I keep on forgetting myself...

Third Eye Blind, anyone? Yes, please.

Had a couple of great conversations today with friends that are both old and current. It was good. It's nice to have people there for you that you've known for most of your life.

In one of those conversations, I was informed of some of the pros to a life in Nashville. It sounds pretty swell. Especially a bar called "The Greenhouse" that sounds like the best freaking thing ever imagined. "There are places I've never been and always wanted to go." Well, technically, I've been there. But in my opinion, you've got to live in a place to really know it. Definitely.

Another thing that came up today was what I think is one of the greatest lies that has been passed off as common knowledge that everyone knows--the fact that people don't change. That is completely and utterly false. People change. All the time. Every day. When I look back at my life I can see significant change almost constantly. I'm sure it's the same for nearly everyone else. I know that the saying is usually used as a device for giving advice to someone who is thinking about getting back with a significant other who has cheated on them or something, but that doesn't change the fact that it's bullshit. Just because someone is going to do something again doesn't mean that they aren't changing. There may be a certain behavior or pattern that is unlikely to change, but that's most likely because that person doesn't want it to change. We can consciously change ourselves. That is one of the most beautiful and liberating things about this life.

I can't wait to get my license back. So many things to do, so many places to see. With the windows down and "1979" on repeat with the volume up to 11,  I will drive America's highways in topsiders and wayfarers, smoking cigarettes with the sun burning my left arm from just above the elbow down and the air turning to wind. With no destination but the horizon and no worries but when to stop for gas, I will take the road as a lover and begin what I hope to be a long and passionate romance.