I ordered something the other day from across the pond in France. I got an email confirming my order (or at least it looks that way) in French. Here's a snippet:
-snip-
Votre établissement bancaire nous a donné l'autorisation de prélever le montant de vos achats dans un délai de 7 jours. Pendant ce délai, nous pouvons être amenés à vous demander des renseignements complémentaires avant de débiter votre compte (confirmation d'adresse, N° de téléphone, pièce d'identité, etc.) . Une fois cette période de 7 jours dépassée, nous n'aurons plus la possibilité de valider votre paiement et nous serons malheureusement contraints d'annuler votre commande. Dans tous les cas vous serez informé par email de l'état de traitement de votre commande.
-snip-
Allrigty then. There was some other text there that led me to believe my order went through. I finally received a shipping notice IN ENGLISH today which confirmed my thoughts. It all went off without a hitch. Got my tracking number and everything. Sweet.
Looks like fall's finally here. It was nice and cool most of the day today. I hope it stays like this for awhile instead of just going from blazing hot to freezing cold. This is also one of the times of the year that I get some kind of dibilitating cold that knocks me on my ass for a few days. At any rate, I'm still going along with my regular daily does of echinacea to try and boost my immune system. I've been taking it for several months now and so far, it seems to be working.
Speaking of ordering stuff, Lesa recevied a drawing autographed by Picasso that she had won on ebay. It came from Germany. She collects that sort of stuff.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
I'm STILL full...
Lot's of eating going on in the last 24 hours. Yesterday, Kay and I headed over to Logan's to grab some lunch. Her friend Rochelle came and joined us. Kay had some sort of drama going on with a guy she knows that works there. It was funny AND uncomfortable all at the same time listening and SEEING their discussion. I turned to Rochelle and said "So... you make it through the hurricane okay?".
After work, Lesa and I were going to meet up with Lorri at Simp's for a drink and some appetizers. Lynn reminded me that we had made plans to go to Macaroni Grill for dinner. Off to Huntsville we went. Dinner was beyond fabulous. I ate, no lie, what seemed to be at least a pound of grilled salmon (on spinach orzcho pasta). I was struggling to get the last few bites down. I did manage to order dessert to go though - a honkin big slice of tiramisu. When I got home, I did a few small things then went to bed. It was 9:30.
More eating today as well. Lesa, I and Lorri had lunch at Currie's here in town. I had the lasagna. Whew. When we were done, Lesa and I walked to a nearby gallery to check out... this girl I was interested in. Anyway, it turns out that after closer inspection, she was a bit young. I did run into Wendy, an old friend of mine, there working with one of the people at the gallery on choosing colors for her new home. It was good to see her again. Back to the office.
Had a good afternoon working on things and meeting with clients. After work, I again aborted the trip to Simp's and went on home to eat take out and have my dessert from last night. Think I'm gonna go watch some tube then drum for a while. That's the plan at least.
After work, Lesa and I were going to meet up with Lorri at Simp's for a drink and some appetizers. Lynn reminded me that we had made plans to go to Macaroni Grill for dinner. Off to Huntsville we went. Dinner was beyond fabulous. I ate, no lie, what seemed to be at least a pound of grilled salmon (on spinach orzcho pasta). I was struggling to get the last few bites down. I did manage to order dessert to go though - a honkin big slice of tiramisu. When I got home, I did a few small things then went to bed. It was 9:30.
More eating today as well. Lesa, I and Lorri had lunch at Currie's here in town. I had the lasagna. Whew. When we were done, Lesa and I walked to a nearby gallery to check out... this girl I was interested in. Anyway, it turns out that after closer inspection, she was a bit young. I did run into Wendy, an old friend of mine, there working with one of the people at the gallery on choosing colors for her new home. It was good to see her again. Back to the office.
Had a good afternoon working on things and meeting with clients. After work, I again aborted the trip to Simp's and went on home to eat take out and have my dessert from last night. Think I'm gonna go watch some tube then drum for a while. That's the plan at least.
Monday, September 27, 2004
Monday is here again.
It was a typical Monday at the office. I started off by bringin in 2 cases of Mt. Dew and loading up the fridge. We have a Coke machine but I'm more of a Pepsi products guy. I also brought along one of my Red Bull's to ward off the afternoon sleepys.
