Cesc Fabregas has decided to turn down a bid from Real Madrid, the Yankees of the soccer world, to stay with Arsenal for at least another year. Happy Days.
I am back from my brief trip to Nashville. Nashville is different. I would say this...Nashville is to Las Vegas as Beetlejuice is to Andre the Giant. It is so unbelievably different it is strange to think they are in the same country. Nashville is lush, green, humid and filled with hicks. It was total culture shock. Put it to you this way...there is not ONE modern rock station in ALL of Nashville. There is 152 country stations and two classic rock stations. The newest rock station I heard was AC/DC. It was crazy. The city is beautiful and the suburbs are very ritzy in an old southern kind of way. There are big houses out there. I saw Titan's stadium, which is RIGHT downtown. It was very cool. Oh...great BBQ...even in the airport!
I could kayfabe you all for what the fuck I was doing there, but I will tell you. I went for a job interview, a very good job, a VERY good job and VERY well paid. A big advance in my present career...and could be a good thing for my desired career. I have to be honest...I am not sure what I will do if they offer it to me...because I will tell you all something kind of crazy...I love Las Vegas, and I am not sure a very, very sizable offer to leave would actually get me out of here. I am one of those sick fucks that love Las Vegas. So many "locals" hate this city, but they came here, and many do stay. I want to stay, I just realize that in my industry and with the pay scale compared to the cost of living, it isn't the best place to be. That being said, this city is just too much fun to walk away from. If the offer was made to me, I am not sure what i would do. I really don't know. We will see...
Being a huge White Stripes mark as I am, this album review is necessary. Icky Thump could be the best album yet from a very good band. Jack and Meg have taken their bluesy rock sound and added some great twists. It is worth a listen if you are a fan. Good toe tapping, driving down the road singing to yourself type album.
Still basking in the glow of my book title being free. That has really reinvigorated me. My novel writing has been slow, it has been labored, and it hasn't been fun. That has really changed for me. I read and edited much of what I have done on the trip...and I liked it. It is slightly disjointed and needs some rewrites...but it is something I am proud of...and that is nice. I am going to start writing again with a renewed vigor.
Despite requests the story of July 4th ends with what I wrote last.
"Burn Notice" is very disappointing. USA network has one writer and he writes series after series after series about someone who is wacky in the law profession. Detective Monk, psychics, and now spies. The show could have been a dark, funny, action packed series in the vein of Sopranos and The Shield. A spy gets fired, is pissed, and is trying to find out what happened, who did it and a way to get back in...that could be really good. Add an alcoholic ex-spy who still kind of works with the feds. A former spy girlfriend. A fucked up mother. A dead abusive father. Yet to be seen brother. that could have been good. Now it is some wacky, idiotic bunch of family friendly crap.
Big events in plan this weekend...another great LV weekend...
Absence diminishes commonplace passions and enhances great ones. - French Proverb
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