06.21.08
Posted in Friends & Family at 8:37 pm by Steve
It feels as if my life has been in flux for a long time. So much change and so much entropy. Then today something happened that has not happened in a long, long time. It all came together for me after dinner this evening when my wife, son, dog & I were in the backyard enjoying the summer evening. I was rolling a tennis ball to William (my son) and he was actually throwing it back to me (he’s only 14 months, so it’s a big deal). Emerson (our dog) was digging holes in the yard. I would tell him to stop, he’d look at me and then dig a little more and then take a victory lap around the yard (for some reason he takes pleasure in not listening to me). It’s really kind of funny to have a dog with that much attitude. I just laugh at him.
Suddenly, life felt calm. Something deep within felt very complete. Two sensations that have been missing from my life for longer than I care to admit.
Today really hit the spot.
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05.03.08
Posted in Friends & Family at 9:13 am by Steve
I may be coming to a point where my schedule (and workload) are at manageable levels. That hasn’t happened in a while…and I’m excited about the idea of having free time.
Yesterday I even had time to go and witness my son’s first haircut. We went down to the same barber that used to cut my hair when I was a kid (actually, he still cuts my hair). It really meant a lot to me to be able to do that…especially as this town has been changing so much these past few years.
On the work front, I have accepted, in word, a position with a start-up company as what will probably end up being the executive vice president of user experience. No contracts have been signed, but I have confirmed with the founding partner that the terms seem agreeable and I would sign a contract when he had one ready to review. We’re expecting to nail everything down over the next week or two.
I’m about 2 months away from my 20-year High School Reunion. It’s an odd feeling to think that 20 years have gone by since graduating high school. Time simply goes by too fast…in the twinkling of an eye.
All in all, along with catching my breath, it feels like I’m hitting those last few bumps in the road before a stretch of smooth sailing. Oh, the future will have more bumps…life works like that. I mean, how could you really appreciate the good without ever knowing the bad. It’s the duality of opposites. It’s what makes life “living”.
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03.31.08
Posted in Friends & Family, General, Music at 1:55 pm by Steve
…really make you wonder.
I don’t know how or why, but since last week I’ve been getting non-stop calls and emails from recruiters and a few HR departments. Today alone I could have taken 3 different jobs. It really makes me wonder. I know the universe likes to test us to see if we are really committed to our paths, but there comes a point where you begin wondering if maybe it’s all a hint. The universe does that too.
And, so I sit here, trying to focus on some website for some company - and I wonder if I’m squandering what time I have on stupid technology projects when I could be writing music.
Late last week an old friend emailed me to comment on a group of old songs I had posted to a website. She and I had a conversation a few weeks back about my frustration with the amount of music I’ve been doing lately. Her email was a simple 2 sentence, life is too busy for paragraphs style that we’re all familiar with. The first sentence just some semantics on the post and ordering of the tunes. But it was the second sentence that hit me like a lead balloon: “I also beg you to please start writing music again.”
and with that I sit here on what would have been my father’s 85th birthday and contemplate how complex life has become and how I feel like I don’t even recognize myself anymore. For a guy who used to answer the question “what religion are you?” with “musician” I’ve certainly lost a ton of faith.
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11.18.07
Posted in Friends & Family at 2:23 pm by Steve
As my 7 month old son, William, fell asleep in my arms earlier today I began to think about life. Having just lost my father less than 3 weeks ago I began to think about how secure William was feeling there in my arms, snuggled up against my chest as he drifted off to sleep. I thought about how someday my strong arms will become too weak to hold and protect him. And I thought about my father, and how my life would never be the same.
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10.30.07
Posted in Friends & Family at 11:09 pm by Steve
Joesph J. DeMott
March 31, 1923 - October 30, 2007
Joseph John DeMott 84, died on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at his home in Darien. Born March 31, 1923 in Stamford, he was the son of the late Michael and Josephine Comparato DeMott.
Joseph was a retired Warehouse Manager for Ashflash Corporation for twenty years. He was a Veteran of the US Army having served in WWII.
He is survived by his two daughters, Jennifer D. Miller of Flagstaff, AZ; and Debbie DeMott of Washington; and three sons, Joseph J. DeMott, Jr. of Colorado; Jeff DeMott of Wyoming; and Steven M. DeMott of Darien. Several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews also survive.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife, Celia Doshna DeMott; four sisters, Christine DeMott; Molly Grisko; Marie Zaccagnino; and Rose Denny; and three brothers, James, John and Thomas DeMott.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 AM on Saturday, November 3, 2007 at St. John RC Church, 1986 Post Road, Darien. Interment will follow at St. John’s Cemetery in Darien. There will be no calling hours.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations are made in his name to the American Cancer Society, 372 Danbury Road, Wilton, CT.
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04.12.07
Posted in Friends & Family at 2:40 pm by Steve
William Michael DeMott was born at 10:28 P.M. on April 11, 2007. A healthy 6 pounds (0 ounces) and 19 inches. I have no words to express the experience outside of “profound”. Mom & baby are both doing well.
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03.15.07
Posted in Friends & Family at 7:45 pm by Steve
So I had a long talk with a very good friend last night…and it’s amazing how sometimes it’s those who know us best that have the ability to put things into perspective and remind us of who we really are. What is even more amazing is that for such intelligent animals, we seem to forget or misinterpret a lot of simple truths about ourselves at a frequency that makes me think that maybe we aren’t as intelligent as we would like to believe.
I guess over years of changing and growing there are some basic truths that never change, no matter what we want to believe or who we mistakenly listen to…we are who we are. The problem seems to be when we forget those truths and imagine that we are something (or someone) else.
As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said:
a friend may be well reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
Thanks again Bro’…and yes…the title means what you think it means 
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