The Russell-P Project:

Unemployment Day 2: No cooking but the date went good...

So last night I was going to have a date come over and cook for her. Well that did not end up happening due to the time frame so instead we went out to eat. Needless to say the date went really well, she is a super cool chick and a lot of fun.

So I am still getting used to this not having a job business. I thought it would be nice to sit at home and do nothing but to tell you the truth it really sucks. I feel so unproductive that it's driving me crazy or as the joke goes; A pirate walks into a bar, and the barkeep says "Excuse me, cap'n, but did you know that you've got your ship's wheel stuck in your pantaloons?"  "Aye," says the pirate, "that thing be drivin' me nuts!  Aaargh!". Either way it's driving me nuts but not in the literal since.

I have had a few company's call me about setting up an interview so that's some good news. In fact as soon as I jump out of the bath I am going to get on the phone and call these people back. How sad is that, it's 2:15 and I just got out of bed a little bit ago. Oh the life of an unemployed wanna-b Rockstar...

Unemployment Day 1: Life is pretty damn good…

So today is my first day of being unemployed. You know what… It feels pretty damn good knowing that I don’t have to go sit in the cubical farm anymore. Actually I woke up this morning and a Bob Marley song came to my mind, it goes something like this.

Rise up this mornin',
Smiled with the risin' sun,
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin' sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin', ("This is my message to you-ou-ou:")

You know what; life is going to be great for me. This losing my job business I have a feeling is going to be the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. I now know that I will be able to go out there and find the job that makes me happy and that I kick some major ass at. I actually have already had 3 companies contact me and want to set up interviews. Not too bad for only being unemployed for about 24 hours.

On a side note I have to learn how to cook a meal by sometime tonight. Let’s just say that if you plan on taking a girl on a first date to a nice place to eat, then you lose your job the day before you have to improvise and learn how to cook something to impress her. Needless to say I am the worst cook in the world. Actually I take that back, I am beyond being the worst cook in the world. As of now the only thing I have ever really cooked before was pop-tarts and Eggo waffles. Don’t think I will impress anyone with a meal like that.

I can see the scene now, the lights are real low. The candles are lit on the table with a nice red table cloth. Two glasses of the finest box wine from 7-11 are on the table in the nicest of wine glasses. Then the appetizer comes out and it’s 4 chocolate pop-tarts. This is then followed up by the main course which consists of a stack of Eggo waffles and Mrs. Butterworth finest of syrup. Now that’s a hell of a first date.

So I know I have a lot of people out there who can help me out here. What’s a good thing to cook for someone who does not know the difference between a spatula and a toaster?

Russell-P now has no job...

Well I am officially now a professional musician, well that is too say I now make 100% of my income from music. You see today I got laid off from my job. Well chose to get fired actually. If I would have resigned I would not have been given a package so I chose the "get fired" option so that way I can now get unemployment. Yeah for me, I am now an unemployed musician.

Actually this is really not such a bad thing. For anyone who knows me they know how much I hated my job. I mean I could not stand being there. I really just hated being stuck inside a cube all day long. As if you guys can't tell I am some what of a people kind of person. I think I would enjoy doing some type of sales.

So if anyone out there knows of any job openings, perferable a sales type job but really just anything let me know.

New podcast on my bands page...

That's right folks, my band is now putting a new podcast on our website once a week with one of us saying what's going on with them and with the band. This week it was my turn so come stop by my bands page and listen to it and leave us a comment on our page and let us know what you think.

Here is a link to my bands page.
http://www.myspace.com/adrenalinelive

I can't wait for New Years...

It's official. We are now officially playing The Buzz 94.5 2006 New Years Eve BLT (Black Tie, Lingerie, and Toga) Party III this year. You can find out more info about it from the people putting it on at Club Monkey.

This is going to be a blast playing this show this year. We are going to do it up way bigger then we did last year. That means a better stage show, more t-shirts to give out and way more promoting of the band. We are also going to be selling tickets to it where the band gets a cut of it so if anyone plans on going let me know and you can get your tickets through us.

We also just found out that they are going to be giving us a hotel room at the Hilton Americas in Downtown Houston. For those who don't live in Houston this is one of the pimpest of hotels around. So not only do we get a free room there but we get a free room there on New Years Eve. You know how much that would cost to get? Well let's just say a lot.

Now I just have to find someone who I want to spend my New Years with. That seems like it's going to be the hardest thing to do.

Map of my visitors...

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Happy Thanksgiving...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

P.S. I love the line "I wish I had a good girl to miss me".

Friday's show is going to kick ass...

I just found out I have a bunch of people coming out to my show on Friday. My buddy Johnny-Bear will be there, my old drummer Keith is going to be there plus a bunch of other poeple. This is going to be a kick ass show at West Grey.

Top 10 things Russell-P is grateful for...

