Go Team Dowd!

So as it was proven this week by taking numerous online personality quizzes (laugh it up! I swear, I do have a life) money and possesions are low on my priority list. I don't want much out of this life. A family, a modest yet comfortable home, the best relationship possible with my spouse and maybe a nice Weber BBQ in my backyard. Not to much to ask. I am however now coveting something.

I want this



This is an Ovation 1778T Elite. I played one of these last week at Guitar Center while looking for fun toys to play with. I bought some Mallets and a slide. I will be damned if I did not think about putting this little puppy on my credit card. Something I definately don't need to do.

I thought about this thing all weekend. I am obsessed with owning it now. I have been playing at these Poker Night parties with such regularity that I now need a new instrument. Bertha (the guitar my godparnets bought me for my 16th birthday and one posession I would grab if my hose was on fire) is fine and she sounds okay. She just has too many buzzes along her neck and is not a professional instrument. I have decided that I am selling all of my bass equipment to buy this beyotch. I am in love! It has a built in tuner and electronics! Plays like a dream. Has all the qualities I love in Bertha, but without the shortcomings of a student grade, Korean made instrument.

With that in mind I would like to take this opportunity to remind you all that your faqvorite lovable Libra's 32nd B-day is right around the corner (October 2) . "Psssst....buy him the guitar" Kidding. I don't expect any one person to put in the cash nessesary to give a home to fine example of luthierian craftsmanship.

However I did have a thought. While we can't all have everything that we want, I figure that if we all pool our money at least one of us can! We could do this thing people! We're gonna be great together! I had 734 visitors on this blog over the last two months. I am thinking that if we all sent me one dollar for each time we looked at "Well In Dowd" I could have this guitar a lot sooner. Think about it. What is a dollar a day? We could all help Sally Struthers feed some ematiated kids, while she sat home eating cake and bon-bons.....lets all work together so the Dowd can achieve his dream of owning a professional quality acoustics.

Please make out your checks to:

Well In Dowd Inc.
745 Acoustic Way
New Guitarsville, NC 27609

Let's make this happen as a team people!

GO TEAM!

YEAH!

My new tattoo

I've been really busy with work. I did somehow find enough time to get drunk and get a tattoo. Does anyone know anything about laser tattoo removal? I think I need to stop reading Harry Potter and getting loaded.

Enquiring minds want to know

Yes, I do have a date for the wedding. I noticed on today's comments that Whiz, and Linz specifically asked for the details. I'm not going to say much at this point. I will,however, say the following.

I met up with a beautiful woman this weekend and spent the weekend having some great conversations. Ate some great food, drank some great wine. Took a long walk in a local state park. Just took the time to get to know each other. It was unexpected. sometimes I think that's the way life happens best.

She's going to be my date for Mike's wedding. I'm very much looking foward to it.Dancing drinking and laughing. Maybe seeing some old friends.

We got a live one

It's way too early in the morning. I am tired, but feeling great! I just finished watching the gaggle of crows who take over the parking lot across from my apartment every morning. This weekend was perfect and more than I could ever have hoped for.

B.T.W. I would like to thank everyone who commented on my last blog. It really made me smile. Thanks. I now have a date for the wedding and am really looking forward to it.

Ya'll have a great day!

Be my guest, be my guest, made of real gorilla chest........

Well, I just sent in my R.S.V.P. to my freind Mike's wedding. He invited me and a guest. So now, the problem is, I have no guest! I don't want to go alone!

Please Be My Guest!

The wedding is on Friday, September 16th in Philadelphia. I would prefer it if guys did not apply for this position. I'm open minded, but not that open minded. Ladies only.

Here's what I can offer-

• A trip to Philly
• A great cheesesteak at Gino's
• Free room and board at the fabulous "Desmond" Hotel
• An escort who will hold the door open for you and be an all around gentleman
  
• Dancing and laughs with a fun crowd
  

All applicants will be considered. Thank you for your interest.

Name that poker night

Well, for those of you that aren't aware yet, I have been going to these music and art jams on a regular basis. I went to one on Saturday night. It was some of the most fun I have ever had. We ran through a bunch of songs and then a friend of Alan's, this girl Beth showed up. She walked in and was not quite sure what to do. The creative energy can get pretty high in the studio. When someone new enters, it can take a moment to get into the groove.

