The big stuff is on it's way down. I borrowed the Mayor of Steamboat's car to take my furniture down this weekend. Thankfully, I don't have that much basically a bookshelf and bed.
I discovered a nice surprise on my iPod tonight. A little Eric B. & Rakim, which I haven't heard in a long time. I'm a happy little camper about that.
With all of the hecticness lately, I forgot to mention an album that Paradox dropped on me last month. The Go! Team "Thunder, Lightning, Strike". It's a pretty good record with quite a decent amount of genre mashing. It includes cheerleader like chants, what could be '70s cop show themes and just a touch of indie noise. I'd heard a couple of their singles on XMU (satellite radio) and like what I heard. Unfortunately, they are only playing one show in Colorado and it sold out the day tickets went on sale (opening for Ween). Anyway, it may take a few listens but it is definitely worth it.
I'm slowly getting through my goodbyes as the day that I'm gone gets closer. It seems I may end up missing a few people and not get to say it to them. I'm not so sure if that's a bad thing. Enough people know that I'm leaving and the ones that I really care about know and are ready for it. If I had my druthers I'd just kind of sneak out of town and not really say anything. It's not like I'm going that far away or anything. But Steamboat have a bad habit of not visiting if you move out of the valley. I think they just don't like leaving or something.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
The fog coming into the mountains
I can get myself easily confused it seems. For the past week I thought that after this weekend I'd only have two more weeks before I moved for good. Today I realized I still have three more to go. Which is a relief because there is a lot of stuff left to do.
We've been in the new place for a couple of weeks now. Well technically Phrank is there by herself except for weekends. She has done a really good job of making a nice home for us.
Among the things I have left to do is write my resignation letter from Steamboat. After over a decade of living here I think something like that is in order. I still haven't pieced it completely together. Like a lot of things it consists of fragments in my brain. I still haven't decided just what direction I want to take with it. I think I'll probably end up with a bit of a balance.
There are things about this place that make it easy to leave. At this point other than a handful of friends, there isn't that much I'll miss about it. It's not like I own a home here (or could ever afford to). Sure it's a beautiful place but there are lots of beautiful places in this world. I think one of the things I will not miss is the attitude that somehow Steamboat has a monopoly on beauty. The truth is that in ten years or so this town is just going to be like every other cookie cutter town in the US.
On the other hand, I'm sure I will miss it but like everything else it will fade. And knowing me, rather quickly.
Now I have a whole different part of the state to explore.
We've been in the new place for a couple of weeks now. Well technically Phrank is there by herself except for weekends. She has done a really good job of making a nice home for us.
Among the things I have left to do is write my resignation letter from Steamboat. After over a decade of living here I think something like that is in order. I still haven't pieced it completely together. Like a lot of things it consists of fragments in my brain. I still haven't decided just what direction I want to take with it. I think I'll probably end up with a bit of a balance.
There are things about this place that make it easy to leave. At this point other than a handful of friends, there isn't that much I'll miss about it. It's not like I own a home here (or could ever afford to). Sure it's a beautiful place but there are lots of beautiful places in this world. I think one of the things I will not miss is the attitude that somehow Steamboat has a monopoly on beauty. The truth is that in ten years or so this town is just going to be like every other cookie cutter town in the US.
On the other hand, I'm sure I will miss it but like everything else it will fade. And knowing me, rather quickly.
Now I have a whole different part of the state to explore.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Six things (via Myspace)
I generally don't respond to this kind of thing but I think this time I will. My longtime buddy JR hit me with some "6 things blog tag" game over on myspace. So I decide to answer it here instead. In any case here are "6 weird habits/things about you". Although I imagine most of you may know them.
1. I drive almost 500 miles practically every weekend to see my girlfriend and the drive rarely bothers me. The only things that get to me about the drive are deer, traffic and weather. Go figure.
2. In addition to smoking I have other nervous habits mostly relating to my finger and toe nails. I pick them down as far as I can. And in the case of my fingernails I rub them on my lips after I've picked them to feel the rough edges. Not only that but I try to split the nail into layers so I can peel or rip off a top layer of nail and yet leave the nail intact.
3. I'm generally a patient person but in certain situations I can be a real asshole. Like traffic. Traffic drives me crazy, I try not to tailgate but I think I do anyway and I'm always trying to pass people. In addition to traffic, longwinded phone calls at work try my patience immensely. People who call and keep me on the phone asking inane questions or expecting me to provide tech support (keep in mind this is work only) makes me quietly pound whatever surface is nearby.
4. I rarely remember details of books or movies I've read or seen.
5. Wikipedia dominates much of my Internet time. Where else can you learn that there are only two doubly landlocked countries in the world? There are precedents in my life for this. Not that many years ago I kept my dictionary in the bathroom as reading material. I may not be the brightest fellow but I know a lot of words.
6. Despite the evidence, I doubt that people are generally evil. I think that most of us share a certain amount of common decency that we are just afraid to express. In my life I would guess that I've seen more acts of kindness than evil. Of course I realize that there are those out there that are sadistic and enjoy the suffering of others greatly but I do believe that other than laughing at other people falling down most of us do not wish suffering on others.
1. I drive almost 500 miles practically every weekend to see my girlfriend and the drive rarely bothers me. The only things that get to me about the drive are deer, traffic and weather. Go figure.
2. In addition to smoking I have other nervous habits mostly relating to my finger and toe nails. I pick them down as far as I can. And in the case of my fingernails I rub them on my lips after I've picked them to feel the rough edges. Not only that but I try to split the nail into layers so I can peel or rip off a top layer of nail and yet leave the nail intact.
3. I'm generally a patient person but in certain situations I can be a real asshole. Like traffic. Traffic drives me crazy, I try not to tailgate but I think I do anyway and I'm always trying to pass people. In addition to traffic, longwinded phone calls at work try my patience immensely. People who call and keep me on the phone asking inane questions or expecting me to provide tech support (keep in mind this is work only) makes me quietly pound whatever surface is nearby.
4. I rarely remember details of books or movies I've read or seen.
5. Wikipedia dominates much of my Internet time. Where else can you learn that there are only two doubly landlocked countries in the world? There are precedents in my life for this. Not that many years ago I kept my dictionary in the bathroom as reading material. I may not be the brightest fellow but I know a lot of words.
6. Despite the evidence, I doubt that people are generally evil. I think that most of us share a certain amount of common decency that we are just afraid to express. In my life I would guess that I've seen more acts of kindness than evil. Of course I realize that there are those out there that are sadistic and enjoy the suffering of others greatly but I do believe that other than laughing at other people falling down most of us do not wish suffering on others.
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