a night to remember...

i had thoughts and ideas about what monkeyshyne's final dallas show at the curtain club would be like, but my expectations were completely blown away. it was an unforgettable memory i will cherise always.
it was an unbelievable night, surrounded by the dearest of my friends, watching four guys that have become brothers to me over the past year and a half receive the adoration they so greatly deserve after 7+ years of unforgettable music and entertainment.
thank you to everyone who came out to curtain club last night to give the guys a truly amazing send-off.
keep supporting d/fw music all you can. please contribute to my community project, www.saveDFWmusic.com . last night was proof that truly quality music must live on in a truly great venue. let's keep that passion alive.
thanks again and much love to all.
peace, love and ductape (thanks colin)

people are funny

it's amazing how people can be so upset or crushed yet in no time flat (while still claiming to be hurt mind you) have COMPLETELY moved on. talk is cheap.

Moving On

It's not often you see it coming.
Sometimes it's inevitable.
There's a change that life is bringing.
Are you willing to move on?

I've faced this dilema in the past.
Never having the courage to face the journey.
Always taking the road most travelled.

Seeking what?
Comfort?
Security?

And what have I always seemed to find?
Unhappiness.

Never showing the courage to move on.
False courage at times.
Making it seem to others I had made some brave decision.
When really it was the easy way out.

Now I face the journey again.
The road has diverged one more time.
And a choice shall be made.

Comfort?
Security?
False Courage?

Or, the journey?

For the first time in my life.
I choose the journey.

I chose the journey.

I'll see you in happiness.

"Sometimes you take the trip. Sometimes the trip takes you"
- John Steinbeck (meaningful to me in Erik Saperston's The Journey)

ok ok, i know, dont panic...

I'm here I promise.
haven't exactly been in a blogging mood lately. but i'm back and grooving to go. let's see, what's new?

hmmm...

uh, OH, my photography website www.clcimaging.com is going through an extensive redesign to make it look, well for lack of a better phrase, less shitty.
plans to go ahead with the online local music magazine are still on hold for now, need to get the photography business rollin' so i can have some capital going into something new.

i must say this, i have realized over the last few weeks how great my close friends are. of course my best friend bryan is always there, but i've also truly realized the kind of friends i have in the boys from monkeyshyne. don't know what i'd do without those guys.

(chris, i still hate you, in a loving-hate kinda way)

its nice to have people you can go to, hang out with, talk about things and not have to worry about being shit on. these guys are the real deal. so i guess i should be thanking my other dear dear friend amy for introducing me to these guys, including her husband chris, who i still hate.

...in a loving-hate kinda way

anyways, things are rollin along and i'm glad to be back and talking on here again, i'll try and keep up this time and check out www.clcimaging.com in the next couple weeks for the new look.

colin---- peace, love and DUCK TAPE KEITH!!!

Ooops. Slacking

Ok, so I didn't make it far in my trip before the blogs stopped, so let me try and catch up.

DAY 3...
Today was the practice round for the Legends Tour Golf Tournament. Really not an overly eventful day. I drove around the course looking for the players and realized that not all the guys bothered to practice, but did come across two pretty cool foursomes...


Michael Strahan, Clinton Portis, Eric Dickerson, Greg Lloyd



Bruce Smith, Lawrence Taylor, Jim Kelly, Darrell Talley

The rest of the day was very eventful, relxing the afternoon away knowing Friday would be a long day.

DAY 4...
Tournament day. Gypsy and I headed out to the golf course around 8:00 am to get set up for a 9:00 shotgun start. I was to be stationed at the 15th hole. A 166-yard par 3 playing downhill and with the wind. Roughly a nine iron. But you don't care about that. this is what you care about. the view from the tee box...


Out of the 11 groups that came through in the tournament only 3 or 4 players hit the green. Can't blame them for being distracted. By the way, Lawrence Taylor shot a 67 on his ball and his team still came in second.
Here are your winners, the Dave and Lonnie Stewart team (don't know the other guy's names)...


