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Friday, March 14, 2008

Travelogue - Travel Conversation

This roadtrip is the first for Kate and I to take together. During the drive I felt like I was in less of a hurry that past trips. I guess that has to do with Kate being with me. The long roadtrip gave us a lot of time to talk. To be honest, I was not bored at all talking with her. I think this is a good sign.

Travel, driving, San Jose, marriage, wedding, kids, houses, tattoos, college, the Decemberists, religion, Philadelphia, mix tapes, snacks, Delaware, "I've Been Everywhere," engagement rings, beer, animal crackers, depression, Michael Stipe, wedding rings, Death Cab for Cutie, Portland, family, sour patch kids, photography, AIDS, Mt. Shasta, mobile homes, rain, place, Iraq war, food, Volcanoes, music, R.E.M., Ashland OR, parents, family vacations, Mt St. Helen, the election, Twitter, Wilco, Circus Peanuts, RVs, Shakespeare festival, homelessness, Comic Con, politics, Son Volt,

Labels: conversation, list, travel, travel notes

- Rich, 1:22 PM |

Saturday, January 06, 2007

Good and Bad Part One

I told Peter that I do not think I am doing enough to be a good person.

Peter said of course you are not doing enough to be a good person. No one in America is doing enough to be a good person. We are taking cheap labor from the rest of the world.

I wonder If I can do enough to be a good person.

Labels: America, conversation, good, petersconrad

- Rich, 11:34 PM |

Monday, July 17, 2006

Vacation Day 3: The Drive

Empty I-5
Originally uploaded by earthdog.

I have driven from San Jose to San Diego several times now. I have done it enough to say that I know the drive. This year Andrew is coming to comic con with me. This is the first time I have done the drive with another person.

Taking a long drive with another person is different that taking it alone. Andrew and I talked the whole time. We never ran out of things to talk about. The trip was a constant conversation. The miles just flew by. I think I did not speed as much because of the conversation.

In the past I have liked the solitude on this ride. I did not miss the solitude this time. It has been years since I have taken a long drive with anyone. I have missed taking these types of trips with my friends.

I love conversations on the road. You really have nothing to do but sit and talk. I am known as the kind of person who loves to talk. There are few things better than really good conversation. Andrew is a good match for this idea. He can talk just as well as I can.

It took us about 8 hours to make it from San Jose to San Diego. We made good time and we only spent about an extra hour in Los Angeles traffic. It felt great to get here. I even found Steve's place without directions, I left the directions at my computer.

We did not do much once we got to San Diego. The drive took a lot out of us. It is funny that driving takes a lot out of you. You are just sitting down, but it it not as easy as it seems.

Labels: Andrew J Thomas, conversation, driving, flickrpost, San Diego, San Jose, travel, vacation

- Rich, 11:33 PM |

Friday, June 16, 2006

A pure baby

I was talking to Tim Taylor at a blogger meetup that I went to. He kept on saying that baby's have a perfect love. If you liked up five newborn babies of different races they would only love each other. There would be no conflict, we teach them how to have conflict.

I told him that I hate that argument. Those five babies are not even close to being mentally developed. They cannot take care of themselves. If those five babies were left on their own, we would have five dead babies.

I told him that I thing God gives us conflict and suffering. We are given these things so we can find out what kind of people we are. Without these things we would not value life, ours or others.

Tim was wearing a shirt that says, "Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment." Jalal ad-Din Rumi. My conversation with Tim was the best conversation I had all night. He was the only blogger I meet that did not care about their space in the bloggersphere or how blogging was going to change the media world.

Labels: bloggers, conversation, Jalal ad-Din Rumi, meetup, quote, Tim Talyor

- Rich, 9:06 PM |

Wednesday, October 17, 2001

Lots of things to write about

I feel that I will be writing about things from this trip for months to come. I did not so a lot of activities, but Jeremy and I talked a lot. Those conversations are things that give my mind something to think about. I know that subjects from these conversations will be coming up for weeks to come. Some of the conversations where just little seeds that will bloom later. I hope that no one reading this will be bothered by that.

Labels: Chicago, conversation, Jerery P Bushnell, vacation

- Rich, 7:56 PM |

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