So I stopped everything. I looked at Beth and said "Beth. I was a big geek in High School. I was also a Rockhead. Hair down to my ass, glam, trash and everything in between. But my being a geek let me learn this song. Which I will now share with you.Welcome to the party." Then I started. "Beth I hear you calling...........but I can't come home right now......." (From Kiss, for those of you who don't know. I was a huge Kiss fan growing up. I even played in a Kiss cover band for a hot second. As Gene Simmons.)

Beth just started smiling. It was fun. Then I proceeded to go through my entire repetoire of silly songs. Madonna, the Cure, Tom Petty and a medley of every power ballad ever made. played in the key of "G" (This includes "Every Rose Has it's Thorn" and "I Remember you") Beth and Jim (the other newcomer) were raving about what a great time they were having. It was fun. Beth was telling me that she couldn't describe how happy I was making her. That hse had a rough day and needed some fun. She said there was no where else in the world that she would rather be at that time. This made me feel great.

We are doing this thing live in October.While "Poker Night" works for us when refering to it. We don't feel that is what we should call it live. Just doesn't work. Here is a brief description of what will occur.

1. Four to Five artists and about three musicians will set up a long wall with canvas and paper, play sing and have fun.
2.The energy is good and it's very free spirited. We take turns painting.Everyone make a mark on the paintings. We all take turns dancing, playing drums, singing and doing whatever feels good at the moment. It's very Tribal in that respect.
3.We will be doing this every Friday in October
4. On Halloween night there will be a huge bonfire and we will burn all of the art that we made all month. Nothin is spared. No matter how much money people offer.

So there you have it in a nutshell. Calling out to all bloggies. Please post your suggested names in the comments. Ask your friends to stop by and try and name it.

Also....please post the title of your favorite silly song, and the artist. You know.....the song that is a guilty pleasure. One you shouldn't like. Mine? "Vacation" by the Go-Go's

God grant me the wisdo to accept the things that I cannot change.

That's right. The wisdo! Not the wisdom! Well, sort of. One of my sillier pet peeves has to do with graffiti. Now, I don't mind graffiti in the stalls of my nearest dive bar bathroom. Nor do I mind it all that much on the walls of my hometown. I grew up in NYC in the 70's and 80's. I remember when the subway cars looked like this



So graffiti was somthing I grew up with. Some of it, not including the lame tags done with magic marker, is really cool looking.

Now here is my pet peeve. It's when someone takes the time to write some graffiti, or apoem about sitting there broken hearted, or even worse, some racist b.s. and cannot spell! Or has no sense of design.

We've been doing lots of renovations on my store. While moving some cabinets, I found the following on one of them.



Now, come on! If you are in an art store, you should at least be able to fit "wisdom" onto a given space. Hahaha.

I just found it a bit comical given the subject matter. hope your weekend is going well. Off to poker night.

Brian's interview

So this will be the last interview I am granting for a bit.Unless of course some one else responds.

1) If you had to pick between Mary Ann and Ginger from Gilligan's Island for a night of guaranteed boot-knockin', who would you pick and why?

I would go with Mary Ann. Ginger was much to self centered. I think Mary Ann would be a fireball in the sack.

2) Recently, doctors in Korea have successfully cloned a dog (no, not to eat), up to now the most genetically complicated animal man has cloned. Arguably, this technology could be used in the near future to clone pets that have died for a "nominal" fee. How do you feel about this?

Whatever. I think if you can't let well enough alone, then you are just stupid. Accept change. It's a part of life. Death included.

3) If you could live without ANY consqequences for your actions for ONE day, what kind of things might you do?

Man, that is a good question. I think I might try to get with every good looking woman I see...getting slapped many times along the way. I would tell every one exactly what I think of them. Good and bad. I would also try to rob a bank. No consequences right?

4) What is the next number in this sequence: 1,1,2,3,5,8,13...?

21 Beyotch. How you like me now? the Rebel will not allow!Call me Mr S.a.t!

5) And finally, if you found a wallet in the street with $6000 in it, with ID and all, what would you REALLY do?

Keep it. Pay some bills and go on a killer Vacay!

