Semper Dohnut

Don't watch 7 episodes of Green Wing in one day it will change you. I went around imitating Guy Secretan all day and it drove every one nuts. Now that you've been warned on with the show. Working on my new concept album. This one actually requires historical and biblical research. A serious undertaking.

To give you an idea of how awesome Atlanta is on the first day we arrived a place called the Plaza Theater had this on their bill: A performance by the magician Dr. Mortes, a burlesque show, followed by a screening of Destroy All Monsters. We didn't go, but it's just awesome that it happened.

Days 1 - 3

The first full three days in Atlanta were more or less a blur since we basically did one thing each day and then went back to the hotel and rested up for late night booze and food cramming. I wanted to get out a lot more, but who the heck knows where anything is not to mention that Sean is very lazy.

Day one we decided to go for a walk and see what sights could be seen. Had we gone right we would have hit a row of shopping plazas with fast food establishments, local shops (including the infamous Rack Room Shoes which Sean wrote a catchy heavy metal jingle for), and a Gamestop. Not knowing this we turned left and ended up walked straight up hill for 20 minutes until we reached a strip mall that sat in front of a bunch of Victorian looking cottage house things. I'm just throwing out the word "Victorian" by the way since I can't properly identify what era these dumb looking duplexes where designed after.

We stopped in a deli, ate a ridiculously expensive breakfast, and then moved on. I had a sandwich that went by the name of Monte Cristo, and personally I don't know how I lived as long as I have without this delectable little bastard. And Sean had a breakfast Taco the size of a horses wiener. Too many inane facts? We climbed downhill to the hotel, and Sean napped while I played computer games until Paul came over and watched us get wasted.

Day two we went to the North Point Mall so that Sean could buy some presents. It is more or less an exact copy of the Aventure Mall, but there was one difference: Asians. Living in Florida you rarely see Asian people outside of restaurants that serve Asian cuisine, but Atlanta is like kidding.. sort of.. not at all).

Anyways we walked into a Hot Topic and I felt like a pedophile so we had to leave. Besides some Asians stopping me from looking at posters that was the most exciting thing that happened. We went to Best Buy and Sean graciously purchased Session One of BSG, and we all went on our way.

That night Paul came and we talked about all the albums I gave him. I forgot to mention I handed over a copy of just about every full and unfinished recording we had done in the last two years including Master Edward Gonzalez's Crying On The Outside. Needless to say Paul was a happy happy man, and loved every second of it. Think I should release some kind of boxed set for free download?

Day three we skipped out of the hotel early and saw Avatar in 3D. Was it a good movie? Hell no! Was it terrible? No. I enjoyed it in a sort of disinterested/benign way. I've written a review for it, but haven't posted it yet. Needless to say the film would currently be bombing hardcore if it weren't for the hype of having James Cameron's name attached to it. I even started falling asleep during the big battle sequence. At one point I even leaned over to Paul and whispered "This movie is so racist" and about 5 minutes later he whispered "You called it." We then ate delicious 50 cent chicken wings and drank beer.

Paul also took us to some underground gaming store which sold Wonder Swans and all kinds of weird Japan only crap that was way too expensive. Though I have to admit the Neo Geo hand held was a steal. The place modded game systems and sold all kinds of games from Japan, but who cares? The guys behind the counter were uber dorks, and after I made the mistake of asking what game the one guy was playing on his lap top a nerd star went super nova. At one point me, Paul, and Sean all looked at each other and silently communicated our want to punch these dudes in their shit.

Aside from eating a lot that's about it. Paul brought us some ham. We bought more beer, and much getting wasted and being dorks ensued. That caps it for this installment of the trip. Stay tuned for the best bits as Paul gets done with work and therapy for the week and we hit the town. As before pics will be above.