Adult Survey

An Adult QuizShare

Tired of all of those surveys made up by high school kids?! 'Have you ever kissed someone? Missed someone? Told someone you loved them? Drank alcohol?' 38 questions for the people who are a little older...Tag me when you finish.

1. What bill do you hate paying the most?
All of them. People like money too much nowadays!

2. Where was the last place you had a romantic dinner?
Every dinner I eat is romantic.

3. What do you really want to be doing right now?
What ever I can possibly do other than get ready for work. That’s why I’m doing this survey. I’m avoiding getting ready for work.

4. How many colleges did you attend?
Two. Southern WV Community and Technical College, and Marshall University… A lot of good that did!

5. Why did you choose the shirt that you have on right now?
Because it says Food City on it, and I have to be a good little subordinate sheep.

6. What are your thoughts on gas prices?
Don’t get me started! Greed. Grrrrr!!!

7. First thought when the alarm went off this morning?
The alarm didn’t go off, I’ll have you know!

8. Last thought before going to sleep last night?
“Man, I’m sleepy!”

9. Do you miss being a child?
In a way. If I knew now what I knew then…

10. What errand/chore do you despise?
I don’t have time to do errands and chores. I’m always at work!

11. Get up early or sleep in?
Neither.

12. Have you found real love yet?
I couldn’t find love, so love found me.

13. Favorite lunch meat?
Onion chips.

14. What do you get every time you go into Wal-Mart?
Water. Lots and lots of water.

15. Beach or lake?
Beach. With less people.

16. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual?
No, people still do it quite often.

17. Sopranos or Desperate Housewives?
Neither . Too mainstream for me. Sorry.

18. What famous person would you like to have dinner with?
Humpty Dumpty.

19. Have you ever crashed your vehicle?
Is this a trick question? People have crashed into my car, and cut out in front of me, thus causing me to crash my car. As far as me crashing it all by myself, without any help? Nope.

20. Ever had to use a fire extinguisher for its intended purpose?
No. It probably wouldn’t do any good anyway.

21. Ring tone?
Belltones?

22. Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth?
On the porch. I’m such a rebel!

23. Somewhere in California you've never been and would like to go?
Van Nuys, just to see why nobody wants to die there for myself.

24. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or a new relationship?
Career, please.

25. How old are you?
Too old to pay attention to ages anymore.

26. Do you have a go-to person?
No, but I have a Go-To place.

27. Are you where you want to be in life?
All except for the job thing.

28. Growing up, what were your favorite cartoons?
Tom and Jerry, mostly. Bugs Bunny to a lesser degree.

29. What about you do you think has changed the most?
My shyness thing isn’t really there anymore.

30. Looking back at high school were they the best years of your life?
No, they were the worse, hands down.

31. Are there times u still feel like a kid?
Only in spirit. The body is too broken down.

32. Did you ever own troll dolls?
Not really. Debra did, so they were in the house with me, but I didn’t own them.

33. Did you have a pager?
A what?!

34. Where was the hang out spot when you were a teenager?
The Fruit Market.

35. Were you the type of kid you would want your children to hang out with?
Yeah, I was a good kid. It was the other kids’ fault!

36. Who do you think impacted your life the most?
Mom.

37. Was there a teacher or authority figure that stood out for you?
Smokey The Bear. He is a true American hero. {{Wipes away tears}}

38. Do you tell stories that start with “when I was your age”?
Not yet. Give me a couple more years.

Diary Picture Show

The first picture is my brand new niece, Lindsey. She was born Friday, May 21st, and she weighed 6 pounds and 10 ounces. The other pictures are random shots of Brandon.

Stuff

I think it's high time for an update, don't you? I'm still adjusting to my new life. I think I'm finally getting the hang of it now. For the longest time I was trying to figure out how to have "me time." I kept getting further and further behind on my little projects, and would still be bringing in new projects. After months of pondering, I've come to the conclusion that there is no "me time" anymore. It's all work, and all baby. The only way I can see that I'll ever have "me time" again is to eliminate work. The only way I'm going to be able to do that is to win the lottery, and that doesn't seem very likely since I rarely even play the lottery. So it looks like my music projects are just going to have to be left unfinished for a while. I hate going on hiatus. I was doing such a good job kicking out monthly Cruel Music CDs. It's going to be hard to get back in the swing of things now. Oh well...

