Here We Go...

So I stumbled upon this picture...while using stumble upon

I can actually answer that question

at least starting on Saturday

I do my volunteering for the Tough Mudder event on that day

 

Seriously?

So I'm at a club with my brother last night

I notice that everyone is wearing giant glasses

So I ask my brother, "Rube, why does it feel like I'm back in high school circa 1985?"

he laughs and says," big glasses are in right now."

all the kids are wearing big 80's out giant frame glasses again

seriously?

that's the look?

this?

this?

this?

I don't get it

call me whenever this look comes back

Is Now the Man at Work

the man that's probably next to be fired

so there are 4 of us master control operators here at KEYE

and they're all black

except me

because of my neighborhood growing up and my high school I'm only half black

I'm pretty bad at my job

no, I'm a terrible master control operator

I mess up every week

but I'm well liked

and no matter how bad I am

there's one guy here that's worse

he's the butt of so many jokes here

and no matter how bad I messed up

he would always mess up bigger

I've pulled a no call no show

I refuse to show up on time

I've cost the station $10,000.00 in fines

I miss breaks

I set times wrong overnight and not one commercial ran for a five hour block

he doesn't know my secret

don't kiss ass

don't lie

always say yes when asked to work late or to come in on your day off

be handsome and charasmatic

have razor wit

and have a BMF walk

I'm kidding of course

anyway they finally fired this guy

now that he's gone I'm officially the worst MC operator here

I'm number one

 like Pepsi

if Coke went out of business

fuck Pepsi

Says Skip This One-It's My First Drunk Blog

and it's full of songs that move me

Let's get right into it

this is Elvis' last performance before his death, he's fat, bloated, and tacky but he still sweats more soul and gospel than you breath oxygen:

next, I've just always liked Golden Slumbers/Carry that Weight/The End:

Now my man, Richard Wright explaining his and my favorite Pink Floyd song, Us and Them, God rest your soul Richard Wright:

Speaking of the Floyd, this is the song that I named Domino after

OK I'm ending this drunk session with these guys, Dire Strait yes Dire Straight, Well at least MArk Knophler the lead singer, this is a really beautiful song. If this doesn't move you then, man you're dead brother:

Went to See Gary Clark Jr

I first saw this cat on Clapton's Crossroads Festival 2010

if you've watched him with me then you'd hear my little speech

that speech is somewhere along the lines of "thank God there are still some young brothas out there fighting the good fight."

a man and his guitar

man that just moves me

so I went over to Antones to check him out

I didn't know what time he played or how much or what the opening act was

I just went

so the opening act played

I saw a grown man play the smallest maraca I'd ever seen

here's the proof:

didn't that look a little dirty?

anyway, they do their thing and then leave

since there was some time between acts I went and sat on the stage cause my back was a hurtin

then I noticed that a bunch of people were doing that after me

they were claiming their spot for the headliner

but I just wanted to rest my back

I left to take a piss and left my beer on the stage

I saw an old black man sitting in the hallway

he looked like blues legend, Pinetop Perkins

it was Pinetop

he was sitting all alone

so I thought, hey maybe I'll talk to him

then I noticed he was sitting at his merch table

then I changed my mind thinking, "man, he's gonna want me to buy his shit."

so instead I just nod at him and he pointed me to the restrooms

sorry Pinetop "Buy my Shit" Perkins

anyway, when I got back a couple was standing where I was sitting at

no big deal

I reached for my drink and stood behind the couple

this dude next to me tells me

"Yo dawg, tell them that's your spot."

he was one of those Mexicans that lives a hard life apparently

where everything is a fight

you could see his shirt that reads "If you can't run with the big dogs then stay on the porch"

if it weren't for his freshly ironed button down go out shirt and gold chain over the t-shirt

drinking Bud Light of course

anyway I tell him, "oh I wasn't taking a spot, I was just resting my back."

he says, "nah dawg, fookin tell them you've been here all night and they in yo spot."

I do a nervous laugh and say "really, I don't mind."

he tells me, "that's the difference between you and me dawg, I'd tell them to fookin move."

then he tells his girl, "damn babe we should have brought some weed."

great, now I lost my cred with this guy

then the nice white couple he was talking about now turns to me and says, "excuse me, did we take your spot?"

oh good grief

I say " ya you fookin took my spot."

ha ha ha no I tell them no

you're fine

I don't want any trouble

as a amatter of fact I'm just gonna go buy another beer

when I get back I see the band setting up

it was strange to see that the actual band was setting up

not roadies

Gary Clark Jr brought all his own stuff on stage and tuned his own guitar

That's the couple that "took my fookin spot"

damn, Gary would have been on top of me if I was that close

he seemed like a cool guy

he looked at everybody that called his name while he was tuning and gave them a smile

it was a great show

Here's a little taste

see if you can spot "Third Stone from the Sun"

which is the song I use for my ringtone

I also got a complete blues song he did that I'll post later

Has a Year Long Project

So I have a project I'm gonna work on for a whole year

I saw an advertisement for an event called Tough Mudder

it's a 10 mile course with 19 crazy obstacles

it's for the Wounded Warriors charity

and it looks like fun

it takes place Jan 29th and 30th

but I am in no shape to compete this year

so I'm volunteering and helping out

and getting a look at what I have to train for

I'm gonna train all year and Kate has volunteered to help me hone my swimming skills

which is a tough task since I have none

but I have to get ready for that diving event

which I never have done before in my life

I put together a "dream" team to go into this with me

Me Swagger and Duper

so far they said yes

actually this is how the two calls went that I made:

Duper: "Hey hey Vinnie."
Me: "Duper what kinda physical shape are you in?"

that cracked Duper up since I hadn't talk to him in a while then I call him up and just ask him that

next call

Swagger:" Tuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaa."
Me: "Swagger what are you doing January 2012?"

he cracked up as well

if I had it my way the Madnes would be in too

but he kinda does this stuff in his sleep

we'd probably get disqualified

anyway here's the map of the course and the obsticles

if anyone else wants in just drop me a line

now excuse me I have to go buuy another camera
http://toughmudder.com/events/texas-dallas/texas-course-map/