So I’m about to find out when I die allegedly. We have a psychic coming on that needs publicity I guess, so this psychic is going to break all rules and tell us when we die. I had reservations about booking this one but I thought everyone could have some fun with it and we most likely will. I’m just worried, what if she is right. Weirder things have happened right? We will see, hopefully if I do find out when I die I will be able to investigate the afterlife a little further.

FB.

War Of The Roses today, Wow! I don’t know what else to say. I don’t know who to believe. My gut tells me to believe him because wouldn’t common sense lead us to believe that he would admit to having a nasty toe, as opposed to losing his marriage over it? I don’t see what he has to lose here. I think she knew what was going on and tried to hide it. Regardless, if it has come down to coming on our show, wich I love WOTR, then it’s probably a sign to call it quits, lol.

After leaving work on Friday night, Tessa and I grabbed some dinner at Oriental House then headed to the Handlebar for the premiere of KELEN HELLER’s video for “Redefine”.  We got there just as RIGHT TO FALL took the stage while I got with DOGFIGHT drummer Skip to arrange to introduce the band.  This was the band’s first show with new vocalist Jason Hohenstein and they belted out the metal classics starting with “Shortest Straw” by METALLICA as well as “Holy Wars…The Punishment Due” by MEGADETH and “Seasons in the Abyss” by SLAYER as well as “Vote With a Bullet” by CORROSION OF CONFORMITY and tunes by SLIPKNOT, MUDVAYNE and others.

During their set, I got with Ashley from the KELEN HELLER Street Team to get briefed on introing the video and draw a name for a $150 gift card for Relentless Tattoo.  She and Michelle from the street team threw out shirts on stage and drew the name for me to announce as I was introing the video.  The video, itself, was a nice slasher story with Efrum offing the other members of the band and their little ladies!

After the band played, Tessa and I hung around for a bit then headed home as we were both exhausted and had family functions lined up all weekend: my cousin Abby’s first birthday party and my cousin Tonya’s belated wedding shower.

Tonya and her husband, Soup (yes, that’s his name!) were registered at Target so we went there to pick them out a gift and get Abby a gift as well while we were there.  While we were out, we hit some other stores since we had just got paid….like Borderlands Comics so I could get my geek on!

After the birthday party, Tessa and had to grab some late lunch because we didn’t give ourselves enough time before the party and threw birthday cake on empty stomachs!  Yikes!

We then grabbed some groceries, dropped them off at home and ran down the road to Harley Davidson of Greenville for the Miss Chrome Drive Contest to support Katie our receptionist only to find out it had been postponed due to the threat of rain so we went home and relaxed for the rest of the day before another day of family fun….

On Sunday, we met up with my Aunt Pat at Cracker Barrel for some Sunday dinner before heading over to my cousin’s wedding shower.  On our way, we stopped and picked up a Rockstar Energy Drink, an item Soup had on the registry but Target was completely out of stock the day before.

Trust me, we got them more than that!  I’m not that much of a tight ass!

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So sad that the new comedy The Change-Up flopped at the box office this weekend because, I gotta say, I thought it was hilarious!  Tessa and I went to go see the sneak preview last Tuesday night on our first anniversary and we both loved it!  The film was unapologetically vulgar which helped me to swallow the obligatory moral of the film.  Not that I have a problem with there being a moral to the story, but it seems Hollywood can’t justify making a comedy for the sake of just making you laugh.  It’s as if they feel the need to teach a lesson to counter any irreverent humor.

The Change-Up  \m/  \m/  \m/  \m

For my birthday last Thursday, Tessa baked me a batch of strawberry shortcake cupcakes that were divine!  I brought them to work to share and the response was tremendous!

When I got home, she had gifts waiting for me: the Fact or Crap board game and the Resistance Twin Pack for PS3!  So, no, I didn’t go out and party for my birthday….I stayed at home and played games!

Friday after I got off of work, Tessa and I hit the mall for tax free weekend!  I picked up a new pair of just standard black Chucks and a couple of tees – as if I need more shirts!

Saturday we rode up to Tessa’s hometown of Spindale, NC to visit her mom and grandfather for the day.

Tessa had to work Sunday so I had plenty of time to play Resistance: Fall of Man all day on PS3!  Life is good!

Can’t sleep, Sox and Yanks, the rubber match for the weekend, hopefully the good guys win. Adam Scott won today, with Tiger’s fired caddy. Doesn’t seem like Tiger can get a break anywhere these days. Not a major coincidence though, Adam Scott has been playing good and was due for awhile, so it was coming anyway. About to start a week of vacation/boredom, so see you soon.

FB.

Today on the Rise Guys Morning Show we were discussing near death experiences.  I was amazed how many people called in to talk about their experiences.  I  touched on what happened to me when I was in the hospital.  I hemoraged and had comlications during surgery.   I woke up and already knew what had happened during my surgery.  I remember seeing Jesus standing in purple light.  I thought it was all the morphine that I was given that made me hallucinate.  But, maybe there was something to this.  I looked up colors and dreams and this what I found: “Purple is indicative of devotion, healing abilities, loving, kindness, and compassion. It is also the color of royalty, high rank,  justice, wealth and dignity.”  Definition of purple in dreams.  So maybe Jesus, or someone in my subconscious spoke to me to tell me what had happened to me, and that I was going to be fine.

Today is mine and Tessa’s first anniversary together as a couple.  Thursday is my 35th birthday.  An eventful week to say the very least!

Sunday, my mom, her boyfriend Mark and Aunt Pat took me and Tessa out for an early birthday dinner….at the Dillard House Restaurant nearly two hours away in Dillard, GA!  The trip alone was an adventure in and of itself!  The restaurant is a family style restaurant where they bring out whole plates and bowls full of each meat and side as well as biscuits, cornbread and dessert!

The meal was great and we hung around and shopped in their country store for a while where I picked up a jar of honey and some of their fantastic peach butter which tasted sooooo good on their homemade buttermilk biscuits!  Man, my stomach’s growlin’….

Tonight, after work, Tessa and I are gonna catch the sneak preview of The Change-Up at Cherrydale 16 and grab some dinner at our favorite sushi joint, Red Bowl where I got us a great deal last Friday at myupstateperks.com!  Should be a good way to celebrate our first anniversary considering it’s a weeknight!  I still don’t have a clue what we’re gonna do on my birthday….

I can’t believe it’s August and I still haven’t been to a Braves game all year. I had opening day tickets, but that was the day I found out I may be a father so I wound up skipping that one.

Here’s my current dilemma. I am bad about missing a game or two or five like I have this year and then trying to make it all up at once. So I’m seriously considering trying to justify spending $125 to go to a luncheon with Bobby Cox and the 1991 Braves!

It’s all in honor of Bobby Cox and what he did for the Braves over the years. The game that Friday night is also gonna have a nice ceremony to honor Bobby and wish him one more fond farewell. Thing is, the $125 luncheon is an opportunity you won’t have at a game attended by 45,000 people. It’s a much better opportunity to shake the World Series-winning hand of Bobby Cox! Or Sid Bream! Or Mark Lemke or Jeff Blauser or Otis Nixon for that matter! It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to go mark out over some old baseball players who would probably enjoy it as much as I’d be enjoying it.

What do you do, though? Do you do the sensible, reasonable thing and just go down for the game, or do you do the outlandish, possibly stupid thing and go to the $125 a plate luncheon? I really need some help. Professional help maybe.

Whatever the answer is, this is how I will spend my summer vacation.