Saturday, October 9, 2010

Traveling Resource! Night Owl entertainment.

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SQUAT THE PLANET one of the best sights i've found on everything! train jumping, traveling resources and more. www.squattheplanet.com

and i laughed so hard when a buddy of mine called me and told me to look this up. you've got to check this out!

here's some nightly entertainment...

Musician Jokes!

---Daddy! I want to be a musician when I grow up!"

"Now son, make up your mind, you can't have it both ways....."

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What do you call a musician without a girlfriend?.... Homeless
-----What's the difference between a musician and a pizza? A pizza can feed a family of four.
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what do you do when a musician knocks on your door?

tip him for the pizza

----- Great job. (I'm a very happily married musician - 36 years! It can be done. Develop a world class grovel. It'll go a long way)

some funny stuff!
Thanks Tony! lol

the wind at my back

I was talking to a friend the other night. We went to a show downtown at the Jinx here in savannah then wandered a while.

I've been thinking lately, what it is that drives me to wander like i do. The fact is.... there's just nothing like the open road. The rush of the wind, the people, the excitement and feeling of freedom. Nothing compares to it for me. But i've found, i like having a place that i fit into also. I've found that here in savannah for the first time. I'm so excited about hitting the road as it draws closer. It's looking like we'll leave in two weeks or so. But i'm also saddened and have this hesitation inside. I like it here. If i feel lonely, all i have to do is take a walk and i'm bound to see smiling faces of people i know. High fives from passing friends walking by and good conversation at the coffee shop. I fit here. It's nice to walk around town and go into any bar in town and they know you. know when you've had a bad day, know when you need a hug, or want a rematch in pool to redeem their pride. lol I would go so far to say that i'm starting to love it here. But im not content enough to stay. I'll be back i think. I will miss this place. But I need to go. I need to follow that breeze that keeps me alive.

The open road.

The wind.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

No Body Loves You

Eric Clapton said it best when describing the irony of self pity. "Nobody loves you when your down and out". A song originally written by Jimmy Cox flooded the mainstream in the early seventies; and is still among one of the most well known covers to this day. I feel that Eric was making love to John Lennon's "Nobody loves you" when he wrote this song. Echoing the same feelings and almost the same words.

"Nobody loves you when your old and grey
nobody needs you when you're upside down
\ everybody's hollerin' bout their own birthday
everybody loves you when your six feet in the grownd" -John

Ever wonder what people would say at your funeral? what would i say at mine? did i do everything i wanted to with my life? see all i could see? what would my regrets be?

I've been thinking about these things a lot. Probably more than i should cause i'm still up and it's freakin' three AM.


That's my new theme song for the past week. I've lost a lot of friends and gained many over the past year. It's crazy; I think all of us have this place in our lives.

If you want to see who your friends are, leave them. And if they still remember your face in a year, you've got something. But more times than not, it's the people you just met, that offer you their coat, and take you in their arms; they are your friends. Most people, outta sight, outta mind. I'm that way all too often also. I have found myself guilty. But i long to perfect who i am.

Traveling, if nothing else, has restored my faith in humanity. The kindness and generosity found by a total stranger is something i marvel at. The hard ones, the tough ones to love are the ones we know and have history with. We've had time to get to know them and be hurt by them. Holding that resentment, i look forward to the day when i can still hand an old friend my coat, as if he were a perfect stranger.

I feel like i've traveled so much, i have no place that is home. Nothing is what i need in that moment. So i keep going. Running down this open road looking. I feel that if i stay in one spot to long, i get stagnate. lol i told someone today, if i were to stay in an empty town for too long, i would be the worst alcoholic ever! I have to keep myself alive. I hope i find it traveling this trip.

"Each city is like the next if you have no ties keeping you there. The wind will continue to blow me away. Farther from finding a place to rest."