I am enamored with George Harrison.

At the moment, I have become fascinated by old so-called "spaghetti westerns." While visiting with my parents over this past weekend, I noticed that my dad had purchased Sergio Leone's "Man With No Name" trilogy. I vaguely remember being very young and walking in the room as my dad watched Clint Eastwood westerns on TV. So, over the weekend, I ( Read more... )

I should write a book about how to completely fuck up any chance at a somewhat happy existence.

"Life For Dummies," if you will. My book will tell you what NOT to do.

The pool party yesterday was kind of a bust due to bad weather. So, friends, I present to you:


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I've rediscovered the glory and joy of one of my favorite childhood pasttimes: swimming. Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, all I did was swim. All day. It felt great, and I found myself asking myself the same question over and over: why didn't I ever make use of the pool at my parents' house before now? Oh well....not important. I'm having a few people ( Read more... )

I was supposed to get the guitar back today, but instead was told that I'd have to wait until at least Tuesday. This is after receiving a phone call this past Tuesday which consisted of "uhhhhh, you're the guy who wanted us to fix the red Les Paul right? Yeah, we're gonna have to completely start from scratch...what exactly did you want done to it ( Read more... )

I went with the Gibson 57 Classic pickup. I did some extensive research online and it seems to be pretty much what I was looking for. Met Ella at Mom's yesterday, where I was introduced to Van, who I immediately liked...despite him making me nervous by pushing down on the headstock of the Les Paul to demonstrate a point he was making. He has the ( Read more... )

So, for the last year or so, I had gotten on this cheap, off-brand hollowbody guitar kick. The one I currently own, an orange Arbor AJ-137, I have openly sworn is one of my favorite guitars out there, and I've played many, many guitars in my lifetime.

Recently, while playing at home, I decided to get out the Gibson Les Paul Deluxe I've owned for the ( Read more... )

Today was the beginning of what I'm calling my "get back into shape" routine. Sodas......gone. Random dessert type things at work.....no more. I am going to start swimming at my parents' house at least three nights a week, doing assorted typical workout things, and hopefully riding a bike to work every day instead of driving. There is a bike at my ( Read more... )

For whatever reason, I've always held dear the romantic notion of finding "the one" sooner or later in life. You know, the person who supposedly completes you, your soulmate, whatever. It's drilled into our skulls from day number one. Everyone expects you to end up married, comfortable, and happy. How many times have we been asked by our relatives ( Read more... )