12.31.2001
With fulfillment comes liberation.
Liberation allows you to go on.
Even death is not a true ending.
Life is infinite continuation.
Well, this ends 2001 for Blogtography.com.
2002... you better bring it!
Oh, it's already been broughten. I don't have any New Year's Resolutions. I think my life is pretty good as it is. I'm pretty chipper, and satisfied with things. I don't need to change.
What I have been doing, is setting up the beginning of the year as a positive one. I've been telling all my friends, everyone I care about, that I appreciate what they've done for me, even if it's a small amount that they would look over. So if you haven't heard from me personally yet, you will. I'm blessed with a lot of friends, and it takes me awhile to contact each of you.
I love you all, in many different and meaningful ways.
Happy New Year! Best Wishes to you and yours!
blogged by Chaz @ 7:06 PM
12.28.2001
Leads to an error of a hundred miles at the rim.
When the effort is so slight,
Why should you hesitate to set things right?
Well, I've gone home and come back again for and from Christmas vacation.
It was good to be around my family, and see friends of years past. I lost track of many of my friends, either they had moved, or their parents had moved and there's no way I can find out where to short of getting a private detective. Bummer.
So that's a good lesson, always keep in touch with those you hold close to you. Don't let months, or years pass by without writing, calling, emailing, or going to visit.
I hung out with my friend Colleen from when I went to college in North Idaho. It was pretty cool, we went out to the bars, went dancing at some club. A great night all together. I saw my friend Mike from Jr. High and High School, we played my brothers N64 and had a great time remembering years past. And as to not stop the Christmas in Boise tradition with my friend Ryan, we went to The Torch, the local strip club, on Christmas night, just as we have for the past few years whenever we're both in town for Christmas' past. Ryan is someone I haven't kept in constant touch with, but I know he'll always be there for me, and I'll always be there for him. We've been friends since the third grade, and I've never questioned the power of our friendship.
Sure, I may have gotten an Xbox for Christmas, some money, some clothes, but the real presents are my family and my friends that I've missed so much.
Thanks for a great Christmas.
blogged by Chaz @ 4:55 PM
12.17.2001
Our bellies get stuffed full,
Hearts break, minds snap.
We can't go on the old way so
We change. Our lives pivot,
Forming a mysterious geometry.
Oi. I realize I haven't written in awhile. A good 10 days. Woo.
Aside from the time that has past, nothing much has changed. I now leave for Boise, Idaho in two days. I've setup play-dates with my friends from back home and everything. It's going to be a good trip.
My eyes are really tired right now. You'll see on the left the Archives have changed. They are now listed by month. Not only that, but are listed by Month name! That is a luxury that Blogger does not provide, so you have to do some sneaky javascripting to make each month Blogger would show as "05-2001" and make it appear as "May 2001".
You'll also notice older archives. I've attached the archives of my prior site before Blogtography, Chazio.com. That's why there are two April 2001's.
I am starting to think about packing. New regulations allow one checked bag and one carry on. Damn.
It gets cold in Idaho during winter, right? It's been so long I don't remember. I have no winter clothes! Ahhhh!
blogged by Chaz @ 3:18 PM
12.07.2001
The group did the thinking.
Current society is splintered;
The individual must be complex.
I hate it when I brush my teeth and then go and drink a glass of water. Bleh.
I guess that would probably hold true with eating or drinking anything right after brushing your teeth. It adds that minty toothpaste flavor to all your food.
Maybe that's why toothpaste is mint flavored? To keep us from eating right after brushing so that it has a chance to actually keep our teeth and breath fresh?
If toothpaste were chicken flavored, I'm sure it'd be much easier to eat food right after brushing.
Anyway.
I'm flying back to Boise, Idaho for Christmas! I leave in a little under 2 weeks from now. It's hard to believe it's been 2 years since I've been home.
Wow.
Thanks Mom and Dad!!
blogged by Chaz @ 3:59 AM
12.02.2001
Attracts power by its mere presence.
In the same way, we must work
For substance and height.
Well my good friend Kristie drove over from Barstow (about 2 hours away) to spend all day Saturday with me. It had been almost a year since I had seen her last, and since then, she got married and moved from Seattle to Barstow, California.
Kristie is the very first person I met in real life off the internet. This was SEVEN YEARS AGO! That's a long time for the net! This was back when I was using AOL 2.0 or something.
I think back and try to remember what the internet was good for back then.
Then I look at the picture of Kristie above. I think about the past seven years of memories I've shared with her. The laughter, the tears, all the in's and out's.
And I know...
It was for meeting crazy people...
Who then become a friend for life.
blogged by Chaz @ 11:12 PM