Got several irons in the fire at work so I was pretty busy most of the day. Unfortunately, a lot of what I had to get done was in the hands of other people so I spent a lot of time trying to corral everyone into getting things done so I could proceed with my stuff. Had a bit of a misunderstanding with one of my co-workers regarding what I do that I hopefully cleared up. We'll see. Had a meeting over in Huntsville today around noon so I gave Bernie a jingle and we met up for lunch at Atlanta Bread Co. just like old times. Stopped in over at CompUSA for the obligatory walk-thru. Glad we did! Yesterday, I bought two 50 disc spindles of DVD-R media at Office Depot for $29 each. (For those of you without DVD burners or who never buy your own media, this is a good deal - normally they are at LEAST $50 a spindle) At CompUSA, they had the same deal BUT with 8X media!!! Yippy skippy. I can write DVD's in half the time now as all the media I had before was 4X. I also picked up a USB 2.0 hub as I'm all the time needing to plug either my camera or USB memory key in and my USB 2.0 ports are on the back of my PC which is a BITCH to get to. This hub puts it on my desk. 2 of the ports are on top so I can stick stuff straight down into it. This makes me happy.
Did the Guad thing tonight. Seems it was Asian's only as everyone else had things going on or were stuck at home covered in estrogen. (LOL, btw) Ended up picking up some things at Parisian as well as talking at length with Linda in the men's department. I finally said, "Ok, sell me something." Dang, me AND Kyle (tightwad.com) both bought stuff. Oh, Kyle's roommates showed up and chatted a bit. It was good seeing them again. Back to Linda: I commented on her hair: "Um, what's the deal with your hair?" She obviously had to get ready in a hurry and I knew it would spin her up... she went into detail about being tired, her kid, being in a hurry, yadda, yadda, yadda... it was funny. I was happy for a second time today.
Got home and found that the new grips I ordered for my pistols had arrived. I installed them without any problems and they looked great! I was happy for a THIRD time today.
All in all, it was a good Monday. I hate that some other's didn't fare quite as well. Maybe tomorrow will be better.
Got several irons in the fire at work so I was pretty busy most of the day. Unfortunately, a lot of what I had to get done was in the hands of other people so I spent a lot of time trying to corral everyone into getting things done so I could proceed with my stuff. Had a bit of a misunderstanding with one of my co-workers regarding what I do that I hopefully cleared up. We'll see. Had a meeting over in Huntsville today around noon so I gave Bernie a jingle and we met up for lunch at Atlanta Bread Co. just like old times. Stopped in over at CompUSA for the obligatory walk-thru. Glad we did! Yesterday, I bought two 50 disc spindles of DVD-R media at Office Depot for $29 each. (For those of you without DVD burners or who never buy your own media, this is a good deal - normally they are at LEAST $50 a spindle) At CompUSA, they had the same deal BUT with 8X media!!! Yippy skippy. I can write DVD's in half the time now as all the media I had before was 4X. I also picked up a USB 2.0 hub as I'm all the time needing to plug either my camera or USB memory key in and my USB 2.0 ports are on the back of my PC which is a BITCH to get to. This hub puts it on my desk. 2 of the ports are on top so I can stick stuff straight down into it. This makes me happy.
Did the Guad thing tonight. Seems it was Asian's only as everyone else had things going on or were stuck at home covered in estrogen. (LOL, btw) Ended up picking up some things at Parisian as well as talking at length with Linda in the men's department. I finally said, "Ok, sell me something." Dang, me AND Kyle (tightwad.com) both bought stuff. Oh, Kyle's roommates showed up and chatted a bit. It was good seeing them again. Back to Linda: I commented on her hair: "Um, what's the deal with your hair?" She obviously had to get ready in a hurry and I knew it would spin her up... she went into detail about being tired, her kid, being in a hurry, yadda, yadda, yadda... it was funny. I was happy for a second time today.
Got home and found that the new grips I ordered for my pistols had arrived. I installed them without any problems and they looked great! I was happy for a THIRD time today.
All in all, it was a good Monday. I hate that some other's didn't fare quite as well. Maybe tomorrow will be better.
Saturday, September 25, 2004
Whew!
