Things were so much simpler then.... found this pic looking thru old posts.
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who knew in just two years we would be married and parents
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we sure didn't
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like my ex wife told me a couple days ago ... having kids young is a good thing.
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oh and I wanted to share my younger son's latest guitar video.
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We saw this band a couple years ago open for Staind, and I was floored (as was my son)
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That's it for now....
:)

Had some extra fundage this weekend and the kids and I went out to a great lunch @ Chili's and then hit a 2:00 showing of Knocked Up. It was hysterical, all three of us loved it. Brought back some memories too, since my ex-wife and I were about the same age (22) as these two back when she got pregnant with our first son (although the circumstances were a little different). They were reading the same baby books, throwing out (nearly forgotten) keywords like epidural, braxton hicks, and my favorite (yikes) bloody show. Ok sorry for that last one, I won't get into what it refers to. :)

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We got there at 4:30 and left at 10:00, Fallout Boy was on their 4th song and neither of us are much into them. I mean yea the flames shooting up from stage and them blasting up from below in unison was kinda cool, but still ..... Plus after standing 5 hours in the pit my son and I decided we needed to head out. (I think secretly he asked to go because he likes Sellout Boy about as much as I do and really was sooooo done with 12 year old girls pushing and sceaming). ---
highlights of the night... part 1 Cobra Starship
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Gabe Saporta (lead vocalist) was amazing ... this kid has great talent, charisma, electricity & gave one of the best performances I have ever witnessed. Both of us love Cobra, it's sad they were reduced to the first opener (which is usually an indication they have much room to grow). More people (heaps of late arrivals) need to see these guys live. they.really.do
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da highlights of the night... part 2 +44
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a bunch of 30something year old guys with serious ties to the late great Blink 182.
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they.were.fracking.incredible. The lead vocalist ( Mark Hoppus) especially. Once again ...great talent, charisma, electricity etc. Plus he found the fountain of youth, at 36 he still looks 22. Imagine that....
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disappointments of the night..
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Paul Wall was ok, not nearly as bad as I thought he would be ... he passed out heaps of t-shirts and even a $30 Grill... "what it do" got kinda old fast tho....
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The Academy is on the other hand... all I can say is anorexia and screaming teenage emo girls. We got pushed around a lot when their set started. Some of those screaming teenage emo girls were hefty. :)
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They were pretty bad... excuciating to watch even
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My son and I are at a loss as to why this band has so many fans
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so anyway...

The AC at work died three weeks ago, today (finally) they installed a new one. Of course the electrical guy has to come and check the wiring now, who knows when that will be, and then after that the Heating/AC people need to come back and turn the new system on. They are shooting for Monday. Today the room reached a temp of 88. I kid you not. Floor fans just don't cut it at that temp. It was 79 when I got in at 8AM and only got worse from there.
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It was mega slow also...
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then the 2nd shift guy (who comes in at 3 normally) called in late and I had to cover his shift till almost 7. You can imagine....
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