So in honor of Thanksgiving tomorrow, damn time fly’s I remember it being 4th of July just the other day, I am going to do a list of the top 10 things I am grateful for. Please feel free to add to the list with things that you are grateful for also.

10. I am thankful that in a few days Mel Gibson can start to celebrate Hanukkah
9. I am thankful that one day global warming will kill us all and that way Kevin Federline will not be able to put out another album.
8. I am thankful that all the Bible prophecies have come true and now Paris Hilton and Nichole Richie can be friends again.
7. I am thankful that if Madonna adopts one more baby she will be able to have her own United Nations, a baby from every country, and be able to host her own Olympics.
6. I am thankful for all the dates from hell I endure and that they will make a great chapter in my eventual VH-1 biography.
5. I am thankful for soft summer rains, the musical laugh of a child... and Britney Spears getting sluttier by the minute.
4. I am thankful for all the valuable skills I'm learning, one day I, too, might become President of the United States.
3. I am thankful for Oprah – she’s a female role model that is strong, intelligent, compassionate, articulate, and doesn’t apologize for it. Such a rarity... wait that's something I am not grateful for.
2. I am thankful for all the homeless people living in Houston who keep me entertained on my lunch breaks.
1. And the number 1 thing I am grateful for is my ex for breaking up with me before the holidays thus saving me $1000 on Christmas gifts... Just kidding. It would have been more like $1800 on gifts. ;-)

On a side note my band has 4 shows in the next 4 days and I am pumped up and can't wait. It's like a freaking high for me to be on stage and I am jonesing for it right now. These are supposed to be some killer shows with a lot of people there so I am ready to get out there and play. Just sucks I can't jump around as much as I want to due to the busted up foot.

Blue Knights...

Who the hell is reading this that knows that's the Blue Knights Corps song? If so, what year did you march and did we march together?

“When the thunder rumbles
Now the Age of Gold is dead
And the dreams we’ve clung to dying to stay young
Have left us parched and old instead . . .
When my courage crumbles
When I feel confused and frail
When my spirit falters on decaying alters
And my illusions fail,
I go on right then.
I go on again.
I go on to say I will celebrate another day
I go on . . . .”

The Christmas spirit is certainly not alive at Popeye's Chicken...

So I must say there is a certain lack of the holiday cheer at the Popeye's Chicken on Travis and Walker in Downtown Houston. Today I decided to hobble on over the block in a half to get me some good ole southern fried chicken and boy was I in for a surprise. It seems that on Tuesday's they have 1 wing and 1 thigh for 89 cents. Not a bad deal I must say although I am sure when the marketing geniuses behind this little campaign thought this up they never imagined it turning a Popeye's into a sociological study. You see 89 cents just so happens to be the amount of change that every homeless person in Houston has in their pockets, therefore they all decided to migrate to Popeye's today for a pre Thanksgiving dinner. That's right; Popeye's all of a sudden looked like a homeless shelter.

Let me give you a little bit of background real quick. My degree is in photography with a minor in sociology, yes I know what you are thinking and your right, it was a waste of 5 years but damn there were some good parties. In fact I was only one class short of having a second major in sociology. Therefore I happen to be a huge fan of people watching. I can just sit for hours and watch people, for some reason I find it interesting, see I told you guys I was a huge nerd. Either way I decided to go ahead and eat my meal at the Popeye's and just observe the people for a bit. Over the course of my hour lunch/sociological break here are some of the things I observed.

1. Homeless people do not like being called bums by Popeye's employees. One big old black Popeye's employee decided to tell one of the homeless people that he needs to leave. She did this by saying, "Hey you bum, you need to get your stuff and get out of here". He politely responded, "Lady, I ain't no bum, I am homelessly challenged".

2. Big old black Popeye's employees do not like being referred to as "Hey you old black bitch". That's right, one of the homelessly challenged gentlemen decided to use this term when ordering some chicken. He said and I quote, "Hey you old black bitch, fetch me some chicken and it better be spicy or I will come back there and whoop yo damn ass". This promptly got him removed from this fine establishment.

3. Watching a conversation on the social structure of our city by two homeless guys can be entertaining for hours on end. A black and a white homeless guy were arguing about which race is better. In the end the decided that white and black where equal and that they both hated the Mexicans.

So I must say this made for one hell of a lunch break. It really makes me wish I would have taken that extra class in college and got a major in Sociology. I know that if I would have I would have written my senior research paper over the cultural Mecca that Popeye's is.

“When the thunder rumbles
Now the Age of Gold is dead
And the dreams we’ve clung to dying to stay young
Have left us parched and old instead . . .
When my courage crumbles
When I feel confused and frail
When my spirit falters on decaying alters
And my illusions fail,
I go on right then.
I go on again.
I go on to say I will celebrate another day
I go on . . . .”

The results from my MRI...

