Johnny Rockstar

Happy 21st to birthday Huck and Cal and happy 62nd to Christopher Walken! Remember that music video where Christopher Walken danced all around that building? It's got nothing on these two:

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Listen up everybody, The Cup is pregnant. Actually his wife Bonnie is pregnant, but that makes him pregnant by proxy… or something. And that’s all I know about that. I’ll pass on more information as I get it.

In the meantime let me tell you about my Easter weekend. Friday night, I had a nice dinner with my parents and was witness to a pre-Good Friday church service beer chugging contest. Then I went home and slept in the same room as six chickens. Saturday I wrestled down a big a goat and in the process took a goat head to the groin. Sunday, on the way to my uncle’s church, we got lost and drove around aimlessly for an hour or so. We found the church just in time for communion, which was actually quite nice as I haven’t been to a communion service in a long time. All in all it was quite the exciting weekend. Plus the Easter Bunny stopped by and left me a chocolate rabbit. Yummy.

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For anybody who hasn't seen them yet, all the scavenger hunt pictures can be found in the pics section of my site. I still haven't scored them yet because it looks like a lot of work and I'm feeling lazy. Maybe this weekend.

In other news, I got a solid B on my last Latin exam, so I'm looking to be in good shape come the final. Which means I will, in fact, be gratuating this summer. Yay me. I know everyone keeps telling me it's not a race, but it's about damn time.

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So, after a rather rough weekend I decided to finally get my act together and go back on my meds. Monday morning I called the doc and today I drove to Charlotte and got in to see him. Though technically I saw a nice lady instead, it felt great to take care of myself. Now it's the first night back on the ol' meds and the side effects are kicking in something fierce. The one I like the most is when I yawn, I can't unflex my jaw without serious effort. Did I mention yawning is a side effect too? Good times.

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Update
Mostly because I'm not feeling very well and don't see myself getting my pictures up too soon, don't feel pressed to get your own scavenger hunt pics up by tonight. I am again releying on the honor system here that the actual picture taking stops today. Mid-week is good enough for the posting, plus it builds suspense.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, I invite you to download a copy of the Great Scavenger Hunt of 2005 and join the festivities. Against my better judgment, I'm posting this early in case anybody *cough*Cal*cough* has any questions. I put a few rules at the bottom of the list as well a description of how everything will be scored. Being a big fan of the honor system, I'll just ask that nobody start until Friday. Trash talking to continue over at the home of 5k.

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I'm excited, what do you say we get this scavenger hunt off the ground? It's been proposed to me that we have it this coming weekend. Who's going to be around? Keep in mind that we're breaking into groups here and don't have to be in the same city. In fact, I think different locations makes this better. At least one person from each group is going to need to be in the pictures so it'll probably be best if you have at least two people in a team. Also, think up and put down some good things for the hunt. Generic enough that they could be found in any city, but random enough to make people think. Here's a few to get you started. A sign with the letter Q in it, a cop showing off his "tickets" to the gun show, a stranger with a beer, people in shorts, people in suits or fancy dresses, a hug from a stranger of the opposite sex, underpants that don't belong to a group member, Schlitz beer, and other random stuff like that. Talk amongst yourselves.

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While that may not be possible, I sure am feeling good right now. I may be swamped with papers and upcoming tests but it's been a good week. Yesterday during a conference with my ENG 566 professor, I was told, without having to ask, that she would write me a recommendation for grad school if I ever needed it. I was also complimented on some of my work that I didn't expect to be, which made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. On top of that, I had the house to myself for a while which meant I spent a good deal of the time running around sans pants. And I think we all know my position on pants.

Here's an idea I've been working on for a while now: a photo-scavenger hunt. We put together a list of people, places, and things we need to get our pictures taken with, break into groups, and head out some night. But I was just thinking, I know there are plenty of digital cameras in our group so we don't ever need to meet up to do this. I could post the list on say a Friday and groups could email me their pictures on Sunday. I’d post them all on the page and declare a winner. We wouldn’t even have to be in the same town to do it. Anybody down?

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Monday night was good eats in my house. Roommate K had given me rights to some tasty enchiladas in the fridge and while I was looking for those I found roommate A had left me this:

Free food truly is the best food. But then I went grocery shopping later in the evening and picked up, among other things, ingredients for a big pot of corned beef and cabbage. I love the fact that I can cook. It means I get to eat things like corned beef and cabbage whenever I want.

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Let me preface this by saying I'm not self-destructive, so don't worry about me, don't pray for me, and don't even think about calling me.

As I sit here listening to the greatest country singers ever born, drinking whiskey and smoking cheap cigars all by myself, I find my mind wonders onto a familiar topic; what is so romantic about a self-destructive man? I wonder about this often, not only as a writer, but also as an observer of human behavior. There is something inherently romantic about an alcoholic loner who's destined to destroy himself and as often as I've pondered this I'm still not sure what it is. As there are some men who seek out women who need their "help" I guess there are women who want to save a man from his own self. But even beyond that, think of all the movies that glorify a self-destructive man and the woman who can save him. Even "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man" and “Die Hard” are like that. Hell, the blues are built around it. It's a subject too deep to really talk about on here but it always fascinates me. What about you?

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Gorge myself I did... a little. My first night in D.C. Mark and I found a new little Irish pub. So new it didn't even have hard liquor yet. Which was almost a pain because of the whole no beer during lent thing. However, there was a nice hard cider on tap. But the real point of this story is that I ordered the Irish Stew and it was hands down the most bestest Irish Stew I've ever had. We talked to the owner for a while, learned that the chef was actually a Scotsman, listened to some amazing live Irish music, and had a real good time. So good I'm determined to get another bowl of that stew before I leave.

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