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Friday, January 29, 2010

For Legal Use - Dream Cadets - First official use

Let this mark the beginning of our use of the phrase "Dream Cadets" as a subgroup of the soon to be created non-profit following the I am Going to Space project. http://www.Dreamcadets.com will become the home of the website offering tools, projects, and other various resources aimed at assisting youth 18 and under with defining, planning and achieving goals and dreams. Dream Cadet will refer to any child who enrolls in the program online or through their school or other community program. The Dream Cadets name will be used online, in print, on apparel, as a formal title, as a summer camp program, and a travel abroad educational program.

Website name registered on January 29th, 2010

Jim Moss

PS My Lucky Number when I see it is 1234 and as I posted this link we have I was the 1234th visitor on the page - sometime the Universe really wants you to know that you are on the right path.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

recent article from Nllinsider.com

Moss in space

The Panhandling Spaceman- really have you ever heard a more clever name? Well that’s the new moniker taken on by former NLL baller, Jim Moss. Always known as one of the most aggressive, tenacious and likeable players league wide, Moss has had many battles in his career but now, he’s focused on a personal one! To call it a battle may be a little much but to accomplish a lifelong childhood dream after all he has been through, is no less of a feat! Having “beat Swine Flu and West Nile Virus, tackling Guillain Barre Syndrome; he now has his sites set on a trip to outer space to prove the importance of dreaming big.” Not really surprising to those that know him but a very amazing story nonetheless.

The lacrosse community is one of the tightest families in all of sports and when one of us needs a hand we generally all chip in any way we can. So check out, www.iamgoingtospace.com and be sure to follow his progress on http://imgoingtospace.blogspot.com

I know I always wanted to be an astronaut and though it’s not to be for me, who am I to deny one of my lacrosse brothers the opportunity.

Friday, January 22, 2010

St. Benedict's High School, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

I just Skyped into a high school Classroom for the first time and discussed my project with a group of high school students from Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. Thank you so much to my niece Nikki who did a school project that included me and my dreams.

Children and young adults are my inspiration. It is their dreams and zest for life that makes me want so badly to feel that again and get back on track with chasing my goals. I am going to space I know I can do it and I am going to do it.

I am all excited right now and it is like lightning in a bottle. I could do this all day everyday even with being as sick as I have been and am. Seeing their faces light up and having them tell me that I am an inspiration to them is so motivating. We so desperately need this generation to chase their dreams and be everything that they can be, to not conform and not just continue with what is passed on to them. We need them to think and question and mold the world into what we really want it to be, not what we are told it has to be.

Thank you St. Benedict's Catholic Secondary School. You inspire me too.
The “I am going to space guy”

Thursday, January 21, 2010

A note about inspiration and having dreams...

A quick honest chat about the project…

Lately, I’ve noticed a lot of great questions come up and ensuing banter about the project and the intentions of it. I know that there will be people who don’t take the time to understand what I am doing, or who judge it with whatever opinion they have from the little they know about me or will take the time to understand the project. Truthfully, I don’t mind. I need those people. I need to be questioned and put to the test and reminded that I believe in this. I don’t have it all figured out yet, and I don’t want to. I really am betting that the journey will be most enjoyed through the life changes, the newly developed relationships and the side projects – it will be enjoyed by the lessons I learn about myself. As I set out this course for space, I’ll get a whole lifetime of experience in return.

I appreciate that people will have their opinions and I appreciate that they will take the time to voice them. I also appreciate the people, who come to the defense of the whole thing and the chatter that ensues, the fact that people are taking positions and defending their views, getting in the mix, that is a great thing. Our lives are easily drummed to sleep by the fast paced beating of the economic machine. We don’t take enough time to sit and think, talk, argue about what we believe in and in turn, it seems we eventually concede to someone else’s views. It feels like less frequently we take a new view point or allow ourselves to be convinced of something good and true.

