Chocolate Beer

So today my good friend Ken turned 22. He celebrated the day by gathering up some Shake Shack Burgers for Lunch then Mark, Carolina, and I took him to celebrate at Max Brenner in Union Square. The food was marvelous, I had banana split waffles with chocolate beer, while the birthday boy had a dinner of S'mores. The day is somewhat bitter sweet despite all the chocolate that abounded on the table. He leaves to be a hobo in a little more than a month. Though, believe it or not, I feel this is something that he must do for himself it is sad to see him leave. Mark, he and I had come to the city in hopes of building a recording studio out of our apartment and recording great tunes and moving on to bigger and better things but now he'll be moving on and we'll still be fighting the same fight that began those three and half years ago. People say anything the worth having comes easily but that perhaps it is the trial by fire that truly allows the final mettle that we are made of to be of worth. It's tough early on in the journey to find the faith and resolve to keep going even if you believe the end to be worthwhile. As Bob Dylan says in my favorite of his tunes "Tangled Up In Blue" "The only thing left to do is keep on keeping on"