milford grads reunited

this past weekend our basketball programs at fgcu held a double header against belmont. this provided an opportunity for me to reconnect with a formed teammate of mine, brandon baker, from milford high school. he is currently a red shirted freshmen with the bruins and i was able to catch him in action as well as witness his career high of ten points. here is the bruin recap of the game featuring a photo and a better write up on the game than i will be able to give. also, notice the pale size of the north compared to the burnt redness of the south.

my home

since i moved to the fort myers area last august, my housing situation has been less than steady or even ideal for the practical minded reader of this post. i have exhibited more of a nomadic practice in my living arrangements than anything; my car still holds things in the trunk that no longer have a place in the apartment i am renting (i believe my seventeenth "bed" that i have slept on since august 8th.) i started out in a $4.4 million home, sleeping in the guest house that belonged to my boss's in-laws. they allowed me to stay there for free during the beginning months of the soccer season

na zdravie

i found this also, laura posted it on the facebook group...maybe it will trigger a memory of the cheap slovakian beer from that night or the waitress (i think she was pretty good looking) i do not know, could have been the beer again

vienna remembered

i know that there are not too many people who follow or even read much of what i try to document through this site, but this is something that i hope reaches the masses a bit more for many reasons. it is something that i have thought about for awhile, only lacking the initial steps that lead toward an end result. it could be due to many things; lack of motivation, lack of creativity, lack of means, patience, or desire. no, i believe the reason might have stemmed from a fear of reopening a wound that bleeds a longing to explore, search, or discover something new while encompassing freedom and

soon to come

today i set out to be creative, to do something that i have been meaning to get to for about ten months, to develop my right brain a bit more... i am working on a video of my study abroad trip from last year...a collection of my favorite pictures to the only piece of music that can sum up the true identity of vienna and europe. that is right, i am showing an artistic side, one that i wish i could say i have always had but never unleashed.

stay tuned, because it is coming.

a calling adventure?

a map for saturday, this is where i always seem to find myself time and time again. how could this not be enticing? how could this not eat away at you? how can you begin to think about ten, twenty, seventy years down the road without doing something that calls your name like a mother at dinner time? whenever i watch the trailer my mind goes off into some distant place where i am able to find a sort of peace. strange to think about i know, but even now i migrate towards non-fictional books of adventures like, "eat, pray, love," "the innocence abroad," "a walk in the woods," and the list slowly grows in

a viewpoint

in the wake of a less than fantastic day, a day that should leave me with a harsh acceptance of reality, a day that should stop and make me think, a day that could leave me exhausted over the next three months, will only leave me with a great test of patience and perseverance. i have made my mind up about this, it will not hinder or cause me distress. i will turn it into great possibilities to grow, to plan, to learn, and to overcome. there is a quote i remember from eighth grade, behind every cloud waits a sun...never more appropriate