Lyrics From The Ride Home

Go with love upon your journey, go with wonder in your heart,
May the light be there to guide you through the terrors of the dark,
You have always been a good freind, but I won't know when you have arrived,
And I wish that I could see you one more time.

There's a rainbow on the water, there's an eagle in the sky,
Can you hear me up where you are, can you see me when I cry?
You have left so much behind you, all the love you have given life,
And I wish that I could hold you one more time.

Yes there are always here beside us, in a parallel point of view,
I hear them call, the ones who've gone before,
Will you bring me to the light when I come through?

Go with love upon your journey, go with wonder in your heart,
May there be someone beside you, who can hold you in the dark,
When you get down to the river, don't pay him till the other side,
And I wish that I could see you one more time, how I wish that I could see you one more time.

Go with love upon your journey.

The Journey by C. D.

A Bit of Poetry

A Love Poem to the Wall


I count the fingers on my hand,
Time and time again,
Many are the loves I've lost,
Let through my fingers like the rain.

Why you ask has time gone by,
And I'm still a lonely fool,
I cannot say, I cannot say,
The only answer I give you.

Perhaps I lack some courage,
Perhaps I lack some strength,
I've had now nearly thirty years,
And still it makes me think.

Was there something needed saying,
Should something have been done,
To win the hearts of those I've loved,
Of those I feel I should have won.

The only thing I've held dear,
As ever after pass the years,
Is my hope for love that's true,
A strong love to get me through.

The future holds things unknown,
And now I sit here all alone,
Writing poems to the wall,
As summer passes into fall.

And the leaves will turn a different hue,
Colours that remind of you,
Of love, of love, of love that's strong,
To get me through the winter long.

Someday I hope I find that strength,
And with it courage not from drink
Courage come and bear my soul,
Out and away from my loveless hole.

Free to pour my heart out,
To speak with no restraint,
Or fear of sounding foolish,
Speaking thoughts that fill my brain.

Until that time arrives
Strength and courage come to call,
Here I sit on lonely nights
Writing poems to the wall.

A Composition By Dan Shanks

Something fun, wierd, and interesting. I hope.

What follows is a composition of sorts of all the various taglines of the people who were online on messenger when I wrote them down the other day. Wierd? Yes. An excersise in creativity? Yes. No insult is inferred here. If it appears that I've misinterpreted what you were intending with your personal message at the time, I have not. I only interpreted them in my own respect. I actually hope that this will be cause for some amusement to all of you. Please post comments about this as I want feed back. Did it make you laugh? Cry? Say WTF? Let me know. And without further delay... here it is. I call it the Composite of Random Lives.

The Composite of Random Lives

”Sniff...sniff...," was the only sound. It was the last day of classes. She should have been happy, but she wasn't. The thought rolled through her head, "Hey you little s*$t, where the hell are you with my f*&*in car?!
Meanwhile across town, the car sat parked in the street. The street itself was deserted. Like a scene from a zombie movie. Only an elderly gentleman on a bus stop bench was visible anywhere, and this was the thought that was running through his head, "Zombies, man...they creep me out." Despite this he felt rather good today. None of the migraines which had been hampering him for the last few days seemed to be present. And this was the next thought that ran through his head, "Damn, I really hate migraines!"
Inside a nearby apartment building an angst ridden youth contemplated the lyrics, "Here you'll stay where lies are spread wide open, and ties are not so strong...that place you'll never find me, I've already gone." What exactly he took away from those lyrics I'll never know. As with most lyrics, or at least I believe it to be so, you take what you need from them. A common interpretation is not necessarily common.
In the dimly lit bar on the far side of town two friends discussed the beautiful woman sitting a few tables away. The waitress passing by was slightly amused by what she heard and it was this, "...Me on the other hand, well, I'm 6'3", she could wear heels with me and still look hot...hehehehe!" "A slightly nonsensical bit of babble from yet another person under the influence of alcohol," she thought. As she wandered down to the table she was currently serving, the older man there looked at her with a smile on his face. He looked lonely and bored, and was more likely than not just looking for someone to talk to. "One more company for Airmiles and I become a gold card member," he stated. The waitress was baffled at this and just gave a friendly smile while she set down his drink. "Yay," he exclaimed; then, "Why wasn't I born Italian? I love you Gianna de Laurentis!" She made a mental note to cut him off. He'd obviously had enough.
In a house across the street the musician finally got his piano put in place in his brand new recording studio. "Mua ha ha, my studio is set up," he cried feeling the elation of all his hard work finally come to fruition!
And in another house not so far away, here I sit. Alone, writing some little blurb I hope will make people laugh, or think or ponder in some fashion. Is it worth it? Say if it's worth saving me. And if you want you can come over, I've always got time for you me...and a bottle of whiskey. Maybe I could explain why the hell I haven't just quit on you yet.
Mackenna is two and a half months old already. How the time flies!
Sniff...Vent Off

Composed by Spanky, a Legendary Legend.

B is for Bike

Well, I finally went for a bike ride today. I think I may have mentioned going for one in another post, but I'm not really counting that one. It was nice. I didn't go to far. But it was good to get out there again. In the hopes of getting into a little bit better shape, I should hope less roundish, I intend to get out there at least a few nights a week. I think I did about a mile tonight. Nothing spectacular I'm sure, especially if you ride a bike much, but I'm gonna ease into it as it's been a good long while since I've spent any real amount of time a bike. Though back in the day, which was a Tuesday by the way, I used to ride everywhere. Through blizzards, up hill both ways, yada, yada, yada. Anyway. Wish me luck!

