Basques and Perfume

Hi. I didn't want to desert you like that, but for one reason or another I have not felt much like writing for the last couple of months.

I am enjoying school and learning stuff dude, which rocks. I am also getting good grades, which is awesome as A's are not something I got to experience during most of my secondary education. I find that if I stay focused and keep a healthy perspective, good grades seem to follow..

I am still employed as a dishwasher/cook which is awesome. I have been cooking a lot recently, which although gives me a greater sense of job satisfaction and a greater size of paycheck is a lot more stressful and comes with a lot more responsibility. Still, I enjoy what I do and the people I do it with.

For fun, I have continued playing music. I love playing the tenor banjo very much.. More people should have them.. The ukulele too is never far from reach, much like most of the instruments I own. I am starting to record more.. If you would like to hear any of it, just drop me an email and I will see what I can do. Aside from music, my rifle and I have joined a local shooting club, and I am glad I did. There is something very therapeutic and almost philosophical about spending an hour or two sighting in a scope and blasting paper targets with expensive hollow points, before disassembling and cleaning every part of your firearm.

As for my reading, there has not been much of it. Most of my time usually allocated to fun reading is spent in the study of management textbooks, and as these are better than nyquil for curing insomnia, I don't even absorb as much of them as I perhaps should.

Yesterday I voted. Unfortunately, everyone I voted for lost.. Still, my write in choice for president of Anthony T. Casey did not really have too much of a chance, as he has seen a significant drop in the polls since his mother and co- workers withdrew their support in favor of Barry Obama and John McMaverick respectively.

Did you know that the Basque language is completely unrelated to any other language, or family of languages? They must be like aliens dude..