Evan Agee: Live from Richmond Indiana

Well, it’s been a little while since my last post. Sorry about that.

Well, things are going very well. I’m about finished with my time at Pizza Hut (I’m done as of the 28th of this month) and I’m very excited to get my weekends and evenings back. It’ll be very nice.

Not much more has changed. Kristen and I are doing well and there’s really nothing bad going on at all. I’m glad that the summer is almost over. Fall is nice.

One thing worth mentioning is that Kristen and I are going with my grandmother and a few others to Kyntucky over Labor-Day weekend for a family reunion. It will be very niec to take a little weekend trip. Also, while were there, we’re going to meet up with one of the guys that owns/runs Living-Dead.com with me. He lives about an hour away from where we’re going and so we’re going to meet up and go to dinner and possibly a movie. We are SO excited! We’ll be leaving Saturday the 30th in morning at 3:30 and then we’ll be coming back on Monday the 1st.

Well, there’s really not much going on. I’ll write back when there’s more to tall about.

The Centerville Blue Regiment performs at the 2003 State Fair Band Day in Indianapolis, IN

Well, yesterday was the annual State Fair Band Day competition that clamied many, many days and hours of my time in high school. I have to say that I really miss being involved in such a (seemingly) worthwhile event. The practices, the feeling of being in a band that’s among the best in the state, the feeling of placing in the top 5 even though you’re one of the smaller bands in the competition. I miss it all…

Richmond High school placed 2nd overall and Centerville (where I went to high school) placed 4th overall! Centerville won 1st place small band and a couple of caption awards. Congrats to them all.

I’m sitting here at my desk listening to the Pat Metheny Group in my headphones and I have to say that the slow, moody jazz is the perfect backdrop for my somewhat somber mood right now. The music sounds like an old nighclub scene from a cheap cop flic. Very odd…

Maybe a poem?

Days gone by, many it seems
but not enough to erase the memories
of fun-filled summers and days without care

Dramatic relationships, the hunt was on
drawn in to anyone that would give me time
very aimless and very sheltered

It’s not without reward or fun, "real" life
but the ratio of fun to work and life is low
and the draw on myself to get out of bed is lower

Future holds excitement, as does the day… sometimes
but now, the future of yesterday, doesn’t seem to be as exciting
I’ve always been excited about the future, and today is it, for now

Why is the fun gone? Responsability wants its turn I guess
Good thing I know what life is really about
faith and love and good happiness stuff

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Yeah, I feel better…

Why is it that we have to leave behind the careless days of high school and being focused only on the drama that is high school? I’d love to know your thoughts…

It’s been a little while since my last post, and there area a few things to update you on…

The biggest thing that’s changed since my last post is the fact that my grandfather died. It’s a big change for the family, but we Christians know that sadness only shows in the darkness when it comes to death.

Another big item is that Kristen and I have decided to hold off an extra year on moving to Arizona. Mostly it was a financial decision and realistic. We would have been pretty uncomfortable if we had moved out there when we were planning. So, we’re going to plan on leaving in the beginning of Summer 2005.

Everything has been really great other than my grandfather’s death, but that hasn’t set me back much really. We’ve both been working a lot, I got my second job at Pizza Hut where I’m delivering pizzas for extra money. It’s not bad work, the only drawback is that my car is going to pot… and quick… I may have to look for something that doesn’t require me to drive 50+ miles each night I work. It’s too bad, I like that job.

August 10th is our 1st wedding anniversary and we can’t believe how smooth or quickly the time has gone. We’ve had a wonderful first year and can’t wait to start our second. So far we really don’t know what we’re gonig to do to celebrate. I have to work at Pizza Hut, so we’ll probably have to do it another night.

Wow, I guess there isn’t as much going on as I thought… I’ll write back once there is more to tell.