Nice guys finish last ( Read more... )

It isn't officially spring until you get a good rain, the kind of rain that lasts for a day and then some. A rain that washes away the dreariness of winter and forces the worms out of the ground. That is how you know it was a good rain - worms, scattered like fat, easy-tie shoelaces, covering the sidewalk.

My life is good when it rains. The grass is ( Read more... )

 I weighed myself this morning and two minutes ago, and I can now tell you that during the day I consumed 6 pounds of food.

Now, I'm sure some of that was water. I drank a big mug of water today. How much does water weigh? For the answer, we turn to the old adage:

A pint's a pound the world around.

So, did I drink a pint of water? Eh, maybe. Let's say ( Read more... )

Working with my hands is when I am most out of my element and most in tune with my soul. Something about being covered in grease with cuts on your knuckles. I find such a center to my purpose when I'm out in the grove with the wind snapping at my face and the dog running around, moving brush or mending a fence or some other grotesquely masculine ( Read more... )

Italy was awesome. Greece was good. The Vatican... well, I'm not constipated anymore (defined: pant-shitting glorious).

I am now in my home home, and have no car to drive back to my home. So, today will be a day filled with things that do not involve a car, such as taking a walk with the dog.

I spent only $300 the entire 10 days I was in Europe. What ( Read more... )

I feel better and worse almost instantly after writing that.

I will focus on the better :)

G'night.

I don't update this frequently enough to pretend like this post has no catalyst, so I won't. Finals are here. It is the time of year when above my head hangs a constant reminder that I don't have it together and that I don't have a plan, and I am no closer to putting the puzzle together than I was any amount of time before now ( Read more... )

I want to go to grad school for conducting ( Read more... )

WARNING TO SOCIETY ( Read more... )

You Are A Chestnut Tree
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