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It’s been almost 2 months since I last updated. Hard to believe.. wait.. no it’s not.  It’s quite a regular thing for me to wait 2 months between posting. In any case, I apologize for my lack of updates to my so many readers. I think I have 3 now. And that includes myself.

The past 2 months have been full of ups and downs. To sum it up there’s been lots of changes, some good and some bad.

several people have arrived
and several people have fled

lots of things have been purchased
and lots of things have been lost

endless love has been given
and endless love has been received

frustration has come
and frustration has gone

time went tic
and time went tock

in the end two months were seen
and in the end two months have past

Alright, that’s my terrible attempt at poetry. And they say I needed to go to college. Pfft.

Really, nothing super huge that I want to post online has happened.

Life is good. Thank you God.

Do you know what Initial Point, Arizona is? Neither did most people I asked.

Back in the 1850s and 60s when Arizona was surveyed, they needed a point to start from.  For a variety of reasons, they chose the peak of a particular hill. It was near the convergence of the Gila and Salt rivers, and it contained a small marking structure already. Eventually, it was turned into the monument you see here.

Initial point is located at approximately 115th Ave (also known as Avondale Rd) and Baseline Rd. (Ever wonder where Baseline gets it’s name? It’s because it’s the base line of the surveying in Arizona)  It’s atop the hill directly east of the Phoenix International Raceway.  To be precise, it is located at N 33.37717  W 112.30613.

Since I had never been to the area, and it was an interesting enough thing to go see, I was willing to spend the gas money to go see the monument.  It was amazingly green around there. You’d think that the gila and salt rivers were in the area or something. Check out the rest of the pictures here.

A few months ago, probably approaching a year now, I got introduced to XKCD. An amazing webcomic. Well, I went through the history, and one of the more memorable comics was this one.  At the time I thought it was funny, but it didn’t spark any renewed childhood interests.  Well, a few months ago I was looking around on the XKCD blog, and came across this entry.  For some reason, it really was interesting to me. The concept was appealing, and I thought a few friends and I could easily have a lot of fun in a ball pit. I began looking around, and quickly discovered that ball pits were very expensive, and rather hard to find.  I passed the idea along to a handful of friends and none of them really seemed super interested, so I dropped it, unable to fund on my own.  Well last week sometime, I got re-introduced to the thought of a ball pit. (continue reading…)

After only a few weeks of my hair getting into my face, it was driving me nuts. I’ve wanted to do something different with my hair for a while, but I wasn’t sure what I really wanted to do. So I put it off. However, something amazing happens when you put off a haircut.. (continue reading…)