not as it seems

i kept thinking i was going to write. i had plenty write about but as usual i never got around to it. i guess sitting here thinking i'm pondering that things so often are not what they seem. for example on of my favorite bands played in salt lake last week, iron and wine. they are great! kind of a folky mellow sound that i love. plus as everyone knows, i love beards. well, here's the thing with a free concert. since people don't have to shell out the minimum 20 bucks a ticket, morons that don't care about the music attend. i spent about 90% of the evening unable to see. that is understandable and at times common if your not very tall. the problem is that i spent about 75% of the evening unable to hear. "WHAT?!?" you say. "you were at a concert, isn't that the point?" yes it is my friends, but apparently everyone else went to be seen and socialize. so i learned that free concerts aren't necessarily free. but thinking about this topic aren't there also people that present this wonderful exterior that they are what we want and need in our live when in fact they are full of empty word and promises. this is terribly common but more over just terrible. the great this is though, that the opposite is often true and when we first see someone we might think that this is someone we could never take seriously, depend on, fall in love with, work with or spend time with and then they turn out to be the most wonderful, lovely people we will ever know. so here's to you free things that rock (iphone apps and sample days at costco) and more importantly those of you i've come to love so much even if you look weird.