Audio (MP3): 20180313 - Scowling at the clock

My cat was glaring at me as I was putting on my shoes this morning. I was like “what the fuck are you looking at?“

Yeah, it was early.

And then as I’m walking into the other room I looked back at her and she was still scowling, scowling at something off in the distance.

And then I remembered that life’s not all about me.

When I was telling Maggie my struggles she said, “She was probably scowling at the clock. Nobody likes the clock this early.”

It’s important for me to share these life lessons with Maggie because these are the kinds of things I’ve struggled with my whole life. At her age she’s far ahead of where I was then and I’d like to keep that positive trend going.

Be humble. Share your spiritual revelations with your kids. You’ll probably never get a “thank you” but you’ll see them make the right choices when the time comes, when it counts.

#photos #cats #protip #advancedsoul #diariespodcast

If this isn’t Facebook trying to build the most complete profile of me then I don’t know what is.

#facebook

I was just shaving my head and… I found a hair growing out of my earlobe. Yeah, my fucking earlobe.

I don’t know when or how this happened but it’s not cool man. Not cool.

🤕 #thestruggleisreal

It’s hard to use Daylight Savings Time as excuse now that we have social media and auto-updating phones. It used to be you could use the time switch as a valid reason for running late. Not anymore. Thanks Internet.

#thestruggleisreal #DST

Audio (MP3): 20180310 - Reassuring our fellow humans

The scene is a parking lot. An elderly woman is walking up ahead of me as I’m driving. She looks fragile, defenseless, and unsure.

She sees my truck and a look of terror comes across her face. While it’s not a monster my Dakota is still 4000 pounds of machine.

I slow way down as I go around her. I wave and give her friendly smile. She looks relieved and waves back.

She’s still smiling in my rearview mirror as I go around a corner and loose sight of her.

Reassuring our fellow humans, even strangers, is one of the best things ever. And it costs nothing.

#beagoodperson #advancedsoul #diariespodcast

Fuck these ice cubes 😡

#photos #icecubes

I wanna be an airborne ranger. I wanna lead a life of danger.

#photos #selfies

#photos #snacks

Audio (MP3): 20180309 - Something Just Like This by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM7MFYoylVs

Peeps, here’s your batman-with-his-fists Friday jam. I know I’ve said this before but I absolutely hated songs like this in another life. Jams like this would come on when I was a teenager or in my 20s and I’d turn that shit off.

I was pretty dumb and pretty snotty when it came to music. But I guess more than that I’d never felt the magic with another person they were singing in their ballads. My gut reaction was then to always condemn their melodies. Fuck them guys like Coldplay.

And then after my first divorce I learned that being alone was my choice. It wasn’t fate or destiny. It was my shitty attitude.

So in the here-and-now I know what they’re talking about. I’ve felt something “just like this” and it changed everything.

If you never have felt a love song then don’t worry. That feeling’s out there. It may be just around the corner. A person you may or may not know is waiting, is looking for you, too.

But first don’t be an all around jerk. Throw away your bullshit and open yourself up to nonfictional fairy tales. There’s a love song with your name on it. Somebody’s holding out for a magical adventure. Just with you.

Make sure you’re ready for them.

And then hold their hand when you run away together.

#musicvideos #thechainsmokers #diariespodcast

It’s trash night. I HATE TRASH NIGHT.

#thestruggleisreal