top of page
Search
Have You Had Your Stupid Today?
When I returned to college for my second degree, after close to a decade off, I felt stupid. I don’t mean the, “WTF have I gotten myself...
NoirPhotography.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Jet Noir
Aug 9, 20156 min read
0 views
0 comments
A Dick Pic Is Worth A Thousand Words
Good Morning Friends! Nothing like waking up to a dick [pic] in your [mail] box, am I right? Regardless of your gender, there’s a chance...
Jet Noir
Jul 26, 20156 min read
4 views
0 comments
Patience And Compassion (A Revelation)
Last week’s post has been on my mind every day since the ink began to set in my skin. I’ve found myself in a quagmire of anxiety with...
Jet Noir
Jul 19, 20153 min read
0 views
0 comments
The Pledge + I Am A Burlesque Performer
“I pledge allegiance to this journey that leads to a higher state of consciousness and to this life, for which it stands, with patience...
Jet Noir
Jul 12, 20155 min read
2 views
0 comments
Never Nudes Go Home (or) The Necessity Of Nudity In The Now
Good Morning! I hope that you’re naked while reading this. It’s Sunday Morning, you’re at home, relaxing, you rolled over just to read...
Jet Noir
Jun 28, 20156 min read
10 views
0 comments
“I’ve missed you on Facebook!”
It’s no shock that people say odd shit all of the time. One of the oddest ways that people have been greeting me over the past year has...
Jet Noir
Jun 7, 20153 min read
1 view
0 comments
10 Things I Love About You
This week, I’m asking you to do the work. You just have an assignment to complete. Write a love letter to your body. Step 1: Get naked....
Jet Noir
May 31, 20151 min read
0 views
0 comments
Activism versus Reactivism [Action versus Awareness]
Do you remember that time that GoDaddy upset a lot of people by making light of puppy mills? (I’ve posted the ad below for reference.)...
Jet Noir
May 24, 20159 min read
2 views
0 comments
Touchy Touchy: Respecting Personal Space As A Fitness Professional
“Get your fucking hands off of me!” Those are the seven angry words that you never want to hear as a trainer. Truthfully, you don’t want...
Jet Noir
May 17, 20158 min read
3 views
0 comments
My Momma’s Advice (A Word On Arrogance)
I still remember the first time that someone called me arrogant. I was in the seventh grade and I had to ask my Momma what it meant. I...
Jet Noir
May 10, 20157 min read
2 views
0 comments
Be Ready, Be Patient (or A Multi-dimensional View Of Fitness)
“What’s your fitness philosophy?” That’s probably the most frequently asked question I hear from potential clients. I’ve written about it...
Jet Noir
May 3, 201510 min read
2 views
0 comments
I’m Not A Team Player (But Neither Are You)
Disclaimer: Before this post gets under way, I want to provide my perception of the Americanism team player. Team player is a noun that...
Jet Noir
Apr 26, 20157 min read
3 views
0 comments
The Mutual Experience Of Good Sex
When I was in my teens, I remember when my mother took me to one of her favorite bookstores. The Shrine of the Black Madonna Bookstore...
Jet Noir
Apr 19, 20158 min read
0 views
0 comments
Avoiding Advice From The Inexperienced (or Non-athletes Advising Athletes)
When I was younger, my mother made a comment about something she’d seen on the news. Apparently, that night’s story was about how “…a...
Jet Noir
Apr 12, 20157 min read
0 views
0 comments
Societal Mediocrity (Breaking the Fourth Agreement)
The important element of the 4th agreement is that it reminds us to keep trying our best even if our best, today, is not as good as it...
Jet Noir
Apr 5, 20158 min read
1 view
0 comments
Four Ways to Stop Making Assumptions (Keeping The Third Agreement)
To paraphrase Samuel L. Jackson (from “The Long Kiss Goodnight”), “When you make an assumption you make an ass out of both ‘u’ and...
Jet Noir
Mar 29, 20158 min read
18 views
0 comments
Why We Lie (Breaking The First Agreement)
If you’ve followed my writing for any time at all you know how I feel about the book/doctrine “The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz. A...
Jet Noir
Mar 15, 20157 min read
0 views
0 comments
Uplift Oakland or Don’t Misplace Blame
I grew up in Detroit. While we never considered our neighborhood to be a bad one, we also never spent time reading crime statistics. We...
Jet Noir
Mar 8, 20157 min read
0 views
0 comments
Good Practice Begetting Bad Game Days or Antiquated Coaching Habits
In my degree program (B.S. in Kinesiology) we learn a great deal about coaching. We learn about injury prevention so that we can coach...
Jet Noir
Mar 1, 20156 min read
2 views
0 comments
A Pejorative Term
DISCLAIMER: This blog post includes racially charged topics and an abundant use of the (unedited) N-word. If that bothers you, stop...
Jet Noir
Jan 18, 20156 min read
0 views
0 comments
bottom of page