As the Time Passes

Now I know it has been some time sense my last blog post. I will make up no excuses as to why. I will be blunt. I have laked motivation. Not just in blogging, but in damn near everything.

I have been applying for jobs and that is about it. When Amy is here in the morning/afternoon, I have the life and energy of 10000 half men, but when she leaves for the day, I just mope. But my friends, last night I seem to have seen the light of day! In the darkness of the night!

I have been spending many a night on my ass watching TV/movies/TV series with my guitar in one hand and a beer in another. Well last night I began to turn one out of two new riffs into an actual new song! It still needs work, and another verse and half, but I will record it soon and try to mix it to the best of my abilities.

So music has taken me out of my miserable mind set. That and today Amy and I went exploring in Palmerton. We found an old store, much like an old Woolworth of yesteryear.

Said Woolworth looking store was called Spillanes Variety Store. And a variety store it was. Filled with all sorts of things. But a lot of arts and crafts supplies. That is where I found this little awesome guy below.

And assembled....

This is flippin' cool!

So now that I am feeling a little better and writing some new music, we are headed out to visit the C.F. Martin & Co. guitar factory tomorrow! This was something I had hoped to do last week, but I had scheduled some Civil Service exams in Scranton on the same day. I was Amy's only day off last week and I inadvertently ruined it.

In my defense I did schedule the exams months ago, right after I was being told of my involuntary dismissal from the company I use to work for. No I was not fired, I was laid off. Getting back on topic.

Tomorrow we are headed to Nazareth PA to do the FREE C. F. Martin & Co. factory tour! This is something I am very stoked about. I use to own one of these glorious instruments. a D15 Mahogany to be exact. Great guitar. I choose the mahogany for it's rich deep tones. But I had purchased a Taylor not to long after and that having electronics in it, I ended up playing that more. So I did what I do with most of my great guitars..... I sold it to Mr. Risk.

So Mr. Risk now owns not only a great instorment, but a piece of American history. The D15 is made using pre-WW II X bracing. Mr. Risk got a good set up on said D15 and added some electronics. I have had the opportunity to gig next to Mr. Risk, he playing his Martin and I playing my Taylor, and the two made a great sounding pair.

So tomorrow we are off to take a tour and explore our new surroundings some more. And with that I leave you, to do my manly duties. They being the dishes and cook some dinner. My belly tells me it is almost time.

That is all, carry on.

My X-Mas Present....

From Amy. We took a trip to the Electric City Tattoo Gallery this past Saturday. This is the result of that trip.

It is a mix of a Japanese Zoomer commercial, Amy's take on said robot, and Elijah's take on Amy's take. Here is the Zoomer commercial, don't worry you'll love it. It is awesome!

I have been asking Amy to draw me a robot for a tattoo for years. I finally bugged her enough to work on one for me. I love the results. I can't wait to get it finished. Elijah worked on me for about 3 hours, and damn was my arm sore. I heard it hurts more the older you get, and I can honestly say.... it really does. But I wanted it and I am glad I am getting it.

I didn't say got it, because it is not done yet. I still need one more sitting to finish it. Well I hope just one more sitting.

Moving on. As you can see we now have the interweb back! I got woken up this morning by a call from the cable guy at 8 a.m. He wanted to come over early and install my cable and Internet! EARLY!

So 6 hours before I was suppose to start waiting around, he was here, and 5 hours before I was suppose to be waiting around, he was done! Then I went to grab my wireless router, and guess what? The box was empty! Now we didn't need it at the old apartment because the Verizon modem was also a wireless router. So I was a bit peeved when the box was empty.

So we took a spin to Walmart and picked up a new router. We needed another power strip anyway, so we got that while we were there. 15 minutes after we got home, I was wireless and secure!

Now I am sitting here in this cold apartment typing a blog for you great people of the world. But I am also getting hungry, so I am going to go cook dinner now.

That is all, carry on.

VESPA!

Went grocery shopping in Lehighton today. Saw this in the coffee isle. You may have seen this in the world befor. Or you may have seen this on this blog before. They have this poster in the Allentown rest plaza on I476. I took a picture of the picture and posted it before.

The Long Awaited, is still being Awaited!

Well now, you may have seen this picture below sitting on this blog for a week now with out a post about it. Well that is because I have been very busy, and didn't have a chance to write. I am teaming over with ideas for blogs, but short on time this next week as well. You see it is moving day in less than a week now, so we have been packing on up. But I will get this special Christmas post out there for you.

Well as you know I am in the Coopers Beer club and I was working on my 500 beer plaque. Well a few months ago I completed that task after 4 years of hard work. I was informed in the beginning of November that my 50o plaque was in and would soon be hanging on the walls, displayed for all to see.

Fill with happiness about me accomplishment, i patently waited. And waited. And waited some more. Then finally 2 weeks ago I was told Tommy hung the new plaques! Filled with joy I made a special trip to Coopers on my off week so as I could basque in the glow of my hard work.

To my amazement, my plaque was not on the wall. Sadness set in and I sorrowfully asked Tonya if Tommy had hung all the plaques. She was not sure, so she sent him a text message (It's all the rage these days. All the kids are doing it.). Tommy promptly replied with a "I will look into it."

Another week passed by and I saw Tommy at the bar, so I asked him. He informed me that several plaques did not meet the deadline and were set to be on the next order. I was at a loss, I had my order in for months at this point, but I said OK and hoped the wait would not be much longer.

