Where does the time go? Last blog entry was on January 4??? Wow.... Well like I said in a previous post, I suck at this stuff, so take ot for what it is... No offense, but I do this for me, not you... So what's been going on since January 4th... Lets see... My sisters opened a Deli/Grill/Convenience store on Wanaque, New Jersey that is... So if you are in the area, stop in the Nu Moon Cafe for some breakfast or lunch... the French Fries are awesome!!!
I'm still doing the online Radio show on www.tonytradio.com every Wednesday night at 8pm EST... so check that out... I try to focus on independent, local, unsigned bands... the coolest part of what we do is getting the bands to perform live in studio! most bands that come, always give us positive feedback about it... its really cool because we stream the video and audio out on the page so anyone can watch from anywhere in the world! Cool innovative things tony is doing... it has potential to grow... think we just need someone big to come along and see it!
Bonnaroo is only 75 days away... I have to say, I am a little disappointed with the choice of headliners for this yea's festival... don't get me wrong, Stevie Wonder, Dave Matthews Band and Kings Of Leon are all great but come on... Stevie Wonder is legend ... I could understand him playing in the timeslot just before the headliner... and KOL, great band ... but not great enough to headline Bonnaroo... I don't see it... Dave Matthews badn... Ok... he''s huge... I get this... But where in the rock God? No Dead? No Neil Young? I expected some Paul McCartney or Paul Simon or U2 or The Who.... So Headliners I'm not too excited about, but ... WEEZER!!! WEEN !!!! John Fogerty!!! Jeff Beck!!!! The Flaming Lips!!!! Umphrey's McGee!!!! And so many others!! I am more excited for the "NON-HEADLINERS" this year... will be a good time regardless...
What else??? Cant think of anything else at the moment...
If i do I'll just add another post.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
Old Year .... New Year.... Yea... And?
So here we are at the beginning of a new year.... Out with the old, in with the new... But Why? Is it really that big of a deal? Its not a new year, its just the next day, that's all, Right?
I don't know. I think that New Year's Eve is just an excuse for people to get shit faced... I call it Amateur night... I try to stay off the roads if possible, and if I do drive, I make sure to stay local and have (or be) a designated driver... DWI just isn't worth it to me... too much to lose if I get a DWI!
So why do people feel compelled to make Resolutions just because the year on the calendar increments up one? I get the whole "trying to make yourself a better person" and all, but why do you have to wait until January first to start? Example: Guy in the Cubicle next me said his Resolution was to quit smoking for the new year, his quit date is January 15... He told me this in late November!!! Having quit smoking 15 months ago, I understand the difficulty in quitting the habit, but this guy has already had 2 heart attacks like 5 years ago and he is still smoking now... we'll see what happens come the 15th...
So after reading My Bonnaroo friend Jen's Blog, I realized that I do the same thing as her! I don't really make resolutions but rather reflect on the past year and realize what I have learned and what I can get out of that... What did I learn this year... Sorry to disappoint, most of what I learned can't be aired out in a blog just because of the Nature of the topic... What are you thinking!?!? No, I didn't learn some new sexual position!...
The stuff that I can talk about:
(A) I learned that in the near future, I will no longer be able to live in New Jersey. I blame Obama, but don't ask me to elaborate cuz I don't want to get into it... we'll leave it at this: one of Obama's plans to help the people really Fucked me over and now, even though I would be considered Middle Class because of how much money I make, I am Broke as Hell!!! And tied into all this, I learned that I am more of a Republican than a democrat even though I Really has political views on both sides.
(B) I learned that Music is what I really want to do as a Job... I've said this before, but I've been doing an Online radio show {(ChrisMek Radio at www.tonytradio.com wednesday night from 8 to 11) <-- nothing like shameless promoting!!!} and Have been having so much fun doing it... I've met some really cool people in the business and some real assholes. Now I don't really want to be a Rock Star, even though that would be cool, I'm thinking more like a Concert promoter, or something along those lines... Looking to the future, I plan on making some contacts and really try to break into the industry, somehow... problem is I get lazy, nervous, and then I don't know how to do it.. Gotta press on.
(C) Another thing I learned, Is that my wife is totally on board with me and all my decisions (well, mostly)... I used to always remind her of my plans because I always thought she wasn't paying attention or she would forget... then she would get pissed at me... I realized this one day when I mentioned Bonnaroo in passing... then, months later she was the one that brought up going again in 2010... She totally knows that I want to go every year until I die! ... Bonnaroo is the place where I had a moment of clarity that changed my life the first year I went... sounds fucked up, but I can't really explain it... It happened again in 2009... I look forward to Bonnaroo 2010 and my wife knows it.. maybe that's not such a great example, but there are so many other ideas I have presented to her that most people might be like "You're fuckin' Crazy!" and she is like "Go for it!"
Anyway, There are tons more things but Maybe I'll vent about them in the future! But For now, Happy New year...
I just proof-read and while reading realized why I seem so grumpy about New Year... The 2 year anniversary of My Mom's death is January 27th... So I associate the month of January with "Bad Memories" ... there's something I can work on for 2010.
Peace! and Once again, Happy New Year
I don't know. I think that New Year's Eve is just an excuse for people to get shit faced... I call it Amateur night... I try to stay off the roads if possible, and if I do drive, I make sure to stay local and have (or be) a designated driver... DWI just isn't worth it to me... too much to lose if I get a DWI!
So why do people feel compelled to make Resolutions just because the year on the calendar increments up one? I get the whole "trying to make yourself a better person" and all, but why do you have to wait until January first to start? Example: Guy in the Cubicle next me said his Resolution was to quit smoking for the new year, his quit date is January 15... He told me this in late November!!! Having quit smoking 15 months ago, I understand the difficulty in quitting the habit, but this guy has already had 2 heart attacks like 5 years ago and he is still smoking now... we'll see what happens come the 15th...
So after reading My Bonnaroo friend Jen's Blog, I realized that I do the same thing as her! I don't really make resolutions but rather reflect on the past year and realize what I have learned and what I can get out of that... What did I learn this year... Sorry to disappoint, most of what I learned can't be aired out in a blog just because of the Nature of the topic... What are you thinking!?!? No, I didn't learn some new sexual position!...
The stuff that I can talk about:
(A) I learned that in the near future, I will no longer be able to live in New Jersey. I blame Obama, but don't ask me to elaborate cuz I don't want to get into it... we'll leave it at this: one of Obama's plans to help the people really Fucked me over and now, even though I would be considered Middle Class because of how much money I make, I am Broke as Hell!!! And tied into all this, I learned that I am more of a Republican than a democrat even though I Really has political views on both sides.