In Regard to the Links

I'm not sure who's even reading this thing yet, as I haven't posted too much in it. But if you are you'll notice that I have a few links set up. I'm just going to give you a heads up on what they are about if you can't quite figure it out yourself.

Homestar Runner is a flash cartoon site, that though weird is a source of very much amusement for me. It might seem really weird to some of you but that's fine. Your really weird too. Seriously though, check it out. Check out the Strong Bad Emails in particular. They are really quite funny.

Movie Trailers is just the Apple QuickTime Trailer site. Which I frequent. I have this thing for watching movie trailers. Sometimes the trailers are even better than the movies. Check it out if you like movies.

Junoth is a site created and maintained by my friend Chuck. He is a writer and Junoth is his baby. It's a fantasy fiction world created by him. And believe me, the site doesn't even scratch the surface of what he has created. Interested? Check out here for information on the first officially published Junoth story. Suport local talent, support Canadian talent.

The last two are Brandon Dining and iTakeOut which are two sites in development by my good friends at BitDev. They are still in the process of getting them up and running, but they do offer a handy directory of various Brandon restaurants. Check them out.

Weekend Update

Well, the weekend went somewhat decently. There were a few minor issues. But for the most part things went well.

I do believe I imbibed slightly too much alcohol on both Friday and Saturday. Well, maybe not too much, but...Well, you know. Friday was just sort of an unexpected thing for me, which started out with me dropping off a lawn mower and ended in me coming in second place in a poker game. Though apparently not all had discussed the fact that second place is supposed to break even, or that was the agreed on house rule. Whatever. No biggie.

Saturday was plagued by not getting nearly as much done as I would have liked in the household chores department. Though I did manage to do a tidy sum of laundry. Saturday evening brought me back to the beer and whatnot and some good times were had by all at the social in honor of Chuck's cousin. Was a packed house and everyone seemed to be enjoying it.

Things got a little screwy after that though as "the group" decided that it was some wildly good idea to go to the bar, which it of course never is. I did happen across a couple of acquaintances there though which was fine. Though apparently having some conversation with a girl that you know about certain acquaintances - whom are mutual to you both - being...Well, themselves...Is a surefire sign that she is hitting on you and that you should, "Go and have some fun." I find the girl in question friendly, but in no way am I attracted to her and also see nothing fun about one night stands or picking up random chicks at the bar. Needless to say I was ditched by the 8 or so people I arrived at the bar with, so I walked home. Not a far walk really and as it happens a friend of mine was doing the exact same thing about 1200 km west of me, and phoned me at the time. So we had a good chat. I had a nice night time bike ride and that was that. My position has been solidified even more that the bar sucks, and that bar in particular is one of the most idiotic places I've ever set foot in.

Sunday went fairly decent even with Saturday nights, 3 mile bike ride and the sore ass that came with it. Keep in mind that I've not been on a bike much in a good 10 years, so yes there was soreness. My knees were almost locked in place when I woke up in the morning. Anyway, back to Sunday. Got the AC put in at mom's place. Then kind of sat around there for a good portion of the afternoon. Had a nap on the couch. Waiting to once again attempt a task that was aborted on Saturday, then subsequently on Sunday. Oh well, another day perhaps. Watched part of Return of the King with Aaron and Diana in the evening and then came home and went to bed.

So all in all, a good weekend, excepting the middleish part. Hopefully the week will go decently.

Laterz

Spanky

They say that there are good days and bad days in life. Today actually felt pretty good. I felt like I got a lot done. In certain respects anyway. Started tackling the jungle that was my lawn this morning and again this evening. It went well for the most part. There were problems, though I am not dwelling on them too much. Most of the issues were with the piece of crap machine that I have to do the large and unmanageable lawn that I have. Anyway, I got a fairly good chunk of it done regardless. Maybe tomorrow, I'll take another stab at it.

I also ripped apart the rotten back step of the house we're working on. Or finished anyway. And painted the other step on the side entrance. I did some interior mudding, and a couple other odds and ends.

Helped Chris move into his new apartment, which, coincidentally was his old apartment when he lived here before. Not the exact same one, but same building. He gave me an air conditioner which he didn't want, and I didn't need, but I took it to mom's and will try and get it set up for her tomorrow. Her house is an oven and she could use it. I also need to go there some time and finish my long running project of replacing all her plugs and switches, and put her stair railing back up. It'll be nice to get some of those odds and ends wrapped up finally.

Elsewise I did a bit of laundry, and played with my cat in the morning. Nothing special, but the laundry needed doing. The cat is kinda fat too, so it doesn't hurt to give him some physical activity once in a while. I really need to get on that cat run I've been thinking of building, so he can go outside and work off some energy. Just gotta keep him out of cat jail is the main thing.

Tomorrow promises more of the same. Need to start consolidating stuff in my house, and think about what needs to go if a move becomes more imminent than it already is. That's gonna take a while. Not to mention the general house cleaning that I need to do. This place is a mess. If anyone knows where one can get a cheap or free dehumidifier, pass the word along. This basement is kinda damp feeling. More so than normal.

Well that's about it for now. Gotta bunch of things on the agenda tomorrow and a social and stuff this weekend, so there should be more to throw out there for the masses to peruse on Sunday or Monday.

Have a great weekend, take care and I'll catch ya laterz.

Spanky