so the revelry and celebration begins. not that all days and moments should not include the embracing of life and enjoying of its variations, intricacies, and offerings; but one does have an obligation to gather and celebrate specific events as they occur. honestly, it doesn't really matter what event can cause people to congregate and join in shared moments and happiness: weddings, funerals, birthdays, holidays, and religious events are traditional with harvest, solstice, civic, tribal, and hunting gatherings illustrating the historic gatherings.
i guess i bring this up because of this weekend's various events that have significance to me: cinco de mayo, derby day, mother's day, and my birthday all offer memories of gathering and celebration. these same dates and events; because they are annual, afford me the chance to remember all those past times and invite current friends and acquaintances to share those memories and create new gatherings.
so it should be a great weekend and a fun week next week.
i'll update with all (some) of the fun details.
Friday, May 4, 2007
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
ah, mitwoch
so the week progresses. things have been busy as usual, which prevents me from updating this here blog as often as I would like. but such is the nature of things.
so the last week: I discovered trail running down on the greenbelt. It turns out that my lack of excitement over standard track running is balanced by the excitement and additional concentration required of trail running. Plus I think that it has multiple applications: good exercise plus contribution towards futbol skills and of course the ability to run over rocks and through streams.
also - from last friday's happy hour: I was able to run into some old acquaintances whom I had not seen in several years. its always interesting to see people reactions to the current you. so that was quite fun: and Billy's is still a great venue that is perfect biking distance from home (they've finally added live music as well).
my friend damon had his birthday this past weekend and we were able to hold the first of the south austin tour de taco - an excellent event that consists of biking to various taco establishments over south austin and enjoying some of the best breakfast tacos available. plus we were able to see a camel (local auto dealership promotions are so much fun! - see my photo site for more).
post tour was a great soccer game: we won the game and thus the division which is pretty nice. and after that was a round rock express (AAA Houston) game appropriately preceded by tailgating and grilling.
as for current times, the rains have returned to Austin; and for that I am thankful: it will be nice to have water in the creeks for a substantial part of the year (unlike last year's drought).
work progresses as usual and my job transition continues to dismay. one other thing i've come to learn this past week: recruiters are pretty much useless - they are the real estate agents of people: fit someone in and get a commission. if one does not fit into the simple form-based system, then everything resents to the default position. complex analysis and cross-field corroboration are apparently not in the sector's skill department.
but as birthday week kicks off, I choose to not focus too much on that and hold my usual view that somehow this will fall into place and somehow I will be able to shift to a job where I can continually challenge myself and accomplish something.
so the last week: I discovered trail running down on the greenbelt. It turns out that my lack of excitement over standard track running is balanced by the excitement and additional concentration required of trail running. Plus I think that it has multiple applications: good exercise plus contribution towards futbol skills and of course the ability to run over rocks and through streams.
also - from last friday's happy hour: I was able to run into some old acquaintances whom I had not seen in several years. its always interesting to see people reactions to the current you. so that was quite fun: and Billy's is still a great venue that is perfect biking distance from home (they've finally added live music as well).
my friend damon had his birthday this past weekend and we were able to hold the first of the south austin tour de taco - an excellent event that consists of biking to various taco establishments over south austin and enjoying some of the best breakfast tacos available. plus we were able to see a camel (local auto dealership promotions are so much fun! - see my photo site for more).
post tour was a great soccer game: we won the game and thus the division which is pretty nice. and after that was a round rock express (AAA Houston) game appropriately preceded by tailgating and grilling.
as for current times, the rains have returned to Austin; and for that I am thankful: it will be nice to have water in the creeks for a substantial part of the year (unlike last year's drought).
work progresses as usual and my job transition continues to dismay. one other thing i've come to learn this past week: recruiters are pretty much useless - they are the real estate agents of people: fit someone in and get a commission. if one does not fit into the simple form-based system, then everything resents to the default position. complex analysis and cross-field corroboration are apparently not in the sector's skill department.
but as birthday week kicks off, I choose to not focus too much on that and hold my usual view that somehow this will fall into place and somehow I will be able to shift to a job where I can continually challenge myself and accomplish something.
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