(B) I learned that Music is what I really want to do as a Job... I've said this before, but I've been doing an Online radio show {(ChrisMek Radio at www.tonytradio.com wednesday night from 8 to 11) <-- nothing like shameless promoting!!!} and Have been having so much fun doing it... I've met some really cool people in the business and some real assholes. Now I don't really want to be a Rock Star, even though that would be cool, I'm thinking more like a Concert promoter, or something along those lines... Looking to the future, I plan on making some contacts and really try to break into the industry, somehow... problem is I get lazy, nervous, and then I don't know how to do it.. Gotta press on.
(C) Another thing I learned, Is that my wife is totally on board with me and all my decisions (well, mostly)... I used to always remind her of my plans because I always thought she wasn't paying attention or she would forget... then she would get pissed at me... I realized this one day when I mentioned Bonnaroo in passing... then, months later she was the one that brought up going again in 2010... She totally knows that I want to go every year until I die! ... Bonnaroo is the place where I had a moment of clarity that changed my life the first year I went... sounds fucked up, but I can't really explain it... It happened again in 2009... I look forward to Bonnaroo 2010 and my wife knows it.. maybe that's not such a great example, but there are so many other ideas I have presented to her that most people might be like "You're fuckin' Crazy!" and she is like "Go for it!"
Anyway, There are tons more things but Maybe I'll vent about them in the future! But For now, Happy New year...
I just proof-read and while reading realized why I seem so grumpy about New Year... The 2 year anniversary of My Mom's death is January 27th... So I associate the month of January with "Bad Memories" ... there's something I can work on for 2010.
Peace! and Once again, Happy New Year
Thursday, October 15, 2009
PBA Cards
So i was reading someone Else's blog (Phil) about getting pulled over by a cop for speeding. He of course had "his ace in the deck", AKA a PBA card.
I've always heard of people using a PBA to help them get out of a ticket, and such...
But My question is this:
How do you present it to the cop that has pulled you over?
Do you just hand it to him/her with you License and Registration?
Do you "nonchalantly" let him see it and hope that he in fact does see it and ask you for it?
Just how does one go about using a PBA card?
I have had one in my wallet for the past 5 years, and have never known how to use it when the time comes... In fact, mine is a PCA card (Police Chief's Association) so that should be a bigger ace in the deck, right?
I've always heard of people using a PBA to help them get out of a ticket, and such...
But My question is this:
How do you present it to the cop that has pulled you over?
Do you just hand it to him/her with you License and Registration?
Do you "nonchalantly" let him see it and hope that he in fact does see it and ask you for it?
Just how does one go about using a PBA card?
I have had one in my wallet for the past 5 years, and have never known how to use it when the time comes... In fact, mine is a PCA card (Police Chief's Association) so that should be a bigger ace in the deck, right?
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
I Suck At This. Period!!!
So, holy shit, I suck at doing a blog... When was the last time i posted anything? I don't even know...
I'm gonna give it another go... probably on a weekly basis... I don't want to make any promises but I will try this again...
I have had a few things to say say so I'll start in the next day or so...
I'm gonna give it another go... probably on a weekly basis... I don't want to make any promises but I will try this again...
I have had a few things to say say so I'll start in the next day or so...
Friday, February 20, 2009
Lazy sack of shit!
Boy, am I a lazy sack of shit or what?!?
Noticed my last post was on February 3. That's like 2 and half weeks...
So here's the lowdown...
Nothing! Nothing has been going on...
Ever since I got sick the day of the Gig at the club house, I have not been good on the diet... I haven't gained any weight, but I notice that I feel bloated and full all the time... I still am not drinking any soda, but I've switched back to sugar in my coffee, and I ran out of lean cuisines so I am eating bigger lunches and dinners because of it... I need to grab some...
The only other thing is that Mathew is really not liking his new school situation... I don't know what the hell to do... he is really unhappy and says the teacher is mean. The next time he comes off the bus crying I'm going to explode... I don't know what I'll do but I need to do something... I think I need to do some more research on what we are entitled to. Thing is, he feels like he is being punished for something he did and he gets upset. but the truth is he is doing better academically in the new class.. but the teacher has that mean teacher look about her... and I think she has a lot less tolerance... and she has to be because all the other kids in the class are more "behaviorally challenged"... Mat isn't, he just has trouble in social situations, so a smaller class is better for him but not necessarily a class full of little fuckers that really just need a kick in the ass from their parents...
More research... that's what I need to do... and find out what we are legally entitled to... He HAS a diagnosis, it's not like he does the things he does because he's trying to be bad .....
frustrating...
anyway... I guess there is more on my mind than I thought.
Noticed my last post was on February 3. That's like 2 and half weeks...
So here's the lowdown...
Nothing! Nothing has been going on...
Ever since I got sick the day of the Gig at the club house, I have not been good on the diet... I haven't gained any weight, but I notice that I feel bloated and full all the time... I still am not drinking any soda, but I've switched back to sugar in my coffee, and I ran out of lean cuisines so I am eating bigger lunches and dinners because of it... I need to grab some...
The only other thing is that Mathew is really not liking his new school situation... I don't know what the hell to do... he is really unhappy and says the teacher is mean. The next time he comes off the bus crying I'm going to explode... I don't know what I'll do but I need to do something... I think I need to do some more research on what we are entitled to. Thing is, he feels like he is being punished for something he did and he gets upset. but the truth is he is doing better academically in the new class.. but the teacher has that mean teacher look about her... and I think she has a lot less tolerance... and she has to be because all the other kids in the class are more "behaviorally challenged"... Mat isn't, he just has trouble in social situations, so a smaller class is better for him but not necessarily a class full of little fuckers that really just need a kick in the ass from their parents...
More research... that's what I need to do... and find out what we are legally entitled to... He HAS a diagnosis, it's not like he does the things he does because he's trying to be bad .....
frustrating...
anyway... I guess there is more on my mind than I thought.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Holy Shit!
Something Fucked up my whole post and I'm not about to re-type it... sorry but I'm either too busy or too lazy to fix it!
