Thursday, September 2, 2010
Football Season is here
College football season officially kicked off tonight and I couldn't be happier to watch games that actually count. I began the night watching USC East (the Gamecocks) demolish Southern Miss and now watching a tight Pitt v Utah game. USC West is playing Hawaii now over on ESPN, so once this Big East/Mt West nail biter is over, I'll be sure to switch over. Looks like this one could go to overtime, though.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Towns
Oh, Charlotte, NC. You're a tempstress. I'm a resident. I'm a lover of all you have to offer. Your golf courses. Your weather. Your major professional sports teams. Your music venues. And even your lakes. Try as I may to think I'm too far from the water, your lakes are right there. In my face.
Oh Richmond, you're so romantic, though, at least in my eyes. You host my family and many of lifelong friends. My traditions. The James River. The sunshine (not that Charlotte doesn't have it!). No matter what, you're still my "home." Or, at least, my hometown.
Who knows where I'll end up. Oh Denver. Oh San Francisco. Oh DC. Oh New York. Oh...Charlotte.
People are the connections to my hometown. Richmond. The town I miss and long for, though Charlotte has at least as much to offer. If only I could make the James flow a few hundred miles to the southwest. Lord.
Lord have mercy! There's something worse to ask for than choosing b/t a great place or 2 to spend your time.
Oh Richmond, you're so romantic, though, at least in my eyes. You host my family and many of lifelong friends. My traditions. The James River. The sunshine (not that Charlotte doesn't have it!). No matter what, you're still my "home." Or, at least, my hometown.
Who knows where I'll end up. Oh Denver. Oh San Francisco. Oh DC. Oh New York. Oh...Charlotte.
People are the connections to my hometown. Richmond. The town I miss and long for, though Charlotte has at least as much to offer. If only I could make the James flow a few hundred miles to the southwest. Lord.
Lord have mercy! There's something worse to ask for than choosing b/t a great place or 2 to spend your time.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Bounce around the room
So, I'm chilling here in North Carolina at the moment, sick of my job, missing home a bit, into music tremendously and on the verge, the precipice, the edge. There's the option of staying here and doing the same. Staying here and getting a new and more exciting job. Going back home to the place and people I love. Or picking it up and making a reactionary move to pick up and go to San Diego in 3 weeks. And either to stay or pick up and head over to Denver. And maybe just bounce around the room a bit. Eventually I want to settle down, not neccessarily to a place, though, but to people, to family. I could just up and bump around a bit though. Money I make here be damned, b/c it's not enough. Money I make there, we'll see. I'm not ever going to starve. I will never lack a roof over my head. If I pick up and go I will live a new life again. And this time there's no hesitation. I will live a new type of life. Bouncin round to world Bouncin round the US, at least.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Got ta do.
I want it all in life. I want fishing, I want family. I want music, I want sports. I want risk and I want stability. I want laid back without worry, I want action without injury.
I tend to glorify the lives of others, the folks I see on tv announcing the games, the musicians on stage traveling from town to town, the life my parents gave me growing up on the water...fishing, crabbing, sailing, clamming.
Oh boy, they were DOers! Just like I wanna be.
I have a decent job - no great shakes, but I enjoy it - but it's mediocre at best. I've always strived for more in life, more in daily life, and I typically haven't been afraid of making a change, but I have found that when a change is needed...and when it's most difficult to pull the trigger, it's the right time to pull it.
I'm a loyal sonuvabitch, no questions asked, and that can be a great attribute, but there are hundreds of times throughout life when it's just time to cut the cords and to take a risk, and that's the only way to get to the next level in life. Whether it's socially, spiritually, creatively, financially, physically, etc.
Sometimes, and definately, SOMETIME, a man has got ta do what a man has got ta do.
I tend to glorify the lives of others, the folks I see on tv announcing the games, the musicians on stage traveling from town to town, the life my parents gave me growing up on the water...fishing, crabbing, sailing, clamming.
Oh boy, they were DOers! Just like I wanna be.
I have a decent job - no great shakes, but I enjoy it - but it's mediocre at best. I've always strived for more in life, more in daily life, and I typically haven't been afraid of making a change, but I have found that when a change is needed...and when it's most difficult to pull the trigger, it's the right time to pull it.
I'm a loyal sonuvabitch, no questions asked, and that can be a great attribute, but there are hundreds of times throughout life when it's just time to cut the cords and to take a risk, and that's the only way to get to the next level in life. Whether it's socially, spiritually, creatively, financially, physically, etc.
Sometimes, and definately, SOMETIME, a man has got ta do what a man has got ta do.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival
I had the best trip/vacation just a week ago to Gettysburg, PA. Toured the Gettysburg Battlefield and the museum and learned a ton about the famous Civil War battle, but also had a great musical experience at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival at Granite Hill. Saw performances from Mountain Heart, Blue Highway, The Seldom Scene, Infamous Stringdusters, Dehlia Low, Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, and Alison Kraus and Union Station, among many other great performers.
My dad recently purchased and has started playing/practicing w/the mandolin and I toyed w/it, as well, and have decided I could actually play a string instrument. Debating b/t the mando and the guitar. Leaning twd acoustic guitar. Opening my mind to all the possibilities.
My dad recently purchased and has started playing/practicing w/the mandolin and I toyed w/it, as well, and have decided I could actually play a string instrument. Debating b/t the mando and the guitar. Leaning twd acoustic guitar. Opening my mind to all the possibilities.
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