Cross your fingers

I added my cover band to myspace. We will get a better website if/when things get rolling along and things actually start to happen. Feel free to make fun of me. :)

Alanis Morissette is the Devil

I like this parody but yet I don't. It is funny. That is for sure. I had never really understood what Fergie and the Black Eyed Peas were saying before.

I still really like Alanis Morissette.

Welcome!

A big blogger welcome for Tiffin's sister finally joining the technological age. You should all stop over and say hi! Just don't be mean yet (Dave), she's still new.

Also, Neil, come join my cover band. We are super cool and none of us smoke. Amazing I know, but true. Also there isn't 7 kids running around hitting each other and asking for food. You could be a guitarist and whatever else pops up. The only catch is we need a good background singer. Huh, Huh. Have I got your attention now?

Wow, that was quick.

So....technically I am in a new band. The bassist that I had brought in to audition at my last Dirty Sins practice decided to start a cover band. He contacted me and asked if I wanted to be the singer of his new band. I said sure and I was in. Pretty sweet. So we have a drummer, guitarist, bassist and singer. He wants a second guitarist too, but I think that may be more difficult than he thinks.

I also have been in contact with two originals bands before I was offically in this band and I may have two auditions for them, if I get invited into one of them I am not too sure what I will do, but I will cross that bridge when I come to it.

Things are hopefully turning out well.

I'm Sad, and Angry :(

Well, they dropped me from the band. I'm just not the right fit. Not writing all the lyrics quick enough on my own and not hard enough rock. Whatever. I'll live. Onward and Upward. They changed the line-up all around too. They really don't know what they want. I am pretty sure I'll just join another band. But this is pretty discouraging. Losers.

I Just Heard What?

Overheard at work today:

"Hey, you know that guy we let go because he was drunk? Apparently he told the supervisor he had to start drinking more because he is trying to quit smoking weed."

My eavesdropping skills increase +1. Nisi don't let this get around. I really wasn't suppose to hear.

10 Things

Yes - That is a shark in the roof.


1. I have four cats and would probably have more if Matt didn't stop me.

2. I really like sliced pickled beets. I eat them right out of the jar.

3. I enjoy playing WoW. Right now I have a level 26 warlock. It's great.

4. I pick all the breading off deep fried foods. Especially mozzarella sticks.

5. I giggle maniacally, and randomly, for no good reason.

6. I can never make up my mind, do endless research and end up doing the first thing that I had originally thought of instead of all the other options I found.

7. I enjoy watching Matt play video games, I can watch him play for hours and never get bored.

8. I love to bake but rarely eat what I make. I bet at least 3/4 of the things I have made over the years I have never tasted. Not even a sample or eaten the batter off the spoon.

9. I keep up with the celebrity gossip as well, just like crazymom. I can almost always tell you what is going on in the gossip pages. It's dirty fun. I think celebrity's are initialed to their privacy, but if they really wanted it they could have it. There are plenty of celebrity's that are rarely in the news, but still are big stars. They just don't put themselves in the tabloid spotlight.

10. I am so anal when putting up the blue painters tape, so that I can paint. It takes me forever and Matt can't even be around me when I do it. It drives me absolutely insane to have paint outside the designated area or on the woodwork. I redid the bedroom in our old house like 4 times (or more). The wood edging was warped and paint was getting everywhere. That is one reason why I paint the ceiling the same color as the walls. So much easier that having to tape it off and than touch it up later.

Post 64

I have actually not posted on purpose, for this is post 64. I did not want to post a bunch of drivel on such an important post number. Or all the bad things that happened. Too much of a downer.

Anyways, on to the exciting news/information that I have. As I was tooling around on the internet looking for good deals to stay in Las Vegas, it dawned on me. Let's rent a house! I found a really cool one that is one block from the Strip. I was thinking that Matt and I could rent it out for the 6 days that we are planning on staying in Vegas (May 9-15) and the AZ clan could come and stay with us. We wouldn't charge nearly as much as the casino's do and we could have alot more fun! Any thoughts?

