5.24.2004

old habits are hard to kill

some's addiction is porn. mine is sunflower seeds.

I am a seedaholic.

today I had a few. but I came up with an impromptu 12 step program before I ate enough to make the inside of my cheek raw. I threw a couple on the ground in my backyard to feed the birds that were chrimping nearby. a cardinal flew down, took the whole seed in his mouth, ate the seed and spat out the shell just like I do. it brought a tear to my eye.

I'm such a dork.

5.19.2004

apple juice + subpar cigar

recipe for apple juice:
scotch
ice
splash of water and/or club soda



just before sipping on juice and puffing on a cigar ended, my good buddy and newly minted lawyer, ian called me. he went back to austin to line up a couple of interviews yesterday and had just returned to this infernal town.

now, when he calls to do something, we have a hard time finding stuff to do. there isn't a lot in the way of entertainment here so we end up spending all of our time trying to find something interesting to do instead of actually doing things. that will not be the case tomorrow. we are gathering the motley crew for a happy hour outing...and continue the debauchery until saturday. you see, my friend carol just had a kid, and lots of kids will be in town from austin to meet the new baby. but we all are aware that this is just a guise to hang out with me. at least that's what I trick myself into believing every night before I fall asleep.

austin friends + me + booze = good times

5.18.2004

a breakthrough

suddenly everything makes sense. i wish I had been privy to these facts a year ago. but alas, things happen for a reason.

slow and steady wins the race

5.13.2004

I'm pregnant

this must explain my cravings to sprinkle "old bay" seasoning on everything. french fries, pasta, mac n' cheese, corn on the cob, and mango (fucked up, isn't it?)

looks like he's going to be a soccer player,
billy madison

5.10.2004

holy new blogger interface!

it's kinda like visiting home from college, and stubbling in at 4am from a party and discovering that a house guest is sleeping in your bed as you are reaching for your sheets in the dark. eerie.

as the ambitrator of everything that is cool, I have stamped my seal of approval on the following bitchin' tunes:

the postal service "such great heights"
the postal service "sleeping in"
the walkmen "what's in it for me"
iron & wine "southern anthem"

revisiting worthy:
death cab for cutie "expo '86"
queen "I'm in love with my car"
the cure "pictures of you"

5.05.2004

feliz cinco de mayo muchachos y muchachas.

5.04.2004

dunston checks in

out of town wedding weekends, oh how I love you.

yes. that's right. another one of my friends look the long walk down the aisle and effectively took himself out of the game. after a year and a half courtship swanger tied the knot. stupid idi.....errr lucky guy, hooked himself a pretty cool and tolerant mate.

I rolled up to dallas saturday morning and was greeted by a crew of valet attendants, and bell hops. a scene straight out of a p. diddy video, complete with rap music spewing out of my speakers. the excitement of my grandiose entrance quickly faded when I realized all I had were twenties so I had to haul my garment bag with me to the front desk, no small bills for the help. this however, did not stop me from stunnin' past a gathering of young ladies who were ready to have tea as I made my way to the elevator bank. they all noticed my ganstah cufflinks, my starched tyrwhitt shirt, show stopping slacks, and my playah please sunglasses. the creaming of the panties were just getting started.

nathan and I were the firsts to arrive so after checking out my digs we met at the bistro for a cocktail. we were later joined by wg, the groom, and dr. mitchell (fresh off his med school exams). we had a pleasant lunch at the iron cactus. a stark contrast to our not so pg rated conversation rife with tales of going home with fat chicks, girl with red-eyes, dropping his pants at the back forty, telling chicks that he likes to pack in the nude, defacating in stairs, and other not so appropriate stories that could not have been told at the reception during the toasts. good times.

after lunch we went back up to my room to ice the beers down. only problem was at fancy hotels they don't have an ice machine you can mooch ice off. we had to call room service and order 4 buckets to fill one of the sings. that's right one of the sinks, my bathroom had two. which went perfectly with my toilet phone, walk-in closet, flat screen tv, dvd player, wireless internet, bathrobe, wet bar, sitting area.

as soon as the first beers were cracked, people started showing up with their girlfriends in tow. one of which was trying to get a peek at my man hood while I was stylin' my robe. she later admitted to such at the reception. I didn't really blame her, mine shaft is an awesome sight to behold. I informed when it would be making it's next public apperance and I promised her back stage passes.

moving on, nathan I drove to the smu campus where the wedding was. only instead of going to the perkins chapel, we ended up at hyde park. but we thought it was the correct one, because all the signs stated we were in the HDUMC parking lot, which our drunkselves rationalized to being "h. perkins united methodist church". we quickly realized there was no "h. perkins", but not before sticking out like a boner through sweatpants and after leaving our ficticious chicken stratches on the guest book. we rule.

we made it to the correct one in time, yada yada. the reception was awesome. even more amazing was the fact that we knew a ton of people at another one accross the sitting area in-between the ball rooms. we all pooled the parties together and hit up two bars and completely took over them. jerabaums and the iron cactus. the grooms father bought me a shit load of drinks, and stated that I could come over and visit in in the OC (no shit, he lives there) anytime. got really hammered, locked myself out of the hotel in the fire escape, and had to climb down to the street and back back into the lobby barefoot in my boxers and ask to let back into my room. I'll leave the rest of the juicy details that transpired that evening to protect the innocent.

sincerely,
mitch "godfather" martin

5.02.2004

holy weekend...

only wish I had pictures to share. highlights include:

going to the wrong chappel, and not realizing until after we had signed the guest list and were given the programs. whoops

our room and our walk-in closet aka "the palace of iniquity"

phone by the toilet, can you say "huge time"?

swanger's HOT step sister, who knew?

getting locked out of the hotel in the fire escape at 3am

finally reaching the bottom and having to walk out into the street, the hotel lobby and back up to my room in my boxers

losing the remote to the flat screen in our room

staying in adolphus busch's hotel, and drinking tons and tons "the king of beers"

bar tab at jerabaums and iron cactus.

feeling like mitch martin in the morning

go ducks!