Merry Christmas Everyone! No, the Angel isn't on fire! =Þ
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Okay, right now you're thinking, "Chris...errr ... Veloche doesn't even like wine, so why is he serving cheese?" Well, you're right. Enough with the cheese. It had to be said, but Thanksgiving is now over. Now I'll get on with the more mundane items in life, which quite often turn out to be very entertaining. Isn't it funny how that works? I guess that's what Jerry Seinfeld realized when he came up with the idea for that wacky show. Too bad he just didn't blog it, eh?
Speaking of which, a lot of friends and family members are asking me, "What the heck is a blog?" Go read. =p Seriously though, "blog" is short for "web log" - which are free online journals to document pretty much anything imaginable. They're a pretty nifty idea. They exist because they can exist, because the creators can make money off of them, because believe it or not they're a good source of information, and because it is a democratic approach to net access. Even the homeless in Los Angeles have a significant web presence due to blogging (and some other programs that allow them and encourage them to speak up concerning city issues by using library computer terminals). Yay for the freedom of speech, eh?
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This week is nice. I'm off work. Hurrah! A friend of mine from Atlanta, Chang, came over last night and we played some MTG. Chang's a good guy even if he is a bit nuts. He makes me laugh. Its good to keep people around you that make you laugh. Isn't that what makes the world go 'round? My world works that way at least. I wrapped a present today for Nattsu. I know she's going to go crazy. She hates surprises. I hope you all are going to have a great holiday. Christmas Eve day I plan on driving down to my mom's. We'll have Christmas there and probably drive back Christmas night so that we can hit the party on the day after Christmas.
But I know on the 26th I'll be thinking about more than any party or what I got for Christmas. I'll be thinking about Grandma - Nana - My wonderful grandmother who passed away a couple years ago while I was up in Illinois. I couldn't leave to come down for the funeral without seriously messing up my schoolwork. :( It really bugs me. I hate the system for that. Having to miss your own grandmother's funeral or fail your classes - tough choice, huh? Not for some. For me it was. I worked damn hard to get there - to be doing what I was - to be earning that degree, and I know that Nana would've approved of me staying. That's the only thing that kept me up there - was the thought of her and her words. She always told me her mother said, "What you know you don't carry on your back." And I know Nana would've shouted that phrase at me when I thought of coming down to see her buried. I just know she'd yell at me, telling me, "I'm dead! They're putting me in a box, big deal! Go get your education!" Hehe, I love her SO much and miss her SO much it hurts. She was a beacon of light for me throughout many hard times in my life - and she continues to be in spirit. I really want to go down to Jacksonville soon and visit her grave. I'll probably do that this summer.
Speaking of which, a lot of friends and family members are asking me, "What the heck is a blog?" Go read. =p Seriously though, "blog" is short for "web log" - which are free online journals to document pretty much anything imaginable. They're a pretty nifty idea. They exist because they can exist, because the creators can make money off of them, because believe it or not they're a good source of information, and because it is a democratic approach to net access. Even the homeless in Los Angeles have a significant web presence due to blogging (and some other programs that allow them and encourage them to speak up concerning city issues by using library computer terminals). Yay for the freedom of speech, eh?
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This week is nice. I'm off work. Hurrah! A friend of mine from Atlanta, Chang, came over last night and we played some MTG. Chang's a good guy even if he is a bit nuts. He makes me laugh. Its good to keep people around you that make you laugh. Isn't that what makes the world go 'round? My world works that way at least. I wrapped a present today for Nattsu. I know she's going to go crazy. She hates surprises. I hope you all are going to have a great holiday. Christmas Eve day I plan on driving down to my mom's. We'll have Christmas there and probably drive back Christmas night so that we can hit the party on the day after Christmas.
But I know on the 26th I'll be thinking about more than any party or what I got for Christmas. I'll be thinking about Grandma - Nana - My wonderful grandmother who passed away a couple years ago while I was up in Illinois. I couldn't leave to come down for the funeral without seriously messing up my schoolwork. :( It really bugs me. I hate the system for that. Having to miss your own grandmother's funeral or fail your classes - tough choice, huh? Not for some. For me it was. I worked damn hard to get there - to be doing what I was - to be earning that degree, and I know that Nana would've approved of me staying. That's the only thing that kept me up there - was the thought of her and her words. She always told me her mother said, "What you know you don't carry on your back." And I know Nana would've shouted that phrase at me when I thought of coming down to see her buried. I just know she'd yell at me, telling me, "I'm dead! They're putting me in a box, big deal! Go get your education!" Hehe, I love her SO much and miss her SO much it hurts. She was a beacon of light for me throughout many hard times in my life - and she continues to be in spirit. I really want to go down to Jacksonville soon and visit her grave. I'll probably do that this summer.