It's been a busy week for me for sure. The first part of the week was spent doing the Riverfest thing, the mid-part was getting my parents packed up and back to the Philippines and the latter part was wrapping things up at the office and going to Big Spring Jam.
Got some more pics from Riverfest thanks to Lesa. She did a really good job snapping some up close photos that some of the lesser digital cameras couldn't capture well. She's got one of the Canon digital SLR's with some nice lenses. Big thanks to her. On the flipside, it's got me thinking about a digital SLR now. Cheet.
After getting all the last minute arrangements done, my folks left Wednesday morning for the long trip across the ocean. I talked with them later and found that the trip went well... no problems whatsoever. Dad did have to get used to traveling with technology though as his laptop and digital camera were scrutinized at every security checkpoint. "That's just part of it" I told him. Very glad they made it home safely. With them gone, I got going getting my place back in order again. Been cleaning, dusting, rearranging, etc. to get things back to the way I like them. Ahhhh... it's nice to have the peace and quiet of being alone in the house again. I highly recommend it.
Work went well this week. No complaints there at all. Friday was good also. After a longer than I expected meeting in the morning, me and Joel headed over to Larry's in Huntsville to do some shooting at the indoor range. I brought along my .45 and my 9mm. Joel brought his .357 magnum. We were both very pleased with our shooting. I was especially happy with my 9mm shooting. I still have to work with my .45 to get more accuracy with it. Either way, I won't have any problems hitting a target in self-defense situation with either weapon since those typically happen at short range. The range master had us try out a sweet .22 rig he had setup with a scope and a bi-pod. It was awesome! At 25 yards, I could put 5 shots into about a 1/4" group. I'm going to have to look into that. It's a lot of fun, cheap (.22 ammo, what else?) and easy on you... no recoil, low noise, etc.
I was tired the rest of the day (had a big lunch you see) but had committed to go to Big Spring Jam with Lesa and Lynn. One nice thing is that we had been provided with tickets for free and also armbands giving us access to the VIP tent where there was food and drink free of charge! Food was excellent... they had no Corona but I made do with some Miller Lite. It wasn't too bad after all.
They were good sports and went with me to check out the band "Breaking Benjamin". I had heard OF them, but I wasn't familiar with their music. Turned out to be a bit heavy, which was okay, but I knew it was a LOT heavier than what Lesa and Lynn were used to. I checked out a couple of songs then we headed on. One thing I LOVED was how the drums sounded through the PA. We have GOT to get some subs. Holy crap it was nice.
Met up with some of our clients who later joined us at the tent I mentioned earlier. Nice folks for sure. Saw some other friends there as well which was nice. Checked out part of the George Clinton set. He came out in... a diaper. I'm sorry, I don't care how successful you think you might be in the music biz, you can't pull off coming out in a diaper.
Headed back to D-town after that. Lesa wanted to head over to the Brick but by this time I was pretty tired and just wanted to get home. Got in around midnight and crashed.
Got some more pics from Riverfest thanks to Lesa. She did a really good job snapping some up close photos that some of the lesser digital cameras couldn't capture well. She's got one of the Canon digital SLR's with some nice lenses. Big thanks to her. On the flipside, it's got me thinking about a digital SLR now. Cheet.
After getting all the last minute arrangements done, my folks left Wednesday morning for the long trip across the ocean. I talked with them later and found that the trip went well... no problems whatsoever. Dad did have to get used to traveling with technology though as his laptop and digital camera were scrutinized at every security checkpoint. "That's just part of it" I told him. Very glad they made it home safely. With them gone, I got going getting my place back in order again. Been cleaning, dusting, rearranging, etc. to get things back to the way I like them. Ahhhh... it's nice to have the peace and quiet of being alone in the house again. I highly recommend it.
Work went well this week. No complaints there at all. Friday was good also. After a longer than I expected meeting in the morning, me and Joel headed over to Larry's in Huntsville to do some shooting at the indoor range. I brought along my .45 and my 9mm. Joel brought his .357 magnum. We were both very pleased with our shooting. I was especially happy with my 9mm shooting. I still have to work with my .45 to get more accuracy with it. Either way, I won't have any problems hitting a target in self-defense situation with either weapon since those typically happen at short range. The range master had us try out a sweet .22 rig he had setup with a scope and a bi-pod. It was awesome! At 25 yards, I could put 5 shots into about a 1/4" group. I'm going to have to look into that. It's a lot of fun, cheap (.22 ammo, what else?) and easy on you... no recoil, low noise, etc.
