If anything, I am running to something, toward someone… though most of the time I don’t know exactly who, where or what that is. What I do know is that every time I make a move, it is smart. I am always strategic about it and I always make sure that my bases are covered on the other side.
One day I might expose the stories behind all of my moves. Some were “just because.” Others were for financial gain. Even others for fame. Once it was for love, but I moved on still after that. I love calling so many places home (see the list at http://www.JudsonLMoore.com). I love that I can relate to so many people and the places that they call home.
Truth be told, I don’t really have a home. “Home” is just a word to me.. it is a filler word for some great expression that I don’t yet know how to define. I did once have a home. It was in Kentucky, but that was 12 years ago. Am I searching for a new “home?” I don’t think so. I mean, I did watch the movie Up In The Air and was inspired to go shopping for luggage. (Yes, that really happened!)
Anyhoot. I digress. “Do it while you’re young.” That’s what they said. And they were right. I can’t keep this up. I will have to..nay, WANT to, settle down some time. But I am not there yet. Not quite.
More often than I care to think about, people express to me how they wish they “could” go off and do fun things like explore the world and move around gaining experiences and perspective. Sometimes these people have kids, are in school, married (or nearly so). And to them my heart goes out. They either missed the boat when they were young, or chose to do other things when they were young. There is nothing wrong in the choice, only in the regret. In all things, at all times, in all places, you must focus on the positive. Otherwise you will live a bitter life.
Then there are people who are young, smart, degree in hand, nothing tying them down, and they say to me, “I wish I could go off exploring the world!” And to them I say DO IT. Then come the excuses: ALWAYS. “I have this job…” “My family is here…” “I don’t know where I would go…” “I don’t have enough money to move…” etc etc etc…
note: I am the child of 2 Southern Baptist preachers (yes, mom too!), and my dad is a brilliant academic. They have very noble professions and have led very happy lives. My parents are the best parents I know of and they have done everything for me, always… but I was reared as far from a silver spoon in my mouth as you can imagine. I have worked since I was 14 and as many as 5 jobs + college at a single time to get where I am today… and everything, EVERYTHING I posses is a result of my own work, not a trust fund.. so lack of money is not an excuse either. Just a reflection for lack of motivation and creativity. :)
Trust me. You don’t REALLY want to move around like I do. It takes real sacrifice. I have a belief that the long-term benefits will be great. That is what keeps me going. But it isn’t easy. If it WERE easy then everyone WOULD do it! (so they say)
But if you want to explore the world. If you want this connectivity with different people and cultures, but don’t know where to start, then shoot me a note. I would love to talk about it. What I find is that it is hard to relate my stories and experiences. Most people don’t ‘get it.’
Enough about that. I live without regrets. I love my life. I am just nearing a time when I want to share my super-awesome-crazy-experience-at-every-turn-know-more-people-than-Google-life with someone else.
Now accepting applications. While I am still young.
JM
