Were do I begin....?
Seeing it's been over 4 years since I last put my fingers to the keys and leaked my thoughts here for all to read, it seems a little awkward getting back into the writing spirit, although I feel the need to purge some things and felt this was the right outlet.
It's funny how things move along in life, websites come and go, friends enter and leave our lives, the leaves appear then fade. Sitting here listening to Subdivisions by Rush, which brings be back to walking through the double gymnasium doors of Washington School for one of many 8th Grade dances back in 1984, a time when all we had were vinyl albums, and cassettes to listen to our favorite bands. I was updating my slew of iPods earlier in the evening; yes I currently own an iPod Touch, an iPhone and my little purple iPod Nano, and it occurred to me that even back in 2004, as I'm sure there was some technology there, I was ripping CD's of mp3 files to bring to work to listen to on the office computer. 20 years before that, who would have even imagined what things would be available to us in the time to come. I certainly would have thought one crazy of the thought of carrying around my entire Rush collection (along with 22,000 other tunes) in my pocket. Luckily for me, technology has come a long way, because frankly I just couldn't think of not having some of the toys that are in my arsenal to date.
The internet on the other hand, is sort of a newer, overnight here ya go sensation. I can still vaguely remember logging onto those old BB Servers, Prodigy and AOL some years ago with the 14.4 and 28.8k modems, but now 2009 my God, there are just so many things to see, surf, explore, buy, and keep up with. I can remember signing up for Facebook some time back thinking, wow this is pretty cool, I can keep in touch with people I actually know, unlike the droves of folks I had on my MySpace page. With only a hand full of friends I started thinking, eh this is okay, wish there were more people on here. As usual, time passed and before I knew it, I'm over 343 friends, and strangely enough I know each and every one of them. Where the hell did all these people come from? LOL
I must say that it's been great hooking up with quite a few of the folks that I went to grammar and high school with, as one wonders what the hell happened to everyone after high school, you know, they get lives, get married, move away, this that and the other.
Granted, there are tons more people out there that have been in one way or another connected to my life to date, but either they don't have a damn Facebook account, or I haven't been able to locate them, that makes me a little sad as there are those for whom I've shared some great times with and would just like to say hello, or see how their doing.
God know's I've gone through my share of ups and downs, hell I should be dead right now, but luckily I got a second chance to clean my shit up and get back on the horse. So, with that, I'll save this post and start thinking of some things to drop into my next installment. Maybe I'll speak a little about my dance with the devil, as it always helps to remember where I could have wound up. Hope everyone is doing well and having a great weekend, as it comes to a close here on the East Coast.
-my two cents..