I was tired the rest of the day (had a big lunch you see) but had committed to go to Big Spring Jam with Lesa and Lynn. One nice thing is that we had been provided with tickets for free and also armbands giving us access to the VIP tent where there was food and drink free of charge! Food was excellent... they had no Corona but I made do with some Miller Lite. It wasn't too bad after all.
They were good sports and went with me to check out the band "Breaking Benjamin". I had heard OF them, but I wasn't familiar with their music. Turned out to be a bit heavy, which was okay, but I knew it was a LOT heavier than what Lesa and Lynn were used to. I checked out a couple of songs then we headed on. One thing I LOVED was how the drums sounded through the PA. We have GOT to get some subs. Holy crap it was nice.
Met up with some of our clients who later joined us at the tent I mentioned earlier. Nice folks for sure. Saw some other friends there as well which was nice. Checked out part of the George Clinton set. He came out in... a diaper. I'm sorry, I don't care how successful you think you might be in the music biz, you can't pull off coming out in a diaper.
Headed back to D-town after that. Lesa wanted to head over to the Brick but by this time I was pretty tired and just wanted to get home. Got in around midnight and crashed.
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Wanna laugh your hindquarters off?
I just ran across THIS link as I was looking for the website of the gun shop I use in Huntsville. Looks like a fellow customer recently made a purchase and subsequently, a bad decision.
Monday, September 20, 2004
Not bad for a Monday
Went to bed tired - woke UP tired. That was a lot of running around and doing stuff yesterday. I'm not complaining, I had a great time for sure. Work was easy today. Had a few things to do but nothing out of the ordinary. Had lunch with the ladies at El Portal, my first time there. Place was very clean and the food was tasty. Going to have to add that place to mys list of eateries.
Before we headed back to the office, we stopped in at the bookstore to check out some magazines and have some coffee. Needed the caffeine to ward off the afternoon nappy feeling.
After work, me and the family headed over to the steakhouse in Moulton for dinner. Ran into some folks I knew there. Dinner was excellent! They did a good job on my NY strip. I didn't need any type of sauce to spice it up. It was delicious on its own.
Back at the house, I unpacked and set my drums up again. That's a lot of work. Set them up slightly different this time - at an angle in the room. Bass response of the drums is MUCH better this way. I guess I was getting some sound cancellation on the kick drum when I had it facing directly at another wall. Gonna have to clean my stuff up... chrome, cymbals, shells... they're all in need of a wiping down. Looks like my drums survived the adventures of the past two weeks and didn't get scratched. Yeah baby! That's what I'm talkin bout! I know I'm anal about my stuff but the time I take to be careful lessens the chances of things getting damaged.
Thanks to everyone that sent me pictures from Riverfest. They're looking good. Unfortunately, most straight shots of me were blocked by SOMEONE'S MUSIC STAND. Note to all involved... the Asian's made it without music as was the plan. Heh. Seriously though, we all need to learn our songs and commit them to memory. As Kevin pointed out before, the stage looks significantly better when it's not littered with music stands everywhere.
Before we headed back to the office, we stopped in at the bookstore to check out some magazines and have some coffee. Needed the caffeine to ward off the afternoon nappy feeling.
After work, me and the family headed over to the steakhouse in Moulton for dinner. Ran into some folks I knew there. Dinner was excellent! They did a good job on my NY strip. I didn't need any type of sauce to spice it up. It was delicious on its own.
Back at the house, I unpacked and set my drums up again. That's a lot of work. Set them up slightly different this time - at an angle in the room. Bass response of the drums is MUCH better this way. I guess I was getting some sound cancellation on the kick drum when I had it facing directly at another wall. Gonna have to clean my stuff up... chrome, cymbals, shells... they're all in need of a wiping down. Looks like my drums survived the adventures of the past two weeks and didn't get scratched. Yeah baby! That's what I'm talkin bout! I know I'm anal about my stuff but the time I take to be careful lessens the chances of things getting damaged.
