so i was riding my bicycle today saw a street and decided to ride down it thinking it would merely provided me with a faster route home when i see two guys unloading half a dozen mopeds out of the back of a truck. so i stop and talk to the guy who just got back from california and 1977mopeds. he is planning on opening a moped shop here in in ( Read more... )

its been about two months out here on the farm. i've liked it well enough, although i don't think market gardening is my particular niche, i have learned quite a bit already and continue to do so. i don't feel nearly as aimless as i have in the past, in spite of the scattered nature of my thoughts. though the sun is hot, the river is cool and i ( Read more... )

i am wondering like many people do about the future. i have been thinking about farming as a living and a lifestyle. my boss wants to know if i am interested in a career in machining. he said he wouldn't run me off if i wasn't but doesn't want to invest the time in teaching me things if i'm "going to be a doctor in two years." the thing is that ( Read more... )

al for short. it was the kind of assumed name that bugged me. he thought he was so clever. obviously someone had to have called themselves aluminium before. the think that irked me was that i hadn't thought of it ( Read more... )

so eliza is coming home in one week instead of 3 or 4 this makes me very happy. the chi was a blast, and now grand rapids is a joy. even if all the cute girls i see make me miss my cute girl. one < four = hooray

ben = tired

so i just wrote a really insightful post which you will never read because the interspider ate it

so i am here in scenic vancouver british columbia one month into our three month adventure an not a single post so here is the last month in a nutshell ( Read more... )

so in two weeks i sublet my house for three months and galavant around the country with my girlfriend. i am going blacksburg va, washington dc, philadelphia pa, the pokonos, ithaca ny, possibly toronto on, london on, grand rapids mi, chicago il. seattle wa, vancouver bc, portland or, and thats as far as is planned after which we wing it maybe san ( Read more... )

so it has been 22 weeks since ive posted here. i am out of work but still in love. i am taking a welding class it is challenging and enjoyable. i am wearing an argyle sweater and a titanium bottle opener ring. i am happy more often than not i think. i am worried about money but i dont like thinking about it. there is 30 gallons of beer in my house ( Read more... )

played a show last night it went well. it was at the warehouse where i used to live. it makes a much better venue than bedroom.