sunset raindrops

Saturday brought a violent storm. Lebanon was pounded by strong winds and over an inch of rain in less than an hour. The end of the day was much more peaceful, as you can see.

party time

well. looks like somebody had an interesting friday night. crazy horse.

this dress is itchy...

summer time and the livin's easy...

new kicks

my new Vibrams came in yesterday. can't wait to hit the trails.

monday morning energy

this just came across pandora. it reminds me of college, like many things do.

if you need a big shot of energy on this monday morning, give it a listen.

a house cat's work is never done.

since we've been spending all our time renovating our new house, moe has been asked to pull more of his weight around the house (no pun intended).

he was doing laundry this afternoon when all the extra work caught up with him. he collapsed on the bed as he was folding towels. poor guy. this life change has been pretty hard on him.

dusty furniture

someone (me) hasn't been very diligent in their dusting duties. guess i'll have to put down the camera and pick up the pledge.

the general specific

this came across pandora tonight while i was grinding my teeth from too much coffee. i love it.

sweet caroline

lovin' this too

with or without you

this song came across pandora today and brought back some memories from a bonfire in college. man, what a good time.

our new house

hopefully in the next week or so we will be closing on our new bungalow!

we've had our eye on this house for a year now and finally decided to take the leap before selling the house we're currently in.

the bungalow is going to need a lot of love and work but we've got it to give. i'll post new pictures as some of the rooms start coming together.


come see us. we have a nice big porch to sit on.



and a few more porches to choose from out back.



the master bedroom. we hope to pull up the carpet, add new curtains / blinds and paint right away.



part of the living room. we both love the book shelf. the fireplace has gas logs.



the dining room is probably my favorite in the whole house. i love the beams on the ceiling and the built in china cabinet. it's going to take a lot of work to strip the paint off those beams but i'm ready. and we need a new light fixture in their as well.



the other half of the living room. it's huge!!!



the view of the street from one of the upstairs bedrooms.

moe laundry

what happens when you lay on my freshly folded towels? you get towel sandwiched, that's what.

(he wasn't hurt, i promise. he would've stayed there all day if i hadn't tried to put him in the towel closet.)

got this on loop...

why not add video to this drunk on light resurgence?

check another one off

over the weekend i checked off a life accomplishment by running my first (and probably last) marathon.

26.2 miles of fun, kiddos.

despite some sage advice from David Thompson, i chose the Derby Festival Marathon as my target. i'll say here, for the record, that he was right. it is not a good place to do your first (or any, if you ask me) marathon. it's hilly, it's hot, the last 15 miles are like running through a ghost town.

regardless, i finished. it took me 4.5 hours and a lot of walking from miles 18 through 25. today, three days after finishing, i am finally starting to feel back to normal.

here are some snaps from my iPhone after the race.



Coury met me at miles 14, 20 and 26. it was awesome to have her, my friends and my family there to cheer me on. Couldn't have done it without them, no doubt.

Coury also ran a hundred yards or so with me in her rain boots!!! i couldn't believe it. i'll never forget the image of her and i running side by side, holding hands, her in artsy rain boots. unforgettable.



Stevie, my boss and good friend, ran the last .2 with me, encouraging me all the way. Earlier in the day she smoked the miniMarathon and hung around to cheer me on. she helped me train through the winter and spring and I couldn't have done it without her either. plus she let me write as much as i wanted about running, which i'm sure half the community got tired of reading about. thanks Stevie! (she also brought me that beer you see in both pictures. despite all the water and fruit I ate that day, the beer made me feel better than anything)

hey, here's a new one

back by popular demand, here's a new post for drunk on light.

jessica was a good sport and a good model. this was taken just down the street from our house. i just found this little road recently while out running. i think i'll be back for more picture takin'.

leaf man

and his army of foliage.

salt n peppa

so i wrote a novel...

on August 25th i set out to write the first draft of a novel. it's something i've wanted to do for a long time but it never really seemed plausible. something struck me around that time and i got to work.

i picked up a book coury had called No Plot No Problem and it had guidelines for writing a novel in a month. i followed the guidelines for daily word counts and soon found myself days ahead of schedule. three weeks into the project i had a 50,000 word novel (roughly the length of Catcher in the Rye).

the book encourages making a giant mess of the first draft, not worrying about correcting spelling mistakes and obvious holes in your plot. the point of the month long marathon is to get the story out of your head and onto paper. if you like your story, you can spend the next few decades whittling it down into a wonderful work of literary genius.

coury is now editing the 174 page manuscript into what will hopefully be something publishable one day. i feel pretty strongly about certain parts of the book but others will definitely be changed for the better.

here are the answers to some commonly asked questions so far:

what's the book about?
the book is based loosely on things that happened during my college experience. More specifically it's about a guy trying to start a writing career while encountering love and weirdos along the way. No, Coury is not the inspiration for the love interest. The love interest is entirely imagined.

what's the title going to be?
i have no title yet but i did end up naming the file A Cool Blanket of Clouds. i'm not sure if that will stick.

can i read it?
yes, you can read. After I've made some revisions. If you want to read a seven page excerpt, let me know. if you boo and hiss loud enough i may just put it in a drawer forever, never to be edited again.

i have an idea for a second book and actually started writing it three days after i finished the first novel but my head felt like it was going to explode so i put it down for a while. the setting in this book will more closely resemble my homeland.