I went to pick up Amy from work so we could go have lunch together, and when I was dropping her off, i had a celebrity encounter with the man himself...The Video Professor. Amy thought it was funny because she just thinks of him as her boss, but to me, this guy is big time. I mean geez, he has his own infomercial!!!

I've been away for oh so long, partially because the free internet access (borrowing my neigbor's wireless connection) ceased to exist. He figured out I was using it and password protected it. Anyway, I'm back for now and hopefully can start making entries again. I think maybe 2 people read this besides me, but I'll blog anyway. That's all I've got for now. Toodaloo.

I can't make myself turn off the TV when I'm watching the 10a.m. news report on the local abc channel. The local news people for the abc station here are really good, and I feel this wierd magnetism that won't let me turn off the TV and go on with my day even though I really don't care about the next report on tips for holiday shopping. It's some bizarro world because the news anchors don't have bad hair, the weather girl isn't overly theatrical, and they actually have good chemistry between reports rather than forced awkward conversations and uncomfortable silences. I need to get out and make some friends, clearly.

The past few days, I've been reading books about mountain men and writing songs. If you are up for such a read, pick up Pete Fromm's Indian Creek Chronicles. Tonight I was just playing around on my guitar, then boom - out comes a little riff followed by a string of lyrics, and after twenty minutes, I had a song. I do have to say that it's not usually that easy.

I'm going to the mountains Wednesday...my first time in a couple months because I've been so busy with school.

I'm feeling something moving in my chest, but only music seems to prod my spirit back to life, reaching like a long arm down into the darkness of inside and grabbing hold with a vengeance, pulling hard, saving the slipping into the cold grey skies underneath where it can soar, take wings, rise on the currents, find life, find light. Redemption draws near as I feel the cold wind on my face. I love the cold because it makes me feel, it makes me feel alive.

Oh yeah, and I'm crazy about the new HP digital photography television ads. Go here, then click on the Square ad. All of them are great, but it is my fav.