i'm gonna sing all over your face...

Hey

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:54:01 GMT

Remember me? I haven't posted in forever. Is anybody out there? Someone cheer me up.

THANKS

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:57:35 GMT

I haven't posted in a very long time. But I felt the events of today are worth reading about.

First off, earlier today, my glasses broke -- again. So with no other functioning pair of glasses to wear, I resorted to contacts, which I haven't worn in a few years. They had an expiration date of 09/2004 on them. Oh well, I'll give it a shot.

It worked for the most part, till my eyes started itching badly. So while at Wal Mart with my friend Erik, i bought some saline solution and Clear Eyes. Sometime after administering the Clear Eyes and venturing to Best Buy Erik brought to my attention that I had some kind of red streaks on my face below my eyes. Apparently I had either a reaction to the Clear Eyes or to the contacts themselves. Well these have gradually disappeared upon taking my contacts out after arriving home.

So Erik, out of the goodness of his heart, attempts to fix my glasses, involving superglue, which I got stuck to my fingers. So I google how to get superglue off and find that cooking oil and lots of patience is the solution. While soaking my fingers in canola oil it occurs to me that this method of removal is frustrating me in its futility. My dad suggests gasoline.

So I wind up in the garage, pouring gasoline on my fingers, and when I turn around to come back in the house, I step/slip in a lovely, glistening pile of dogshit my canine has left there for me. Both shoes covered.

Mind you the glue is STILL on my fingers, and my vision is blurry due to no available form of corrective lens. Erik is in hysterics.

This brings us to the present. How has YOUR day been?

Shirley's is closed

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:32:03 GMT

So that's it. A little before 3 a.m. this morning I left Shirley's for the last time as a performer.

It was a good run. Many times were had, a few bad, but mostly good I'd say.

I'm relieved in a way, inasmuch as I can move on to new and hopefully better things (particularly where financial prosperity is concerned), but I know I'm going to miss that place. It's going to be very strange not going there anymore.

I'd like to apologize for having not posted in LJ in what seems like centuries. I suppose I'm of the mindset that I usually don't have anything important to say. But I felt compelled to post this morning and say that I'd just like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for being so supportive of me these past 2+years. You've truly made me feel that I'm doing something worthwhile.

God bless you all. I love you.

Ok here's mine

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:08:02 GMT

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hey

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:26:24 GMT

Hey I never post anymore so I thought I'd just say hi. Say hi back if you want, because I would love to hear from you.

Come and play with us

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:38:14 GMT

Hey kids! Please come out to Miss Shirley's tonight for Open Mic Night. And all you singin' boys and girls bring yer guitars witcha!!

I hired on as a repair man. Whether I'm qualified or not is in question.

Wed, 24 May 2006 02:30:23 GMT

The last few days have been nothing short of hectic, and most of you know about the events already. After all the negative drama that went down at the benefit, these people at the venue had the sick audacity to try and extort money from the very girl the benefit was for!!!! Basically, somebody lied, tried to keep money and then blame it on others. Not cool. And when I took it into my own hands to remedy the situation, I was also threatened with the police. Also not cool. And today I found out they were holding a piece of my equipment accidentally left there hostage until I payed them the money I did not owe them. Again, not cool. But they lost their battle. My equipment is now in my possession and they got paid nothing. Justice reigns. You have not won.

I hope nobody is too angry with me for the way I chose to handle things while at the benefit. I saw something happening that I (and according to comments of many others) felt was wrong and that needed to be rectified immediately. Perhaps I could have handled it better, and I apologize to ANYONE that was made to feel uncomfortable due to my actions, including those I was targeting. Sincerely.

Also, I would like to make a personal apology to Jaki. I'm sorry things went so awry. This was your night. And I'm even more sorry that you've been hassled by these heathens. But I have the feeling you won't be bothered anymore. : )

Whoever may be mad at me now, for whatever reason, I just hope you don't hate me, because I still love you all.

Peace, and I mean that.

THERE IS OPEN MIC NIGHT AT MISS SHIRLEY'S AND WE NEED MUSICIANS TO PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:54:13 GMT

THERE IS OPEN MIC NIGHT AT MISS SHIRLEY'S AND WE NEED MUSICIANS TO PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!

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THERE IS OPEN MIC NIGHT AT MISS SHIRLEY'S AND WE NEED MUSICIANS TO PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!

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THERE IS OPEN MIC NIGHT AT MISS SHIRLEY'S AND WE NEED MUSICIANS TO PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!

