recent learning

I have learned a few things about both myself and the world lately and I am eager to share them with my readership:

1. I hate painting. I don't mean painting in the artistic sense, but rather the walls and ceiling type of painting. I have been helping out some loved ones with painting recently, (and I have been more than happy to do so) which has taught me that if I can afford to, I will be hiring someone to do the job if my home ever needs it.

2. The White Stripes are totally overhyped and overrated. I may not sound cool or hip by saying this, but I don't care. I will concede that Jack White is a good guitarist but is a passable singer at best (very, very pitchy--not even particularly "good" in the Mick Jagger sense of good) and Meg White is a laughably bad drummer, essentially sounding the same on every song. That being said, they have a number of tunes that are fantastic, but just as many that are iffy or downright poor. Trendiness be damned...

3. I have to learn to worry less. I am worried that my stress level will give me an ulcer before I am 30--and the sad thing is that it's all SELF-INDUCED! My type-A, high-strung, hyper anxious personality needs a dose of faith and perhaps an equal-sized dose of valium. It would also go a long way in reducing my random outbursts of anger and frustration if I could learn not to sweat the small stuff. Even at 29, I am still learning the all-important lesson that life is not necessarily going to go how I would like it to. Sad, really.

4. Macs are better than PC's. I have known this for a long time, but I just wanted to reiterate it it just so you all know where I stand on this issue.

Life is both frustrating and exciting for me as I look for work, but I can say that my lovely wife and I are so excited to be home and many of the things that I took for granted growing up in this lovely city have become like new to me again. I am thankful to God for the beauty I encounter daily, both in my physical surroundings and in the people I know and love. I am thrilled for the future: my marriage, my impending niece or nephew, my friends and family both near and far, my church, my job (whatever it ends up being), and perhaps my own children in a few years. Imagine that! Scary thought...