MegaDrivel

I’m not saying anything right now, because I have nothing nice to say.

Check out my short note posted on Toby.Getsch.com.

I’m sad to learn of the passing of a young NBA star.
My ache is not so near, but remote empathy from afar.

You wish you had the life, the dream the skillz.
You ain’t genuine. No, copycat, you are for your thrills.

Sometimes I speak in dialect.
I flow and rhyme and hit it, the inside man — the deep, the introspect.

Sometime I joke and riddle.
Sometime I interrupt, yeah right in the middle.

My inner thought.
The contemplative, deep rhythm is caught.

Don’t challenge me if it’s for your gain.
I keep it real. This is no refrain.

I listen, not just hear.
I smell the emotion waft in fear.

I call it MegaDrivel. That’s my schtick.
You stick around, they’ll take this read and make a flick.

I call it MegaDrivel… Now you know.

While struggling with sleeping, I stopped.  I stopped struggling and started writing.  It’s one of those nights where I’m really glad I decided something a long time ago, about 22 (UPDATE – DOH!) 32 years ago (when I was six).  I don’t get bored.  I find something more interesting to do.  Tonight, I don’t know if I was bored.  I actually think I was subconsciously trying to solve a technical issue related to work.  That’s not the best for sleep and looking at a blank white ceiling isn’t either.  So, here I am.  (That’s two “I before E, except after C” words, with isn’t in between. Oh, but it it *is*.  No, it’s not!)  I like having a good attitude.  Ping #AttitudeMeme!  Also, ping #KindaQuotable.

I miss my sisters and my my niece, AubreyElla.

Toby and Naomi

Becky and Naomi… (I couldn’t resist. I’m watching a James Bond flick.) 

My journey to get back into shape is all about enjoying the destination, because right now the journey sucks!  Gotta do it (period).

What can I say no to today? What can I avoid? Who should I stop being friends with? Who should I avoid? How can I simplify? What is not needed? Who is a bad influence? –> If we don’t make time for what is important, all the crap and clutter and false importance we leave around is a physical, emotional and spiritual weed which will not decrease unless action is taken. We can make the right choices every day. We must.

both boredom and anger are secondary; dealing with the underlying causes of each takes time, courage and perseverance; that leads to maturity; we always have a choice

Dear God, surround me as I speak,
the bridges that I walk across are weak
Frustrations fill the void that I can’t solely bear.

Dear God, don’t let me fall apart
you’ve held me close to you
I have turned away and searched
for answers I can’t understand.

They say that I can move the mountains
And send them falling to the sea
They say that I can walk on water
If I would follow and believe
With Faith Like a Child

Sometimes, when I feel miles away
and my eyes can’t see your face
I wonder if I’ve grown to lose the
recklessness I walked in light of you

They say that I can move the mountains
And send them crashing to the sea
They say that I can walk on water
If I would follow and believe
With Faith Like a Child

They say that love can heal the broken
They say that hope can make you see
They say that faith can find a Savior
If you would follow and believe
With Faith Like a Child

~Jars of Clay, Like a Child

Remodel my body.
Work with passion.
Enjoy my friends.

I’m watching Man versus Wild and thinking about the adventures I’ll have this coming year. I think there will be at least two 4×4 Weekend Adventures (more likely week long adventures). I don’t think I’ll do Boundary Waters trips in northern Minnesota for a few years because they’re not as much fun for me as mountains and more western getaways. I think I’ll coordinate trips to Colorado or Utah or maybe northern California. Ahhh… When dreaming, there’s no limit!

The World’s Most Beautiful Castles

I’d like to own a castle.  I’d like to get married in a castle.  How elegant and awesome would that be?!

HT: CNN

When I think about a topic and decide to write about it, one interesting thing (to me anyway) is seeing  in which category it lands.  This topic about “attitude” and thoughts about how to change and adjust attitudes is something that I encounter every day – we encounter every day.  This is the introduction of the “The Attitude Meme.”  It also happens to hit on every one of the categories already here… Autodidactism, Education, Life, Listening, MegaDrivel, Perception, Perspectives, Priorities, and Writing.

Yes, there is a little wordplay going on here. Attitude + Me +Me… I don’t think that works.  However, I do think it works to infect positively pass along a good attitude and good ideas.  I don’t know anyone that I like to be around who dislikes a good attitude.  This is another positive beginning… Welcome to a new category and a new domain, AttitudeMeme.com.  (Yes, that’s another wordplay.)

http://news.health.com/2009/08/24/multitasking-harmful/

http://living.health.com/2009/07/10/stress-solution-slow-down/