THERE IS OPEN MIC NIGHT AT MISS SHIRLEY'S AND WE NEED MUSICIANS TO PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!

THERE IS OPEN MIC NIGHT AT MISS SHIRLEY'S AND WE NEED MUSICIANS TO PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!

THERE IS OPEN MIC NIGHT AT MISS SHIRLEY'S AND WE NEED MUSICIANS TO PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!

THERE IS OPEN MIC NIGHT AT MISS SHIRLEY'S AND WE NEED MUSICIANS TO PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!

THERE IS OPEN MIC NIGHT AT MISS SHIRLEY'S AND WE NEED MUSICIANS TO PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!

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THERE IS OPEN MIC NIGHT AT MISS SHIRLEY'S AND WE NEED MUSICIANS TO PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!

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THERE IS OPEN MIC NIGHT AT MISS SHIRLEY'S AND WE NEED MUSICIANS TO PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Please! Oh how I beg you...

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:43:52 GMT

Please come out to Miss Shirley's in Baytown for open mic night. Yes. Wednesday's is open mic night and all you musicians can get up and play. It starts at 8 and goes all the way until 2. So please indeed drop by. Thank you.

Phew

Sun, 22 Jan 2006 05:20:40 GMT

I thought my computer had crapped out but I just spent a long time repairing it and it seems to be gravy now. System Restore kicks balls!

It's growin' sand

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:06:23 GMT

Sand grows.

You ever seen a man's brains?

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:00:32 GMT

Aw I seen em I've picked em up, scooped em up, do em real, do em up like brains -- you buying brains?

ATTN ALL MUSICIANS

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:56:50 GMT

Tonight is open mic night at Miss Shirley's in Baytown. It starts at 8 p.m. and I want to see my musician friends there -- there are too many of you that play not to be coming out. Bring your asses.

Turns out...

Thu, 22 Sep 2005 04:06:03 GMT

...that I'm not going to my grandparents' after all. We will be departing at 4 this morning for Liberty, to stay with my dad's boss's family, which I am very relieved about. It will be MUCH more accommodating food-wise, sleep-wise, and entertainment-wise. And I'm really close to my dad's boss's wife, Arlene, who is like a second mother to me. Plus tomorrow, while the weather is still ok, I will be able to access their swimming pool. And their hot tub. So regarding all that, I feel better.

I talked to Kurt on the phone earlier. He closed with "Best wishes........................ fresh fishes". It amused me. He is going to Austin. A lot of people I know are going to Austin. Should be party. (Is party an adjective? It is now.)

It's been a really shitty and emotional day. But I'm feeling a little better now and that's bonus. I'm gonna try to get a tad of sleep now. Take care all. I love you.

P.S. I just had a random memory of me listening to Neil Diamond - 12 Greatest Hits Vol. II on cassette on my family's 1 deck tape player with the blue level meters, circa 1984. Just thought everyone needed to know that. : )

Do you ever get the feeling...

Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:24:52 GMT

So I was just lucky to get to the Medicine Shoppe and get medicine - it turned out they were already closed (early), but someone forgot to lock the door and I walked in with like 5 other customers following me. So that's a good thing. I've been trying to pack stuff for hours. I keep stopping because I keep feeling way overwhelmed and lost and it's mixing me all up. I was already feeling a general sense of malaise when my brother said to me on the phone, "Make sure you gather up all those pictures of Mom." And I broke the fuck down. I don't know... sometimes it just hits harder than others that she's gone and not coming back.

I wish all of my friends and loved ones the absolute best and pray that everyone is safe and sound. I'm going to be lodging at my grandparents' house, bored outta my mind. Don't be surprised if several of you get phone calls from me during all this. I got nothing but absolute love in my heart. Please be careful, everyone of you.

I wanna go take a shower now.

Damn yeah.

Sat, 20 Aug 2005 19:40:46 GMT

Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah. Damn yeah.

Tue, 09 Aug 2005 07:44:31 GMT

I can't even think of a good subject line. I went and saw Jeremy and Brandon play (and some other people) tonight at Shirley's. I drank 3 or 4 beers. I ate gumbo my Uncle Bullet made. I played pool with Brandon; I lost because the 8 ball went in the wrong pocket. It's been a weird day. I was lying around mostly, recooperating from my rock and roll lifestyle. I got nothing else to say.

I am playing Shirley's tonight

Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:35:23 GMT

I start at 9. Please come and see me there. Thank you.

Not much

Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:10:14 GMT

I played Shirley's tonight. A lot of people were there but not enough money was made. I hope I get famous soon.