A New Poem
Well, since the old poems make the blog seem blacker than its own background, here's a new one. I'll write it right now. Hmmmm.....
At the special time is when upon,
I felt the world anew all dawn.
Pockets full of morning air,
Chestful of pride and hopeful care.
Man and wife and house and dog,
now a truck and new weblog.
Sunshine eyes and friends afar,
if only they knew how close they are.
In my heart dwells the love,
for those whom I hold above.
Peace and warmth I reach with strife.
Thank the heavens this is my life.
This is for all of you. Thank you. I love you.
At the special time is when upon,
I felt the world anew all dawn.
Pockets full of morning air,
Chestful of pride and hopeful care.
Man and wife and house and dog,
now a truck and new weblog.
Sunshine eyes and friends afar,
if only they knew how close they are.
In my heart dwells the love,
for those whom I hold above.
Peace and warmth I reach with strife.
Thank the heavens this is my life.
This is for all of you. Thank you. I love you.
An Old Poem
I figured I'd start posting some of my poetry here - some of it old, some of it new. Stay tuned for more to come. :)
Fucked-up delusions of me on a bike
riding through this amusement called life.
Where will it end, with death or beyond?
Only the wind knows and tomorrow is gone.
Today we need the answers for life, love, and sex.
Tomorrow we die, with eight minutes left.
All the papers graded, the answers are in.
Now it's too late though, we died with our sins.
I wrote that one somewhere around 1999. Who knows what the hell I was thinking but I've always liked that one. Here's another you might enjoy although it's a bit apocalyptic.
Rampant rivers, pebble beds,
forest trees, green, are dead.
Mother Nature, shot in the head.
All our world soon will die.
All our world soon will die.
Cars on freeways, move along.
Senseless words in meaningless songs.
Nuclear testing, atom bombs,
puncture the ozone in the sky.
All our world soon will die.
All our world soon will die.
I don't always have that bleak of an outlook on life. *shrug* I wrote that poem one day (sometime in 2001) and used it as the attention-getter in a persuasive speech I gave in a contest at Georgia State University. The speech was persuading people to use public transportation (which I did for several years). I formatted the speech using Monroe's Motivated Sequence, a form that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. often used, which illustrates what the world would be like if the problem continues, and then what the world would be like if we implement the solution. It is a very powerful and emotional format for a speech. Mine won the contest. Thank you Aristotle and Alan Monroe. ;)
Fucked-up delusions of me on a bike
riding through this amusement called life.
Where will it end, with death or beyond?
Only the wind knows and tomorrow is gone.
Today we need the answers for life, love, and sex.
Tomorrow we die, with eight minutes left.
All the papers graded, the answers are in.
Now it's too late though, we died with our sins.
I wrote that one somewhere around 1999. Who knows what the hell I was thinking but I've always liked that one. Here's another you might enjoy although it's a bit apocalyptic.
Rampant rivers, pebble beds,
forest trees, green, are dead.
Mother Nature, shot in the head.
All our world soon will die.
All our world soon will die.
Cars on freeways, move along.
Senseless words in meaningless songs.
Nuclear testing, atom bombs,
puncture the ozone in the sky.
All our world soon will die.
All our world soon will die.
I don't always have that bleak of an outlook on life. *shrug* I wrote that poem one day (sometime in 2001) and used it as the attention-getter in a persuasive speech I gave in a contest at Georgia State University. The speech was persuading people to use public transportation (which I did for several years). I formatted the speech using Monroe's Motivated Sequence, a form that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. often used, which illustrates what the world would be like if the problem continues, and then what the world would be like if we implement the solution. It is a very powerful and emotional format for a speech. Mine won the contest. Thank you Aristotle and Alan Monroe. ;)
After some thought
I figured I'd write more in order to catch everyone up to date.
- I graduated from the University of Illinois with my Master's.
- I got married to Nattsu.
- I still play MMORPG's (recently switched to World of Warcraft).
- I still play MTG.
- Yes, I'm still slightly crazy.
- I don't play pen & paper games much because the people around here suck ass as far as entertainment and culture goes. Thank God Atlanta is close by.
- I bought a truck (obviously, see other post with picture).
- I rented a house.
- I feel almost too frikkin domestic.
- I now teach college at a small University west of Atlanta.
- Yes, that means I get to warp...errr... educate the minds of youth.
As you can most likely discern, I am doing fairly well. I hope you're doing well too. I really wish you all the best the holiday season is capable of bringing. You are missed. *tacklehug*
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Voices in Veloche's Head
Welcome to the first blog post. I guess I'm here because I need a way to express myself. Whether you read it or not I don't give a shit. I'm posting here for me. I am attaching a picture of my new truck to see if the picture upload tool works. Let's see if it does work.
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