Janet

We had a wonderful weekend. Janet came out from Las Vegas for a visit. We made an incredible dinner on Saturday night that consisted of baked salmon, green bean casserole, angel hair pasta in alfredo sauce with shrimp, and a bottle of white wine. Mark came up from Yuma because he had to bring one of the guys to the airport, so he stopped by and was able to enjoy the meal with us. It was all very nice.

On Sunday, we woke up bright and early, had Dunkin Donuts and then hit the road headed for Sedona. We stopped and saw Montezuma Castle, drove through Sedona, took a bunch of pictures and had a wonderful meal. Then Janet and JR and Devon headed back to Vegas, and Jacob, Lucas and I headed back to Phoenix.

Poetry

If you have not been to my poetry page lately, check it out. I found myself being in a weird space tonight. I wanted to write poetry. I have been wanting to for a while, but all I end up with is a bunch of scraps of scribble. I have been quite uninspired for a couple years. It goes through phases and I realize that and I am thinking that I am feeling it come around again. So, I was reading my older stuff and realized how ugly those pages are and difficult to navigate. So, of course, my left lobe took over and I started to code. I have that shirt that says CODE POET, however, I am thinking that the phrase was not intended to be a label for someone who creates code for dynamic display of their poetry. Hmmmph! Oh well, so I did not write a new poem, but my poetry page is looking better and easier to navigate.

I was digging the cool shapes that are formed by centering my poems. Kind of like ink blots. hehhehe.

A New Month

Hello. It is October 1st. Halloween is just around the corner. Those of you, who read my thoughts daily should drop me a line now and then and let me know who you are.

Ok, with that said, I am ready to start this month off right. September was quite a crazy month for all of us. I am not sure how it is all going to pan out now or how it is going to affect us all, but the way I see it, it is important to move forward and continue to strive for the positive and for our goals.
My goal is to buy a house. I want to buy a house so very badly. It is going to be difficult for me because I struggled so hard during college and left a trail that indicates how difficult it was. I have a goal, tho, and I have a plan.

It is going to be at least four months from now, so at the moment, I am looking for a new roommate. The girl that was here became pregnant and moved in with her boyfriend. Congrats to Melissa and Tom.

So, now I have an empty room for rent and if you are in the Phoenix area and need a room to rent in a really cool house with a pool and a really fun roommate (me!) let me know. And even if you do not need a room, throw some words in my inbox. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Life is Sacred

Unlike the terrorists, we hold life sacred, and when we stop doing that, we become like the terrorists.  I heard that on the radio today and thought it was perfect.

It is ok to be angry, but it is important to direct our anger at the right person or people. I have heard a lot of people, who claim they were never prejudice, suddenly having prejudice thoughts. I have seen stories on the news about hate crimes against muslims and arabs in our country in the last week. We have always taken pride in the fact that we are a nation of extreme diversity and we welcome all people. If a child is ridiculed because of being of muslim descent, then the seed of hatred is planted and it will blossom. Let us not lose sight of the fact that we may be from different backgrounds and nationalities and religions, but we are all humans living on the same planet. There are evil elements in all groups of people, but it does not mean that the group is evil as a whole. I agree that it is very hard to trust and open arms to some people when it has become public knowledge that the men who took control of those planes had been members of our society that were even well liked by the americans who they interacted with for the past few years. I realize that you are as angry and sad and shocked and worried as I am about the events that occured on September 11. It was terrible and cruel. When Tim McVeigh took down the federal building, did we hate all Americans? Did we want to kill all Americans? Yet, as it states in a news article about the bombing: “And lost that moment – although nobody knew it yet – was the innocence of America. Homegrown terrorism had
arrived with a vengeance, and the terrorist was the kid next door. And he was cruising away from the carnage –
down Interstate 35. ”

I am angry too. Please do not think that I am not. I am scared for the future. I am sad about the loss of so many of our people who had dreams and futures and loved ones left behind to cope without them. I am sorry with all my heart that this has happened. I do not want to lose my freedoms due to the need for heightened security. I do not want my world as I know it to be changed. I want my fairy tale world to be as it always has been. In order to cling to the hope that it may still be, I must remember how easily anger can turn to hate and I must not let any act of cowardace that is fueled by hate reduce me to that level because I am an American and I am stronger than that….. and so are you.

Fight?

Some people say that we should not fight, which goes along with the two wrongs do not make a right theory. And some people say that we should which goes along with an eye for an eye theory. And I say Why can we not all just get along but that is only my fairy tale fantasy world theory and it is impossible because this has been going on since the beginning of history of mankind. So, what do we do? I do not know. Should we go over there and kick ass? Maybe, but not like a traditional war. No. It will not be a traditional war. We will never have a war like Viet Nam or WWI or WWII again. We just do not have those kind of wars anymore. We are going to go over there and find the person or people responsible and demand justice be served. Maybe with a trial. I do not know. We are going to force justice on the person or people responsible and not on the country full of innocent people that were not responsible. The problem is, we do not know who is responsible, and the scary part is that these people blended in with our society for years and we did not even know it and people say He was such a nice boy. So your neighbor could be a terrorist and you would not even know it. So, what is the solution? I do not know. I just want things to be like Star Trek after the federation, but it will not be that way at least for a very long time.

9-11

What happened September 11th was horrible. It was THE MOST HORRIBLE THING I HAVE EVER KNOWN. I do not understand it and I never will. However it affected you, I am sorry. I have a hug for you. Even if you are far away, I hugged someone today that hugged someone that hugged you. And if you have not been hugged today, then I suggest you do. Someday, maybe, the world will be united, but at least America is. And it is often the little things that make the biggest difference in the life of the stranger you pass by today. Like a hug or even a smile. 🙂 Keep it real.

Burning Man

Burning Man was excellent this year. Better than ever. Pictures will hopefully be here soon. I did not take very many this year. I found myself just really enjoying the whole experience and not really worried about capturing it on film. I made some wonderful new friends this year and was able to visit some friends from prior years. Now I can begin planning for next year. If I met you at Burning Man, drop me a line and say hello. I love you all.

Lightning

I sat out back, in my underwear, and watched the lightning.  I love lightning in Arizona.  It is soooo
cool.  That was one thing that I really missed in California.  I think that in the whole 7 years that I
lived there, I saw two lightning storms.  Where I live now, there is always lightning spidering
sideways across the sky, and it is soooo coool.

Another Day

So, I am very excited about this girl moving in.  She is going to be moving in about a week or so.  It will be so great to have someone around to talk to and swim in the pool with and watch late night movies with and stuff.  Hopefully it all works out.  She and I are going out together tomorrow night to sort of break the ice and stuff.

This Sunday is my last hurrah.  I cannot wait.  I have been planning it for a couple weeks now.  Not sure who is going to be there, but I will be on stage, doing what I love to do while Zeppelin is playing for 2 hours.  It is going to be great.  I will definitely let you know how it goes.