Posted by Bo | January 26th, 2012
When I first created my bucket list a few years ago, I added some things on there that I really didn’t quite understand or even know what they were, truthfully. Example: visit Silicon Valley. They were just ideas of things that I felt like I should do to expand my horizons.
That brings me to #11: Go to a Rave. My mom never came right out and said it, but I’m pretty sure she was a little leery of this being on the list.
Thing is, I’ve never really understood thump thump club music, nor its listeners dead-set on propping up the glow stick industry. So that’s why it made the list.
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Posted by Bo | January 3rd, 2012
First of all, Happy New Year! I hope you had some time over the holidays to reflect on 2011 and look towards all the possibilities for 2012.
2011 was quite a transition year for me…I learned a lot about myself, met a lot of really awesome people, and got to experience some pretty amazing places and events.
With the help of my iPhone and the Project365 app, I took a picture every single day last year. I take a lot of pictures anyway but there were obviously several days when there wasn’t much going on, or I almost forgot. Hence the occasional pictures of my feet.
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Posted by Bo | November 30th, 2011
Last January, my friend West and I went to Arizona to watch Auburn win the BCS National Championship Game. We dubbed the trip “Going to the ‘Ship” and milked it into a 20 day, 5700 mile road trip. The following is an entry from my notebook on Day 12.
Here I sit at Inspiration Point in Bryce Canyon National Park. I never imagined a road trip to Arizona would result in my being surrounded by several feet of snow. I’m wearing enough layers to deem my suitcase unnecessary.
As I write, my hands screaming at me for not packing gloves, I can’t shake the need to capture my thoughts on paper. The view I’m experiencing is not just miles. It’s tens or maybe even hundreds of miles. I’m staring at rock formations millions of years in the making.
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Posted by Bo | November 22nd, 2011
I was visiting a friend in Birmingham several weeks ago and we went to this restaurant in Homewood. She pointed to a hand drawn pigeon at the bottom corner of the menu and began telling me about how this pigeon has become the mascot of the restaurant because it eats there everyday. She’d never seen Ralph, the pigeon, and we didn’t see him that night either, but it’s a cool story nonetheless.
In fact, if someone ever asks me about that place, I’ll probably tell them all about Ralph and they’ll get a good feeling and ultimately end up eating there.
Because we like easily told, easily digestible stories that make us feel all warm and fuzzy. We like stories we can understand and remember and share.
Two days after learning about Ralph the pigeon, I was speaking with someone I’d only known for a few months. At some point during the conversation, I heard this come out of her mouth…
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Posted by Bo | November 15th, 2011
I’m not really sure whether or not I read more than other kids growing up. I mean, if there was a summer ready list, you better believe I wouldn’t crack open the first title. But, I remember losing myself in the stories of Encyclopedia Brown, the Boxcar Children and Hardy Boys.
In middle school the only book I can honestly remember reading from cover to cover is the 400 page book on HTML that my uncle gave me. Really…I’m not a dork.
In high school I made my way through most of John Grisham’s offerings, as well as the occasional—don’t judge—Nicholas Sparks book.
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