Thanks to everyone that sent me pictures from Riverfest. They're looking good. Unfortunately, most straight shots of me were blocked by SOMEONE'S MUSIC STAND. Note to all involved... the Asian's made it without music as was the plan. Heh. Seriously though, we all need to learn our songs and commit them to memory. As Kevin pointed out before, the stage looks significantly better when it's not littered with music stands everywhere.
Sunday, September 19, 2004
WTF?!?!?
WTF?!?!?! is EXACTLY what I was thinking when my kick drum beater was no longer striking the drum. A loop of my shoelace got caught around it and there was nothing I could do to get it fixed until the song was over. LUCKILY I was able to slide my foot all the way forward on the pedal to at least let the pedal touch the drumhead... why is this important? Because the kick and the snare are the foundation of the beat... if I mess that up, it can wreck the whole song. Got it taken care of right after the song and tucked my shoelace INTO my shoe. Sheesh.
With that said, a big thanks first to God for the awesome day! It was a bit warm but otherwise it was perfect. A big thanks to the great crowd that showed up from the church as well as friends and co-workers of mine. Another big thanks has to go to Philip Hughes... Philip was probably solely responsible for getting our sound stuff straightened out. He's a friend of the band AND he knows how our songs are supposed to sound. He stayed on the sound guys to be sure they had things where they should be. Thanks man!!!
Both of my fellow bloggers were there (besides the band members... we're all bloggers again), Meri and Dabney. Dabs gets an "A" for effort for driving down from Murfreesboro, TN to come see us. "I got something in my eye..." (inside joke).
Met the guys from the Eric Rhodes band. Nice fellas. Gonna have to check them out when they play. I think they're mainly over in Huntsville.
Man, packing up, setting up, playing, taking down and unloading is hard work. I'm pooped for sure. One thing that was a pleasant surprise is that we weren't relly rushed at any point. We worked quickly of course, but no one was leaning on us to hurry. That was nice. Also it was nice to have a lot of help. Big props again to Philip and Jack. Another big thanks goes to Wendy (Eric's wife). She was like a one-woman roadie. "Do you have everything you need?", "You need me to do anything?", stuff like that. Great job girl!
Oh, Kyle got some video of the whole performance and is putting a DVD together. Please email him any pictures you took of the even so he can use them to spice up the DVD a bit.
After we got done, we met back up over at Kevin's for pizza. Watched Kyle's video (which looked great on Kev's new plasma) and we all pointed out places we made mistakes. You know, even with the mistakes, it sounded pretty good. The best part about it is that I think we all had fun.
With that said, a big thanks first to God for the awesome day! It was a bit warm but otherwise it was perfect. A big thanks to the great crowd that showed up from the church as well as friends and co-workers of mine. Another big thanks has to go to Philip Hughes... Philip was probably solely responsible for getting our sound stuff straightened out. He's a friend of the band AND he knows how our songs are supposed to sound. He stayed on the sound guys to be sure they had things where they should be. Thanks man!!!
Both of my fellow bloggers were there (besides the band members... we're all bloggers again), Meri and Dabney. Dabs gets an "A" for effort for driving down from Murfreesboro, TN to come see us. "I got something in my eye..." (inside joke).
Met the guys from the Eric Rhodes band. Nice fellas. Gonna have to check them out when they play. I think they're mainly over in Huntsville.
Man, packing up, setting up, playing, taking down and unloading is hard work. I'm pooped for sure. One thing that was a pleasant surprise is that we weren't relly rushed at any point. We worked quickly of course, but no one was leaning on us to hurry. That was nice. Also it was nice to have a lot of help. Big props again to Philip and Jack. Another big thanks goes to Wendy (Eric's wife). She was like a one-woman roadie. "Do you have everything you need?", "You need me to do anything?", stuff like that. Great job girl!
Oh, Kyle got some video of the whole performance and is putting a DVD together. Please email him any pictures you took of the even so he can use them to spice up the DVD a bit.
After we got done, we met back up over at Kevin's for pizza. Watched Kyle's video (which looked great on Kev's new plasma) and we all pointed out places we made mistakes. You know, even with the mistakes, it sounded pretty good. The best part about it is that I think we all had fun.