There are many sub-goals for this project of mine, and this increase in awareness, is a personal priority. When Obama was inaugurated, I felt this wonderful tingling inside of me. It was hope and inspiration and it was a feeling I’d been longing for that I hadn’t felt in sometime. I loved it and I want to feel it more often – it was motivating me to be a better person. I want everyone to feel like that.

To inspire others, I’m realizing you have to be out there – sharing your message, hence the blog and the speaking engagements and of course, the mission to outer space. I’m also realizing that it is in these grand gestures that people seem to pay attention. My first speaking engagement will be this week. My niece, Nicole is going to do a project for school that focuses on the mission and my drive to be a leader through my own project. We plan to do some video interviews and have a lot of fun. The exciting part – is our ability to work with new technology to reach so many people in different parts of the world. Her class in Cambridge, Ontario in Canada and I will be Skypeing in from San Jose, California! I am pumped that I can be an inspiration to my niece and I hope that she can be an inspiration to other kids. Inspiration can be very contagious. What was exciting was that she approached me with the idea and I was already brainstorming mini-curriculums to present to other classrooms. This will be a great test-pilot to see how we can increase the awareness aspect of my project. I intend to “Skype” into classrooms to get the discussion going with kids and teens and get them thinking about their dreams and goals. I want to give them advice on how to stay on track and not underestimate their abilities.

Like I said - inspiration is contagious and what a great feeling to spread around! I love that people are passionate; it is one of the defining characteristics that make us human. When we lose that and subsequently drone away at life, stop pursuing our goals and dreams, our lives turn into the movie Groundhog Day. The days just keep repeating themselves until we figure out the meaning and the important stuff. It might be cliché but life is too short; people are dying around us, text messaging drivers running over babies, earthquakes in Haiti, 9/11, airplane underwear bombs. If there was ever a time to support the people who are trying to do more with their life, people who are trying to lead us into change, it is now. That might sound self-serving but I really believe it.

In earthquake lingo, I had a minor tremor last September, when the Guillain Barre hit. In fact, as I sit here right now, the bottoms of my feet are still tingling and my big toe is completely numb. One day my 7.2 quake will hit and if I am trapped under the rubble of my own life, when all of the construct collapses down on me, I hope as I lay there and wait for help, I can say that I was awake, I breathed in life, I took chances, I got people talking and thinking, I inspired people. If I can do that, when my time comes, I’ll have done something right.

Thanks for your continued interest and support in my journey through Guillain Barre, life, and my trip to space.

The "I'm Going to Space Guy"
Jim Moss

New Video - One Penny at a time - The Panhandling Spaceman

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

A quick honest chat about the project...

There have been a lot of great questions lately regarding the project and the intentions of it. I know that there will be people who don’t take the time to understand what I am doing, or who judge it with whatever opinion they have from the little they know about me or take the time to understand the project. I need those people. I need to be questioned and put to the test and reminded that I believe in this. I don’t have it all figured out yet, and I don’t want to. I really am betting that the journey, the changes and the adaptations the relationships and the side projects are going to be the greatest part of the whole thing. I’ll put myself on a course for space, and get a whole lifetime of experience because of the first right minded change in direction.

I appreciate that people will have their opinions and I appreciate that they will take the time to voice them. I also appreciate the people, who come to the defense of the whole thing and the chatter that ensues, the fact that people are taking positions and defending their views, getting in the mix, that is a great thing. Our lives are easily drummed to sleep by the fast paced beating of the economic machine. We don’t take enough time to sit and think, talk, argue about what we believe, concede to someone else’s views, take a new view point or allow ourselves to be convinced of something good and true. There are many sub goals for this project of mine, and this increase in awareness is one of the major ones. When Obama was inaugurated, I felt this wonderful tingling inside of me. It was hope and inspiration and it was really wonderful, I loved it and I want to feel it more often. I would love to help other people to feel like that.

