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June 17, 2006

advice

I was listening to NPR this morning, as you'll usually find me doing on the weekends. As I laid in bed drifting between sleep and consciousness.. I believe I was listening to a show about religion - and I heard a fellow offer advice that I thought was rather insightful.
He said we celebrate together, and mourn alone. I'm not exactly sure why that matters, but sitting here now, it still resonates for me.
He felt that jazz taught him that, that we need to simultaneously exist in two different states. Alone, and part of a group.

Things seem to turn ugly when you try and mourn together. It's time to set aside the sorrow and simply try to celebrate together... It's strikingly similar to what we all want isn't it? Perhaps I need to wake up more - because I'm realizing that I'm still not invigorated, and alive yet.

It's time to be happy with each other.

June 11, 2006

yikes

I just bought a 2001 Honda VT750 Shadow ACE Deluxe... I finally got it delivered on Saturday. Got my permit on Wednesday - gotta head to the DMV again and get it registered and put some plates on it.

It is a good looking bike, and a bit lighter than I had expected. I was test driving it the other day, and at first I was worried I was going to tip over. But after a couple of turns, it all started coming back to me - I thought to myself, 'it's like riding a bike!' And then realized how silly that sounded.

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I don't think I'll regret purchasing it - although I have concerns about how much money it was - I mean, it was a great deal, but think of all the other things I _could_ have gotten, and now cannot. I guess if I freak out about the money and start regretting the purchase, I'll just turn around and sell it.

Live and learn as they say!