Absent

Work.

Sorry, it's been hell, not that anyone is reading. Hopefully I'll be back soon.

Nada

Very little happened today. I did a walk through with my soon to be new roommate ... told one of my old roommates I was moving (which will cause the rent to skyrocket, so ... everyone is moving). I must say I feel badly about that, but life goes on.

The big thing that happened would be that the inspectors are in town and they're pretty stupid. Not that I'm surprised by that, but it is a bit annoying to not know what may or may not be the right thing to say, because common sense is certainly not what they're looking for.

TR's Podium

TR has finally posted something again. Check it out.

http://podium.ookee.com/blog/daybyday/0812briefconversation.html

It's about time.

On another note ... I passed 100 vistitors today. Yay...ok, probably half of them are me, but I still reached 100.

Friends, Romans, Countrymen

What an intersting day. Ups, downs, lefts, rights, ... side to sides (up down, sand the floor, etc.).

1) I signed the papers. I will very soon be half a million dollars in debt. WAHOO. I'm going to be playing college boy again as far as food and fun, but with any luck, inside a couple of years I'll be able to live like a person again. I'll have to pick a date for the "last meal."

2) Got an email from a "co-worker" (I'm not a fan of "subordinate" in this context) about me and my prejudice against English. I thought it rather amusing and relatively annoying at the same time. I knew exactly what was being referenced, but I responded with the following, "I have no idea what you're talking about." I forwarded it to the boss, just in case it comes up again.

3) Long work hours...funny thing though, this isn't a complaint. I actually can't get any "work" done during the day so I wait till later when fewer people are around and I actually enjoy the belief that I'm getting something done...plus, super long hours are an excuse to drive past the gym.

4) Incredibly bad news from one of my favorite families. Their son, also a friend of mine, diagnosed as bi-polar and tried to kill himself. He's ok (all things considered), but brought back some pretty bad memories. I don't pray a lot, as I have little to pray for ... I'm more the thankful type ... but I'm praying he'll be ok.

So ... like I said, up/down, and all around. It's an interesting life we all take for granted. I have my problems but I can safely say I'm happy. It's all we can hope for.

Courage

Courage is anything that requires a leap of faith. I don't mean necessarily the God/belief type leap (though such could apply), but rather doing something in which you really have no clue what the result will be. Granted, rarely does anyone really know exactly what any result will be, and there is a fine line between a "courageous" act and an incredibly stupid one.

I've been thinking about such a post for a while now, I'm hoping this weekend I'll get it up (I haven't been writing it though ... such is my problem, I should write, revise, etc., I seem to only like the write part. I love the first draft).

Anyway, if I had something else to say I would, I just want to keep my one post a day streak current. If anyone has any thoughts they want to share that I can include in the post itself, by all means, I'm listening.

Found

One of my best friends from college, who I lost contact with somehow ... was able to find me through the web (through m.ookee.com). It's funny how things work that way. I was sifting through the 100 or so spam mails I get every day, not expecting to see anything, and I had a random email from him.

Wow, here's to old friends.

Me and My Ride

For the first time in a while I was able to get on the motorcycle. It has been too long, but, leaving for work super early and getting home super late lends one to not knowing what the weather is going to be like, and 27 miles in crappy weather on a motorcyle sucks.

But not tonight.

It was almost as good as the original post on this.

m.ookee.com/commentary/motorcycleride.html

Art

So ... I bought a picture for my parents for Christmas, now I'm a member of the Fine Arts Society. This gets me into the deYoung and Legion of Honor for free. I've lived here for eight years, walking distance from the deYoung and only about two miles from the Legion of Honor (still walking distance). I've been passed them both a number of times. I love the Thinker, but I've never been into either. A couple of weeks ago I went to the Legion and was amazed. I even fell in love with the Broken Pitcher. So much so that I took advantage of my discount and become a member of the Fine Art Society (it just gets me into these two museums for free).

Today I went to the deYoung. It's impressive, but I'll be honest, it's no where near as impressive as the Legion of Honor. I came to the realization that I still really don't like art that much ... I LOVE the old stuff. Some Renaissance stuff is awesome, but most of the stuff I find myself really attracted to is the Reformation/post Reformation (mostly 18th/19th Century stuff).

Funny thing, that's the period of history I like the most as well. I guess I'm not surprised.