PWP is for ME

Friday July 30th I was fortunate enough to get a table for Picnic w/ the Pops. (This is a concert with the wonderful Columbus Symphony Orchestra and usually plays with another group.)
It was at this concert that I realized how "white" I really am.
If you do not know what I am talking about you should leave this page and go to the SWPL Blog and specifically read this post, although I hope you come "Bach" at some point. HA!

Yes, I did read through the whole program while appearing to listen, and also thought at several times, "I should come more often." However, the music and company was great. I had a lot of fun hanging with friends and making toasts to just about everything.

This was the Conductor. He made the evening very special.

Man

It's been a very long time since my last post. And for that, I'm sorry.

I've been able to go swimming a lot recently at a local Quarry. It's been very fun, relaxing, and it reminds me of the good ol' days when I would eat watermelon and go swimming in my neighbors pool wearing nothing but my ninja turtles underwear. Yes-That really happened. No-I unfortunately do not still own the underwear.

Usually trips to the quarry are paired with going to a local taco stand con mi amigo Ross Kissner. Let me tell you, these tacos are delicious. So delicious that I've eaten tacos for the past 5 days. Aside from the great food that at these taco stands, there are also great drinks (coke with real sugar!), and spanish newspapers (La Voz Hispana). Yes, I've been working on my spanish reading skills.

In the near future I will be seeing Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros at the Newport Music Hall. If you haven't heard of this group, they are the epitome of hippies, and they are very engaging at their live shows. This combination will = a good time.
Also: August 9th - Spoon, Matt & Kim, and The Cribs
October 5th- Band of Horses

That's all for now.

-L

Great Video. Special thanks to my friend Amy!

Com Fest!

As I stated in my last post, this weekend was Com Fest. It was excellent, I ran into a lot of old friends, made some new friends, I got a cool mug, and I people watched (I hope that's not creepy). I noticed two different major groups there.

• Group 1 - Hippies : dreads, tie dye, peircings, eclectic people...
• Group 2 - High Schoolers: wearing grateful dead or sublime t-shirts, trying to look cool by smoking cigarettes.

There were other groups of people there, those were just the two groups that I took the time to note. There were also a few good local bands there. I really enjoyed shows by "The Reciever" and also by "Trains Across the Sea". I would definitely reccomend "Trains Across the Sea" if you ever get a chance to listen to them. And this video makes me smile :)

Vuvuzelas

Vuvuzelas, (pronounced "vu-vu-zelas"), they're crazy. They make sounds like mosquitoes, and they cause hearing damage. Vuvuzelas are actually really funny to me, the name is funny and the fact that they are made out of plastic is funny. (There might be more reasons that it's funny.. but I can't think of them right now.) I have learned a lot about these things in the past few weeks:

1. A vuvuzela can create a sound that is around 120 dB. (which can cause hearing loss)
2. Vuvuzelas can spread cold and flu germs on a greater scale than coughing or shouting.
3. Hyundai made the worlds largest vuvuzela, at 115 ft. long. It is powered by air horns, but it hasn't been used yet...or else people be gettin' angry.
   

Also, Com Fest is this weekend in Columbus, Ohio. I just returned home from there a few minutes ago, and let me tell you. It was wild. I spent most of my time joining in on drum circles and now my fingers are like bruised sausages; I still enjoyed every second of it. There are some cool bands playing tomorrow that I would like to see, and still much more exploring to be done at this festival of the community.

I will report back soon.

-Out

Ouch Charlie! That really hurts....

So the other day, I was longboarding.

The Perfect Post.

I've realized recently that I'm terrible at having a blog. I type something up, erase it, try and think of something really really cool, and then end up not posting anything.

So here we go, enjoy my perfectly imperfect blog post.

It has only been about one week of summer, and it has felt like a very long time. I have been learning a lot about being content. About Not complaining in situations that may seem boring or hard, but rather searching for joy in all circumstances (sometimes it is very hard to find). I have fears about my future, about my job, my life in general in the next 10 years. I'd rather just let tomorrow worry about tomorrow, but I'm still learning and growing.

If you read this, here's a few things you can ask me about!

I would like to grow in a few ways this summer:

1. Being responsible with my time.
2. Being responsible with my money.
3. Being responsible with my relationships.

-Out

And it begins..

This is a work in progress.
I would like this to be a blog where I can talk about:

• Music
• Food
• Life, or things going on in my life
• Artistic things
  

With that in mind, check out this band: "The Middle East" They are excellent!!

Most of all, this is a Luke, into my eyes :)

Enjoy!