museum adventures

Among other things this year.... I've decided to stop thinking & start taking action.

In this particular case... I always pass the VA Living Museum when driving to or nearby CNU... and I kept saying I wanted to go check out their new building... ALL last year. Did I ever go? Nope.

Welp, I finally went. Luckily my fellow-adventurer Mary was just as hyped to make the most of the day by exploring the VLM too.


'Nuff said... It's picture time.































































































































Ah yes, we also drove around the battle-fields @ Yorktown just jammin' out to music & taking more random pictures.... twas an excellent sunny day (despite the cold...)

Go make the most of your free time... think of that one place (or several places) that you've always wanted to check out.... and just go! Solo adventures are fun, but having people who are all for tagging along is definitely a plus too.

Why are you still reading?? Go explore & take pictures, then post a recap. I triple dog dare you.

nature rules

Snow, huh?

As you may have noticed... if you've watched the news, read the paper, browsed the daily Twitter updates, or spent time on Facebook....... almost everyone in the 757 is bound & determined on the chance of real, actual, worthwhile snow tomorrow.

Here's my take on the situation :

a) it's still going to be in the mid-20's/low-30's tomorrow, so it's not like the snow is going to stick

b) for all we know... it will be in the 70's again by the weekend. c'mon now, it's Virginia.

c) some of you will still be wearing flip-flops... even if it is freezing cold outside. morons.....

and finally

d) if by some miraculous chance that this "snow" we're getting tomorrow sticks, and packs more than 2 inches onto the ground..... I'll be SO much more hyped & excited about it than any of the hype-train snow lovers are... because I won't be expecting it. Boo yah?


Okay, enough about my take on all of this. What do YOU think??

"poetic" blogs > sleep

gotta love inspiration to blog @ almost-3am. brian miller's latest blog reminded me of this poem-of-sorts that I wrote back in December '07. so uh... enjoy? feedback is fun.

-from the facebook note "some 'poetic' randomness"
(Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 1:12am)

well i sleep away the sunlight
(or dream away the rest)
more time wasted than time well spent
(or vice versa?)
drag me outta bed and change my routine
(real breakfast is so rare these days)
let's stop talking up grand schemes
(and listing off ideas)
reality needs what's been kept on paper
(stop wasting trees and start climbing them)
the bruises, the scars, and the broken bones
(beat the worries, the sighs, and the bloodshot eyes)
lets sing our faces off and dance til we're numb
(the kind of moments you truly feel your pulse)
just catch me on a good day
(and i'll spend it all with you)

time for an old-fashioned duel

The clock strikes noon.

Back to back.

10 paces in opposite directions.

Reach for the gun.

And.... come to a mutual agreement?


Rather than end their dispute with bloodshed & tears.... the dust settled and the two opposing forces decided to make a deal, allowing their mutual interest to remain untouched.

I should probably mention that I'm referring to Warner Bros. & Fox finally coming to an agreement over their disputed claims of the upcoming Watchmen movie. Warner Bros will still release the movie on March 6th, 2009, as originally planned. It seems some money was thrown Fox's way, with a supposed percentage going to them from the box office... but the movie & additional rights will remain in WB's possession.

You're either rejoicing right now... or haven't a clue and/or interest in what I'm talking about... but hey, that's okay too.

Go watch last night's episode of The Office (if you haven't already) for another type of duel.... Dwight versus Andy.

side-note:
I have Tombstone in my possession, and plan on watching it very very soon. Props to Rob for bringing this movie back to my attention

conviction at it's finest

Saw this video earlier 2nite, and it really struck me. Watch it and then hit the comment section up to discuss.

13 days (too long)

13 days into 2009, and what an experience of ups-and-downs it's been already. I keep wanting to put my foot down and claim my ground in situations as-of-late... but I just end up stepping lightly, or not at all. That's 13 days too long of not strapping on the man-boots so as to stomp downwards with ground-breaking force. So often in life... we get briefly motivated & fired up to take a stand, or in wanting to make the moves towards accomplishing something.... and yet we let outside factors cancel out that driving force to stick to it.

I'm tired of comfort zones... of beating around the bush... of playing it safe... of side-stepping the issues

Time to strap on those brute-force boots... and give the Richter scale a workout