This past Sunday, along with six other people, I was chosen to advance to the city-wide finals of a karaoke contest to be held this coming Sunday. The winner gets $1000 cash – no small chump change when you realize you’re getting it for singing usually best done while inebriated. The fact that, to get [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Cash rules everything around me
Published November 24th, 2007 in Life and Religion and Philosophy. 0 CommentsI turned 32 this past Sunday, and I received the best gift someone could receive. No, it wasn’t the weekend trip to the Renaissance Festival with my good friends, although that was a lot of fun. And no, it wasn’t the Mad Dog that Jessica gave me in her successful attempt to get me completely [...]
Today I had to do one of the hardest things a person can and say goodbye to a pet. For the last five months I’ve been taking care of a cat that belongs to my ex’s brother while he teaches in China. Killdozer Rutherford Kickass Jones the Third (and no, there was no first or [...]
So I know I did promise at some point to update once a week by Thursday, and I kinda missed that deadline by a few days. My bad! I do have a good excuse though. It’s been a pretty wild week – the trip to Austin for the MeetIn convention, drinking so much vodka that [...]