Hows my little moaner?

I know i've been on the fritz with my blogging frequency as of late but gosh I've just been devoid of insight and excitement....I guess. Meh, anyway life is good here in Oakwood. Yay! I made business cards for a feller at work, anyone know where I can get some cards printed that are NOT the standard size? thats my current hang-up.

Rants:

I listen to Pandora (streaming music) at work, religiously. I love it. So much in fact I've pretty much stopped acquiring new tunes because I have a roll of fresh songs from work on the daily. Heart. So imagine my surprise when last month on about the 15thish I get a notice from Pandora saying, We are bitches and you use our service much, enjoy your new 40 hour listening cap. They say it is to keep the service free and commercial free. HAAAAAAATE! I used to feel bad that I was running Adblock + while listening to my legitimate free tunes, now those suckers are losing revenue from me twice! Ha. Jerks. To make ammends though they did send me an apology letter saying, Tony, you can use pandora again at the beginning of August. Aww thanks. Here I am at the end of the month awaiting another of those letters. Grrr...

So with that I've tried out LastFM and would say I love it if it didn't cause me so many problems, I think I listened to one song and probably spent 30min troubleshooting it over the course of a day. So that lead me to...datdaadaaaaaa!

Slacker, I only heard of this source from engadget and the slacker branded gadgets. Turns out Slacker radio rocks my socks just as hard as Pandora did! Only complaint is the one audio commercial I'm forced to wait through is always for walmart. Why do they still advertise? One would think that everyone knows who walmart is and what they sell? Whatever

Best Buy,
I have a camera purchased from there and a extended warranty, turns out it doesn't cover everything like it says it does. 104$ later I will be getting my newish camera back. Fuck you best buy, and you stupid geek squad, I liked your customer service 10 times more before they took over. Should be, we assume you're stupid and treat you that way squad.

Know what else really grinds my gears?
Powdery mildew. This fungus said Hey we happened to be floating in the air near your squash and cucumbers a couple of weeks ago lets eat! So our squash and cucumbers are now in shambles and nearly dead in every way. Sad. We have one sad acorn squash clinging to ripen on the vine and a few cucumbers vying for a life of their own. Lesson learned? none, because I have no idea how to spot it before it attacks. Maybe I will install a vacuum shield thing around our garden so no spores float by. I'm going to go ahead and blame the corn farmers, for no good reason.

My phone is being a DICK! In places I used to brag to Laura about have 'full bars!' I get none and she is skipping along while talking to her peeps. So next time you call me be patient I'm walking to our front porch because that's the only place I get reliable-ish reception now.

Hows my little Finth finger?

Hey folks! Sorry its been ages, I've been busy with stuff, not sure what stuff or how busy I've really been but not too much to report today.

I want to get a side project started doing some design and photography. I have the tools to do both I just need to get my name out there and do it!

The name of my business would be FinFour. Hurray for made up numbers!

I thought I had told just about everyone the history behind my number, but I guess not. So here it is; When I was but just a wee pup I was sitting in my room contemplating many deep ideas and I began thinking gosh, I think that the numbers three and four sound much too far apart. I think I ought to add a number in there and fill in that gap a bit. And here Fin was born. You can imagine how that would mess up society today, for example I would have 9 fingers (4 on each hand), 5 would be an even number, and 8 would be the largest number on a standard keyboard. At one point I had an idea of what the numeral fin would look like, I think it looked like a circle with two lines coming out of the edges upwards, but I could be wrong, that can be changed still.

With that I need some help with my logo This is a preliminary version, I would like some criticism if you're willing to offer it.
Merci

Hows my little DMB show?

Little? No. Dave Matthews Band is anything but little. Anything but. Yesterday Laura gave me the opportunity to catch a spectacle that is known as a Dave Matthews Band live outdoor concert. We went with our friend Nathan who like many of the other people at one of these shows is a Dave Matthews connoisseur this was his 21st show and our Cherry popping experience. He was a good guide.

I was told before the show that a DMB concert has a really good chance at not being good for a casual listener like myself because he has such a huge catalog of music there wouldn't be too many song to sing along with. Which is true, if it weren't for me knowing a lot of the songs off the new album I would have only known a few other songs. But!

