5 q&a

1. Which of your country's leaders (past or present) would you like to have a chance to sit down and talk to?
FDR
Gandhi
Peter the Great
Genghis Khan
Alexander the Great
2. What job would you never want to have to do?
Call Center Rep (I’ve done my time)
3. How many kids do you have and what are their ages? If you don't have kids, do you think you want any down the road? If so, how many?
None right now. Working on that
4. Do you have a "blankie" or a favorite stuffed animal? What is it/what does it look like?
I had ‘scruffy pillow’ and ‘cooney’
5. What is your favorite flower?
Orchids

Live and in person

I have been thinking about live shows as of late. You see, MJ and I will be seeing 30 seconds to Mars twice inside of 30 days soon. MJ LOVES 30 seconds to Mars so really this is a no brainer for us. They played the Cain’s about 4 years ago just after ‘A Beautiful Lie’ came out. Alas, we had not yet discovered them and we would not have been able to afford to go anyway. Those were lean years. Although, it got me to thinking about other bands I have seen live more than once. Shiny Toy Guns are opening for them in LA so that makes twice we have seen them live. As for the shinys it would have been the third time if I had my way in July of ’08. I have yet to see any live act 3 times but was really surprised by how many acts I have seen twice.
1. Nine Inch Nails – One of my top five favorites I would obsessively follow a live Trent Reznor show around the globe given enough time and money. He and Prince are the only two artists I have actively sought out live bootleg recordings of.
2. Foo Fighters – both times at the Cain’s once for each of the first two albums. It blows my mind that they are now selling out Wembley Stadium with Jimmy Page hopping onstage when I saw ‘em sweating it out in Tulsa’s home of Bob Willis.
3. Cheap Trick – both times as opening gigs, once opening for STP and another for Def Leppard and Poison
4. Poison – Headlining at Driller’s stadium in the era of Unskinny Bop and then opening for Def Leppard at the BOK
5. Stone Temple Pilots – opening for the Butthole Surfers at Mohawk Park and then headlining at the Pavilion, both in Tulsa
6. All American Rejects – Dfest and in ’09 at the Brady
7. Paramore – Dfest and opening for No Doubt
8. No Doubt – Opening for Bush and in ’09 headlining in Dallas
9. Limp Biscuit – Edgefest and Family Values
10. Garbage – Once opening for Smashing Pumpkins and once at the Cain’s
11. Gravity Kills? Not sure about this one. I know I saw them with Poe at the Brady but I am not sure if I saw them at one of the Edgefest shows as well.

BFF

Q: Who is your best friend?
A: My wife AKA the sugamama, EmJay, MJ, Randy J, her.
Q: What is one really special thing this friend has done for you?
A: shows me how to love everyday
Q: What have you given up for him/her (that he/she may or may not know about)?
A: Nothing comes to mind.
Q: What was the last thing you two fought about?
A: I think it was my reaction to family needing help.
Q: Why is he/she your best friend?
A: Because she is the most awesome person alive.

book-ish

1) What's your favorite magazine?
Rolling Stone ties with Martha Stewart Living…yes, I am serious.
2) What book are you currently reading?
I am currently working on Wake Up by Jack Kerouac, Sit Down and Shut Up by Brad Warner, Shakespeare’s King Lear, and the First Southern Vampire Mysteries book. You know, those Sookie Stackhouse books they base True Blood on.
3) What's the worst book you ever read?
Drop City by T. C. Boyle – There is not one redeeming character throughout the whole thing.
4) What makes a book perfect for you?
I need characters that I find redeeming and which I can relate to. A bonus to tip towards perfect is if there is an emotional response triggered. Otherwise, I find life is too short. I don’t feel like ‘Challenging reading’ is something I really want in my life. I am looking to be intrigued yes, but first and foremost I want to be entertained.
5) If you could buy any book right now, which one would it be?
I really need to finish one of the four I am working on but I have been eyeballing Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain for a while. It is not available on Kindle or I would already have it.

W.I.T.T.N. - NIN

I've become impossible
holding on to when
when everything seemed to matter more
the two of us
all used and beaten up
watching fate as it flows down the path we
have chose

you and me
we're in this together now
none of them can stop us now
we will make it through somehow
you and me
if the world should break in two
until the very end of me
until the very end of you

awake to the sound as they peel apart the skin
they pick and they pull
trying to get their fingers in
well they've got to kill what we've found
well they've got to hate what they fear
well they've got to make it go away
well they've got to make it disappear

the farther I fall I'm beside you
as lost as I get I will find you
the deeper the wound I'm inside you
for ever and ever I'm a part of

you and me
we're in this together now
none of them can stop us now
we will make it through somehow
you and me
if the world should break in two
until the very end of me
until the very end of you

all that we were is gone we have to hold on
when all our hope is gone we have to hold on
all that we were is gone but we can hold on

you and me
we're in this together now
none of them can stop us now
we will make it through somehow
you and me
even after everything
you're the queen and I'm the king
nothing else means anything