Vans with murals! Me and my buddies have a running inside joke involving an infatuation with vans with murals. Wizards, dragons, virgin princesses and late 70's full-size vans. Well, Saturday afternoon I was driving in Flint and saw a van with a mural, but it was a little different. It was a full-size chevy, but it was a mid-2000s and it had a so-so mural. But what was awesome was it was driven by a guy in a 5-inch mohawk with a 8-inch braided goatee (sans mustache), which complemented the music I was listening to at the time.
Sorry about the bad picture. We was going 80+ mph on the e-way, and I had to go over 90 to catch up, and I wanted to be discrete about taking the picture with my camera phone, flash off, without rear-ending the car in-front of me.
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Friday night, we went to Ann Arbor to go see Jetty Rae play at a coffee house. I never seen Jetty before (my wife is her fan) and I was very impressed. Dan Henig opened for her. If your into solo guitar signer-songwriters and supporting local artists. I'd definitely check either of them out. They both could play well, and sing exceptionally. Jetty has a good set of pipes and can really crank it out, much better live than in the short clip below.
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It seems that every time I try to a good deed , I end up regretting the attempt. I either turn out looking like a tool or it back-fires in some manner.
I hadn't had time to mention this till now, but it still bugs me. (Why, who know?) A few weekends ago I was at the Detroit dirty show and was standing next to the seated area watching the live performances. Two adjacent seats right on the end became available and a couple decided to avail themselves of them. There was an empty beer bottle sitting under the seat on the end, and as the couple took the seats they kicked the bottle and it clattered into the open aisle-way. They watched it spin to a rest right out in the open in the middle of the walk-way, then just let it lie there. A number of other people standing around and seated in the immediate vicinity did the same. Really, your just going to leave it there and risk someone walk by slip on it and maybe seriously injure themselves? Maybe I'm old and too responsible, but I couldn't fathom it. So I walked over and picked it up. There was no trashcan in the area, and I wanted to make a point to the couple, so I walked over in front of the couple to stage right where there was a cabinet with cubby-holes, and I set it right on top of the cabinet purposefully with effect. Then walked back to my original position to continue to watch the show. Now, I was carrying my own partially full beer, so to the immediate people around me it was clear what I had done. But as soon as I got back to my position, I immediately regretted trying to make a point and not searching out a trashcan and discretely throwing away the empty beer bottle. Because now, there the empty beer bottle stood like a monument, and it probably did not leave any impression at all on the couple. And to the couple of hundred other people in the audience (and perhaps even the performers) who did not see the whole event, it just looked like I was a lazy son of a bitch who just set his empty beer bottle on the cabinet right in front of everyone, right next to the stage during a performance. What a flippin' douche I appeared! But at that point, if I went back and grabbed the bottle and threw it away, I'd look like an ass anyway. All I can hope for is Karma, and the thought the I prevented someone from getting a twisted ankle or broken wrist, etc.
Another example, at The Creepshow concert in Lansing this past fall. The Creepshow had just started their set and during the first song, during the jostling of the human press, someone dropped a pint glass in front of the stage (Mac's Bar serves in Glass Pint glasses at the bar most of the night and someone had theirs out there, of course). During the lull between the first and second song, I noticed all the broken glass on the floor, so for some idiotic reason, I decided to try to pick as much of it up as I could, lest I feared someone might get cut if they fall (moshing, etc.). Of course, the second song starts and bodies start flying, while I'm still grabbing for glass. I grab what I can, and take it up to the bar. Next morning, "Why the hell is there blood all over my phone? Oh yeah, my fingers ...". And of course the camera phone picture of me with the band didn't come out! : /
These things happen to me all the time, when will I learn?
Sorry about the bad picture. We was going 80+ mph on the e-way, and I had to go over 90 to catch up, and I wanted to be discrete about taking the picture with my camera phone, flash off, without rear-ending the car in-front of me.
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Friday night, we went to Ann Arbor to go see Jetty Rae play at a coffee house. I never seen Jetty before (my wife is her fan) and I was very impressed. Dan Henig opened for her. If your into solo guitar signer-songwriters and supporting local artists. I'd definitely check either of them out. They both could play well, and sing exceptionally. Jetty has a good set of pipes and can really crank it out, much better live than in the short clip below.
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It seems that every time I try to a good deed , I end up regretting the attempt. I either turn out looking like a tool or it back-fires in some manner.
I hadn't had time to mention this till now, but it still bugs me. (Why, who know?) A few weekends ago I was at the Detroit dirty show and was standing next to the seated area watching the live performances. Two adjacent seats right on the end became available and a couple decided to avail themselves of them. There was an empty beer bottle sitting under the seat on the end, and as the couple took the seats they kicked the bottle and it clattered into the open aisle-way. They watched it spin to a rest right out in the open in the middle of the walk-way, then just let it lie there. A number of other people standing around and seated in the immediate vicinity did the same. Really, your just going to leave it there and risk someone walk by slip on it and maybe seriously injure themselves? Maybe I'm old and too responsible, but I couldn't fathom it. So I walked over and picked it up. There was no trashcan in the area, and I wanted to make a point to the couple, so I walked over in front of the couple to stage right where there was a cabinet with cubby-holes, and I set it right on top of the cabinet purposefully with effect. Then walked back to my original position to continue to watch the show. Now, I was carrying my own partially full beer, so to the immediate people around me it was clear what I had done. But as soon as I got back to my position, I immediately regretted trying to make a point and not searching out a trashcan and discretely throwing away the empty beer bottle. Because now, there the empty beer bottle stood like a monument, and it probably did not leave any impression at all on the couple. And to the couple of hundred other people in the audience (and perhaps even the performers) who did not see the whole event, it just looked like I was a lazy son of a bitch who just set his empty beer bottle on the cabinet right in front of everyone, right next to the stage during a performance. What a flippin' douche I appeared! But at that point, if I went back and grabbed the bottle and threw it away, I'd look like an ass anyway. All I can hope for is Karma, and the thought the I prevented someone from getting a twisted ankle or broken wrist, etc.
Another example, at The Creepshow concert in Lansing this past fall. The Creepshow had just started their set and during the first song, during the jostling of the human press, someone dropped a pint glass in front of the stage (Mac's Bar serves in Glass Pint glasses at the bar most of the night and someone had theirs out there, of course). During the lull between the first and second song, I noticed all the broken glass on the floor, so for some idiotic reason, I decided to try to pick as much of it up as I could, lest I feared someone might get cut if they fall (moshing, etc.). Of course, the second song starts and bodies start flying, while I'm still grabbing for glass. I grab what I can, and take it up to the bar. Next morning, "Why the hell is there blood all over my phone? Oh yeah, my fingers ...". And of course the camera phone picture of me with the band didn't come out! : /
These things happen to me all the time, when will I learn?
prettynpunk:
about the bottle thing - I hate that...people have become so lazy and inconsiderate. At least you moved the bottle out of the way.. I wouldnt beat yourself up about the rest.
five_by_five:
No good deed goes unpunished as they say, lol. I commend you for taking the time to look out for other people. Like PNP said, don't beat yourself up about it! You're doing the right thing so keep it up.