More Non-Blogging fun

I thought this one was great.


Taken from Mike V

1. Reply with your name and I’ll respond with something random about you.
2. I’ll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.
3. I’ll pick a flavor of jello to wrestle with you in.
4. I’ll say something that only makes sense to you and me.
5. I’ll tell you my first memory of you.
6. I’ll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I’ll ask you something that I’ve always wondered about you.
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your journal. You MUST. It is written.

An interview with Nic

I have been sorely slacking about this interview. My wonderful ex blogged for the first time in months in response to my initial interveiw. If you haven't cehcked out Nic's Blog in a while, take a look. It would be good if she found the time to blog again. For those of you that don't already know, ask her what "Ipus" means. So without further ado, Nic's interview questions.


If you had a super power, what would it be, how would you use it and why?

I had a hard time thinking of an answer to this one. You all may find that shocking when you read questions four and five. I was a big comic book geek when I was growing up. An angst ridden, self loathing pre-teen. So naturally, dreaming of super powers was a favortie daydream. When you asked this questions I immediately thought that I would love to be able to read minds. Like Professer Xavier from the X-Men (except without the wheelchair) or Mel Gibson in "What Women Want". The other top threee would have been invisibility and shape shifting.

And how would I use this power? I think that I would use it to get free stuff. Sort of like Obi Wan Kenobi in Star Wars. "You don't need to charge me for that Gibson Les Paul". "I don't need to charge you for the Les Paul". "I should take it and be on my way with a complimentary Mesa Boogie half stack" "You should take it and be on your way with a Mesa". "Carry on". "Carry on, Carry on".

If you won $5,000.00 what would you spend it on?

$5000? damn. That is a good question. The old what would you do if you hit the lottery comes to mind. This is a lot more frustrating because $5000, will not result in me swimming through my money ala Scrooge McDuck. My realistic answer is that I would pay off bills and hope that I would have enough left over to buy a really nice acoustic guitar. My dream answer would be that I would take a nice long trip to Europe.

If you can bed one celebrity, who would it be, and why?

This is the question that I had the hardest time with (so musch that I forgot to answer it when I posted for the first time). Fame doesn't entice me as a quality in a woman. For a long time yes, it would have been Jennifer Saunders. Just because I thought she was funny. Actually Nic and I talked about going for Halloween as Patsy and Edina (I was Patsy)from Ab Fab. We finally ended up with Sonny and Cher (I was Cher). So with all of that said, I think I am going to say Penny Lancaster. Only because I saw her walking towards me once at a former place of employment. I thought I was in a beer comercial for a moment. The sexiest woman on the planet, back lit, walking toawrds me, sashaying and wearing a white mini-dress. Wherw. Then I was awoken and it was pointed out that the only reason she was walking towards me was the fact that Rod Stewart (her boyfriend) was standing behind me.

Would you let a greased up naked and angry (off meds) Mike Tyson toss your salad in order to become famous?

The answer to this one is yes. As long as I wouldn't be famous FOR letting Mr. Tyson toss my salad. When I first read this question it occured to me that if he was tossing my salad, that he wouldn't be able to pucnh me in the head and yell things, in his little squeaky voice like "Eat my ass bitch" , "I sure hope that your tongue gets longer than that" or "I had corn for lunch"

And, would YOU toss an angry, greased up and naked Mike Tyson's salad if that would result in (besides bad breath) you being famous?

No. I think he would, like I wrote above, punch me and misstreat me. Like a dissaproving father whom a son could not please, or a girlfreind who fucks with your heart. Though, neither of those examples would have been trained to use their body as a vehicle of paina and destruction.

Had to post this

Yes, I have blogging problems, but I had to post this link. For those of you who have checked out Craig's List before. You will all be familiar with "Missed Connections" in the personals section. I was alerted to this today! I'm a missed connection! Yay!


7 p.m. addendum- What did I do with my day off? I worked. I went to work at about 11 a.m. and was on the go till my assistants told me to go home at 5. What does this have to do with my posting? One of my employees, at about 4:30 is at the registers. I walk up and she is laughing. I say "What?" she says, "Well, have you ever heard of Craigs list?" Hahahahahahahahaha! She reads the missed connections all the time. LOL