I want to follow up my previous post with things one might think I am particular about, but in fact I am not particular about. I spent some time thinking about it, hoping to come up with a worthy list I could share. For some reason, not much is coming to mind, which makes me think I am more particular than I originally thought. Oh well. Here is what I came up with:
- Soccer cleats. Played soccer for awhile now and one might think I would have figured out what boots I like and would be loyal to a brand and/or a particular shoe. I used to be. I used to only buy Copa Mundials. Not anymore. Now I buy whatever looks cool. And by looks cool I mean whatever I see on my favorite players. Right now I have light blue Addidas I saw on Cazorla, who is a midfielder on Arsenal. The little boy inside my heart dreams on!
- Recording music. Music is important to me and I spend a considerable amount of my free time playing and/or recording music. I have the tools, and at various points in my life I have the time, to make sure my recordings are top quality and without mistakes. But it does not work out that way. For some reason I only get the song recorded well enough so that I can teach someone to play it...with the hope of one day playing with musicians who are better than me and who can really bring skill and quality to the music I wrote. I should care more, but I don't. And oftentimes my recordings suffer as a result. Maybe this is why I am not a professional musician.
- Car I drive. I drive a Scion TC. It is your basic 2-door car. I have had it since 2007 and would happily drive it until it becomes more expensive to repair than the vehicle is worth. I have never been too particular about the car I drove. Of course, I've not really had to experience a true POS before either. I drove a car without a working air conditioner, the passenger window would not roll down and I had to replace oil in the engine every week or so. I did not replace it until I was forced to. I also drove a large truck that had a bad air conditioner and was too large for any Dallas parking garage, but did not replace it until I was forced to. I think there are a lot of people like me in this area of life, though I know plenty of people who prefer leases because they guarantee (at the cost of a never-ending monthly payment) that they will never drive a car more than 3 years old.
- Vacation destinations. I like traveling, and it is something that L. and I devote serious time planning and executing. We have been to several amazing places, and I know that we have more vacation destinations planned for the next couple of years. Vacations are few and far between, so one might think that these destinations are of the utmost importance. For me, they are not. I look forward to all of them and am excited to visit anywhere. This year we will visit vineyards in Oregon as well as Thailand and Cambodia. Next year we are considering Germany, Vietnam and Africa. It doesn't matter to me which place we choose. I do not need to make a pros/cons list to figure out what destination ranks higher. And if we decided next year to visit South Carolina instead, I would be completely fine with that and would look forward to the following year when we might visit Germany, Vietnam or Africa. Maybe this is because to me the people I travel with are more important than the destination. Or maybe this is because I know we will not choose South Carolina over Germany, Vietnam or Africa. Either way, I am good with what happens because I know it will be worth my time.
- Vinyls. I have vigorously entered the world of the audiophile, now preferring vinyl records to CDs or MP3s. I buy old records from a garage sale guy I know, and unlike most audiophiles, don't really care if it is in poor condition or if it is scratched. The last time I visited the garage sale guy, he marveled at a mint condition Led Zeppelin IV he stumbled upon and wanted to sell it to me for $20. I declined. Instead, I took the much older, scratched version for $3. If the vinyl is so scratched that it cannot be listened to, then I don't really like that. But if it is one or two scratches throughout each side of the record, then that is totally fine. Actually gives the record a little character.
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