Back to the Future

So I'm back!

I'm working on the vacation trip blog

but I need to gather all the pics and videos

in the meantime,

I came back to a whole new world over here

well, not really but it's def been different

first off, I got a laptop for X-mas

I know that's a little 2003

but that's a huge deal for me

I've got a keen sling bag to go with it

it's a place for me to store my camera, batteries, lights, and laptop

because, Im going to install an editing program and finally get to work on making the Big V Tv episodes

I need an external hard drive because it's a little over a year's worth of footage

basically I need to get the first season of Big V TV out there so stay tuned for that

also, my first day back at work I arrived to a brand new computer

it's nifty

and it has Adobe Premier Pro

I non-linear edited most of the news content for the first time

this is a huge deal for this station

and I'm glad I'm here to help them with this transition

there was no need for training

they just threw me in

they trust me

it makes me proud to say that

My Morning Jacket - Touch Me I'm Going To Scream, Part 2

Interpol - Evil (High Quality)

More Stories From the Big Xmas Party..

so now that a few days have past I have a few more stories

allow me to finish Kate's story

she was taken home by a friend eventually

she puked in said friend's car on the way home

puked at the house she was taken to

puked in the bed at the house she was taken to

puked the next day when she tried to drink some gatorade

oh and when she fell

she fell in front of the GM of the station

now on to me

I broke a vase not even five minutes of arriving

that one was accidental

the thing is

it was open bar

I drank all night but never acutally finished a drink

I kept leaving them everywhere

I would join a table

drop off my rum and coke

tell them I'll be back

come back with a new rum and coke

they would tell me I still had a full rum and coke that they were guarding

I would take them both in my hand and drink out of them

then something would catch my eye and I'd take off running like a cat that goes from the kitchen to the living room suddenly

leaving my two rum and cokes behind

stopping at the bar to get a fresh rum and coke

it was a very rummy Xmas

then I saw a guy that I am no longer friends with and ruined his night

allow me to explain

-The Frenchie Incident-

So I know a guy from Mexico City

we call him Frenchie

well we went through a spell where we lost touch with each other

then one day out of the blue I get a call from him

he wants to come up to Austin to visit me

when he gets there he's depressed

his dog died, his girl dumped him

so he was using me as medication

to feel better

ok fine, whatever

next time I was in V-town I invited him to SummerSlam

the whole gang was there

well almost

anyway, he showed up to SummerSlam depressed and left early

it was at that time I decided that he was no longer my friend

so he joined the Vincent DeLuna "get the hell out of my life" club

so I see him sitting with his gf at the party

I sit next to him

his gf wants to take a picture of us

I tell her "no pictures"

I go on to tell him that I've gotten all of his calls and all of his texts"

he tells me he figures I'm always busy

I tell him,"no, you and I are no longer friends."

just then his sister comes up to us and wants to snap a picture of us

he covers the camera with his hand and tells her to leave him alone

I get up and leave him

and yes, I understand that I just ruined the guy that gets depressed regularly's Christmas party

I however went on to rule the room

I won a tv

on my way to accept it

I stopped and did a Nature Boy spin

to a nice pop from the crowd

I reached my hand out to the GM

he thought I wanted a handshake

I wanted the mic

he gave it to me

I was about to give a speech

but I saw the ghost of Jessica Janiga

-The Ghost of Jessica Janiga-

so Jessica Janiga is a reporter I know that came up through the ranks of television from the very bottom

she was a nice gal that thought I was just insane

she knew I had lost that little voice in my head that everyone listens to long ago

anyway, at one Christmas party years ago

I was on stage singing karaoke

when I was done I yelled, "let's give it up for the bad guys."

I shot the double bird

on stage

with a spotlight on me

everyone in the crowd was looking back staring with blank expressions

right in the middle of that crowd I see Jessica Janiga shaking her head no

not like no "I don't believe it"

no as in "get off the stage now Vince" no

I did and the rest of the night went off without a hitch

so now I have a live mic

I've drank my weight in Rum

broke up with a friend

broke a vase

and now won a tv

all eyes were on me

I said into the mic" I've just got one thing to say"

I stopped and stared into the crowd

they were all silent and nervous

then I saw the ghost of Jessica Janiga

she was glowing blue

sitting in the middle of the crowd

shaking her head no

that's what I said into the mic

and gave it back to the GM

and walked off

I passed a table that told me they were worried I was gonna do something stupid

so I reached over

grabbed the vase off their table

and threw it against the wall

breaking it into a million pieces

and walked off

that one was on purpose

How About a Nooner?

