Published!

It is not a big piece and it is not peer reviewed but it is something and I'll take it.

See it here:

Elephant in the Room an article for principals.

Splash

Splash
Originally uploaded by Veglandia

I need to be near the ocean soon.

The Drive

Rolling, originally uploaded by Veglandia.

I have to admit I love driving. I have about a 90 mile round trip commute every day and I never get tired of it. I drive through the desert and i listen to music and/or books on tape. I think, I zone, i recharge. I drove to Portland a couple of weeks ago - 17 hours of driving bliss. I was planning a road trip to Texas but decided to take the train instead. because besides loving to drive - I love to ride and look out the window too.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

A year of getting smarter

Today I turn 49. It's more weird than evil. I don't feel that much older on the inside but I do look a bit older on the outside.

The problem is that I have not figured out how to live my life in a way that makes me feel like I'm living my life the way I am supposed to be living it.  I have problems with the way I live life. 

I procrastinate.

A lot.

I spend more time wasting time than getting things done. I am constantly behind. 

I make huge plans but rarely carry them out. 

Most of what I have accomplished in life has been almost completely by accident.

I write in short clipped phrases and have little depth.

This list could go on for quite awhile and that is what is bothering me. Shouldn't I , here on the bring of my first half century, have it a bit more together? I'm thinking I should too. The goal then is to spend the next year working on getting smarter. (and additionally: thinner, finisheder, artier, fitter and several other -ers.)

But I am not so sure how to do all that. I fear making a list of goals which I can later re-negotiate or ignore completely.  Lists swirl around in my head on a regular basis. I daydream in lists of things to accomplish. Or change. Or learn. If I had picked one thing from all these lists years ago I would now know how to play the guitar or the cello, or be able to juggle clubs or have several articles, books and or film scripts written. I would know several languages and be able to paint, draw and sculpt. And would also know html, java, xml and ruby on rails. 

Mostly I know how to stumble (www.stumbleupon.com) read online news and daydream.

BUt if I where to make a list it would look like this

1. Write everyday and get published. (It's a tenure thing)
2. Exercise way more.
3. Explore photography and learn how to control light.
4. Develop my relationships at home (sad that it came 4th isn't it)
5. Eat as healthy as possible
6. Art more

There are a few others but they are more personal. 

Let's see what happens eh?

I'm reading this 9 years later and realize that on the surface not much has changed. I still pretty much have all the same goals. Except #1. I'm published and tenured and that is a good thing. Basically I could move number 1 to the end of the list and move the rest up one. And I'd add one more goal: Work on my connection to my higher power. My spirituality. Maybe even meditate. Maybe.

Big plans

I have big plans for this blog - watch what's coming starting November 27, 2007