Sunday, December 20, 2009

Sorry I've been neglecting this blog. One of my New Year's resolutions is to use facebook less and actually keep some sort of journal....online or paper =0 So let's see where did we leave off....oh yes October is kind of a blur. We started off the month with a whirlwind weekend....a bonfire, doing one day of RealmsCon since the hotel that they were at this year...and last year is rather small and there really wasn't much to do/see, then it was off to Austin to round out the weekend with the final day of ACL (Austin City Limits) where I saw Toadies, Dead Weather (Jack White's new band) and Pearl Jam...yeah it was pretty damn awesome! Only regret is making it there just in time to see Toadies....if I would've gotten there two hours earlier like I was planning I could've seen Clutch TT__TT The following week I was sick...probably something I caught while at the con or ACL. Then it was off to Louisiana to do a bit of gambling and to celebrate my mother's birthday. We had a pretty good time...especially at the casino that I usually do really bad in...I did kinda good but my mom also joked it was because everything aligned for me to hear or see ads for the Toadies show that was happening there on the 30th...which I really wanted to go to that show but I did get to one up it because on the 30th I went to Duane's show "A Lie of the Mind" hang out with him a bit afterwards....stay with Quin. Took Quin and her little sister Brenna to Tulsa for the Halloween show with Toadies, Lions and Descender...sadly due to bad directions and the GPS not being able to locate the fairly new event center...but we did make it in less than a quarter of the way into Lions...which rocked. They even played "Girl from the North Country" :heart: there weren't too many people there during the entire show which was cool in being able to hang out with band members but sucked since it was a killer lineup. November started off pretty cool....really funny actually but I'm sure I'd be in trouble with someone who doesn't read this blog but would find it because I wrote about them...anyways. Did two nights in Austin for Voltaire and Lions....not staying in Austin either night D'OH! Got signed both nights...did both film and digital pictures both nights and when we were saying our goodbyes to Lions we couldn't find Mikey (bass player) so I jokingly told Saffron next time I saw him I'd lick his face...sure enough we see him outside on the way to the car so I give him a hug say goodbye until December and got him...I think he might have thought I was going in for a kiss or to whisper something to him....nope *LICK~!* The rest of November was spent in the darkroom, hanging out with friends and making friends at our favorite bar. December's been pretty laid back. We were going to spend the first weekend up in Austin for Monkey's birthday...well I was going to spend the first night of the weekend up in Helotes (just north of San Antonio) with the Toadies and meet everyone else up in Austin but due to freezing weather the show got moved and when the weather changed down here I ended up getting a bit sick but thankfully for me they moved the show to Sunday (I was better by Friday night...the weather had changed Wednesday), Saffron and the boys partied while I was stuck at home. Sunday went up to Heltoes...well first a Guitar Center in San Antonio to see Toadies do a quick in-store appearance which kinda cool they raffled off a guitar they signed and then some tickets were given away to the show...but the reason they were brought in was to show off this spiffy new Gibson Dusk TIger guitar. Oringally they were told to go out and play riffs so they did....little did the workers/promoter know they would come out and play short riffs from classic rock songs....I mean seriously it's the Toadies...that's one of the things they do! After a few riffs they were told just to play one of their songs and call it done so they did "I Come from the Water." Then it was off to Josabi's for the actual show. I secured a front row position a little more in the center than I usually do but it was a smaller stage...oh did I mention it was outdoors...SO GLAD THEY CHANGED THE DATE! The rest of December has been as much time in photography class/darkroom as possible. We did our final on the 14th and that is always cool....but you really can't beat the mix of pizza, beer and awesome photos. Lately I've been just getting prepaired for Christmas. I've wrapped something like a hundred presents...seriously....which is pretty damn cool except I had to be covered in glitter all this week DX Hope you are keeping warm...weather's been kinda crazy over here the past few days hot as a summer day then rain and freezing cold....ah winter in South Texas...how I love it. List of events I'm looking forward to: ___________________________ New Year's Eve shows with Toadies, Lions, Descender, The Boom Boom Box and Dove Hunter 12/30-31/09 See you on the otherside

Comments (0)