Post Thoughts

I took my view on what's been going on down, because after I thought about it, I realized I would be playing right into the hands of the Blog troll. I'm going to keep my seat in the stands.

I don't have much to say, but its not goodbye

I started doing this on the suggestion of a friend when I was really depressed.
Writing about the funny things I think up in my mind helped me cope quite a bit more than I thought it would. I found my footing, I found some friends and maybe I met the great love that all the great poets refer to.
I don't have time to do this right now. When I started, I had all the time in the World, but now I'm doing all these different things, and there's not enouh time in the day for everything I have found. So writing a blog isn't on my list of needed things to do. I'm going to leave it up, and maybe once in a great while I will think of something to say, but writing a webblog is not my passion in life.

Living is.

The Tour de Brew is really Cool!

My Girlfriend and I were downtown yesterday for the Tour De Brew, and it was the first time for either of us. We enjoyed it, and she took a whole bunch of pictures with her digital camera. It's cool watching the riders navigate the bars, but I thought the parking deck (Hess's?) was a nasty little challenge to get through. I think next year I'd like to do this. Do they have a race division for scariest looking rider?

Dent and Bennett to Debate.....With Light Sabers!!

Congressman Charles Dent confirmed today that he has accepted an offer from his Democratic Party Challenger, Siobhan (Sam) Bennett, to a duel to the death with light sabers on Hamilton Mall on the PP&L Plaza, in front of the soon to be shuttered Johnny, "They'll be gone" Mananas.

Congressman Dent is training for the duel under the tutelage of the legendary Dark Lord Himself, Lord Vader. Meanwhile Sam Bennett is reportedly driving her trainer, Master Yoda, out of his mind with her lack of focus on her training. "Ready, she not be." he was quoted as saying. "On golden garden rakes, her mind is," he explained further.

No word yet on whether Mayor Ed Pawlowski will accept a similar challenge from recent convert to the Dark side, Tony Phillips, but word is that Phillips is training in a remote location under the direct supervision of the headless ghost of Count Dookoo. More on these stories as they develop!

Normal, for a little while.

I've been dating a great woman for a couple of months now, and yesterday we took a leap forward in our relationship. I met her parents. We drove 90 minutes to Lake Wallenpaupack to her family's summer picnic.

I was really scared. I almost told her I couldn't go. Even with all the counseling sessions, I still look in the mirror and wonder how people can look at me and not get sick. Wearing a baseball cap helps outside in public, people don't notice unless they get a good up close look.

I realized that maybe I wasn't giving my lady enough credit, and that's what she is, a great lady. Her family welcomed me like they had known me all their lives. I found out from her older brother that she had told them all about me, and how I had served in the Army. She hadn't asked them not to mention my scars on my face, but they didn't anyway, we only talked some about politics and hopefully the end of the war.

They made me feel normal. Last night I told her I loved her. On the drive home I started crying, and she asked what was wrong.

I told her nothing, that everything was great, and I thanked her for making me feel normal again.

I wouldn't want to be a Depressed Millionaire either

I love Football. I went to Eagles Camp this weekend, and it was great! The news people keep talking about Shaun Andrews, the Lineman who hadn't shown up for training.
Nobody knew why, but in the stands the buzz was that he was holding out for more money.

Now we know the truth. Shaun Andrews is DEPRESSED! I'm not making fun of him, what I'm saying is that I know how he feels. I've been depressed every once in a while. I get bummed out. I go to counseling once a week, and I have group therapy every Wednesday night.

What ticks me off is all the people mocking him, because he's rich and making millions. So, what, rich people can't have mental issues, they can't be sick? Money doesn't make you happy, it helps but it ain't a cure all. I don't know what the hell is wrong with me, but having money sure as hell wouldn't help. I'm getting by. It just really bugs me that people are trashing the guy for having mental issues. It's not easy, you try waking up every morning and wishing you hadn't.
There's a lot of days I'd rather take my pills and drink brews, because the dream world's a lot easier to deal than the real one. But I don't, I've been motoring along for about 6 months now, and I'm better than I was.
So what if the guy misses the season? It's only football. I hope he gets help and works it out, and becomes a spokesman. That would be great.

Best Headline I've seen in a while: JURY HUNG IN MURDER TRIAL

Did the Morning Paper really put that on the front of the Local section? You Bet! I know we have crime issues in Center City Allentown, but is hanging the Jury going to make it easier for prosecutors to get a conviction. I know if I get jury duty, and they are looking to hang somebody, I'm choosing the defendant over me!

Freeman's Jewelers looks like a very nice store. I've never been in it. Last night my girlfriend and I took a long walk after dinner at the Brew Works down Hamilton and we talked about how sad it was that the stores weren't open very late at all. I'm sure that if it were open we might have gone in and browsed, but it wasn't, not at 9 PM. I've lived in Allentown less than a year, I think it has great potential, but I have to go outside the area, to the suburban malls, if I want to see a movie, or shop after 7 PM. I like the Brew Works, but I don't want, and can't afford, to eat all my meals there. My Girlfriend doesn't live that far away, but we have the same problem, availability of diverse market choices. Walking to the Farmer's Market from Walnut Street is a hike. I don't mind it during the day, but once the sun is down, I get nervous walking that far.

I don't blame the mayor for that. I don't have an answer for what to do, but shopping is more interesting when you do it with someone else, as I have learned.