Neeeiiiil

I have succeeded in getting Neil to join my band. How sweet is that!

Now all we need is a catchy name. One that I can tell family members about and not get more prayers for my soul to not go to hell.

I like The Secret of 64. But I don't think the others will.

On another note for Las Vegas in May, we might stay at the MGM Grand instead of the Luxor. I found a really great room for a really good rate. I will have to buy it soon though if I really want it.

Blizzard 2007

There sure is alot of snow out there right now. And we are expected to get another foot or so before the end of tomorrow. I don't rememeber anything this bad hitting West Michigan for a really long time. We went and visited Matt's mom at hospice today and almost had to turn back since we couldn't even see the walls of the entrance ramps to M-6. I actually had to stop in the middle of the highway because I could no longer see the road or anything except white all around me. Almost everybody was driving with their emergency flashers on just to be able to see each other. Right now we have almost 2 feet of snow on the ground at our house. And it was 50 degrees here like 2-3 weeks ago.

Rock Bands Rock

Well, it's offical. They invited me to join the band. I am so excited! A little good news in a sea of bad. I hope everything goes well. I didn't even have to do my second audition today because of the funeral. (Grandma Ladegast died 1/16/07) The other band mate just went by my crappy recording and Ricks word that I am super cool.:)

Ninja Warrior

I love Ninja Warrior. All those Japanese TV shows like this are great. Now I am off to watch it.

Holy Hell!

Well this weekend I went and did yet another audition to get into a band so that I can hopefully look back at my pitiful life and have done something interesting with my life. And they posted my crappy quick audition on myspace. Holy Hell! I am off timing on part of the songs and lose the key in other parts and they want feedback on this. OMG! Any way the guy I sang for really liked me and I am going back for a second auditon on Saturday. Cross your fingers. I guess you can check it out here, if you want.

Viva Las Vegas

We have pretty much decided that we are going to go to Vegas from 5/9 to 5/15 for a total of 6 nights. We were going to go 5/2 to 5/9 but I went to the Luxor website and found out how much cheaper it is to go one week later. So one week later it is.

Hopefully all the AZ resident can make it up for a night that Saturday. Even tall, red and angry and his SLF. Last time we went to Vegas we went to the Tournament of Kings and had a really great time and thought it would be a great thing to do again with some friends. Hopefully everyone can make it, even if it's only for a day trip.

2007

Wow. 2007 already. Time flies. I have never been big on New Year's Resolutions and I think I will keep it that way. It's always so dissapointing when you look back, especially since I never seem to accomplish anything. Anyway it doesn't look to be a very positive start to the year with all the things going on with Matt's family. 2007 may be a year that we want to forget.

Anyway, at least we are looking to go to Las Vegas in May. That should be sweet. I'm thinking we will stay at the Luxor. Matt loves the Egyptian theme and the rooms in the Tower are suppose to be really nice. I bought a book on Las Vegas and am really doing my research this time, we can't spend all our time playing blackjack. We go really broke.

Yeah Me!

Well, last weekend I did my holiday baking for distubution to the masses. I made 8 kinds of cookies and seperated them all mostly equally onto 8 different plates. They were a pretty big hit. I love finding new recipes that I have never made before and trying them out on the unsuspecting. I did actually eat three cookies this year. In no particular order I made: Date-filled sandwiches, Fudge-filled Envelopes, Calypso Cups, Lemon-Cranberry Sandwiches, Chocolate Star Gingersnaps, Eggnog Snickerdoodles, Cherry Peanut Butter Balls, and Apple Drop Cookies.

Interesting...

So that's who I look like when I am totally trashed. Cool.

How Cute!

Winter is Here!

Winter is here for now. Yeah! Excecpt for the horrible driving conditions I rather like winter.


So I decided to make winter cupcakes. These are Red Velvet Cupcakes with White Chocolate Mint Creamy Frosting with White Chocolate shavings on top. I meant to pick up some red star mints to crush on top, but I forgot.



Also today we brought the cats to the vet for there check-up and shots and Serenity got to go a day early to see if her bladder infections were back. She doesn't have one which means her peeing on the couchs standing up had become a behavoral problem. I order to retrain her she is going to need to be secluded for the next 6-8 weeks all by herself. Poor kitty.

