innocent kids turned cool.

i’ve been replaying the kronos quartet concert on saturday in my mind. they’re a fabulous group. i’ve seen them several times here in the city. this was the first time i had seen them with their new cellist. quite good. they were debuting “neuvo” — a concert of latin american pieces. as usual they put on quite the performance. the future is in their hands.

class went pretty well today. i’m continuing my life as an adjunct professor — thinking of future degrees and the goals i want to accomplish in my academic life. there are a lot of avenues open to me right now, and i’ve been focusing on a couple as proving the most fertile for future examination. directions i had been going in recent years are being refined and examined — the direction of the future is becoming that much clearer upon a certain amount of introspection.

a salute out to all of the people who saw my name in this month’s issue of the luther college alumni magazine. there’s always a certain thrill to see one’s name in bold print even if it is in the damned alumni magazine. perhaps it’s a sense of accomplishment or just a strain of sheer vanity. at any rate, it’s *always* interesting to see what other people are up to these days. those first five years after college are meddling and trivial but after that things get kind of interesting. what have you been up to lately?

two of the most beautiful women i knew growing up in high school have seen fit to email me in the past month. after not hearing from them in something like a decade, how wonderful to have news. i feel blessed.

it’s strange — i must admit — to look back over the passing of years. to some degree i think, “where was i headed?” and to some other degrees i think, “i can’t imagine being anywhere else right now.”

i turn 30 this june 8th. it’s a cause for celebration. only three months away, feel free to send birthday messages. mark it on your calendars. i’m planning a grand old party — lots of beer and wine and plenty of loud music. it’ll be just like old times.

so enough of this looking back. what have we all been up to lately? it’s been interesting to see the web develop as it has. the blogging thing has captured my fancy, and hopefully yours as well. it’s a good thing to keep contact with people — they don’t have to email to see what’s up — they can simply log onto the website and catch the latest news from the technological cutting edge here in the city where i keep my residence and employment.

okay. that’s all for now. keep it coming.