thursday night – connection

Friends … I apologize. Gabe and I are at max’s apartment and I don’t have an internet connection in my room. It’ll have to be a post from my blackberrymm so it will be short. Gabe and I came down for the day to see the red bull snow scrapers snowboard competition. Its been a really great day. I got in a sull day of work on the phone.. The spent 6 hours with gabe watching some of the worlds best snowboarders fly down a 9 story artificial mountain. What’s more, we scored back stage passes for the event. Its a long story… One for a bigger keyboard. Ill give the whole story an pix tomorrow. We got to maxes just before 11pm and rthe three of us went out to dinner at one of my favorite resturaunts… Red bamboo.. All vegan. It was so great being with max and gabe.$. A really, really good day

Its now about 1:30 and I’m pretty sleepy. Ill pick up the story tomorrow.. All for now. Nite friends. Nite sam !

Wednesday night – i grow old. i grow old


I just got the first sign of my impending half century.. Yes.. I received my AARP card… Is that sobering or what.. ?!   Actually.. I think it’s kinda cool. These folks must watch everyone’s birthday for the first inking of 50-ish  

Makes me think of  those great  closing lines from TS Eliot’s “Lovesong of  J. Alfred Prufrock “
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I grow old … I grow old …         120
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
 
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
 
I do not think that they will sing to me.         125
 
I have seen them riding seaward on the waves
Combing the white hair of the waves blown back
When the wind blows the water white and black.
 
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown         130
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.

I grow old, I grow old.. sounds kinda nice.. Love you all. Nite Sam
-me

Tuesday night – new specs

Man.. am I beat.. must be from thinking to hard…   I have a ton on my mind now.. turning 50 next week, my talk, work, my future… somehow it all feels like it will work out all right, though.

Lemme think.. outside of the stuff in my head.. what’s new around here. ? Ahh.. Bud and Martha’s house is going to start going up. They cleared the house that burned off the slab.. The components for the new house are in the field outside .. They’re actually goign to be able to get it set up and move in in just a few weeks. That’s amazing in winter !. I’m sure that they’ll be happy to get settled back in. This whole thing has gotta be tough for them.

We were thinking of some other neighbors yesterday.. so we decided to call them up. Our reinds Deb, Ian, Hannah, Matt and Britt are in Iquigue, Chile now. We video chatted with them for a long time last night. They say it’s hot and beutiful down there. They all looked great.. We really miss them all..   Conicidentally, I had lunch with my friend Anton from Chile today..  Quite a Chile day outside.. .. hahaha

I got such a nice suprise yesterday. My good buddy Vicki came up to my office to give me my first birthday present.. and it fits perfectly. She gave me this cup with a message that is just made for me right now…. he’s such a wonderful freind. She’s doign the annual penguin plunge next sat. in benmefit of Special Olympics. I’m gooign to miss the plunge this year because of travel.. but If you’d liek to sponsor Vicki you can go to this link !..

I really do love that message.. My teabag had this on it eyesterday, too “feel great, act great and approve of yourself”  I seem to be getting counsoulign from all sides..  Maybe this buper sticker is tellign me soemthign too

In the interest of gettign more clarity, I went today to pick up my first pir of real.. non-store baught glasses ever.. And guess what..
I can see !.. It’s so wierd.. I never thought I had a problem seeing stuff far away until I put these on.. It’s actually kinda wierd to be able to see this well.. The world is so…. I don’t know.. sharp  

I picked these because they made me look a bit deranged.. what do you think ?

Speaking of deranged… how’s this ?   Kristin’s artwork…

OK.. that’s it for tonight.. lots goign on tomorrow at work. gotta sleep. Night folks.. Nite Sam
-me

Monday night – twenty five things about me.

Friends.. The following was a chain mail thingy that I got on facebook.   I don’t normally do chail letters. .. but I’m enjoyign see what others put int. You’re supposed to write 25 things about yourself and sent it out to 25 friends.. which I did on facebook.. I guess I’ll also share it with  300 or so of you . Here goes.

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.

(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)

1. i love my kids very much
2. I love my wife very much
3. I miss my son Sam so much
4. I love my folks
5. At age 48 I decided that I no longer liked mushrooms
6. My favorite thing to do is nothing.. I just don’t do it often
7. I would work for free
8. I love figuring out how things work
9. I love to travel.. and I really miss it now that I’m not traveling for work
10. My dogs make me happy
11. In some ways I’m happier than I’ve ever been in my life,  But not in all ways
12. Sam’s passing has made me wiser and calmer
13. I love the smell of epoxy
14. I often dream of old rambling houses.. then I wake up in an old rambling house
15. I stopped reading books when Sam died.. I just started again
17. I still don’t feel like an adult
18. When I was a kid I had an uncontrollable need to eat sauerkraut
19. I feel blessed to live in the place where I do
20. I love blue lights
21. I like the feeling of getting electric shocks
22. I believe that I was a wizard in a past life…
23. I don’t watch TV
24. I’m happiest when I’m working with my hands
25. I am ready for an adventure

So there you are.. Nite all Nite Sam !
-me