Saturday, August 30, 2008

take five (take another five)

so, all apologies. i have completely neglected this thing since spring. life has been crazy (but when isn't it, right?) so, let's start by recapping the key life-changing moments of this summer in as few words as possible:

-moved into my apartment in early june
-had a bangin' b-day on the 25th of that month, which led to the inevidible of me and long-time friend lindsey talking out a few things and deciding to start dating towards the holidays.
-went to the northeastern coast up around providence and boston for 4th of july (see sounding forth's entry lol)
-started seriously testing my limits. played with fire, got burned. had a 2 pack habit, usually went days without sleep. spent a lot of time M.I.A. and wrote half of a notebook worth of material.
-randomly signed up to go to the country of Haiti with my college group pastor, my might as well be brother, and a handful of other people.
-August 13th: Zoie dies that morning, i get a phone call that afternoon that the beagle pup i tried to save the night before had died after surgery, and by 4 PM i'm heading down the the road to make my flight to Haiti (the week leading up to my departure has been labelled as the worst week of the summer. bernie mac and isaac hayes died, zoie and other pup soon after, along with dozens of other disasters)
-decided August 14th to come back to Haiti ASAP after a life-changing encounter.
-quit smoking while i was there almost effortlessly
-came back to the states on the 20th; complete culture shock, didnt talk on the way home.
-went off the deep end; hit an on and off depression that's just now starting to lighten up. the few friends i talked to thought i had checked out.

so far, i'm planning on going back to Haiti in October for a month-long internship at the Mission of Hope Haiti, with 3 other friends, and may go back before that as early as mid-Sept.

i haven't had a single nicotene craving since i've been back.

anyway, last week i went up to dallas a few times. bought a new guitar, it's a lovely 1989 Gibson j-180 that i got for under a grand with case, capo, strap, tuner, and 20 picks. needless to say, i got an amazing deal. went to see tom petty and the heartbreakers a few days later, he played one of the best shows i think i'll ever see. so far it's top 5 on my list. amazing.

right now, sarah and i are debating going to austin for a few days since it's labor day. not sure how far that notion will go lol.

anyway, i'm gonna try to start posting a lot more since i should have time and i'm starting to settle down a little bit. thanks for keeping the faith lol.

one love
-T