Nothingness

I feel the need to post about nothing. There is nothing going on in my life that feels worth blogging about. I have not moved acrossed the country, I have not gotten a new job, I am not Dan, I got no kids. I mean all I have got going for me are the cats but if all I blogged about was them people might think I was crazy or some thing. Well Matt's around alot more now too, but he has his own blog. Even if it is now just for stick figures. We have big selling some collectibles on ebay, shocking I know. Unless I am missing something, that is about all that is going on.

Totally

I can so see the guys making a video like this.

Rocket Man

I get this stupid clip stuck in my head all the time.

Target Parties

Well, we had Tiffin's last Target party on Saturday. Which was fun, but as all Target parties only about half of the people we actually expected to come to the party, came to the party. And that's only like a tenth of the people that told him they would be coming. Those Target people are not very reliable at all. Even for free food. I bet if we had more free alcohol, more would have shown, but it gets expensive. Still fun. There was more food than that too, mini-corn dogs and such. We have so much left over.

Fall

I love fall. The changing weather, fires in the woodstove, warm kitties in the sunshine, all great things. It really makes me want to bake. Last week I made Raisin Spice Cookies (one of my personal favorites) and tonight I am making Spiderweb Pumpkin Cheesecake for Halloween tomorrow. Which also means that I will be making somthing else with pumpkin in it within the week to use up the rest of the can of pumpkin, not counting the 4 pumpkin pies that I am making for the Christmas party that I have on Saturday.

Still Funny

Pathetic

Here is Dave looking pathetic.






Because he couldn't eat the square root of the tacos.

Harvey the Wonder Hamster

Tiffin and I were at Village Inn with St. Mary's and Stemshul before they left and I was told they had never heard Weird Al's song Harvey the Wonder Hamster, which is one of my favorite Weird Al songs. So here it is.

That's life

Well, I really haven't had much of importance going on in my life so I haven't felt the need to post, though I feel bad about that. With people moving away and all the other issues in our life right now it would be nice to have some good news to share, but I don't. That's life though.

I ment to take some pictures of some really cool cupcakes that I made the other day but I forgot. I think I may post pictures of all the cupcakes and such that I make so that all you losers that keep moving away can wish you were here. Speaking of which, I can bring something to the going away party if there is a need/desire. I take suggestions, if something specific is wanted.

Castles are so cool

I know that we won't be able to do this but I can daydream about it. I found the absolutly coolest place to have as our bed and breakfast. If Tiffin and I could we would buy it today but we can't. Look at this.


Isn't that the coolest house you have ever seen? That is the best picture available for now but I asked for more. I don't think it is being used as a bed and breakfast currently but it was just built in 2003 and is being marketed as a potential B & B. If it is still around when Tiffin and I are ready we will do whatever possible to buy it. Including moving to Washington, where this is located.

Honestly!

I was just glancing at the MSN homepage when THIS caught my eye.





Don't ya think people may have gone alittle to far with the whole greeting card thing? I know lots of hairy people but honestly!

Crocs Rock!

I can't believe that Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter, died yesterday. I kinda thought he would be around forever. I had planned on visiting Australia one day and had thought he would still be there teasing the crocodiles and just hanging around. At least he died doing what he loved.

Damn Cupcakes

Ever since stemshul mentioned at crazymom and shedu's party 'Hey, you didn't bring any cupcakes you had laying around, did you?' All I've wanted to do is make some stupid cupcakes. But I am missing a couple of ingrediants and never remember to stop at the store on my way home from work, and I don't care enough to miss my T.V. shows to run out to the store later, at least until much later in the night when nothing good is on and I no longer have enough time to make them before I have to go to bed anyway. Damn cupcakes. I love making cupcakes. They are so fun.

Why is Pain So Funny?

Well, we are all going to miss katohater and his SLF now that they have returned to their real home. But camping was great fun and so was shedubeard's and crazymom's party.

Katohater and Tiffin chopping wood...together.


