Words Are Not Enough

( I need a new job. )

A Candle for the Darkness

Just some things I love...

For a Rubbermaid bin:
I love my dog. I love all dogs, really, but I love Chelsie the most. When she passes on and another dog comes into my life, of course I will love that dog the most. I've loved all the dogs who've ever shared my life the most at the time they were in my life. I love that dogs are like that - they know you love them the most, they don't care that you loved their predecessor or their follower the most. I love that dogs live completely in the moment, every moment. They remember things, and they understand the future will arrive, but that does not stop them from living in and enjoying now. I have always loved dogs, even the one dog I encountered that was the terror of my world for two years. I loved him because he was such a bad-ass even though he only had three legs. I admired him for instilling terror into me & all my friends, and every person who had to ride a bicycle down that road.

For a suitcase:
I love beer. Not just for the alcohol content, but the whole concept of beer. The fact that it's been around since people, pretty much. It has such simple ingredients, but the combination and preparation of those ingredients can produce such an array of flavors and textures - everything from this crisp, light hefeweizen I'm trying to Guinness Stout. I love looking into the amber bottle and seeing the bubbles suspended at the top of the beer, almost like air bubbles trapped in lucite. It doesn't look liquid in the bottle. I love organic microbrews because there is always stuff in the bottom of the bottle. I love the names companies give beer - I'm currently drinking Pyramid's Haywire Hefeweizen. Mothership Wit. Monty Python's Holy GrAle. I love how breweries are experimenting with flavors, like coriander, apricot, raspberry... Fruity, earthy, nutty, caramel, coffee, oak.

For a laundry hamper:
I love that, even on nights like these after days like I've had, I can drink a beer or two without drinking all the beer. I love having enough of a sense of self to just breathe it out a little.

For the naked woman:
I love how sometimes, weirdly appropriate music can play on Pandora.

Hey, here is the story
Forget about the trouble in life
Don't you know, it's not easy
When you gotta walk upon that line

That's why - You need
That's why - This is what you need
I'll give you what you need

Don't you get sad and lonely
You need a change from
What you do all day
Ain't no sense in all your crying
Just pick it up and throw it into shape

Hey you, won't you listen
This is not the end of it all
Don't you see there is a rhythm
I'll take you where you
Really need to be

Speaking of which, I love Pandora radio. I love the training process the most. I'm currently training an 80s station, a classic rock station & a classic country station. Obviously, from the INXS, I'm training the 80s station.

For the burning man:
So this is what I'm going to make a point to do. Every night, when I come home from work, if I've seen too much... I'm going to come home and a light a candle in its honor. Because honestly, I could continue to list things that I love here for some time, and not run out.

One last thing. I really love the episode of Family Guy where Chris goes to get some orange juice or milk or something & gets sucked into the Aha video. That one was awesome. Now, whenever someone asks me, "Where were you?" (or I hear Take On Me, like just now) I put on my best Chris voice & exclaim, "I don't know!!!"