Real Name: Tim Lara Member Since: July 20, 2005 Last Signed In: November 29, 2008 Profile Views: 833 Blog Views: 4849 Another NaNo WriMo done... NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH IS ALMOST A WRAP I don't follow trends, I set them... Here's my new stance What's in a name? I wish it was NEWS to me PAX 2008 Apparently no one checks these things You can take me out of Texas, but you can't take Texas out of me... Tropic Thunder... RIP Isaac Hayes July 05 August 05 September 05 October 05 November 05 December 05 January 06 February 06 March 06 April 06 May 06 June 06 July 06 August 06 September 06 October 06 November 06 December 06 January 07 February 07 March 07 April 07 May 07 June 07 July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 
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So I was thinking about a blog that fellow Advocate blogger and morning radio host Ash posted sometime recently mentioning musical singer James Blunt. I read it, made a comment about how guys can use singers like James Blunt and John Mayer to their advantage instead of loathing them for bringing down the sheer joy of the masculinity men have as a gender… Then I just sort of forgot about it.
Until the other day. I was sitting in my car goin to work, and on a whim tuned into Ash and Co....
Took a little break from the norm yesterday and caught a little bit of the Jazzfest last night in downtown Victoria. I had a really good time, and I’ll tell you why.
1. Jazz- I like jazz. It’s a lot of fun. It’s a genre that can’t really be tied down, has a lot of crossovers. I was first entranced with the music when I heard Nina Simone sing “He Needs Me” and I always had a thing for torch singers ever since. Jazz music is really important for the U.S. It was...
Blender Magazine put out a list of the 50 worst things to happen to music in their May 2006 issue... I'm still laughing about it. Look carefully, we might be guilty of ruining music ourselves. Here's a few of my favorites, for a complete list check out the magazine.
49. That dude who yells "Freebird" at every rock show
48. Hip Hop Skits
47. Slash quits Guns N Roses
46. Decency
45. Rootkits
44.Rock Poets
42. Scott Stapp
36. Sean Combs/Puff Daddy/ P.Diddy/ Diddy
35. Van Halen fire...
I got this friend, he's probably gonna get fired. You see... he works in the public eye, and he recently used a racial slur during casual conversation to a coworker. They're cool with each other like that, just normal joes, working in a stiff day job, calling each other names and slurs to pass the time. To each other, they see no harm done. The only problem is... a customer heard them, took offense, and complained to their home office.
This goes a few ways I suppose. I'm a minority myself....
You are the pride and joy of your mother and I.
Today you turn 6, and although I can't wait to read comic books and watch super hero movies with you, a part of me wishes you would stay 5 a little longer so I can still be the only boy in your life.
Happy Birthday
I love you
On Wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00, the time and date will be
01:02:03 04/05/06.
That won't ever happen again.
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