I had a few minutes

Hello All,

Just killing a little time before I go off and play darts tonight. Thought I'd check in with some new info I might have. The problem is that I just decided to do this so I'm not sure what that info might be. Needless to say, we will be figuring that out together. Here we go.

In my first or second entry, I mentioned my roommate Tito had a blog. Well, he doesn't anymore, so you can stop trying to look for it. Tito explained to me that he didn't feel like he had anything more to say. I told him he was insane because if you've ever heard Tito talk, he's got plenty to say. Basically, it comes down to Tito doesn't have the time to sit and express those words on the page. He's pondering the idea of a video blog and if he does one, I'll be sure to let you know.

My friend Chris emailed me the other day about what he learned in my blog....Actually, I should just put it in here. One Sec...

Okay, here's what he wrote:

Dave
I'm glad to hear:
- your applesauce & venison dinner was a big hit
- the Norwalk library has free wireless connection
- and Starbuck's coffee gets you high

I'm sad to know:
- there's no need for a keyboard player on Appetite for Destruction - I always thought one was missing
- you have a freaky woman stalker from VT - have you recieved any knitted blankets in the mail?

Chris is a very funny dude. I should point out that I don't actually have a freaky woman stalker from Vermont. The lovely woman from VT who occasionally makes comments on my blog is none other than my Aunt Sara. She is very awesome and of all the people in the world, I hold her in the highest regard.

Actually, Sara, you might find this amusing. You see, my family is a bit of a split. My Mother's family is mostly New Englandy and my Father's family is from Ohio. Needless to say, there's a noticable difference in the two family's that I come from. The one that applies to this blog entry is the pronunciation of my parent's sister's prefixes.

My Mother's sisters were always refered to as if the word Aunt was pronounce Ont. My Father's were always pronounced as if they were spelled Ant. As I was more apt to to see Mom's family because they always been closer, I tend to favor Ont. However, when it comes to Sara, I've given this up. That is because she lives in Vermont.

So, everytime I tell a story where she's involved and I refer to her as my Ont in Vermont, well, I have to pause to allow for my listener(s) to laugh at the play on words and then I lose my train of thought on the story I'm telling, and well...the whole thing becomes a friggin train wreck. It's only in the last 4 or 5 months that I've realized I could make my Ont an Ant.

So there you go Sara. You now know that I speak of you, you are my Ant Sara. Hope that's alright. What's funny is that as I write this, I imagine Ant Sara is wondering what these stories are that I'm telling of her. Ironically, aside from the one I just told you, I have no idea what stories I'm telling about her. Too funny.

What else? Anything? I'm always amused that when I think I have nothing to say, I tend to fill up the page.

Have I mentioned I have Gmail? I'm not going to give you the address or anything. If you don't know my email address, odds are you don't need to. Lord knows, too many spammers know it already. However, I do have 35 invites left. Right now, Gmail is only available to people via invite. Should you want a free gig of email space, post a comment here with your email and I'll hook u up with an invite.

My best friend Tim was nice enough to post an entry on his blog about my blog so I feel obliged to tell you about his blog again. www.lynch.st. Go check it out now.

Alright. It's about 6:30, so I'm going to head down to Deep Pockets in South Norwalk, grab a happy hour priced Long Trail, load up the jukebox, and shoot some darts before my friends show up. By the way, funny man Chris is an awesome dart player and since I am not, the practice can't hurt.

Check ya l8r.

And So We Begin Another Week

Hello All,

Happy Day after Easter. I had a busy weekend. Saturday, Kristine and I went into NYC to see John Lithgow on Broadway performing in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. It was very funny. I will say that is was no Spamelot, but nothing is. If you do anything this year, get in line for tickets for Spamelot. I promise you, you're going to have the best time you've had in a very long while.

We also went to the Javits Center to The Auto Show. I'm in the market for a new car and the show proved very valuable. I want to get a convertible and I thought for certain I was going to want a BMW. However, after touring the show floor, I'm now a fan of the Lexus SC. I'll keep you posted.

Yesterday was Easter and I spent the day with Kristine and her family in Long Island. Lots of fun. I got to test out a DVD camcorder, got some nice candy, and Holy Cow! Did any of you catch the Michigan State, Kentucky game. That was FUCKING COOL!!!

Check ya l8r.

Hellooooo....I been drinkin

Yo Yo Yo....Hello my bloggin friends. My biggest fan has told me that I'm behind on my bloggin and stuff....Wooopppeeeeee. I went out to celebrate my friend/coworker's bday this evening and boy was it funnnnnnnn....How bout them apples? Ha Ha.

Not much new to report. I had a load of Rum & Cokes this evening and I'm trying to finish ripping all of my Norwalk Library cd's b4 i crash. I have ripped all of them except for the 60 year blue note collection. There are a lot of cds in that box set. I've ripped about half of them.