My niece is going to do a project on me for her school, we are going to do some video interviews and have some fun. We are going to try and do some new tech long distance communication. I am pumped that I can be an inspiration to my niece an I hope that she can be an inspiration to other kids. It is very contagious. What she suggested is actually something I had planned for the future. As a part of the awareness aspect of my project I am intending on “Skype-ing” into classrooms to get the discussion going with children, get them thinking about their dreams and goals and how to stay on track and not underestimate their abilities to reach them.

I love that people are passionate; it is one of the defining characteristics that make us human. When we lose that and subsequently drone away at life, stop pursuing our goals and dreams, our lives turn into the movie Groundhog Day. The days just keep repeating themselves until we figure out the meaning and the important stuff. It might be cliché but life is too short; people are dying around us, text messaging drivers running over babies, earthquakes in Haiti, 911, airplane underwear bombs. If there was ever a time to support the people who are trying to do more with their life, people who are trying to lead us into change, it is now. That might sound self-serving but I really believe it.

In earthquake lingo, I had a minor tremor last September, when the Guillain Barre hit. In fact, as I sit here right now the bottoms of my feet are still tingling and my big toe is completely numb. One day my 7.2 quake will hit and if I am trapped under the rubble of my own life, when all of the construct collapses down on me, I hope as I lay there and wait for help, I can say that I was awake, I breathed in life, I took chances, I got people talking and thinking, I inspired people. If I can do that, when my time comes, I’ll have done something right.

Thanks for your continued interest and support in my journey through Guillain Barre, life, and my trip to space.
JM

Friday, January 15, 2010

I'll match the donations of this week and send them to the Red Cross


I will personally match any donations that are made to my project, for the week following the Haiti Earthquake. I'll donate on behalf of my family, to the Red Cross, dollar for dollar to demonstrate that I am not trying in any way to detract from such an obviously terrible disaster, but I will also maintain the integrity of my project because I am committed to the ultimate good that I know I can do before, during and after I have completed it.

I'll post a copy of the receipt to prove to any disbelievers.

Have a great weekend,
JM

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

I'm coming right out and asking.... please donate a buck or two!

It is time to come right out and ask… Please donate a dollar or two for the cause.
I know there are a lot of friends and family reading this, and it goes to show that actually getting people to click and make a donation is difficult, even your friends and family don’t do it right away. There are many of you that have been meaning to and likely know that you have lots of time so you have just put it off. We all get inundated with so many commercials and suffer from marketing overload, and so we actually consciously act very infrequently. The premise of this whole project is to prove that I can get people to act, in good faith, and spend a minute of their time and a dollar of their hard earned, to help me achieve my goal. If you don’t want to do it, I totally appreciate that and I would love to hear why, but remember you could probably just donate a dollar in less time and be done with it? Think of all of the strangers that you have thrown a buck too and they likely just went got a bottle of booze with it. I promise that I will make your donation into something worthwhile.

So I am asking, can you please click on the link below and donate a couple of dollars?

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Quick Update

Can you believe its 2010? Upgrading the website and the hardware to run it.

Well not only is it 2010 but it is already the end of the first week! I hope you all had a great and safe holiday season. I haven’t posted much lately because I am working on the back side of the website and the blog. I have built a new computer that should enable me to integrate some great elements into the web experience and I have installed an HD webcam to begin the video blogging process.

I have received about $150.00 in donations so far, not bad considering Facebook is the only place I have made any post links. The success of this project will rely heavily on clear effective communication and interesting pertinent content. That is the reason for upgrading to video blogging. I am looking for people, people, websites and blogs to link up with so we can increase traffic flow once I get into full swing.

Do you have a blog or website to suggest? (Click here to email me your suggestions)

Are you on Facebook? Click here to follow us via the “I am going to space” page on Facebook

Chat soon

The "I am going to space" guy

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Pics of the interior of the shuttle that goes into space!









So here are some pics I have been collecting about the aircraft that Virgin Galactic will be sending into space. Pretty Cool - this project is certainly bringing out the little boy in me.
I'll add some more as I come across them.