STRESS!

I am the Michael Jordan of stressing myself out.  As I was getting ready for the holiday season I could feel it creeping up on me, there was a lot going on.  Closing the building, lots of traveling, getting ready for vacation, and then being ready to be back at work.  With the holiday season, finances become stressful...this all begins to pile up and then bang it hits me.  Luckily, for everyone else this happened yesterday when I was completely alone.  Because of the massive blizzard that was about to erupt in the northeast, I got up and left the ville (Lakeville) much earlier than planned to get back into the city.  Alivia and I were suppose to be flying out Monday morning so I wanted to make sure that I got back in case the weather got bad...which it did, flight was cancelled and we now leave Tuesday!

I started to find myself getting annoyed on the commuter rail, for no real reason.  I got back to my apartment and watched the Patriots game half heartedly (even though they were closing out the AFC East and the top seed in the AFC!).  I, then preceded to completely break myself down in the gym...I was in their for a solid 90 minutes and tried to tire myself out so much that I wouldn't be able to focus on really anything.  However, all that really did was get my brain moving faster than it already was...CUE THE SNOW

I took this time to just go hang out in the snow.  The snow was not very conducive to snowball making, snowman making, or really anything.  But I can't begin to explain how peaceful it was...to be on a totally empty college campus, standing in the middle of the quad just taking in the scene.  Emmanuel is a beautiful campus anyways, but the snow just made it look majestic.  I must have been out there for over an hour accompanied by only my headphones and the occasional plow, who probably thought I was mental.  

Returning from the gym and the snow, I was at this point wiped out.  The campus soon after lost power and I was left with Samuel Adams in the bongos.  A dangerous combination if anyone else was left in the building...luckily for me and for the rest of the building, I was alone. I rocked out for a good half hour and when all was said and done I realized this; I need to only stress about the things that I can control.  There are so many things that are out of my hands that I get myself so worked up about...I need to take a deep breath, relax, and enjoy the ride.  Maybe the cancelled flight to Vegas, the extra day in Boston, and the insane blizzard happened for a reason.  May be a bit self-centered to think all of those things happened so I can realize to chill out...well I'm just glad I benefited from the storm. 

Ben Folds live in Berlin - Rock This Bitch In Berlin

He made this song up on the spot....pretty funny. (yes i'm obsessed)

Ben Folds sings with STREET CORNER SYMPHONY on The SING-OFF Finale

Dexter!

I usually have a tough time with television shows. I'm more of a movie person I guess. If I  don't really get sucked in or invested, I tend to give up after a couple of weeks.  Every once in a while however, I get wrapped up into something...something like Dexter.  In a little over a years span, I have managed to plow through 5 straight seasons of Dexter.  I love it, it's a little weird that my favorite show involves rooting for a serial killer who works for the Miami Police Department, but it has happened.

Henley!

 I'm sure (I hope) other people who love this show go through the same emotions...almost trying to relate or connect with Michael C. Hall's character.  I would like to think that no matter how we connect that our actions would not be the same...but the thought process that goes into his day to day life.   His problem solving methods might be a bit different but I think we are all faced with choices...choices that involve consequences. The decisions we make, large or small, shape the person we are...the person we want to become. 

I think why I resonate with this show is that it is just nice to see someone, even though he may be a serial killer, struggle with the same life decisions that we all go through on  daily basis.  Struggling to understand who he is...who he wants to be.  Balancing his own thoughts of himself with those of the people around him.  Trying to steady the roles of being a father, brother, being at his day job, and his night job...we can understand the frustration that goes on in his brain while trying to keep all those plates spinning! I don't think I really know what I'm getting at here except 1. If you don't watch Dexter you should and 2.  Who doesn't love a Henley right?

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Strip My Mind (Album Version)

Great Song from the movie "The Fighter"