keep it like a secret

Another great weekend, although I could stand to settle a bit. Crazy nights & lazy days are fun, but a little more balance would be nice... The homeless census wed. night was the best yet. It feels really good when several of the people that work at the shelter recognize me from the past two years. I guess I never thought that it was that difficult to get people to come back several years in a row; of course, most people's schedules aren't as flexible as mine. It just feels good to know that you're helping out and that you truly are appreciated, climbing around under interstate overpasses w/ a formerly homeless guide is always fun as well. My group ended up getting the largest census area so we got back last, I was the only one that stuck around for breakfast so I got to talk to Father Patrick for a while since we were the only ones left. You meet such good souls when you volunteer for certain things...especially the opportunities that get less publicity, everyone...

Another great weekend, joining everyone Saturday at park tavern to watch Eric propose to Lindsay had to be the highlight...so slick. Congratulations guys! I wonder who will be next... Yesterday we were back at the tavern for football and dollar drafts. Ha, it was def. the first time that I've ever been in a bar for seven hours straight. You can't beat saving 105 bucks! My uncle Gary had to shoot a guy [in the leg] that tried to rob his jewelry story this weekend, it even made the Atlanta news. - I've gotta find a job, this working 3-4 hours a day stuff is killing me

3.13 : the hold steady + silversun pickups + the thermals @ bottle tree in birmingham - the tuesday night road trip is a go

I love the earl, esp. when I get to see an early, sold out, non-smoking camera obscura show w/ Constance and then hang out, drink pbr, eat fried okra, a delicious black bean burger, boiled peanuts, and chips w/ various dips afterwards with a new crew. It was great to see the band's expanded sound live, the layers really come out. Cute little english girls in vintage dresses w/ short hair and beautiful voices are hot. I think I re-aggravated the stress fracture in my foot during tonight's run. - Micah's stubbornness [drive] + nike frees = bad news...

We all stay so busy these days that we never see many of our 'friends' unless we are bored or have nothing better to do. The same thing goes for when you think about or want to hang out with a girl often when you are looking for something to do and hardly at all when you have plenty of options. The people that you really love and care for are the ones that you make time for when there is none. I think that is one of the easiest ways for you to know how you truly feel about someone. - that's all, I'm not even really sure where that came from

two great weekends in a row, now it's time to move out of the shop and find another job asap... Checking out spectralux and the blue hour at lenny's friday night was cool, now if I can just make myself knock out the review for tomorrow... The new lenny's looks horribly lame from the outside but it's nice and dark inside, great graffiti and art, better sound. It was really good to see the skirts and everyone else at smith's [for free, it's always nice when two different bars use such similar hand stamps]. Being able to hang out w/ brian and everyone [for lindsay's birthday ;)] last night was great, meeting girls is always fun. We really need to get everyone together more often. Today was simply a day of football and recovery, I need sleep. - i'm so picky when it comes to girls, for better or worse, what girl has it all? I'm starting to sweat the job [or lack thereof] thing, especially w/ taxes coming due soon...

It appears that I am going to be running point on organizing a film festival in decatur in february and a music festival in atlanta later this year - this is how I like to save the environment... - make caring cool - I also might be responsible for video taping live shows for paste in the near future. What's next?

1.8 - 4 - asics 1.9 - 7 - asics - i need a new ironman 1.11 - 3 : 7.09 | 14.03 | 19.47 - b: 5.44 a: 6.35 - frees - not bad for my first truly 'timed' run in months, the hills up north avenue make it tough to keep lap times consistent, just have to make up for the uphills w/ the down, new ironmans rock 1.12 - 6 : 40.01 - a: 6.67 - asics - def. nice to see that my 5k pace translates pretty much straight over to my 10k 1.15 - 8 : 56.46 - a: 7.06 - asics - not bad at all considering the wind, rain, and the buddy that I picked up for a little while before he dropped off, at this point I am def. shooting for a 90 min. half marathon [6.8 min/mile might be too much to ask for but we'll see 1.17 - 7 : 48.24 - a: 6.89 - frees - that hurt on several different levels 1.22 - 3.1 : 6.16 | 12.53 | 19.10 - b: 6.16 a: 6.23 - asics - 2nd best 5k time ever [19.01], my foot is hurt again, but not bad enough to totally halt training, I'll just have to run some shorter/less intense workouts ...

foot.marta.plane.cab.bus.cab.foot [toronto:subway.foot.cab.best nye yet?] foot.subway.bus.foot.bus.plane.marta.foot. home. Toronto rocks. I think I could even deal w/ the cold for the most part. I just love being in a city where owning a car is a liability and only decreases the quality of your everyday life [catch up, atlanta]. There's no better way that I can think of spending nye other than in an old mansion-turned pub/piano bar/sports bar/dance club w/ a bunch of new friends. Ha, I can TOTALLY deal w/ being the only guy in the crew. I crashed on a small [possibly cat pee-tainted] couch four nights and a love seat nye...my bed and I are going to have some fun tonight. - hell yeah, bama got saban. mal moore must really be an evil genius. heads up, sec. what a way to be welcomed back to the states.