October 2009 Entries

Kari and I are going to start a design company. We've talked about it for a while but have never really done anything about it. Well, it's time to get our butts in gear. We talked today for a bit and it's a go. We'll do web and print design, logos, etc.,  and hopefully some programming.

Now we need a name, domain name, web site, logo, and business cards. Oh yeah, and customers!

Stay tuned.

...if you're going to put a bumper sticker ON THE PAINT OF YOUR CAR, AND NOT ON THE BUMPER, which I have no idea why anyone would do that, why wouldn't you AT LEAST put it on straight?

I was listening to Lewis and Floorwax this morning at work and even though it's mostly a talk show, if it's someone's birthday, or some band is coming to town, etc. they play songs from that person or band. Well this morning they were doing some Zeppelin songs and they played the intro to "Ten Years Gone" from the Physical Graffiti album. It's an awesome song and I just had to hear the rest of it.

It got me to searching the web for Led Zeppelin and I came across this picture taken in 1977 on wikipedia.

Awesome freakin' pic. You can see a larger image by clicking here. The full high resolution image is here.

It's been a helluva week. It started out really good. I took Monday off and went for a ride with Marty, Tim, Johnny, and Jeff. The weather was well, half-way decent and it's probably going to be the last long ride of the season. I hope not but the weather is definitely not cooperating.

We started out at The Yacht Club in Livonia and then made our way to The South Lyon Hotel. It was a cool old place. I guess it was actually a hotel back in the day. Looked like an old western saloon.

From there we took off to a place called Snappers way up in Fenton. It was pretty much a dump but the beer was cold and pretty damn cheap. I will say that I bet it's a real rocking place in the summer. It's right on a lake and they have deck outside right on the water. I can see where it could really get hoppin'. I was going to eat a burger there but I guess they sent the cook home for some reason or another. Weird. It was like 2:00 in the afternoon!

We left Snappers and headed our way back towards home. Our last stop was a bar called The Red Dog Saloon in Milford. Again, a nice little shot and a beer joint. We did have some food there and it was pretty good. Nothin' like good bar food. A burger and a couple beers and we were out.

We ended up at Jeff's house before heading home so Tim and Johnny could check out his Harley-Davidson garage. Pretty sweet. And so was the ride!

It was all downhill from there.

Jamie's boyfriend Brandon was out of town in Japan for work so Jamie decided to come over and stay with us for a couple days. It was good seeing her. She brought her dog Bishop who is a 7 month old Lab Shepard mix. He's a good boy but still pretty hyper.

Thursday night we really got into it with Jamie. I won't go into the details here but it got pretty ugly and I screamed way too many swear words at her. But, she needed to hear the things that I was saying and I need to emphasize. I tend to emphasize with F-bombs. It took me quite a while to finally calm down. I needed to think about what was happening and to be alone for a bit. I think my message hit home. I'm not sure but I'm hopeful. If if didn't, there's going to be more ugly times ahead. Bank on it.

The bad thing is, two days later,  I'm still reeling from that night. I can't get over it. Can't get it outta my mind. I've been struggling big time with my own demons and that night only piled some shit right on top. I feel like I'm about to explode. I'm about ready to give up trying to get over this shit I'm feeling. It just ain't happening and the more I try the worse it gets. Maybe I just need to accept that this is how I handle things. That this is how I am. That this state of mind is normal for me. I don't know. We'll hafta wait and see. There's always next week.

I love me some Sheryl Crow.

What a great song.

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Ride safe. Ride often.

I'm in dire need of change. But how does one change when one doesn't know what to change? Something is missing but I don't know what it is.