Also, my biggest fan, King of all Dog Houzes(u know who u r), has requested some images be posted here. Soon as i figure out how 2 do that, u can rest assured, i'm on the case.

mucho luv 2 all y'all. check ya l8r.

Sunday Morning

Greetings. It's Sunday morning and I'm here at my girlfriend's place in Stamford. I've been up since 6 when I thought I was going to go to the gym but I forgot my sneakers. I got up around 7 and went and got Kristine and I bagels. We've been sitting around, reading the Sunday paper and watching CBS's morning show. The sky has been gray the whole morning.

Feeling the need to do something, I decided to grab my iPod Photo and go for a nice walk. As if reacting to my need to walk off breakfast, the sky opened up a little and started dropping some rain on this little city. I feel robbed.

What a weird week it's been. I'm not going to go into details, but the week started off very dark. Towards, the end of the week, the darkness was resolved and my world became much clearer. Then the week ended on an amazing high note. For someone who often revels in my own complacency...well, I never want to do this week over again...well alright, except for the last part. Wish I could tell you what that all means but some things are meant to stay private.

OH! I have a gmail account now. YAY! Odds are I have more invites than I will ever use so if you want a Gmail account, let me know by posting a comment and I'll get back to you.

Later

Another Day....Another Dollar?

Greetings all,

To my surprise, I had to work today. Turns out only some of the people I work for weren't going to be at the office. Unfortunately, those who were required my video editing services. So I went in for a half day. Not bad I guess. I need to start thinking more about money and my future so maybe I can use every dollar I can get.

I don't think I mentioned this the other day, but I paid my library fine from like 5 years ago and got myself another library card. The Norwalk Publice library system has a ton of music, audiobooks and dvds. I don't know why I didn't rejoin the system earlier. Also, I discovered today that they have free wireless internet. Very nice.

Gotta go watch the new episode of 24. Check you guys later.

I'm diggin the quick check in

After looking at yesterday's post, I realized I like the quick check ins. They're easy for me to type up and they're a nice quick read.

I saw Robots yesterday afternoon and I was surprised to see it was a packed house. It amazes me how easy it is for kids to get out of school these days because there's a little bit of snow on the ground. When I was going to school in Newington (I'm 32. You do the math.), I was told our superintendent was from Vermont. That would explain why we had so very few snow days. Anyway, aside from a few funny moments, I thought Robots sucked. It's possible thought that kids will like the film. If the film had a little more story to it, I would have liked it much better. It did not so I did not.

I got a hair cut today. I look so lovely. Yay.

Today, I finished my Season 2 box set of 24. It was a great season, had lots of great action. I'm not thrilled about the cliffhanger ending, but I guess it's just fine. The biggest waste in that season was the daughter. I now understand why she isn't in the current season(#4). If you cut all of her scenes out of season 2, the show would have been called 22 and it would have been just fine. Her side story did nothing to serve the greater good of the main story line.

I might be going to a St. Patty's Day parade in Greenwich. I don't really like parades. Unless you know someone in the parade, you're basically just watching some people walking down the street. I even felt that way after watching the New York one last year. It just wasn't that exciting. What is exciting though is going to the bars afterwards which you HAVE to do because, after all, you are celebrating St. Patrick's day. I'm not a big fan of the church, but whatever this Patrick fellow did...well...Yay.

Check ya l8r.

Quick Check In

Kristine and I went up to Mohegan Sun yesterday. What a great day we had. We sat down at the blackjack table and both of us did well financially and we had a good time as well.

It's snowing here right now in Norwalk. I can't believe I bought new tires for my mountain bike a few days ago. I won't be riding for a while. This week, we had a blizzard and now it's snowing again. Bla.

Reality tv is in a good way right now. The Amazing Race is awesome with Rob and Amber from Survivor and speaking of Survivor, last nights show kicked ass.

I'll have more to say later. I just wanted to get a post up to stay current. Talk 2 u l8r.

A lovely venison dinner with some questionable music

So last night, I went with my lovely girlfriend down to Long Island to visit with her family and go out to a full fledged venison dinner. Having never had venison, I was enthusiastic to give it a try. The food was delicious. The alcohol was refreshing and we danced the night away.

More on the music in a sec. I would just like to throw this thought out there for any of you who, in the future, might be throwing a buffet dinner that I’m invited to. If you’re going to include potato pancakes as part of your buffet selection, please let me know ahead of time or put those babies right up at the front of the line. By the time I got to the pancakes, I had to do some plate maneuvering which included holding two dinner rolls in one hand, just so I could fit one piping hot potato pancake topped with some refreshingly cool applesauce onto my plate. It was FANTASTIC. By the time I got back up to the buffet table for seconds, the pancakes had simmered to a medium heat and the applesauce supply had diminished substantially. Still, I’ll always have the memories of that first sweet potato pancake. How I will miss thee.

