...tomorrow will be AWESOME.

Look, I had a not so good day. What did I do about it? I decided tomorrow will be awesome.

Join in the fun. I hope tomorrow is awesome for everyone.

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...I'm recapping last weekend.

So, this past weekend I had a lot going on. I turned 37. I went to a Packer's pre-season game and sat on the 50 yard line for it. Chicago was a blast, and Sunday was nice and lazy.

...Feuer Frei!

I've been waiting for this show for since 1998. The last time I got to see them was when they toured on the first Family Values tour. I was a doing street work promotion for TVT Records at the time and they had me handing out cassettes with the latest songs from Sevendust, Gravity Kills and others on there. As a thank you for doing that bit of work, they gave me two tickets to the Family Values show here in my town and I took one of my good friends to the show.  He'll be there with his wife and our former room mate as well (he didn't get to see them last time).

...ROAD TRIP

It was road trip weekend out to Madison. We headed out to Inferno with a good friend of ours and went to the monthly Leather and Lace outing that they have there. It was quite packed. Lots of people just being themselves. It was a good time.

All I know is that I had just a tad too much last night. When we woke up this morning, I feel really bad for the cleaning staff today. They might not want us back.

...I can't...stop...watching...

I love high speed photography and filming. It's just way fun to watch. So, with that, I'm glad someone finally put this up on YouTube.

I could watch this on loop for days.

...I'm working on something with Matt.

I'm working on something with Matt from @_caustic_ . You'll all see it very shortly. He made an offer, I took him up on it. It's not working on music or anything, which would be awesome. But, it's going to be just as cool. Keep an eye on this blog over the next couple of days.

...I realized I really enjoy writing.

As much as I hate to admit it, I like writing. I enjoy doing this blog. I had no idea I had a "style" per say when I started writing again for school back in January 2010. I've had a few people tell me they like reading what it is I have to say when I write. This is interesting to me. What is the reason? Do people think I am that interesting? I really don't have a whole lot to peer in to. I'm not divulging anything all that juicy as far as gossip goes. This IS a self therapy blog for me and I am writing it mostly for myself. It's made so I can look back at the moth, or any given day and see what was good about it.

Not my usual writing platform.

I used to do writings about the bad. But what comes from that? Why sit there and keep bringing up a bad situation if you can move on and talk about the good that is there instead? It is a shift in the way I think at times. I used to be "that guy". The one that would just spout off about all the bad things as they happened without thinking about what I could learn from it. 

I am going to keep writing this blog, daily. I'm sorry about the lack of updates this past weekend. Even if it was something small, I need to get this out there so that I don't forget anything about my life and record the good from the day. 

On a side note, I plan on doing some more writing outside of this. It might be short stories, or a novel, or even writing for games and just submitting my work. Who knows, maybe it will just be making another blog about something else I love, music.

...they like me! They really like me!

I got my review at work today. Usually I am not too thrilled about these, and this is a new format now that I have moved buildings. I had no idea what to expect on it. It's not the usual one that I had over at the prior building. We're all under this one big IT umbrella now, so it can be quite a new adventure at times.

It was sent to me last night, and I read through it. My boss is of the thought that an employee shouldn't be blindsided at a review or come in nervous about things. I've known him for a few years now, and prior to the move we were peers. The new organization saw him as having a higher leadership role, and that I would work for him. It's actually worked out. I've taught him a few things about what I do for a living and he's given me some guidance on how to handle the tough situations.

Don't get me wrong, we've had our differences in the past. Most of the time while at the other building and he was not my boss. But, over here, we have a familiarity with each other that helps us get things done. He has his direction on things from his boss and he hands them down to me and I move forward with those directions. I don't salute and go all the time, but I know when NOT to say the wrong thing as well.

Oh, that review. It was pretty good. As always I scored myself lower than he saw my scores. It's just the way it always goes with me. I see the need for improvement, they think I'm doing a great job. Maybe it's because I don't take mediocrity when it comes to my job. I want to be the best. I also want to help everyone be the best too.

I have to say though, it takes a different type of oddball to do this job. But today, it was fun. Besides it being a good work day, I had dinner brought to me (thanks lady!) so I could do some school work before I posted this and head home.