Thursday

 Happy Friday, everyone.  I've had a lot to write/blog/bullshit about lately.  Today, i share some photos from the last 24 hours. 

First off, a new record I got in the mail yesterday.  About 3 weeks ago I asked my brother (punk rock guru) what essential punk albums i should own.  He had the obvious (anything Ramones, Descendents, or Misfits) but also a long list of stuff going on right now that is killer. 

On the list was a MKE local band (Call Me Lightning.)  So I hit up a record store that he suggested (dusty medical records), read a review and bought it.  So far i am enjoying the album, although Ive only listened to it twice.

 Whenever A is not home for dinner, and i have to cook for myself, the food i make ALWAYS starts by looking like this (cut up whatever veggies I have in the house and saute them...then add something else in order to call it a "real" meal.)  In this case, I added some deli turkey, (scrambled) eggs and cheese.  Along with a banana and I call this a balanced dinner (sort of).

 I hit up grease rag....more on that later

 And of course some morning pug love.  The babies really enjoy sleeping in, and really, wish they could lay in our bed all day.

 Parker prefers to be near our heads, specifically on my pillow.  And Scarlett is more of the under-the-covers-curled-up-in-a-ball-behind-our-knees kinda girl.

 She is like a little angel in the morning.

 And Parker has straight up sleepy face and hates having to get up in order to go outside.

and of course a recent gift from my fabulous thrifting lady pal that I love and had yest to photograph until this morning.

Happy Friday

Today in rock history

Let's learn some rock and roll history from today, shall we?
It was February 3rd, 1967 that Jimi Hendrix recorded (the amazing and classic) purple haze.   Pretty cool, huh? Not that I count Rolling Stone Magazine for much, but they ranked Purple Haze #17 in their top 500 rock songs ever written.

What this actually leads to is that my favorite drummer of all time was part of the Jimi Hendrix Experience.  That drummer is Mitch Mitchell.

In tribute to the late great Mitch Mitchell, i found some cool old photos to post.

Most of you have probably seen me play drums with either my old band The Hasbeen or my new band Southside Hustle.  While I by no means consider myself to be even close to as good as MM, i feel that a lot of what I do is influenced by his style.  Sort of a mix between rock and jazz, and especially awesome in the live context.

I love this photo of the band. 

Read up more on Mitch Mitchell here!

USA TODAY!

So almost every day I start my morning by checking a handful of different blogs.  One of these blogs (dorky, I know) is the USA Today pop culture related blog, Pop Candy!  Well, each week she does a "tattoo Tuesday" where she requests readers to send pictures of their pop culture related tattoos.  So I decided to send over a pic of my berenstain bears (and the spooky old tree) photo.  And guess what...this past Tuesday, IT WAS POSTED!  Now I feel a little famous(more famous than ever before, at least.)  So check it out at the link above! 

Love to Brunch!

 Y'all know I love brunch.  Like *love* it.  I myself prefer a savory breakfast, however my better half enjoys her sweets (and anything made from potatoes.)  When we encounter a brunch situation, typically we get the best of both worlds. 

This past weekend we attended a great brunch gathering hosted by our good friend (thanks megan bird) over at two birds.

We had a pretty awesome spread, and all of it was great.

 Megan made a polenta/veggies/cheesy egg bake happiness.  YUM.  There was also potatoes (more like a hash, as it had veggies in it), really good sausage(I can't help but love meat....) And A and I made a fruit salad and got some donut holes from a baker's wife, our favorite local bakery.

 And what is a brunch without mimosas? I have to admit, I had more than 1.

This weekend with Stupor Bowl, I may have to have a little brunch on Saturday to get ready for the race....(also, I have to write an Economics paper. anyone out there good at econ and want to help me?)

Friday night

Friday night A and I went to one of our favorites, Fat Lorenzo's, for dinner.  A always gets the spaghetti and meatballs, So i got a pizza so we could do halfsie's.  Their pizza is so. so. good, so are the meatballs!

fish stick!

 Had the place to myself last night.  That led to this classiest of classy dinners.  Yes, those are fish sticks. (and ketchup....the only time i ever put it on my plate is when there is fish involved....weird.)

3-2-1-POLO!

 Hi Friends.  I finally made it back out to polo on Sunday.  The crew has been playing at a *secret* indoor spot in the downtown area.  Man, it is SO nice to play in a somewhat warm/weather proof facility in the winter.  Last year we played in this bus depot/parking lot in a different part of downtown.  While it was nice to be somewhat covered up, the wind could whip through there and chill you to the bone.  If you aren't playing a game, it gets cold!




I'm not going to even pretend that these are good pictures.  What can i say, the light was low, the energy was high and I was just trying to snap some shot while actually trying to get some strategy about the 2v2 game.

 Because the space is somewhat small, and there are beams around, it is a 2v2 game setting.  Thus, instead of shooting the ball between 2 cones to score a goal, you need to shoot the ball at a single cone, hit that cone and that equals a goal.  It really pushes you to work on accuracy.

 I like this blurry photo of Kat.  You can tell it is her, and it looks cool, and she looks like she is going really fast-faster than the speed of light, even (well...not really).

 The guys even made boards to play in, so it is pretty much awesome to play there.  I look forward to going back in a couple of Sundays (after my boys play/win the Superbowl).

 There were a lot of new faces, but that was exciting.  A lot of good players, and other players who are about where I am at-that makes me push harder to play well.  I also see my errors when watching players at the same caliber as myself.  You see them do exactly what you would have done, and then you envision what they/you should have done.   It's nice.

 There is also a stage in the space, where people put all their shit.

 what is a game of bike polo w/out a black label or Pabst....

 Below is the bike that I was playing on.  My bike is a bit of a mess right now.  The cranks that were on it also doubled as my winter cranks, and low and behold, when it got cold, I switched them over.  Kat gave me an old set she had, but of course I forgot a part and had to use a loaner bike.  Thank goodness there were options in terms of sizes.  Anyhow, this is ebbin's spare bike.  It has disc brakes, which i had never ridden before.  took a minute to get used to stopping instantly. Also, the saddle is certainly for a dude.  I am still sore (specifically my sit bones!) 

All in all, I had a great time.  I hope to make it back soon.  What I really want to shoot for is traveling to Austin Texas for the Ladies Army III.  I have to get good, first.  But a girl can dream, right?!