Love of a good zepplin cover...

I don't know if I've ever mentioned this, but I love a good Zepplin cover. Man!! What an awesome thing it is to feel the soundwaves course through your body as the drummer hammers the skins, and the lead guitarist shreds my face off. Even if Robert Plant's vocals aren't as superior as they once were, that music has something to it that is just timeless!

Anyway, I don't know what to do with myself now that I'm done with School. I've got to figure this out though. Starting yesterday, I've decided I want to do some reading for the next month. When I move to greenville I"m going to start a new series of Goals to accomplish. If I don't I'm afraid I'll waste all my time there and really be ticked off at myself when it's all said and done. In the meanwhile, I want to catch up on the reading of a few books I've been fawning over for some time:
1. The Sound and the Fury.
2. Angels and Demons
3. A biography on any artist from the Turn of the Century
4. A political Biography that won't put me to sleep
5. A biography about the Highlands of SC or the Appalachians
(if anyone has any suggestions regarding 3-5 please let me know.)

A special thanks goes out to Boone and Joel for what I am about to write. Hearing boone tell me that he makes out a list of goals for the year then actually does them was very shocking to me for some reason. Not so much that he does it but that he actually plans on following through with them - and does follow through! Also, thanks to Joel who gets the award for shear persistence in the face of such resistant odds. I swear, he has resolved to make new habits for working out at least 6 times since January! Sure he's failed 6 times as well, but the man is relentless, and still keeps pressing on! There's definitely something to be said for that kind of resolve. With that as my inspiration I'm making a beginner's list of Goals I want to acheive by the end of the Summer (aug. o8). Hopefully, this list will only be the beginning of a wonderful new season of my life. Without any further adieu:

1. complete at least 1 Painting every week
2. Sell (for a profit) my paintings. (at least 3)
3. Learn a language well enough to understand it.
4. Learn to type well. (60 wpm)
5. Run all the way up Chimney Rock without stopping
6. Run a marathon - (suggestions requested)
6b. qualify for boston
7. Hike the West Coast Trail - (anyone interested can make requests now.)
8. Watch my Boys graduate High School
9. Read the whole Bible twice over (cover to cover)
10. Learn how to use a camera (take a class)
11. Meet Billy Graham (Any suggestions on how to accomplish this feat would be appreciated)

I welcome any suggestions, though there's no guarantee I'll agree with you. I'm excited to enjoy what this next year has in store, and how the Lord is going to make me into the man that he created me to become. Anyway, that's my resolution. I guess now is as good a time as any!