A day in the Life

This thing all things devours;
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;

Gnaws iron, bites steel;

Grinds hard stones to meal;

Slays king, ruins town,

And beats mountain down. 

Well it had to happen. It was inevitable. As the sun shall rise and set, so time shall move on. It was time for 30. Now I don't worry it, let it get me down, scowl at it, hide it under a bush, oh no. It is just another day after all, another year, another reason to party, and another reason to look back. My 20s were a good ten years, but it won't define me as some will have their 'best years' define them. Those in college talk about their HS football stats, those in their late 20s talk about the golden years of college, those at middle age talk about how they used to stay up 'til midnight, and those on in their years speak about how they used to be able to get it up. Not for me though; I take each day and year as it comes and look forward to the future as much as I enjoyed the past. But just for kicks I thought a short photo montage of my twenties would be fun. Mostly I'm just rummaging up some pictures from Facebook, but it should be fun nonetheless. I didn't have a fb page or phone until I turned twenty one, so I guess my year of twenty will remain a mystery. This picture montage should be somewhat chronological. Enjoy.

First I had some drinks at college with the boys with my sweet jacket, backwards hat, and a beard

And then I had another

I relaxed with my sideways batman hat, reppin the White Pine shirt

I went to camp to become the Hulk

And it was great

Went back to college for some more beers

Some more laughs

And to kill some fuckin bucks

I got awesome in Florence

And rocked the pub in Rome

Lost my beard at a party

Hung out with the fam

And saw my sis graduate

I milked a cow in the Mall of the Emirates

And skied indoors there too

Replaced my batman hat with a batman shirt, and worked with this tall guy on Yas Marina track

Got back from the Middle East to head to Black Rock City

And I found something there

I partied just a bit more before heading back to Iowa

And then fuckin rocked the office when I did

I was in a wedding

Was a back up dancer for my bros in Mexico

And backpacked in Patagonia with the 2 eldest

I ran a bit

Met Travis Pastrana

Was in another wedding

And went for another run

I got my first Dora neck tattoo

And decided to share it with everybody, including this local store clerk

This old gold digger of the farmer's world

These boobs

These arms

This sweet old couple

This picker

This beard

And this former body builder

I found these guns

And this baby

Ended my last days in Iowa with a great 'stache

And then snagged this fine lady

Who I decided to take for a ride on this

Hung out with some old friends

And went for a run with some new ones

Got some new shoes for Erebos

Partied with these guys in Vegas

And had this in Minnesota

I got thirsty

And then met with these back at old familiar

I got awesome again

Was in another wedding

And biked with her again

Did this for October

And this for November

I took her across the ocean

And him across the state

Hung out with her

And with her

I snagged a kiss

And then snagged a nephew

So its been a good ten years. Ten years of facial hair, of hats, of countries, of runs, of old friends and new friends, of original family and growing family. Whats next for you?