Well folks, it’s official. I am now 33 years-old. My birthday weekend was a great one, spent with new and old friends in Austin, alongside my beautiful and sweet girlfriend. We did not go for a run, nor did I grade papers, instead we spent the long weekend doing the things we wanted to [...]
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From Karl Malone to the Larry Bird year…
Posted in General Life, tagged 33, Austin, Birthday, hopes, Larry Bird on October 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Oh wait, I have a blog???
Posted in Books Read, Concerts, General Life, tagged birds, lost blog, Nashville, school year, sunset on October 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Good Sunday afternoon to all the people out there. By out there I mean those who may just happen to stumble across this blog, be it your Google reader, CSS feed, or somehow mysteriously wound up here while trying to find the “Western Wind” a cappella music group, who has been bringing high quality non-instrumental [...]
Week #2: A Year with Dylan
Posted in General Life, On Writing, tagged Bob Dylan, Free Wheelin, Week 2 on July 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
#2 “Bob Dylan’s Dream” off his second album The Freewheelin Bob Dylan (1963) *** Similar Feelings “I dreamed a dream that made me sad Concerning myself and the first few friends I had” I am not sure exactly the title of the poem, the author who wrote it, or where I was when I read [...]
Fireworks and U2
Posted in Concerts, General Life on July 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This 4th of July weekend was a pretty BIG one. But since I am on vacation, I can actually go all the way back to Wednesday, June 29th, to when all the fun really began. On the one year anniversary of the departure of my good friend Hugh Mundy, my brother and I celebrated the [...]
A little late, but you never know
Posted in General Life, tagged Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Flaming Lips, Herzog, Pop Candy on June 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I was first acquainted with Werner Herzog during my International Film Studies class while at UNA. My professor, Brooke Perry, introduced us to worlds of cinema that I never even knew existed, and he took us deep within the minds of the film makers that created these obscure worlds of vision. The most interesting, bar [...]
Week #1: A Year with Dylan
Posted in General Life, On Writing, tagged Bob Dylan, Life, music, Year with Dylan on June 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
*Author’s note: A few years back I attempted this concept, but with little success. The idea was relatively simple, to listen to each of Bob Dylan’s albums in chronological order (as they were released), reflect, and then write about the whole experience. Truthfully, I am not going to stray far from the original idea, except [...]
The Fall of the Cicada
Posted in General Life, tagged Cicada, Nashville, Summer time, Tennessee on May 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The talk of the town over the past couple of weeks has been all about “the cicada.” Here in Tennessee, we have been invaded by these strange little creatures, which only come out every 13 years. It sounds like some kind of old folklore story where a strange mythical insect comes back in order to [...]
I thought I would never be like “you”
Posted in General Life on May 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Today was one of my least favorite kinds of days at school. No, it was not pointless meetings, mystery meat in the cafeteria, or any of the other random events that kind of spoil an overall “good times” day there, rather it was that I handed out a detention to a student. You see, I [...]
Track Season…
Posted in General Life on April 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
First and for most, let me assure you that I am still here. I just have been crazy busy with the worlds of school, track practice & meets, board meetings, and a variety of other events that seem to take up a majority of my time. And although I have promised big things on here [...]
Celebrity Sight Seeing: Nashville Edition
Posted in General Life, tagged Celebrity Sighting, East Nashville, Nashville, Rober Plant on April 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I am a big fan of Nashville, but maybe even more so now. You see, I have enjoyed living in a city where you have a chance of bumping into someone famous, but when you do you act as if everything is totally normal. When I lived in Canton, Ohio, the biggest celebrity you might [...]
