Controlled Chaos

Tree man ‘who grew roots’ may be cured

I went to the farm, which was fun, and met Joe’s new wife Kendra and their daughter, and rode around on the four-wheeler while my uncle put the top on his jeep.  He has been building an addition to the garage which was pretty cool.  I played ponies with my new niece for way too long, not entirely by option…

Then the next day I watched the Republican CNN/Youtube debates.  That night, I opened presents at my dad’s house.

The day following, I went shopping with my dad and bought new shoes, then had dinner with my dad’s fiancee’s family.  After that, I went to Sean’s and played Wii.  After beating him in everything from bowling to tennis to boxing, my arm
was pretty sore.

The next morning I went home, showered, then went with my mom to see Wicked: The musical.  It was one of the beter musicals I have ever seen.  I was really, really impressed with the writing and thought process behind it.  It was at the Fox theater, which is really cool.  My mom had said they had renovated it, and the program said it cost about $2 million.  Anyway, it was amazing, and so was the show.

That night, my dad and I watched i Robot, then2 million minutes.  The discussion that followed was lengthy and thought-provoking.

Then today, I went shopping at Trader Joe’s to get foodstuffs for my party tomorrow night.  Then I went with my dad and Oliver to Black Thorne, a pizza place renowned for its deep sihes.  Our pizza took way too long to finish, but was god.  Anyway, from there we went to the Blues game, which was rather uneventful and ended in a Blues loss, 1-0.

Tomorrow, I wake up, pack,  and get ready for the loft party.  Should be fun!  Then Sunday, I fly out at 12pm.

GQ on Obama: Above the Fray

I got up, surprised Paul, and we walked to his community garden to do some upkeeping.  We were out there for over an hour, because in his one-month absence, the attack of the edible tomatoes had occurred.  They were everywhere.  They had even grown two of the metal planters right out of the ground!  The garden was in good shape otherwise, though, five lanes deep and very productive.  We brought back a lot of unripened tomatos that were on branches that just had to go.  He put them in the windowsill at his new house, which at least looks cool if nothing else:

When we got back, Paul cut up some of the peppers we’d gathered, and put them in tortillas with some cream cheese.  They were delicious, and the capsaicin was enough to make your tongue smoke, but then everything tasted more.  After a while, Eric came over and fulfilled his bet on camera.  Then, he, Paul, Scott, Kristi, Harley and I went to the Ragtag to see Eagle v. Shark.  I love the Ragtag.  And I thought the movie was pretty great as well.  When we got back to Paul’s new place, there was a little party rocking, and I hung out for a while, then dragged some blankets into n empty room, and slept on them.

By the way, I put up as my status message on facebook that I am “vagabonding.”    Accoridng to wikipedia, “a vagabond is a (generally impoverished) itinerant person. Such people may be called tramps, rogues, hobos or schnorrer.  A vagabond is a traveling person that does not have a fixed home or abode. They just roam wherever he or she pleases.  Vagabonds are not bums, as bums are not known for traveling.”  That’s totally me right now, and I live/love it.

Miles’ acceptance speech

This is truly touching.

I woke up that night feeling a little rough, very bugbitten, but completely alive. I was the first up, and first in the water. We spent a good deal of the morning swimming and then packing, and eventually made our way out in the high heat, just Bailey, Justin, Hunter, and I. When we got out, Bailey went his own way, and the three of us went to Justin’s so they could shower off, then to Paul’s so I could. From there, we went, with Paul, to Bambino’s where we drank margaritas that just hit the spot bullseye. Justin and Hunter left from there to go fishing, but Paul and I went for ice cream. On Felicia’s recommendation, I went and got a blueberry frapp. Then we headed back to Paul’s place and relaxed until he went to StL for the evening to help Lucia move. I relaxed, a bit worn, and that night had Scott deliver a pizza. He was going to come hang after his shift ended, and it even ended early, but I was again asleep.

My plants are still rocking so hard:

I made some art!

I went to the Astoria beer gardens with Dave Mazur tonight, and they were AWESOME!

Today I went to FedEx and picked u the phone my friend Sean bought me.  It has the alltel software on it, which I just love, and it’s a RAZR.  Best yet, it was half the price of the razr I got at verizon, which I promptly returned.

That evening, Lindsey Howald called to invite me to see Sicko.  We met up at Empire 25, and unfortunately had to sit in the front row.  I thought the movie did  a thorough and honest job of laying out the tragedy of health care in America, and had little to add.