When I'm Cold and Alone...

okay, maybe Cold isn't the most accurate description...but to go from 104 yesterday to 60 and a breeze today is pretty nifty, I'd say. the windows are open and a breeze to chill you to the bone is coming in through the window...soon I'm going to sit down with some hot coffee and a book...most likely the Scottish Chiefs.

But the best thing about this lovely weather is that it is the herald of Fall. Fall, as we all know, is an excellent time of year...not to mention that It is the herald of an even greater season than itself.

oh, I don't think there is anything I don't like about Fall (okay, so I don't like school. that doesn't count). the way cool fashions, the respite from the cruel Texas Summer, Thanksgiving, my birthday, campouts that are bearable, time to sit around in jeans and a turtleneck, playing Peter, Paul and Mary songs. :) Fall is also the best time to listen to Nickel Creek...I'm not sure why.

I'm going to go enjoy this perfect weather... Bob Dylan sounds to me like perfect music for this occasion.


Good Day...

It Brings Me Down...

I can't stand being tired. Know what I'm talking about? The kind of tired that makes you fall asleep trying to listen to a conversation, or the second you sit down in a comfortable chair. oh I hate it. The worst thing, though, is that I have had it bad for the whole week. so this week has been somewhat annoying. I am very much a nighttime person, and this tiredness greatly impairs my nightly operations, such as playing my guitar. "I'm not crazy, I'm just a little Unwell"...

Due to the aforementioned Rita, we were without power from yesterday early afternoon till midmorning today...quite an ordeal, especially sleeping with no AC. I slept outside so as to catch what wind I could, but I caught more bugs than wind. If there is one form of wildlife I can't stand, it's bugs. Snakes I can handle, though there's no love lost between them and me...but bugs are nasty. Spiders worst of all...all that said, I am not mortally afraid of them, but I'd rather be far from them if possible.

On quite another topic, I tried listening to Ryan Cabrera at the instigation of some of my friends. His music has two great problems for me.

#1, it's all pop styled and bouncy and has no guts. in my humble opinion, he lacks feeling. his singing style is as though he had a voice teacher who taught him basics and never how to branch out. that's the way I see it, anyway.
#2 is this: I can't stand obviously affected accents! listen to On Your Way Down and tell me he isn't faking that accent! Oh well, hope I didn't make you mad, Seth :)

Good Day...

Rita

here we sit and wait for news, as another huge hurricane is about to strike the southern coast of America, this time centered almost exactly on the Louisiana/Texas border. pray for the people in Beaumont, in Houston, and all along the gulf coast, as many of them will likely lose their homes and possesions. personally I'm hoping that it misses New Orleans entirely, because if it doesn't, I'm not sure the city can stand it.

in fact, from what I saw there, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't. the place was a total mess. it's sad to see a place that was a home for so many people now standing so empty. yes, there were workers, but normal life did not exist. it's quite sobering to see. and that could happen to any of us. I was reminded while down there of the song "God Bless the USA", which starts out with "if tomorrow all the things were gone I'd worked for all my life, and I had to start again with just my children and my wife". I wonder how the people who really have lost everything feel about something like that. I think for me it would probly hit too close to home...

it hasn't happened to me yet. but it may, at any time. pray for the people in south Texas and Louisiana.

Good Day...

Good Day

well, this is the official first post on my new blog. it's not going to be way cool like some people's, but on the other hand it may be a nice place. you decide if you like it :)

good day...