A Drink or a Nap

"For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don't enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are you're not going to be very happy. If someone bases his [or her] happiness on major events like a great job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn't going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness." - Andy Rooney

I don't know if I totally agree with Mr. Rooney. Maybe people should strive for more wonderful events as well as being happy with the day to day things. I can see his point though. This wasn't intended to be my Valentine's Day entry, but I've been so lazy about writing, I didn't finish my Wednesday entry until this Sunday. I hope everyone had a great one.

Here is a great Valentine's Day video that made me smile:




The Winter Olympics have started and I feel bad for not being too interested. The highlight is usually women's figure staking, but now that Sasha Cohen didn't qualify, I don't seem to care as much. She would fall too much for my liking at all the important moments, but she looks like a doll and I really thought she would make the team this year. There is snowboarding and speed staking, which I'm looking forward to, but everything else just feels so random. I'm still not a curling fan (despite the Simpsons) and don't know a lot of these sports. I did put in a few hours this weekend and it is hard to know what is coming up when. I hope the US wins a lot of medals.

Last Tuesday night I dropped by my cousin Rino's apartment to visit. His friend Jimmy came over to give us a lesson on playing guitar. Jimmy was pretty amazing and I still can't get over hearing music come from the guitar. As far as I'm concerned, it still looks and sounds like magic. I learned a few concepts and most of all, got some motivation back. Is the learning curve this steep just for me? Jess seems to be enjoying her job and my cousin seems ever closer to being done with school. I envy them for living much closer to Austin than I do.

So it is fun thinking about topics for stand up jokes. I tried one on global warming denying every winter the first time I went up and it would have been so much better had I said it after snowmagedon. Now I'm working on more ideas, but its harder to come up with the exact joke than the topics. Topics come pretty easy I think. It is a fun hobby.

I'll be working on President's Day, which isn't too bad I think. It always feels weird having to work on a Federal Holiday. This weekend was also the Austin Marathon. I had a few friends run it and I am in awe of them. So very impressive. It is still a theoretical goal for me, but at some point I should make it a real goal.

a lot can be said by not saying anything