Ugly Kid with a real axe


Having fun at the dog beach.


Katohater playing on the kids toys.


Interesting angle of ikyam getting tibbed by shedubeard.


Tiffin getting tibbed with the "Crippler"

Wedding Day!

Congrats to Jen Powers and Tony Cook who got married yesterday!

Sweet

Your Chances of Being a Multimillionaire: 56%

You have a decent shot at being a multimillionaire. Surprised? You're confident and a hard worker. Keep it up!

Will You Be a Multimillionaire?

Nothing Really

Isn't it amazing how very little can be going on in ones life? Atleast that can be shared on a public blog. I am trying to talk Tiffin into taking in his sister's cat, Zipper. Though I am not trying very hard he is pretty dead set against it. I just feel bad for the poor cat. His sister keeps shipping it off to different places, since the cat no longer fits in with her life. She seems to be getting rid of practicly everything from her life from before she got married. Clean slate syndrome or something of the sort.

Wishful Thinking

I would love the ability to just up and move away right now, like Kato did and Ugly Kid will be. But only if i could buy a bed and breakfast (like the one pictured). Tiffin agrees with me about moving away. We don't have much keeping us here anymore other than a very large mortgage and Tiffin's friends (at least the ones not moving away). He has alot more reasons to stay than me. There is a good chance that when my dad sells the company Tiffin and I will have enough money to move North. The bed and breakfast that is for sale right now that I want probably won't be around when we are ready to buy though but I like to keep my eye on the market in Michigan anyway.

Maybe if I found more free stuff in the trash I could stick around longer.

X-men

You Are Jean Grey

Although your fate is often unknown, you always seem to survive (even after death). Your mind is your greatest weapon, literally! Powers: telepathy and telekinesis, the ability to project thoughts into the mind of others, communication with animals

Which of the X-Men Are You?

Party Planning

Well I have convinced myself to have both the sangria and the "jungle" "juice" at our party this Saturday. So whoever would like to participate in the "jungle" "juice" experiance can bring some alcohol, mixer, and/or fruit to throw into the mix. I found this picture labeled as 'no pants punch - you lose your pants in two drinks'. I think that might be the best name for the punch so far.

In other party news I ended up telling the dumb blonde about it, but she is not allowed to drink and if she shows up and anyone sees her with alcohol or a cigeratte, feel free to give her a really hard time about it.

It's almost party time!!

Muppets are Great

You Are Miss Piggy

A total princess and diva, you're totally in charge - even if people don't know it. You want to be loved, adored, and worshiped. And you won't settle for anything less. You're going to be a total star, and you won't let any of the "little people" get in your way. Just remember, piggy, never eat more than you can lift!

The Muppet Personality Test

Sigh

So...I started a new diet this week. *Sigh*

We can't all eat whatever we want and not gain an ounce like a certain tall red head we all know. Genetics can suck sometimes. I was told by my dad that I would be fighting my genetics for the rest of my life at the age of 13 or so. I just love food so much most days. The whole excersize thing sucks too.

I am going to ignore the whole diet thing at certain time though, like Father's day lunch and our big party next Saturday. What's the point of having a party if you can't enjoy all the great food and drink.

Speaking of drink... ikyam still wants a trash can or "jungle" "juice" at Tiffin and my party. Does everyone else want to? Cause I was thinking I would either to that or sangria. Opinions would be great.

What's up Pussy Cat?

So, poor Serenity has a bladder infection. Poor kitty! When I brought her back from the vet Murdock was being such a little basterd to her that I locked him the the bathroom for a little while to calm down. Tiffin laughed at me and told I had just put the cat in a time out. I hadn't even thought about it like that. Oh well.

Anyway, the Mario Kart Tournament was fun, Festival had great food and Papa Vino's birthday celebration for my brother's birthday was a good time as well.

Next up Tiffin and my's annual party. I keep finding these things I want to have for the party. To bad things cost money to have. I am still super excited. We are having the beer brats again and I will probably go wild at Sam's Club when it comes time to buy stuff, especially now that they have a liquor section.