Thursday, August 20, 2009

Christine's question and my reponse

Christine asked this question and so I am honoring her request by posting this: Ok what do you do for a living or at leisure?

As a living, I am an IT Project Manager for the North Carolina Department of Transportation. This pays my bills and gives me a modest income to support my scotch habit and occasional boating jaunt (I am a power boater). I usually rent a specific condo in Oceanside (The better side of Va Beach) and chill. It is my private place and I do not take anyone but Ginger with me when I go. Ginger is some what the center of my life now and she doesn't mind my misgivings. Dogs are so great at unconditional love. We could learn a lot from them. Except for the butt sniffing thing.

Music is my other passion and although I am not an accomplished musician. I enjoy playing normally for myself and Ginger. She just puts her paws over her ears, seriously. My other music passion is that I am working on producing a couple of local artist and getting there video and audio projects recorded and marketed. Other details of this are part of my private life so I won't go into any long drawn out explanations.

I enjoy my privacy a lot but I am also a very lonely man. I am trying to get past that and be more outgoing. Other parts of my life I keep very private because I have been hurt by letting people in who did not have good intentions or my feelings at heart. So it is hard for me to open up to people. I'm trying but it is hard. So I crawl back in my shell and wait for the next opportunity.

The fact that I am saying this much is a testament that I starting to overcome my fears. I just hate putting my heart out there and it gets crushed and that’s where I am now. I sulk a bit, drink a bit of scotch, read a good book and get over it and I am back on target. I try not to dwell to much on life's issues. Besides, several women think I would make a good husband and unfortunately, they are all married. So that sums up my living and my leisure. Oh. I also enjoy going to VT football games. My nephew was playing until he tore his ACL in practice and now has to sit out this season to recover.

8 comments:

libby said...

that's neat, rod! your life is really full!

The Dish said...

Shiny, I understand the need to keep certain things private. I also undersatnd the need to vent. There is a fine balance between putting too much out there and being a recluse.

Glad you have your music, the boat, and the condo to unwind. Hope you have a great weekend!

Evil Twin's Wife said...

I never miss a VT game either. My dad (and uncles and cousins) were all grads.

I'm glad you have some outlets to help you keep the positive frame of mind!

Shiny Rod said...

Just glad to have some friends that understand where I am at in the scheme of things.It means a lot to mean when it comes from the woman's point of view. I try staying busy and that helps but it comes to a point that I have to step back and come up for air. Hope I didn't vent to much. All work and no play make jack a very dull boy.

Shiny Rod said...

Just glad to have some friends that understand where I am at in the scheme of things.It means a lot to mean when it comes from the woman's point of view. I try staying busy and that helps but it comes to a point that I have to step back and come up for air. Hope I didn't vent to much. All work and no play make jack a very dull boy.

Karen said...

I am very much the opposite of you. I am outgoing and passionate about meeting people and being social. I don't like to get hurt, but I think it is work the risk when you have the potential of meeting a fabulous person.

Shiny Rod said...

Thanks, that means so much coming from you. I am trying to be more open about my feelings. Of course, I would never hurt anyone, I know to well how it feels. Your wisdom is so much appreciated.

Christine said...

It is easy to not want to hurt anyone but harder to stick to it. You never know who you are going to care about that won't care about you or who will care about you that you end up hurting. It surprises me that anyone ever finds their right fit.