FlyLeaf Meet and Greet

We had a concert that was at an event that I had the 'pleasure' of being on the planning committee for, so I lined up a meet and greet with the headlining band at our station.

This is the PD for the Eagle and me with the band Flyleaf.... The sign isn't crooked, I think the lady taking the picture had one leg shorter than the other...

Kinda cool... this is the actual van that the band Flyleaf toured in until they signed a MAJOR record contract. They drove to New York and slept in the van for three days while they waited for a chance to play for the President of Octone Records, once he heard them he signed them to a contract and their next CD went PLATINUM!

Flyleaf in front of the Limo that we picked them up in...

14 passenger Cadillac Escalade Limo... First class all the way...

Overall it was a pretty good experience for the FIRST EVER meet and greet that we had at the station.

ANOTHER Monster Truck Show

Last Saturday I was asked to go and take some pictures at the Monster Truck show in Killeen so I decided to make the best of it. Let me tell you something, I really enjoy going to these events because as I get older I have TOTALLY become a people watcher! I like to look at all different types of people, but my FAVORITES have got to be the less refined people in my area.

I saw this girl dangling as her mother stretched to reach over a fence to take a picture of a non-moving Monster Truck.



This is a picture of Durty Dingus McGee putting Rod Stewart (the chicken) on Evan's head. Great picture!



Evan found two pieces of strawberry candy on the ground and was REALLY excited about it.




There are no words to describe the noises and faces that were made when Rod Stewart got to sit on Julia's head. I just hope at some point her nightmares go away.





After some getting used to it we got a picture of her and Durty smiling...






The GREATEST SIGHT OF THE DAY... Its not often you get to see the mullet twins... It was amazing.







Mini-Mullet








Mini-Mullet, with a striking resembelance of my brother in his younger days!





Now even though I work for a radio station there are times that it all pays off... Truly a fun day...

Latest On Me...

It has been a while since I have had the time to get on here and post ANYTHING because we have launched new websites here at the Radio Station and that is just another one of the MANY things that I have been put in charge of... Check them out if you get a chance, and if you want to listen to some streaming music or log into a listener club to help my numbers it would be greatly appreciated! The addresses are as follows:
US105: Country Station... http://www.myus105.com/
Eagle 101.7: Rock Staion... http://www.myeagle101.com/
B106: Hip Hop Staiton... http://www.myb106.com/
Kiss: Adult Contemporary... http://www.mykiss1031.com/
KTEM: News Radio... http://www.myktem.com/
Anyways, now on to the fun stuff... I had the pleasure to going to one of my good friends house last weekend and spend some time with his lovely wife and energetic little daughter. It is crazy that I have been friends with Justin now for over SEVEN years and was around the day that little Madalyn was born...

This is Madalyn... She wasnt' too sure of me in the beginning but I think she warmed up a little bit by the time I left...

She is sure making the yuckie face in this one... I think Justin must have farted or something!

Showing off her toungue...

She was shooing away some imaginary dogs...

Justin felt the need to 'share' his hat with her while she was eating...

I can only imagine that the 'I don't know what happened' look that she is using now will only become more commonplace in the future...

Me and Madalyn... I think I was blowing raspberries on her back...

Madalyn and her daddy...

Madalyn and her lovely mother April

Justin and me before I left... Its nice to hang out with my grownup friends every once in a while... Wish I had more time to do so...

And at last... The goodbye kiss... I thought it was really cool how the flash showed up between us. She was a handfull but such a sweet nice and happy little girl. One thing that I did learn that night was... "Never underestimate how sloberly a little girl can kiss you bye"

The Glorious Mullet Experience

I realize that there are some of you that are not on Myspace, therefore didn't get the chance to experience the 'mullet phase' with me. I have always been an admirer of the glorious mullet haircut. I mean, what more can you say about it other than it exemplifies the American attitude of 'Business in the front, Party in the back'. I have always felt that the definition of a mullet kind of describes me. I can be extremely professional at work but leave that side of me behind after I leave the office to cut loose and have a great time. That being said I decided that for Halloween I would have a true American mullet. This took much planning you see. For a legitimate mullet one would have to grow their hair out for an extended period of time. I grew my hair out for four months so that it would be long enough int he back for it to be considered a true mullet. Then the glorious day of the mullet began!


I did draw in the 'chops' a little bit so that it added a little emphasis to my outfit...



It was a great and wonderful day!



I wish I could say that I had been drinking, but this was a completely lucid idea...



Chuckin' the deuce...

All in all the Glorious Mullet Experience was all that I could hope that it would have been. I went to work that Friday with the Mullet, got a few laughs, and even made a trip to Wal-Mart with the mullet where amazingly enough I felt like I fit in for the first time ever in a small town Wal-Mart. If only there was a nascar race that weekend and I had been able to go... maybe next time!

Honeybrowne and Rich O-Toole Band At Denim and Diamonds

Friday the 20th of February we went out to Denim and Diamonds here in Temple. It was a blast! Both bands put on a terrific show and were really cool to talk with.

The Manager of the club that the concert was at... Its a tough job, can't you tell?

The Rich O'Toole Band...

Backstage after they finished their set.

Honeybrowne (as seen on CMT quite often) and me!

