OK, so Cody and I are headed out to Laurel Lake. You know, just for kicks... no really, we're doing the musicality for the PA Conference Pathfinder Camporee.

Cody is here. Say hi to everyone, Cody!

"Hi!"

OK. Now we've got that out of the way, so we're leaving. Have fun, or we will, or something.

Dan

Failure to Post

I've failed, and I'm sorry.

No, I don't see myself as a failure in general! Rather, I've failed as a blogger. Miserably. Atrociously. Appallingly. Dreadfully. Horrib- OK, nevermind, you get the idea.

What kind of blogger posts nary an update for 17 days, or two weeks and 3 days? Yes, you answered correctly, a heinously criminalistic blogger! (Don't ask how I knew you answered that. I just do.)

OK, so before I fully persuade you that I am a flagrant idiot who should be forever shunned, allow me a few lines to make excuses. School has been nothing short of an academic frenzy, and I actually have to work at work this year. In addition, for about 3 weeks I was (so cruelly, albeit deservedly) banned from the computer at home.

And yet, through it all, I could have made time. I could have found a way.

Therein did I fail, and I can only hope that you, my beloved (albeit few) readers, will take a mind to forgive me. Your forgiveness, in partnership with my noble and courageous efforts attempting to erase the memory of my ignobility, shall yield better results from now on.

Dan

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Rainbow in Rust 12/30/05

Unless you've delved deep into the troves of my Flickr photos, you've probably never seen this photo. Why do I post it? Firstly, because you've never seen it, and you deserve to either like or dislike it. You also deserve to tell me if you like it or not.

Slightly more accurately, and also secondly, I post it because it looks confused. And I sympathize with it, because I feel confused. [insert wise and profound analogies linking every aspect of my life to every aspect of photo here] Why am I confused? I don't completely know. Am I even confused, or am I just faking myself out? Hmm...confusing.

Perhaps, confusion isn't the word for it. Sure, it's part of it, but not the complete-ness. So add in a little discouragement, tired-ness, apathy, etc...the bottom line is that I'm not feeling too great.

Again.

You see, joy is what drives me in life. I usually feel joy in so many ways. For example: a peanut-butter-and-honey-open-face sandwich. I can usually find joy in anything, wherever I am.

But today, today I feel no joy. And I don't know why...hence the confusion part. I'm also noticing that when I feel no joy, I have no motivation to do the things I must do - homework, etc. And now I'm wondering how to end this post interestingly. But I don't think I can. So I'll just say goodbye, or something.

Dan

p.s. I'll live, don't worry.