The great thing about DMB is they are really truly excellent at the instruments that they play. The whole band is really a pleasure to listen to. Hearing the full sound while being able to pick out the combined nuances of the other individuals made me really appreciate the excellent quality of these musicians.
Would I recommend to see them? Absolutely but only if you're the kind of person who can appreciate good quality music you can boogie to, or a DMB superfan. Otherwise the price of admission might really piss you off.


I thought I should post the set list on here because to someone it might mean something, maybe my future self might appreciate it.

You Might Die Trying
Seven
You And Me
Dancing Nancies
Lying In The Hands Of God
Shotgun
Say Goodbye
Funny The Way It Is
Dive In
Crush
The Stone
Shake Me Like A Monkey
Alligator Pie
Burning Down The House
Pantala Naga Pampa
Rapunzel

Encore:
Don't Drink the Water
Two Step


Anyway enough of my sucking up. Since High School I've had a list of bands that I need to see before I die, and an outdoor Dave show has been on it for quite a while. So naturally since I've been 21 the idea of how I experience the concert has changed. So we did this concert the right way. A 12 pack per person. Most people wouldn't survive such an undertaking, the three of us included. So we scaled it back and ended up thoroughly enjoying ourselves responsibly, not sure I know what to do with all this leftover Corona.

Hows my little essence?

Check it out, its been awhile, more photos less words today.

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Started Pickling!

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Went to the indianapolis Zoo, Laura likes goats...only sort of.

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Got bit by a pokey tree

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Giraffes are awesome.

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Check out all those carrots we grew! thats only half! That big honker is in our shepherds pie tonight.

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Went canoeing and rocked the Sugar Creek in Indiana

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...Lots of people were there. :(

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Rope Swings rock.

Went to the BWCA with this bunch, forgot my rain jacket, but I didn't need it!

Did some exploring in a bog.

Practiced the Rule of thirds.

Fire!

This is what I slept in! I couldn't figure out how come I kept leaning to the right at night. I figured out my problem on the last night and my shoulder is still bothering me. Hammock tent 1 Tony .5

I miss you.

Hows my little Parade?

Happy Independence Day!
Don't forget to be thankful for the liberties you take for granted daily, like choosing where you work and what you can eat!

Yesterday Laura and I hit up the Oakwood Parade in the morning. boy was it great, our candy dish was pretty much empty and we took care of that thanks to the paraders. Here are some pictures of a small town parade. Also note, I've never seen that many people in Oakwood to date.

The head of the procession, Laura liked this part the best can you tell?









Of course a community nestled in a bunch of corn fields needs to have a mini parade of these:

We had mom and dad over for dinner last night and we were pretty ecstatic that we were going to be able to watch fireworks from the front porch, but after 45 minutes of no explosions I walked to the park to find it deserted, all the people we heard and saw were at a party in front of it. Screw you Fourth of July rain!


Of course I told everyone when the garden looked acceptable I would take a picture of it, here it is! It looks great! Laura is going to pick a cucumber soon and I bet tomatoes will be ready for pickin in the next weekish. Fresh onions taste outstanding!

Hows my little day to day?

[Edit UPDATE!] I can't believe I forgot this one! The bank I used to bank at (just a couple of short months ago) failed! Thank goodness for the FDIC because Laura would be many dollars fewer, I'm sure my parents would be as well. The recession has hit home!
Scary?

Lately:

Visited Laura's Family in Milwakuee, Wonderful. Her family is full of great people, just like mine!

Garden is currently kicking ass, If you call me to chat on the phone expect to hear about it. Cucumbers are weird looking as runts.

We have a pepper thief.

Our green beans are delicious.

I have recently acquired the missing parts to my old PC, a lost love has been brought back to life...much to Laura's dismay.

Twister is a pretty good movie still.

Started Reading The Return of the King, Forgot that it left off with ridiculous amounts of potential excitement. Very excited.

Using two mouses on the same desk for two computers gets confusing.

Today the word Whim was redefined for me.

An echo will do it's thing not before 56.5 feet. Unless in a space with parallel walls.
Last week I learned all about echos.
Consider this statement:

Myth makes Echo the subject of longing and desire. Physics makes Echo the subject of distance and design. Where emotion and reason are concerned both claims are accurate.
And where there is no Echo there is no description of space or love.
There is only silence.