My cousin is back home, she is still recuperating but is reported to be happy to be home 🙂

My adventures in whiskey drinking are becoming even more fun. As of recently I’ve been drinking Single Barrel Tennessee whiskey. My first two bottles were from Barrel #7-1038, which was a smooth, super sweet tasting batch. Last night I got a bottle from Barrel #7-0574, and found it to be a little more abrasive. It was still very smooth and tasty to the sip, I added water to it and it was perfect. What I did notice was it was not nearly as sweet as the previous barrel. Also the previous barrel did not really need water in my opinion, the bottle I got last night made my whole body cringe as I’m still a newbie. Either way I was really happy to see that the old boys at the distillery aren’t full of it, and that every barrel does indeed offer a distinctive taste from the next. I look forward to tasting many a new barrel in the future.

Sadly I think the taste of my whiskey is the only interesting thing going on in my life. Oh I know… a new toy store opened up in AZ, check it out. This is good news because I am a cheap bastard and hate to pay tax on expensive toys and they are not on the other coast so it will still be like ordering from somewhere in CA.

My cousin Samantha has Retts Syndrome. She was admitted to Children’s Hospital Wednesday night and has been diagnosed with influenza A and RSV. She was intubated and is on assisted breathing. My heart is heavy and I am incredibly sad. So please keep my aunt and her family in your thoughts and prayers.

It’s safe to say I do not have a walking pneumonia! YAY!!!! All I needed was a little benedryl and a few days of rest and I’m ready to wreak havoc on the world. I guess I had some nasty bug going around because half of the country is sick as a dog. May everyone get better sooner than later and be sure to harvest them nose berries.

Well I think I got the ol’ lung fungus growing. This would be the second time I get demolished by a convention. If you have a walking pneumonia, why on Earth are you at MacWorld???

I cannot sleep and it is now 1:07 am. I have been lucky enough to find Planet of the Apes on AMC. Which of course would not be complete without this. Them monkeys are pretty mean and like a million times cooler than the apes in the newer Planet of the Apes (2001)… and that cave girl is a hottie.

I am incredibly pissed that I cannot sleep, and I’m starting to think it may be all tea I’m drinking.(1:21 am)

(1:28) Alright so I’m totally hopped up on tea. I am looking at my tea and nowhere on the box does it say it is caffeine free. Dr. Google has also confirmed that Tea is not a good drink before bed. I feel pretty stupid. I’m usually in bed by 11:00 so I started to get concerned when my girlfriend was going to bed and I was wide awake.

My throat is so sore I cannot smoke which usually plays a big role in my early going to bed habits… so lame. I guess I will open and close my eyes rapidly until they become tired. I hope Heston makes a bit sleepy as well.(1:42 am)

EDIT: omfg I just saw a commercial that sang Viva Viagra to the tune of Viva Las Vegas this night is not going to be nice to me. (1:45 am)

EDIT: sheesh I am finally getting sleepy and I may have P.A.D. Wish me luck ya’ll I need some z’s (2:43 am)

I want more rain! Art Center cost too much! Country music kicks too much ass! Why is everyone so into Cocaine all of a sudden?! Hillary is the Satan King. I miss my dad… whiskey is my new best friend (strictly single barrel pimpin’). Why have two of my friends been kicked out of the Navy!? Heath Ledger?!?!?! Did he finish his role as Joker!? Okay good…

Seriously this week has been okay. All the random raining and work has kept me content. To top it off I have a few packages waiting for me at my mamma’s house (will post pics when I open). Everybody have a safe and sober Friday.

Well they tried… now the city will act like nothing ever happened and the Chargers will not be spoken of for a while. Note to self: don’t eat at Seau’s.

To cut the muff… it was way long and I decided it was time to move on. My solution was a devilock or what I called a “filipino flip” back when I was in middle school. It’s fun and actually fits my melon, which I feared it wouldn’t. I did it just in time for MacWorld which was kind of a bad idea because it was cold as hell in SF 🙂

These people must’ve been trying to kill me slowly. Food is really good and prices are okay. Their baked potatoes kick ass, and look huge but it’s just two potatoes next to each other. For a while I thought they were growing mutant potatoes.

Pot Roast Spud, the gravy looks like paint and there is never really a good reason to eat two baked potatoes but hey… when in the South do like the South.

And what better to wash it down than their world famous sweet tea aka the diabetes maker.

In a few hours I will be taking off for Tennessee to see my old lady’s family. I hope it’s not cold as balls out there. Sweat tea and pot roast for me!

So my theme is ready, I think I will continue to fix stuff on it forever. Many small details left but I will eventually get to them all. I have like 5 new paintings I need to photograph as well so I may go do that right now.

Edit: Few pics of new paintings added to visual section

All the loose ends are beginning to come together. The store is looking a little nicer, photo gallery is working like a champ. All I need to do is find a way to organize all the css and javascript link in the page head, I think they are causing the lightbox to act a little strange. I’m hoping to have it all smoothed out by Jan. 1st 2008.