Not Camping

"You paint me a blue sky and go back
And turn it to rain
And I lived in your chess game
But you changed the rules every day
Wonderin which version of you
I might get on the phone, tonight"
- Dear John, T. Swift

Friday, my house mates left to go camping. Abram and his girlfriend seemed very excited about getting away to nature. Camping has never really been my thing, and I stayed back to take care of the pets. Maybe someone just hasn't made the pitch to me in the right way. It might have to do with my allergies that make me think that longer than 12 hours outdoors might not be the most fun for me. Maybe in an RV. I do enjoy making fires though.

My sister Ana, her kids and Rick came into Austin for the weekend the UT game. It sucks that UT had another disappointing loss. It was a very early game.

Friday night, I went to play poker at my friend Mario's house. I had a great time. He is a very gracious host. We saw the end of the Texas game and it was just perfect that that final batter they struck out was A.Rod. Last time we played, Mario beat me, so this time I needed to make a good showing. We played until about 2 am and it ended up being me and another player heads up and I had a slightly larger chip stack. We chopped the winnings in a rough proportion and I went home a happy man. The best part of course is the good company.

Here is something I'm excited about. Today is 25 years since the events and release of Back to the Future. Such a great 80s movie and I loved that the main character was named Marty. My favorite has to be the first, but man the second was also very good. The 3rd, well it was nice to be able to watch some more I guess. Time travel would be so awesome is what I used to think a lot as a kid. I don't think as much about things like that 25 years later. Man, I was only 5 years old (going on 6) and still remember watching the movie. I have to note that there is no excuse for hover boards not existing yet. We should be way past hover bikes already. I mean, at least personal jet packs exist in theory, even though they are very unsafe and you can't really buy one.

There is music I like and Taylor Swift doesn't usually fit my musical tastes. I'm not in the Kayne school of "I'm real happy for you and Imma let you finish, but..." but at the same time, I also have trouble relating the emotions of teen-pop. That said, her new CD Speak Now came out today and I checked it out because of her "Dear John" song. I am a Mayer fan and wanted to hear what a song written about him sounded like. I was impressed. Here is my favorite part, not including the quote above:

"Well maybe it’s me

And my blind optimism to blame

Maybe its you and your sick need

To give love then take it away

And you’ll add my name

To your long list of traitors

Who don’t understand

And I’ll look back in regret."

I guess there is a reason she is a top selling artist. I have a feeling she is going to be around for some time if she can keep writing with a poison pen. That is about my extent of the understanding of the tabloid drama.

Prayin’ the floor won’t fall through, again