i went to a wedding last night, two people i used to work with got married after years together. spoon went with me, which i appreciate because she tolerates not knowing anyone and she has an odd shy side. by the end of the night, we were both beat, and she dropped me off at home.
last night i slept like a rock, i love that about life, sleeping is awesome. i sleep best when my diet is good, when i get up early, when i exercise, when i avoid booze, and when i keep busy during the day... preferably with things that involve movement. its not really shocking, eating poorly irritates the body in many ways, as does booze, and movement & exercise by nature are tiring.
i didn't drink much last night, i ate properly, drank a lot of water, and got to see a lot of great old friends in person. really, its the 'in person' aspect of life which defines it, we get so caught up in the image we portray online and all the people we act like we have relationships with. i'm lucky in that people are hard on me, they say what they think of me in person... and thankfully, it isn't always pleasant.
so today, i got up and announced that i was going to get something to eat. i got a reply to go to the festival of nations with a few people and we did. we spent a few hours walking around and trying foreign foods - awesome. after, we met a few of the guys at a local favorite restaurant. they all split many pitchers, but i didn't really drink until one of them dropped a beer in front of me assuming i was in a bad mood.
some great conversation spawned from this, talk of life and how people felt and saw things. more people joined us (some invited and some not), the conversation continued as we sat outside, and after 5 hours a few of us moved on to another location for dinner.
four of us were left, and we had a great dinner. laughter and more conversation, and jokes about happenings in the past. we talked about anything from women to cars to investments and dreams. we talked about plans to travel, plans to get healthier, plans to do more things. one guy recently dropped his facebook page, so we talked about that... and the impact of people spending too much time online, or being too focused on making it their social life, and one guy who has once again has convinced many of the women that he's gay because of who he follows on twitter, ha (i purposely didn't touch that one, i'm tired of being blamed for people talking about that).
and the food was awesome, simple... not the healthiest, but fitting. for the day, we had all stuffed ourselves. everything was out on the table, for the day each one of us had talked about accomplishments and failures, pride and issues of complete embarrassment. and really, thats where we showed the best part of ourselves... our ability to admit flaws and personal beliefs, and accept it ourselves and in each other and let go.
i dont mean to sound like some kinda weepy extra from Oprah, but there was just no bullshit... it was awesome. no drama. basically, it was 'this is me, you all know this is me, if you have anything you're not sure of ask, i'll tell you the truth, and if you don't like it, fuck off, ha'.
and that was a big topic for a while - one of the guys is a major boy scout, he always carries himself well, and while he enjoys the company of persons who act the fool he is big on being 'respectable'... and he's not going to act that way only part of the time, he makes his own decisions - and if someone doesn't like it they can kiss off. of course, he's got nothing to hide and some would argue they do... but then one could ask, why they have to hide it...
and, in the end, the night wound down, and we went to leave... where we found someone had lost a few boxes of rubber gloves in the street, and each car that drove by popped like it was driving over a sheet of packing material. we stood and watched and had a laugh and ended our 12 hours out & about to go home.
it was just a good day, it was not planned AT ALL. it was just a few texts, and a few calls, and the decision that it was better to let go and have a day hanging out with people than laying around at home or keeping to some set of scheduled but unimportant ritual activities. it just happened.
let life happen people, be yourself, hide nothing, and let life happen.
last night i slept like a rock, i love that about life, sleeping is awesome. i sleep best when my diet is good, when i get up early, when i exercise, when i avoid booze, and when i keep busy during the day... preferably with things that involve movement. its not really shocking, eating poorly irritates the body in many ways, as does booze, and movement & exercise by nature are tiring.
i didn't drink much last night, i ate properly, drank a lot of water, and got to see a lot of great old friends in person. really, its the 'in person' aspect of life which defines it, we get so caught up in the image we portray online and all the people we act like we have relationships with. i'm lucky in that people are hard on me, they say what they think of me in person... and thankfully, it isn't always pleasant.
so today, i got up and announced that i was going to get something to eat. i got a reply to go to the festival of nations with a few people and we did. we spent a few hours walking around and trying foreign foods - awesome. after, we met a few of the guys at a local favorite restaurant. they all split many pitchers, but i didn't really drink until one of them dropped a beer in front of me assuming i was in a bad mood.
some great conversation spawned from this, talk of life and how people felt and saw things. more people joined us (some invited and some not), the conversation continued as we sat outside, and after 5 hours a few of us moved on to another location for dinner.
four of us were left, and we had a great dinner. laughter and more conversation, and jokes about happenings in the past. we talked about anything from women to cars to investments and dreams. we talked about plans to travel, plans to get healthier, plans to do more things. one guy recently dropped his facebook page, so we talked about that... and the impact of people spending too much time online, or being too focused on making it their social life, and one guy who has once again has convinced many of the women that he's gay because of who he follows on twitter, ha (i purposely didn't touch that one, i'm tired of being blamed for people talking about that).
and the food was awesome, simple... not the healthiest, but fitting. for the day, we had all stuffed ourselves. everything was out on the table, for the day each one of us had talked about accomplishments and failures, pride and issues of complete embarrassment. and really, thats where we showed the best part of ourselves... our ability to admit flaws and personal beliefs, and accept it ourselves and in each other and let go.
i dont mean to sound like some kinda weepy extra from Oprah, but there was just no bullshit... it was awesome. no drama. basically, it was 'this is me, you all know this is me, if you have anything you're not sure of ask, i'll tell you the truth, and if you don't like it, fuck off, ha'.
and that was a big topic for a while - one of the guys is a major boy scout, he always carries himself well, and while he enjoys the company of persons who act the fool he is big on being 'respectable'... and he's not going to act that way only part of the time, he makes his own decisions - and if someone doesn't like it they can kiss off. of course, he's got nothing to hide and some would argue they do... but then one could ask, why they have to hide it...
and, in the end, the night wound down, and we went to leave... where we found someone had lost a few boxes of rubber gloves in the street, and each car that drove by popped like it was driving over a sheet of packing material. we stood and watched and had a laugh and ended our 12 hours out & about to go home.
it was just a good day, it was not planned AT ALL. it was just a few texts, and a few calls, and the decision that it was better to let go and have a day hanging out with people than laying around at home or keeping to some set of scheduled but unimportant ritual activities. it just happened.
let life happen people, be yourself, hide nothing, and let life happen.
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