How To Become Cool In 5 Minutes Or Less!

Read this, 'cause it's cool and you should, 'cause then you would be cool, too.
Or at least cooler then you were before you read it.
I can't guarantee that it will make you in fact cool, if you are currently completely uncool, but at least if you read it then you will gain some cool points which will put you on the fast track to coolville, making you infinitely cooler then you were prior to reading what has been written.

Anywho.......

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I Miss My Big Brother!

I just wanted to write this here blog entry to say that I miss my big brother!!!
Johnny is the best big brother I never had and I hate the fact that he lives so gosh darn far away!
I miss sitting on his couch, sipping a glass of VOGA and watching a great movie.
I miss driving with him in his car talking about, well, anything.
I miss rocking out to so much awesome music with him.
How come some of the best people in your life have to live so far away from you?
It's just not fair!!!
I also think the cost of an airline ticket to Florida should be waived if you have family or people like family that live there.
And I have both, so I'm good.
Though I have yet to visit my granny in Palm Harbour...I should probably do that one day. Too bad Boca Raton is so far away from PH...and so much better! hee hee.
Well, I guess that's really all I have to say tonight.
I miss my awesome big bro and am so blessed that he's a part of my life!!!

Friends are the siblings God Never Gave Us

Just Out Of The Hospital Fears

so, I just got out of the hospital.

I was supposed to have my gall bladder removed, but due to infection it's still in there for another month and I have a bag hanging at my side with a tube that's stuck in my gallbladder to drain the bile...for 2 weeks.

It hurts to laugh, yawn, breath deeply, and cough. Every time I roll over in bed or get up from sitting or laying down I am afraid the tubing will come out. Even though it won't.

I wasn't afraid of this in the hospital, but it's the hospital...if something did happen they could fix it.

Now that I'm at home it's not that simple.

A nurse is coming by tomorrow to change the dressing so she'll be able to resolve my fears.

Until then I'm kind of thinking it will be an all nighter for me.

I am more comfortable sitting in a chair then laying down. lol.

I'm also oddly not tired despit the fact I had 2 Tylenol T3s a couple hours ago, when I was tired. lol.

It's been awhile.

Well, I'm not really in the mood to write a lengthy blog, as I just returned home from the hospital and sitting is still kind of awkward, but I will write a short blurb.

Okay, so my last post was in August and I was talking about the MJ tribute Johnny was working on.
Well, to bring you up to speed....that's actually probably pointless since the only people reading this are probably Haida & Melissa, and possibly Mike & Johnny, too, so...well...I'll just blurb about Jello.

Jello.
I like jello, preferably orange, but I could now go a couple years without ever seeing the jiggly stuff again.
After eating it pretty much 3 times a day for the past week in the hospital because of the damn clear fluid diet, I am sick of it!
JELLO-BE GONE FROM MY LIFE!!!!

Okay, well, that's about it I suppose.

Oh yes......

GALL BLADDERS ARE FREAKING EVIL!!!!!!

That is all.

P.S. According to isaac, things look pretty good for a Vancouver Hanson show. YAY!

No joke...I Really Can Feel It!

So, I've been in this major Michael Jackson mood for almost a full week now.
Prior to this past week, my Michael Jackson music exposure had really only consisted of a song or two and snippets of others.
Heck, prior to June 25th, I honestly didn't really care about the guy.
I mean, I would never deny that he was great in the '80s, I'm not an idiot, but his recent tabloid appearances was pretty much all I knew about him.
And to be honest, I probably still wouldn't care about him if I had been at home, in crappy Parksville, when he died.
But I wasn't at home.
I was in Florida with 3 other music fans.
It really touched me when i saw Johnny's reaction.
I had never really known anyone that had shed a tear over a celebrity before.
Being around a Michael Jackson fan, while processing the fact that a huge star had just passed away, kind of put the whole thing into perspective.
So, on the last night I was in Florida, while we were all trading music, when Johnny asked me if I wanted "History" loaded onto my flash drive, I of course said yes.
Why wouldn't I?
I'm open to all sorts of music, and I was curious about the music of an artist I barely knew.
Except for a couple Jackson 5 songs I had, and "Will You Be There" (Thank you, "Free Willy".)
But I didn't listen to the songs until a week or so ago. I mean, not really.

When Johnny started talking about his tribute, when it was in the beginning stages, I was really interested. I knew it would be awesome, because everything Johnny does is off the hook! :D
And when he created the event, which would turn this small tribute into a huge project, of course I joined, sent in a picture, and spread the word.
I still didn't really consider myself an MJ fan, just a music fan who respected Michael Jackson and what he did for music and pop culture.
But then I decided to listen to "History".

