Not really that busy, just nothing has been going on.

So I haven't posted in awhile, no surprise really, it's what i do. Find something fun and the newness wears off and it's put on the shelf.

I have actually had some stuff that was worth posting about, my friend Brent Seifferlein came down from Nebraska to hang out for a few days, that was pretty cool. It was such a short time that he was here everything we did seemed rushed. I have been trying to get this fool to just move down here, get out of that cold flat state. My mom came out for my sisters 40th b-day, so that was cool, we had a good time.

A few days later we had a cookout/crawfish boil at my mother-in-laws house. That was a great time, lots of friends and family, and food. I had never boiled the crawfish before, only eaten what others had made. It's a lot of hot dirty work, I missed out on most of the family. It's was still fun though.

WWE-Pensacola Civic Center

Had a fun night tonight with the family and Gretsch at the WWE Super Show at the Civic Center, It was cool seeing all of these people who we have seen on TV so many times. I am not a huge wrestling fan, I like it, but I am not a fanatic. I enjoyed the show, but some of the people in the crowd were just as entertaining, watching these people scream at the heels and cheer the faces was pretty cool, and all of the kids there seemed to enjoy it.

One of the highlights for me was seeing Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat wrestle. He was wrestling when I was a kid, and he can still get around at 56. His match was with some guy I hadn't seen before, and it lasted at least ten minutes. Ricky even came off the top rope and ended up the victor. Pretty impressive.
I also thought this picture of Edge came out kinda cool.

Weekend in New Orleans

Friday afternoon Kristi, Taylor, and I left for New Orleans. I had just been there about two months ago but my mother was going to be there for a conference, so we decided to drive over for the weekend and do some of the touristy stuff. Just after arriving Friday evening we met up with my mother and went to dinner at Acme Oyster House. It was pretty incredible. We had some of their chargilled oysters and they were amazing. Later we headed out to Bourbon Street to get a Hand Grenade from the Tropical Isle, we had to walk a little farther as the bar we normally would have gone to caught fire recently. I learned my lesson last time though and only drank one this trip. We headed back to the hotel fairly early, so we could get a good start on Saturday. We went to a few museums and the big church in the French Quarter, it was nice, but too much walking had my legs hurting pretty bad so I went back to the hotel for awhile.

For dinner that night we met up with my mom and sister at the Hard Rock cafe, it was ok, the wait staff seemed a little slow, made a few mistakes. It wasn't very busy there either.

Today we got up early and had breakfast with my mom at the restaurant in the hotel, it was a pretty good buffet. We then went on a tour through St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, which was a little disappointing, the catholic cemetery in downtown Pensacola is much more interesting. We did get to see the tomb that Marie Laveau is suppossed to be in. The offerings that are left to the Voodoo Queen are pretty interesting, several bottles of booze, a few small bottles of Tabasco sauce, a worn copy of Atlas Shrugged, and a bunch of Mardi Gras beads and tokens.

It was a pretty nice weekend.

Better Days..

So Gretsch found out about this car, it's a 1957 Cadillac Seville. It's seen better days for sure. For the most part it's all there, the rear bumpers are missing, which is one of the coolest parts on this car if you see one restored. It really is a beautiful car still, just bent and beat up. It really made me see how lucky I am that my Buick isn't in worse shape. It's too bad it was neglected for so long, these cars look incredible when they are treated right. Hopefully someone will save it.

Past few days..

It has been a long week, I haven't really had a lot of free time. So here is what I have been up too.

School is going alright, my first semester since I left the Army is almost over. I am doing pretty well. It is already time to register for the next semester. I have no idea what I am going to take next.

The cats are doing well, we had them in to get them both fixed and declawed, I feel sorry for them, the antibiotics they are on make them both gassy. Ouisy was gassy to begin with but now Blammo is cutting the most foul farts ever. These aren't little silent ones either, these are audible, stinky ones.

Gretsch and I drove the Buick over to his Dad's house the other day to take a look at some parts for my car. I am not going to say much about that now, but keep on the look out because I am going to write more about it in the future. I did get my electric wiper motor on the other day. I really wanted to keep the original vacuum wiper motor on there but since this car is my daily driver and not a museum peice I felt I needed more dependability. Driving to school in the pouring rain with semi-functional wipers was not fun. I look at it like this. I could drive it with no wipers and crash it, or I could just update it and not worry about it again. Gretsch's Dad made some pretty good suggestions about a few things, and I am really coming around to the idea of updating some things with the car.

