Me Today

Me Today 8.14.08

Finally found a house, putting deposit down after work, loving the new job still, and learning Ruby.

Drowning Pool Show

Tuesday night I had tickets to see one of my favorite bands, Drowning Pool. I had seen them twice before at Ozzfest two different years but that was with Dave Williams (RIP). I hadn’t seen them since. I didn’t really care much for their first album after Dave. It was mostly Jason Jones, vocals, that I just couldn’t get into. Nobody will ever be Dave but he just didn’t have what I wanted in Drowning Pool and came to expect. After finding out Ryan (former vocals for SOiL, another great band live) joined the band and hearing the new album I just had to see the new lineup live.

It was great to find out that they were going to play The Iron Horse Pub here in Wichita Falls, TX. The Iron Horse is not a very big place but after touring so long doing major cities, Drowning Pool is on a small-venue tour which I’m sure is amazing. The feeling you get at a small venue is great. I ended up directly in front of the stage and as time went on found myself to the right of the stage in front of the speakers. I normally go to shows in bigger venues like Kay Yeager and Superpages.com Center so it was a change to be right in front of the stage and the band and able to feel their energy.

I’ve seen so many bands live (check out the about me page) from 4 years of Ozzfest and other shows including Metallica, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Godsmack, Korn, Godsmack, Sevendust, Saliva, and plenty more and this is by far the best show I have ever been to. They had a great mix of old school Drowning Pool (Ryan pays plenty of respect to Dave) and new stuff off their latest album. Overall it was an amazing show and without a doubt a band I plan to see again very soon. Next week I’m going to Dallas to the Superpages.com Center for Mayhem Fest headlined by Disturbed and Slipknot, as I love getting lawn tickets, I think I will leave missing something that I found at the DP show. Being able to feel the energy from the band.

Me Today // Sevendust & Saliva

The Sevendust and Saliva show last night was amazing. All four bands kicked ass including the two local ones from Dallas, TX; Neverset and Overscene. You can find pictures on my flickr here; http://flickr.com/photos/twofivethreetwo/sets/72157604790835222/ (pics aren’t great but a few good ones as crappy camera + fog machine/strobes = blurry). I also took a few quick videos of songs from Saliva and Sevendust which you can find here; http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=9E8B85193A11B197 . Also did a quick Me Today as I was leaving the Kay Yeager.

Me Today 01.23.08 [Video]

Had a meeting with a client in Lawton today so did a quick Me Today on my way there. Afterwards got treated to Applebees for lunch by Melissa’s mom.

Fantasy of Lights [Video]

After dinner tonight we headed to Midwestern State University to the Fantasy of Lights as it was the last day and due to weather and a busy holiday week we hadn’t taken the kids to see them. It was still cold (just below 40F) but was nice. Plus this gave me the chance to have my first blog of the new year to be a video. Tomorrow I will be posting my resolutions for 2008 along with my plan to Blog365. You can see more Fantasy of Lights pics in my flickr gallery.

Happy T-Day [video]

Not really much going on right now so I wanted to do a quick video. I prepared a few of the other stuff like fudge and fruit salad and now got my Turkey in the oven trying a few new things this year on it, so we will see how it goes. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.