Tickets!

03.08.2004

I didn't have much luck with tickets last week. Granted, the only tickets I had tried to get were for the sold out Larry the Cable Guy show, but Saturday affordd me a chance to mss out on other tickets.

Prince was coming. Not to Huntsville, but nearby. There was to be a show in Birmingham and a show in Nashville. The Birmingham show had goneon sale last Monday, so all that was left were the nosebleed seats. Nashville tickets were togo on sale at 10:00 AM on Saturday. This was to be the last time the Purple One was to sing his old hits (I think David Bowie did a tour like this), so if there was a concert I needed to go to, this was going to be it.

Thanks to the Tonight Show, Gina wanted to take her son (and along the way, his girlfriend) to also see the show. That means I get to take Jerry, so armed with my credit card and the internet, I made my way to ticketmaster Saturday morning to see what I could get. Thanks to a little surfing, I had surmised that the seats closest to the stage on the floor had been reserved for NPG Music Club members (which have a limit of 2, and you don't know where you're sitting until you get to the show) and those tickets actually on sale in Nashville. As it was, I was just hoping for something on the floor.

10:00 came and I nervously reloaded the order page until it allowed me to select seats. I managed to get Section 106, Row A, which is on the floor about halfway back. I know when it's wrestling seating, this is a pretty good spot to be in. So I'm happy with my ticket(s). Now I've just got to wait until May 6. It's only 2 months....

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Watching Myself Get Older

03.04.2004

For some reason I find myself wide awake at 12:40 AM on the morning of my birthday. I'm not sure why I'm awake. I started to go to bed 2 hours ago, but somehow found myself drawn to update the map for my chiropractors website. There's a surprisingly little amount of JavaScript that makes so much stuff happen. Granted, it's code stolen liberated from the Rand McNally website, but when something is done well, it deserves to be stolen liberated!

I can see that Jer has pre-prepared (I'm allowed to make up words on my birthday) his blog for the day, giving me both something to read and to remind me that I'm now as old as he is once again. I took it easy on him this year. I think I only called him an old-timer for maybe 3 days out of the 6 weeks he was eligible. I'm just getting soft in my old age.

But now I'm going to get some sleep before I find out what the rest of my life holds in store for me.

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The Camtoon Saga Continues

03.03.2004

After more than 6 months, there's finally a new camtoon. Odds are you (like me) have forgotten what'ss upposed to be going on, so it may make more sense if you read the beginning of this 3-parter.

Undoubtedly, Jerry is crapping his pants after seeing that there's finally a finish to the camtoon story that was trying to put itself together. This one, at least, gives me a good point on where the camtoon may branch out to. I've been wanting to use more of my super hero figures (I may have almost as many as wrestlers), but I've been a little wary ever since Marvel went on the warpath for people using their likenesses. I don't want to be sued by Stan Lee! That would just royally suck.

So, get ready for another extended camtoon absence. I've got a wrestling game to make!

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Finally

03.02.2004

Last nite was a good nite for watching Raw. They're still building hype for the upcoming Wrestlemania in 2 weeks, so the matches and storylines are building up pretty good.

There's been a rumor that The Rock would return to team with Mick Foley for a match against Randy Orton and Batista for a month or two now, but the closer Wrestlemania was getting, the less hype there seemed to be about The Rock. All that changed last night as the great one returned to the ring to announce he and Mick would be going against Batista, Orton, and Ric Flair at Wrestlemania.

The old school fan in me got a little chill as everything came together. It looks like it should be a good match. It's got people with chemistry working with and against each other. Oh sure, The Rock has to shove all of his old trademarks into the match, but after close to a year it will be good to see a Rock Bottom and some People's Elbows, if I smell what he's cookin' (oh, and I do).

It may be for one nite only, but the return of the Rock-n-Sock Connection should stir things up a little.

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Work From Home Day

03.01.2004

I awoke at 8:30 this morning to the sound of a ringing cell phone. It was my good close personal friend Jer, calling to tell me something that was probably important (and if he's reading this, I remember every word of our conversation, I just don't want the general public to know). I had managed to not set the alarm when going to bed (at 1:30 in the morning). Thanks to a weekend cold making feel like doing pretty much nothing, I was off my gameplan. Since I had slept late, and was still a little groggy, I voted that today be a Work From Home Day!

That's one of the best things about my job. You can occasionaly have a Work From Home Day. Now most people would think it's a Goof Off At Home Day, but the beauty of it is that I can actually manage to get some work done. I sync things between computers fairly regularly, so it's nice to sit back at home and work on the big computer and accomplish something when the opportunity allows.

It's also a good way to celebrate the end of Black History Month (up with whitey!).

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