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Flower-man
01.28.07 (1:15 am)   [edit]
Well, I've had a cough and a fever for the past two days, and have been asleep for the majority of those 48 hours. I woke up at about 9:45PM tonight, and when Dad saw me he took me into the kitchen and said, "Heh, I got you some get well flowers!!" It was SOOO, so sweet. They're sitting on the counter sticking out of a tea pitcher.

A few hours later, I was looking at them and focused on some pretty purple ones. I took them in Dad's room and asked what kind they were, I really like them. He said he didn't know, and I took on an accusing-him-he-was-gay tone and said, "Well why not!! You're the flower-man. You sure know a heckuva lot more about flowers than I do!" and he got this hysterical defensive look on his face and said, "Well...I've..been....AROUND A LOT LONGER THAN YOU. Yeah."

HEEE! But I digress... here are the flowers.

flowers
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One more post for tonight!
01.20.07 (10:00 pm)   [edit]
I felt the need to mention three more things. First of all, Night at the Museum is my new favorite movie. Seriously, it's just so COOL. I love everything about it - the story, the idea, the atmosphere of it... I've been wondering what it'd be like for a museum to come to life since I was a kid!! Yeah, it sure ain't the best movie ever made, but I just had so much fun watching it. Haven't laughed that much in a long while.

Second of all, I FINALLY saw Shanghai Noon. I remember I'd wanted to see it back when it first came out, but never got around to it, and then I forgot about it, so... I never did. But after seeing Owen Wilson in NATM, I had to see more of him, and he's a cowboy in SN as well, so it was a must. I never liked nor disliked him before now - I just didn't notice him. But the cowboy thing did me in.

So that brings me to the "third of all", which is: I'm now head-over-heels in love with Owen. YESSSSS. "It's manifest destiny! You cahhn't fight it 'n' neither c'n ahh!"

Cowwwwbooooooy, baaaaaaaaby!

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Hypocrites.
01.20.07 (9:41 pm)   [edit]
I'm tired of people telling me how to run my life and what not to do when it's stuff they do themselves. Ya know?? I'm in an annoyed mood at the moment - nothing in particular brought this on, I was just thinkin'. People telling me not to drink when they drink like fish themselves. People who smoke telling me not to smoke. If it's so wrong, what gives YOU the right to do it..? People telling me not to drink coffee when they drink three pots of it a day. People telling me to wait until marriage to have sex, when they sleep around, have cybersex, and have one-night-stands. People acting as if going to college is expected of me, when they never went themselves and/or their own children did not. College isn't for everybody. I'm not saying here that I'm going to start drinking or smoking or having sex before marriage - I have no desire to. I'm allergic to smoke, and I hate the smell of alcohol, so you mustn't worry, there. The sex part...yeah, I know it'll be very difficult but I hope I'll be able to stay strong and do what's right and not give in to temptation. But I guess I won't know how I'll react until I'm in the situation. And the college people...wtf? It's MY life - if I'm going to do something, I'm going to make sure it's something I want to do and is something I'm going to be happy with. I'm not going to college for YOU. I'm not going to let myself be pressured into doing something because it's what relatives want. As of right now, I don't yet have any idea what I want to do in life. Once I figure it out, I'll consider higher education, and if I do consider it, it's going to be for ME, not for THEM.

I'm not saying that any of these people are wrong, it's just... why don't you focus on your own imperfections? If smoking is wrong, quit. You're obviously admitting it's bad by telling me not to do it. If drinking is wrong, don't do it. If having sex is wrong, stop sleeping around. And if you want somebody to go to college, why don't YOU? You go right ahead - I'm not going to stop you, nor am I going to pressure you, but I will support whatever decision you make if it's what you want to do and I know you'll be happy doing it. All I ask is that you stop being a hypocrite and start working on your own flaws, rather than point out the ones I have and what I can do to fix them, or tell me not to do something that you're still doing. Every time this happens I think of Matthew 7:3-5.

......okay, it's been half an hour since I wrote the above - I just ate, so I'm feeling better about life in general, now. LOL. I get moody and overly-annoyed when I'm hungry. But whatever, I'll still post this anyway... just to vent. I apologize if this sounded bitter, I just needed to let it all out. I'm better now :-D
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I have a question.
01.10.07 (12:44 pm)   [edit]

I was just thinkin'...


Why is it that nobody remembers the name of
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apple-banger-horowitz-tic olensic-grander-knotty-sp elltinkle-grandlich-
grumblemeyer-spelterwasse r-kurstlich-himbleeisen-b ahnwagen-gutenabend-
bitte-ein-nurnburger-brat wustle-gernspurten-mitz-w eimache-luber-hundsfut- gumberaber-shonedanker-ka lbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm?