All I can say is "Holy Shit!" From Friday to today has been a blink in time! Friday night was the Pinewood Derby for Mat.. He was totally not into it, Just like the past years so I built the car and entered it as his... It didn't do that well... also as expected... after that, we went home and I went to bed fairly early for a Friday night. I was asleep by 11:30... I woke up when Tanya had to get up for work at 7:30.. she asked me to make coffee, like I normally do for her, but I just didn't feel right.... Uh oh! I run to the bathroom and make it there in the nick of time... I almost shit myself! and while I was sitting there, i felt puke building up..... this was not good!!!! I had a gig that night! So now what? I spent the next 8 hours running back and forth between the bathroom and my bed. I thought "How the hell am I going to play for 4 hours in this condition?" I got Tanya to pick me up some Nauzene, Pepto, and more Imodium. I started loading up on all 3 of them until about 4:00 then got in the shower ... at about 5:30 I was there set up, tuned up and ready to play... feeling like shit but I made it... all the drugs I took kept the puke down and the squirts in... all I had there was some rice and 4 bottles of vitamin water... Here are the set lists:
1. Oasis – Wonderwall
2. Deep Blue Something – Breakfast at Tiffany’s
3. WC – Baby Hold Me Tight
4. CCR – Bad Moon Rising
5. SMB – The Joker
6. The Romantics – What I Like About You
7. Jack Johnson – If I Had Eyes
8. The Drifters – Save the Last Dance
9. Coldplay – Beautiful World
10. Grateful Dead – Touch of Grey
11. Neil Young – Down By the River
12. Semisonic – Closing Time
Set 2
13. Pornosonic – Laying Pipe
14. Radiohead – Creep
15. Mamas and the Papas – California Dreaming
16. Stone Temple Pilots – Plush
17. Maroon 5 – I Won’t Go Home Without You
18. CCR – Down on the Corner
19. Young Rascals – Good Loving
20. WC – Let Your Love Shine
21. The Foundations – Build Me Up
22. Oasis – Champagne Supernova
23. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge
24. Neil Young – Rocking in the Free World
Set 3
25. Pink Floyd – Is There Anybody Out There?
26. Bob Dylan – All Along the Watchtower
27. Bob Seger – Turn the Page
28. CCR – Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
29. Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
30. WC – Run Along
31. 4 Non Blondes – What’s Up
32. Bob Dylan - Tangled up in Blue
33. Tom Petty – Mary Jane’s Last Dance
34. Lynrd Skynrd – Simple Man
WC is Willy, and the songs are his originals. We ended up cutting Plush out because we never really got it together enough that I felt comfortable about playing it... and it's a bit too heavy for the crowd that we played for... all in all the gig went went... the other 3 guys got paid, and i had fun despite the sickness!!! anyway, I got home at about midnight and went straight to bed... never even unloaded the car besides my guitars....
So I slept until about 10:00 Sunday morning... I was feeling much better but was still a little light headed.... I went and got the kids from the In-Laws and did some food shopping and then just laid around... then at about 8:00 I made a couple burgers for the kids and Mat said he didn't want to eat cuz he had a stomach ache....
...... hour later........
Mat sprinting past me to hurl into the toilet!!!! I sent him to my room with a huge bowl... he puked once an hour for the 6 hours... poor kid... I slept on the couch so I could hear him... every time he puked, I got up with him and then emptied his bowl out and got him cleaned up... I got almost no sleep .... I took off on Monday for a few reasons.. one I was still a little sick, two I was up all night and three I had meetings with the kids' school....
Meeting #1:
Katie needs help... she is falling behind in areas that she cant.... language arts, spelling etc. She will now go to the resource room for extra help. This is good. She has an appointment at a neurologist next month to find out what is going on... the school is saying it's an ADD thing... I won;t accept anything they say because they told me Mathew had ADD and wanted us to put him on Ritalin and after his appointment at the neurologist he was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. Fuck them!... If the Neurologist tell us us it ADD then I will accept it....
Meeting #2:
Mathew has taken a step back.. he has now become defiant at school. He'll sit UNDER his desk and refuse to come out.... crazy stuff like that.... Weird thing is that he doesn't do this shit at home...... we figure its because he knows we won't put up with that shit. so he is now going to be place in a class with a really tough teacher that won't tolerate that crap.... In a way I feel like I'm throwing him into the lions den but after he pushes his luck just once, he will get it... and then Soar!
Today:
This morning, Bonnaroo.com announce the initial line up for the festival!!!! Headliners are Bruce Springsteen, Phish, Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails!!! Go to Bonnaroo.com and look at some of the other acts!!! I can't fuckin' wait!!!! So far they have 75 acts on the bill... last year there were 168 so they are going to add lots! Here is the initial line up:
Phish (2 shows)
Beastie Boys
Nine Inch Nails
David Byrne
Wilco
Al Green
Snoop Dogg
Elvis Costello Solo
Erykah Badu
Paul Oakenfold
Ben Harper and Relentless7
The Mars Volta
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Gov't Mule
Andrew Bird
Band of Horses
Merle Haggard
MGMT
moe.
The Decemberists
Girl Talk
Bon IverBéla Fleck & Toumani Diabate
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Galactic
The Del McCoury band of Montreal
Allen Toussaint
Coheed & Cambria
Booker T & the DBTs
David Grisman Quintet
Lucinda Williams
Animal Collective
Gomez
Neko Case
Down
Jenny Lewis
Santogold
Robert Earl Keen
Citizen Cope
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
The Ting Tings
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Kaki King
Grizzly Bear
King Sunny Adé
Okkervil River
St. Vincent
Zac Brown Band
Raphael Saadiq
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Crystal Castles
Tift Merritt
Brett Dennen
Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue
Toubab Krewe
People Under The Stairs
Alejandro Escovedo
Vieux Farka Touré
Elvis Perkins in Dearland
Cherryholmes
Yeasayer
Todd Snider
Chairlift
Portugal. The Man.
