"I don't have to be me 'til Monday..."

Steve Azar
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Oh, the weekend I've had.

Friday night went quite well, and we got Neil married off again. There was the chance for some serious family drama, but it blew over. Highlights included-

• LeeAnn: "They're out of Coke."
  Nancy: "They're out of Coke? Well they sure haven't run out of alcohol!"
• My mother doing the Cha-Cha Slide.

Afterwards I went and hung out with Megan for a while; she's in the process of packing and moving, so it was quite interesting... We talked about all kinds of things, including but not limited to the following topics (in no particular order):

• Oil paint
• Exes
• Maturity
• Grammar
• School
• Work
• The utter ridiculousness of humanity.
• ...and The Puss: Kismet.

Perhaps some of these may stir especially thoughtful future postings.

Saturday I woke up late because my alarm clock was never "sprung forward." The next twelve hours were spent at StarDaze, however, and overall I had a good time. I came to several conclusions:

• It's kind of funny to see all the people who were "pretty" in high-school turn ugly;
• It's kind of surprising to see the ugly people turn pretty;
• And it's really scary when these same people have four kids.

Additionally:

• I could *so* see myself partying with my Mom. Is that bad?
• I really enjoy being an active member of my community; why don't I do it more often?

Most Importantly:

• I think the discomfort I feel when I'm not behind a camera has its origins in my aversion to social interaction. Perhaps that's why I enjoy photography- merely a mode of satisfying a personality flaw. It's much easier to be a constant observer, after all, rather than practice active participation. And after a while, that same camera makes you virtually invisible...able to witness and capture almost anything without notice.

And Finally:

• Maybe I use bullets too much in my blog...

In closing, the headliner for tonight was Steve Azar (Country...). Talking about one of his songs, he said something that I thought was really important. My paraphrase:

• There are so many times that we look at and around ourselves and think that our life is made up of the things we put in it: work, going to the gym, soccer practice, softball practice, ballet recital, partying, homework... Instead, we should label these things as they are: merely items that we have placed in our life to fill it. These may change how we appear to others (and sometimes ourselves), but they do not change the individual life that each of us leads behind it all.

Oh yeah... HAPPY EASTER!