I think the key to making a lengthy road trip bearable is using checkpoints. Spots to look forward to, to take note of when reached, and to mark off when passed. My concept of checkpoints stems from years of video games. Every save acting as a mini lesson in the overarching concept of meeting checkpoints; [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Road trips and goals
Posted in Just talking on December 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I do not believe time has any sort of aerodynamic capability.
Posted in Just talking on December 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Rather, I think it waits for the precise moment to sneak by, tiptoeing past its captive, inching closer to infinity. Today, some 53 weeks have passed since I relocated. What have I accomplished? is a question worth investigating. Two full semesters and a summer session, four jobs, five songs, two moves, several books, three crawfish [...]
Snowing in Louisiana
Posted in Just talking on December 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yeah, you read that title correctly. It has been snowing for about two and a half hours now, but none of it is sticking to the ground. It’s a weird feeling – I thought when I moved from Omaha that I would not see snow again, or at least not until I went back home. [...]