Yo B. Baker, you around?

Alright.

That's showbiz, son.

Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:30:36 GMT

Hey! Does anyone remember me? I haven't been here in fo-eva. Anyhow, I been busy playing shows and what not. Played Miss Shirley's tonight. That was GP. Lots of Crackheads there. I sang East Bound And Down per Leroy's request for a song about trucks. Poo Poo Pimp also made an appearance with the ever-damp-draws classic, "Tossin' Salad". He is a force to be reckoned with, if you've never seen or heard of him. 350 pounds of pure grease and lechery. He ought to be behind bars, but then of course he'd still be prone to the practice.

Well... bedtime for me. Got a Dreambreakers interview with the Houston Chronicle tomorrow at 2.

Note to self: Pass the Old El Paso.

live journal

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 21:16:48 GMT

I figured I'd post something since it's been so long. Now that I'm here I don't have much to say. Been busy playing music as always. Getting money and stuff. Awright Snoop, that's a pretty good profession. I can't seem to wake up today. It's sunny and hot outside. I like summer. I should eat something. Maybe I'll go shopping and buy sandwich material. Yeah, I need to get outta this house. I got Shirley's tonight. Leroy will be there. Whoever else can come should go too. Sorry you're sick Brandon -- that sucks. Guess I'll go shower now.

this sucks

Mon, 23 May 2005 21:50:07 GMT

I didn't sleep well. I was having nightsweats. Again. Bad. Finally got up at 1:15 p.m. Trying to organize what to do. I know I've got a bunch of clothes to fold. So I shower first, leaving my bedroom door and bathroom door open to hear a very loudly played The Zombies - Odessey And Oracle CD. When that ends, I still haven't started folding clothes. I decide that as I fold these clothes, I want to listen to my homemade Genesis box set (1970-1974), which is 4 discs of my favorite music on the planet. So I go to my car, where I think these CDs are located. I can only find disc 1 and 3. So I pretty much clean out all the trash in my car. Still can't find them. I'm very very sad and upset about this. Still haven't started folding clothes. I walk back in this room and I'm overwhelmed by how trashed it is. I haven't lifted a finger to rectify this in the last 10 months or so. And my two Genesis discs are gone. And I still have to fold clothes. And I've been out of medicine for 2 days. And on top of all this I'm dwelling on mistakes I've made in the past, and how those mistakes have affected people that I love dearly. And dwelling on how I've got people depending on me to do stuff, like The Dreambreakers, audio restoration customers, my family, etc. You know, all this stuff on this seemingly endless to do list which I have no strength to do right now.

So I don't feel good. At all. I'm anxious and tired and depressed and obsessive and there is no one to talk to. So I figured I'd collapse in this chair and just start writing. Not to be self-pitying, but just for the sake of getting it out of my system.

And now all I wanna do is go to sleep. My eyes are shutting on me.

Don't worry, I'll be better later.

Beach

Sat, 21 May 2005 21:08:24 GMT

I'm leaving for the beach in an hour or so. I like it there. Many major events of my life took place there. When I was a senior in high school, my prom date stood me up. So I didn't go to prom. I went to the beach. And while everyone else was at prom, I was on the beach with my guitar, playing and singing to the waves, the wind blowing it's ass off, night sky, and I swear, NO ONE else was there. Not one single person. But the beach itself, and the sky and wind and the whole atmosphere -- well... it felt like a million kind souls were hugging me. It was an experience I will never ever forget. So when I think of the beach I first think of that. I've always had a good time there. Except that time I got in that wreck and cracked the windshield of the truck with my head. That sucked. But at least it makes a good story, eh?

Come sleep on the beach
Keep within my reach
I just wanna die with you near
I feel so high when you're here
I'm wet and I'm cold
But thank God I ain't old!!!!

I think some Omega 3 is in my immediate future

Fri, 20 May 2005 21:39:22 GMT

Went to the Horny Toad last night. Hung out with Eric S. Played and sang tunes in harmony after hours -- good stuff. That, my friends, is what life is all about. And I'll be doing it again tonight at Miss Shirley's from 9 to 2, and getting paid for it. I am a lucky and grateful man. : )

So yeah, you should all come see me there. : ) I'm off now to cleanse my body with soap, shampoo and water. Then I will be going to Sake for some sushi. Looks pretty outside too. That, my friends, is ALSO what life is all about. : )

Hey!

Thu, 19 May 2005 19:43:35 GMT

"Look outside. I know you'll recognize it's summertime."