My boy T-Bone came through for a couple VIP tickets for the Theory of a Deadman/Hurst show last weekend and for that, major props to the lad. Tony and I used to be bouncers at Billy Bob's together and when I got there he was just a fresh-faced lad who didn't really know what he was doing. Well-intentioned but sometimes dangerous due to his inexperience, I have watched him grow into the role and now he his head doorman at three different bars. Way to go T.

The show itself was OK. Hurst was good. The front man was congenial and fun interacting with the crowd and playing the Axl Rose card a few times. TOAD (heh) was not so good. No charisma and the interaction with the crowd varied from forced to angry at times. I was not impressed. Oh well, it was well worth the price of admission and Teri and I had a blast.

One other thing of note that night, the guy from this incident was there and he asked me if he saw me at Staind. I looked square at him and said yup. He didn't press it any further but part of me hoped he would. Since I had either worked with or knew very well 80% of the door staff at the bar (about 8 guys) I think he would have been in for a rude awakening indeed. :-)

Teri brought the girls up to the store yesterday. A couple of interesting things happened. 1) When Jaala was told that Teri and Leisha would be coming to my store while she was in school, she threw a tantrum because she wouldn't get to see me. 2) The first time Teri came by with just Leisha, Leisha was kind of shy toward me. Not strongly but not as outgoing as she normally has been. 3) When Teri brought Jaala back with them the second time Jaala wanted to have supper with me and Leisha but no one else was invited (how cute is that) 4) This time Leisha was her normal outgoing self.

The girls still don't know Teri and I are dating but they have really taken to me as a person and a friend. I love that. I think Jaala has a little crush and it's quite cute.

On the work front, still waaay too many hours and waaay too busy to get anything done but the end is in sight. Only 11 more days until Christmas and the end of the chaos. I'm looking forward to it. On another cool Christmas-sy note, Teri is staying with me at Christmas while her girls are with their dad and I have four days off in a row! Awesome-ness abounds.

Gotta check the laundry and have some lunch.

Peace & Love
Faron