movie weekend

well it was a weekend full of movies for me starting on friday    i went with a friend to see Breach    it was a good movie, a little suspenseful    but a nice change from the past 3 movies i saw (not that they were bad)   ...then last nite, i rented The Lake House with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves   both actors i like a lot   best romantic movie i've seen in a long time and it wasn't a romantic comedy   simple love story with a twist   definitely worth seeing.....then tonite i saw Ray on cable tv    wish i had seen this movie earlier but just didn't ever get around to it    all  three of these movies i recommend......i didn't make it to Tent Rocks again yet, hopefully tomorrow providing the weather holds up   saturday i wanted to go with the nice beautiful clear sky and sunshine, but there was  a cold biting wind which kept me inside....i did manage to write my essay this morn that accompanies my application to the Art Center Design College   i just need to fine tune it and type it    i'll wrap that up no later than tomorrow nite although it isn't due until Wednesday    in writing the essay and looking at their catalog this morn, i'm sooo excited to get accepted    my other college transcripts are on their way    i also must take the ACT test this next saturday    i chickened out when a teenager in school   i'm sure i'd have done well back then, but i didn't believe then    and this time when i take it, i'm not too concerned   i do ok or i don't   there's always UNM which my transcripts were accepted a very long time ago    as soon as i know of my acceptance, i will let everyone know......in the meantime, today was the last Lady Lobos basketball home game    we won which put us in a tie for second in the MWAC    the conference tournament is just around the corner   hopefully we'll win another and get a bid to the NCAA    at the game we learned that out Lady Lobos Softball team is off to agreat start by beating No. 3 UCLA Bruins    i look forward to the softball games coming up   it's outdoors and it's the one sport i miss playing after all these years    when i reach 50, maybe i'll find that team for 50 & over and i can hobble around the bases    right now my focus is getting back into college for my dream choice=photography    wish me luck and keep your fingers crossed   or just say a prayer for me....i'll be in touch soon!

time for a road trip...

thank god...

thank God for phones and friends!!!    my son called me this morn about 1:30am    i didn't reach the phone in time and i was too tired to call back    he did call again a few moments ago   we had a good chat   thank goodness he can call from over there   it sure eases the stress of him being there    we had a good chat about him coming home in May as well as when he'll actually get out of the Army all together -that's at least a couple years away thank goodness     he then wants to become a cop, which he has always wanted    he'll come back here to ABQ to live near me    hmmm, i just remembered   i always and still want to be a cop myself    now i can have that experience thru him:-)     anyhows,   it was great to chat with him this morn....

now yesterday i had 3 sparks for my day    first i went to the Art Design College here to check out their program for photography    i can get the money to go, but now i just need to be accepted   the counselor seemed pretty positive about that    there are a few things to be done to get accepted but all those things have been initiated to get taken care of    so i' hope to know within a few weeks    i could start school as early as end of May    it's all sooo exciting, but it scared the hell out of me too   it's been tooo long since being in school, or so it seems    but for photography, it'll be a blast.....now the second spark of the day was the money to work on my motorbike came in and i had a few extra bucks to buy those chaps   if all goes well, i'll be riding my bike to Ft Worth, TX about 8-9hr ride from here   my niece gets married the first weekend in April    i look forward to the wedding and now the ride.....now the third spark, but not the least, was a phone chat with my friend M    just hanging out with her, whether on the phone or otherwise, always gives me a spark    what a friend!!   Life is just not the same without her    she always gives good sound advice with tender loving care    she's a gem    thank God for true friends!!!

