Mid-Summer Update

I'd say that I owe you all an apology for not updating in a long-ass time, but I specifically said that something like this would happen already. Instead, I tell you "you're welcome" for the heads up. I'm pretty damn kind.
The lack of update has been for a few reasons - partly from being busy and partly from a lack of muse. In this downtime (hereby referred to as "The Darkness")a friend of mine sent me a motivational and kind of insulting quote from Ira Glass that made me decide a few things. Most relevant to you, my faithful readers, is that I'm making a promise to make at least one new post a month. It's not very often, but it's the minimum frequency I will allow myself. This comes with the promise that each post will be pretty awesome.

Moving On
As I'm typing this, I've noticed that a lot of the helpful things this blog-creator had are now gone, which means I'll have to brush up on my HTML usage. But that's irrelevant.

This summer I started working at a glass factory near my town. It pays well, and I've spent probably 2/3 of what I've earned so far on a house that I'm not living in this summer. I'm excellent at planning ahead. The job isn't that bad, but if there's one thing that will make you realize how important it is to graduate, it's factory work. I'm fine doing this now but if I'm still moving glass in three years I'm going to resort to a life of crime.

What I do, exactly, is this: I take large pieces of glass (6' x 12' at some points, but it can get larger or smaller (that's what he said)) and pick them up with The Manipulator, which everyone calls a hoist and thereby ruins half the fun of using it, and then put it on a line where people make it better, or something. I've had two pretty cool things happen so far. One was that I got to work on windows that will be put into the Freedom Towers, which debatably makes me even more cool than a war vet. I also had the privilege of seeing a large piece of glass shatter on the line. There was a sound comparable to thunder followed by tens of thousands of tiny pieces of glass falling on the floor. I was stoked. No one else was. I'm clearly the only cool person in this whole factory.


Other News
My good friend, Trenton, has put me in charge of his music page, which you all should check out, for his voice is like your favorite tasty beverage, only better and it goes in your ears and not your mouth.

My favorite tasty beverage. Flavor/experience enhanced with Gin.
In all honesty, I haven't touched that page yet, but I will soon. Check back regularly for new songs/information. That is next on my list of "Things I Should Probably Be Doing."


That's all I've got for now. There will be a post in the next week (I swear on your life) about my Fourth of July Weekend. It was pretty messy.