Life is all about changes. If we're lucky, we'll take advantage of these changes, and become more complete human beings.

This last week has brought into my social circle a couple of the biggest changes. One friend had a baby, while another friend lost her mother.

Last night, I went to the Hamtramck Festival to see The Hard Lessons with Sheryl and a long time friend of mine. Before and after going down to Ham-town, my buddy - who has had a pretty crappy year - and I spent some time drinking beer and talking. We talked about changes, and we talked about dreams. He and I are dreamers at heart, and while in high school, we had big goals for ourselves.

And now, we both find ourselves in the middle of transitions - just like my other friends mentioned above (and I won't even mention those people who are dealing with Katrina!).

Personally, I feel like things are coming together. In fact, I decided today to allow myself to get excited about a job interview I have tomorrow. I usually try to reserve my excitement because I don't like to be disappointed - and I figure that as long as I don't get excited, I won't be too disappointed if things don't work out.

But Sheryl has been working patiently and diligently with me to help break down some of those barriers that have kept me from excelling and from being a more complete person. As such, I have a lot of hope that this interview will work out. I haven't been excited going into an interview for a long time... so this could be the one!

In general, people do not like change. Whether the change is happy or sad, it is always somewhat stressful. Ever since I was sick in 2002, I've worked to embrace change and to avoid ruts. Of course, there are always exceptions - such examples are the Buffalo chicken sandwich with seasoned fries at Mr. B's and General Tsao chicken at Chinese restaurants - those are good ruts!
Anyhow, if there is a moral to this story, I reckon that it would be "strive to live life". Someone once said "May you live every day of your life." And although it is often easier said than done, I think we'd all be better off if we gave it a try!

Now in the CD player:
"The Wall - Live in Berlin" by Roger Waters
"Heaven and Hull" by Mick Ronson
"Izzy Stradlin and the JuJu Hounds" by Izzy Stradlin and the JuJu Hounds
"Tin Machine" by Tin Machine