Sorry, I meant a quickie

So Sat was our company Christmas party

open bar

so many great highlights

I wish I could remember them

there was one image that I'll never forget

so I took Mike the Monster as my guest

KAte the Great took Mer

the drinks were flowing

and I prob talked to Kate all of 3 minutes

we were both busy working the room

but at one point I noticed that she was missing

so I ask Lovely

Lovely tells me Kate's missing and her and Mer were looking for her

so we searched high and low

we even checked the ladie's restroom

and by we I meant Mer, Lovely and myself went into the ladie's restroom

I think I said something to the effect of official "family" business to the woman washing her hands and looking at me in the mirror

we finally found Kate outside

she was puking

the place we were at had two stories

our party was upstairs

apparently, Kate fell down the stairs

I'm not very good at taking care of people

so once I saw Lovely and Mer had it under control I went back inside

there I met a couple of people that I hadn't talked to all night

so I stopped and we were chatting it up on the stairs

it's at this point that I see the sight I'll never forget

clearly Kate had to much to drink

but she was being carried back up the steps by Lovely and Mer

both her arms over their sholders

back into the party rather than into a car to be taken home

this sight caused my current conversation to be put on pause

as we all silently witnessed Kate being led back to the party

once they passed our conversation continued

Projection on the Bridge - Immersive Surfaces - As Above, So Below from Light Harvest Studio - Ryan Uzi on Vimeo.

Trust Me

Since I've been back in my hometown my drinking has calmed down quite a bit

matter of fact, I was sober for a whole two weeks recently

but I did go out last weekend

I went downtown

and like old times I left my truck there, got a ride with someone, and worried about picking my truck up later

I was notorious for doing this

I would just abandon my truck

so Sunday morning my folks wake me up and ask me where my truck is

I explain it's downtown

I get up and they take me downtown

meanwhile, I'm getting a lecture about what happened the last time I left it downtown

-The Last Time I Left My Truck Downtown-

actually, I didn't leave it downtown

I staged it

allow me to explain

The President and Hillbilly Jim

This story invovles President Jimmy Carter and Hillbilly Jim

this Jimmy Carter:


and this Hillbilly Jim:


so, let me start at the Hillbilly part

Jim that is, not Carter

I have been and always will be a huge wrestling fan

well one weekend, Kate the Great, Sharpie and myself took a road trip to go see a wrestling roadshow thing

it turned out to be a total bust but we had fun anyway

Hillbilly Jim was there

we got to talk to him and have our picture taken with him

he absolutely fell in love with Kate

before the picture he said, "come over here little lady and sit right next to me."

and we all took a picture together

sorry I aint got the pic

I'm not sure what happened to it

anyway, this past Saturday I was hanging out at the Morton house

drinking rum with the two MOrton women

Kate the Great and her mom

we were sitting in the backyard

shootin the shit

and somehow we got on the subject of famous people we've met

Kate's mom told a story of how she met President Carter

it was in school

she went with a group of girls

they were lined up tallest to shortest

Kate's mom was at the very end on the right

she goes on to explain that she thought for some reason the president was going to come out of the room she was standing next to, shake all of the girls hands from right to left and then take the group photo

she said instead Carter comes out from the room

shakes her hand and stands there next to her and waits for the picture to be taken

Kate's mom then slips her arm around President Carter's arm and the picture is taken

She goes on to tell me how cool this all is

I mean it's the president of the United States

prob the most important person to take a picture with here in the good ol US of A

when she was finished with her story I waited and then said,

"Your daughter took a pic with Hillbilly Jim."

December...

Happy December world!

it's gonna be one hell of month here for the mighty V and the family

for starters let me tell you how I'm ending the year

I got this little thing with the Sharp Edge in Dallas New Years eve weekend

looks like fun folks

but before that, Christmas week the Family will invade the East coast