About a half an hour later Mr. Morgan went to use the restroom. On his way back, he found some very useful information. Worried whether or not I would be mad at the news, he went to a very good confidant......Amy.

She deemed the information necessary and relayed the news to me. As it seems there was a mix up in the ordering. The photo you see above is the plaque that was ordered for me. That is a 150 plaque. Some how another 15o got ordered instead of my 500.

So Tommy took that one off the wall and gave it to me. Now I am not mad. I was and an a little upset, but I got a free plaque to hang on my wall, and I am getting a 500 anyway, with better placement! Tommy is giving me prime placement because of the mix up!

So I think this is win win for The Meepers!

So now it is finally Christmas. Santa was good to me, I hope he was good to you kiddies as well. Now I am off to visit Amy, who had to work tonight! So you all have a Merry Friday!

That is all carry on!

Lunch Time!

Lunch $.50 a year? What the heck is that suppose to mean?

OK, as Tim and I were driving back to the office he figured it out. It refers to kids. It is $.50 for every year old they are. By the way, it was $.60 for dinner. So that mystery is solved. Thank goodness, it was driving me crazy like the top of the Chrysler Building.

Well I had a good blog planed for today, but I forgot to take a photo this morning, so I will have to wait until tomorrow to compose said blog. So I will talk about what is going to happen in a few hours.

At 5 p.m. I am going out with the people from work (by then they will be the people I use to work with). We are going to a place called the Tipsy Turtle. I kind of dig the name. I am told they have a good beer selection, and the Turtle Bites are super good!


No not that kind of turtle bite, the kind made from chicken.
Turtle Bites are what they call their chicken bites. So I am down for putting some in my belly. As long as they are not named Leonardo that is. He was the best ninja turtle!

Moving day is coming up fast! Philly look out, we will be pretty close to you! And The Fort Allen, I will be sleeping under your roof soon.

Keep checking around for The Meepers DOT Net to be live within the next month!

That is all, carry on.

PIE Time!

That is one sad looking piece of pie. Now I know why she really wanted to put whipped cream on top. Guess we should have let her.

The Meepers goes Big Time!

I went ahead and took the plunge! With the help of Tim, buying me a gift card to www.godaddy.com, I bought a domain name and some web space. The space is being set up and I will begin construction on the site this weekend and next week! But in the mean time if you go to www.themeepers.net, you will be redirected right back here.

I know sounds more professional. Why not www.themeepers.com you ask? Because someone already took it! I can pre-order it now, but it cost a few pennies more, and by that I mean double! It's only $20, but I aint going to forget the name the meepers, and i can't own the .com for 2 more years. If i get into building this site hardcore, you can bet I will buy the rights to the domain when it expires.

So what is the next step? Well Podcasts are the next step. I am not going to give up on this blog, although I will most likely move it over to my new space, or create a sub-domain that will link you here. The point of that is, this RSS feed is already set up with my Tumblr blog, and that already shares this blog with Facebook, Twitter and Word Press.

So that set up is already pretty good. Got to network the free social networking sights! No sense in using up paid bandwidth, when I can get some for free!

So what do you think of that logo? I did it in real fast. It is only a mock-up, but comments are appreciated. Also suggestions on what to do with the site would be cool. What would you like to see, read or hear.

Moving on.

I would like to share a link that Mr. Risk sent me yesterday. If the link does not load properly, and you will know if it didn't just refresh the page. And now I give you this rather large URL to click on. Don't let the size scare you, you will like the tidings it brings.
http://www.youtubedoubler.com?video1=http://www.youtube.com/v/HsF_2CNV9v4&start1=3&video2=http://www.youtube.com/v/06CvUjLgK5g&start2=0

Yes it was this goat!
And yes this goat does sound like a man! If you have never seen that before and wish to view it alone and not as part of an amazing music mash up, you may click this blue text.

I like to share. And that is what The Meepers DOT Net will be! Sharing!

One more thing I just remembered, and allow m a short rant here. There was word that my 500 plaque was at Coopers under close guard to keep it safe from harm. Well a week ago this very night I attended a celebration of you will. A weekly celebration of life and love for beer. What do I see when I entered the doors of the blessed Mead Hall? New 500 plaques on the wall. None of which bore my name! Saddened by this sight, I buried myself into a tasty beer, and wallowed in the fact that I am moving away soon and will not be living 5 blocks from one of the best Mead Halls in existence.

What does that mean? It means two weeks from now, is moving day and I will no be around very much. So I will in turn not be able to see my plaque before I go. I will have to male plans with one of the Grant Clan to take a photo and send it to me when and IF it ever makes it to the walls. It was three and a half years in the making, I would like to see something for all the time and effort I put into drinking beer! Every one needs a goal right?

That is all, carry on.

The Big Time

Well now, it looks like after only 2 episodes MTV's new "Reality" TV show, The Jersey Shore, has hit the big time. It seems like it is Papa John's Nivea, LG and Burger King's loss for dropping sponsorship of this amazing show. You know you hit big time when TMZ does a segment on you. And after only two episodes have aired! (Well it is Wednesday night, so tomorrow there will be three episodes out there).


Fist Pumpin' with 'Jersey Shore!' (MySpace Exclusive

TMZ | MySpace Video


What really happens at The Jersey Shore.

Snooki's Attacker -- Guilty of Assault

TMZ | MySpace Video


Moving on.

Remember this?Well it's back! And they only dropped the buy it now $5! Cause it sold so well the first time. Way to move your product.


OK, lots of things to wrap up in these last 2 days. Got to run.

That is all, carry on.