Emily Oaks

The summer after seventh grade at Lincoln Hall was filled with many new things. I can't remember exactly but I'm pretty sure my mother eased up on quite a few rules and I had pretty much free rain over Lincolnwood, Niles, Skokie and Morton Grove... the suburbs of Champions. My friends and I did a lot of walking that summer. A lot. Miles a day. We walked everywhere. One place in particular we walked to often was Emily Oaks Nature Preserve. Awesome place. I hadn't been there for years until Erika and I revisited it just the other day.I love that place. I don't even know why. It's got a really good vibe going on. While walking in the preserve, it feels like we (as in all of us humans) haven't screwed up this planet as much as I had thought. I mean... look at these two:I mean, if you don't love those too little dudes then maybe you hate freedom like George Dubya said. I can't wait for April showers to bring May flowers to Emily Oaks for then I will surely be back. Until that time I will try and wait patiently as mother nature takes her sweet-ass time transitioning out of winter (March in Chicago is always a tease) and into spring. Hurry though.

Self Motivation

For years now I've arranged my life so that I don't have a conventional "boss" figure. I've done a host of freelance audio and electrical work at bars, theaters and television studios. I ran a financially unsuccessful theatre company. I've been a freelance voice over actor and now I'm just a musician. Most of freelancing is great. It really is. But on some days, like today for instance, self motivation is tough.

Title

All I've really got so far is the title to this blog. It's gloomy outside today which makes me happy on the inside. For whatever reason, gray skies makes me smile. Truly they do. Nothing against blue skies. Nothing at all. I also enjoy a good blue sky. And big puffy clouds. I like those. Thunderstorms... I'm for them. Fog, also nice, not to drive through though. At the end of the day, however, if I'm going to be really honest, I like a gray gloomy sky the very best. I wonder if that means anything about me?