Saturday, September 18, 2004
Gettin my shop on.
Got up early this morning to get some things done around the house. Met up with Kyle at Mickey D's to grab a bit to eat before band practice. Got over to the church to find it a bit humid-feeling inside after all the rain and then the heat of the sun. Cranked up the A/C though and got things back to a J-Mo Friendly(tm) environment. Practice went well. I think tomorrow will go smoothly. This will be a great opportunity to take pictures and videos for our own and the church's website so I hope everyone brings their technology out and pitches in. Speaking of pitching in, might could use some help moving all our crap around tomorrow. Well, I could use help with MY crap for sure since I have the most to deal with.
It was a beautiful day outside! Met up with the family after practice and made a beeline for Huntsville. Dad was wanting to get a digital camera as he has a big need for one in the Philippines with all his travels. Plus, it will help him keep a better journal of things for when he comes back to the USA again in a few years to report on the progress being made in the various ministries over there. After some discussion, he ended up getting a Canon A95, a 5.0 MP camera. It's pretty slick. I picked up 2 256mb memory cards for him to take as well. Back at the homestead, I also gave dad my old Dell laptop and all it's accessories. Also gave him my rechargable batteries and charger for his new camera. I'll just order some new ones for me. Some things are a bit tricky to find in the Philippines so I'm glad to get dad what he needs while he's here. It may seem like I've given away a lot but when I look back at all the stuff dad got for me in the past... he's the one that got me all my computer stuff when I was a kid which got me to where I am today... so believe me, it's NOT a problem.
Spent most of the evening getting the laptop all prepped with still more work to go. Took some time out to eat some Capt. D's with the E-man before coming back home to get more PC work done. E and I talked about maybe going to the shooting range next weekend. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and we can get some target time in.
It was a beautiful day outside! Met up with the family after practice and made a beeline for Huntsville. Dad was wanting to get a digital camera as he has a big need for one in the Philippines with all his travels. Plus, it will help him keep a better journal of things for when he comes back to the USA again in a few years to report on the progress being made in the various ministries over there. After some discussion, he ended up getting a Canon A95, a 5.0 MP camera. It's pretty slick. I picked up 2 256mb memory cards for him to take as well. Back at the homestead, I also gave dad my old Dell laptop and all it's accessories. Also gave him my rechargable batteries and charger for his new camera. I'll just order some new ones for me. Some things are a bit tricky to find in the Philippines so I'm glad to get dad what he needs while he's here. It may seem like I've given away a lot but when I look back at all the stuff dad got for me in the past... he's the one that got me all my computer stuff when I was a kid which got me to where I am today... so believe me, it's NOT a problem.
Spent most of the evening getting the laptop all prepped with still more work to go. Took some time out to eat some Capt. D's with the E-man before coming back home to get more PC work done. E and I talked about maybe going to the shooting range next weekend. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and we can get some target time in.
A nice day out...
It's so ironic that after a massive storm blows through, it's suddenly very nice out. Weird stuff. Thankfully, most everyone I know ended up with none to very minimal damage as a result of Ivan. I thin Eric has a few shingles to replace but that about does it.
Took the day off from work today to get some personal time in. I had originally planned to use this day to get all my stuff ready for Riverfest, but since it got moved a day, I ended up doing other things. I spend most of the day over in Huntsville shopping for digital cameras and CD burners for dad before he leaves next week to go back across the ocean. Had an attractive Best Buy associate help me out. Going to have to look her up whenever I need something there.
Hooked up with the crew at a severly understaffed Jemison's. The food, which is okay, comes in HUGE portions. Ended up only eating a third of my snadwich and taking the rest home in a box. Lesa called wanting me to swing by The Brick so me, Eric and Kyle headed over. Stopped over at my office on the way there to let Eric get a look at our prospective music video location. I think he was really diggin the design of the building.
Met up with Lesa & Co. at The Brick. Her friend Cynthia (okay, Monique as far as everyone was concerned) was several sheets into the wind and was "interacting" with the lead singer of the band that was playing. Lesa was embarrassed. On the one hand, it was incredibly funny, on the other, it reminded me of why you should be able to use alcohol IN MODERATION. Good grief. It was like watching Kyle on half a bottle of Zima. LOL!