Honeybrowne as they were playing on stage. They were real nice guys. All in all a fun night was had by everyone involved. I hope to see them again in this area at a much larger venue.

Welcome Back 4th ID on Fort Hood

Today I went with Aaron out to the Welcome Back party for 4th ID on Fort Hood. There was a little over 200 soldiers that arrived back today. Now I always knew that soldiers sacrificed for our freedom, and have never taken that for granted, but today when I had the chance to witness the return of some of our troops from Iraq it was a truly humbling experience. I do not know what I expected when I got up early this morning to make the 40 minute drive to Fort Hood, but what I experienced has really made me stop and appreciate even more what these soldiers are doing for us, not some of us, all of us. People that bitch about our armed services need to go to one of these parties, so that they know that while we all reserve the right to have an opinion about our government and how it operates, we should ALL give 100% of our support to the people that, by choice, fight for our right to complain while leaving their family and friends behind to go to a foreign country for 15 months straight. Complain about the Management all you want, but thank the person that fights for you regardless of your status or race. Next time you see a soldier take a few minutes out of your busy consumer driven life and use them to say thank you to ANYONE that has ever served in OUR military.

This little girl was waiting for her Daddy to come give her a hug. She was only a little bitty baby when he saw her last... Now she is up and running around waving her little flag PROUDLY.

I took some time to stop and talk to this girl who was waiting for her husband to return home. They do not have kids, but he loved his dog so she drove all the way from Oklahoma with the dog so it could be there for him when he got back to Texas.

Her husband was able to be there for the birth of his little baby girl, but hasn't had the chance to hold her again since then.

This was really cool... They had firetrucks lined up making an arch of water for the buses that all the soldiers were in to pass under. They were flanked by Apache Helicopters and a half-track was leading the way. My apologies if I am calling something the wrong thing, but that is what I believe that I heard they were called.

The first guy off the first bus.

They lined everyone up and had a prayer thanking the Lord for allowing them all to come home safe before they allowed them to cut loose and run to their loved ones. I have to admit, while they were all standing at attention and the pastor was saying the prayer, there have been few times in my life that I was as proud as I was to be living in America and to have people that believe in our country enough to risk their lives for it daily.

Happy to be back in the Land of the Free.

Once they let the soldiers be with their families, I tried my best to not take anyone's 'moment' but walked around snapping pictures. This one reminds me of the famous picture of the guy in his Navy uniform kissing his girl in Times Square on New Years.

This soldier is holding his beautiful little baby girl for the first time. It was once of those moments that took my breath away, I can not even fathom the emotions that he must have felt.

Another special moment that I had the pleasure of being in the presence of...

I am thankful that I have a job that allowed me to go to an event such as this. Everything happens for a reason and maybe I needed a little bit of a refresher on how lucky I am to live in the United States of America, and how I should go a little out of my way to let those that have made this the Land of the Free know that I am thankful. So let me take this chance to let anyone that has taken the time to read my blog that has served in OUR military that I truly appreciate all the sacrifices that you have made to help us ALL have a better life. Thank you.

I went to the Disturbed Concert at the Bell County Expo Center on Tuesday and took some pictures of the people in line and talked to them for a while. It was fun. I could have gone to the concert but really felt no need to go to see Disturbed, Sevendust, and Skindred when I had no idea of any songs that they play that I like. I wasn't even going to go out there at all but in the end had to help out a friend and take some supplies out to the Eagle van to help set up the music. I wondered up to the line of people waiting to get in and asked how long they had been waiting... and the first two in line had been waiting since NOON. I didn't get there till 5:30... So I thought for their perseverance they should go on my blog...

In casual conversation I asked them what they do... The girl is a 'Housewife' meaning she is unemployed, and the guy told me his job was 'Professional Cagefighter'... I felt the need to upstage him at that point and the only thing I could mumble out that I could think of that sounded cooler was that I was a 'Shark Hunter that Sky Dived'. I mean seriously, whats cooler than being able to say you are a cagefighter.

As I stood there talking to the two people in the front of the line, I noticed the guy to their left and the fact that the girls to his left were refering to him as 'statue man'. My keen sense of observation realized about ten minutes later that is was because he did not move or talk... I wanted to get him out of his shell.

So using the awesome power of peer pressure I got him to pretend he was a statue in a running man position. It was everything that I hoped and dreamed it would be...

These are the three girls behind him... The one in the front threatened to steal my camera, the one on the right threatened to cut me and steal my hat, and the one on the left didn't have to threaten me because I was already scared of her... A wonderful concert like Disturbed, Sevendust, and Skindred really manages to bring out the best that Bell County has to offer...

This a zoomed in picture of eagle van... For those of you with really good eyesight you will notice that the white van that you see is actually our competitors van parked between the eagle van and the line because they guy who was out there refused to park on the curb like SOMEONE told him to do. But its okay, he didn't want to get in trouble and get thrown in the Bell County Expo jail... grrrrr... Oh well... win some lose some...


Overall I had a great time going out and talking to people that I normally wouldn't get to talk to, but was very thankful that I went home and changed out of my dress shirt and slacks and actually managed to make it out of there without getting mugged or stabbed. All in all it was a good time. I also saved a few of the sensitive tiny hairs in my ears that help pick up sound by not going inside to the concert.