Now, let’s talk about the music presentation for the evening. I should start by disclosing my disdain for the keyboard-playing musician. This is the kind of person who I almost always hate. I should clarify that when I say keyboard, I’m not referring to a piano. A piano is an amazing instrument that, when paired with a talented musician, can produce wonderful music. No. When I say keyboard, I’m referring to an electronic piano-like instrument that when played, produces sounds similar to other instruments. When it comes to rock music, the keyboard is very hard for me to stomach.

There are a few exceptions to this rule. Rick Wakemen has done some wonderful things with the keyboard for the group Yes. Prodigy has done some interesting things with the keyboard and Linkin Park kicks ass. Nine Inch Nails also gets a pass as they have done fantastic things with the keyboard although, I must say I did have some trouble getting into their last double album. I should also mention that my friends Tito and Mark are both musicians who play the keyboard, and well, they’re alright by me. As for the rest of you keyboard-playing musician bastards…well, the hell with you.

My biggest gripe with the keyboard-playing musician comes from one of my favorite bands ever, Guns N Roses. As far as I’m concerned, Dizzy Reed is such a worthless wasted of space when it comes to GNR. I mean, what the hell happened there? I defy you to find anyone, other than a keyboard-playing musician type, whose just finished listening to the entire cd of Appetite For Destruction whose ever said, “That’s a great album. It’s a classic. But ya know what was missing? They really could’ve used some keyboards.” Get the HELL out of here! You’re the kind of person whose familiar with EMF songs that aren’t Unbelievable and you have know business listening to Rock N Roll. Put the GNR back in your Eddie Bauer cd holder. Kick back in your lazy chair with a latte and enjoy that latest collection of Depeche Mode tunes. I’m sure you’ll find them sonically pleasing.

Now the reason this ideology of mine has come to a head is because the musicianship I witnessed last night was ridiculous. For entertainment, the hunting club throwing the venison dinner hired a dj/keyboard playing singer. Fortunately for us, this forty something sad individual had missed out on every opportunity he may have had in the music industry and thus was a welcome addition to our affair.

So the entertainer would play a song or two, something out of the genre of the likes of Frank Sinatra. Then he would let this 5 cd changer carry the bulk of the load for a few tunes. Now, I never realized this before, but apparently, when musical type people like The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, and the musical geniuses behind The Electric Slide were in the recording studio working their magic, all of these artists neglected inserting key components into their music that could only be represented by a keyboard-playing musician type. So THANK GOD we just happened to have such an individual on hand to save the day. Using his talents, our one man wedding band was able to fill in the gaps left by such short sighted musicians as John, Paul, George, and Ringo. When I think about a music industry that’s given us such losing enterprises as William Hung, Milli Vanilli, and those guys who sang The Macarena, I thank God that same industry collectively overlooked any talent our keyboard-playing musician type so that he could be there for us at a reasonable price to periodically attract us to the dance floor.

Alright. I'd love to write more but I'm insanely high on the large cup of Starbucks coffee I had while writing this entry earlier this evening. I'm going to say goodnight and go back to watching the Gilmore Girls on the DVR. Nighty Night.

And So I Begin Again

Welcome to my wonderful new Blog. I'm Dave and I here to say...well, nothing right now. I just needed a place to start from. Hopefully, you'll read great things in this blog one day. Right now though...not so much. I can tell you that shortly, I'll be leaving with my girlfriend Kristine (aka Zar) to go and visit with her family in Long Island today. Oh, maybe there's something to talk about.

I've never eaten Deer before. I was offered it once before when I was in my high school years(I'm now 32). My stepfather, Tom, was a hunter and he brought some home once. I opted not to eat it. I can't be certain why but it was probably a combination of the fact that I'd never eaten deer, the whole, "How can I eat Bambi?" complex I somehow manged to acquire, and quite frankly, I just didn't like my step father that much. That night, I just made some spaghetti.

Tonight, however is a gathering built around eating Venison(sp?). My girlfriend's brother-in-law, Curtis, is a hunter and I guess his hunting club has one of these fancy dinners every year. So I figure, I'll give it a try. I've never had a meat I didn't like so I imagine it will be just fine. Plus, I guess there will be dancing and other fun activites. Should be a good time.

Alright, I need to go take care of a few things before we go. By the way, you should check out these blogs if you have the time. www.lynch.st belongs to my best friend Tim and titogigante.blogs.friendster.com belongs to my roommate Tito.

Talk 2 u soon.