Just kidding.
Lesa's lots of fun to hang out with. She mentioned that she was interested in coming to hear us play one day at church. Very cool. That's what it's all about. Glad to see my circle of friends growing too. That's a big plus. The more the merrier!
Got lots going on tomorrow. Must get in the bed.
Took the day off from work today to get some personal time in. I had originally planned to use this day to get all my stuff ready for Riverfest, but since it got moved a day, I ended up doing other things. I spend most of the day over in Huntsville shopping for digital cameras and CD burners for dad before he leaves next week to go back across the ocean. Had an attractive Best Buy associate help me out. Going to have to look her up whenever I need something there.
Hooked up with the crew at a severly understaffed Jemison's. The food, which is okay, comes in HUGE portions. Ended up only eating a third of my snadwich and taking the rest home in a box. Lesa called wanting me to swing by The Brick so me, Eric and Kyle headed over. Stopped over at my office on the way there to let Eric get a look at our prospective music video location. I think he was really diggin the design of the building.
Met up with Lesa & Co. at The Brick. Her friend Cynthia (okay, Monique as far as everyone was concerned) was several sheets into the wind and was "interacting" with the lead singer of the band that was playing. Lesa was embarrassed. On the one hand, it was incredibly funny, on the other, it reminded me of why you should be able to use alcohol IN MODERATION. Good grief. It was like watching Kyle on half a bottle of Zima. LOL!
Just kidding.
Lesa's lots of fun to hang out with. She mentioned that she was interested in coming to hear us play one day at church. Very cool. That's what it's all about. Glad to see my circle of friends growing too. That's a big plus. The more the merrier!
Got lots going on tomorrow. Must get in the bed.
Thursday, September 16, 2004
It's raining alright...
Ivan arrived in my town today - at least a part of it. Plenty of rain AND plenty of wind. It's still howling outside as I type this. Thankfully, we haven't had any problems at my house. Power stayed on, no probs with the satellite dish (take THAT you dish naysayers) and my cable only went out for about 10 minutes at one point. Not too shabby huh?
Left the office a few hours early as things were closing down and I didn't have much else to do. Sen one of my guys that lived in Huntsville home even earlier before things REALLY picked up. Me, Lesa and Michael actually braved the elements to eat lunch at Edo's in Madison today. It was a windy ride but not too bad. After I got home, there wasn't a whole lot going on there either so naturally, it was naptime.
Big thanks to Dave who reminded me that a new season of Survivor started tonight. Watched the whole show and enjoyed it. Looks like a good mix of people so I'll have to stay up to date with it.
On a completely different note, just a reminder to any of my "gun-friendly" buddies that you can again purchase pistols with the high-capacity magazines. Since 1994, the max capacity was limited to 10 rounds. Luckily, a friend of mine got hold of a few pre-ban 15 round magazines and sent them to me. 15 is the actual "normal" capacity of my gun. At any rate, you can also order the magazines themselves if you already have a weapon affected by this. To my anti-gun friends... you tell someone with a gun that breaks into your house that guns are bad and he shouldn't have one... in the meantime, I'll be administering a dose of lead poisoning in the same situation.
Left the office a few hours early as things were closing down and I didn't have much else to do. Sen one of my guys that lived in Huntsville home even earlier before things REALLY picked up. Me, Lesa and Michael actually braved the elements to eat lunch at Edo's in Madison today. It was a windy ride but not too bad. After I got home, there wasn't a whole lot going on there either so naturally, it was naptime.
Big thanks to Dave who reminded me that a new season of Survivor started tonight. Watched the whole show and enjoyed it. Looks like a good mix of people so I'll have to stay up to date with it.
On a completely different note, just a reminder to any of my "gun-friendly" buddies that you can again purchase pistols with the high-capacity magazines. Since 1994, the max capacity was limited to 10 rounds. Luckily, a friend of mine got hold of a few pre-ban 15 round magazines and sent them to me. 15 is the actual "normal" capacity of my gun. At any rate, you can also order the magazines themselves if you already have a weapon affected by this. To my anti-gun friends... you tell someone with a gun that breaks into your house that guns are bad and he shouldn't have one... in the meantime, I'll be administering a dose of lead poisoning in the same situation.