The SteelDrivers
Midnite
The Knux
The Low Anthem
Delta Spirit
A.A. Bondy
The Lovell Sisters
Alberta Cross
All I can say is "Holy Shit!" From Friday to today has been a blink in time! Friday night was the Pinewood Derby for Mat.. He was totally not into it, Just like the past years so I built the car and entered it as his... It didn't do that well... also as expected... after that, we went home and I went to bed fairly early for a Friday night. I was asleep by 11:30... I woke up when Tanya had to get up for work at 7:30.. she asked me to make coffee, like I normally do for her, but I just didn't feel right.... Uh oh! I run to the bathroom and make it there in the nick of time... I almost shit myself! and while I was sitting there, i felt puke building up..... this was not good!!!! I had a gig that night! So now what? I spent the next 8 hours running back and forth between the bathroom and my bed. I thought "How the hell am I going to play for 4 hours in this condition?" I got Tanya to pick me up some Nauzene, Pepto, and more Imodium. I started loading up on all 3 of them until about 4:00 then got in the shower ... at about 5:30 I was there set up, tuned up and ready to play... feeling like shit but I made it... all the drugs I took kept the puke down and the squirts in... all I had there was some rice and 4 bottles of vitamin water... Here are the set lists:
Set 1
1. Oasis – Wonderwall
2. Deep Blue Something – Breakfast at Tiffany’s
3. WC – Baby Hold Me Tight
4. CCR – Bad Moon Rising
5. SMB – The Joker
6. The Romantics – What I Like About You
7. Jack Johnson – If I Had Eyes
8. The Drifters – Save the Last Dance
9. Coldplay – Beautiful World
10. Grateful Dead – Touch of Grey
11. Neil Young – Down By the River
12. Semisonic – Closing Time
Set 2
13. Pornosonic – Laying Pipe
14. Radiohead – Creep
15. Mamas and the Papas – California Dreaming
16. Stone Temple Pilots – Plush
17. Maroon 5 – I Won’t Go Home Without You
18. CCR – Down on the Corner
19. Young Rascals – Good Loving
20. WC – Let Your Love Shine
21. The Foundations – Build Me Up
22. Oasis – Champagne Supernova
23. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge
24. Neil Young – Rocking in the Free World
Set 3
25. Pink Floyd – Is There Anybody Out There?
26. Bob Dylan – All Along the Watchtower
27. Bob Seger – Turn the Page
28. CCR – Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
29. Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
30. WC – Run Along
31. 4 Non Blondes – What’s Up
32. Bob Dylan - Tangled up in Blue
33. Tom Petty – Mary Jane’s Last Dance
34. Lynrd Skynrd – Simple Man
WC is Willy, and the songs are his originals. We ended up cutting Plush out because we never really got it together enough that I felt comfortable about playing it... and it's a bit too heavy for the crowd that we played for... all in all the gig went went... the other 3 guys got paid, and i had fun despite the sickness!!! anyway, I got home at about midnight and went straight to bed... never even unloaded the car besides my guitars....
So I slept until about 10:00 Sunday morning... I was feeling much better but was still a little light headed.... I went and got the kids from the In-Laws and did some food shopping and then just laid around... then at about 8:00 I made a couple burgers for the kids and Mat said he didn't want to eat cuz he had a stomach ache....
...... hour later........
Mat sprinting past me to hurl into the toilet!!!! I sent him to my room with a huge bowl... he puked once an hour for the 6 hours... poor kid... I slept on the couch so I could hear him... every time he puked, I got up with him and then emptied his bowl out and got him cleaned up... I got almost no sleep .... I took off on Monday for a few reasons.. one I was still a little sick, two I was up all night and three I had meetings with the kids' school....
Meeting #1:
Katie needs help... she is falling behind in areas that she cant.... language arts, spelling etc. She will now go to the resource room for extra help. This is good. She has an appointment at a neurologist next month to find out what is going on... the school is saying it's an ADD thing... I won;t accept anything they say because they told me Mathew had ADD and wanted us to put him on Ritalin and after his appointment at the neurologist he was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. Fuck them!... If the Neurologist tell us us it ADD then I will accept it....
Meeting #2:
Mathew has taken a step back.. he has now become defiant at school. He'll sit UNDER his desk and refuse to come out.... crazy stuff like that.... Weird thing is that he doesn't do this shit at home...... we figure its because he knows we won't put up with that shit. so he is now going to be place in a class with a really tough teacher that won't tolerate that crap.... In a way I feel like I'm throwing him into the lions den but after he pushes his luck just once, he will get it... and then Soar!
Today:
This morning, Bonnaroo.com announce the initial line up for the festival!!!! Headliners are Bruce Springsteen, Phish, Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails!!! Go to Bonnaroo.com and look at some of the other acts!!! I can't fuckin' wait!!!! So far they have 75 acts on the bill... last year there were 168 so they are going to add lots! Here is the initial line up:
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Phish (2 shows)
Beastie Boys
Nine Inch Nails
David Byrne
Wilco
Al Green
Snoop Dogg
Elvis Costello Solo
Erykah Badu
Paul Oakenfold
Ben Harper and Relentless7
The Mars Volta
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Gov't Mule
Andrew Bird
Band of Horses
Merle Haggard
MGMT
moe.
The Decemberists
Girl Talk
Bon IverBéla Fleck & Toumani Diabate
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Galactic
The Del McCoury band of Montreal
Allen Toussaint
Coheed & Cambria
Booker T & the DBTs
David Grisman Quintet
Lucinda Williams
Animal Collective
Gomez
Neko Case
Down
Jenny Lewis
Santogold
Robert Earl Keen
Citizen Cope
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
The Ting Tings
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Kaki King
Grizzly Bear
King Sunny Adé
Okkervil River
St. Vincent
Zac Brown Band
Raphael Saadiq
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Crystal Castles
Tift Merritt
Brett Dennen
Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue
Toubab Krewe
People Under The Stairs
Alejandro Escovedo
Vieux Farka Touré
Elvis Perkins in Dearland
Cherryholmes
Yeasayer
Todd Snider
Chairlift
Portugal. The Man.
The SteelDrivers
Midnite
The Knux
The Low Anthem
Delta Spirit
A.A. Bondy
The Lovell Sisters
Alberta Cross
I don't ever really say too much on the subject but I am friends with one the people in one of the headliners...I can't really say who except that I will be calling on this person to see if I can get hooked up!!! Maybe get backstage or even into to the VIP section... we'll see what happens he may not be able to do anything because it's such a huge festival.
Gonna be awesome!!!!!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
A year already....
Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of my Mother's death. She had stomach cancer for 2 years before it finally metastasized and spread to ... well every where.... Either way, yesterday my 2 sisters and i went to the cemetery and decorated her headstone for Valentine's day and just hung around and talked... it was good. It's kind of weird how close we've gotten since Mom passed... I like it. Not that we hated each other or anything, but we've just gotten closer.
Saturday night was Willy's gig at The Valley View Pub. This was his 3rd or 4th Gig there and was by far his best performance. That being said, there is always room for improvement. One of the things he needs to remember is that he is playing at a local bar filled with his family and friends. Because of that he gets a lot of applause and cheers. What will happen if he were to play for a bar of random people in NYC. Not saying he doesn't play well, just saying .... Anyway, I jumped in and played a couple songs with him. If I remember right, It was 3 songs. Was good for me, it will help with the butterflies for this Saturday.
