Saturday, October 31, 2009
saturday night, halloween, in the big city...
It's Halloween! So what am I going to do tonight? Stay in? Go out? What are my options? Dave is hangin' with his brother most likely giving out candy. Arsen has a party to gig at in Fresno. I could go see a Souxsie and the Banshees cover band along with a Joy Division cover band... I dunno.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
notes from my trip...
"as long as you care what others think about you, you will never succeed."
"walk-run-bike"
"as a man, i need to be able to provide for my loved ones, this can only be done through hard work and smarts"
"i will work hard to make my loved ones proud, happy and comfortable"
"eat healthy, fresh, natural foods"
"clear intact and distinct memories of RIGA for the rest of my years"
"walk-run-bike"
"as a man, i need to be able to provide for my loved ones, this can only be done through hard work and smarts"
"i will work hard to make my loved ones proud, happy and comfortable"
"eat healthy, fresh, natural foods"
"clear intact and distinct memories of RIGA for the rest of my years"
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
WORK, RELATIONSHIPS, FINANCES, CURRENT and FUTURE events and finally; THINGS THAT PUZZLE ME...
So where to begin... I've got a bunch of random thoughts bouncing around in my head so if this entry seems rather discombobulated keep in mind I'm writing this off the cuff. Let me try and boil it down to the basics of life; WORK, RELATIONSHIPS, FINANCES, CURRENT and FUTURE events.
WORK--- Nothing to complain about, I have a job and I love it. I'm the solo Vespa tech right now, Dave is on holiday and Matt is wrenching on cars which leaves me with nobody to talk to, just me and the thoughts that loop continuously through my head. I'm a bit of a worrier at times, I get down on myself. My rut or "guy period" shows up once every 3 months, typically it doesn't last long, maybe 2-3 days then I'm back to my usual happy-go-lucky self. I've had feelings of self doubt and inadequacy lately aka low self esteem. It probably has something to do with the fact that I haven't been taking very good care of myself lately; being lazy, eating unhealthily, I drank last week too and got rather inebriated, the morning after wasn't that bad hangover wise but, I get depressed for that day. I know alcohol is a depressant so I know what to blame it on but, being my own biggest critic, I'm pretty hard on myself and beat myself up for getting drunk, not exorcising, getting up late, not taking care of my skin etc. etc. etc. Anyway what can you do but ride it out right?
FINANCES--- Bills are getting paid AND even after taking 3 weeks off work I'm doing good. I've been spending money wisely, notice I said "spending" money wisely, not "saving" money wisely... I'm working on it. I've been looking on craigslist for a part time job, I just want a simple evening retail/stock job for extra cash. A 6pm-10pm job would be ideal. Just putting it out there in the universe.
CURRENT EVENTS--- Just life really, keeping myself busy--- insuring and registering the car, paying off my library fine, getting pics printed from the trip. I keep a little 3x5 spiral notepad in my back pocket and take it with me EVERYWHERE, I get so much more done when I have a to do list to remind me. How about you? Oh, I almost forgot, I made homemade Borscht and it came out awesome! I also made Pelmeni from scratch but that wasn't what I would call my finest work. I believe that we can create our own reality (in certain cases) so I'm trying to recreate a little bit of my Latvian trip in my life.
FUTURE EVENTS--- Same old stuff I'm sure you're all sick of reading about; lose weight, get healthy, save money, be happy, have fun and be the best me i can be.
THINGS THAT PUZZLE ME--- First off, how do people, Muscovites for example, survive in the most expensive city in the world on the wages they make for normal everyday jobs? Better yet, HOW did Moscow become so expensive??? Another puzzle is the exchange rate for Latvia, it has the worst economy in all of Europe and yet it takes $2 to get just 1 Lat??? How is it possible that they have such a strong currency?
O.K., I'm sure I'm boring most of you so I'll quit while I'm ahead.
Smile more, it's free!
WORK--- Nothing to complain about, I have a job and I love it. I'm the solo Vespa tech right now, Dave is on holiday and Matt is wrenching on cars which leaves me with nobody to talk to, just me and the thoughts that loop continuously through my head. I'm a bit of a worrier at times, I get down on myself. My rut or "guy period" shows up once every 3 months, typically it doesn't last long, maybe 2-3 days then I'm back to my usual happy-go-lucky self. I've had feelings of self doubt and inadequacy lately aka low self esteem. It probably has something to do with the fact that I haven't been taking very good care of myself lately; being lazy, eating unhealthily, I drank last week too and got rather inebriated, the morning after wasn't that bad hangover wise but, I get depressed for that day. I know alcohol is a depressant so I know what to blame it on but, being my own biggest critic, I'm pretty hard on myself and beat myself up for getting drunk, not exorcising, getting up late, not taking care of my skin etc. etc. etc. Anyway what can you do but ride it out right?
FINANCES--- Bills are getting paid AND even after taking 3 weeks off work I'm doing good. I've been spending money wisely, notice I said "spending" money wisely, not "saving" money wisely... I'm working on it. I've been looking on craigslist for a part time job, I just want a simple evening retail/stock job for extra cash. A 6pm-10pm job would be ideal. Just putting it out there in the universe.
CURRENT EVENTS--- Just life really, keeping myself busy--- insuring and registering the car, paying off my library fine, getting pics printed from the trip. I keep a little 3x5 spiral notepad in my back pocket and take it with me EVERYWHERE, I get so much more done when I have a to do list to remind me. How about you? Oh, I almost forgot, I made homemade Borscht and it came out awesome! I also made Pelmeni from scratch but that wasn't what I would call my finest work. I believe that we can create our own reality (in certain cases) so I'm trying to recreate a little bit of my Latvian trip in my life.
FUTURE EVENTS--- Same old stuff I'm sure you're all sick of reading about; lose weight, get healthy, save money, be happy, have fun and be the best me i can be.
THINGS THAT PUZZLE ME--- First off, how do people, Muscovites for example, survive in the most expensive city in the world on the wages they make for normal everyday jobs? Better yet, HOW did Moscow become so expensive??? Another puzzle is the exchange rate for Latvia, it has the worst economy in all of Europe and yet it takes $2 to get just 1 Lat??? How is it possible that they have such a strong currency?
O.K., I'm sure I'm boring most of you so I'll quit while I'm ahead.
Smile more, it's free!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
БУ-РА-ТИ-НО !
Buratino is the Russian equivalent of Pinocchio. When I was in Latvia the son of the family I stayed with had this tune for his alarm clock music, before I knew it was about "Buratino" I'd lie in bed imagining little Russian kids doing some patriotic song and dance routine. It's a catchy little tune don't you think?
Friday, October 16, 2009
european hangover...
Latvia I miss you! Today I replayed many parts of the trip over in my head and it made me sad, the buzz of the trip is over, all that is left is a "european hangover". Latvia is a stunning country and I fell in love with it, the land, the weather, the food, the people. I'll return soon.
Baltic Sea
War Memorial
Trams
Plavneiki
Baltic Sea
War Memorial
Trams
Plavneiki
Monday, October 5, 2009
crap
I am heading to Latvia tomorrow and I dropped and broke my camera today... SHIT! Thankfully David managed to come through with a loaner camera.
The lesson from the trip so far is--- no matter where you are, there's NOTHING more important than friends and family.
OK, bed, I have to get up at 4:40am
One last thing, the cool thing about a british keyboard is this---
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and this---
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The lesson from the trip so far is--- no matter where you are, there's NOTHING more important than friends and family.
OK, bed, I have to get up at 4:40am
One last thing, the cool thing about a british keyboard is this---
££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££
and this---
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