It is a rainy, cold day here in mid-October. A perfect day to stay indoors, listen to old music, and write in the blog. (which is obviously something I haven't done recently).
I finally got my tape deck working, and I've been listening to some old recordings from the late 80's and early 90's. One is a sing-along among members of one of my graduate school classes. There was this class we had to take the first semester called 'Formations', and we got pretty tight as a group. It's fun listening to us laugh, tell jokes, and sing along with several guitars. It reminds me of a 'good' time in my life. . .difficult, but fun. I was working three part-time jobs and going to school full-time. So were pretty much all my classmates. How we ever did it is beyond me. Yet to listen to the tape is to remember the good times.
Another recording was made at Christmas in 1992. My then girlfriend had flown to my hometown. . .meeting my family for the first time. I remember picking her up at the airport and driving around for about an hour (at her request), because she was so nervous. Anyway, all of the women living in Mom's house joined our family for another one of those sing-alongs. We had guitars, keyboard, and a hammer dulcimer. We actually sounded pretty good.
I could go on. There are loads of old cassettes gathering dust in my collection. . .each one with a story to tell. . .representative of old memories in my head that have also been gathering dust. It's nice to shake loose the dust from time to time.
Still raining. . .sleepy cat in my lap. . .irish music playing on the tape deck.
Cool entry (I meant to say closer to the time).
All my old tapes would bring back memories of is recording them from the radio and listening to them on my paper round...
Posted by: Timbo | 24 October 2009 at 05:43 AM
Hey, it's been a while - how goes it?
Posted by: Timbo | 03 November 2009 at 11:05 AM
Pretty good overall. Busy with work and working out. Looking forward to the holidays. Are you over your birthday yet, or are you still celebrating?
ahud
Posted by: ahud | 03 November 2009 at 02:40 PM
I'm still kind-of celebrating in a very low key way (having one of the left over beers when I get home from work - that sort of thing).
I've just put in the dates for the week and a bit break I need to take before Christmas (which, yet again, I typed 'Christams' whatever that means). So that'll be good.
How's the working out going?
Posted by: Timbo | 03 November 2009 at 06:58 PM
Sorry for the delay in replying Tim. The working out is going well. . .I have a partner from work who is going through the program with me. We do 45 minutes of weights and 45 minutes of cardio. . .three times a week. I'm feeling stronger, having more energy, and eating in a more healthy manner. It will probably take me a year to get to my goal, but now I know I can do it.
Posted by: Metaphileo | 13 November 2009 at 01:26 PM