I don't want to make my experience working construction sound like it was some sabbatical mixed in with good humility, at the same time, I am going to say it was something like that. It's really humbled me. My wants and needs have changed, even if it has been only two weeks of work, I have to say, putting in over 80 hours of laborious blood, sweat ( Read more... )

There aren't any regrets. A regret can only result from doing something and wishing it was never done ( Read more... )

It's not a matter of reliabilty anymore. It's more an issue of accountability. The prized package that wrapped itself in gold and timber was merely a facade of rocks and ash wrapped up in pleasant, pretty packages ( Read more... )

My dad used the word organic the other day ( Read more... )

I wasn't always the best son. Even when I thought I was being a good son, I was actually just picketing signs on soapboxes while speaking words ushered by bitterness.

I don't know exactly when it happened, but I grew up. I got it. Instead of fighting my destiny, I decided to embrace it.

Many would argue that the word destiny is incorrect. But after ( Read more... )

Last night I realized that I'm finally pretty well grounded. Finally. All the nutty tasks that I've had to run around addressing are finally coming to if not already a close. I can finally start being my own adult.

(granted I know for years I've been saying this, that I'm finally close to the end, etc..but this time it's different I swear, haha, ( Read more... )

I recently commented on the idea that I see the end of the party line. Not so much that it is starting to end, but I can see down the line and see an end, that it's not just some endless train of partying that will go on forever in the books of bachelorhood. I did however, etch a date a bit by stating that it would would end in about two years - ( Read more... )