Frame of Reference

I've been putting off updating for a little while. I recently finished the book Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts and I wanted to really formulate a well written review. However, I find that virtually impossible. The book is so large and covers so many themes. Suffice it to say I enjoyed it. I would recommend it to everyone with a fair warning that it comes in at almost 1000 pages and some of the narrative gets pretty deep. I've never read a book like it though. It was eye-opening and awe inspiring. This weekend was a blast! I think I'm turning into one of those weekend warriors. All business and laziness during the week and then as soon as the weekend comes it's full throttle fun. We went white water rafting. Since we are experiencing a drought the river was a little low. It was so much fun though. Whenever we'd get stuck on a rock everyone had to jump out and push. We tipped down one falls and lost two people. I put sunscreen on but nose and knees got burned anyw...

I had a wonderfully exciting weekend and I just have to throw a shout-out to Heidi for getting the Cranberries stuck in my head. Loads of thanks chica. Friday --> Work just dragged on and on. This only supports my theory of time warps and wormholes. Well, not -my- theory. I didn't come up with it, I just support it! That evening we watched Sybil. Wow! Very disturbing and heart-wrenching. For it's time it was wonderfully directed and Sally Field just blew my mind. I highly recommend it. I don't think young kids should watch it however, there are disturbing images. Really, really disturbing images. I had the tornado dream again. I'm starting to think I should keep track of these things. Write down when I have them and what happens before and after the dreams. Just an idea. I don't know. Saturday --> Had a 5 am wake-up call. I biked the Cades Cove loop with my boss and his family. It was approx 11.1 miles. I was feeling it! I was also extremely glad that his ki...

I've returned from the 'grand' state of Oklahoma a changed person. Some might think this a drastic statement since I was only there for 5 days, but considering the company I was in and the experiences I had, it -is- a true statement. My eyes were opened to the amount of suffering my family endures. I'm sure it's not just my family. It just seems that comparatively speaking my family seems to have a lot of 'bad luck'. But what amazes me is everyone's strength and will. No matter what happens to them in their day to day lives they continue on and they find happiness. Even myself. Maybe it's just a part of human nature. Maybe the cliche is true (What doesn't kill you makes you stronger). I don't know what it is exactly. I just know that sitting there and looking around at my family I was impressed. I was proud of our 'clan'. We may not be the richest or the most talented and gifted. We may not be where we pictured ourselves....but we can...