Darn Tootin'

oh man, i made one the best pruchases of life just recently.

the other day i was at a record store with my friend, Meredith. for some reason, it hit me that i wanted to look at the conutry and western music section. while Meredith browsed through the Dolly Parton albums, i happened upon Kenny Rogers, 20 Greatest Hits. i knew that i had to buy this CD. i mean, look at it for crying out loud.


i really only knew two songs on the disc, Lady and The Gambler. but i was excited to hear the rest. and boy howdy, i have not been disappointed. since buying that CD, i have found a new favorite song every morning when i drive to work. Friday it was Ruby Don’t take your Love to Town. Damnit that song is good. Saturday it was Coward of the County. Man alive, i couldn’t help but hear Tommy’s story over and over again. Today it was Love or Something like It. Wow. i just put my CD player in my car on repete and sang along as i slowly waited through the traffic of the 101.

and then just yesterday, i pulled into a gas station to fill up and there were all these lowriders and pimped out rides blasting these loud bass beats that obscured the lrics of the song. my windows were down and they all stopped and stared as this nerdy white boy cruises by singing along to his new favorite CD. “you got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them, know when to walk away, and know when to run...”
i could hardly contain my laughter. how completely bizarre that moment in time was. a hipster dumbshit listening to the Gambler while amidst mint green lowriders bouncing up and down.

that CD is sooo good. all of these songs are flippin’ rad! i use to turn my head or cover my ears when country would be in earshot, but over the past year, i have found a new love for it.

keep your rap, your hip hop, your dance music, your poppy repetetive bass beats, your new alternetive college underground. give me a slide guitar and a song about a man pharalized in a hospital bed while his girl puts on make-up to go out on the town anyday.
“if i could move, i’d get my gun and put her in the ground...”

Darn Tootin’!

ketchup

holy smokes, what a great month this has been so far. i've been too busy having way too much fun.

first off, i went and saw a Roller Derby presented by LA Derby Dolls.


it was great! a lot of fun. sexy ladies at high speeds knocking each other down. i really didn’t understand the rules and they are still a little foggy, but still a lot of fun. all the girls have these great names like, Stabitha, Suzy Snake-Eyes, Anita Kill, Thora Zeen, Mollytov Cocktails, etc.

as we watched the chaos, my friend Blaine and i made up new names for future girls that join the league. names like: Jill Killya, Electric Cher, Helena HandBasket, Phyllis Killer, Holly Kost, Cross Ida, Death Roanne, Dr. Beverly Crusher (nerd alert)- you get the idea.

it was really awesome and i thank Barbara, Vera and Blaine for taking me.

but if that wasn’t awesome enough...then i attended Lucha Va Voom!


oh man, oh man! what a super superb show. one of my favorite things in the world is masked wrestlers or Luchadores. those high flying daredevils are awesome. and mix that with sultry vixens- yikes stripes, beachnut gum! Spinning eyeballs abound.

it was thrilling, funny, exciting, sexy, and had me jumping up and down with funderment (which is a new word meaning super swell monster sized fun times). thanks to Barbara for getting me a ticket to the event for my birthday.

oh yeah! did i mention it was also my birthday just recently?
yep, sunday the 13th was my 28th birthday. i guess i’m getting pretty old, but who cares, i feel great. and guess what? i got me my astronuat space pen.

but i didn’t get to rest for very long, cause then just 4 short days later, me and the boys from The Pretty Okay Ho-hum Spectacular on Ice! did a big time sketch show at The Comedy Central Stage.


it was a great show. the audience was filled with friends, family, fans, big wigs, and even Steve Guttenburg. i had a lot of fun and we and the boys made those people laugh. now that always makes me feel good. if you’d like see more pictures from the show click here.

big special thanks to Meredith Jenks for taking all those great photos.
and big thanks to everyone who made that show possible; Allison, Davey, Michael, Eric, Anthony, Lesley, James, Meg-hand, ZzalgernOn, Meredith, Maria, Andy, Paul, Neil, Ann, all the guys from Fireball Deluxe, all the people from The Comedy Central Stage, Everyone who came to the show and of course DeMorge, Pat, Danforth, and Josh- my comedy siblings.

but it’s not over yet, gang…the friday after that Danforth France and i found ourselves playing The Poubelle Twins.

we were at Bricktops. i was Bibi and Danforth was Fifi. thanks to the twins for asking us to do that for them- it was really a lot of fun to do.

at one point, Danforth and i were standing towards the back of the crowed club in our matching outfits, he turned to me and summed it all up with one phrase, “I love this town.”
if anything, these last few weeks have proved to me that yes, indeed- i love this town.

ALL these events and people who i have talked about are fantastic and well worth checking out and hopefully becoming friends with.

i love this town.