august 12th, 2015: what's life all about?

i was up at a decent time after going to sleep fairly early. writing. looking up various things. the chat is talking about bacon-wrapped poutine. apparently poutine is some combination of fries, gravy, and cheese. its sounds awful. on to some funeral for a friend, a subsequent amazon purchase, and checking up on recently released albums. fat wreck has a compilation out that i'd probably be into. i need more of those.

something about an upcoming motion city soundtrack results in playing guitar for a bit. luckily i got ready for work before that. well, mostly ready. ready enough that i wasnt really late. mental note: play guitar regularly.

at some point i was able to break away for a haircut. i ended up running into alston and talking about moving into a new job. seems people are often not content with their day-to-day. not a good trend. a good talk though...and a good haircut. 

towards the end of the night i'm asking what life's all about. my answer was something along the lines of learning to deal with things. and i ended with a saying that i tend to use a lot..."its about knowing your options."

off to the gym. i was so close to just going home, but id changed and driven to the building. so i went through with it. not a full routine. enough though. and it gave me some much needed 'black guy thinking time.' reflecting on the question of life.

lifes full of things being thrown at you. they arent all good. they arent all bad. but when its all said and done you either liked, disliked, or were indifferent to the thing that happened. and from there you think about how that thing can happen again. or never happen again. thats where the options come in. what can you do to make the next experience better? thats just my take though.

finishing off some tuna helper.