Umm... I'm on a diet, I think. I've been 180 pounds for the last 7 years or so. With my lack of exercising, and my increase in chocolates I've found myself weighing 185 pounds all of a sudden. My nice, toned up belly is getting extremely flabby. Exercise is another thing that I need to figure into my ridiculous schedule.

Dad has not been doing so good. He sits around and cries a lot, and he hardly ever goes anywhere. I think Brandon is helping him. He does seem to be showing some signs of improvement. Now, if we could only get him to see a better doctor... He's about to have another stroke, but his doctor is retarded and can't see it.

Brandon... For the last couple months he's been keeping us up all night. He'd fight sleep as hard as he could, and wouldn't go to sleep until 4am every morning. For the last few nights he's been going to sleep at 2am. And, last night he fell asleep at 1am! I think we're finally getting him under control! Woo hoo! I got a full 8 hours of sleep for the first time in about five months last night!

Saw any good movies lately? That's another thing we haven't had time for. We managed to watch "Hot Tub Time Machine" last week. That was funny. I'm a big sucker for time travel, so when you mix comedy in with it, then I'm there, Dude!

Stone Temple Pilots' new CD comes out tomorrow. I'm really excited about that. It's been such a long time since any good rock music has come along.

My good friend of almost 19 years, Scruffy, is getting close to the end of her road. She's got tumors popping up all over her body, she's got arthritis in her hips, and now one of her front arms(?) is dislocated. She doesn't seem to be in any pain, which is weird. She's acting about like she always has. But, we're going to have to get her put to sleep in the next couple weeks. She's not in pain right now, but she will be soon, and I don't want her to go through that.



















But anyway, if I've been out of touch lately I hope this clears things up a little. I can kinda see the light at the end of the tunnel, so it shouldn't be much longer. But I'm serious, all I do is work, eat, change a few diapers here and there, and sleep. I'm really tired of it. Does anyone know of any good work-at-home programs that actually work?

6am, May 13th

Confused Bird (Nights 2 and 3)

4-23-10:

and 5-1-10:

Stone Temple Pilots - Flashback

And again, this is almost EXACTLY where I was sitting. Yes, it was cool.

Alice In Chains - Flashback

This is almost EXACTLY where I was sitting. I didn't even see anyone filming around me.

Alice In Chains - Follow Up

I guess they really did like the audience...

April 19, 2010

Hello!Mike, again, filling in for the "travelin" Baldy and I am here in the wonderful city of Huntington, West Virginia. I have been touring the world now for 22 years and was just trying to remember if I have ever been to the state of West Virginia. I mean surely I have been here before and I was racking my brain trying to scrape some sort of memory out. But I think all of the years of giving myself shaken baby syndrome every set has taken its toll. Not to mention the "extra stuff" from the early days... heh. So, anyway, I didn't have any idea what tonight was going to bring us. There have been concerts that stick out in my memory over the years. Some huge and some small. The ones that always "pop" for me are the ones where the audience is really lively and the energy level is high. We just played in Warsaw, Poland, and Prague CZ and I'll never forget the walls literally dripping with sweat. Those are the shows that we tend to throw a couple of more songs into the set at the end. I'd like to think it's sort of a bonus for you guys giving us that extra boost but the truth is, it's TOTALLY something we do just for US! It's selfish and self centered but god damn if we still don't think that sharing that feeling, with an audience that's really bringin' it, is the coolest feeling in the world. It's addicting in a way and after all this time, it warms my heart that we still get a pump outta playing our music for you. I'd be the first guy on a plane home if I ever thought that we were just going through the motions and not enjoying this. That is the most special part of our new journey for me. Traveling around the world with my best friends and still laughing and sharing our time on this planet. It's been a testament to our friendship that we still want to "make racket" for you guys. And against all odds, the good still far outweighs the negatives and I'm tellin' ya straight up, that the fans are at the center of it for us. Which brings me to Huntington, West Virginia... Only one term keeps popping up for me… HOLY ****!!! I never knew West Virginians were so crazy! It was by far one of the best crowds we have played in front of for years! No joke, I was simply blown away tonite. Nice work West VA. And thank you to the pretty girl in the front for showing me the underside of your shirt for the whole time. I'm not sure why you were doing that but... umm... the view from where I was standing was phenomenal!! Haha.

Thanks again,
Mike Inez

Confused Bird

I was dozing off early for a change, and this bird woke me up... At 1:30 in the morning! Something scared it, and woke it up, and caused it to keep singing for a couple hours. Weird...

