Beware of the Dragon

So I had this dream last night. When I woke up I realized it's not the first time I have had this dream. It takes place on this little island with the ocean around it (think Lost but without the actual beach...just water up to the land). There are small little huts all around like a village and people everywhere...tourists I think. In some parts of the dream I'm young like in my late teens or early 20s and in other parts I'm in my mid 30s...my actual age. So anyway, several times a day this winged beast/dragon (think Avatar) comes into the village. It's huge and red and this one breaths fire like a normal dragon we think of. It always kills several people. So whenever it comes, people scream and run and try to hide from it. However, some of these people must be stupid because many of them sit on these old wooden bleachers (think a local football game). They just sit there, screaming and waiting to be slaughtered. Damn if I was gonna sit there, so I found a hidden way to get underneath these bleachers and hide. I did this several times in the dream...it was, in fact, kinda scary. Sometime later in the dream, I left this island by car and went over this bridge to another island with my wife (think Key West). While on the bridge, we passed this strange light...nothing happened and so I didn't think anything of it. A little later we returned back to the "dragon island" (no idea what we did on the island we drove to) and saw people that we had recognized from being there before...EXCEPT they were way older...like 10 to 20 to 30 years older! That light was a time trap! We were gone all that time in just a few minutes of our time. And do you know those people were still being slaughtered several times a day by that same red flying dragon???

Habitual by Nature

I've come to realize that everything I do is because I've done it before. I'm a creature of habit. I do the same things over and over like a ritual. From the moment I wake up in the morning to when I go to sleep everything has to be the same. It HAS to.

This all dawned on me today as I was getting lunch from Kings Barbaqe (which I always do on Sundays around 12). I was thinking about what brings most people to restaurants to eat-the food, service, atmosphere ect. I realized I go to restaurants because of the food...and not just the food but what I eat there. I get the exact same thing to eat depending on which food joint I go to. It is a very rare occurrence that I will try something different.

And this lead me to think about all aspects of my existence. I don't change. My life is kinda like the movie Ground Hogs Day--at least when it comes to how I do things on a daily bases.

Some people thrive on the unknown in their life. They just let it come to them--they are not planers. They don't have ritualistic habits. And I can't figure out how this doesn't bother them or how they get anything done. I feel almost sick to my stomach thinking about it.

I don't suppose either way is a bad thing. People are different.

I take that back....everyone else not like me is strange!

Hehe

Georgia Trip

It started with my alarm going off at 3am on Thursday. Mercy!! Only 4 hours of sleep for a 10 hour drive! All went well tho. The drive kinda flew by. Plus Linda and Perrin in the back seat (the children) didn't give me any issues...well not much haha.

We got to Jekyll Island around 130ish and checked into our really awesome hotel. We didn't have long to stare as we then drove off the Island and met up with some Everquest friends we had made about 8 years ago for lunch. They took us to a local bar-b-q restaurant. It was pretty good...not the best I have ever had, but it sufficed. We then had to haul ass back to the hotel so that we could take some rehearsal prep photos of the wedding.

That night Melody and I ate dinner at a local seafood restaurant on the island. It was not too great really...but the drinks were good! We then had to find an ATM machine to pull some cash and that lead us on an hour trip to another adjacent island....mercy..again.

Next morning Melody decided to stay in and get some rest while Linda and Perrin and I explored this island. We went to 2 different nature places and saw lots of turtles...especially the Logger Head Turtles! They were so BIG! We also did a quick geocache while out that day.

We headed back to the hotel and Melody went off to shoot prep shoots of the bride and her maids while I got ready. From this point on it was all about working. What a REALLY NICE WEDDING! It was awesome. The set up couldn't have been better. Melody got really good photos!

Later that night the bride asked us to an adjacent bar where we hung out till about midnight...that was about all the energy we had left!

Next morning we had to get up early for another shoot with the bride for her Trash the Dress. We went to a beach called Driftwood. It's probably the NEATEST beach I've ever seen! There were huge trees that looked petrified lying all over the beach! Again, Melody got some awesome shoots.

After the shooting we all left and drove to Savannah. Along the way we stopped by "The Smallest Church in America". It really was small and really neat! Inside was a chapel fully equipped and could seat about 15 people barley lol It even had stained glass windows! I got a geocache here too.

We arrived in Savannah and drove around looking at the parks and cemeteries and just general scenery there. We went to the cemetery that "Midnight Garden of Good and Evil" was filmed...I thought it was one of the more beautiful cemeteries I've ever been to. We then drove all the way to Tybee Island and went to "The Crab Shack" for dinner. It was OK food wise but the decor was CRAZY lol Live alligators surrounding the place!

Next morning (today) we got up and drove the rest of the way home. Total miles was 1300! But we had a lot of fun!

Teeth and other things

So finally I am finished all the dental work I had planed. Took 4 visits to the dentist over the last 2 months. Supposedly I have very soft teeth and I also grind them so my bottom teeth have small cracks in them that get decayed a little over time. 8 of them needed filling. Weird having decay when it has nothing to do with brushing habits. I'm suppose to now wear some kind of mouth guard when I sleep, but 1, I haven't gotten it and 2, I'm worried I will choke on it! I suppose I should get one and use it or I will be back there again in a few years having all this done again.

This may be my last year at Pizza Hut. If all goes according to plan early first quarter of next year I will bow out. Melody is getting busier and busier each year and it's getting harder around the house with our son and with her business. I need to spend more time at home. I would never leave a job of 14 years on bad terms tho. I will probably give a quarter notice and train my replacement. Pizza Hut has been good to me over the years so I have no complaints. However, it is a job that is getting harder and harder to do and it seems the stress never ends. We shall see. Nothing is ever set in stone.

I want an IPhone...nuff said.

New Years

So it's a new year again...2011. Last year I told myself that I was gonna start blogging more but that never happened...so I'm not telling myself that again. This year I've decided that I will not make myself any resolutions either...I seem to never stick to them so why bother.

I do however want to try to do more geocaching this year. I miss caching on a regular basis...at least once a week or 2. There are so many to catch up on just in a 20 mile radius of my house. And of course at least 500 in Richmond area I've not gotten.

We go to St. Lucia in March...I'm looking forward to that trip. Not the plane tho! It's been 15 years since I have flown. I'll need lots of drugs for the way there and back! But what a beautiful place that is...should be fun indeed.

This will be Perrin's last year in private school. He will start kindergarten in public school this fall. I hope that change will go over smooth. It's definitely something I worry about. It's become challenging these days with his behavior...he is just only 4 tho.

My job...sigh. We will just leave it at that.

Now that the holidays are over it will be back to the studio each week to get this album finished. Hopefully by Spring it will be completed. And then we will just have to see what happens.

Should be an interesting year...but then, they all are...