It's Friday, Friday, Friday, and that means it time for another edition of Rants from a Midwest guy while making it happen in the land of milk and honey! Yes, it's true. The week has gone by quickly. My work week on the other hand is still going! I've got two more days after today is over, but it'll be a quick one. It sounds like a lot, but one of the days I'll be working in Malibu where I hope I can sell a new client my services and hopefully make the business a regular stop in my work week. The place is literally three blocks away from the PCH and just a few more steps away from the ocean. Nice. More importantly, its just down the way from where I plan on doing some marathon training in the very near future, and being able to get a run in before or after those work days will be awesome...not to mention Ollie's Duck & Dive is just down the way their and so is Zuma. That gig will be a breath of fresh air and will save me a ton of drive time.
The Thousand Oaks Art Fair is this weekend! I'm mildly excited to see what this year's art vendors will bring. I got to participate in it last year because I just so happen to be in town this exact weekend visiting a short, cute, sweet girl from Minnesota! The entire main road, for a couple of blocks, gets blocked off for the two days. Like the Uptown Art Fair, there will be food, music, and all kinds of things to look at and see what "Art" is looking like these days. They remind me of two women I've dated for some time that were both artist, and getting their opinion on things was entertaining to say the least. Hahahaha.
Yesterday I was on the line with my publishing company, and we were going over the number of pictures I originally submitted for the book--just shy of 80. After some back and forth, I decided the best thing to do was to limit the number of actual pictures in the book down to 21. The final selections will be released when we can figure out placement. Until then, I figured out the best way to get the rest of them back into view is to add them all plus a number of never seen before pictures to the ends of the respective blog stories. That way, you can see a little bit more into what the story looked like to me as it was happening and help you create the visualization of events. I already started this process with the story "This Unbelievable Life." If you go to it and scroll down, you will find the added pictures. You will also find a bit of the POST story that was not originally included. It covers the period of time just before my birthday weekend up until the day I arrive in California, and the events that unfolded along the way, email exchanges, and hopefully some reason behind my emancipation from Minnesota.
On a different note, today is an important day for my Jeep. It just crossed the 260,000 mile marker! Can you believe it?! It's been since 17 long years of having this vehicle. It has literally carried me across the country in every direction. It's been with me through most of my adult significant relationships. It has outlasted everyone I know that had a car from that year. It's old, but it still looks good, runs well, and works. I've had other cars along side this machine, but I'll be honest, I've like this one the most. I've driven a fleet of rental cars, and they're nice, but at the end of the day they, like everything else people live their lives to attain--things that don't identify me. This means I've become more and more of a minimalist over the years. It was especially true this last one because I wanted to be ready when the day came to leave without to much of a hick-up giving me a high level of mobility and nothing really to worry about as far as possessions go. There is a simple kind of joy that comes out of that. Sure, I'd like to own a home, a few vehicles, and things when the time comes, but until I have a good reason for it, I want to save what I can and live. Hahahaha.
That's it for the week review. The weekend is starting out cloudy and cool just like home. Till next time, 'Get Adjusted To The Good Life.'
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