found

i found a sketchbook the other day outside of a 7-11. I saw it, went into the store, came out and it was still there. so i picked it up and have been reading through it. The guy who wrote in it has spent some serious time talking about goals and failures. I am not alone! It appears that he has graduated college and is working on a masters or PHD... his handwriting is absolutely horrendous. he has a girlfriend from Alabama and he still has zero ideas or clues as to how he will achieve any of the things he wants to do out of life. he has written that he just needs "to do" these things without the thinking part... whatever works, ya know? I think we are all just as lost as this guy and that to find the direction you want to go and have the conviction to go there and succeed in your own goals is really hard to do. This guy is obviously really struggling, he last wrote in it at the end of December, 2010. I suspect he has been missing this moleskin for awhile. He seems to be an engineer that wants to own a business. There is no information as to how to get this book back to him, so I suppose I will just try to read his atrocious chicken-scratch and learn a few more things about him, myself and the rest of humanity. i'll keep ya posted...

l o v e

i've really been diggin' on this tune

VCU

I got 'em winnin' this thing

g d g b d

Finally got my world back together, for the most part and that's what counts. i also remembered the password for this thing which, of course, means that i'll be back in action.

Until next time

see ya there

Treading water is hard. But once you've been doing it for awhile, it gets easier. But it's boring, I'd rather be swimming, making progress. I'll be swimming for awhile.


peace

Peggy Lou

found a few things and decided to take the time to get some banjo pictures up here. The sound is better than it looks...boy she can sing








i woke up with a headache today for what seemed like no reason, until i checked the forecast online a couple minutes ago... could be a factor, but who really knows? it's been raining for awhile but the sun is out right now. i took a greyhound bus to Raleigh, NC on Saturday and got a truck thanks to my good friends over at USAA. Now, i can go up into the mountains when it's snowing and not blow a radiator! And i sure as hell won't hydroplane on a wet road going 35mph. it's a 2003 GMC Sierra SLE Extended Cab




I also recently set up a snowboard...

tomato paste with potato taste

i've been doing a lot and doing a lot of nothing. this summer was really eventful, and probably the longest summer i've ever had. Scratched a few things off the bucket list but there's still more left on it than I know. I still need an external hard drive. I've been taking banjo lessons. about 5 of them, i think. my teacher said that my talent was genetic and that i catch on quick. i thought that that was cool because he's played with Earl Scruggs and knows Bill Keith personally. I also have the chance to go play with Tony Trischka and learn a few things down in North Carolina in October. Tony taught Béla Fleck how to play the banjo. Recently received a new banjo, it's a Recording King R80 and it sounds better than it looks...not that i don't like the way it looks. with that a whole bunch of books to learn. it's becoming a wonderful thing in my life, and I'm happy to have so much to help me along the way. maybe i'll get an external hard drive that works and i'll be able to start this thing back up again with cooler posts...



shit happens






still dreaming of western countrysides