Friday, May 30, 2008

peaks and valleys

It's not until you truly hit rock bottom that you realize how good feeling average felt. However, it's not until you soar to new heights that you realize how far from average you really are. Success and failure all seem too relative at this point. It's all the "middle of the road" stuff that can really get you down.

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Let's Get to the Grillin'

Ah yes, Memorial Day weekend. Last year, I attempted to make a "bullet" blended frozen beverage for all of my friends at a backyard BBQ bash. Allow me to explain. You know those popsicles that are red, white and blue-- most commonly from an ice cream truck or the grocery store? They are often called bullets- probably due to their shape and the association of guns with patriotism in the US of A. Back to my drink... I got three blenders. I made frozen pina coladas in two and strawberry daiquiri in one. I also brought blue food dye to add to the second pina colada, to create one white, one blue and one red beverage. Then I used clear plastic cups, and poured in the frozen drinks in layers, as to re-create the "bullet" popsicle appearance.

Long story short, I failed. The drinks pretty much came out purple. In my mind, this drink was going to work out perfectly. The taste, however, was a success. I believe this drink is actually known as a Miami Vice-- pina colada & daiquiri together. Not a bad combination, especially if you're wearing an open Hawaiian shirt.

I need to come up with something sweet to add to tomorrow's BBQ. I also really wish I had been spending my time brusing up on my 4-square skills, as the last time I played was probably last year's BBQ. How am I suppose to dominate? I'll play hard. That's for sure. In it to win it.

Hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend!

Wearing a denim vest,
Mark

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Studio

I am in the studio right now... and it feels so right.

I was on mini-tour / vacation last week... and it felt so right.

I will be enjoying Chipotle about two hours from now... and it will feel so right.

In short: I can't complain right now.

I take that back, what is up with the Kars 4 Kids radio advertisements? They've got what they wanted, here I am blogging about it. Any promo is good promo, right? But seriously, I can't handle that song even one more time in my life. Within the very first 1/2 second of that first piano note I've already changed the station, but I still feel like I've lost the battle having heard it at all. Good cause aside, I really hate that song. If I'm in bad traffic, it's ten times worse.

Listening to an egg shaker,
Mark