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Thursday, October 28, 2004 

The Lunar Eclipse

So tonight was the lunar eclipse. I hope you all got a chance to go out and look at it at least once tonight. I spent the evening with my cuz looking at the moon, both of our dates backed out on us. It was knida’ cool though we haven’t spent any good quality talk time together in a while. I fixed dinner (which was excellent if I have to say so myself) and she brought her trig homework and we worked on it until about 9:30. After getting most of that done we went out and looked at the moon. I tried taking some pictures which you will see posted somewhere on this blog. They aren’t bad but not the best in the world, digital cameras will only do so much. I got several as it was going into the eclipse and almost totally eclipsed. The early stages it was just too bright for the camera and the moon was just a large white blot on the screen. Anyways, you can see the changes in the pictures I have posted and it gives you a good idea if you didn’t get to see it first hand. I was most definitely an awesome sight and depending on where you were and how long you watched you should have seen several shooting stars. I couldn’t even tell you how many we seen, but we were also under them for over 2 hours.

I guess I should clarify slightly some of the thoughts I was having yesterday. I really don’t want to be the ‘typical’ guy. What I want to do is allow myself to be the me that many of you know and love. I want to allow the "manly" (to steal Heather’s terminology) side that few get to see. The guy I was while camping they one that doesn’t come out very often. I am not sure how to let him show, how to come out of the shell. To be able to shed the shyness that I seem to be inflicted with would make a world of difference I believe. I have yet to learn how to over come this. I have gotten better over the last couple of years but still struggle with it around people I am not completely comfortable with. I do not talk much but if I get in the mood (or drunk) you better watch out I will talk your ear off. Even Aereal has commented that I don’t talk much, I can carry a conversation but starting one out of the blue is very rare. I guess I will have to try and work on this some more. Force myself to socialize maybe to overcome this flaw in my personality. Until then I don’t know how to make Aereal see this, as I carry a different persona for the different environments I am in. My home person is different from work, which is different from the dating persona. We all have these differences; I just feel that mine sometimes are extreme difference. How do you show someone another side when you can’t figure out how to bring it to the surface? Something to ponder…

Till next time

- Larry

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take her kayaking, even if you have to rent a tandum kayak.... there is no better atmosphere to let you shine through. you are completely comfortable there, and there is much to talk about, the water, nature, the birds, life, the pleasurable ache/ burn in your muscles, the last time you kayaked, how you "Became" a paddler.... it is every thing but mundane, and it is as much a part of your soul as you being a good listener. It comes naturally to you there. SO if you have problems shining through in more social atmospheres, take yourself to where the shell naturally comes off!

So once you have let that you shine through, it should "break the ice" and it will be easier to be the "Manly" you, that those close to you know and love.

Haha I have had a brillant idea.

Posted by Blogger shes_a_sprite | October 28, 2004 8:43 AM   

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