Last Thursday I headed out for a five day vacation that would include two concerts, three movies and many drinks. The best thing about taking a vacation is the build up to that day. Nothing in the world can shake you when you are about to go on vacation. Buildings can blow up, computers can stop working, people can shit on your whole being. Because all you are thinking is, tomorrow I will be on vacation and none of this shit will matter. I love it! It is better then sex, ok maybe not, but damn close.

On Thursday we saw Harry Connick Jr. It was my third time and not the best. The weather was crap, the temp was hovering around 40 degrees and gloomy. Harry played mostly new stuff and only came out for a very short encore. Dont get me wrong, it was still a great concert, just saying I have been more impressed by him.

To quote a girl at Salon I visited on Saturday, Harry Connick Jr. sings? The youths of today, clueless.

Saw three movies over the course of my little break from life. The first, Ocean 13 was pure summer fun. This is the third Ocean movie and I am sure it is not the last. Everyone one is dead on handsome in this movie and the script, while lacking some key action, was spot on funny! Paris, je t’ aime, I saw the same day as Ocean and if you have not heard of this movie click on the link and read about it. The movie is 18 short 5 minute love stories by different directors and actors from all over the world. It is just fantastic! I could go on and on about this movie, easily one of the best I have seen this year. It is still in limited release, but if you live in a good size city you should be able to find it. The third and final movie, La Vie en rose, I saw at the Breckenridge film festival. While it was a bit long, it was one of the better bio pics I have seen in recent memory. Not sure you need to rush out and see this in the theater, that is unless you are a huge Edith Piaf fan. Which means you are over 60, hi grandpa! Catch it on video, Marion Cotillard’s performance is amazing!

On Sunday night we saw the Police, no the band. I have seen Sting a number of times and his concert performances all stick out as some of the best I have ever seen. His talent is unmatched and with the reunion of his old band it is a incredible musical force. I had some doubt whether a band that has been apart for so many years could be as good as they once had been. But let me tell you I quickly put that doubt away when they rocked it non-stop for an hour and thirty minutes with three encores! The police have been a constant music favorite of mine, pretty much my whole life. Seeing them live was a surreal experience that I will never forget. Easily one of the top five concerts I have seen. If you have the chance this summer to see them, do it.

Friends, Family, Movies, Concerts, Drinks make one hell of a good vacation. Thanks to everyone that I stayed with, spent some time with and spent some money on. Lets do it again soon!

One final thought on concerts. Why do people leave early? The Police are close to the last set, right in the middle of Roxanne and people are taking off. What the hell is that about??

Pictures from the Trip

On July 1st 2006 Colorado will join the other smoke free states in the Union. Well almost smoke free, the casinos and a few other rouge, well-funded establishments will still be able to kill us.

Now before you put on your party hats and pull out that Mink you have wanted to wear to the bar. It seems some bar owners have filed a law suit against the almighty state government. They claim the law is unconstitutional? They seem to think it is unfair having the government telling them what they can and cannot do in their private business. To this I say, their right! As a former smoker, you remember I smelled like shit all the time, I am all for helping the common man kick the habit. It has always struck me as odd, that the state can create a law making it illegal to do something that is already legal. It is especially concerning that while the act of burning one is legal, you as a citizen could be told where and when you can do it?

I think it comes down to this, no drinking on the streets, no gun waving in airports, no nakedness in church and no smoking in a bars/restaurants. This is the law, the people have spoken, or at least some legislators have voted. The end game is this, you will have to stand outside with all the other smokers, you know the ones hitting the crack pipe and burning a fatty.

It Aint right, god blast it…

 

Look how far we have come.

AAHS: We dont teach about fags here, it aint proper.

Good to know our high school’s are on top of the whole homosexual topic.

Broke High

Last year it was defeated in the House and this year it looked like it was going to be beaten in the Senate, but it past. Colorado joins 13 other states to pass an indoor smoking ban! This is the best St. Patty’s day’s gift a boy like me could get!

Smoking, outside!

This a blog I wrote a month ago and never posted. Now here for your reading pleasure.

Sitting here, in the Phoenix Airport waiting for my flight, I thought I might jot down a couple of “end of the year” thoughts. I have spent these last few days here in the sun surrounded by friends and family. Which I have greatly enjoyed!

This year has brought nothing but good fortune my way. In the last year I have achieved a great many things. Like most people, I set some bold goals, none of which I came close to achieving. Ok, maybe one, I did come out of debt, got that monkey off my back. It was not as hard as I thought it would be; contract killing is a good racket. The second was to marry my Life mate, not so easy. Damn Christians defined marriage, no goats!

In all seriousness, it comes down to this. We as the American people re-elected yet another moron, or the same I guess, for another four years. Which in my mind was our only choice looking back on the election? I mean come on, what the fuck was the DNC thinking, Kerry and Edwards they could have run the 84’ ticket and done better. What I have taken from this whole mess? Fuck the two party system, and as much as I would like to say good ridens to my DNC friends, I guess I am stuck with them, for now.

