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last sunday morning i was practicing church music with the enduros. tanner was on drums, and josh was playing bass. josh was noodling around on a cool riff, and he asked tanner and i to join in. it turned into this. i tell you these young turks are fearless.

i was almost asleep when the cat woke me up. my cat doesn’t wake me up when there’s danger. he’s not a dog. he wakes me up because he’s bored. after a failed attempt at going back to sleep, i looked up some old xanga blog entries that tom geeding and i made 14 years ago. our online names were carlo and skeeter. i was carlo. here’s one from april 29, 2005:
The lilacs spoke my name as the sidewalk yawned, suddenly there were gas-powered hot wheels coming out of the grass blades. “Could there be a dealership down there? Who taught those ants to drive? I didn’t think Volkswagens could get any smaller.” These were just a few random thoughts that passed as I realized that my lawn needed mowing.
- Carlo
Man, I’ve seen your lawn…it could have been Teamsters and a Mack Truck. Break down and buy a Toro or something.
- Skeeter

there’s no rain in the forecast, a room temperature high of 72 degrees is expected, and chloé is 25 today! jenny & i still remember the moment her maternal grandma, janelle, said “IT’S A GIRL!” and chloé’s paternal grandpa, bob, repeated “IT’S A GIRL?!!!” as he smiled in a rare display of giddy joy. chloé will probably receive a lot of gifts in the next few days, but she actually likes to give gifts as much as she likes receiving them. she gave this gift to jenny a couple of weeks ago, and it really brightened up her day. happy birthday kiddo.
-above image borrowed from martin gram’s kickstarter page for the big show

they must have stayed up late the night before. sometimes it’s too easy to roll around in the sky, and bounce off each other like big cushy pillows. they can do that sort of thing when the boss isn’t around. now it’s morning. i know the clouds are still asleep because there’s a heavy fog that hasn’t lifted yet. you can almost hear them snoring. the sunlight from their boss is slowly exposing their laziness. it won’t be long before they can’t take the heat, and go back to work. but for now… in this “in between” time, i can be sleepy with the foggy clouds.
big thanks to dav mohler for taking this ft. scott photo!

if you go to the website for lockwood R-1 schools, you’ll see this pic, and read these words: Congrats to the following music students! Exemplary Rating and will go onto State Contest: Mary Lynn’s solo; Casey’s solo; Sara’s solo; Vocal Trio of Mary Lynn, Casey, and Sara. Outstanding Rating: Abriel’s solo. i am one proud uncle!

i woke up this morning and all of my dreams had come true! the MTV VJ’s were back on TV (even J.J. Jackson– and he’s dead!), i was hosting my own radio show from a WKRP-ish studio within walking distance of my house– my house had a second bathroom! my bald spots had grown back hair! jenny & i had a vacation home on lake michigan… and then i realized it was april fools day.

my family had lunch waiting for us when we drove down to joplin last saturday. we took this picture shortly after eating sandwiches, chips, and guacamole. we also sang happy birthday to darla, then mary lynn & sara sang more songs. a few hours later we all met at outback steakhouse, and ate again.

my friend eric john posted this image on facebook yesterday. he found it while going through his closet which he calls “the great vortex of time” because he is a pack rat. when i saw his drawing, i made a guess about its origins:

paul and chuck were friends from college. it was their dream to live on the beach. it was all they ever talked about. “everything we need is there, right?” paul asked. “sure,” answered chuck, “and if it isn’t there today, it will wash up on the shore tomorrow!” one night they gathered some blankets and hot dogs, and set out to make their dream come true. they found a good spot on the beach, built a shelter of out driftwood, and used the leftover sticks to start a fire.

if i could shrink myself down to this size, it would be a small world after all! we found this kid-sized diner at a gift shop in lamoni a couple of weeks ago. it reminded me of another pretend diner that i went to about this time last year.