Immediately, I fell in love with the music!!!!
His songs are so heartfelt and honest.
If you don't feel moved after listening to "Heal The World" or "Man In The Mirror", you're dead inside.
And then Melissa, my Hanson fan friend/Tulsa buddy, e-mailed me "Will You Be There".
I was hooked on MJ.

Just the other day I went to add the only 2 Jackson 5 songs I thought I had to my MJ playlist on itunes: "I Want You Back" and "I'll Be There"....both from my "Now & Then" soundtrack.
I had just typed "Jackson" into the search bar and "Can You feel It" came up.
Johnny had loaded that song onto my flash drive, too!
I was ecstatic!!!!
I no longer had to watch the youtube video to listen to the song!!!!

I haven't been on a non-Hanson music phase since Bon Jovi in the spring, and George Michael last summer.
But I'm now in a complete Michael Jackson phase.
I'm even finding myself defending him!
I'm trying to tell people to think of him for the music he made, not the personal live that was splashed across greasy tabloids.

And just today, I really noticed that his music has inspired me to become a better human being.
I mean, I don't even want to hate my boss any longer. O.O
Now that's big!
Sure, she'll still frustrate me and piss me off, but why hate her?
What good is that gonna do me?
Why should I dislike anyone?

I don't know what type of magic Michael Jackson wove into his lyrics, but it's really powerful stuff if you can leave yourself open to hearing it.

I do want to make the world a better place.
Between Hanson's TakeTheWalk.net campaign and Michael Jackson's words, I truly do feel changed.
And oddly, more so now.
Like, inwardly.
I feel different.
Comfortable.
Content.

Again...what is this powerful magic that Michael Jackson wove into his lyrics?
And how can we get the rest of the world to hear and feel it?

Tinted Windows

Have you heard the news?
You haven't?
Okay, I'll tell you.
You may want to sit down for this one.
Brace yourself.
Deep breaths.
Are you ready for it?
Okay.
Here it comes.......

.....TAYLOR HANSON HAS JOINED ANOTHER BAND!!!!!

Okay, I will wait while you recover from that shocking blow.

Have you picked yourself off the floor yet?

No?

Okay, I'll wait.

Oh...you're good now?
Want some more info?

Okay, well, I could explain this new development myself, but I think it would be better if I let Taylor tell you himself.
So, here is what he wrote on hanson.net, after word had broke and half the fan base was literally freaking out.

Hey to all out there! A lot of you guys have prolly heard murmurs-and as of tonight a bit more than that- about a side project I have been working on called Tinted Windows.let us give you the basic low down.

First off, we hoped to be the first to officially tell you guys about it on hnet, but there was a mixup...anyways. Over the last couple years, Adam Schlesinger from fountains of Wayne and James Iha have been working on this project – We first met Adam years ago when we were making Middle Of Nowhere. So the deal is a band that I am mostly taking the vocals on, with James and Adam on bass and guitar, as well as the legendary drummer Bun E Carlos of cheap trick. All of us have just sort of made time for the creation of the album when we could over the last couple years, and now it is going to be coming out, with all the trimmings.

It is a fun thing that is musically different but i think (hope) you will dig. We will premier it at sxsw this year, and we will be telling you guys more about what will be happening with it as it rolls out.

For me and the other guys in the group this is a great project that is an addition to who we are in our core bands.

For instance, as we have said we are working on tunes for the new record ---Hanson I mean, not to be confusing --- and that is going great... Over the next couple months the roll out for Tinted Windows project will happen in between the writing and recording sessions we have planned for the new H record. lot's going on in our world, but as much as we could we wanted you to be among the first to get the real word on this.

We look forward to telling you more about TW and keeping you posted on all things Hanson and, OOOh All This Love Crap too.

Thanks. rocknrooool - TAYLOR

Well, there you have it.
Hanson HAS not broken up.
Taylor is just doing an awesome side project!
I so can't wait to hear what Tinted Windows has to offer!
WHOOOOOOOT!!!!!!

Trips

So, I'm not doing so well with the updates lately.
Just haven't been in a writing mood.
Heck, I wasn't even gonna do a blog now, but I accidentally clicked on google. lol.

I now know the date of the hanson fan club concert in Tulsa.....May 16th. 1 month before my birthday.
Eeeeeeeep!!!!! I am soooo excited!
TULSA! TULSA! TULSA!!!
95 days!
Or 94 since today is pretty much over.

And 32 (or 31) days 'till I leave for Myrtle Beach!
Eeeeeeeeeeeep!

I am loving my life right now!

Anywho, that's pretty much all I want to say.