Woah...

Yeah, it's been along time since I've last written here. I'm sure many of you are wondering why. The truth is I wonder that as well. I've had plenty to write about, had the motivation, and even had a few typed out, but never did hit the publish button. Now your stuck reading my ranting and raving over many weeks and occupancies. This is quite lengthy, so get yourself a snack, and a nice beverage of your choice. First off, I'd like to that all of you who made my last visit a great time. Sorry I couldn't spend more time with some of you, and that I didn't even get to see a few of you, but with only 9 days, what can you do? I've also added a photo gallery here so thats where all my visionary shots end up. I've gotten a new lens as well, and I'm still learning to use it. It's a decent light lens. Definitely good for learning on, and thats what I'm doing. I've got a 70 to 300mm lens. Thats like a 10x optical zoom on a 35mm camera. Lets see... Had a few good conversations about my favorite subject, and it's almost a cliche, but I never end a good chat without mentioning music. In this particular incident, it was proven to me that I don't like certain bands, and I don't have any good reason for it. Well, I'm giving these a chance. Not only that, but I read a few interviews about them, that well... helps me relate a bit. It's funny how occupancies like coincidences always pop up at the oddest times. But fear not, for I've seen the light, and heard the light and now these great musicians have place on my ipod... I also was shown that there's one out there who hates ipod's more than I do. Burns me it does. I almost want to buy a new mp3 player just to rid myself of this ipod. So now that I feel petty, and cliche, I'll have to jokingly call this person a jerk. I think you know who I'm talking about... Still, you need to hear more of the amazing bands unknown to the public I have stumbled across. I think you should all listen to a band called "The Explosion" and particularly the song "Here I am" from the "Black Album". The entire album is great, but that one song is on a different level of being great. This just goes to make me realize that I still like punk rock more than anything. Of course I feel the ridiculous levels of categorization of the music industry is out of hand. Punk is punk, and rock is rock. No such thing as post emo industrial, or progressive rap metal. Just keep it simple. No one really cares if a new genre is created. Besides, who can keep up with all that? Just an irritation. And the irritations start already. Not even in japan for 1 day before I get my nerves rattled over some simple things. Some of it's just being in the navy, the other is being in japan. My mind is made up that I don't want to be out here any more. 2 weeks ago I wasn't even wanting to visit, let alone change areas. There's only so far ridiculously fast internet and incredible technology can take one. Even for me, I've had enough. I think thats been part of my problem lately, I don't really enjoy it here anymore. It's even possible that I've been lying to myself, and everyone else about my time here the entire time. Maybe not the entire time, but for the first year or two it wasn't bad. Maybe it's just my new command thats making this place unenjoyable. I don't know, and I don't care. I just want to be somewhere else. Another odd coincidence, one of those bands I didn't give a chance just so happens to have a great song. You should all check out "Mercy Me" by "Alkaline Trio" off the "Crimson" album. While I was having the time of many years, I visited a college community. Me never really diving into the depths of one of these communities found this to be most amazing. Of all the places I've seen and been, a college community has more potential for pleasing any one. It's all low budget, and sometimes ghetto, but all that is made up for by the simple fact that creativity is free roaming, and everything is fair game for anything. You can just feel it reaching out and grabbing you. Almost makes me regret becoming institutionalized in military ways. If my logic allowed it, I'd regret many things, but there's no reason for it, the past is the past, and can't be changed. The best option is to take responsibility, and make the best lemonade you can. I almost wonder where I'd be if I hadn't been so lazy. Never even applied to a single college. A bit off subject, but thats the way I think. Always in circles, with each thought re-in forcing the last. Now that a bit of ranting is done with, back to more current issues. I felt sick for the first time in months on the plane ride. Almost like sea sickness, but no, I think it was nerves. The vomit bag was looking real inviting for a few moments. Scared me for a few minutes as well. I can't be vomiting on a plane, especially on a ride as smooth as that. It's not even like I've had a history of it. I've had more take offs and landings than I can count. More turbulence than should be safe as well. Yet this smooth calm flight had me queasy. I hate that feeling and I hate the mystery behind the sudden onset of such for no reason. I hate finding myself stuck in a mystery, especially when the answer can't be googled. Damn you google, let me down this time. I'm sure it wasn't lack of sleep. I only had 2 hours the night before, but mid nap I woke up for no reason and felt like I'd been spinning for hours. I made it through the flight without further problems. At my layover, I couldn't even finish a small meal which added to the nervousness. I had a 16 hour flight coming up, and I still had yet to find the problem. By the time I had boarded the final leg of my trip, I had gotten over my wave of nausea. Probably the fact that there was no turning back now. No more thinking of ways to avoid the inevitable. Now I've got another problem on my hands. Work. I don't want to start, and I don't want to deal with the politics of the military. I think the college carefree lifestyle got a hold on me, and is dragging me back. But fear not, in only 2 and a half years, I may go that path. Moving on with no transition, the town I grew up in is still oddly the same. Maybe not oddly, more like predictably. Well, almost the same. The night life was dead. More so than any time I can remember. There's the addition of a decent coffee shop, and that's that. Nothing more, same town, new faces. Watched The Chronicles Of Narnia in the old and antiqued theatre. Good movie though. I also watched Ghost World and found it to be a great movie as well. I thank those that I watched these great movies with because without you, I would have stayed home, and missed out. There's no fun in watching a movie by yourself. I think that should just about cover anything I feel belongs on the public memo boards also known as a blog. Hopefully I won't have to write anything so amazingly gigantic, and spread the plethora of ideas and thoughts over many posts. I hope you enjoyed this in depth view into my thought out world...