...so that I can feel the rain...

Have you ever seen the rain in slow motion. Raindrops are almost perfect spheres and some are perfect spheres.


Every now and then, something will remind me of my Dad. I intend to do the best I can to remember it and write it down so that hopefully I will remember it for as long as my mind is capable of memory.

Today strong lightning storms swept across the state. I remember Dad and I used to sit and watch the lightning shows during thunderstorms; especially if the power went out. I remember in Arizona the lightning shows were beautiful. The lightning was full of color and lit the sky like day. Once I even saw ball lightning during a storm.


Title song reference: Gravedigger by Dave Matthews

About My Blog and More About Me

This Web-blog is mostly for me. It is a place where I desire to share some of my inner thoughts and experiences. They will consist of random thoughts, rants, what I think about, and things that happen in my life. I created this for me. Not to entertain, not to please, and not because someone asked me to. This will help me with my writing skills. It may not be in proper English most of the time, but I desire to make my Blogs understandable at the least. Obviously I do have my own personal journal, or diary, apart from this. But this one, on this world wide web, I do desire to share. And if you know me, at least you can keep up with what is going on in my life. So, enjoy and maybe you can view my life vicariously though me.

So here’s a short bio of me: Dave

I was born in the Philippines and adopted into a United States Air Force Family. By blood I am Filipino; by family I am Native American of the Muskogee Tribe and Caucasian. I graduated #8 in my high school class (technically 18th b/c we had 9 valedictorians and 1 salutatorian … it was a weird high school). I graduated college with a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Tennessee Technological University. I am currently trying to figure out my next step. A job? Air Force? Graduate school? Famous fedora-sporting-archeologist? Tuxedo wearing secret agent man?

I can play the guitar, bass, and drums. I used to play the piano but not anymore. But I am trying to learn the violin/fiddle. The interesting thing is that I taught myself how to play all those instruments. I’ve written and recorded a few songs, but nothing worthy of a 1 hit wonder. I’ve worked with video since 1996 and I’ve enjoyed it ever since. I’m a MAC enthusiast first then PC. I have a first degree black belt in UFAF and a first decided black belt in ITA. I have some Kung Fu (Dr. Black's Tang Shou Tao) experience; just enough to compel me to continue training again someday.

…and that’s about all I can think about mentioning…

So start reading my posts and live vicariously! P.S. I (try to) write monthly letters to my friends and I post them here as well. There is a link to them all under the "Links of Interest" to the left. Enjoy!

My First Post

My first post (here on blogspot/blogger). Well, it is about time I get back to blogging/vlogging.

Spring is in the air here in the lovely South! I brag about the weather to my New England acquaintances. They are jealous.

My blog will consist of whatever I want it to consist of. Probably random thoughts, what I am up to, and old memories of the days of old.

I will probably post some old posts from my old blog from Wordpress. I liked Wordpress and all, but I have to rent a server or keep my server on 24/7. Truthfully, blogspot is much easier, costs nothing, and it was easy to set up since I have a Google Mail account. I just cannot make multiple tabs for pages...or at least I have not figured out how.

By the way, if you desire to get my blog in your e-mail, simply register in the box on the upper left-hand (<----) corner (if I can get it working...at the moment it is not).

(Picture taken by me at Daytona Beach, FL)

Merry Christmas to all! (Repost from old blog)

Merry Christmas to all!

…and happy holidays! Whatever it is you celebrate, may your days be merry and bright!

This is my first Christmas without my Dad (He passed away last February). I am okay though. He was a simple man. He only wanted simple things for Christmas. I remember when we lived in Arizona, he only wanted socks and underwear. I cannot remember when I started to give him a golfball with my scribbles on it, but in his last years of life, all he wanted was a golfball from me and a yearly picture of me. I can remember him complaining when he would get something that he didn’t really need. Sometimes I would feel frustrated, but no matter what he was my Dad and I loved him.

I did not really want to ask anything for Christmas, but Mom requested a list from me, so I made a small one and sent it via Amazon.com. I did the same with Dad.

I did not decorate the house this year. Mostly because we were in Argentina for a majority of December. Our hostess in Argentina, Pat, has two kids and I helped them pull down their Christmas decor from the attic and put up their tree. So, I still got to put up a tree this year.

Another thing is that Dad bought me a watch, or clock, every Christmas. So, I will buy me a watch every year unless I receive one.

But all in all, Christmas is wonderful because I have family and friends that love me and I still have a roof over my head.

Well, I’m off to watch National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. It was my Dad’s favorite Christmas movie.

Thanksgiving (repost from old blog)

Well, Thanksgiving was pleasant even though it was my first Thanksgiving without my Dad (he passed away in February). So it was my duty to make the pumpkin pies (or is it punkin pie). We had Turkey Day at my uncle’s house. I’ve made pie crust before but for some reason I had trouble this time around. The crust just crumbled apart when I was trying to place it in the pie pan. I tried to recover it but nothing worked so I had to start over. No big deal though. Plus I didn’t have any ground cloves. I haven’t the slightest clue on why we didn’t have any. I only use them in pumpkin pies and we had plenty left (I assume).

Nevertheless, it was a good feast. We all read the paper looking at advertisements and deals. We found plenty of deals but nothing really that we needed. It’s funny how as you grow up, the toys you want are more expensive.