Alice In Chains!!!

Hey there! Just got back from my 8th concert, Alice In Chains! Good times... The opening act was a bit of a surprise: Shooter Jennings(?!). I was expecting country or some sort of rock-a-billy stuff, but he (and his band) played hippy, trippy, psychedelic rock. I kinda liked it! I think I'm going to get their new CD, and try it on for size. They only played about four songs... Five at the most, and then curtains fell. A few minutes later the heart from "Black Gives Way To Blue" appeared on the curtain, and a few minutes after that it started "beating." Jerry Cantrell's shadow was the next thing to appear on the curtain, and he went into the opening riff of "All Secrets Known." Mike Inez's shadow came next, then Sean Kinney's, and then William Duvall was last. I didn't think it'd ever happen, but, after the first verse of the song, the curtain finally dropped. "It Ain't Like That" was the second song. There were a couple "Hello West Virginia"s from the band, and then one of my favorite songs, "Again," kicked in. There was some more audience interaction, and then "Check My Brain." Right around this time I noticed a lot of moshing going on down on the floor. I've never been to a concert that had moshing. This audience was lively. There was even some crowd surfing later on, which continued throughout the night. Jerry Cantrell noticed it, too. He said that "This is the best audience of the whole tour." "Them Bones," and two more of my favorites, "Dam That River" and "Rain When I Die." A roadie brought out an acoustic guitar on a stand, and William went over to it for "Your Decision." Next came "Got Me Wrong," "We Die Young," and "A Looking In View." Next, William said, "This is a song that, up until a couple nights ago, we haven't played live:" "Rotten Apple." Very cool! "Sickman," and "Grind," another one of my favorites! Jerry said, "This is a song that we haven't played for a while," "Heaven Beside You." This is the part of the show where I started looking around the audience, and seeing all the guys dancing with their girls. It made me miss Baby Girl more than ever! Then "Angry Chair," and "Man In The Box" closed out the first half of the show. The band took about a five-minute break, and came back out for an encore. William said something along the lines of "Thank you, West Virginia. We're really glad to see you. Since we appreciate you so much we're going to play a seven-minute-mellow-jam that we don't normally play for everyone else. This is called 'Acid Bubble.'" After the song Jerry said, "We've got to get back here again -- that's for sure!" Next was "Would?" and then the final song of the night was "Rooster." I can mark that off my bucket list now. I've seen Alice In Chains in concert!

Brandon's New Swing

More Of Brandon's Werewolf Calls

Brandon's Werewolf Call

He just started doing this, all of a sudden, a few nights ago.

Did You Know?

There's 998 shopping days 'til 12-21-12...

Hey

How are you? I'm adjusting... Life is not the same without my mom in it with me... We've got the baby, though, and he's keeping me strong. I've still got that new dad smell! It's kinda hard sacrificing my sleep, but it's worth it. The baby is good. Denise is good. Life is good.

Dad is having a really hard time, but he's doing okay. Today is their anniversary. They would have been married 38 years today... I was buying that 32 inch flat screen TV this time last year. A lot has happened in a year...

I know what happened. Our house fire has been "under investigation" for 11 months, and they, supposedly, still don't have a cause for the explosion. But, I know. On the night of April 2, 2009 a wormhole opened up above our house. The force of the wormhole opening so close to physical objects caused an explosion, and simultaneously pulled me and Denise into an alternate universe. This universe isn't all that different from the one that we came from, but there are little differences here and there. For example, our neighbors are totally different. In our world our neighbors were rich, stuck-up, snobby, and constantly arguing amongst themselves. In this world they are loving and caring, and they adore us. In our world my mom was cancer free. In this world the cancer went to her brain and killed her. In our world we'd been trying to have a baby for a few months. In this world we got Brandon the first time we tried. And, I'm pretty sure our house is still standing in our world. It's just speculation, but I think the wormhole closed there as it pulled me and Denise through it, which spared the house from that horrible fire. I assume it got some structural damage, but nothing major. In this world we're still homeless, after 11 months! The economy wasn't all screwed up over there, either. We had $4 a gallon gas, but we had a good health care system... I'm on a quest of figuring out how to get back there. We'll take Brandon with us, of course. No offense... Your world is okay and all, but we don't belong here. Our world was a better place.

November 29, 1950 - February 13, 2010

...And More

More Brandon Pictures

METAL!

A Few Of Many Brandon Pictures

That Old Drunk Man!