A funny thing happened....

So, Monday I wrote a blog about how much I hated the hot weather in December and then very next day a miracle happened. It snowed in Austin,Texas! I am seriously starting to think I have magic powers. I made it snow it Dubuque, Chicago, and now Austin. I should really start thinking on a bigger scale and wish for something like winning the lottery or striking oil...or world peace or whatever.

My wife and I walked through our new home today and picked out everything we wanted them to fix or change. It was fun. "No no no! This paint is suppose to be Satin, not semi-gloss. I swear, if this isn't taken care of the deal is off!" yes yes...much fun. Now I start the longest week of my life...waiting to close and move in.

I am thinking about auditing a course or two at a local university. I have realized that I really like learning, and if it were something like Texas History or physics or something cool like that I could totally flex my knowledge on people at parties and such. By the way...do other states teach state history? I mean obviously no other state is as awesome as Texas...it seems like other state's history would be lame. Can you imagine having to sit through a semester on South Dakota history? Yikes.

Christmas is in 15 days. That is soon and I am happy. The whole family over and Kimberly and I's house for Christmas Eve is one of my favorite new traditions.

Warm Weather Sucks!

It's freaking December and it's 75 degrees outside! This really pisses me off.

The Cowboys blew it in the fourth quarter yesterday. I can't believe these guys. They have huge amounts of talent on that team and still manage to screw up a season they should have had all locked up.Lame.

I am reading, for the very first time, Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl. I really love reading books that aren't in your standard 30 page chapter layout. I find that I can stay much more interested if there are smaller sections to read at a time. Diary form is pretty cool thus far.

Everyday I work I am reminded that working for a huge corporation sucks. They can never make their minds up about anything and by the time and changes get down to the our level, it's time to change them again. I can't wait until I have a big person job. It's definitely sounding more and more appealing.

Here's a poem.

90 years have come and gone.
I have lost count along the way.
Children,grandchildren, and greats have I met.
Seems like only yesterday.
I have lived and I have loved
longer than I care to tell.
Now looking back on the life I've lead
I have done my best to live it well.
I have done the job God gave to me.
My children are all grown.
I found my peace and happiness.
Rest my soul.
I'm going home.

Confidance

I understand that all people struggle with confidence. It is a rare occasion to find a person who has found that perfect amount that puts your right in the middle of self-conscious and arrogant. It's a place I hope to find someday. And when I find it, brother I am settin' up camp. I have struggled my whole life with being on one side or the other of confidence...sometimes both sides at the same time. I am very self-conscious about somethings and there are others that I am too prideful about. It is my hope that through time and practice I will be the type of man who knows his worth, but doesn't feel the need to convince others to see it.

He wears, in his smile,
A quiet confidence,
An assurance that is echoed
In his eyes.
No use for self-consciousness
or arrogance,
He smiles certain
with humility and pride.

So, that's just a little poem about who I want to be someday. It's a goal.

10 days till we move in! JACKED!

Bad News Never had Good Timing

Have you ever noticed that you always seem to get bad news when you are ill? The last time I was seriously ill I got a phone call and against my better judgement I answered the phone. The person on the other end informed me that my best friend in high school had been killed in a motorcycle accident. Today I learned that some one has been attempting to open credit cards with my personal information. Not fun.

I can't help but notice that I have not a single follower for my blog. That depressing.

So, speaking of depressing...I have been brushing up on my Haiku skills lately. If you are not sure what I Haiku is, I suggest looking it up on wikipedia. They explain it better than I can. Anyway, I wrote this poem in Haiku form.

Footstool and a noose
Winter heart-ache takes it's toll
Spring will never come

Personally I prefer poems that aren't as strict with they're guidelines, but Haiku is a beautiful form and a great practice in writing in thrift. I also have a hard time writing in this form about anything that is not completely depressing. Subconscious perception of the Japanese life?

I have noticed that I, being a long haired bearded man, get very strange and concerned looks when I walk around with a copy of "Catcher in the Rye". I suppose I should have expected this.

I am not sure what I will read next. I have never read "The Great Gatsby" but I have heard very good things. I also haven't read "Oliver Twist". Both good options.

Less than two weeks until we move into our new home.

The sickness wears on

I am still feeling very ill, so I don't have the patience or energy to write much today. I do want to share a poem I wrote last night. Very rarely have I written poems that I felt said what I wanted them to. I am proud of this one.

I gaze up at a perfect night sky
Your hand in mine
The stars display infinity in the form of light
And I am amazed at the beauty of our fingers intertwined

Estoy Enfermo

There are things in life I am good at and things I am notoriously bad at. Being sick is one of the things I do poorly. I am sure this is just a cold, but I am not at all productive when I am sick. Oh well, this should blow over soon.

I have alot of art projects I hope to start working on towards the end of the month and the first part of the new year. One in particular that I am very excited about is going to be very interesting photographic collage that will be called "E Pluribus Unum". It's a multifaceted title. I have already contacted a few of the people I want to make the subject of this series and so far everybody is on board.

There is a photography project I want to do with my wife that I am very happy about as well. I will be taking a series of photographs where Kimberly will be standing in a crowd. The entire crowd will be facing away from the camera with the exception of Kim, who will be dressed in a wedding dress. I plan to develop the images in a sepia tone except for Kimberly who will be in color. It a visual representation of how I see her. Take from that what you will.

It's interesting that I have been working with photography because that is not usually my medium of choice. Although, I guess when inspiration strikes you follow where it leads.

My Travels

This past weekend I went with my wife and her family to a wedding in Iowa. We flew into Chicago Friday afternoon and drove the rest of the way to Dubuque. It was an amazing trip and one I will remember for ever...Unless, of course, I forget.

I saw alot of beautiful things and learned about a culture that seems almost completely different from the one I have grown up in. I loved finding the differences between the way people live in the northern part of the country in comparison to my dear beautiful Texas. I am very proud to be a Texan and could never actually move away, but there were aspects of the north that I really loved.The weather was the first thing I loved about being up north. They actually have FOUR seasons. It gets cold there, and I love the cold weather. In three days I saw more snow than I have seen in my entire life in Texas...cummulatively.The food in the south is WAY better.

I will probably post some pictures from the trip soon. You'll be jealous.

It's just about two weeks until I move into my new home. This excites me.

I am watching a movie called "The 9th Gate". It's about a book written by the devil and Johhny Depp is trying to find it. I am halfway through ( I had to go to work) and so far it is awesome. I have really been into the idea of collected books lately. Not specifically rare or antiquin books, but books I like. Maybe if I SUPER like a book I will try to get an early copy or something. That'd be cool.

I think I want to get a cocker spaniel like I had when I was a kid. That'd be sweet!