8 February 2024

Today is the day, I finally will start recording my new podcast. Last night I got online with my brother to test out our equipment, he’s got something going on with his headphones that I’m sure we’ll sort out quickly. On the recorded side of things it sounds good, yesterday made me feel comfortable in what we’re about to do because I know I can talk forever about nothing and my brother can do the same. When we add the third partner in crime we’ll have a purpose to stay on track. Recording with my brother will be transformative, I shared a room with him for longer than probably anyone in my life and after we were done talking last night my brain began to wander on what that means. Almost 20 years have passed since I left for the Army, at that time I was regularly hanging out with my brother Alex, he’s going to use his name on the show anyway. I left home and left who I was at that time, he didn’t, even though so much time has passed the familiarity built by all the time we spent together is still there. He’s loyal and maybe knowing he would be there meant I didn’t put effort into maintaining things, maybe I can make right on that. That’s not to say I think I did anything wrong, I needed to grow up and my path took me around the world. What I wanted to accomplish is done, but those were childish dreams that had little detail, now I’m understanding a different meaning to being strong. Part of being strong is taking care of those around you or at least making sure they can stand on their own. I believe the bois have a lot of potential and together we will see new heights.