Love, Adventure & Growth

Realizations

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:31:00 -0500

As a child we hear the the words, “No!” “Stop!” and “Don’t!” hundreds of times in a day. Then as we get older those words all end up being replaced with “Can’t.” It’s no wonder there is so much doubt and uncertainty in people, we were conditioned to be docile and tame instead of spontaneous and alive.

Realizations

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:26:00 -0500

It amazes me how Positivity is seemingly synonymous with naivety, while pessimism (Negativity) is paired with realism.

"Our purpose in life, is to learn how to love."

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:22:36 -0500

“Our purpose in life, is to learn how to love.”

- Rosemarie L. Garcia

A Man without a dream shall perish...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:53:10 -0500

I don’t believe that you have to die for this to be true, for most people today it means you get fat and sit in front of the TV all day. Maybe you work 40+ hours and only come home to sleep. Maybe you can’t go a weekend without drinking away what’s left of this weeks paycheck.

I totally want a pair of these now, Me and Brit went into a eye...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:40:06 -0500

I totally want a pair of these now, Me and Brit went into a eye care shop just to try on some frames, (Plus there was this crazy 70% off sale) and I they did prescription Ray Ban’s. As soon and frame touched face I knew I had to get a pair some day.

To totally toot my own horn, I looked like a young James Dean.

This is totally my dream guitar right now, I may see something...

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:31:37 -0500

This is totally my dream guitar right now, I may see something that tickles my fancy later on but right now she’s the one. Oh baby! look at the legs on that one…

youre backkk!! i missed you!!

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:27:46 -0500

Well, passing through. Thank you though!!! It’s nice to be missed! I’m still on a strange journey of adventure and self discovery so I’m about to pop off into the unknown again, However I will return occasionally with tales and revelations.

"In the clearing stands a boxer, And a fighter by his trade And he carries the reminders Of..."

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:53:38 -0500

“In the clearing stands a boxer,
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev’ry glove that laid him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame,
“I am leaving, I am leaving.”
But the fighter still remains”

- Paul Simon, “The Boxer”

"Little Billy’s mother was always telling him exactly what he was allowed to do and what he was..."

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:52:07 -0500

“Little Billy’s mother was always telling him exactly what he was allowed to do and what he was not allowed to do. All the things he was allowed to do were boring. All the things he was not allowed to do were exciting. One of the things he was NEVER NEVER allowed to do, the most exciting of them all, was to go out through the garden gate all by himself and explore the world beyond.”

- Roald Dahl, The Minpins

OK OK OK… It mostly because of Scott Pilgrim but this is...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:37:00 -0500

OK OK OK… It mostly because of Scott Pilgrim but this is also a fine piece of bass playing machinery. The shape of this guitar just sings to me in ways no other bass guitar ever has. This baby is going to be spouting beautiful deep chords, with my fingers on the strings, from my own personal practice room in the not too distant future.

Aint no rock party like a Liondozer rock party!

And this is my new dream car, BAM! Brittany and I saw this on...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:30:57 -0500

And this is my new dream car, BAM!

Brittany and I saw this on the way out of the theatre parked right across from us. It was one of those moments where we came around the corner, saw the same thing at the same time, and went completely silent in awe.

One day it WILL be MINE!

Molto Bene!!!

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:26:00 -0500

It’s been quite some time, I’ve been swanning off to distant places and getting into exciting adventures since last I’ve made an appearance. Some escapades have been light hearted and fun, others challenging and a learning experience. Despite it all there has never been a dull moment. I have seriously felt like a brilliant mad man in a box zipping around and popping up unexpectedly in peoples lives only to change things for the better, all the while growing myself and becoming the man that I need to be.

Anyways, just checking in! Well, Passing through. Well…there was an internet connection and Braveheart is taking a bit of time to download, BUT I wish you all the best and maybe we’ll meet somewhere outside of this series of tubes called the internet.

"he begins to die, that quits his desires"

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:12:52 -0500

“he begins to die, that quits his desires”

- George Herbert

"The Tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives"

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:12:00 -0500

“The Tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives”

- Albert Schweitzer

"Men past forty Get up nights, Look out at city lights And wonder Where they made the wrong turn And..."

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:09:16 -0500

“Men past forty
Get up nights, Look out at city lights
And wonder
Where they made the wrong turn
And Why life is so long.”

- Ed Sissman

"Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn, Grew lean while he assailed the seasons; He wept that he was ever..."

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:06:57 -0500

“

Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn,

Grew lean while he assailed the seasons;

He wept that he was ever born,

And he had reasons.

Miniver loved the days of old

When swords were bright and steeds were prancing;

The vision of a warrior bold

Would set him dancing.

Miniver sighed for what was not,

And dreamed, and rested from his labors;

He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot,

And Priam’s neighbors.

Minever mourned the ripe renown

That made so many a name so fragrant;

He mourned Romance, now on the town,

And Art, a vagrant.

Minever loved the Medici,

Albeit he had never seen one;

He would have sinned incessantly

Could he have been one.

Miniver cursed the commonplace

And eyed a khaki suit with loathing;

He missed the mediæval grace

Of iron clothing.

Miniver scorned the gold he sought,

But sore annoyed was he without it;

Miniver thought, and thought, and thought,

And thought about it.

Miniver Cheevy, born too late,

Scratched his head and kept on thinking;

Miniver coughed, and called it fate,

And kept on drinking.

”

- Edwin A. Robinson

"HAD I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with the golden and silver light, The blue..."

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:35:00 -0500

“HAD I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with the golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams beneath your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams…”

- W. B. Yeats

“We don’t grow into creativity, we are grown out of...

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:13:49 -0500

“We don’t grow into creativity, we are grown out of it”

I know that I’ve thought, and I’m sure you have too...

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:51:00 -0500

I know that I’ve thought, and I’m sure you have too at one point, that school was like work only we didn’t get paid. Thank You industrial revolution and conditioning for that. Get up, Go from A to B, Go Home, Sleep, Repeat, Say, “I am Free”

This explains it all, what I’ve been realizing lately, and...

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:25:00 -0500

This explains it all, what I’ve been realizing lately, and just re-enforcing it with numbers and statistics.