Vegas to Santa Barbara to L.A.

We've made it to L.A.! I've got a few minutes before we run out to the show, so I'm taking the first chance I've had all weekend to post a little something. Vegas was amazing of course, love that city! I doubled up my investment on both the roulette table and the slots, the show was incredible, and we partied hard Vegas style. Road tripped to the beach the next morning and our motel was a block from the Pacific. Those two days in Santa Barbara went fast, lots of partying, lots of Halloween madness, and two more great shows. We ended up being a group of about 18 people in SB, and this morning 9 of us continued on to L.A. I rode with three others in a Mustang convertible under the California sun - love it. I have second row seat tonight, so it should be a fantastic way to end out this year of Dave Matthews madness. Lots of pictures to come, for now, just a taste.

Leaving For Las Vegas

As usual, down to the wire, I'm not packed, I'm freaking out, going to miss my flight, have to get a post in before I go.

I'm off to Las Vegas tonight where tomorrow night at the MGM Grand Arena, there will be a Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds show to attend. The next morning, we're piling into a rental van and driving across the desert to the California coast where for two nights in a row at the 4,562 capacity Santa Barbara Bowl, there will be two Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds shows to enjoy.

Oh, it's going to be LEGENDARY!



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Ironic Tuesday

I just found out that today is Take Back Your Time Day.

'A project of Cornell University's Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy and an alliance of academics called the Simplicity Forum, the group promotes Oct. 24 as a day to find a work-life balance and begin healing what it calls the "epidemic of overwork, overscheduling and time famine."' (article)

So I thought, hey, maybe I can take part in relaxing... until I realized that the 24th was today. I've been at my day job since 7:30 this morning. After work I'm running across town to another office to work on a contract job I'm doing for another Federal department. I'll need to squeeze in a quick trim with my stylist (luckily in the same building) before driving through three towns to get to school. I won't get out of class until after 10 p.m. tonight when I can finally think about getting home. There's certainly no time for dinner or any relaxation, because by the time I get back home, it'll be long past my sleep time. So thanks Take Back Your Time Day, but I regret that I won't be able to do any of your suggested activities like "visit elderly relatives, cancel an appointment, plant a tree, meditate or go for a long walk."



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Wook, This Cow's For You

DMB @ Red Rocks

A collection of pictures from my first trip to the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado, September 9-12, 2005.

Random Lyric #4

And I wish we never parted,
I wish we had a choice,
Cause now I roam these bitter lands,
A face without a voice.

-Graham Parker, Black Honey

500 Pound Potato Battery

So when I was looking for a potato image to use in a post earlier today, I came across a site about a battery somebody made in the back of a truck using 500 pounds of potatoes. This, I had to share. Especially the disclaimer at the bottom of the page;

"Don't eat potatoes after using them for a battery."

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Conversation With An American #1

"Hey, have you seen Talladega Nights yet?"

"Hell no - I'm Canadian!"

"What?! What does that mean? What do you have that we don't have?"

"Class."



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Potato/Potahto

Whenever I have interviews with the RCMP, and they start talking about their members, I have to suppress a giggle because my instinct is that they're talking about penises, not police officers.

Maybe I make that association because so many cops are dicks.



As for the job, do I really want to be referred to as a civilian member?


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Spageism #6

"I got to do one of my favorite English words yesterday."

"Huh?"

"An electroencephalogram!"

"Ohhhhh... you're so fucking weird."


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Headline Of The Day #2

Officials urge Canadians to throw out carrot juice

In all seriousness, it is about a potential botulism toxin being present, but still, that headline? It rocks.

Thursday Night

"Let's get Del Mar for dinner... is that okay?"

"Yeah, totally! Del Mar is nothing to shake two sticks at."

"Is it something you could shake one stick at?"

"Yeah, it's totally one stake shakeable."

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"These are crazy!! How do you walk in these and not fall over all the time???"


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Post Haste

Oh my I can't believe how busy I am.

I got back from Charlottesville, ran straight into a major deadline at one of my jobs, and whole other workload issues at my other job, plus an assignment for school. I finally got a bunch (117!) of pictures from the trip uploaded onto Flickr to abate the demanding fans of my incessant photography last night... only to have them all insist on seeing some of the 1243 other pictures I took because they loved them so much!

So the blog has suffered as a result. As a cop out, here is a link to my Series One C-ville pictures. Series Two, due to high demand, will be out as soon as possible.

Enjoy these very out of context photos of my fellow devoted DMB fans in the band's hometown!