Which brings me to this Saturday. The gig I have this Saturday, is 4 guys that haven't really played together, playing 3 hours worth of cover songs. So we need to practice together. we've had 2 weeks to get this done but it seems that one of us always has something else to do... Not me... only day I can't practice is Monday nights between 7:45 and 9:00. that's it...so I have been available the whole time. the gig is 3 days away and there are still songs that we have not played together. Seems crazy... but we are going to have to wing it at this point. I suggested that we get together on Saturday before the gig and run through all the songs that we think need practice but the drummer has band practice with another band. Now don't get me wrong, I am all for playing in several bands and stuff, but come on... this is a PAYING gig, and it is paying them well. These guys need to set some priorities. If I look like an ass because of these guys, I'm gonna be pissed. Either way, I'm pretty excited to play... I will have a good time regardless....
Saturday night was Willy's gig at The Valley View Pub. This was his 3rd or 4th Gig there and was by far his best performance. That being said, there is always room for improvement. One of the things he needs to remember is that he is playing at a local bar filled with his family and friends. Because of that he gets a lot of applause and cheers. What will happen if he were to play for a bar of random people in NYC. Not saying he doesn't play well, just saying .... Anyway, I jumped in and played a couple songs with him. If I remember right, It was 3 songs. Was good for me, it will help with the butterflies for this Saturday.
Which brings me to this Saturday. The gig I have this Saturday, is 4 guys that haven't really played together, playing 3 hours worth of cover songs. So we need to practice together. we've had 2 weeks to get this done but it seems that one of us always has something else to do... Not me... only day I can't practice is Monday nights between 7:45 and 9:00. that's it...so I have been available the whole time. the gig is 3 days away and there are still songs that we have not played together. Seems crazy... but we are going to have to wing it at this point. I suggested that we get together on Saturday before the gig and run through all the songs that we think need practice but the drummer has band practice with another band. Now don't get me wrong, I am all for playing in several bands and stuff, but come on... this is a PAYING gig, and it is paying them well. These guys need to set some priorities. If I look like an ass because of these guys, I'm gonna be pissed. Either way, I'm pretty excited to play... I will have a good time regardless....
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Week in review...
Looks like this blog stuff may end up being a weekly event, at least that seems to be the trend at the moment. I don't mean it to be, just seems to be happening that way...
So stuff has been going on! So lets see... Diet! Diet is there ... I continue to eat just the way I said last time... and I lost another 2 pounds... scale read 241 this morning.... not losing weight as fast as I hoped for or even expected but it IS working... seems that I do really goo during the week and then comes the weekend and I do something stupid... like this past Saturday... I was out jamming with some friends and none of us had eaten yet so we went to the diner.... instead of getting something like a salad with grilled chicken, I got a Cheeseburger. Now under the weight watchers rules, there was nothing (really) wrong with what I did but I felt guilty after..
Still not smoking... 112 days so far... and that's 112 days of absolutely NO smoking! Not even a single drag! I think i have this licked once and for all!!! Yee Haw!!!
Music: So I am friends with the head of the Activities Committee in our community... they are throwing a volunteer appreciation party for the community volunteers on January 31 and wanted to hire a band. He asked my friend Willy to do it, but Willy was like "A whole band would be better" so he got a couple guys together and created a cover band, but was lacking a second guitar. I stepped up and said I would do it for nothing! They don't evev have to pay me, I'll do it for free... (at least this time)... anyway ... been practicing with these guys A LOT! I love to play, so I don't really care about the money... it's not like I am any kind of pro rock star or ever will be! I hope to be able to get some pics, audio or even video of the Gig... The plan is to do 3, 45 minute sets with 15-20 minutes breaks... I'm pretty psyched, I haven't played for a crowd in a LONG time!!! Last time I was on a stage or even played for people was in January of 1993 at Escapades in Jersey City. That was last show I ever played..... I would go see my Bro-In-Law play a lot and secretly hope that he would invite me up to play with him but he never did...
Anyway... Willy has a gig this Saturday and his guitar broke, or at least the electronics in it did and he needs a guitar for the night. By chance, I want a new acoustic so I went and bought one!!!
See:
So for his Gig this Saturday he will borrow mine and get himself a new in the near future
I usually do this blogging stuff from work in between stuff but this week my boss has been gone all week and left me in charge and so it's really keeping me from doing this and Flickr.com stuff and facebook. I'm doing the best I can...
So stuff has been going on! So lets see... Diet! Diet is there ... I continue to eat just the way I said last time... and I lost another 2 pounds... scale read 241 this morning.... not losing weight as fast as I hoped for or even expected but it IS working... seems that I do really goo during the week and then comes the weekend and I do something stupid... like this past Saturday... I was out jamming with some friends and none of us had eaten yet so we went to the diner.... instead of getting something like a salad with grilled chicken, I got a Cheeseburger. Now under the weight watchers rules, there was nothing (really) wrong with what I did but I felt guilty after..
Still not smoking... 112 days so far... and that's 112 days of absolutely NO smoking! Not even a single drag! I think i have this licked once and for all!!! Yee Haw!!!
Music: So I am friends with the head of the Activities Committee in our community... they are throwing a volunteer appreciation party for the community volunteers on January 31 and wanted to hire a band. He asked my friend Willy to do it, but Willy was like "A whole band would be better" so he got a couple guys together and created a cover band, but was lacking a second guitar. I stepped up and said I would do it for nothing! They don't evev have to pay me, I'll do it for free... (at least this time)... anyway ... been practicing with these guys A LOT! I love to play, so I don't really care about the money... it's not like I am any kind of pro rock star or ever will be! I hope to be able to get some pics, audio or even video of the Gig... The plan is to do 3, 45 minute sets with 15-20 minutes breaks... I'm pretty psyched, I haven't played for a crowd in a LONG time!!! Last time I was on a stage or even played for people was in January of 1993 at Escapades in Jersey City. That was last show I ever played..... I would go see my Bro-In-Law play a lot and secretly hope that he would invite me up to play with him but he never did...
Anyway... Willy has a gig this Saturday and his guitar broke, or at least the electronics in it did and he needs a guitar for the night. By chance, I want a new acoustic so I went and bought one!!!
See:
So for his Gig this Saturday he will borrow mine and get himself a new in the near future
I usually do this blogging stuff from work in between stuff but this week my boss has been gone all week and left me in charge and so it's really keeping me from doing this and Flickr.com stuff and facebook. I'm doing the best I can...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Progress!!!