What else happened in politics? It is easy to sum up like this, same thing happened last year; the players are just a bit diffent. It goes a little something like this:

Domestic:

The Republicans and Democrats fought with each other and in the end came to compromise on so much shit, that the country is no better than the year before. There is of course the small victory, right at the end, no more Patriot Act. I am not holding my breath on this one, there has to be a reason, other than the Republicans inability to get their own shit together. Patriot Act the “Third Reich” is coming, just you wait.

Oh! Old people in America, say good buy to your prescription drugs. I am glad I will never reach the age of 50. You don’t know this yet but, in the near future robots are going to take over and put an end to us humans, therefore I will never have to worry about health care or drugs, well prescriptions.

International:

Everyone hates everyone else, or at least if they don’t hate them, they dislike them softly or at best they want what you have, be it land, oil, money, wigs, crackers, whatever else you can think of, how much for your women!

As you can see, nothing has changed. Well other than the definition of Democracy, which we will leave for another time.

Space:

I was hoping to be the first white middle class gentlemen to go to space last year. I had saved up my 2 million, called my friend in the USSR, I mean Russia. But no luck, at the last minute there was some hang up with a contract with pizza hut. I hope 2006 will be different. To the moon!

COS:

No blacks, no gays, lots of Christians. I am still here, I love it I just wish the Christians would go back to Kansas and leave Colorado the fuck alone.

2006

As for 2006 for me, I want to achieve two things, maybe more but we will see. First, I want to feel good about this, no not that, this, you know, I want whatever one else wants, peace. But beyond that, I know it’s a pipe dream, I really want it to work. I think it might be asking too much for some kind of real break through. I just read that last sentence and I am thinking, one it makes no sense and two it makes perfect sense. I just want us, you and I and everyone to graduate from the Third Grade to the Fourth. Stop hitting each other on the playground, no more sand throwing and no more telling the teacher. I will leave room for the occasional wet pants, will see. In 2006 let’s try to be a little less petty, and a little more grown up, forth grade up that is.

Chin up everyone, no bending over this year. I look forward to seeing you all, whether it is in the Christian capital of the world or in some far away land. The best of luck to all in this New Year!

This last Monday we celebrated our nation’s independence. I spent the day recovering from a hard night of speed reading. This intense activity can be murder on your liver.

On this day in the past we would get up early and ride the cog train to the top of Pikes Peak. When speaking with Chris last week, we both agreed we really enjoyed it and missed going up. In the last couple of years, we all ended up doing what everyone else does on the forth, drank till we fell over. Because lets face it, nothing in this world says freedom and independence like getting drunk!

Today I received a link to an article in the New York Times from Dr. Heiser. As I read the article, I realized they had done it again. The NY Times had taken another crack at Colorado Springs. This time it said not only were we some small little sleepy berg, but that our night life sucked. Now, for the sleepy little town crack, come on there are over 74 religious organizations based out of Colorado Springs. How can that much GOD centralized in one place be classified as sleepy? Sounds pretty happen to me? As for the “no night life”, FUCK THE NEW YORK TIMES!

As of right now, I am sending out a challenge to any and all NY TIMES staff. Come to the COS and I will show you the time of your life! Sleepy town, you ass clowns, man I am pissed!

Ohno, Heiser and I are going to kick your ass.. RUN!

I have known Matt Kahle for over ten years now. We were chums in high school and I would like to think he taught me everything I needed to know about skating the system.
He is a couple of years older than me which made him a bit of a mentor when I was a young up start. I will never forget the time he browed numerous items off the principles desk while we interviewed him for the video year book. I think he did a week suspension when they finally caught him. It seems like so long ago now we where out in the back of the school smoking and trying to figure out how to ditch the rest of the day.

So this once trouble youth, wink, has made something of himself. I have always known he is one of the smartest people in the world. It has just taken everyone else awhile to catch on. But don’t take my word for it, look what the gazette had to say about him.

Math Superstar!

 

If you have been checking the site, you might have noticed, I am not posting. This has been due to a couple of pressing things. Here are my reasons, no I don’t care if they are lame.

First, I had not been feeling myself last week. Second, I was trying to give my full attention to the RNC convention. Third, I have been looking for a mate to help propagate the species. This last one is turning out to be hard and very time consuming.

So, that is why I have not been blogging away this last week. I promise to give you more to read in the coming week.

Hope everyone enjoyed that last weekend of summer. It is all down hill from here, was that a snow flake?

Well it looks as though the black taxi you fell in love with in London, is coming across the ocean. Yep I am swimming over there and picking a couple up. Going to throw the little black cab on my back and swim. If I make it home I think I will set up a company called.

Those cute little black taxis from London that I had on my back for six months and cost me $50,000 large a piece.

Do you think it is catchy? Too Lonnnggg?

Taxi