Rock the Vote!

I can only hope that the 2008 Presidential Election comes down to these two men.

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Luckily, where I live in Tampa we experienced minor effects from Hurricane Wilma as it travelled across the state this past Monday. However, there were plenty of homes and lives that were greatly affected by this storm. If you have a spare moment please take some time to pray for those who have lost so much, and take the time to be thankful for all that you have.




It's almost 9 0'clock on Wednesday morning and I feel like I could fall asleep right here in my chair. I've been up for almost 3.5 hours, so it's not like I just woke up. I should be used to this by now, but no matter how long I've been doing this (getting up early for school/work) it never seems to get any easier. I would say this is some sort of jet lag attributed to my vacation in Las Vegas, but I got back two weeks ago so that's not really an excuse. Just another sign I'm not as young as I used to be, I guess ...

Not much going on down here. Obviously, the state is in recovery mode due to the latest hurricane. Locally, Tampa seems to be as normal as ever. I know plenty of businesses were open on the Monday that the hurricane rolled through. Personally, I'm hosting a Halloween party this Saturday night. I hope to get a lot of good pictures that evening. Hopefully, all of you have plans for this weekend, although please be safe while you're out.

Pimpin' the Band -- Second Time

First, an update on the current hurricane situation.

Second, I just wanted to promote a couple of my friends' bands.

• Midnight Bowlers League -- rockabilly band based here in Florida that Badstar is a part of. You can check them out here or here.
• Ladies of Deathrow Swimsuit Calendar -- another band that Badstar belongs to. Words simply cannot express, so look here and here.
• Tampa has Crushed the Hopes of All of Us -- Badstar's solo effort. Get a taste by going here and here.
• Negative 8 -- a good friend of mine who lives in Connecticut plays drums with this group. Edit (17:01 EDT): might help if I actually link to their site.

Starting up again ...

Christ, it's October 20th already?! Has it really been that long? ... Well, it seems I've been slacking on the blogging front. I'll try to catch everyone up on some things as I have done quite a bit since last time I posted. Also, I have decided to open up my readership a little by informing all my friends about this little page. I'm hoping it may spur me to be more active in posting. And some of my old friends who I don't talk to much anymore might want to know what's going on.

So, I haven't looked at my last post (Ammy actually made the last post on the blog) but if I remember correctly I had mentioned that I had gone to the ISKA World Martial Arts Tournament in Orlando. So what's been going on since then ...?

1. Better to get this out of the way and just rub it in now. Got a new car. 2006 BMW 330i. Monocco Blue metallic paint. Manual transmission. Chrome trim and leather interior. Woohoo!
2. For all you guys out there, a very important public service announcement.
3. Been surfing the Internet recently and was pointed to these articles. I want you all to read and enjoy the following articles. Read, and know that you've met these people before. Please enjoy ...
• Look At My Striped Shirt!
• I'll Drink Starbucks If I Want, Hippies!
• TPP Undercover: Yuppies
4. I swear one day I will actually get my website up and running.

Other than that, things are decent down here in Tampa. We'll see how things are in a week.