vicarious is low-lower case

but vicariously isn't. either way, i still like the word. my time in west lafayette was well spent :) i'll post pictures from home, don't have them with me right now. got to see jason, anna, tweedle's friends, my grandparents, and a lot of other family members ;)

now i'm back to blacksburg usual, but am leaving next friday (not THIS friday, but NEXT) for arizona! three cheers for arizona! hurrah hurrah hurrah. as it is, i feel as if i'm NEVER at work, but ah well, i didn't take any vacation in the first 8 months of this year, so i had it comin'.

off to lunch ;)

feed a cold, feed a fever?

mmmm...enjoying a southern gravy biscuit before i head up north.

james richardson vectors, aphorisms, and ten-second essays

just cherry picked a few of my favorites ;)

"his lie doesn't bother me as much as the truth he thinks he knows."

"billions of years, the dust hasn't settled. water's still seeking its own level."

"ax built the house but sleeps in the shed."

"useful to see how you could love every person, every job, for an hour. necessary to realize how short an hour is."

"the despair of the blank page: it is so full."

slackety slack, and don't come back

ah september. how i love it.
noteables:
a. hurricane ivan, scheduled to strike virginia later this week. also scheduled to submerse new orleans in 12-18 feet of water. scary stuff.
b. cleo's halloween costume, a pumpkin. so far, she refuses to wear it without biting and clawing at it. negotiations are scheduled to continue until late october.
c. purdue, next week! will be haunting my old haunts (aka vienna and harry's) and hanging out with jason and anna. oh, and trying to recruit a few people to work at danaher while i'm there.
d. moonlight stomp, this weekend. big plans to stomp grapes like lucy and roast marshmallows in the moonlight next to the winery.

that's all for now ;)

happy birthday austin!

my brother is 13 today -- my my how time does fly.

...yawn...

wow. 3 a.m. comes quickly sometimes. as does 6 a.m. when you've only been in bed since 3 a.m. even the dog was like: are you kidding me? i just laid down! but luckily, it's friday, which means i can happily recover sleep this evening.

amhrein winery - roanoke county

sophisticated wine tasting at this weekend's festival...from the left, jules, zack, stacie, and ashlea

and what's a wine festival without a beret?

stolen poetry from "before sunrise"

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Daydream, delusion, limousine, eyelash
Oh baby with your pretty face
Drop a tear in my wineglass
Look at those big eyes
See what you mean to me
Sweet-cakes and milkshakes
I'm delusion angel
I'm fantasy parade
I want you to know what I think
Don't want you to guess anymore
You have no idea where I came from
We have no idea where we're going
Latched in life
Like branches in a river
Flowing downstream
Caught in the current
I'll carry you
You'll carry me
That's how it could be
Don't you know me?
Don't you know me by now?