The Friday thread

Yeah I live in Saratoga, not uncommon for Trey to be spotted around town. When Dave Matthews plays SPAC Trey sometimes shows up to jam on a song or two. When he got busted for drugs years back as part of his community service he was doing clean-up work at the county fair in my hometown. Could you imagine bumping into Trey cleaning toilets at the fair? Hilarious.

yeah that would be strange. Had a buddy bump into Trey at a home depot like 2 years ago.

I imagine you've been to the SPAC, ive never made it but heard its an unique venue. always wanted to go.

since there isnt a "hey we decided to sell our house and move to new orleans for 6 months thread because we are kinda stupid and definitely having adjustment issues as we try to act our age" i guess this will do.

in short, i was working 55-60 hours a week and most weekdays i literally didnt see my new born daughter. so i decided to quit my job in april. problem is we had a nice house with a nice mortgage so we decided to sell our house. while on vacation in new orleans in april (pre-planned, pre-paid trip before i quit) my lady asked me if we could move to new orleans for 6 months. i had like 6-8 different types of beers in me from day drinking and i said "sure honey". she said "i love you" and later that night we did some things you only see in german porn. anyways, closed on our house last week and i am now sitting in a motel off I 40 in knoxville with my dog. my lady and daughter are flying down on tuesday.

we got a great spot, a 2 bedroom "penthouse" of a victorian mansion on st charles ave in the garden district. the street car goes right out in front of our place with our master bedroom overlooking it. the real world house is a few blocks down and the king of mardi gras' mansion is a block away.

so besides busting my hump the last 4 days packing and moving everything i am pretty pumped. normally im a family oriented person. wake up, work hard, come home, go to home depot on the weekends, maybe the farmers market on sunday etc ..... but my lady is crazy.

but i am happy she pushed this because i would have never done this. there is this story i am sure you heard.

guy is 49 years old, worked hard, paid his bills, raised his kids etc.
one day he dies.
as he stands in front of god he begs god to give him just one more week. there are so many things he wanted to do. that he was saving up for.
god says, what have you done for the past 49 years of life I gave you? You knew you dont live forever and that you would have to leave this world. Why now after 49 years of life do you want to live?

anyway, cheesy regurgitated story i know. but there is something to that notion of live life, make each day count, act like each day is your last .. whatever bumper sticker slogan you want to use.

so, its 12:59 am on a friday and i couldnt be happier that im sitting in some motel on the side of the highway in tennessee with another 10 hours of driving ahead of me in a jam packed peice of shit moving truck that overheats on inclines with a trailer hitch from hades .... im going to nola to be a stay at home dad with my 17 month old. ... at least for 6 months. plus im expecting a lot of german sex for this.

Sound like a plan. So this lady is your wife and the mother of your child?

So following that from OTM. Its Friday and tonight we are going on a Haunted hay ride. That's something a 49 yr old man does when he owns a house and is married. But, tomorrow I'm pulling out my drums and playing at a party Saturday night with a few guys I played with in the past. Should be a good time and I'll see alot of old friends. Sunday I'm going to recover and get ready to watch the skins kick ass.

yeah that would be strange. Had a buddy bump into Trey at a home depot like 2 years ago.

I imagine you've been to the SPAC, ive never made it but heard its an unique venue. always wanted to go.

SPAC is literally 5 minutes from my place. We usually take a cab when we go to shows so we don't have to deal with parking and don't have to worry about having some drinks. It really is a great venue right in the middle of a state park. This summer we saw Tom Petty, DMB, Farm Aid, and Americanarama.

SPAC is literally 5 minutes from my place. We usually take a cab when we go to shows so we don't have to deal with parking and don't have to worry about having some drinks. It really is a great venue right in the middle of a state park. This summer we saw Tom Petty, DMB, Farm Aid, and Americanarama.

damn lucky bastard. thats awesome being so close. State park too thats pretty cool.


FD good to see you are still rockin

Pumped it's Friday.... Got nothing going on tomorrow. I find that as I'm getting later into my twenties, there's always, "Things" to do on the weekend. I used to just plop myself in front of my TV and watch football all weekend... but now there are so many, "things".

Birthdays, weddings, engagement parties, pot-lucks, fundraisers, 10K's....it goes on forever. So annoying.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel though. Two weeks from now I'll be chllin at the Lagunitas brewery just north of San Franscisco- then will be driving to Sequoia National Park, down Pacific Coast Highway, visiting Big Sur, LA, and flying out of San Diego.

Pumped it's Friday.... Got nothing going on tomorrow. I find that as I'm getting later into my twenties, there's always, "Things" to do on the weekend. I used to just plop myself in front of my TV and watch football all weekend... but now there are so many, "things".

Birthdays, weddings, engagement parties, pot-lucks, fundraisers, 10K's....it goes on forever. So annoying.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel though. Two weeks from now I'll be chllin at the Lagunitas brewery just north of San Franscisco- then will be driving to Sequoia National Park, down Pacific Coast Highway, visiting Big Sur, LA, and flying out of San Diego.

damn dude always wanted to do PCH, Big Sur, Yosimite and Sequoia. Gotta friend on lives near the edge of Big Sur, she send me pics of her hiking all the time through there.

This week I'm doing nothing. Going home, playing video games and crashing.

Next week is my birthday so that'll be a lot of late nights and booze so I need to rest up.

Last Friday I was in Brooklyn for night 1 of 2 Pearl Jam shows. They rocked the house.

I've never seen Phish, they just played my area this week.

My brother saw them at the spectrum this past week.
Phish rocks you should check them out if you can. Truly anazing musicians and their light show is second to none.

Last Friday I was making my way down to Hampton Coliseum with friends to see Phish. It was a perfect day

When the circus comes is a little corny but suzie greenberg is an awesome encore. What a way to phinish.
Backwards down the number line i like more everytime i see it. Looks like it was a great show.