I'm totally in a funk. I don't know if I have ever experienced such an acute lack of motivation before. I'm having a really difficult time finding anything to look forward to. I guess my old friends are alive, I hardly ever hear from them. My world is full of annoyances and strangers. I want to break out of this, but I just can't seem to. Every day I wake up, saying "this is going to be different", only to be presented with the same tired nonsense.

http://www.bartleby.com/104/45.html

WHENEVER Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.

And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich—yes, richer than a king,
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.

Hello Everyone (which basically is just Rose at this point),

I did some research, and unless there is a coupon book somewhere, train is looking like a Very Bad Idea.
Here is what I could find for us to take the train:

To Baltimore: $392.00 680 Downeaster

Dover, NH
(DOV)
6:54 am
07-AUG-08 Boston, MA
- North Station Maine Service
(BON)
8:25 am
07-AUG-08 1h 31m Snack car 4 Reserved Coach Seats

2680 Self Transfer

Boston, MA
- North Station Maine Service
(BON)
9:02 am
07-AUG-08 Boston, MA
- Back Bay
(BBY)
9:11 am
07-AUG-08 0h 9m 4 Unreserved Coach Seats
93 Regional Service

Boston, MA
- Back Bay
(BBY)
9:40 am
07-AUG-08 Baltimore, MD
- BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
(BWI)
4:49 pm
07-AUG-08 7h 9m Snack car

From Baltimore: $528.00 172 Regional Service

Baltimore, MD
- BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
(BWI)
7:52 am
11-AUG-08 Boston, MA
- Back Bay
(BBY)
3:10 pm
11-AUG-08 7h 18m Snack car 4 Reserved Coach Seats

2685 Self Transfer

Boston, MA
- Back Bay
(BBY)
3:49 pm
11-AUG-08 Boston, MA
- North Station Maine Service
(BON)
3:57 pm
11-AUG-08 0h 8m 4 Unreserved Coach Seats
685 Downeaster

Boston, MA
- North Station Maine Service
(BON)
5:00 pm
11-AUG-08 Dover, NH
(DOV)
6:28 pm
11-AUG-08 1h 28m Snack car

In english: for the low low cost of $990.00 USD, we can spend almost nine hours going each way. That's about 247.00 per person.

OR

We can grab a flight from Manchester, where we pay $166 per person and spend somewhere around three hours in travel.

The airplane is about eighty dollars cheaper. Unless something in my math is way not correct, I'm not going to bother with a train. I cannot see any valid reason to spend more money on a slower ride. If it was some ridiculous deal it might be worth it, but as it is this just sounds silly.

Of course I am sure numbers will change as the date gets closer, but it looks like a significant difference in not only cost, but the amount of time it would take to get us there. I'd rather get there early and spend time doing stuff.

But thats just me.

Best,
~Jon

I've come to the realization that Myspace and Facebook are pretty much worthless to me. I'm going to get rid of them over the next few days.

I'm going to give this baby a second chance. I have been wanting to write more, so this is part of a promise I made to myself for New Years.

Anyway, it is late. I'm going to finish my drink and try to get some rest.

Best Regards,
Jonathan