28 March 2011

Spring & Love

Monday morning. For breakfast I have a grapefruit, a peanut butter and honey sandwich, some orange Powerade Zero, some coffee and The Fray Pandora station. It's a good morning. Spring is in the air. There's a feeling of life all around me. The trees are beginning to bud. The mornings are no longer cold, but only cool. I think this morning's temp was about 41°F. Anyway, I love spring. I'm starting to love spring the most out of any season. Summer is too darn hot. Maybe I don't have a favorite season cause even though summer is darn hot I can still tolerate it, and I associate summer with road-trips. So I like all seasons the same.

Sometimes I feel like life is so strange. I hate how life doesn't make sense to me sometimes. I don't know how I got to where I am now. I don't know why it feels like there is so much unrest in our world. Sometimes I feel like we're on the verge of breaking. Then I zoom into my own life and I wonder how on Earth I every deserved to be loved. In many areas I don't deserve any love. But forgiveness exists. Love exists. Redemption exists. It's good to know that such things exist. I can either give into my fear, or I can resist and give into love. Love is the greatest thing that has ever existed. And it exists! I think this in itself is a miracle. Love is a mystery. 

27 March 2011

Lorider Bike!!!

So, this afternoon I'm shopping for a bycicle on Craig's List and I find this gem. Delicious. Only in New Mexico, (parts of California, Arizona, Colorado, and Texas) would you find a lorider bike for sale on Craig's List. 

18 March 2011

NYC

New York, NY. What a lot to take in! We've been walking, and walking,
and walking some more. I feel like we have been doing nothing but
moving. Subway rides and looking at buildings. It's been great, but
I'm still trying to adjust to all the walking and train hopping. It's
weird because this is my fourth trip here and the last times I visited
it was much easier to adjust.

So far I've snapped some pretty good photos. I'll post them all here soon.

In our trip we still have Jimmy Fallon to see and also our anniversary
night. I'm excited for both of those things.

...still things seem dark here... I'm hoping for an upward turn toward joy.

11 March 2011

Fly Away

I would love to fly to El Paso from ABQ and have a 8 hour layover in Clovis. Fun times! 


08 March 2011

Calendar

I love seeing this on my calendar! 


Pictures and Junk...bla, bla, bla

It's a great day today. The weather is cool, but you can tell that spring is on it's way. Yesterday it sprinkled on us a bit and this morning I can still smell a remnant of a bit of moisture. It's not as dry as it has been. It's still dry, but not as bad. We really need some rain soon though. I guess there have been really bad fires in southern New Mexico. Silver City was evacuated. There are still really bad threats to fires today.

There are a few things I want to do. I want to enjoy my city more. I want to walk around the city with my point and shoot Sony camera and capture what I find as beautiful in the city. There are a lot of really cool houses and examples of great architecture in the city that not many people know about--nor would they have even thought that these buildings could exist in Albuquerque. As I took Lindsey to work this morning a few times I pointed out "that would be a great photo". 

So that's my goal. I want to enjoy my city more. I think Albuquerque is the ultimate diamond in the rough, if you will. We have a gem of a city and not too many people know of it.


07 March 2011

Climate Change

Is there such a thing as climate change? Or are there trending climate changes in the long run? Basically, is there any chance that New Mexico could gradually become warmer or cooler in the next 50 to 100 years? Will we trend more or lest precipitation? I'm just wondering. Is there a possibility that we could see more grasses and less desert? These are a lot of questions, but I think it would be cool if we could notice a climate change in my life time. It's just so darn dry here and I wish it would rain more. I think my better bet would be to move to Alaska. That's not going to happen. Although, I would really love to visit Alaska some time soon. 


06 March 2011

Joy, Love, Hope

Things I'm cooking right now: Kroger Deluxe Shells and Cheddar, sautéd
garlic with Ragu marinara sause (I added some tampura powder and a
drop of Valentina hot sauce), boiled shrimp, tri-color rotini, and hot
water for tea. I'm a cooking man right now. It's good though. I'm also
listening to the brand new Anberlin release. The music is fantastic.
It's good for me to just listen and think. Sometimes I think I'm
really sad. Sometimes I think that life makes no sense and has no
purpose. Sometimes there's no hope. Sometimes it feels as if there is
no hope for me. Hopelessness is probably the worst feeling ever. I
have hope. I don't have to feel as if I have no hope because I know
that there is hope for me. I would say the opposite of hopelessness is
love and joy. These are what we all desire as humans. We long for
these as if they were food or water. I have joy. I have love! I don't
have to feel hopeless.

02 March 2011

Zoot Woman

I just have to put this out there ... ... ... ... ... This song and music video is (are?) (lol) amzing! Enjoy Zoot Woman.

Interstate Bridges

I love bridges and interstate highways. I don't know why I love them but I do. My two favorite interstate interchanges in Albuquerque are I-40 & Louisiana and I-40 & I-25. So now you know. 

IPAs On A Monday Night

Today is a great day! I think it just might be the coffee buzz, but I just feel great today. It also might be because I just feel so much better physically today than I did yesterday. Joe and I had enjoyed two or three IPAs on Monday night. Joe pointed this out, it seems like the hoppier the beer the worse you feel in the morning. Keep in mind that we don't have to drink a lot of IPA beers in order to feel horrible in the morning. I can have one Marble IPA and just feel kinda crummy. This is unfortunate because I really love the hoppy beers. OH well... By the way, the story behind the origins of IPA beer is pretty fascinating. Check out this Wikipedia article. 

I'm also super excited for our New York trip. I'm excited to see Mr. Sean Friend. I'm excited that you can search "Jeff Omidvaran" on iTunes and see his music. I'm excited for our friend Joe and his adventure to Portland. I'm a bit sad that he's leaving, but it's great for him. Last night we (Lindsey, Erin, Joe and I) gathered at Flying Star to celebrate Erin's 27th birthday. That was really fun.  I'm grateful for friends.

I read this proverb this morning. I really like the desire for knowledge the author had. This is how I would like to think. I want a thirst for knowledge, understanding and wisdom. 



Proverbs 2 (New Living Translation)

Proverbs 2

The Benefits of Wisdom

 1 My child,[a] listen to what I say,
      and treasure my commands.
 2 Tune your ears to wisdom,
      and concentrate on understanding.
 3 Cry out for insight,
      and ask for understanding.
 4 Search for them as you would for silver;
      seek them like hidden treasures.
 5 Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord,
      and you will gain knowledge of God.
 6 For the Lord grants wisdom!
      From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
 7 He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest.
      He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.
 8 He guards the paths of the just
      and protects those who are faithful to him.

 9 Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair,
      and you will find the right way to go.
 10 For wisdom will enter your heart,
      and knowledge will fill you with joy.
 11 Wise choices will watch over you.
      Understanding will keep you safe.

 12 Wisdom will save you from evil people,
      from those whose words are twisted.
 13 These men turn from the right way
      to walk down dark paths.
 14 They take pleasure in doing wrong,
      and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.
 15 Their actions are crooked,
      and their ways are wrong.

 16 Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman,
      from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.
 17 She has abandoned her husband
      and ignores the covenant she made before God.
 18 Entering her house leads to death;
      it is the road to the grave.[b]
 19 The man who visits her is doomed.
      He will never reach the paths of life.

 20 Follow the steps of good men instead,
      and stay on the paths of the righteous.
 21 For only the godly will live in the land,
      and those with integrity will remain in it.
 22 But the wicked will be removed from the land,
      and the treacherous will be uprooted.

Footnotes:

Proverbs 2:1 Hebrew My son.
Proverbs 2:18 Hebrew to the spirits of the dead.