Why my life is wonderful

My wife Em is my lifeblood and the sunshine in my currently overcast life

Baseball just started

Eventhough it's a bit cold, the sunshine makes it look like spring

MLS just started and I now have a team to support, the Colorado Rapids. (mainly because they have business connections with Arsenal)

I gave in to WoW

Casino Royale

Almost done with the semester, and the fresh start that comes with it

Just buying Season 9 of The Simpsons, bringing the total of seasons I own to 5

My wife's creativeness and drive to make our lives beautiful

The word "Funner"

That's it for now....

Fireflies

I didn't discover fireflies until I moved to St. Louis. There is no memory bubble in my head that has an attachment from childhood to the luminous bugs. I suppose the closest thing I have are the fake fireflies at the beginning of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride at Disneyland, where you go through the bayou in the beginning. Needless to say, I thought that the tiny glowing lights floating around the creole hut were just something that came out of cartoons.

I'm not quite sure how to describe my reaction to my first lighting bug. To put it the best way...."HOLY $#*%!"

I believe I've lost the sense of awe I once had. Maybe it's something to do with the innumerable amounts of crap I clean up at work. I used to love looking up just to see stars. Now I just don't have the time.

I think this is the reason why I feel like I'm losing it. Or at least one of the reasons. I think constant discovery is important. And not just learning new things for work or because you have to, but because you want to.

Discovery for it's own sake has a certain beauty to it. I've stopped learning things because I want to, and now feel suffocated by the things that are being forced at me.

So here's another thing that I need to incorporate into my life, and that's to actively discover things again. And this especially pertains to the things that I have to learn.