state of the Noonan address
i don't expect any raucous applause or cheering for my speech/statements... but then again i'm not the presidenthere's the deal: a large number of people have been feverishly petitioning me to move out to ohio. this coalition of sorts has been masterminded by ben, who has been running a campaign to get me out there ever since the idea was first spoken in jest over new years. and trust me, when ben sets about to persuade someone or get something done, it gets done. period. he made extremely generous offers as far as giving aid in transportation and housing and basically paved the way for a move to the midwest.
but, as much as i would like to take up the offer, pack up everything and go... i can't. at least not right now
i'd list the reasons or arguments or rationale behind my decision, but quite frankly they don't hold much water. i'll be the first to admit that. and truth be told, there's a large part of me that does want to be out in ohio right now... i mean, i have so many amazing friends still in the cedarville area and the state in general that it's be wicked awesome to have at least one last chance to be near them, for however long
but i also really feel that i'm supposed to be here, in Maine, for now. how long is "now?" not sure... probably through this year. maybe not. but i guess my main point is that i've put a lot of thought, time, consideration, and most importantly prayer into the whole thing, and it just seems to be really clear to me that for now i'm supposed to be in Maine.
so yeah... i really do appreciate the offers, and all the heartfelt pleas for me to join the gang out in OH, but right now i know that i need to be here, in Maine. and that's pretyt much all i have to say... i know it's not a terribly good reason or explanation for my decision, but that's at least a brief synopsis of the whole scenario.
in other news... i was down at higgins beach for a while this afternoon, watching some surfers tackle some gnarly waves. it was pretty awesome to watch. if i had a wetsuit, i'd have been out there with my bodyboard in a heartbeat. i plan on learning how to surf sometime in the near future. even though i never have surfed, i'm already in love with the sport and the lifestyle that goes with it. i'm too tall and gangly to ever be real good at it, but i think it'd be a pretty sweet hobby to try and stick with over the years. it's really good exercise, and i've even seen studies that have shown that breathing the spray from the waves is really good for your lungs. seriously. it actually is supposed to decrease your chances of getting lung cancer dramatically. good enough reason to surf for me!
while i was there, i had the radio playing, and also had my lights on. i knew about the radio, but didn't realize i had left my lights on until i tried to start the car. notice i said "tried." yeah... dead battery. d'oh. i tried to do a push-start, but i hadn't eaten lunch yet and was pretty hungry, so when i hopped into the car i put it into the wrong gear in my food-deprived state of mind. so of course, it didn't start. all i could find to eat in the car was a couple packets of pez, so i ate those and tried to give it another go, but this time i was pushing on flat ground (i'd been going down a very slight incline earlier) so i didn't even have a chance to get it going fast enough
so i called mom, and she rescued me. thank goodness for jumper cables
(thanks mom. love ya!)
maybe i've been spoiled by the patriots recent success... but i'm really not excited about the super bowl this year. like, at all. i could almost not care less who wins... although i'll probably root for the seahawks because they're the underdog. plus i've actually been in seattle before, while i've never been in pittsburgh. no real desire to visit there, either. but really, the whole thing is pretyt blase. maybe jerome bettis will eat a referee and that'll cause some excitement or something. or... not
i'm going to start chaining myself to my bed at night, so ben won't try and kidnap me while i sleep. he's that hardcore
-noonan-
posted by Patrick @ 9:00 PM
3 Comments:
They make cable and chain cutters...Submit! To the power of the Ohio Side!!!
I think the studies actually showed that the salt water helped cystic fibrosis patients. Last I knew your lungs were healthy....
lung cancer, cystic fybrosis, etc... same difference :)
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