a storms a coming..
i’m a man with many injuries and after every break, crack or dislocation one thing has been a constant. whenever something was coming, ie earthquake or storm or change of weather, my most recent injury has hurt for days before it happened. it’s not always completely right. it may be just hurting simply because is so cold… but in any case, i feel in my bones that something’s coming. something drastic. something bigger than usual. i can’t pick up anything with my left hand without pain, ie my nephews or niece.
so i got an email this morning from myspace; apparently kange wanted me to add her to her friend list. after thinking about it for a bit i decided, eh… ok… i visit my myspace as often as i visit my friendster. (which is pretty much never) myspace, friendster, xanga – they’re all pretty amazing websites. a couple clicks here and there and i’m looking at people i graduated with 6 years ago. there’s that girl i had a crush on. there’s that guy that went to the same school as me for 12 years but i didn’t talk to. hey… i knew that guy was gay… etc etc..
a while ago, i made an observation to myself. for a guy that spends most of his time in temple city, i don’t run into people i knew in high school as often as i’d think i would. looking at the myspace’s though, i understand why. i don’t recognize any of these people. i’m sure i’ve actually crossed paths with most of them (most of them still reside in temple city) i just don’t think i identify them. names are familiar. but faces are a shadow of themselves. they’re covered with tattoos, drinking, drugs, kids… changing the image i once had of each of them. the fat ones are now skinny. skinny one’s now fat.
it made me think… how much have i changed? looking through my hard drive i couldn’t find picture of me from 1999. i don’t think i took many pictures. the first picture is from 2001. i don’t talk to this girl anymore and i’m not sure why. if any of you have pictures of me from around… y2k.. send them to me. i’m interested to seeing them.
this picture was taken the same day as the first picture. these two actually look the same to me… if you look in the background, that chubby head you see is jay. i thought that was kinda funny. pre-waterpolo i believe.
another birthday to announce. yes it’s my little cousin’s birthday. this picture was taken… about 8 months ago. i have another picture of him about.. a year ago and man, he was tubby. we used to make fun of him all the time for being so chubby but because of football (i assume) he’s lost a lot of weight… now i guess we can only make fun of derek. jonathan grew a lot this year and i don’t mind hanging out with him anymore. he’s not a liability on the football field. he just doesn’t stand there anymore. he’s not very good at rook though or fantasy football… maybe next year, i’ll write that he’s good at those things too.
eh.. i doubt it.
here’s my advice to you:
life is a constant fantasy football draft. always learn from the mistakes you made the last draft and don’t repeat them. you need to always adapt and adjust. lastly, never pick up culpepper.
happy birthday jonathan! if you ever need a ride home from my house, you know you can always depend on me to tell you to walk.
about 10 months ago i posted a wav file of me messing around on the guitar.. i did it a couple times that day and i’m not sure why i didn’t post the others with it. looking for a picture i found the files, so i’ll post them now…
this is the original file.
this is me recording over the original file.
i mess up a couple times and the sound quality’s terrible but whatever… i realize. what i think i’m playing and what is heard when i play is different. i don’t realize i do so much plucking. tell me what you think
