It seems lately the things I like either go away or go bad. My awesome computer when turned on the other day wouldn't boot and made a strange beeping noise. Went to get some milk the other morning, it was bad. Some programs at work that seem to be fine all of the sudden can't seem to run. My favorite weekly hang out for 5 years, Billy Joe's, closed. And now my absolute favorite restaurant in Des Moines, Sage, will be closing their doors at the end of April.
I know, poor Cam, it must be hard to be you..... But hey, now my computer has and extra 2 GB of RAM and a new video card. There happened to be another gallon of milk in the fridge. Programs can always be fixed, I think that is what is called job security. Billy Joe's has actually re-opened, all be it sans movie theater and at last check trivia is missing too. And Chef Meek is going to be heading downtown to Sbrocco. So all is not lost, and things are never quite as bad as they seem. But as we have come to point out at work.... things are never as bad as they seem, until they are. well we say that and 110 111, what ever it takes.
So I dedicate this posting to things that once were but are no longer
- Iowa State Basketball
- Me wearing 32" waist pants
- My 81 Camaro
- Sage
- Pushing Daisey's
- The Sinclair dinosaur
- Prissy's right eye
- My ability to stay up until 2AM and get up for work at 6
- My N64
- That great house at Simpson that seems to be no more
- Grass in my backyard
- The beer barn
- Life on Mars
- Roadshow video
- Billy Joe's Picture Show
- Pondarosa
- The camp dodge pool
- Barnards
- The ground round
- Videos on MTv
- Trees in my front yard
- and Adam Fausch
I'd like to hear some other things from around Des Moines that are missing.
Sometimes it does feel true that I change by not changing at all
