Current mood:	chipper
Current music:	rain...rain...rain...

2005 here we come! ...well, here we ARE, I guess...
Okay been awhile... lots to catch up on!

1st of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Spent my NYE at the ridglea theater with a bunch of metalheads and the best hard rock/metal bands in D/FW! crowd was insane...show was stellar...had a great time at the after-party at Heidi's with J-rock, Iron Megan, Jason, Lauryn, and more! we watched JR pass out around 7am and then proceeded to fuck with him 'til about 10am. we put makeup on his face and decorated him with various knick-knacks lying around Heidi's place: cheerleader stuff, mardi gras beads, masks, toys, liquor bottles, etc. hehehehe... the pics will be up soon at the website! he looked like a damn drag-queen!

so yeah it was a blast! the countdown to midnight was done on stage during The Guns Of August's set. we brought 8 bottles of champagne up and trashed the place! Bitchboy drenched me in bubbly and Jason drenched the crowd! we had members from all the bands up plus Zack the new bassist for E80, Jeremy from Altered, and more that i can't recall cuz, well, I was pretty damn drunk :) and of course i kissed my Lauryn shortly after midnight - my fist midnight/new years kiss since i was married! pretty exciting to say the least!

So thanks to all the bands: Element Eighty, Guns Of August, Dedlock, LaME., Neverset, MojQue, Lockjaw, Sidekick Mafia, Egress, Burning Mona, The Bomb Almighty, Panic Value, and Brian Weems of Gift! YOU ALL ROCKED! What an honor to have such talent on such a huge night!

Umm, also... the 2004 Local Awards was huge! Great turnout and very positive feedback from all the bands involved! The awards ceremony was interesting for me... kind of the same as i've done in the past but different... new venue (galaxy club) and of course without the help of KEGL... so yeah, ScreamForMeDallas.com stepped up to the plate and we did it on our own! Actually, it was an AMAZING team effort... bart rose at first street audio REALLY helped a lot (bands GO RECORD there!)... dina really banged out some great imaging for the event in a time-crunch (some things never change)! bitchboy and vince showcased their engineering expertise - iron megan helped with the ceremony and Jason (my partner in crime) really came thru on so many things to may name! also, we did the internet show for renegaderadio.net (check them for the rebroadcast) and cindy even made a cameo appearance! the bands (a dozen furies, jacknife, seven story drop, and JFJ band) kicked ass! I'll admit i was nervous at first, but once we started rolling, it all kinda came back! my biggest fear was whether or not anybody would still CARE about these awards. y'know, without the Eagle's name attached. to my surprise, i found that many really do...in some ways more than ever. JR told me something that meant a lot to me. he said when i'm back on the radio doing another "local show" and we do the awards again... the people that were around for the 2004 awards will remember that we kept it going. without the radio. we still did it. i know what he was saying. but, honestly i'm not worried about getting on the radio any time soon. don't get me wrong... if the right offer comes along and the timing is right, sure - i'll take a gig. but, i'm not sweating it.

let's see... what else? Christmas was good but relatively uneventful. less money to buy the kids stuff, but i'm gonna give them some late gifts this weekend! Lauryn and i are passed the "honeymoon"... ya know, ya have around 3 months where you're just getting to know someone and the sex is awesome and the relationship is blooming... well, no complaints on the sex, but yeah - we fight a li'l more than we used to. it happens. i'm trying to make sure this thing stays as healthy as possible and i think she's trying hard, too. over all, we're great and i'm really very happy right now. for the 1st time in my life i feel like i've been through enough shit to have learned some good lessons. and i feel mature enough to actually stay on the right course. *sigh* if i only knew then, what i know now! i guess getting old is kinda cool.

hey! i haven't done one of those "best of 2004" posts yet... ya know the ones where you reflect back and all that shit... that'll be next time. come back. my intellect will dizzy you.