Fly Fishing

There is something about fishing that I will never grow out of. You know when you are a kid and you lean into a stream or any body of water and just fall in and tell your parents, "Mom! DAD! I'm all wet, I didn't do it on purpose." Everyone knows you did. We all did it, well most of us. I know I did it on multiple occasions and my Dad always smiled at me and handed me a towel or said deal with being wet then because we have another mile before we are back to the car. Anyway, for Father's Day, along with some other things, I took my Dad fishing. It is always a pleasant time. Fly fishing is such a relaxing hobby that I will never get tired of. It's about focusing of the stream and the feeling of each time your fly hits the water and anticipating that strike that you so dearly want at the end of your lead. So anyway, picture this...

We drove about fourty miles out to the yellow breaches in PA, talked about music, which with me and my dad is usually the topic of discussion, he still doesn't understand that Regina Specktor and Christina Aguiliera are different singers but that's okay, and then we cross the covered bridge which are lovely and built across the beautiful state of PA, and then we get out of the little old Volvo. I put on my vest and my hat with my license attached to the back, my Dad hands me my grandfathers rod, I put it together taking off the dust and dried up bugs (its been in the garage for a year what do you expect), we pick out our flies that we made years before, dust them with silicon, and head out to the stream...

As soon as we get in, I catch a baby fish, it was cute, didn't get a picture of him/her though, I let the little guy go. The stream was cool and calm, these Koreans came to watch us, which sort of made me nervous and I ended up whipping myself in the face with my fly, which made me laugh to myself. After awhile we changed flies and as it hit the water, I got another strike and brought in another fish. It's so thrilling to catch a fish, but I don't need to catch a fish these days to enjoy the river, my Dad taught me that. After a couple of hours, we had tired our arms and got out of the lovely stream, dried off, and drove back in silence. The thing about my dad, he is very quiet, but so am I sometimes. We enjoyed our little time alone on the stream and I hope to share it with him again soon. Happy Father's Day Dad! I love you.

Until next time!

Amazing (i hope)

Fun Art

An artist living in Queens was posted in the New York Times today, haha as I am an avid reader of the Times, he was taking a class, but I thought his collage was interesting. He takes materials he finds all over the city and puts them into wall collages like the one I have posted above. He said many times he finds himself bringing an attractive girl with him to steal the big name fashion labels off the clothes, people this is a man who knows what he wants :P. Along with his wall collages, he makes scrips and CD covers with his wonderful art.

She Popped Her Head in 8 Years Later

History Lesson in Pictures

This May Make You Angry :P

Okay so there is a lot of music out there, right. I'm sure you've listened to the radio in your car or your parents car, well what do you happen to hear the most often. Crap (in my opinion of course), but I feel like if you don't want to hear my thoughts then you wouldn't be reading this silly blog. Now we had some good artists come through America before, most of them were visiting our country for concerts though. Americans have a problem with anything a little different, which makes us years behind the rest of the world, in the music world and well in many different areas of life in general. But back to music and what I wanted to discuss.



So the battle between Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera...Christina started all of this different modern music videos, sexuality added to the music, and the "costumes" that our beloved Gaga wears, were worn by Christina way before Gaga's time. Just look back...Aguilera started in 1998 and Gaga...what??? 2006. Yes Christina started an era of music videos and music that Gaga seems to be getting credit for. I hear on the "street" Christina being called dirty and gross and showing off the fact she is bisexual. Ummm well Gaga is doing the same thing, and she gets, Oh well Gaga is doing it for a cause, last I checked she is a musician superstar making lots and lots of money. The money she gives to charity, like all celebrities is a tax write off. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful that celebrities give their money to causes, but don't be blind folks. Our beloved Lady Gaga is no different, don't let her confuse you. I like both of their music, but I was a fan of Christina a long time ago, when my sister started listening to her music back in Middle School. Gaga appeared while I was in High School and the end of High School at that. Go and praise your Lady Gaga, but don't forget she got her ideas from the true blond Christina...Just look at the pictures on Wikipedia...

So be careful when you bring out the accusing fingers...until next time get Back to Basics...

I just felt Like I needed to Post this haha

It's Been Awhile

So it's summer and let me just say I wouldn't be tired of it already if I wasn't stuck in a place where my freedom was restricted to the limit. Thankfully my dear friend, Greg, came to visit this weekend, and since my parents love my guy friends, I had a lot of time on my own without questions or interruptions. I felt like I was back at college, or a real adult for maybe the first time since I have lived at the top of the hill in Hummelstown.

Adulthood seems to be a good time in ones life. You find out who you are, where your going, and what you may see as the days and months pass by. Time seems to speed up because you are finally doing things that truly interest you and most of the time you get the opportunity to do these things with people you love. I have found for me at least, that love is more of a friendship code then one that involves a relationship. I have always been the third wheel, in most situations, and almost am more content on the fact that I am my own person and don't have to worry about the fact that I may not be acting or keeping another individual happy and care free at all times. Maybe its because I grew up in a family that fought a lot, not that that is unhealthy, but sometimes it makes you think, if this is how relationships are what's the point. I'd much rather help a friend figure it out, then maybe have to deal with it first hand. Maybe I'm just not ready to be strapped down yet haha, I don't know. I always feel like there is more to see and do and if I'm not with someone as spontaneous as me, I may not get to see and do the things that pop up in my head.

For example, this weekend, Greg and I had no plan, we figured we would end up in Gretna by the lakeside, but that "plan" never happened. We drove around Harrisburg, from Goodwill to Arab country of PA, drove all the way out to Steelton, into Lebanon, passed four cars in the rain heading out to Lancaster, ended up shopping in the mall, which gave Greg the opportunity to put me in girly clothes, and ended up napping back at home till dinner, ending the night with a nice camp fire. It was a lovely day, but I never would have expected seeing or doing any of those things that day, and I enjoy having a life of "mystery". It's thrilling to not have a schedule or a place that you need to be, it's part of being young and wild haha, but I don't see it leaving anytime soon, or ever if I can help it. I see life more as a film that isn't completed, I'm a director of my own life, not that this hasn't been said hundreds of times before me, but I do. I was at a high school graduation a week ago, and all the commencement speeches had one thing in common, you can do what you want and become who you want to be and yes there are consequences for the decisions you make, but from here on out the choices you make are yours and no one has the right to take that ability away from you. And its true, if you live in a place like America, you shouldn't let someone else say, "When you grow up you have to be a doctor or a lawyer." Be what you want to be, be smart about it, but find something that you won't hate doing everyday. For me, writing was the path I choice, I'm not done with it, but I took a smart route, I love art and film, but I know that it will be easier to find a job in journalism, I want to live in New York City for the rest of my life, its going to be challenging and to even get by in NYC you need a job. The economy might be dwindling, but its part of the challenge. I find it exhilarating, scary as hell, but still amazingly exciting at the same time. Anyway this post has gone in all directions I fear, but I hope you got something out of it. Until next time...