I started a diet on January 5th. It's essentially weight watchers, but I am only using the point system to determine how healthy the food is. I'm not going to walk around and count the points for every thing that I decide to eat or drink. I did for the first week as a baseline but this week I'm not counting. That's not to say that I am not watching what I eat. My eating habits have taken a sudden change and I think I'm liking it.
Before:
I would make a big cup of coffee before I left the house with LOTS of sugar and LOTS of half and half and drank it on the way to work. Then when I got to work, I would have another, and at 9:15 break I would get one more. For lunch, I would eat the hot lunch that she made, which is like eating a huge dinner. the kind that when you are done all you want to do is take a nap. If i didn't like what she cooked, I would get a THICK Chicken Salad Sandwich and a large (16 oz.) soup. And wash it all down with a can of Mtn Dew and of course I would buy a second can to have at my desk for the afternoon. Sometimes I would also get some junk food like hostess apple pie or ring dings too. Dinner would be standard dinner. Only difference would be a lot more than normal!
Now:
I wake up and have a bowl of cereal, per the serving size (3/4 cup). Right now it's Total Whole Grain Wheat with 1/2 cup of skim milk. Then before I leave I make a cup cup coffee with equal and Skim Plus milk. Then at 9:15 I have a lowfat yogurt. At lunch eat a Lean Cuisine frozen entree. and a banana and a bottle of water. at 2:15 I eat an apple. After I get home at about 5:00 I have another snack like an apple, banana or yogurt. Then I eat dinner. I'll still eat the same stuff except I'll make sure to take less than I did in the past. Sometimes Between dinner and bed I have another bowl of cereal.
So there it is. This is working for me. When I started this diet the scale yelled at me to get the fuck off! 248!!!! After a week of this the scale read 243. So that's 5 pounds this week. I'll continue doing this and see what happens next week.
Now if I could get my lazy ass up and work out on the BowFlex thing might move along even quicker. We finally got it set up, so really i just need to work it into my schedule. But one thing at a time and the one thing right now is to get used to the change in diet.
Before:
I would make a big cup of coffee before I left the house with LOTS of sugar and LOTS of half and half and drank it on the way to work. Then when I got to work, I would have another, and at 9:15 break I would get one more. For lunch, I would eat the hot lunch that she made, which is like eating a huge dinner. the kind that when you are done all you want to do is take a nap. If i didn't like what she cooked, I would get a THICK Chicken Salad Sandwich and a large (16 oz.) soup. And wash it all down with a can of Mtn Dew and of course I would buy a second can to have at my desk for the afternoon. Sometimes I would also get some junk food like hostess apple pie or ring dings too. Dinner would be standard dinner. Only difference would be a lot more than normal!
Now:
I wake up and have a bowl of cereal, per the serving size (3/4 cup). Right now it's Total Whole Grain Wheat with 1/2 cup of skim milk. Then before I leave I make a cup cup coffee with equal and Skim Plus milk. Then at 9:15 I have a lowfat yogurt. At lunch eat a Lean Cuisine frozen entree. and a banana and a bottle of water. at 2:15 I eat an apple. After I get home at about 5:00 I have another snack like an apple, banana or yogurt. Then I eat dinner. I'll still eat the same stuff except I'll make sure to take less than I did in the past. Sometimes Between dinner and bed I have another bowl of cereal.
So there it is. This is working for me. When I started this diet the scale yelled at me to get the fuck off! 248!!!! After a week of this the scale read 243. So that's 5 pounds this week. I'll continue doing this and see what happens next week.
Now if I could get my lazy ass up and work out on the BowFlex thing might move along even quicker. We finally got it set up, so really i just need to work it into my schedule. But one thing at a time and the one thing right now is to get used to the change in diet.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Mike Farris
Last night we drove through a snow storm to go to BB King's on 42nd St NYC to see Mike Farris. Mike is a great singer. He used to sing in the Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies. He quit that band because he was on a road of self destruction with all the drugs he was on and stuff. So he took some time off and came back singing Gospel/Christian kind of stuff. His music is amazing! Very inspiring to me.
My Bro-In-Law was friends with back in the SCW days but they lost touch for a while. I brought his business Card to give to Mike but never got a chance to talk to him so had to give it to the session guitarist... I hope Mike gets it and they get back in touch.
Go check him out here:
http://www.mikefarrismusic.net/
And here:
http://www.myspace.com/mikefarrismusic
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Game On!!!
It's Game On! Sunday I got on the scale, knowing that I've gained a lot of weight between quitting smoking and the Holiday gluttony. But I was totally NOT ready for what I saw!!! Holy shit!!! OK so, some stats on me ... I'm 6'2" tall, 39 years old. I weigh a whopping 248 lbs!!! HOLY FUCK!!! I never thought I would see the day! I know when I went to college I gained some weight but that was mostly from sitting around the dorm eating cheeseburgers and cheese fries and washing it down with a pitchers Killian's or mountain Dew. Plus the only exercise I was getting was lifting the burger and beer so I was bound to gain some weight... I looked online and the website I looked at (I can't remember which one it was) said I am obese!! I thought I just had a bit of a belly and that was it, but OBESE?
Last year, we went to Bonnaroo. If you are into music and live on the East Coast, you MUST go to Bonnaroo! Check it out: www.bonnaroo.com. It is a 4 day music festival in Manchester Tennessee that changed my life. I will return every year if I can afford it. Music starts each day at 12:00 and goes until about 4:00am... spread over 5 big stages, 2 or 3 small stages and a big comedy tent. over the 4 days there were 168 acts to see. Of course you just go and see the ones you want. Anyway, I will be going again this year. Pre-sale tickets are sold out already so I have to wait for them to go on sale again.
Anyway, I've set a goal for my self... there are no numbers as in weights or anything... My goal is to walk around at Bonnaroo shirtless. That doesn't mean I want 6-pack abs or anything. I just mean that it gets fucking hot in Tennessee and I want to be able to take off my shirt with out shame. You wouldn't catch me dead without a shirt now... I figure that Bonnaroo starts on June 11. That gives me like almost 5 months...
So there we go, there's the frustration and the incentive. So what's the plan, you ask? I decided to do Chris's form of Weight Watcher's. What that means is I'm too fucking cheap to pay for Weight Watcher's and I was hanging out over someones house that had a weight watcher's book. So I flipped through it figured out My "Points" and away I go. I am keeping track of how many points I take in and as long as it is under 35, I should lose weight. Wife is helping me stay in check too. I went to Shop-Rite and bought a shit load of frozen meals with the points all figured out for me. I've switched from lots of sugar and lots of cream in my coffee to equal and skim milk. I think because it tastes so bad I drink less of it. The only other liquid I drink is water. I will have to see what happens when I am schedules for beers with the boys though. Now add to that, that I will be working out with the Bowflex starting this week. I have to do some re-arranging of furniture before I can start Bowflex. I figure by Bonnaroo, I won't be embarrassed to take off my shirt if I'm hot.
