Brightened
Have you ever been walking through the light mist of a gray day when someone stepped in and turned on the sun? Has anyone ever helped you stop looking at the stones in the road and start gazing in wonder at the clouds in the sky? Have you been playing minor chords when someone gave you a reason to stop? Inspiring, isn’t it?
Katy has been ice skating a lot lately. I am pretty sure it’s her new hobby. She has inspired me to consider ice skating as well. Yay! She’s lucky, her room faces south and west so she gets plenty of sunlight. Sunlight. DJ Sammy - Sunlight; what a great song.
Major things in my life right now: Evanescence - My Immortal [it’s collaboration time, Matt!], subbing, and LoveSac’s [fingers crossed as usual]. Which reminds me, I have an experiment for you. See how long you can hold someone’s gaze. It’s tough for two reasons a.) It’s uncomfortable and b.) Hard to find an excuse for why you are staring at someone. All cultures have their norms about eye contact, and since the American way is pretty easy going concerning that - it’s fun to stretch the limits. Can you tell I’m on vacation? If you call J-Term class a vacation, which I consider it as. Although it’s not like I am going to Texas, or Thailand, or skiing in Colorado, or a cruise around Mexico (is “around” the right word?). Right now, I don’t feel the need to leave (to vacate) to feel like I am on vacation.
I recently realized that someone could react to my entire website with “who cares.” This, contrary to logic, does not discourage me. I rarely write for other people. If I entertain and inspire, that is excellent; but my main goal right now is to get my thoughts out. If they help others, fantastic, but I am not currently in the state of mind where I want to bend over backwards to “wow the crowd.” I like journaling.
Friday night was me, Steve, almost Matt, Matt, Alex, and Cheston. Absolutely hilarious. First time ever that my jaw hurt from laughing so much. Alex’s hair is massively awesome (read: huge, curly, and aviator sunglasses-compatible). Vladamir Horowitz provided the soundtrack for the evening, complete with his “ivory” look (it accomplishes similar goals that “blue steel” from Zoolander did). “Ivory” involves the index and middle finger of both hands on the temples gazing at the camera with virtuostic concentration. I can’t begin to list all the other hilarious events from the evening; but I can say that Alex’s shirt said “Your mullet just winked at me.” and going to LoveSac at MOA was awesome. We were there at the same time as Matt and Shayla and didn’t see them! Which, I suppose, isn’t surprising considering we were at the former largest mall in North America. Another thing we learned: the solution to cold winter driving is packing five (5) people in a two door Cavalier. Matt might be able to get road signs for us. Cheston is the wake up and smell the coffee. Alex had three (four?) college women stay at his house on Saturday. At Applebee’s, I am pretty sure we were the loudest (but funniest) group in the restraurant. Only discouraging thing was waiting in line and watching people go in, eat, and leave before we were seated. Final thing to add from the night: “fresh squeezed uice!” See what happens when you mess with j’s, Steve?
Saturday was some awesome bowling. Confronted with another long wait (I think I have bad karma when it comes to waiting), we hit Culver’s and consumed. Steve won. Then we went to Matt’s Shayla’s and said “bye” to Matt and “hi” to Shayla. All in all a thoroughly entertaining evening.
Mr. Bina is a funny, funny guy (we visited him on Fri.). Wish I was as funny as he is. Band sure was a great class.
Calm and clear your mind.