...Yes, I've all but completely given up on blogging for the following reasons:

A) No one reads this shit but a select few. Those few are people I generally speak to in "the real world" several times a month or more.

B) I used to do almost all my blogging from work, where my responsibilities have grown making it almost impossible for me to find any free time. This is especially true in an election year (where we do double the amount of shows from a normal year) and right as we are preparing to move the entire warehouse.

C) My free time away from work has been spent either planning a wedding, spending time with my future wife, spending time with my friends and family, or playing Warcraft. I don't have time for blogging.

D) Unless you'd really like to read about the wonders of wedding invitations, how my Warcraft character is progressing, or the exciting world of producing last minute political events for a candidate that isn't going to win, then you'd be SOL. I really don't have much else worth writing about these days.

E) From what I've found at least, the blogging trend seems to be dying out. Those blogs that are successful and have a decent readership will stick around, but the lame ones like mine are starting to fade in numbers. Unlike 2006 when Time magazine named "YOU" the person of the year because everyone and their brother had a blog and/or a MySpace page, I don't think anyone really cares anymore. Even people I know who went ape shit over MySpace 2 years ago, simply don't give a flying fudge about it these days.

I'm certainly going to keep the website up and around, and maybe someday in the near future will resume blogging once again. This almost certainly won't be until after the wedding, after we've moved the shop, and after the presidential elections. I even thought briefly about turning this sucker into a music blog, but I don't even follow new music as closely as I used to. Maybe I'm just getting boring as I get older who knows?

Until next time...

Labels: future posts, lazy, misc

- these thoughts flowed through Jeff's fingers @ 9:58 AM

I'm lazy today, but I actually felt like blogging. So here's a bunch more links and video clips to entertain you...

First off, Maroon 5 is finally going to release their sophomore album titled, "It Won't Be Soon Before Long" five years after their debut album sold over 6 million copies and spawned five Top 10 singles in the US alone. For being pop music, I was pretty damned impressed with the songwriting and musicianship on the first album. I was looking forward to the next album and it's finally here. I must say, I was skeptical that the band could come back with a solid record after not putting one out for five years. Well, the first single "Makes Me Wonder" is out and it's pretty freaking good. Sounds like Michael Jackson or Prince singing over Morris Day and the Time with a bit of Stevie Wonder and a dash of Justin Timberlake's solo stuff. Nice and funky. Check it out here.

Here's the trippiest toilet training video I've ever seen (from Japan of course).

Here's a phony tribute to American servicemen done in the style of a cheesy country ballad. This might seem offensive, but I'd be willing to guess most of our boys overseas would find this pretty funny.

Here's SNL's take on what John Mayer and Jessica Simpson's relationship must be like. (I love John Mayer but I question his decision to date Jessica Simpson. I guess he's a boob guy.) Also on that page the SNL classic, Canteen Boy.

Here's a hilarious mash-up of clips from "Anchorman" and the dialogue from the preview for the movie "300". I think it actually might be funnier than the entire movie "Anchorman".

This dude either has a shitload of time on his hands or is just really good with a ping pong ball. Never play beer pong with this guy. Even if it's fake, still pretty cool.

This is by far the most awesome video for a European Dance Party on a cable access channel I've ever seen. Hahahaha!

This guy paints a large depiction of Bruce Lee using only black paint and his fists of fury.

Labels: lazy, music, new album, videos, youtube

- these thoughts flowed through Jeff's fingers @ 11:05 AM

... about the lack of posts lately (as if anyone actually reads this anyway), but I've been busy as hell at work as well in the personal life arena. Makes for some good stories and such which I'll hopefully share soon. Stay tuned.

Labels: future posts, lazy

- these thoughts flowed through Jeff's fingers @ 11:03 PM

In the past 3 months there are about 10 major events that I had intended to post about and probably should have but never got around to it. Granted, I've been busier than ever at work, been living at Karyn's house away from my computer, and have had plenty of stuff to keep me busy in the evenings (baseball playoffs, drinking, playing cards, etc). All of that is still no excuse. Coming soon look for me to work backwards in time and at least highlight or post some pictures about some of the following stuff:

• The worst storm I've ever lived through
• The John Mayer concert
• My 10 year high school reunion
• My giant October birthday party
• The MLB playoffs and World Series
• My playoff beard
• Thanksgiving weekend

And here's a few things I'm considering posting about in the near future:

• My big 2005 and 2006 music reviews
• Posting my Christmas list so you can all buy me presents (Ha Ha, just kidding)
• New Years at the Majestic??? (I'll have to talk to "The Meat" about this one first)

Labels: future posts, lazy, misc

- these thoughts flowed through Jeff's fingers @ 1:03 PM