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Wonder if mine still works?
Heh.
Work's been fun this week as I continue to try and wrap up my computer order at work. You would not believe the prices they charge for network racks. They have to be sturdy, but they're nothing complex for sure. Sheesh. Finally got one picked out though and I should be able to place the order for everything tomorrow.
Congrats to the Burns on their upcoming noisemaker! Kevin shared the news with me this morning. After joking around about it (you know me), I did congratulate them. That's pretty cool. Now Kevin will have someone else to blame things on. Hehe!!!
Looks like Riverfest is a bit iffy at the moment due to Ivan. The guy responsible for the bands called me today to because they were thinking of making Riverfest a Saturday/Sundey event instead of a Friday/Saturday thing as it looks like Friday's gonna be washed out. We'll kinda play it by ear but the tentative time we play is 2:30 on Sunday. We'll have to see how it goes.
Speaking of Ivan, I swung by the church tonight to put my drums back in their cases in the even the roof of our church building starts leaking. It leaks a little from time to time, but we're probably going to be in for some SERIOUS rain in the next 48 hours so it was best to be prepared. Kevin followed my lead and picked up his Vox gear. Also arranged to have the mixer and other electronics covered up as well. As a precaution, I brought home my in-ear transmitter. It's a chunk of change if something happens to it but it's small enough to carry easily so I snagged it.
I hope the people down south make it alright tonight. We'll see what the morning brings.
Work's been fun this week as I continue to try and wrap up my computer order at work. You would not believe the prices they charge for network racks. They have to be sturdy, but they're nothing complex for sure. Sheesh. Finally got one picked out though and I should be able to place the order for everything tomorrow.
Congrats to the Burns on their upcoming noisemaker! Kevin shared the news with me this morning. After joking around about it (you know me), I did congratulate them. That's pretty cool. Now Kevin will have someone else to blame things on. Hehe!!!
Looks like Riverfest is a bit iffy at the moment due to Ivan. The guy responsible for the bands called me today to because they were thinking of making Riverfest a Saturday/Sundey event instead of a Friday/Saturday thing as it looks like Friday's gonna be washed out. We'll kinda play it by ear but the tentative time we play is 2:30 on Sunday. We'll have to see how it goes.
Speaking of Ivan, I swung by the church tonight to put my drums back in their cases in the even the roof of our church building starts leaking. It leaks a little from time to time, but we're probably going to be in for some SERIOUS rain in the next 48 hours so it was best to be prepared. Kevin followed my lead and picked up his Vox gear. Also arranged to have the mixer and other electronics covered up as well. As a precaution, I brought home my in-ear transmitter. It's a chunk of change if something happens to it but it's small enough to carry easily so I snagged it.
I hope the people down south make it alright tonight. We'll see what the morning brings.
Monday, September 13, 2004
Hmmm... weather could be a problem...
Well, there's a possibility that hurricane Ivan could cause us some problems at Riverfest although it's still a bit too early to know for sure. Being that the storm's so strong, rain won't be the only problem - wind will be too. As Kevin pointed out tonight at dinner, at least all of us in the band have alternate rigs we can use if we still end up playing with the threat of bad weather. We can all fall back to our regular (but still very nice) equipment instead of our mega-buck setups.
Speaking of nice setups, Kyle snuck in a new Legacy head/cab combo. This is the big gun in their line. 4 - 12" and a 100W tube amp. Kyle's a big Steve Vai fan if you didn't know that already. This is Vai's series of signature pieces. Eric, Kevin and now Kyle have all upped their gear several notches of late.
Guad squad was good tonight. Ran into Ben over there and he joined the party. Had a good time on our usual mall walk. All in all, it was a good day.
Speaking of nice setups, Kyle snuck in a new Legacy head/cab combo. This is the big gun in their line. 4 - 12" and a 100W tube amp. Kyle's a big Steve Vai fan if you didn't know that already. This is Vai's series of signature pieces. Eric, Kevin and now Kyle have all upped their gear several notches of late.
Guad squad was good tonight. Ran into Ben over there and he joined the party. Had a good time on our usual mall walk. All in all, it was a good day.
