1.31.09

Wow. Today was an absolutely nice day weather-wise. Or so I hear. I was inside writing stories.

Anyways, yet another night, another new bar. This one was The Muny. A very typical townie dive bar. It was Diana's (left) birthday. That's her boyfriend Andrew (Good name, right). Both part of the Monday night small group and both good people.

1.30.09

Went to, by far, the best bar in St. Joe - The Tap Room. It's classy (it has it's own shoe shiner!), smoke-free (very, very rare here where there's no smoke-free ordinances) and they make a mean White Russian.

So me and News-Press folk played some shuffleboard like we were 65. I was dreadful. Didn't score a point.

1.29.09

This is something I had to do for a story. The local fire department just got this robotic dog to teach kids about fire safety. It's alot like Teddy Ruxpin with the dead-behind-the-eyes stare and mouth that doesn't quite move in motion with the person talking. And when he's not talking, its mouth still keeps moving like a raver on E. Still, it gets the kids' attention.

And yes, the gym we were in really was soaked in the yellowest flourescent lights I've ever seen. It hurt my eyes walking in there, I half suspected it to be a mosquito light convention.

Oh and here's a video I took. I swear the kids were alot more interested once my camera stopped rolling.

1.28.09

Today, I had to make a ton of calls to prospective sources for some stories I'm doing. As always, I'm always nervous doing that type of nonsense, so when I'm not squeezing my Chipotle stress reliever, I draw those crappy 3-D squares and triangles everyone thought was so sweet when they first did them in third grade.

So once again, vital information for your life.

1.27.09

I hate slow days, meaningless posts and stupid pictures of pets (unless it's lolcats, of course). This is all three. The family cat/hellion Jack has found a new place to sleep - my room. Fantastic.

1.26.09

OK. I haven't been keeping up with this for the past few days. I have my excuses.

Anyways, this is a terribly blurry picture of some of the folks in my Monday night small group. We gather, eat, talk about life, our beliefs and whatnot. It's really good just to kind of hang out and talk with other people about that kind of stuff. This week, and in the coming weeks, we're just talking about our journey and how we ended up in this ridiculous city. Interesting stuff.

1.25.08

Standard day off. Watched "Arrested Development" with Mom. Had a good dinner. Went over Sam's and we watched "In Bruges" (Great movie) and just sat around watching a ton of Youtube videos. Sometimes, days like these are needed.