I think I may even document my progress photographically. We'll see about that...
Anyway... Wish me luck!!!
Last year, we went to Bonnaroo. If you are into music and live on the East Coast, you MUST go to Bonnaroo! Check it out: www.bonnaroo.com. It is a 4 day music festival in Manchester Tennessee that changed my life. I will return every year if I can afford it. Music starts each day at 12:00 and goes until about 4:00am... spread over 5 big stages, 2 or 3 small stages and a big comedy tent. over the 4 days there were 168 acts to see. Of course you just go and see the ones you want. Anyway, I will be going again this year. Pre-sale tickets are sold out already so I have to wait for them to go on sale again.
Anyway, I've set a goal for my self... there are no numbers as in weights or anything... My goal is to walk around at Bonnaroo shirtless. That doesn't mean I want 6-pack abs or anything. I just mean that it gets fucking hot in Tennessee and I want to be able to take off my shirt with out shame. You wouldn't catch me dead without a shirt now... I figure that Bonnaroo starts on June 11. That gives me like almost 5 months...
So there we go, there's the frustration and the incentive. So what's the plan, you ask? I decided to do Chris's form of Weight Watcher's. What that means is I'm too fucking cheap to pay for Weight Watcher's and I was hanging out over someones house that had a weight watcher's book. So I flipped through it figured out My "Points" and away I go. I am keeping track of how many points I take in and as long as it is under 35, I should lose weight. Wife is helping me stay in check too. I went to Shop-Rite and bought a shit load of frozen meals with the points all figured out for me. I've switched from lots of sugar and lots of cream in my coffee to equal and skim milk. I think because it tastes so bad I drink less of it. The only other liquid I drink is water. I will have to see what happens when I am schedules for beers with the boys though. Now add to that, that I will be working out with the Bowflex starting this week. I have to do some re-arranging of furniture before I can start Bowflex. I figure by Bonnaroo, I won't be embarrassed to take off my shirt if I'm hot.
I think I may even document my progress photographically. We'll see about that...
Anyway... Wish me luck!!!
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Not very active here
I've not been very active here... Mostly because the wife has been rather sick for a while and at work I've been working in the test department so have been away from my desk.
Tomorrow is Katie's birthday. She'll be 9... Holy Shit, where did the last 9 years go?
The weight issue:
I've decided to not even worry about my gained weight until after the holidays. I figure it this way... I just quit smoking like 80 days ago and am still not out of the woods with that. I figure in January I will address the extra weight I've gained. Besides, what's worse, Smoking a pack a day, or an extra 15 or 20 pounds.
Tomorrow is Katie's birthday. She'll be 9... Holy Shit, where did the last 9 years go?
The weight issue:
I've decided to not even worry about my gained weight until after the holidays. I figure it this way... I just quit smoking like 80 days ago and am still not out of the woods with that. I figure in January I will address the extra weight I've gained. Besides, what's worse, Smoking a pack a day, or an extra 15 or 20 pounds.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Stuff.
Not too much going on really. Work got really busy for me. This will last until the end of the Month/Year. Then in the new Year I will probably get slow. Usually happens like that around here.
Saturday we brought the kids to see Dark Star Orchestra or DSO for short. If you like the Grateful Dead you should see this band. They will play a set that The Grateful Dead played. And when I say play a set, I mean they will pick a date that the dead played, and replay the set. Not really note for note but they will play the same songs in the same order too. And they sound spot on! They have a following too, its pretty weird. but they are really good. Anyway, Katie had a really good time. See:
And of Course Mat played Legend of Zelda on his DS through the whole concert. See:
It was good, he actually got into it for a while. He really liked the Drum Solo.
Saturday we brought the kids to see Dark Star Orchestra or DSO for short. If you like the Grateful Dead you should see this band. They will play a set that The Grateful Dead played. And when I say play a set, I mean they will pick a date that the dead played, and replay the set. Not really note for note but they will play the same songs in the same order too. And they sound spot on! They have a following too, its pretty weird. but they are really good. Anyway, Katie had a really good time. See:
And of Course Mat played Legend of Zelda on his DS through the whole concert. See:
It was good, he actually got into it for a while. He really liked the Drum Solo.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Me, Murray & Brian @ Reunion
Here's a picture of Me, Murray and Brian that I snagged off of Facebook. The first thing Murray said to me when He showed up was "Oh, cool, you showed up in a Purple Velvet jacket, I was worried that I was underdressed with the Corduroy jacket" It was good hanging out with Murray!
I told him I would make it out to L.A. someday soon and chill out with him. I hope I can actually do it. He's good people!
Monday, December 1, 2008
Back to work after a week off... :-(
Today is my first day back to work after having the week off. I had a tough time getting up after sleeping late the whole week, but I did make it to work. Of course I am swamped! Sometimes I feel like it's not even worth it to take time off because nobody will do my work while I'm gone and it just piles up.
Anyway, the week was good. Relaxing if nothing else. Me and wife re-arranged some furniture and my Ham Radio/Computer/Guitar/Music room is awesome now. I'm diggin it because there is som much more room in there! I need to get some pics of it now. It's almost pointless becasue I don't think that I have any before pics. If I do I will put some up here and over at Flickr.com.
I went to my 20 year high school reunion on friday night. Wife had hers too, so we went solo to our own reunions. I had a great time. I'm so glad that I went. I spent a long time talking to Murray who moved to L.A. around '92. I talked to a lot of people there and was surprised at how many people haven't really changed, except for the age. And mostly everyone looked really good. There were only a couple people that I thought " Boy, you didn't age well!" But of course I didn't sya it, only thought it. and I couldn't believe how OLD some of them looked. We're not even 40 yet and some of them looked all of 50. But mostly everyone looked really good. I just hope nobody is saying the same stuff about me! Becasue I dont' think I look that old.
I gotta say that I had great conversations with Murray V, Elaine R, Nicole S, Jenn H, Cordell J, Chris D, Andy T, Wendy H, Colleen P, Carmen B, Mike S, Traci A, Rich D and a bunch of others! I was a little disappointed that Bob wasn't there. He is way cool. I'll try to mak it to one of his shows i guess. I am really hoping they decide to do a 25 year! I'd be there!
