{"id":2463,"date":"2013-08-31T02:14:11","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T09:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dropoflove.net\/jay\/?p=1999"},"modified":"2013-08-31T02:14:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-31T09:14:11","slug":"world-of-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2013\/08\/31\/world-of-change\/","title":{"rendered":"World of Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey<\/p>\n

My life is about to see a world of change. If I wanted to be cute and match the content of this post… I would have said I would ‘sea’ a world of change. Just a missed swapportunity.<\/del><\/p>\n

It should end up being one of those times you look back in a coupe of years and think ‘yeah, things really changed then’ or ‘that’s when things got real’ .. That is the kind of feel the next few weeks\/months hold for me.<\/p>\n

It is quite a feeling. I sometimes anticipate it, sometimes I dread, other times I am a bit afraid. Simply put: there are a whole lot of unknown variables that are in play. Things that can’t be accounted for at this time but that doesn’t matter to them, they still linger.<\/p>\n

I really hope that things turn out for the best. Unfortunately, my theory of being prepared for this worst- isn’t something that I can really do this time around.<\/p>\n

Constant pressure within my chest. Good thing its all in my head and only a semi-chemical reaction.<\/p>\n

On to happy things.<\/p>\n

This weekend my parents rented a car (as we are conserving the miles on my car) and we went to the beach. We ventured down to the same beach we had been to countless times before. Sunset beach. Not far away from Long beach and Seal beach. This time we didn’t fully immerse in the water. Nor did we all stay as a group. Instead almost as a sad sign of times to come we went our different ways and stayed that way until we left. Maryia and myself walked along the coast until it came to an end. Literally. The beach stopped at some navy site. There was a fence around the area and signs saying no pictures were allowed. We began our walk back and noticed that we overlooked a sign that said nobody should go to the end of the beach because it was military grounds.<\/p>\n

Ah well. Nobody said anything. Good thing too.<\/p>\n

Then we went to eat at a place as California as they come. Yep, we went to In-N-Out.<\/p>\n

Afterwards we trekked down to the historic Santa Monica Pier.<\/p>\n

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All this time we had wanted to visit. It’s such a cool area… and I don’t mean that in a funny way. It has so much history baked into it. It has a bit of everything. Small coasters, games, fishing, the end of Route 66, to the carousel designed by the guy who worked on the famed Coney Island.<\/p>\n

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Why hadn’t I gone sooner? I should’ve… that’s for sure. So traffic wasn’t fun in the area but totally worth the experience and history.<\/p>\n

It would had even made a killer date night with the wife. But alas, we kept putting it off.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, the weekend made Maryia and I appreciate California that much more (as if we needed to any further). It also gave me a chance to look into things now past and things that are all but here to stay.<\/p>\n

Other good news, Jars of Clay new album dropped just a couple of days ago. Thanks to FreeMyApps I was able to get the album free.<\/p>\n

So much to do…. & so many things running across my mind all at once. It is getting to the point that even music isn’t able to clam these thoughts. When I pray I usually end up falling asleep. Erg. At least thats the normal thing to happen at night. Not during the day… But you know what I’m talking about, don’t you?<\/p>\n

The one thing I didn’t get to do is feel all artsy. There is a spot that would’ve made a pretty cool picture. Didn’t have the means to get to it and take that<\/em> shot. Also will need to return to the SMP sometime as I missed out on some shots over there as well.<\/p>\n

I’m not complaining. I like having reasons to return. The night itself was great. The thick fog rolled onto the beach and inland. The culmination of the sunset, the fog and the waves seemed to make the perfect crescendo to the end of our day.<\/p>\n

just Pray<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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