Serenity is… listening to the Beatles song ‘Because’ in pitch black during a rainstorm at 2 in the morning. Enough said.

Because the world is round it turns me on
Because the world is round…aaaaaahhhhhh

Because the wind is high it blows my mind
Because the wind is high……aaaaaaaahhhh

Love is old, love is new
Love is all, love is you

Because the sky is blue, it makes me cry
Because the sky is blue…….aaaaaaaahhhh

Aaaaahhhhhhhhhh…

Scene: Man with fedora and bull whip stares over the edge of a giant hole down into a black abyss. He thrusts a torch down into the hole revealing the Tomb below. His eyes widen at the sight. Slowly, he rolls over onto his back and turns his head towards his sidekick, a young teen heartthrob.

Man: (Whispers) Aliens. Why does it have to be aliens?

Sidekick: (After silent pause) You go first.

——–

George, Steven. You ruined my childhood tonight.

It’s truly all you need.

~ Warren

(Photo of my mom Paula, my sister Emily, and I on vacation in California.)

It seems that holidays have recently been deathtraps for my happiness. My Valentine’s Day was tragic (read about it here), my birthday was not very good either, and now Mother’s Day has been a bad day. A bird kamikazeed my car (and died), I ran into my ex-girlfriend, and a bunch of other bad things happened. But the main reason today was terrible was because I did not get to see my mom. This is the first time ever we have not seen eachother on Mother’s Day.

So, though I cannot say it to her face today, I want to say Happy Mother’s Day to my mom, Paula Fox. You have been the rock in my life and I love you for it. I would be a far lesser man if I was raised by anybody else but you.

This is a question I get asked a lot when people visit my blog. This is a syndicated feed from the blog by Hugh Macleod which shows his views on people, business, art, religion, etc. through a series of doodles that he does on the back of business cards.

I originally found this weird little sidebar widget on Guy Kawasaki’s blog. The cartoon that hooked me was this one. It is actually a great insight into marketing masked as a crack to the inventor of the iPod.

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“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” - Albert Einstein

This Valentine’s day has made me rethink a lot about my current life and those close to me. I couldn’t see my long time girlfriend Valerie today because of work and school obligations on both our parts which was very hard.

I also saw a friend break down, broken hearted over his ended relationship today and ended up spending a good part of the day with him. As nice as it was to see him, all I could think was how much I missed my girlfriend and it really made me think how fortunate I am to have her (not that I didn’t realize before but this strengthened it).

Valerie, Happy Valentine’s day. I love you with all my heart.

As the day went on, I heard that there was a shooting at NIU—a school several of my friends attend. I later found out a member of my high school graduating class, Dan Parmenter, died in the shooting today. I did not know him well but my heart sunk non the less.

My prayers go out to his family and friends and to all those effected by this. I am struggling to find a state of calm in this and I cannot imagine how everyone else is dealing with it.

Mike, Sharon, and Phil—I am so relieved you are safe. I am sorry you have to go through this. My heart is with you.

That is all I can really say at this point. I just hope everyone can find some closure in this eventually.