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I was thinking about “love groups” and “boy bands” today… ok so “love groups” is a term I just made up… but really… what ever happened to all those groups that sang sappy songs back in the 90’s about love? They weren’t even replaced… they are simply gone (for all practical purposes).

Take for example Savage Garden. Who makes music anymore like Savage Garden? Their the perfect 2-man group to get any guy out of trouble with his wife, girlfriend, whatever. Or how about boy bands… Even the boy bands that have made a recent return aren’t what they used to be (Take Backstreet Boys or Nsync). I mean, they have songs that are good…

It’s kind of funny, the more I write this post, the more I think that there was a transition.

It went from being a bunch of songs about love, to being a bunch of songs about sex. I suppose you could say the songs in the 90’s were about sex as well… and they were, but hmmm….

ok the more I think about it… the more I think music hasn’t changed at all…

Skillz

But alas, I probably shouldn’t be writing stupid blog posts… In fact, someone should take this blog away from me… It’s gone so far past being relevant to anything at all, that I should just “cap it” and put it out of it’s misery. That said, I should go back to coding…

Cause baby’s got crazy skillz.

Of course, the funny part of it is, this whole time I’ve been listening to Enigma, cause well… That’s the gravity of love.

I am slowly but surely allowing myself to adjust to all the changes in my life.

One of the one’s that is crossing my mind at the moment is the view outside my window. Prior to moving back into woodbury, I had one of the most amazing views out my window. It was always open, contained tons of wild life, etc. It’s where I would look when I didn’t want to look at the computer screen anymore.

I was afraid I was going to lose the view moving into Woodbury… but I must admit, I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how much I like my current view as well.

To start with, I get plenty of nature still.. In fact, 95% of my view is trees. Sure they are rather boring trees, but trees non the less. There is a bunny rabbit, squirrel, and cat that live in this region that I see quite frequently… Not quite as cool a dear, but the cat provides plenty of entertainment value when our cat attacks the window trying to get at it.

Through the tree’s I can see just a portion of the radio/pioneer intersection. Lots of various cars drive by, but I also get to see MSA students going to the YMCA (or returning from there), and the occassional cop car or fire truck. Sure it can be distracting, but that’s what I want my view to be… a look at what’s going on outside my digital window to the world.

So why did I just waste my time writing a post about the view? No idea… But I figure it’s only going to continue to change.

So on the way home from the Twins game on Sunday (the one we won against KC), my car hit the big 10,000. Not bad for being just over 1 year old.

It got me thinking with my wife sitting next to me, just how many changes my car (Alkali Caddy) had seen in my life in just 10,000 miles.

It has seen me move out of my house. (and hauled all the boxes)

It has seen me get married (and got semi-lost with me on the ride home).

It has seen (or taken me) on trips to chicago, orlando, etc. (and almost run out of gas twice doing it)

It has seen JR continue to grow. (as it has come many time to hitting the post protecting the ATM machine)

It has seen a full school year. (as it sits and waits in the parking lot after every computer club)

It has seen 10,000 miles worth of roads. (really, it has!)

It has seen me return to WoW. (ok, so it couldn’t see from the garage, but I’m sure it’s heard me talking about it)

It has seen friends get engaged (ok, it didn’t see this either… persay)

It has seen or been to 4 to 7 weddings (I lost count). (yes, yes it has)

It really is amazing how much has changed in such a short period of time…. I just felt like saying that… Who knows what could change in the next 10,000 miles.

It’s no wonder we get so attached to our cars… They travel through time with us.

Amber just wrote a post about her love of Harry Potter, so I figured I best write a post about Books as well.

This weekend has been a lot about going “back to” certain routines or things that I haven’t done for awhile. It has little to nothing to do with marriage… But probably more so just the timing of various things things.

To start with, Friday was “back to computer club” day. Not at all sure what we will be doing in computer club, but whatever it is, I’m sure it will be fun (because we only do fun). Saturday became “Back to not playing poker day” when it suddenly became “back to WoW day”. That’s right, I’m back in WoW for the first time in almost exactly a year. Richard and I have been running all over booty bay working our way to level 45.

You could say Friday and Saturday nights were “Back to Double Dating” with Richard and Elizabeth, but truthfully, that never really ends (and I hope it never really does, because honestly I think it’s a blast).

Sunday was back to the Metrodome day, where Amber and I got to watch the twins put their best foot forward in the last game of the season to try to win the division from the white sox. We’ll know more at about 4:00 this afternoon (GO DETROIT!).

Sunday also was back to Amber’s parent’s for dinner and cards (always enjoyable), as well as back to Barnes and Noble as I find myself back to the inhertince trilogy. Brisinger is on deck this time… Didn’t get to far into it with Amber now sharing a bed with me, but hoping I can find some time to read it every night… Of course, why read about dragons when you can slay them in WoW :-).

And today of course, is back to work day… so I guess I best get back to work.

It took a little longer than I think it should have, but the latest iphone firmware update finally gave me 1 of the 2 big things I’ve been missing.

My iphone now works with uconnect (my in car audio system).

It took awhile, but it does, and I’m happy.

It the one reason I’m happy about having an iphone… Updates come frequently for the things that aren’t working, and when they are released you know about them (unlike most phones that never get updates for their problems, or if they do, you rarely find out about them…)

My phone also just feels a little more stable (and my 3G signal was higher today, although I don’t know if that was just appearance or if it was actually working better).

Way to go apple… That might just be the push I needed to get my family a mac laptop… Maybe… (Why would I do such a thing!?!?!)

It’s hard not to get caught up in all the media hype surrounding the upcoming presidential elections. It seems (based on the approval rating of our president and congress), that most of America isn’t very happy with the way things are going now. Both parties are pushing their best idea of what they think the American public wants to see (change).

I think though, that America as a whole is being distracted by the issues.

Let’s just run down some of the biggest “issues” that people are debating in the upcoming election:

• Iraq/Mideast
• Oil/Energy (part of the above)
• Healthcare
• Taxes
• Religion/ethics/morals (things like abortion, etc.)

And of course, just some of the distractions:

• Palin being a woman
• Obama being black
• Palin’s daughter being pregnant

Now that’s all just basic marketing… Giving people what they want to sell an image or product… But there’s an issue that isn’t being asked loudly enough. There’s a question that I’m not sure either candidate has a *real* solution for.

How do they plan on bringing unity and balance back to government and the American people.

America has a reached a very interesting point in history. One that has us paving the way for future democracies once again. It’s simply this: what do you do when half the nation wants more freedom, and the other half wants more equality. How do you bring both groups together and find ways of achieving both?

There’s one way: Give them a common enemy… That’s what 9/11 did. That’s what the hurricanes will do. But those are short term fixes to our growing division.

It’s as if we are on a tightrope that as we continue to walk through time, get’s narrower and narrower… And we can lean a little bit to less and less to the left or right before we’re all just going to fall off.

So what is it that people really want? Not just American’s as a whole, but as a race… What is in our nature? It’s most likely some balance of the both… So assuming we’ve reached that equalibirum, who the is the candidate most likely to unite us in the goal of maintaining that balance, and can do it without making most American’s feel like no one is winning.

I have no idea.