I never do this, but i can't sleep

Ok crips, I'll play

25 things

1) For some reason, the date looks cooler in my head written with periods rather than slashes or dashes, and with leading zeros, 01.31.09, except that all goes out the door if I'm writing by hand...

2) When writing by hand, I almost always write the year with a 'k' instead of some other normal way. 01/31/2k9

3) I've got What Not to Wear recording on my DVR every week and I'm not behind...

4) On crappy days, sometimes I'll make some food and go sit in the garage and eat by myself.

5) Something about the electronic sound of a ratchet makes me feel good. ie, if you listen to Postal Service's Brand New Colony. Actually, electronic music sounds in general are pleasing to my ears, but I can't stand just electronic music with no lyrics. Acoustic guitar accompanied by a piano comes in at a very very close second.

6) I need to spend time alone or at least in quiet from time to time to recharge my batteries. That's why I consider myself an introvert

7) No matter how long it's been since I've seen someone, if we used to be close and it was just a matter of time and distance that we hadn't seen each other, I am always able to pick up where we left off. It's weird to me when someone you used to be close and open with no longer can be that way with you (unless there was something that happened, a falling out of sorts or something)

8) More than half of the music I listen to is 80's music or artists from the 80's who actually made the transition and are still around. Of that music, very little of it is the normal billboard top 20 type 80's music

9) No matter what you think based upon how clean I keep my car, I really don't mind at all if your car is dirty or messy! I can't tell you how many times someone has apologized about the state of their car specifically in reference to how clean I keep my car. It's not my car! I don't care!

10) I almost never make my bed up unless I'm going out of town or sometimes, very rarely, when someone's coming over.

11) I really wouldn't be able to tell you whether I prefer the garage or the kitchen. They're both equally good.

12) I've got a huge nerd crush on Zooey Deschanel. There's just an overall feeling that I'd be into her. Definitely something different there. I like that.

13) I like people. I would hate to surround myself with people who were all the same. I love the diversity of life and as long as you're nice and considerate of me and other people, I love that you do, think, or whatever differently from everybody else.

14) I wish people could just communicate and talk openly, especially if something I'm doing makes them uncomfortable, I don't mind looking the fool as long as I learn something from it... well, ok, i mind looking the fool, but I will most definitely get over it as long as you can too

15) I hate it when people in traffic turn their signal to switch lanes on, then take 2 or more lanes instead of canceling and re-signaling. How do I know if you meant to come over more than just 1 lane?

16) I've crashed twice on my motorcycles, but I very luckily didn't get hurt in either case. (wear your gear!)

17) Every now and then, I get the desire to get up, move to a completely different city I've never been to, don't know anyone in, and do a reset. There's definitely something about starting over. (I'm sure everyone gets this at one point or another, but still)

18) I have written down the number of miles, number of gallons, and price of every single tank of gas I have put in all three of my vehicles since I've owned them. I can show you an excel graph of my mpg of any of them if you were interested

19) I didn't drink alcohol until I was 21 years old and even then, I didn't go apepshit on my 21st bday. It was harder to NOT drink than to drink, so I went that route. I don't have a hard moral line on drinking unless you've got a problem. I did take sips or tastes when my parents or grandparents let me try it

20) I prefer to be the caretaker rather than the person who needs to be taken care of

21) I joined my local church's choir as a bass and sang in a non-denominational praise team in college. I do not consider myself a singer or someone with any talent in any way though.

22) I work with a lot of really really talented and smart people and wonder what the heck I'm doing there sometimes.

23) I would love to have a dog (german shepherd or something along those lines with the long pointed noses), but until I'm actually responsible for another lifeform (ie a baby), I won't even consider it because I don't want the responsibility, the clean up, the costs, etc...

24) I very rarely go to sleep before midnight, every night. Although I need to work on that as it's getting ridiculous.

25) I couldn't tell you what I thought I was going to be or even what I wished I would be when I was young, but I can tell you that I like who I am now.

let's take a walk

Why is it so easy to fall back into the person we once were? The person who is here now is clearly not the same, yet, it's so easy. Why does it have to be that way? I guess it's just easier to be easy than it is hard to be hard...
Wow, talk about bright stuff, eh? History repeats itself, yet if it's not the same person, is it really a repeat? I guess you can't really put minute details on such things.

I know that I have changed. I want to continue to change. I like people. I want to continue to meet people.
Why is it that today's world, that stranger next to you isn't potentially someone with a great story to tell, but is apparently a sexual predator who's going to kidnap your kid, or a murderer who's going to follow you out the door, or hell, just someone who's not worth your time? Not cool enough, not bright enough, not worth a moment's slice of time.

More often than not, in my short and unassuming life, I've found that the random stranger loves to talk, loves to share, loves to just find another human being in this lonely world.

If a tree falls in the forest and noone is there to care, is it lonely?

I'm no hippie tree hugger don't get me wrong. Take that for what it's worth; you and I could be that tree.

It's funny the path your mind flows when you just let it flow. Meander down the path that leads you to well... nowhere. But somehow, even as cliche as it may seem, the journey's kind of worth it. If we knew the path took us nowhere, would we enjoy the journey more?

I guess it's a half empty, half full kind of thing. Go nowhere, why continue the path, or go nowhere, let's enjoy what's here and now. wow, existential.

Why do we play games with each other? Is it really that fun? I like you, you like me, she likes him, he likes her, he likes he, she likes she, he likes, it, that she likes, it, red, blue, yellow, magenta, pearl, sky...

Maybe Barney had something back then. What's up with that anyways? If we had so many kids who grew up singing and believing that I love you, you love me, and we're such a happy family, why hasn't THAT shaped our society? I guess not enough people actually liked that big purple suit.

I like to think that maybe we did have enough who did. fin

Backyard plans

So I've started doing some landscaping in the backyard! First and foremost, I needed to cover up that electrical transformer so that I didn't have to look at it all the time, definitely an improvement:

From House DONE

I'll have star jasmine and some red honeysuckle planted so that it covers up all that lattice structure and brings in the birds and bees!

Dug up a bunch of the backyard and will be putting in some small shrubs and stuff and hope to fill in with some crushed rock of some kind

From House DONE

From House DONE

btw, I do need some more of that fabric and some pins to hold it down, but work in progress!

I have an idea that I would REALLY like to do eventually. right in the middle of the backyard I'd like to put up a big wooden trellis/gazebo type thing with a natural floor and creeping plants, etc filling in the ceiling and walls. Then put a nice picnic table underneath to host dinners and stuff outdoors, now THAT would be nice!


Garage is looking good too!

Happy New Year

Well, happy new year everyone! I have to say, 2009 SUCKS so far. I had one thing after another happen starting on the very freakin first second of the new year, but hopefully things look up from here because I'm not sure I'll be able to handle it if it gets any lower than this!
Hope yours is going well, and if I can help out in any ways, please let me know!