back.
my anticipated spring break vacation was cut short by a hit-and-run driver smashing into the side of my parked car. i was interrupted from watching some dull television show thursday night by a police officer letting me know i no longer had a side mirror, but at least the police were there and witnessed everything. how often does that happen?
after the other guy's insurance company started giving me the runaround and making things more difficult, i called my insurance company and had them go to bat for me. have i ever mentioned how awesome state farm is? i knew i paid them for something.
i was now looking forward to a spring break full of frustrations and trips to repair shops and whatnot, which is hardly what i consider a vacation. although my recent dilemmas are hardly resolved, i at least have a clearer picture of which direction i want to move and the goals i want to have. if i'm not going to be allowed to rest, then i may as well start moving in that direction. there was never any crisis, and i never did use the word crisis, though other misled people did. what there was, as i stated at the outset, were several changes that required i stop and take inventory. maybe i'm not done with the re-assessment, but i've got a handle on it and i think it can be finished on the go.
one of the many reasons i took down my picture gallery was that i thought it was becoming too egotistical. it originally started as a place to post a few pictures to show to close friends. i named the directory some weird name (w00) that had little chance of being guessed, but somewhere along the line i threw caution to the wind and published a link to it in my main menu. the pictures were boring shots of either oreo, friends, or ducks. occasionally i'd go to a detholz! show, and naturally i'd bring my camera. then, i moved to chicago and started going to a lot more shows. a lot.
being the band groupie that i am, i always meet and talk to the bands. hey, they're usually the most interesting people in the room and the only people i really want to know. they usually ask if i can send them the pictures, and i found it easier just to give them the address to this site. today, i can't go anywhere without someone telling me "all of chicago is upset your photos are gone." okay, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but it was said. i was becoming a bit overwhelmed with all the attention and afraid it was going to my head. i started questioning the purpose of the pictures and of the website as a whole. i mean, who has their own name for a domain name?
having my vacation wrenched from me so unceremoniously, i figured, screw it. i was already becoming overly bored and looking at my forbidden laptop longingly. so log on i did, and blogging i am. as i scrawled in my notebook, probably while drunk, "ego be damned. be the ego." money be damned, my awesome apartment be damned, health be damned. i refuse to let any of it get in the way of choosing my own life.
look for south of north on a billboard near you. in, say, um, a year or twenty.
in other news, i can't seem to find my capitals.
listening to: bauhaus, polyphonic spree.
in my sink: too much. again.
after the other guy's insurance company started giving me the runaround and making things more difficult, i called my insurance company and had them go to bat for me. have i ever mentioned how awesome state farm is? i knew i paid them for something.
i was now looking forward to a spring break full of frustrations and trips to repair shops and whatnot, which is hardly what i consider a vacation. although my recent dilemmas are hardly resolved, i at least have a clearer picture of which direction i want to move and the goals i want to have. if i'm not going to be allowed to rest, then i may as well start moving in that direction. there was never any crisis, and i never did use the word crisis, though other misled people did. what there was, as i stated at the outset, were several changes that required i stop and take inventory. maybe i'm not done with the re-assessment, but i've got a handle on it and i think it can be finished on the go.
one of the many reasons i took down my picture gallery was that i thought it was becoming too egotistical. it originally started as a place to post a few pictures to show to close friends. i named the directory some weird name (w00) that had little chance of being guessed, but somewhere along the line i threw caution to the wind and published a link to it in my main menu. the pictures were boring shots of either oreo, friends, or ducks. occasionally i'd go to a detholz! show, and naturally i'd bring my camera. then, i moved to chicago and started going to a lot more shows. a lot.
being the band groupie that i am, i always meet and talk to the bands. hey, they're usually the most interesting people in the room and the only people i really want to know. they usually ask if i can send them the pictures, and i found it easier just to give them the address to this site. today, i can't go anywhere without someone telling me "all of chicago is upset your photos are gone." okay, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but it was said. i was becoming a bit overwhelmed with all the attention and afraid it was going to my head. i started questioning the purpose of the pictures and of the website as a whole. i mean, who has their own name for a domain name?
having my vacation wrenched from me so unceremoniously, i figured, screw it. i was already becoming overly bored and looking at my forbidden laptop longingly. so log on i did, and blogging i am. as i scrawled in my notebook, probably while drunk, "ego be damned. be the ego." money be damned, my awesome apartment be damned, health be damned. i refuse to let any of it get in the way of choosing my own life.
look for south of north on a billboard near you. in, say, um, a year or twenty.
in other news, i can't seem to find my capitals.
listening to: bauhaus, polyphonic spree.
in my sink: too much. again.
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