370 Days:

This blog is me writing a post everyday for 370 days until my 24th birthday. Something is learned everyday.

An Apology To All

So I must sit here and think of how to apologize to all of you or how to get over the fact that I made and started a goal that I did not complete. It may have been too hasty of a goal as I may have put on too big of shoes for my feet to walk in. In the beginning it sounded like a swell idea, an idea that would allow me to speak my mind, stay in contact with distant friends, and pour my creativity out onto paper (or onto the screen.)

They say if you do something in repetition for 20 some days it become habit and the task of writing a blog every day for 370 days did in fact become a habit. I would go to bed thinking about what I would write tomorrow or about the great blog that I had wrote a few hours earlier. 

But, this habit became daunting as it felt more like a drilled responsibility than a time to reflect and put the day into words. There were times where I would fully hate the fact that I had to set aside time to spill my thoughts and emotions. I struggled with this. Time and time again I set things too high for myself thinking that I am more than I am but reality is that I am only a man. I tire and become weary of the mundane, not saying that blogging everyday was mundane, but it only added at times to the mediocrity of life at the time. 

I feel as though I would come to the computer, check my email, scan the facebook, and then get ready for bed only to remember that I needed to blog. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to but the fact that I had nothing to say. I felt like I was short changing the few who read my blog everyday. This is why I feel as though I owe you all an apology, I am sorry for the lack of consistency and for the apathy that came to be with this blog. I aim to turn this around and not write everyday, but to write at least once or twice a week. I hope all is well. stay golden (believe) DiFabio

Thursday Night (#170)

Today was a good day. Went and saw a party band called Professor D downtown Wylie.

The Things I Hate About Growing Up (#169)

So I hate growing up. It has it’s pro’s and con’s but and it’s not like the con’s out weigh the pro’s, it’s just that I hate the con’s so much.

1. Paying ridiculous bills: insurance, rent, electricity, car payment and so on….it’s a total drag.

2. Having to wake up early every day: That’s just me being lazy.

3. Planning for the future: I hate planning what I am going to eat for dinner let alone figuring out where I am going to be in 5 years.

4. Losing my metabolism: no body likes getting fat….

5. Appointments: Having to meet up with people to talk about important things…..

6. Having to get over not like numbers 1 – 5

ciao…

Hard Work and Energy (#168)

Not a super eventful day but a good day of just spending time with the family. After stopping by the church to pick up some material for my mom’s Sunday School class we went to lunch at Griff’s Hamburgers. A hole in the wall burger joint. I used to go there all the time when I was in High School. It was more for the memories than the food even though the food is pretty good itself. We took a walk at the park, but it was so hot and humid that it didn’t last very long. But, we didn’t stay out of the sun.

After coming home we worked in the backyard removing a fence post and replacing it with a new metal one. It did’t take long but since the sun was beating down on us our energy was zapped pretty quick.

It is so interesting to think about the wonders of earth. Like about how I didn’t do a ton of work yet the sun zapped my energy as if I were working out side for a solid 12 hours. I need to wear sunscreen too..

ciao…

Rainy Day Syndrome (#167)

IT has rained all day and I have come down with Rainy Day Syndrome. The syndrome that makes you want to stay in doors and settle in with some tea, a good book, or movie, some music, and just relax the day away. I am spending the day with family and after a few errands this morning, like going to the bank, and finishing the paper work on selling the ranger, we went to lunch at Macaroni Grill and rented some movies. Evan Almighty: wish was a good movie to start with because I am always appreciative of Steve Carrells humor. The Kid: a good second movie with solid laughs but a slow story plot. Georgia Rule: a stressfull movie about the strained relationship between family members because of sexual abuse. Napolean Dynamite: We didn’t watch it.

We all fell asleep pretty fast. It was a good ole day.

ciao…

Longest Day ever…. (#166)

Spent 15 hours on the road to get from Nashville to OKC then to Dallas. Im exhausted. I feel like im drunk. I don’t have control of my body. blah….

Recording in Nashville (#165)

Tension Tamer and Nag Chamba (#164)

There is nothing better than a big cup of hot tea Tension Tamer and Nag Chamba Incense burning in the room while working on some music. (you can see it in the back of the picture by the lamp)

My Friend Matt! (#163)

My friend Matt lives in Tennessee. He is a grand ole guy and I wish that he lived closer cause our adventures would be epic. I was able to see him while I was in Nashville. He helped us out on the album playing Tambo! He gave us a tour of the city as well. I was not super impressed with Nashville, but in the long run I have not been impressed with any city in this world really. I am just not a city type of guy.

The Illusion of the Reverse Spinning Wheel (#162)

Have you ever been in the car just chillen down the highway and look over and see the rims of the car right beside you, and they seem to be going backwards? I have. Why does it look like the wheel is going backwards while we know that the car and wheel are going forwards. This is why.

Our eyes are like cameras, they constantly take snapshots of the images that we constantly see. So as we look at the spinning wheel our cameras are taking pictures. Imagine there were a large red dot on the wheel. As the wheels spins we take our eye pictures and see the dot move slighty forward on the wheel showing the moving image. When the wheel picks up speed we se the dot travel further distances with ever snap shot we take giving the motion of wheel going faster. When the wheel gets going sooo fast, that when it seems to be going backwards. The red dot travels faster than our eye can take a picture of it. The dot moves and we take a snap when it reaches 90% around the wheel, then when it hits 80% then 60% and so forth….The dot goes faster than we can take a picture thus creating the illusion of the wheel going backwards…..