Rainy Day Blog

Know why I'm actually blogging for the first time in about a month? Because it's freaking raining outside and there's nothing else to do.

Yesterday was one of those days where I reaffirmed my ingrained belief that life is about experience. After work, which was not exactly thrilling, I came home to relax.

We went to dinner at Bushido (look out for it on Man vs. Food... and yes, we do know if he completed the challenge or not) a little later and because we're such a big happy family, somebody had to sit in the back. I'm telling you all, if your group of friends has too many people for one car but too few for two cars and somebody's gonna be banished to the back, you should make sure that somebody is you! It's so fun.

So right around dusk, we set out and I sit backwards because sitting sideways involved too many vibrations from the speakers. Sitting backwards allows you to watch things as they pass but not before you pass them. Sounds stupid, but is actually quite interesting.

Coming home from dinner was better, though. In an attempt to stargaze, I decided to lay down and look out the windows. Stargazing in the suburbs is a little difficult, but I did get to see the streetlights and the trees as they weaved in and out of one another. And after leaving Gene's, that was just great. Going over the bridge was perfect. The clouds and the sky were about two shades different from one another and I knew that it would be impossible to capture something like that on a camera. Makes you think the human eye (even a flawed one like mine) is something pretty amazing. The moon's not quite full yet, but on Sunday I plan to go back outside and see how things look then.

Today is less about experience and more about maintenance. Paying my phone bill, cleaning up the house a bit, doing the dreaded laundry. I don't mind these things but they sure as hell do make me want more of those days where I'm out in the world...

Rain, rain, go away!