Busy Week/Florida Booked

This week is pretty damn busy, in the sense that there's something going on with us each day, after what was already a full day of work.

Monday we helped my mother unpack from the big weekend move. Tuesday was my hair appointment. Today/Wednesday is KT's birthday, so we'll be doing something with her Green Bay friends in the evening (so far, dinner at The Seven Seas is planned... I'd still like to see Debbie Auman later in the MASA Showcase at Art Bar). In addition to tonight's plans, KT and I will need to get in a little practice for tomorrow/Thursday's show at Walker's Pint. Friday is Ladies First at Quarters. Saturday is Spoof Fest at Liquor Sweets.

And then there's Sunday. The first day for Roxie. Lounging on the couch has never looked so promising!

On the brighter side, we were able to fully book both hotel and flight for a Disney vacation in September. I'm super excited to have something further in the year to look forward to. We steal on the hotel through TravelZoo.

M-I-C-K-E-Y. Here we come!

[Upcoming Show] Walker's Pint - 04.30.09

I have an awesome show coming up next Thursday, April 30th at Walker's Pint. (http://www.walkerspint.com/). The show will feature acoustic sets by myself, Kate Scovell, and Jude Kinnear.

Below is the flier I recently created for the show:

Six Flags and RockBand Eve

There's something really satisfying about having a really engaged weekend. Having the time off to simply relax is nice enough, but returning to work knowing that your days were filled with activities and well spent...

This past Saturday (the 18th) Ashley, Myself, and 6 other friends went to Six Flags: Great America. We only payed $15 to go and had the best possible weather. The park wasn't packed at all, because it's only April. We rode hard and often.

Upon our return to Milwaukee, we immediately embarked upon an amazing RockBand party, with over 15 friends & friends of friends attending (including the Six Flags gang). Did I mention there was a dog there? Yeah... a pit bull, actually. Hi Tommy. =)

We had numerous diverse personalities, plenty of food (taco night!), plenty of tunes, plenty of booze. Chairs seemed to be the only thing... we didn't have plenty of, lol. (Thanks Target for the $9.99 last minute blue lawn chairs!)

It was just... an amazing time. I just remember looking around thinking "omg, there's a party going on... and it's at my house!"

We stayed up to nearly 3am. What's interesting to me is that the folks who remained til the end of the night, consisted mostly of the individuals who were up with us at 8:30am for our Six Flags adventure. Soldiers!

Staying up and being with friends for nearly 20 hours straight never felt so good.

Festivals, Festivals, and more Festivals

So, I wanted to make it a point to try and visit all of the Milwaukee festivals (primarily cultural) this summer/fall. I was checking out a city guide, and came up with this list of events and dates. Here's the goal:

June
+ Riversplash: June 5th - 7th
+ PrideFest: June 12th - 14th
+ Polish Fest: June 19th - 21st
+ Summerfest: June 25th - July 4th

July
+ Great Circus Parade Festival: July 8th - 11th (parade on 12th)
+ Bastille Days: July 9th - 12th
+ Greek Fest: TBA
+ Festa Italiana: July 16th - 19th
+ German Fest: July 24th - 26th

August
+ Wisconsin State Fair: August 6th - 16th
+ Arab World Fest: August 7th - 9th
+ Irish Fest: August 13th - 16th
+ Mexican Fiesta: August 21st - 23rd

September
+ Indian Summer Festival: September 11th - 13th

You should join me in my endeavors - this could be a blast.

Daily Cancer - 04/16/09

This is my horoscope for today.

It's interesting to me, so I thought I'd document it.

Trivial small talk could evolve into philosophical conversations today -- but only if you give it a chance to. Just because you're laughing and having a good time chatting with someone doesn't mean that you two aren't capable of having a much deeper connection. Start increasing the expectations you have of other people, and they will rise to them every single time. You are on the verge of starting a new relationship that is probably going to change your life.

Case of the Mondays... on a Tuesday?

It's true. Today feels miserable, and the conditions outside match.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I had 5 whole days away from this cubicle... returning to this desk would put a chip on anyone's shoulder, lol. Or it could have something to do with how poorly I slept last night.

I'm not nice today. I only half care. I'm just not always a good person.

Pie's Return

Ashley comes home from Kansas today. She's been there visiting her family since Tuesday.

I haven't worked since Tuesday, decided to take off the same days to coincide with her KS trip, taking advantage of some much needed 'me' time.

I feel like I took pretty good advantage of my days off, and tried to fill them up with a lot of little fun happenings to keep myself busy.

We're all going to Six Flags on Saturday (18th) - I'm really looking foward to that. Possibly more than any human adult should, lol. Now if I can just get through a full work week...

Hello, Blogspot.

I'm excited to document myself. It's not something I've ever really been able to consistently do. It always seems interesting and fun to do, but has that major burnout factor.

So, hello blogspot.

I've backdated some end of the year music/media highlights to reflect the time in which they occurred. Other than that, I'm just going forward.

Roger and Mimi says: Here goes...