Arthur Figgis
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Blues Brothers at Universal Studios
01.07.07 (3:01 am)   [edit]
All right, now that I've finally gotten a couple of the necessary photos from Darrell, I figured it's about time I write about this. It'll sure enlighten you as to why I'm on such a Blues Brothers/Dan Aykroyd kick at the moment!!!

We went to Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida, in the beginning of December with Darrell, Caroline, and her boyfriend Bob. The first day we went to Universal, just Darrell was with us, and it was a Friday. They've got a few different sets of guys that do the little Blues Brothers concerts there, but OMG. The guys that were there on Friday were absolutely amazing. Seriously, they looked the part, they sang (and played harmonica) VERY well, they acted like the real Blues Brothers, and heck. They even SOUNDED like them, in not just singing but talking normally as well.

We first got to the concert area around... probably 2:00pm. They'd just finished up a concert and were posing for pictures in front of the BluesMobile. So I ran up and took a picture with them; as I came up, "Jake" saw my shirt and said, "That's a nice Lynyrd Skynyrd shirt you've got there. That's some great Southern rock!!". Then after we took the picture, "Elwood" turned to me and touched the brim of his hat while saying, "Have a good day, Ma'am." Okay. I just about passed out right then and there. He sounded EXACTLY like Dan Aykroyd - I couldn't believe it! I just gaped at him for a moment before saying, "Uh...YEAH!! You too, Elwood, thanks!" He sure was cute. Dad later took a picture with them as well (while Elwood and the saxophonist were jamming together), and I got another good one sitting on the BluesMobile.



We caught the next concert at 2:45pm after having gone on The Mummy ride... and they kicked serious butt. I honestly think they were far better than some big-named concerts I've been to. And since it was right before Christmas, they holidayed up the songs and their entire act quite a bit. They played a couple Christmas songs, and while Elwood was singing "Blue Christmas", Jake pulled a trash can out from the corner and started setting up a little fake Christmas tree. As Elwood sang, "...decorations of red on a green Christmas tree...", Jake hung red packs of cigarettes on the tree. He then wrapped toilet paper around it as garland... and topped it off with a crushed beer can. I was CRACKING up. Then, they exchanged Christmas gifts. They both handed each other a small packet... and what was it? Sunglasses. They turned around, took their sunglasses off, put the new ones on, and turned back towards the audience as if saying, "Whaddaya think?" Ha!




They then started my favorite Blues Brothers song, "Soul Man". Except, they'd changed the lyrics for the holidays and it was now "Snow Man". Heh. They danced exactly as Aykroyd and Belushi did in the "Soul Man" video - it was HYSTERICAL! I couldn't believe how good they were.



They also had a black woman who played sort of an Aretha Franklin part - she was really, really good. As she was singing a Christmas song, Jake and Elwood were off to the side putting Santa hats on. Then Elwood came trotting down the stairs and grabbed me by the hand and pulled me up there with him. Jake was sitting on the steps wearing a Santa beard, gesturing for me to take a seat on his knee. I did, and he asked, "Have you been a naughty girl this year?" I said, "YESSSSS!" Meanwhile, Elwood was shoving a Santa hat on my head (which said "Princess" on the front) and throwing fake snow on me. Jake then said something else and Elwood yanked the hat off my head and pitched more snow on my head. I wish I could remember what Jake said... I was too focused on the fact that I was SITTING in Jake's LAP with Elwood standing right behind me... OMG. I dunno how I survived! I suppose I could've feigned passing out so that they would've have to "resuscitate" me... heh... but anyway. Thankfully, Darrell got a great shot of me up there with them.


After they finished up and drove off in the BluesMobile, we headed across the street to the little Irish resturaunt and ate lunch, then came back out just in time for the 4:00pm concert. They were awesome the second time, too!

We caught the Blues Brothers act again on Saturday, but they had a different pair of guys there who weren't nearly as good. I mean, they weren't BAD, but they didn't look so much the part, and just weren't as... enthusiastic and fun. I didn't get any pictures of them... I was too spoiled by the previous guys! Too bad Caroline and Bob couldn't have been there on Friday. Hopefully we'll see those guys again next time. I wish I could find out who they really are - I'd love to compliment them and tell them to KEEP IT UP, you're awesome, man!

~*~

When we got home, I was inspired to make my own little Blues Brothers Christmas tree. Dad got me a mini tree from the dollar store, then I slapped a couple cigarette boxes on it, wrapped it with toilet paper, and stuck a crushed beer can on top. It's a little small, but I like it! I was hoping to put my Blues Brothers sunglasses on it as well, but it looked too crowded. Some time soon, I'll post a bunch of the other Universal pictures on D&D . I've still got to put some from Israel on there... I've got my work cut out for me. I took over 600 in Israel, and I'm only gonna pick about thirty of the best ones to put on the site. It's just a matter of making myself get crackin'! Anyway, here's my little tree.

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