So.. I had some pretty solid plans for fall break and my friends bailed. Planned something else and my friend got called into work.

I was almost resigned (in?)to doing nothing, except, I got a random urge to go see the sunrise over the lake. It was 2am and I was still up…might as well stay up! I’m down here at the royce getting a nighttime breakfast and fuel for the road.

Ah.. A fall night and a full moon… Add some coffee and good music and its a perfect time to hit the road!

I figure come midday ill be wanting to crash. Probably going to hit a hotel (unless one of my murray friends wants to put me up for the day.. Hint hint) :)

So, ill probably be up all day tues and most of wed.

Saturday night I decided to make a trek down to Murray…Kept a pretty low profile over the weekend. Just mainly needed to get out of town for a little bit and I wanted to take a walk by the lake before the weather got too much cooler.

Murray was a good time. I’m surprised that the car lot that was formally the Log Cabin is now a mexican restaurant. I will say they had pretty good food. Aside from a paint job the place was just as a grungy as ever. Ah, my home away from the Royce. Many a night was spent with friends over a cup of coffee.

My friends I was staying with crashed around 2 but I was still wired (go figure) and decided to go out for a drive. Wound up driving down The Trace and found myself back at Hematite. When did they add that fence? It was a beautiful night out, not too cold and not a cloud in the sky…plenty of fog on the way back but that’s another story. It’s so rare to be in an area where you have literally no man-made light. If you want any visibility you better hope there’s a clear sky and plenty of moonlight.

Wound up crashing around 6 and left shortly after I woke up…and knowing my lovely luck the steering column of my loaner car locked up in Rumsey. I barely managed to coast into this parking lot to wait for a wrecker to pick me up. First time a trip to Murray took 4 hours.. lol

eh. I’m getting over a moderate case of food poisoning. I haven’t felt that bad in a while. 10:1 odds I got it at August Moon while in Murray the other day…I highly hope not as that place is delicious ^_^ Although, if I did get it at the Moon then I believe the person I was with is cursed as the last time I got food poisoning was when I cooked for her.. and she was fine both times. lol

I love fall, it stimulates something deep within me that I can’t begin to explain. We’re getting close to the brief period of time where the weather is perfect 24/7.. Last wednesday when I went to Murray was pretty close. Left a little late and took a drive through LBL with the windows down. Almost a full moon, cold air? Oh yeah, I don’t think I’ve ever felt better

Last night I decided to take a late night drive as well…About 2 am, temperature just dropped below 60. Fog blanketed the area and visibility was nil trying to drive along the backroads. And of course I had a fresh cup of coffee with me ;)

I think I need to try to find a night shift job for the next couple of months, lol, I’ve been losing sleep but it’s been because I’m so stimulated that it’s possible to.. So, I go out and drive.. loving every minute of it.

Perhaps there are a few perks to this being unemployed thing.. lol, on that front things aren’t going too well. I’ve tried all the really good jobs and now I’m afraid I’m going to have to focus on the “I-need-to-survive” type jobs. Blah. Oh well, it’s only for three more months :)

Whew, I don’t know what to say about these past couple of days. They’ve been pretty busy. I caught Bloc Party @ City Hall in Nashville last night.. Really small venue and we were stage center about two rows of people back from the rail. they had two opening acts Smoosh and Deer something.. the latter sucked.. hardcore music but they played for an hour and a half.. wayy too long for an opening act. Smoosh was two twin sisters just jamming out on keyboard and drums.. Crazy talent in those girls. As soon as I get a setlist I’ll post it (Bloc Party…not smoosh)

Made it home around 2 am only to wake up at 5 to drive down to Murray. Reconnected with a friend I haven’t talked to since literally the day I left Murray. It was good seeing her again, wound up grabbing a cup of coffee at the Frap House and catching up (she has a running tab there.. how cool is that?) Really just relaxed through most of the day. Went to CTLT to see everyone there and just check out how the office looked. It hasn’t changed any.. I actually found a book and hair gel in the bottom of my old desk. Shows you how often that gets cleaned out. lol.

Spent the rest of the day hanging out in the 3rd floor lobby of Fine Arts catching up with friends in between classes and just shooting the bull. I found it funny, I went to UK a month or two ago and felt absolutely nothing.. complete apathy…but when I was walking around Murray I remembered how much I liked that place and how foolish I was to go away (Even though I needed too yada yada)

Enough people already know since I’ve been asking around trying to find a job and a place to live that I might as well post it on here. I’m going back to Murray full-time next semester. After debating all the various places I could go and everything I want to do… being a student full-time and getting my degree is by far the most important.

Besides, I want to get out of Owensboro. It’s not a bad city, it’s just there’s no future here…and the same would happen if I moved anywhere in the US. I’d be stuck working a full-time job I hate trying to pay for rent. So, let’s bite the bullet and go back to school!

ah, these next couple of months are going to be painful. lol

Went to Murray w/ Andy the other day to hang out with some people and catch the end of Band Camp. All in all it was a successful trip. Met up with friends I hadn’t seen for a while and got to meet a few new ones.

Caught the evening RacerBand performance.. they’re playing YYZ by Rush.. I will say things are looking kinda shaky but it’s just camp. Pretty ballsy show though, I’m looking forward to going up for Festival. Left the stadium and I wound up needing to get into Chris’ house only the door was locked up. Being the industrious fellow I am I decided to walk around and look for another way in. Turning around the corner I almost tripped over a Raccoon. Very fitting, especially given an earlier conversation but I’m still trying to make sense of it…

After that I got some coffee from huddle and drove around…Lost in thought, debating with myself. Realizing I wasn’t going to be able to shake this feeling I went back and rejoined the crowd

Even when I’m not looking..

ah thunder and lightning.. I really hope it storms.

On the spur of the moment I was invited to go down to Murray tonight to hang out with some of my old friends..

Which brings me to my next thought, stolen from V for Vendetta. “There are no coincidences, only the illusion of coincidence” There have been a couple of very strange coincidences that have occurred lately.. but, i’m not analyzing them for I know what they mean already..

I’m not sure if I’m going to stay up there the entire weekend yet, I know I’m definitely going to crash there tonight.. and depending on how the weather holds up I might venture out. If the weather happens to be bad I know a couple of places I could go as well. Not quite the road trip I had intended but.. any road is a good road. lol

The Killers concert was incredible! Not really sure which part I liked better.. the show or Printer’s Alley.. Went to this dive karaoke bar and sang a couple of tunes. Good times. The opening act for the show was this japanese act that did only Beatles covers.. slightly strange, but. still fun. I’ll post a setlist for the show as soon as I come across one on the internet

My knee quasi went out on me again.. it was vibrating as if it wouldn’t take my weight so I made an appointment.. soonest I can get in is May 11th. That’s not too far away

and my lunch break is just about up. back to work.:)

Oh, I forgot.. went to Murray this past weekend, met up with a lot of old friends and met some new friends. I’m not sure if I could go back there.. but I do love visiting.