The awards dinner was that night. Great food, PLENTY of drinks, but more importantly an extremely heart-felt speech by Virginia Tech Alumn Bruce Smith about the tragedy that occured there this past week. His wife is also a VT grad.



DAY 5...
Saturday was a work day for me. Gypsy had a well deserved sleep-in while I headed into the casino office to begin the process of printing out the team photos and stuffing them into photo folders. that took most of the day.
I came back to the room and relaxed after, then last night Gypsy and I joined the golf course crew for a little poker (I came in 3rd, broke even). Then we headed out to the beach for a little karoke, I of course didnt sing, but Gypsy and the golf guys did.
ok, that's all for now. will try and keep up the rest of the trip.

St. Kitts Day 2

Ok, so as it turns out, this place is pretty amazing during the day too. After sleeping in until about 11 local time (by the way, its eastern time here) i met up with gypsy for lunch at a beach-side cafe that was very good.

then it was off to meet some of her co-workers to discuss how my photography job would work for the golf tournament while i was here. after a brief meeting where things were settled i headed back to the house to relax for a bit.

that didn't last long, i decided to head to the beach to see what it was like. well, the beach was beautiful, the ocean amazing, but, the sand was VERY hot, so i gave up early and headed back to the house for a nap.

then it was time to head back up to the hotel to photograph the golf guests as they arrived. just to give you and idea about who is here for this, here's the short list of players:

Michael Strahan
Eric Dickerson
Clinton Portis
Deacon Jones
Kevin Greene
Jim Kelly
Bruce Smith
and many more...



after check-in everyone headed down to the north pool, which is one of the smaller pools kinda away from things for a welcome reception with dinner and drinks. it was nice, the food was great and the booze was flowing.

after about and hour or two out there, gypsy and i decided we were done and headed back to the room, she was very tired and i can't say i blame her.

so tomorrow i'm off to the golf course to look around and watch the practice round of the tournament and get the lay of the land for friday's photography set-up.

peace out homies. will check in again.

St. Kitts Day 1

ok, so really it's st. kitts night 1. I didn't get here until about 9:00 tuesday night. The day started REAL early. woke up about 5 am to get ready. had an 8:30 flight to San Juan, P.R.

got there a little early which teased me, turns out there was a 1:45 flight to st. kitts. we got there at 1:30. nope, didnt make it. which meant staying at the san juan airport for nearly 5 1/2 hours waiting on a 7:30 flight.

so, with that long a wait in mind and hunger eating away at me, what's the first thing i do in what is a foreign land (to me anyways), i find the nearest Domino's pizza. i go outside the box huh?

let me say this about san juan, the airport smelled funny, ok let's clarify, it smelled like shit.

but, every single person i saw at the airport that was from san juan, mainly workers, all had non-stop smiles and laughter, handshakes all around, kisses on the cheek for each other and warm greetings for all. it was an amazing thing to see coming from what can by a VERY cynical place like where we live.

anyways, we finally get to board our tiny plane. prolly not even 100 people on the plane.

after a 1 hour flight to st. kitts, in which you look out the window and see NOTHING over the ocean but the most amazing stars you've ever seen in your life. stars all the way to the horizon. it was truly breathtaking.

we land in st. kitts at an airport about the size of a whataburger. customs is a little confusing, but i got through the stamping part easily, FIRST STAMP IN THE NEW PASSPORT!!! woohoo.

then came the customs declaration area. the guy laughed at me for having 2 big boxes of honey nut cheerios. hey, gypsy asked, i delivered.

waiting oustide the airport was of course the amazing gypsy, ready to tackle me with a hug. it was incredible to see her. it had been since feb. 25 when she left to come work down here.

we loaded up in the back of an expedition limo she had waiting and headed to the resort. very dark outside, but still the resort looked amazing. we got to the room, dropped off my stuff, went out for dinner (great jerk chicken sandwich) the came back home to sleep, ;o) yeah right. ok. peace out. i know that one was long and not too eventful, but i will try and blog every day i'm here.
peace and love. everyone should come down here and visit.

p.s. I will be posting pics as often as i can. here's the first...