Say what, now?

So, after going through all of the pictures that were taken, this is the only one I thought was fairly interesting. It's a picture of a tree that's sitting right next to a street light, and it looks like it has some growth already. It doesn't. The street light made the lens focus a little differently and it made the tree green though there's not a single leaf or bud on it yet. Not sure why I took this picture, but it appears to be the only one worth posting at the moment. My camera was getting passed around something fierce and I didn't take any pictures except the one down there.

That aside, not much has happened since then. Nothing aside from myself combating bouts of intense boredom. Weather is cooling down again, though it did rain for the first time this year. Still no way to get around since I don't have enough money to get my Jeep's brakes looked at. For some reason, today (tonight, rather) seems very much like a friday. I know it's past 1 o'clock and hence, technically friday, but I mean it feels like yesterday (thursday) was a friday and it's now saturday. Sometimes I spout things that don't make any sense.

Backlog

Just to make sure I have more than just one post for the time being, I'm gonna repost all of my entries from this month from my other blog. They'll be coming in slowly, but the page won't look so empty when I'm done.

Introduction

One thing I'm gonna say straight off is that I'm only going to be using this as a mirror for my other blog. Anything I post on my other blog is going to get posted here verbatim. Another thing to note is that it'll take me some time to fully customize this to what I would consider decent, but for now, this template will have to work. I find it kinda strange that this thing automatically asks for a gmail account. Lucky I had one to begin with. Other than that, I'm pretty sure I won't be putting anything else into this entry thing.

One more thing. About the url. "Miles" is a nickname I picked up at my old job. It was a horrible mispronunciation of my name, I told a few friends, and from there it kinda stuck. The "DeCola" part is just a take on the first word I seen. I had a can of Coca-Cola nearby, so I just tinkered with the name a bit.

Elbow!

I just found this album on my computer today (Gnarls Barkley's St. Elsewhere). Not sure how it got there or how long it's been there, but I figure I give it a spin to see if I'm missing anything.

Family get together, yesterday. Not everyone could make it, and more friends than family showed up, but it was still pretty nice. Weather was great. Got all the way up into the 70's again. We dusted off the grill for the first time this year. We accidentally cooked too much, but everything turned out really well, and at least there are enough leftovers so I don't have to scrounge around for scraps. Found my camera after I don't know how long it's been missing, but I snapped a few decent pictures. Well, I didn't find my camera. One of my sisters did. She found it a week ago or so, but didn't tell me about it until yesterday. I'll post the pictures once I get them on my computer.

As for other news, nothing other than that.

Whose idea was it to shorten the term to "blog," anyway?

Now that we've reached the tail end of the week, I think I can safely lump this week as "bad." Not in a traditional sense, however. By "bad" I mean so little has happened, that I find myself exhausted from it. When things are this slow, I get a little irritable. I don't show it, but sometimes I start fuming over nothing. That's not the case tonight, but I still have nothing to do. No one to hang with. Everyone's busy and for some reason, I don't want to go out by myself. So, here is me. Kicking it at home until I can think of something that I could do.

Uninspirational

"Uninspired" would be a better term. I literally have nothing to talk about right now. Well, I could give it a shot, but it's likely I won't get very far.

Back in high school, I had taken a number of art classes. Painting/drawing was never my forte, (I'm a tad jittery on canvas/paper and can hardly ever make a straight line or a clearly defined shape) so I usually came close to failing. Though in my graphic design classes, I usually got the special assignments that the other students weren't supposed to do. Nothing spectacular but I did get a few unusual assignments. Such as compiling my teacher's daughter's wedding footage into a presentation. I've always found it a little tough to start from scratch but if I had a few materials to base my work off of, it usually turned out well. I'm not saying I'm a good artist. I'm not even saying I'm an artist at all. I do, however, have lots of spare ideas from all of the different stuff I was working on back then. Unfortunately, I don't have a reliable outlet for those ideas. I'm not good at all at drawing, so it would take me years just to flesh out a single picture. My teacher kinda made me a perfectionist when it comes to stuff like that. So, in the meantime, I just throw those ideas around until I can find a way to get 'em down into something.

Huh, that was longer than I thought it would be...

Caffeine free?!

(Large section of post omitted due to complete irrelevence.)

Oh, and it appears I've stumbled into the kind of music I've been wanting to hear (by wanting, I mean in the subconscious sense of the word). Though I only have a small handful of songs in that particular genre. I'm currently searching for ways to procure more songs, if not whole albums. Legal ways, of course.

Boot

Ok, just a couple days ago it was 75 degrees outside. Today, it's below freezing again (not to mention the snow). Sudden temperature changes really mess with you. The young ones, especially, take it the hardest. Alright, this isn't going where I thought it was. I was planning to make a super long post about some subject that I can't remember anymore and I came up with just a few sentences. Ah well.

Eh

As with most people, music is something that can keep me going through the rough patches, or serve as a reminder to all of the places I've been or things I've done. Music is very important to me, not only because it was an area I planned to study in, but because there are also so many strong memories tied to my experiences in music. Whether it's just listening or actually playing. However, I find myself getting, for lack of a better word, frustrated with near any music I hear. Not because I've heard it before, or that I don't like it. Not sure how this is, but it seems I can't quite find the music I want to hear. This is pretty strange as this hasn't happened before. I have just over 4000 songs in my music library, yet there's not a thing in there that I really want to listen to right now. So, I have no idea what it is I want to hear.

In other news, it appears my nephew has already adapted to having a new sister. Though it isn't much of a surprise, seeing as how he's very smart for his age. He's about 1 and a half, and he can do things most 2 year olds can't. He knows a lot of sign language. It's actually his primary means of communication. Since that's the case, most everyone that comes in regular contact with the guy has to learn some sign language, too, just to keep up. Myself included.

Looks like that's all I have to type, at the moment. Especially since I can't quite think of anything else worth mentioning.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I had to give back that van a couple weeks ago. So, I'm back on foot for now.

Mumble

Whew, doggy! It's been a while since I posted here. And this time I do have some news. My brother's wife gave birth to their second child yesterday. A 6 pound, 10 ounce girl. 19 1/2 inches. Name of Ginnivieve London. Things appear to be doing alright on my end as well. Still no job, but looks to be better than before, at least. Jeep still out of commission, but I'm ok with it now, I guess. No new music. Though I still have to get my cd back from my friend. Don't think I have any musings or anything like that at the moment, so I'll just keep this one short.