Posts from ‘July, 2007’

I finished "This Much I Know Is True" by Wally Lamb as my second flight of the day last Friday was sitting on the runway waiting to depart. Just as I finished the last few words I realized that this book was about me. 
It had been so easy to let anger and frustration in their many forms of expression steal [...]

… JET-Lagged! Get it!? JET-Lagged! Cause Jet writes the surveys but LAGS behind in completing them herself.  JET-Lagged! Hahahaha. Sorry. Yeah. It's that kind of day.
Ok, here goes.
1) Name two factors that majorly influenced your childhood.Living in Inland California and moving to Texas in the middle of my Sophomore year
2) What is the most recent thing [...]

With a name like Beaver Lake Nature Center (complete with Observation Deck) I was sure it would hold enough beavers that I might actually see and photograph one. As a testament to that, on the way there I saw no less than three beavers on the side of the highway, taking in the last few [...]

I am more observant and am able to communicate more effectively than most people. I've always been this way. I don't mean to brag or anything, it's just that I'm better than most people. Probably even you. Here's a recent example:
Monday evening I landed at Syracuse International Airport to find that the place I had [...]

… errr Syracuse.
Yesterday's high was 92 with a dew point of 68. I leave Texas and land in a Syracusian heat wave. To make matters worse, the air conditioning control panel in my hotel room doesn't have a label on it so I can't tell which button does what to ensure that I've got the [...]

Either a fear of failure or a fear of rejection (are they one in the same) has been keeping me from doing the things I enjoy, sharing the things I love, and finishing the things I believe in.
I can't recall a single event that would install such a fear in me, but, with the time for [...]

My birthday was awesome. Jess gathered all of my good friends together for a surprise birthday dinner on Friday night. Despite the fact that some people couldn't make it due to other obligations and such, it was still a huge showing of most of my favorite people in DFW. Thank you to everyone who came. [...]

Not only did Jet write this Survey, but I've been tagged as many times as a cheap hooker with a birthday special, so I guess I'd better do it.
This was the longest survey ever. You'd better read every damn word! :)
Basic info:1. What's your middle name? James. As in Daniel James.
2. Where were you born? [...]

There are so many things I feel strongly about that I no longer bother to bring up in public discussion lest I work my fingers to bruised and calloused stumps or rub my vocal cords bloody from speech. I'm grateful to find, from time to time, someone who shares one of my beliefs and is able [...]

Yesterday was T^4 (Three Terrific Things Thursday). I missed it. Again. I'll just blame it on Erica since she missed it too and I tend to use her as my metronome for this.
But I still think it's important. So, a day late, here it is.

I'll get to spend the entire month of August with my wife. [...]