it's up again...

after 5 days of an internet free existence, i basked in the baptism of another trek toward cyberspace entertainment today...there is one show that captured my intrigue before i came to this place back in the summer of 05...a group of surgeons were beginning their internship in a coastal city that holds the infamous needle...

even today i think of how this show unified my group of friends during our first year here in austin...every thursday we would gather around someone's television in anticipation of what would happen next in the world of medicine, love and relationships...chocolate chip cookies and milk - an actual MD on hand to verify the reality of certain injuries - laughter and time that somehow wove our friendships deeper...three years later we no longer gather to watch the show that brought us together...maybe we no longer need it...thursday nights around the television have morphed into something else...birthday celebrations - weddings - crown nights...time that is too precious to be preoccupied with other character's lives...our own lives are the subject of our gatherings now...

each time we meet it is as if a new episode is airing...episode 1 - mobile alabama is going to happen...episode 2 - summer camp and chaplain is a reality...episode 3 - louisville will have no idea what hit them come june...episode 4 - one year in edinbourough...episode 5 - denver has a nugget of goodness despite the wait...episode 6 - the one we leave in austin is held close to our hearts...episode 7 - parkland is perfect...episode 8 - the mountains of wyoming whisper to reveal the future...

it's funny how stories about relationships foster relationships...then as time passes our own relationships become the main story...it's monday...not many more episodes left...in the live music capital of the world...