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Quick Saturday morning in the middle of my summer vacation post!
1. I found an awesome app! It's a free (I have not spent a penny on an app yet) recipe book. I have so many differ recipes scattered all over the place, most of which are healthy alternatives to common dishes without skimping out on flavor. I have Post-Its in Delaware, book marks in cook books at home, a few links to recipes saved on my computer, pages torn out from magazines, and some random ones floating around in my head. Cate and I bought a recipe box with blank cards for the apartment, but I have a feeling it remains to be opened. This app is really useful for me, since I am an aspiring chef whenever I get down to Delaware to see Catelin. I usually experiment, but it usually comes out as edible. I am having a blast filling it out, putting all of my ideas and favorite recipes into one spot.
2. Drank with Bob and Emily last night. We miss them. It feels good to hang with old friends and connect over our past as well as our futures. One by one, our friend connections are dwindling down. Well, not so much dwindling down as our friends will always be friends, but our life paths are bringing us all apart via distance, jobs, and availability to hang out. When I was in middle school and had begun giving serious thought to dating and the concept of marriage, I used my parents as my reference point. Divorce, separation, dating others, reuniting and remarriage aside, I think they still gave me a strange point of reference.
In middle school, HS, and college, we try to have the best of both worlds: having a significant other and having a legendary social life. Who could blame us? Tv, movies, friends, songs, and media in general promote those, and being without one or the other has the power to make us feel inferior to those with what we don't have. In retrospect, it means nothing, but at the time, it means everything. I digress. We want both, and work hard to make both work. However, viewing my parents as a reference (as I'm sure most others would be similar), parents have each other, but don't really see other friends too often aside from the occasional Saturday night out (aka grandparents or hire the babysitter) or a party once or twice a year. My experience and view is obviously biased towards the middle class suburbia. I just find it funny to try to balance the two, but I'm beginning to understand the balance between the two - especially once kids come into the picture.
3. Cate and I are in the talks of moving in together come December. I've been ready for it for a while. As much as I love my family, I need my space to grow and, proverbially, become my own man. I find it difficult to fulfill this while living with two stronger, more outspoken and reckless Alphas in the house. They (my father and brother) are fostering within me the strong but silent type. I'm okay with that. I'm observant and I think everything through before speaking or making any decision. I've grown to not need to hear my voice to feel validation in this world. My actions speak for me.
4. This entry got a lot deeper than I had anticipated it becoming. Nice! I love Saturday morning ramblings!
5. Started watching HBOs The Newsroom. It's pretty awesome. It dances the line of being too political for me, but it's turned out to not be about politics at all. The first five minutes of the series is really intense and we can all relate to it. To speak out against all the bullshit we hear around us on a daily basis, not caring whom we offend or hurt in the process. It should be a fun series to follow.
And I'm out. Enjoy your day if you're reading this.
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