Let’s Be Positive.

i know you magic carpet rider, originally uploaded by Ryanwiz.

We spend SO much time thinking about the SHIT in our lives that it drags us lower and lower. We walk around miserable, unable to focus on the good…..and on the happiness that we’re missing out on. Remember when you were happy? I remember when I was happy and I try to hold onto that memory at all costs. Sure….that true sense of glee comes a bit less often and in smaller doses these days…but if we keep our grips; if don’t slip away into that usual place…..I think we can actually have a good day.

Don’t you think? Let’s be happy today. Let’s think about the joy in our lives…and forget about the bullshit.

I love:

My wife Elizabeth
My son Oliver
My parents
My brothers and sister

All my in-laws

My Aunt, Uncles and Cousins
My friends
Good food
Bad food
Good TV
Bad TV
Music
Beer
Water
Biking
Hiking
Walking
Singing
Swimming
Camping
Canoing
Drinking
Dancing
Building
Drawing
A good book
Teh Internets
Sunny days
Sleeping in
Sex
Boobs
Love
Life
MOVIES!
Laughing
Forgetting my anxieties
Simplicity
Bacon
Black bean Morningstar Burgers
Campfires
Bratwurst
Salads
My guitar
Dreams
rmp
Architecture
Photography
Art
A smile from a stranger
Coffee
Tea

….and the list goes on and on.

The Future of Dubai

Am I the only one wondering what’s going to happen to Dubai after the oil is gone? I mean…this country has been built on a global love affair with oil, and we can all guess how large a role the US has played in that, but when the well runs dry, what’s going to happen?????

http://www.dubaiforlife.com/dubai-licious/around-dubai-in-48-photos-aerial-photos-of-dubai-from-a-helicopter/
http://www.unityestates.com/Dubai-map.htm

UPDATE: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/article5607619.ece

Spring is FINALLY Here

Beautiful Wife Lemon Cup, originally uploaded by Ryanwiz.

…..And it could NOT have come any later. Seriously….I would have ran away. DAMN, what a terrible winter. It was so long and painful. We endured a record seasonal snowfall, COLD cold nights and days, a dirty world and so many frowns.

Whew. We made it. And now…..it’s Spring. Soon we’ll have my favorite flowers sproutin up all over the medians; vodka drinks and grill outs.

This week found me listening to baseball for the first time in a long time. The Brewers pulled out of the road series with the Cubs 2-1. Not too shabby of a start. I’ll take it. I also got out on the bicycle. A LOT. Damn that’s fun….

And so….we march on. Speaking of March…..what the eff kind of March was that, anyway!??? Worst.month.ever.

Tomorrow…..we go to a show. Vampire Weekend. Kick ass.
~ryan