Greetings and salutations. Welcome to another set of Random Thoughts from yours truly. Time for me to get to work here:
- Today is Easter, so I want to wish everybody a Happy Easter and hope you're enjoying the bunnies.
- As a lot of you know, I had a birthday this past week. I am now 37
years old...that's right, one more year closer to Social Security.
Anyway, I have to admit this was the best birthday celebration in a very
long time, possibly ever. It started on my actual b-day on Thursday. I
did my annual b-day tradition of having a pizza at Pizza Hut for
dinner. Later on that evening I went out to Screaming Willie's. It was
the first club outside of the O.C. I've been to in a LOOOOONG time. It
wasn't even close to crowded, but I still had a wild time, to say the
least. I was "volunteered" to be a judge in a 'hot body' contest (even
with the small crowd there were actually a lot of entries...I put that
on the bad economic picture). My friends and the deejays were on the
side or on the floor cracking on me as I had to help 'judge' who was
going to win this contest. I did have fun though. Yesterday (Saturday)
I had the birthday cookout. It was a bit cool outside but it was
sunny. It was a pretty nice size cookout of about twenty people and and
plenty of food. My parents and brother even came down from Akron for
this. I know some of you had reasons you couldn't make it, but an awful
lot of you that could have come missed out on a great time. Later in
the night, we continued the celebration at the O.C., where we continued
to have a good time. I have to admit, I was somewhat tired from all I
had done for my b-day already in the week but I still got down with my
bad self and had some fun, even dancing with several females. It was a
long but satisfying birthday experience.
- I can't thank
everybody enough who celebrated with me and especially those who helped
out with the b-day events. It meant an awful lot to me, and even though
I can't really speak for my compatriot Kevin (I think that's his wife's
job), I'm pretty sure it meant a lot to him too. Tentatively I would
like to do this type of celebration again next April, weather
permitting, and along with the people who were here for this year's
events, hopefully more people will join us for the next one.
- After everything that's gone on these past few days, I am exhausted.
Aside from the stuff I need to take care of, I'm gonna get as much rest
as I can over the next few days. Speaking of tiredness and rest, there
is one little thing I want to address (some of you already know
this...this is for everybody else). On Saturday mornings, please do not
call me or wake me up before noon or early afternoon. It's my day to
actually sleep in and get some rest before I do stuff later that day and
evening (the club, usually). Unless it is an absolute, absolute,
ABSOLUTE emergency or mitigating circumstance or you are my girlfriend
or wife (of which I have neither at this time), don't try to get me up
on Saturday mornings, especially for trivial or already settled matters.
I had an issue with somebody yesterday over this even though they were
already told by others beforehand not to wake me that early, so I
thought I'd better make this clear.
- Over the past month I have
had hundreds of visitors to my profile, and I don't think it actually
had much to do with the birthday stuff. It could be that I'm all about
the hotness (yeah...right!), but it is a phenomenon I've noticed
recently. Now only if these visitors read my blogs a bit more often...
- Speaking of my profile, you've probably noticed I've made some changes
in the layout and content on it. I have added an app for a cause I
believe in: suicide prevention. There is a personal experience behind
it but I will get to that in a future blog entry, maybe even the next
one (there's a tease for ya).
- Congratulations to the Columbus
Blue Jackets on getting into the NHL playoffs. Before this
accomplishment, they were the only active team not to get a playoff
berth, so this is historic.
- Tomorrow night, WWE is holding
it's annual draft to shake up its brands and the overall wrestling
product. It starts at 8 PM on the USA network, so for you wrestling
fans, don't miss it.
- Song on repeat: "In Da Club" by 50 Cent. It references birthdays, so I thought this would be appropriate.
- SLP of the blog (it's a long one folks): my family; Vanessa, Paula,
and cousin Scotty from Facebook; Jay, Kevin, Kristin, Stan, Ernest, Dave
and Tabitha, Griff, Cara, Holly, Al & Maggie (Mr. & Miss
FINODI), Jack (DJ Legend), Tommy D, DJ Shane, Syco Bill, Cheryl, Daryl,
LaDonna (for the aforementioned app on my profile), and the females who
either came to the cookout or danced with me at the clubs who for the
life of me I can't remember your names (don't be offended....I'm bad
with remembering names, so I apologize for that).
I've had a
blast of a birthday and now I'm off to some rest and relaxation. I hope
everybody is having a good holiday and I will get back with a new blog
entry next time. Until then....take care and God Bless.
DJ
