Drinks at 5am. Gotta love this town...

Grinning from ear to ear...

I was sitting at home enjoying doing absolutely nothing on a Friday night. I was surfing the web, and saw that one of my all time favorite bands was on KGSR doing a live broadcast from the Saxon Pub. BoDeans. I grew up with them when I was a young kid trying to find his way in the world in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The songs about finding and losing direction in life and love has always spoken to me. I am a lot older now, but I still love to listen to them, and they spea to me even more so these days. I couldn't make the shows. Sitting here listening to them play on the radio has my mind filling with memories.

One of my biggest crushes I ever had on someone was this amazing girl Sheryl Osmanski. We worked together at American Eagle Outfitters in Wisconsin back 1989. That was one hell of a summer. We became close friends, and I introduced her to ComedySportz and The BoDeans. She introduced me to beer, shots, and living life to the fullest. She also told me the legend of the claddaugh ring. Nothing ever came out of my crush and that was for the best. She showed me how to be outside of the box. When she met me, I was shy and introverted. When she moved up to Port Washington, she left behind someone who learned to speak his mind and was ready to finally explore the world around him.

I joined an improv troupe class the next year, and eventually moved to Minneapolis to give perfoming a try. Right before I moved, I was at a BoDeans show at Sherman's Celebrity Club. The bar had a capacity of about 70, and 500 people showed up. Kurt, Sammy, and Bob performed acoustically on the street for everyone who couldn't get in. I went up to Kurt after the show, and told him how much I had appreciated their work. He wished me luck in Minneapolis and said they perform there from time to time.

That time of my life had some of the best memories I ever had. I met some amazing people and it set me free from a lot of things that I needed to escape from. Here's to you guys (and Sheryl). Thank you for everything...

Sadness...

I was watching The O.C. season 2 episodes the other night and one of the cars in the show they had a John Kerry for President bumper sticker. Well, we wouldn't hve a Camp Casey if things were different.

What to do...

Well, I am enoying another hangover day off. Surfing the web, The OC season 2 DVDs, Lumines on the PSP, and maybe even 99 cent margaritas. I am also silently cheering from a distance for Shana, who is trying out for American Idol. go shana. I have to cheer silently or it will hurt. Damn you Tuaca, damn you.

One must get a waffle at Waffle House! Mmmmm...

Hmmmm... What to get....

Now this is what I am talking about... Moonwalk.. 3am. And a Sparks.. I don't even care that it is Hello Kitty.

To my surprise...

Last nght over at Dallas NC, we were having a discussion about what a 'fifth of alcohol' is. I totally assumed it was one of the flask sized bottles. Nope. Wrong. It is a 'fifth' of a gallon, or 750ml. More useless information for me to have. Now I owe those yahoo's corndogs.

I need voice lessons...

This morning when I was taking a shower and doing what most people do which is sing. What I didn't expect was the cat to think it was a duet and everytime I sang he cried out along with me. It is a good thing I never tried out for American Idol. I may take the cat in though...

This happens to be one of my all time favorite bars in Austin. If you have not been able to check it out, I highly suggest you do. Tell Francis and Sara I sent you.

Not only can Shana rock out on 'Chain of Fools', but she can also make sure I get home safe!!

I am so glad Jaq is back from Florida!!!

Funny memories...

I was cleaning around the apartment and I found a cd I haven't listened to in awhile. Junior Senior. I opened it up and noticed the autographs so I had a little memory kick in. The first time I saw them was at Waterloo Records where they were doing an instore before the show. The were really good for fun swedish pop. I rememeber buying the cd there and waiting in line with the person I was with and they were really funny. They called the person's friend I was with and left them a message on her machine.

D-d-d-don't Stop the Beat....

Don't stop... Believin'...

Journey is coming to Austin on September 20th. It is going to be at the Backyard, the same venue I saw Bowie. Oh yeah.. I need to get my Journey on.

I didn't see a single one...

Meteors. Didn't see one. Maybe tomorrow... Did anyone see them?

It could have been me...

I played Halo 2 nonstop for almost 2 days when it came out. I guess this guy didn't have the heart for it. (Really bad pun, but come on...)

In other parts of my mind...

I really enjoy walking around UT. For anyone who has never walked the campus, it is a beautiful, and expansive one. Huge stadium. HUGE. A lot of trees too. Plus, when one walks around UT, you can go to the Crown & Anchor to refresh with ice cold beer! I didn't today, but I was tempted. Instead I had an Odwalla and relaxed in a Wi Fi cafe near campus. It is nice pretending to be a student. Thank god I am not anymore. But ,oh, those were the days..

I finally broke down and did it...

I installed Office Professional 2003 today. I have WORD!! I have EXCEL!!! I have it all!!! A special thanks to my friend Lori for helping me with that. I have been putting it off forever, as I thought Microsoft Works would be plenty for me. No, not so much. In a nutshell it blew. Big time.

Viva Office 2003!!!

A case of the 'Nasty's'...

I took my friend Nikki out to Nasty's last night. She had never been. For those not familiar, Nasty's is a rugby bar, but on Monday they always have old school hip hop by DJ Mel. It is a lot of fun. I love hearing Joy and Pain mixed with Mama Gonna Knock You Out...

Say it isn't so...

I may be looking to get my own access point again. Read this...

The arms behind me is Noah, who turns 30 today. This would be the last time anyone would be smiling this night.

In the hood of West Austin...

I am at a friend's party using a computer they have in the kitchen. I can say three things about tonite.

1. I have had a bit of alcohol to drink...
2. I hate Playstation 2...
3. Cab fare is ridiculous...

More later....

How ridiculous...

Ok, so two kids set up a lemonade stand. And a guy operating a hot dog stand calls the cops.

Click here to read about it...

Juicebox and a nap...

I went into work for almost two hours of nothing. Actually it cost me more to go work than I made to work. For the first time in the longest time I actually took a nap. Damn, it was good! Two and a half glorious hours of nothing but sleep. Now I am waiting for friends at the El Arroyo on Far West while enjoying 99 cent margaritas and free WiFi.

I can make any day a better one...

A break in the day...

So I am taking a break in between shifts. Amy's Ice Cream right by my work has free WiFi. Barnes and Noble has WiFi also, but they charge $19.99 a month. I have been spending the last hour enjoying a root beer float and IM'ing my friend Gretchen. A great way to kill time!!!

Hump Day...

Ugh. Wedensday... It really isn't hump day for me as it is the start of my work week. I want a juice box and a nap instead.

The Tuesday blahs...

I worked for a couple hours this morning before going to Best Buy to have them fix my laptop. The iPod Shuffle I purchased a few weeks back was an open item. They forgot to wipe it and it downloaded P2P conduits into my iTunes. Damn Best Buy... Hopefully they got it all off the HD now.

I needed a margarita after that, and I had several. I stopped by the WiFi coffee shop in my apt comlex and was listening to the girl telling her friend who she ran into the night before.. She asked her friend on the phone to guess who, and all I kept hearing was, "No", "No", "No", and "Close, but no". Tell her dammit. Stop teasing her. She finally did and all the hair on the back of my neck stood down.

I need a Red Bull.