I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults.

I was reminded today that in exactly a month I'll be back in the Lone Star State.
Troy Aikmen+Willie Nelson+NASA+The Bush Twins+Pantera+Blue Bell+Bill Parcells +Lawrence Whittaker+Mike Judge+Debbie Allen+Larry Hagman+Audie Murphy+The Alamo+Beyonce+Enron+The Dallas Cowboys+Bob Wills+Barry White+Kelly Clarkson+The Rangers+Don Henley+The Polyphonic Spree+Lyndon Johnson+DRI+Sparta+Mars Volta+Dangerous Toys+ZZ Top+The Dallas Morning News+The Fort Worth Star Telegram+The Branch Dividians+Dallas Texas+The Aggies+Gary Busey+Walter Cronkite+Judge Roy Bean+Tim Duncan+Patrick Swayze

Just a few things great about Texas. Call it an obsession? I don't know. I don't think you can truly appreciate something until you can see it from a certain distance.

High school is such a shared experience in North American culture.

... my 10 year high school reunion is coming up.
The good thing is that I feel younger the older I get. That photo there is the 1999 Senior prom photo, and yes, that is everyone in my graduating class. I remember going home that night and vowing just to forget that these things exist.

I recently finished this book, Nowhere Man. It was a recommended read. It really touched upon a lot of ideas of identity (and the lack there of). I really liked it, I was thinking of reading it again just to really let it sink in. There were parts that I wanted to underline, but I didn't want to ruin the integrity of the book.

It really made me think about my life, and my writing. I started to read all the books that I had read before that really influenced me, that made me want to be a silly man with a typewriter and a clean, well lighted place. I've been re-reading Microserfs and Jesus' Son. Black Hole. Maybe I'm trying to identify myself through the books I've read?

I don't think there's necessarily a story, but there's definitely a theme here.

This is probably one of most aesthetically pleasing videos I have ever seen. It's filmed in Shanghai, China, and I simply can't put it into words the feelings that it brings up in me.

The sounds of my roommate playing his ukulele in the living room is an odd sense of comfort.

In two weeks I'll be going into the studio to help record an album and I have only the slightest clue about what's going on. Our drummer is probably going back to Florida to play for his first band, Against Me!.
We did finally settle on the studio though, which is good. Night Owl Studios. John has a good rapport with the guys because the first album was recorded here as well.

My ankle, for what it's worth, miraculously healed itself. Dr. Olga, the only Dr. I'll ever see (see the last post) said I should probably go to the Ryan Center so a medical doctor could check it out, but it feels fine. A little tender here and there.

Tomorrow I have to get fitted for a tuxedo for my brother's wedding. More on that later.