It’s been too long. I bet no one reads this blog anymore because I let it lie idle for too long. I apologize to all my non-existant readers.

Events that have occurred since my last blog post:

1. Migrated server to dreamhost, courtesy of k and r over at the supernicety.
2. Opted to join into the collective blogging approach at tsn
3. Moved to Dallas
4. Started a new job
5. Too many things to list. If you know me, you already know

So I’ve decided to split my blog posts. Personal thoughts and weekend reports will tend to be posted here, while comments on politics, society, consumerism, and techy stuff will tend to be posted over there.

On to the weekend report!

A successful weekend by any standard. Friday night was spent with the lady friend doing nothing at all. We’ve gotten to do this much more than ever before now that I finally live in the same city as her. It’s wonderful.

We decided Saturday was to be our own public transporation day. A day spent pretending we were in a city with viable public transportation systems. We got up early and I cooked a quick breakfast for our train-ride. The meal consisted of some eggs and vegetarian sausage in a disposable whole-foods container, a container of soy-milk, and some fresh fruit. Toss it in a bag with some chop-sticks and your ready to rock. We realized that we were running late, so we sprinted down the street to the cityplace station where we could get on the light rail. To my surprise, the train was actually far underground. For a second, I felt flashbacks to a major city like Chicago or any city in Japan, but that was fleeting as one stop later we were back up at street level.

One transfer, one bus ride, and 3 beggars later, we arrived in Fort Worth at the Dallas Museum of Modern Art. It was a pretty impressive collection. I think I like modern art more than I do some of the “classics” because it tends to go for emotion more than other types of art. I tend to like movies more if they evoke emotion, so it’s only natural for that feeling to cary over to art. The works that stood out in my head were a few Warhol pieces, and a very realistic sculpture of a fawn being carried away by a wind-filled velvet blanket wrapped around it’s leg. The fawn was gnashing its teeth and struggling in a way that depicted it’s struggle for life. Quite impressive.

Lunch at the dallas modern consisted of calamari, and curry-coconut soup, a pair of cappuccinos, and a selection of bread next to the gigantic reflecting pond that surrounds a large portion of the museum grounds. The food was excellent and reasonably priced for the location.

Another bus ride took us to downtown Fort-Worth where we sipped on a Mango Smoothy and perused the shops. I pondered buying a “I’m a real cowboy” t-shirt to amuse those who know me, but decided against it. We headed home and watched a movie, discussed it for a good hour afterwards, and then used a trip to the grocery store as an excuse to take a long walk at 2 am on a Saturday night.

Sunday was a feast of Dim Sum of which I probably at twice as much as everyone else at the table… and then nothing for the rest of the day. Then I took B to work (one more week of this night shift work for her, yay!) and fell asleep early.

Another sucessful weekend here in the big D. I still don’t really know anyone here, but it doesn’t matter. I’m loving every minute of my job, my relationship, and really my life. More so now than I ever have before. It will take time, but I’m sure some friends will surface at some point.. and if not, I’ll just have to rely on visits from k, r, and Dan, who’s flying back from Japan sometime soon. Can’t wait to see you, Dan!