Anyway, the week was good. Relaxing if nothing else. Me and wife re-arranged some furniture and my Ham Radio/Computer/Guitar/Music room is awesome now. I'm diggin it because there is som much more room in there! I need to get some pics of it now. It's almost pointless becasue I don't think that I have any before pics. If I do I will put some up here and over at Flickr.com.
I went to my 20 year high school reunion on friday night. Wife had hers too, so we went solo to our own reunions. I had a great time. I'm so glad that I went. I spent a long time talking to Murray who moved to L.A. around '92. I talked to a lot of people there and was surprised at how many people haven't really changed, except for the age. And mostly everyone looked really good. There were only a couple people that I thought " Boy, you didn't age well!" But of course I didn't sya it, only thought it. and I couldn't believe how OLD some of them looked. We're not even 40 yet and some of them looked all of 50. But mostly everyone looked really good. I just hope nobody is saying the same stuff about me! Becasue I dont' think I look that old.
I gotta say that I had great conversations with Murray V, Elaine R, Nicole S, Jenn H, Cordell J, Chris D, Andy T, Wendy H, Colleen P, Carmen B, Mike S, Traci A, Rich D and a bunch of others! I was a little disappointed that Bob wasn't there. He is way cool. I'll try to mak it to one of his shows i guess. I am really hoping they decide to do a 25 year! I'd be there!
Friday, November 28, 2008
20 Year Class Reunion
Tonight is my 20 year class reunion. After 20 years you would think that I would be excited to see everyone, but the truth is I'm not. There are a few people that I really want to see though. Like Murray. Me and Murray had Bio and gym class together. We didn't really hang out out of school, but we did while in school. He ended up going to Los Angles right after graduation and has been there since. He does stand up comedy out there and writes for the blue collar guys. I only know this because we've been emailing that past couple weeks.
then there is Bob Bundy. I went to school with Bob from Kindergarten straight through to the end. Look here:
He's in the top right. His father was a photographer and took all the pictures for the schools. When we got to high school, I started playing guitar and he played bass. He was into Doo Wop and Rock-A-Billy. He ended up in the band The Razorbacks playing the stand up bass. You should go check them out. Anyway, the last time I saw him was at the 10 year class reunion. Everyone that was there were pretty much assholes and I don't really know why. I think they all were in a point in their lives that they felt like they had to show off how well they are doing and that got in the way of being nice. Anyway Bob was one of the only ones there that was awesome.
I am going tonight with an open mind. I will greet everyone with the same respect I would expect the receive. We'll see how it goes.
then there is Bob Bundy. I went to school with Bob from Kindergarten straight through to the end. Look here:
He's in the top right. His father was a photographer and took all the pictures for the schools. When we got to high school, I started playing guitar and he played bass. He was into Doo Wop and Rock-A-Billy. He ended up in the band The Razorbacks playing the stand up bass. You should go check them out. Anyway, the last time I saw him was at the 10 year class reunion. Everyone that was there were pretty much assholes and I don't really know why. I think they all were in a point in their lives that they felt like they had to show off how well they are doing and that got in the way of being nice. Anyway Bob was one of the only ones there that was awesome.
I am going tonight with an open mind. I will greet everyone with the same respect I would expect the receive. We'll see how it goes.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
W00t! A follower
I forgot to mention! Yee haw! my first follower.. I got introduced to This Dude on Flickr.com. Here is his Flickr photostream Seems we both like taking pictures of the same kinda stuff. Anyway... I started following his blog and looks like he's doing the same! Thanks phil. Go check his shit out... He's a cool dude!
Vacation
So I'm on vacation this week. Not really doing much but I'm finding that I'm not really having lots of time to come here. What I've done so far is re-arrange my guitar/Ham Radio/Computer room. I'll post pictures when its all done. I have so much more room now that the second sofa a gone!
Friday, November 21, 2008
Camera
I stopped in at the camera shop the other day looking at cameras. I got the woman to let me hold the Canon and a couple Nikons. I've read all the reviews about the Canon EOS Rebel XSi and had made up my my mind that was the Camera for me. But after holding the Nikons, I'm not so sure. I really like the feel of the Nikons. So I think I may be changing my mind on which camera to get. I had the D60 an the D 80 in my hand. They both felt equally awesome in my hand. I can't really afford the D80 so that kind of limits me to a D60 or D40. I'm thinking D60. But then there are all the reviews about the Canon. Thats cool and all, but it just didn't feel great in my hand. and the D60 is actually like $150 cheaper. So the Nikin is 2 megpixels less, will I even notice? I doubt it.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Ugh, Feeling Fat.
As you recall I quit smoking about 6 weeks ago, actually 50 days ago which is more like 7 weeks but who's counting? The point is that I quit, Yay! But I gained a bunch of weight on top of being overweight to begin with. And to top it off, I don't really get any exercise. So i'm feeling extra fat! As I was reading Phil's blog about riding his bike with a smoker friend, I felt a little better about myself. Not saying that I would do better than him, but I at least know that i don't have to say "Maybe it's time to quit" because I already did. so next on my agenda of improving my life is to lose weight and exercise more. I haven't mentioned it to anyone though for fear of them holding me to it. That's what I did with the smoking, I didn't tell anyone I was quitting, I pretty much just did it on my own. So anyway, I made a commitment to myself, and to Mom as she was dying, to take better care of myself. phase one was to quit smoking, next will be lose weight and exercise more. I think losing weight will come with exercising more right?
So I am publicly announcing that I will start taking better care of myself.
How will I get this done? I think i will do this in steps.
Step 1 - quit smoking- done
Step 2 - cut all soda out of my diet - done
Step 3 - eat less at every meal - working on this now
Step 4 - begin an exercise regimine - I will start exercising with my BowFlex in the next coming weeks - this will prove to be harder to do than all the others, except for the smoking. I just feel like that is a major routine change that will disrupt other things that I do. I don't want to quit playing my guitar to exercise or something like that... I'll just have to work that one out. making a new schedule for my life is going to be the hard one...
So I am publicly announcing that I will start taking better care of myself.
How will I get this done? I think i will do this in steps.
Step 1 - quit smoking- done
Step 2 - cut all soda out of my diet - done
Step 3 - eat less at every meal - working on this now
Step 4 - begin an exercise regimine - I will start exercising with my BowFlex in the next coming weeks - this will prove to be harder to do than all the others, except for the smoking. I just feel like that is a major routine change that will disrupt other things that I do. I don't want to quit playing my guitar to exercise or something like that... I'll just have to work that one out. making a new schedule for my life is going to be the hard one...
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