Shady Clearing

SO!  After being reminded that I still needed to write about the last day of my trip, Sunday, I thought I should probably do so, and throw in the few days afterward as well.

Sunday was relaxing, overall.  Woke up around 7:30am (central time, but who cares?) and piddled around on the internet for a bit.  Later, the others found their way upstairs as well, and it became a calm, pleasant day with some chatter and viewing of videos.  Egg, sausage and cheese burittos for breakfast were also tasty.

(I suddenly feel like I’m writing this on twitter, for some reason)

Politics and other things were the topics of the day.  I didn’t provide much feedback throughout, but it was interesting to listen to others’ opinions.  As my time wrapped to a close, I tried to mentally catalogue the experiences of the weekend for reminiscing later, and finally after goodbyes and a hug, I left to return to Henderson at around 4pm (Again, central time).

The drive was uneventful and rather boring, though it didn’t seem to take as long as the drive there.  Upon arrival I unpacked and then took off to the gym to make use of the membership I’m paying for.

Monday!  Was really rather boring.  I actually didn’t do much of anything save for returning the car.  However, that evening as I laid down to attempt to nap before work, I found myself unable to sleep.  I was actually rather overwhelmed by this odd feeling that something terrible was about to happen and I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what it was.  Tuesday, and now Wednesday have gone by quite similarly.  As I gaze out to the fields and sky, it just feels like something is waiting to happen and when it does it’s not going to be pleasant or easy to recover from.

*shrugs*  Who knows.  Since I’m not psychic I’m not likely to find out anytime soon unless it actually happens, so I suppose I should really try not worrying about it.

Maybe, though, it’s an connected with my own personal feelings.  I just don’t feel like I belong here; as if I’m just sticking around because it’s easy and that I’m not actually doing anything useful.  I have an urge to just leave and not look back, and wherever I end up is where I am.  Who’s to say?

Anyway, plans for the evening are fairly set, with work in the offing should I decide I want to do so, among other things.  We’ll see where the wind blows!

(Thanks, by the way, for getting me into Doctor Who, guys.  Thanks a lot. :P)

Saturday was full of fun as well.

Started out with a bit of breakfast which consisted of scrambled eggs with hotdogs and cheese.  It sounds like a strange combination, but it was actually quite good.  Afterwards the hookah was fired once more for some watermelon tobacco time out on the balcony.  Good stuff.

Later on, we sat and enjoyed some episodes of Doctor Who. Now, I haven’t seen Doctor Who in a long time, since back when I was a little kid and they were the old episodes from the 70’s or some such, but I rather enjoyed the newer ones.  I’ll have to keep in mind to watch more of them when I get the chance.

Before long it was time to head over to the Lexington Humane Society fundraising benefit, “Tails and Ales”.  It consisted of several different varieties of beer, as well as a few varieties of wine, some small oers d’oeuvres, and a whole bunch of people.  I must say, some of the beers showcased there were quite interesting, with some of them being downright tasty.  I personally enjoyed the KTC Boubon Barrel Ale, BBC Bourbon Barrel Stout, and this other stuff called Shock Top.

Of course, that doesn’t mention the many varieties that were available from Dogfish Head brewery.  Their beers had such distinct flavors, and were all quite good.  My personal favorites from their selection were the Palo Santo Marron, which was a very dark, sultry beer wih a smooth but pronounced flavor, and their 90 Minute IPA, which had a rich, flavorful taste.   All their styles were good, however, including the Chicory Stout, Raison d’être, and Indian Brown Ale.  Of all the companies represented at that benefit, I would definitely recommend Dogfish Head the most.

After the benefit, we returned home to chat more, whereupon I was also given another couple of drinks, this time mixed between orange juice, grenadine, bourbon and everclear.  They were quite good, though a bit strong.  Shortly thereafter, though I fell asleep, and anything else is a mystery.  So now it’s Sunday.  We’ll see what today brings, yeah?

This was a busy day.  Got off work, went to C.C.’s house, went home, got some various work done on this laptop, finally ot about three hours of sleep before renting the car to drive over.

A three hour drive is not normally the most fun thing to do, but it wasn’t all that bad.  The rental has great sound equipment, and I had forgotten the scenery heading east.  Even though the trees are mostly naked, the view was still rather good.

