i come from the mountain

sports predictions have not been good to me this year. i missed on most of my baseball picks. the nationals will not play the tigers in the world series. the tigers might play somebody. the texans will probably not play the seahawks in the super bowl. the seahawks might play somebody. i guess that's not horrible.

it was a long summer, but summer's over. we worked on the house probably every day for three months. i packed, moved and started working on the house right away. the season flew by. now, like when i passed the test, like when i left pwc, i have time on my hands and i don't know what to do with it. i started reading again. i read a book called the dog stars. great freakin' book. i highly recommend it. i'm currently reading bob dylan's chronicles. really good so far.

i have a couple more months to play tennis before it gets too cold. i really enjoyed playing this summer. didn't get to play much, but i loved it. i have a new racket for the first time in literally almost 20 years. man. i tend to wait to buy stuff. but i found that the good stuff does usually cost more. the racket i got is simply awesome. usually amazing follows simply, but i rewriting things here. simply awesome. i love the racket. i still have the same tv i had in college, so eventually that is going to need an upgrade. i want to get one that's functional with the internet, because i'm pretty sure in five years, we'll be getting almost all of our media that way.

sofie is still cute and lovable.

i haven't made it to the mountains much. i miss it.

i have a nerve issue in my right knee. when i crouch or put pressure on the kneecap, a shooting intense, extremely burning pain shoots through my kneecap. man it sucks getting old. there was a great song/speech set to music called 'everybody's free to wear sunscreen'. i first heard it when i was 17. it was one of those things that i knew one day would make complete and total sense. in this awesome song/speech, there is a line that says 'be kind to your knees. you'll miss them when they're gone.' well mine aren't gone yet. but man, some days. it's a reminder.

i really like that song/speech. i try to listen to it once a month. i really do. it gives me hope. it did when i first heard it. i hear songs from that period of my life about '96-'02 and i can feel the hope i had when i was younger. i've accomplished a lot. but i miss those days. i'm glad i made the friends i did. i'm glad i did the things i did. it was fun. i'll probably never laugh more in my life than i did in those years.