I've been reading Jeff Commings' blog "Love Across The Miles", if y'all haven't read this yet it's a great read! Jeff works at the Albuquerque Tribune as the webmaster and his blog is about his long-distance relationship with his boyfriend. (How cool is it that the Trib not only has a "relationship blog" but a gay one! That's really progressive!! (IMHO) )

The most recent installation of it really touched me. Jeff talked about the distance between him and his boyfriend, Geoff, and how he wanted to send Geoff flowers because it's been a rough week. It reminded me of a former relationsion, one heck of a long-distance relationship I had and how hard it was to be apart. Although, she was in Australia and I was in Albuquerque, so we were very... very distant.

Jeff sounds like a great guy from what I've read and I hope things work out for him and Geoff! That's where the "Geoff-A-Thon" comes in. (it's a corny name I know, but it's 2:30 in the morning and I'm outta coffee) ;-) If some of the bloggers in ABQ put together a few bucks each we could help Jeff send some really great flowers to the love of his life. Come on y'all, it's good for the karma!

See, told you I was sentimental at heart :-)

I've been in touch a little bit with my friend Betty. She's a friend from my time at New Mexico Tech, (and the better of the pair) :-) and even before I stumbled across her blog again, since it had been a while since I'd visited it, I was thinking back to my time at Tech. Back then it was fairly easy, all I had to do was show up to class, study and pass my classes (and somehow I wasn't quite able to do that) ;-)

I've been giving Tech a lot of thought lately. Usually I get a little melancholy for Socorro during the early spring and fall. There's something in the night air when I walk the dog now that reminds me of the night walks I'd take at Tech (that crisp, cool smell in the air at night brings back memories). Why I get kinda misty when I think of Socorro (not to mention when I walk and wonder "what the hell happened to my 20's??!), I really don't know. For every great memory of my friends there (hanging out in the dorms, jumping out of moving cars...) there were five more realistic memories (sitting in the dorms without enough cash to eat, struggling through another chemistry class, trying to get a date at a school with an 8:1 male:female ratio... heh heh)

It was the youth of the time, my friends and I would have a lot of fun together, there were very few worries and a lifetime ahead of us. Heck, during my first summer break a couple friends and I drove to Boston and back to pick up Arthur's friend who wanted to go to Tech. Stuff like that was a blast! Speaking of my friends Arthur, Betty and my friend Ben, now slaving away in North Carolina, the friends I made there were great, and I miss them still. And who knows, maybe someday I'll return to Tech and finish my degree in Technical Writing to go with my PR degree... nah.

I guess the lesson I've taken away from my time in missing Socorro is to live your life now, to enjoy each day because they slip away before you know it.

Who knew I was such a sentimental sap at heart. :-)

I'd like to apologize to my legion of fans... er... fan (come on, you know who you are) ;-) for not posting more in the last month or so. With school and work and the NCAA tournament kicking into gear I've been strapped for time. Plus there's an announcement I'm pondering making on this blog. And you'll be the first to read it...

I'm pondering running for my city council seat for the upcoming election!

My city councilor is preparing his run for the mayor's seat in Albuquerque, and with his seat open I'm debating if I should run for it or not. I'd like to think I've got a lot of great ideas for this city, many of which I'll put together for a platform when and/or if I run....