3 to go...

another basketball game tonite, and only 3 games left to usher   college hoops here in NM is about over    however i did here we may have a women's NIT tournament here   that will depend on how our Lady Lobos do in the MWAC tournament    all in time we'll see   i'm looking forward to warmer weather and being outside   it's time for baseball, softball, hiking and best of all motorcycle riding    in the meantime, i'm reconsidering school    O i'll be going, but i may decide to head into UNM this fall for photography in lieu of pursuiting metaphysics at the moment    i love my spiritual journey and all the classes i take and other reading, but i realized last nite, i need something else to focus on    spiritual is a process and a journey   photography is passion and fun    spiritual will always be ongoing   photography i haven't done enough of    i know i'm restless at the moment and maybe it's the long winter that i'm ready for it to break    but i sense a need of change somehow, someway    in another month i may know    it will all speak to me as time unfolds   but photography is on my mind right now    i'll keep you posted as i decide....now for the latest on my "date"    it hasn't happened and indicators at the moment shows it may not    maybe ii said something to scare her off   maybe i didn't    whatever it is, she hasn't contacted me and i'm not going to speculate much of anything    i'm a little disappointed, but Life goes on    there are plenty of fish in the sea and when & if i decide to go fishin', i will    i know i'm a happy camper alone as well    a relationship will just be gravy to my life when it happens    there's plenty of time, plenty of people    what will be, will be....

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

friday night

it's friday evening actually, headed into the nite within a half hour    i sit waiting for her to come online   i sit debating whether to meet her for coffee anyways tomorrow at noon   it's not that i don't want to meet her, it's just this damn cold of mine is still lingering    although i've gotten better, little by little, over the past few days, still i'd like to be totally fresh for our first date    i did send her an email requesting we postpone for at least a few more days, but she hasn't read it    so i wonder and wait    maybe she isn't working 12hrs today   it's friday   who does that on a friday nite?    anyhows, i'll wait a little bit longer before retiring to the couch with a book, or head over to see Babel tonite    both sound deliciously enticing    it'll pass the time until i know whether to show up for coffee or not...now who is she you might ask    someone i chatted online for a year or longer, until last year    this woman chased me endlessly but i wouldn't relent for different reasons at the time    so she stopped chatting with me about a year ago now   i've thought of her at times wondering how she is doing, even as recently a few weeks ago    and lo & behold she catches me online recently to my surprise   just out of nowhere, out of the blue   so now i'll meet her    why?   the timing is right for me    i haven't been looking for anyone for at least a couple years, if not longer    i haven't put myself out there   i've been content   actually more than content   just damn happy by myself     so now i feel my doors have been opened and here she comes along     i look forward to meeting her    i can handle whatever does or does not happen   as time unfolds, i will see...

CONGRATS!!!

....to the Colts!   well deserved win!    ....if we only we had sum offense tonite, but hey i'm proud of my Bears    they've had a great season and at least managed to get to the Super Bowl    i'm happy that Peyton finally won his Super Bowl and tops it off with MVP    he deserves it, no doubt     until next year, we'll try again   Rex i hope can only get better.....

notes on a scandal

well, i saw this movie yesterday    it was intense!!!     not a bad movie, but i wouldn't recommend it    the ads didn't reveal the plot and i can understand why    simply it's a bout a woman teacher who has sex with a 15yr old kid, and another older woman teacher who pursues her for her own relationship    i know you can read about this stuff in the news and/or the tabloids, so i don't recommend it .....anyways, onto other things    today is the Super Bowl, finally!    i look forward to chillin' in front of the tv    my day starts out at church to be recognized as Volunteer of the Month   then i have a women's basketball game to usher, then i get to come home, all on top of another cold surfacing   i had a scratch of a sore throat yesterday only to waken this morn  to congestion    damn!!  i think i've been sick more often this winter than previous years    do i need to go back to walking 10miles a day to stay healthy?    i need to do something, but today i'll just start with the whiskey again   and the weather is finally warming up as well   all week we're in the 50s again    our average this winter has been 40 or below most days   that's unusual for sure   anyways i'm looking forward to warm weather again    all the bikers are out and i'm anxious to ride again myself    probably won't do so until the end of the month or beginning of next    but all good things come to those who wait.....