I should have done this sooner..

I should have posted about going to see Hall & Oates sooner, but I have been busy finishing my research paper for school.

Sunday night at the Pensacola Civic Center was pretty great. Walking in I was surprised at how small the whole setup was. There were curtains blocking more than half of the Civic Center, if I had to guessI would say they might have been using a third of the entire place. It was nice, because we were on the forth row, nearly center stage. Our seats were good, but I don't think anyone had a bad seat since the set was so small.

We arrived around 7:40, the guy opening for them was already on stage. He said his name a few times but I couldn't really understand it, He was talented, but his style of music bored me, it sounded like Jack Johnson but it wasn't him..you could have interchanged the two..He wasn't doing anything special at all.

The tickets said 8:00 PM and I would have to say I have never seen a band go on when they are supposed to, until now. It was pretty awesome to see these guys who I had seen on MTV while I was a kid come out on stage, and on time. John Oates was one of the first guys out on the stage, he is shorter than I had imagined, still the same hair from the 80's. The only thing missing is the mustache. Daryl Hall came out and said a few words about the intimate atmosphere. I wonder what it's like going from being the 4th most popular act of the 80's(behind Madonna,Michael Jackson, and Prince) to playing to a fairly small crowd in Pensacola. I mean don't get me wrong, I didn't feel like I was seeing Great White perform in some doomed club, I wouldn't call them washed up, but where have they been for the last twenty years. I was sad for a moment because here is one of the most talented groups I have ever heard, and when you turn on the radio today what do you hear? Shit like Schwayze and Chemical Romance. Where did all the good music go? I am getting off topic. The first song they started to play was Maneater and I was really blown away, I have seen a lot of bands live and a lot of bands do not sound like their recordings, but Daryl Hall's voice is amazing even after all these years.

They played for nearly two hours before leaving the stage, then came back for two encores. It was a pretty outstanding evening.

It's Friday

So the weather has been a major complaint of mine since I started this thing, the weather has been horrible. I don't really mind being in the rain, like being rained on. When I was in Iraq I learned to love rain, but now that I have my 55 Buick, the rain is my enemy. My windshield wipers are vacuum powered, original to the car and they are not very dependable. So I have been stuck at home when the rain is coming down.

I love my car, and I love driving it, so I ordered a kit to convert to an electric wiper motor, I really don't want to change a lot about my car, I just want to drive it.

My new cats..

Kristi and I took a trip this weekend to New Orleans. We had a pretty good time in the French Quarter, I had planned on staying relatively sober but some plans don't go as planned. The French Quarter is known for a few famous drinks, but I was drinking "Hand Grenades" from the Tropical Isle. If you ever go to New Orleans do yourself a favor and have one..just one.

The main reason for this trip for me was to pick up the newest additions to the Groves family. I have been wanting a Sphynx for a few years. I guess since I was in Iraq, I started researching the breed and breeders. I had book marked the C'est Bon cattery website some time ago, and Kristi contacted them about purchasing a kitten. It turned out even better, Carla from C'est Bon had just rescued a pair of cats from someone that couldn't care for them, so we now have two. A boy which we have renamed Blammo, and his half-sister which we have renamed Ouisy(weezy), because she was sneezing a little the first time we saw her, and she sniffs at everything. Blammo is the most loving cat I have ever seen, but his last owners weren't careful and his tail was broken in two places, and he has an issue with one of his eyes, but it only adds to his character.

I am happy to have them here.

Just a day..

The weather has been sucking the past couple of days here in Pensacola. Didn't really do a whole lot, taped off the basement for painting. Ordered a few things from Amazon, I love Amazon, I don't know if it because I am lazy and don't feel like actually shopping or not having to pay taxes that appeals to me.

I ordered a heated cat bed for the arrival of my cats in the next few days. I am getting two sphynx, I have wanted one for a long time and I am finally getting one, well two since we are sort of getting a deal. I don't have names picked out yet, but we have been throwing around a few. Since it's a boy and a girl we have come up with Fred and Ginger, Bill and Sookie, Boris and Natasha. Kinda cheesy but whatever.

I am going to post some pictures when they get here.

Raining in Pensacola

Well it's raining pretty good here today. A tornado was supposed to roll through here but I don't think it's going to happen. It looks like it's going to rain all day, which is not helping me get anything done. Not that there is much to do anyway.

First Post

Well, I don't know how often I will do this or what I will even write about, but I am going to give it a try and see what comes out.