Yes. Yes, it HAS been a while...

Where to start...

Well...

My friend Brittany from Jacksonville, FL came and visited me for a short 5 days. It was a good time. We got out and saw a lot of animals and visited a lot of galleries and the Wildlife Museum. It was nice having some company again. I wish people could come out and visit more often.

It's getting closer and closer to leaving time. I'm getting really excited to go and set forth on this journey of mine.

I even bought a new car for the occasion!



That's my new baby! A 2001 Pontiac Aztek. 128,000 miles, first car I've owned that has AC that actually works. Power everything. Very nice! I love it. I go back to Salt Lake on Monday to pick it up.

But in unrelated news..... ah I don't know.. I'm drawing a blank.

I've been doing really well lately. Like I said, I'm getting really excited to go on this road trip. It should be a really good time visiting friends and new places.

I'm not sure if anything else worth noting has been going on. I guess I'd remember it if that were the case.

Keep it real my homies.

T-Dogg

I'm sure I could go talk to many elders and they would all say the same thing.
They would all tell me that I am too young to be able to find myself and my way in life.
But, I still feel that it is time to start trying.
I'm not expecting it to just jump out and hit me in the face.
But I'm ready to find a place where I fit in.
A place where people aren't going to take what I do for them for granted.
A place where people actually want me to be.

The only problem is that I have no idea where to start.

I've been looking in all of the wrong places.
All that I needed has been with me for a long time.
There is only one place I can go from here.
Onward to peace and happiness.
Onward to you...

:)

A Repost from Dec.

From my ashes I will rise.

Rise to become more powerful than before.

I can take the adversity.

I can take the challenges.

I will feel destroyed at times.

But I know the secret.

The secret of life, strength.

I am who I am.

Feel what I feel.

Do what I do.

You can slow me down,

But never stop me.

For I always rise,

Rise with more power and strength.

With that I am invincible.

I will be remembered.

I will be the greatest...

And as the trail wound closer to home, they decided without words to slow down so the walk would take longer. There was still so much to talk about, but so little time in the world to do so. Neither wanted to go home, and they ended up trailing off to the gazebo to sit with each other and talk longer. Maybe ten yards from this destination, did it start to rain. And not just sprinkle a few drops here and there, but really rain. It was as though God himself was trying to rinse the world of the impurities that congregated.

The quick dart the soon followed the first sheets of rain, put the two in each other arms. And they sat in the gazebo, his arm around her and her head resting on his shoulder as though that’s where it was molded to belong. For once, they were silent. The only sound was that of the rain drops dancing ferociously on the rooftops as if they were taking cues from the two's hearts that we racing feverishly underneath the calm surface of their loving bodies.

Spontaneity kicked in and without a word she knew that he wanted to play in the rain. They ran out like children and started dancing in the rain, kicking up every puddle that stood in their way. She darted into the trees, grabbing one after another with outstretched arms, letting the momentum that was her fun glide her in circles around every tree. Right hand, left hand. He stopped and stared and the beauty in that was playing in the trees. So pure, so innocent, so free. She was almost in heaven. Twirling throughout the trees as though it was her kingdom.

Quietly he begin to pursue her. Making sure she couldn't see him coming. A full circle with a tree in her right hand, he knew that one from the left was next. And he stepped next to the tree he knew she would grab. And half way around her turn she met and stopped in her tracks by the warmth of his lips on hers.

And there they stood, lost in time, the rain, but more importantly, each other. Transfixed by the warm drops of rain as they stood exchanging warm, soft, moist kisses that were the only thing left to be said. No words could sum up what they had felt between each other. And all that was left was to let sheer emotion get the best of them. Thus, the start of something beautiful was created in a time when the world was being cleansed, creating something pure beyond our perspectives.

Something that will last forever...