Getting into Lexington was easy enough, although I had misread my directions and had to stop to figure out where the street I was looking for was, but after I had taken a moment to look at a proper map, I made it here without incident.

Upon my arrival, it was already about time for dinner and such.  Matt had made some sort of curry chicken that was really quite delicious, though very spicy.  He made rice, carrots and corn to go along with it, and overall it was a very good dinner.  A friend, Rosco, arrived shortly after I had, and hung out for a couple hours as well.  After dinner there were some varieties of bourbon for tasting, which I must say was a rather interesting experience.  I’ve never really been much for whiskey and similar, but that’s also largely because I’ve never really given it much of a chance.  After trying a few different varieties in this manner, however, I actually rather enjoyed it, and overall, enjoyed myself for the night.

Currently, it is obviously saturday that I’ve written this on, but I’ll have to write about whatever goes on today… tomorrow.  Or later, but not right now!  Ta for now~

Right, so I decided to sit an watch the first presidential debate of the election tonight, and I must say that it was one of the most amusing things I’ve seen in a while.

I’m not really interested in dissecting it or going in-depth about it, because I don’t really enjoy political debates among my peers.  They’re exhausting and to me feel about as useful as a debate about religion; which usually isn’t a good thing.

What I will say, however, is that though I don’t think either one of them was really prepared for it, I feel that Barack did a better job of rolling with the punches that Jim Lehrer was throwing at the two candidates.  Over all, despite the few things that seem a bit wonky in Obama’s policy outlines, I believe that he has a better head on his shoulders and a stronger plan geared more toward helping our country in a timely fashion.  I can’t say that McCain didn’t have his moments where he didn’t sound silly though — he did have a few good ideas.

Beyond all that, there was also the matter of work today.  Worked from 10am to 7pm.  It was rather boring and slow for a friday, at least until around 5 o’clock.  The most interesting thing that happened though was the look that Lynna got on her face when she finally realized that I’m gay.  That only lasted a moment though before everything went back to normal and nobody cared. *snrk*

Other than that, I had to take an early lunch on the presumption that my mom was going to work today, but unfortunately on more than one account, she didn’t go.  Unfortunate that she misses out on the wages for the day, but likewise unfortunate the reason why: apparently, her brother Larry died today.  Nobody seems to know the specifics of it, but what we do know is that he is no longer alive, and it’s unlikely that many, if any, of the family will be attending the funeral since Larry was the only one living in Indianapolis, with mom being the closest relative 4 hours away.

Just one thought for the night, aside from all that above.  I’m really trying to figure out why I seem to have lost most of my interest in going out and doing things.  I used to be all about going out and just doing whatever with friends, but it seems that anymore I’m more inclined to just stay home bored as opposed to going out and feeling somewhat bored and spending money to be that way.  There’s gotta be a good reason why it’s so hard to feel like I’m having fun, or to even feel like I’m capable of having fun.  Actually, I’m rather sure that it’s got plenty to do with me just feeling like I’m a boring person overall, and therefore feel like the act of going out to have fun would be lost on me before even giving it a chance, but I’ve generally always felt that I’m a relatively boring person.  *shrugs*  Oh well, I’m sure I’ll figure it out in time.

Ta for now~

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Music: Fairytale by Sara Bareilles

Do you ever have those days where just about everything annoys you?  Perhaps to the point of wanting to inflict physical damage upon something or someone?  Yeah, today’s been one of those days, overall.

I don’t really know why, either.  Maybe it has to do with still being achey from being sick yesterday, or maybe it has to do with having a lot of stuff on my mind.  Who knows?  Regardless, I just thought I’d blab about it for a while.

Work was normal for a Wednesday.  Not too busy but not too slow.  The worst part about it was the fact that my muscles and joints were still rather stiff and sore from being sick the day before.  I finally got out of work around 7pm to come home.

Besides all that, I’ve still got the overwhelming urge to blow something up, but no real way to satisfy that urge, so I guess I’ll just have to hold out until I can afford to buy the punching bag I want.  I think it’ll be a really good investment on my part, as it will help relieve stress as well as help me get some much needed excersize.

Anyway, I’ll write more later.  Ta~