While kim was gone I got a few things done for the pending second release of oarsa.org, but Jay is really the one that is kicking ass on developing the site. I’ll see if I can get a screenshot or two up for you all to see sometime in the near future. We hope to have some beta testers start hitting the site in the next couple weeks. As all of that is going on, we still have a ton of data to input into the database, so it will keep us busy enough.

Releated to this, I’ve also decided that it is time for me to learn some php and sql. I’m gonna use it to do some simple things on this site and probably to help with doing some work for others like Ed Hearn…

Tonight is the Pomeroy show that I’ve been waiting to go to. It will be my second time seeing them, this time is a much larger venue, the Beaumont Club. I hope that I’ll be able to tape, but Beaumont has always been such a pain to me. Plus the other band playing, Blue October, is very anti-taping. I’ve been spending some time on their board telling the fans the benefits of taping. I still think some don’t get it, but oh well. It’s tough work, but someone has to do it. :)

The O.A.R. show was a great time as always. The crowd was kind of annoying and quite large, but that is to be expected. Guster didn’t too much for me once again. I’m convinced these guys should tour with Pat McGee, and they should call it the Boring Tour or something like that. :b Besides the percussion guy, they lack energy and the often missing bass lines are very much missed. Not the worst I’ve seen, but not the best. I was pretty busy during Toothpick’s set, so I really don’t have an opinion on him. Kim said he was pretty bad though. Hopefully next time around it will be a headlining show…

We didn’t do much else this weekend. It was relaxing…

Last night was a great time at the Matt Nathanson and Tanner Walle show! I recorded it and also have some excellent pictures. I finally figured out a few features on the camera and it paid off! I’ll get those up soon…

Tomorrow is the O.A.R. show that I’ve been waiting for. It should be a hell of a time!

Oh yeah, the credit union has the wrong VIN number on all of their paperwork. I think I just got a free car. :b

Cincinnati was a fun time as always, but I didn’t have nearly enough time to do everything that I wanted to. I never got to meet up with any of my high school buddies. There is always next time though. I guess this might be Easter???

I took some pictures and I tried to put them up here on the site, but I guess I broke the entire photo gallery instead. If you are having issues trying to get there, this is why. I’ll get to it after work today…

There are some great shows for the next couple of weeks that I’m really looking forward to. There is a Pomeroy show tonight that we may or may not go to. There is a Matt Nathanson and Tanner Walle show on Thursday. Of course, the O.A.R. show is this Saturday! I just hope we don’t spend all of our money. :)

Pomeroy is awesome live! I recorded it and should be releasing it soon enough.

I think I’m a little sick or something. I keep sneezing and it sucks. I can’t be sick, because I don’t have any sick days at work, haha.

Here is a challenging game to play if you have extra time. It took me over a half hour to beat, so make sure you have time…

I dropped Kim off at the airport at 6:30 this morning. Barf!
She is meeting up with her family in North Carolina, then working in Cincinnati all next week. I’m a bachelor once again. ;)

I’ve just been trying to clean up around the house so far today. I think that I am going to Warrensburg, MO to see a Pomeroy show tonight. I haven’t seen them yet, and I’ve been wanting to. This place is only an hour or so away, so that isn’t too bad. The band is supposed to be very good live, kind of like a hip hop funk thing. I have an mp3 of their’s up as a song of the day, check it out!

In addition O.A.R. has teamed up with Robert Randolph to record the Zeppelin tune Fool In The Rain. Check it out here, and for those of you with iTunes, buy the track on Tuesday for $0.99!

We could be facing the most snow KC has seen in years this weekend.

According to weather.com:
… WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING TO MONDAY AFTERNOON…
PRELIMINARY DATA INDICATES THAT AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL BEFORE THIS SYSTEM MOVES EAST MONDAY AFTERNOON. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY… MAKING FOR EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION….

Should be interesting…

Tonight we are going to see Tanner Walle at a small club in a “bad part of town.” I hope we survive. :b
For tomorrow I want to work on my fish tank, which would require going to all kinds of pet stores in the area. I think that could easily kill an entire day.
Sunday, if the weather isn’t bad, we are gonna watch the Super Bowl at a guy I work with’s house. He has a 100 inch tv!!

I’ll let you know how the blizzard is, and hopefully I’ll take some new pictures!

Damn, I just had another great entry typed up and somehow it got deleted. I like updating this thing daily and I’m gonna try to continue to do so…

Last night Kim and I met up with my buddy Steve Christy at a Steve Poltz show. It was a great time while we were there, but unfortunately work prevented us from staying out all night. I suggest you check this guy out if you have some free time today, good solo music and quite a funny guy too.

Everything should be set for me to pickup my new car tomorrow morning. I’m driving home to Cincinnati immediately after work today, and I think I’m gonna try a different route. Before I have always taken 70 all the way to Indianapolis and then hopped on 74 there. I think today that I will start on 70 and take that to St. Louis. From there I’m gonna take 64 over to Louisville, and then 71 from there to Cincy! Hopefully this is a more scenic route.

I would tell you to call me if you are around town this weekend, but I’m gonna be so busy with what I already have planned. Don’t worry though I should be back on the weekend of February 20-22.

On Saturday night a group of us are going to Mike Sarnovsky’s place in Dayton. We are going to work on O.A.R.’s Best Of 2003 Compilation. I’m sure that the number of beers will out number the song choices that we make, but it’s the fun that matters!

I forgot to write about the weekend in my previous post. Kim and I went to an KC Comets Indoor Soccer game which had a concert afterwards by a beatles tribute band, Liverpool. They were pretty good actually, complete with accents and all.

Kim, Doni and I went to an RV show, which further convinced me that I want to own a mobile home one day, and just travel all around. Pretty cool stuff, and also pretty expensive stuff. We then met up with Phil and Todd over at Doni’s parents house to watch football on their big screen! It was cool, and the Turkey Reuben’s were awesome!

So I’m heading home tonight, and I’m off work for almost a week. Should be relaxing and tons of fun. I already am planning to go to The Shantee show on Sat. night, so come on out to that if you can. Other than that, I’m open to suggestions and ideas.

We decided to leave Amstel here at home. Doni and Phil are gonna watch him for us, as well as the other pets. :) This makes it a ton easier! Hopefully he doesn’t shit all over the kitchen this time though…

Now 2003 is up. Click here to see it, or don’t if you want to be surprised when I hand you a copy. :b

Well it’s time to start this crazy day. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you!!!