September 23, 2005

• Topic: Boy…it’s getting dark early…yes, there is still a streak of sorts going on

  
  

  So…it’s nearly another weekend.  I’m heading up to my sis’ for dinner, crashing there, then heading out to Jersey tom. morning to meet a friend for some paddling.  This weekend we’re doing the Lackawaxen River, which is located in Wayne County, Pa (home of my precious summer camp!!!), although not really near the camp.  It’s basically in NE Pa., just outside of Jersey.  I’m getting the geography class of a lifetime from all these trips.  On Sun. we’ll be paddling what’s called the Mongap Wave, which apparently is just a standing wave in a river where people practice surfing and other tricks w/ their boats.

  
  

  My blog is becoming a bit less purposeful…i’m not ranting anymore, not trying to get a message out or promote anything, not really writing too much that’s comment worthy these days.  I guess I’m growing comfortable w/ the status quo…and right now, that’s fine by me.  I make my contribution to the world by making sure my company mail gets delivered on time (I actually received a compliment in my office for being on top of things here…not sure if people here still think i’m actually just 17 and never been to college doing the work i’m doing, but, a compliment is a compliment…and, the other day we had a meeting about giving me more responsibility, which game down to me depositing checks at the bank, woo-hoo, laughable stuff, but all part of my extended time of wandering around the city for a bit).  I guess I’m still somewhat documenting things for the couple of people who care to follow what i’m up to, and there’s always the potential for a comment or another person’s post to open my eyes to a new idea, book, movie, anything, so I guess i’ll just keep on writing like 100′s of thousands of other bloggers.

  
  

  I was listening to U2 War on the train coming to work.  I rarely pay attention to words in songs, which is why I’m not a big music following sort of guy, or a music snob in anyway.  I just know what sounds good to me and what doesn’t.  Usually, what sounds good to me is soothing (Phish or Allman Bros.), or epic (Stairway to Heaven), or something that’s just different and funky that I’ve never heard before (Elliot Smith).  This CD I can just listen to forever, I sort of disappear into the music.  It’s great.  My CD collection is sort of scattered, I never took very good care of them.  I don’t have an i-pod or a lap-top right now to download, so i’m contemplating buying cd’s which i haven’t done since i bought 10 cd’s for 1 penny w/ BMG back in high school.  Maybe I should start doing that again, unless someone knows another way to buy cd’s on the cheap.  My friend Doug is a music nut, and while he has an i-Pod, he still buys cd’s “because i like the art.”  I think that’s a good reason, probably the same reason I buy books when I can always just go to the library.  Seing that I don’t spend money on virtually anything else, I can justify that.

  
  

  For soccer fans…I’m getting a bit nervous about Arsenal.  Not having the hottest season, and now there’s talk of losing our star striker Thierry Henry at the end of the season (he’s out now w/ an injury), mostly as a result of our team not really being a threat anymore in England or in Europe, and Barcelona constantly knocking on the door.  We’re on the road against West Hampton on Sat., then play Ajax this week in the Champions League, where Dennis Bergamp, one of our other strikers who is afraid of flying, is apparently going to make his way down to his native Holland for the match, but he won’t be flying.  We really need to win both of these games.

  
  

  Alright all…enjoy your weekends. 

  
  

   

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