I just got off the phone with my doctor and she said the results form my MRI look fine. She said there is nothing torn it is just a really, really bad sprain and that by me playing shows with the band and jumping around it hurts it even more. She said she has never seen a sprain that bad before and is amazed that something is not seriously wrong with my foot. Either way it still hurts like crazy and has a funky color to it. My band has now started to refer to me as my God given Indian name Blackfoot, that’s Indian like a casino owner not Indian with a dot.

So there you go. I am not broken and I have no fear of getting my toes amputated. That’s actually a joke. This past show we decided to ask a bunch of girls if they would date a guy who did not have any toes on his right foot. Amazingly about 80% said they would not date a guy with no toes. I personally would date a chick that was missing toes. I mean that’s would make giving her a foot massage so much easier. I really do give good massages.

On a side note here is a picture of the Deftones playing at the spot where our New Years show is going to be at. Does that not look awesome? This place is a national venue where some of the biggest bands come in and play and we are going to be playing there on New Years. How freaking sweet is that? I am just glad my foot is not messed up and that it should be healed up by then so that way I can just go crazy at this show. The only bad thing is we have 4 shows in a row this week and I know that is going to take a toll on my foot. Not to mention one of the shows is on the biggest day for bars and we are playing the biggest bar in Houston for it so I need to bring my A game and jump around as much as I can. Either way this should be a really fun week with all our shows going on.

Update from the gimp...

Well the x-rays came back with nothing broken in my foot although the doctor thinks something is seriously messed up with it. They are making me have an MRI tonight at 7:30. What sucks even more is they are making me stay here until then because I am whats known as condition STAT. She thinks it's bad enough that she does not want me to leave. That means I am stuck here watching channel 8 our PBS station in Houston. This really freaking sucks. On a sidenote I have never had an MRI before so we will see how that goes.

This sucks...

So I am sitting at the doctors and they think something is broke, this really sucks some major ass. All I got to say is if they put me in a cast I am cutting that bastard off for the New Years show. Hell I will do it on stage if I have to.

Flag football Adrenaline style...

That's right folks; Adrenaline is going to be playing in a flag football league this year with Club Monkey. The league starts this January and it's going to be a co-ed team so this should be a lot of fun. We are going to be trying to find some girls to play with us on our team. Perhaps we will have an Adrenaline football camp/tryout to find the best girl football players out there.

This will be a nice little break for us to just get out there and have some fun and I am really looking forward to it. Back in college I used to love playing flag football on our intramural league. We were really never any good at flag football although my team did win the intramural league championship for feet hockey one year. I still have the championship shirt to prove it.

So all I have to say is watch out Houston. The Adrenaline Boyz are on the football field and ready to kick some butt and meet some girls. What, you didn't think I wasn't going to use this as a chance to meet some new girls did you? I mean come on now, it is a co-ed league. ;-)

Big Hair Russell-P...

So one of my friends who has not seen me in a while she wanted to know how my hair is looking since I am growing it out, well here you go. Keep in mind though this is not how I am wearing it. :-)

On a side note I am going to the Dr again tomorrow to get my foot looked at. It is still the same size swollen and tehe same color black and blue as when it happend. Let's keep our fingers crossed that they
a. don't have to amputate the toes
b. they don't put it in a cast that I will have to wear during the New Years show
I am pretty sure that something in my foot is broken so I am pretty sure b is going to happen.

It's only 11:00 a.m. and the day is already bad...

It's only freaking 11:00 a.m. and the day is going bad, what gives? So at about 6:00 a.m. after I went to bed at 4:30 a.m. my cat thought it would be cute to start ripping up my curtains. Needless to say my curtains are not the highest quality and they started to shred. Well I get up and yell at her and 10 min later she's back at it.

Then my neighbors dog starts barking his brains out at 7:30. What the hell is so important to a dog that it feels it needs to bark and share it with the world? I don't get it.

Then my neighborers decided to have sex at 8:00 in the morning and be really loud with it. Come on, it's 8:00 in the morning go to McDonald's or something instead.

Now I am getting ready to go and meet someone for the first time so I am doing the trying to look real good and bad ass thing, the only bad thing is it's not working. You know that time when you know how you want your hair to look but you just can't get it to do it? Well that's the time right now for me. My freaking hair is getting long as hell that it's hard to do anything with. Damn, I really sound like a girl don't I?

5 months away and I can't wait...

That's right folks, (SideNote: Yes I know I start a lot of my blogs with "That's right folks". I figure it gives my blog a nice southern feel for all those people who are not from Texas) 5 months away before I can really start to be happy again. Every one has certain times in the year that they like best mine just happens to start in 5 months. You guys know what it is? Well for those who know me you might have a clue what it is already, that's right folks... IT'S BASEBALL SEASON!!!

Yes I can not wait till this year of baseball kicks back up!! I am ready for basketball season to be done and over with and the real sport of baseball to kick back up. I am really getting tired of seeing all the billboards for the Rockets. I mean hell there are two of them with in less then a mile from each other of my apartment, now what's the point in that? Let's not even mention football here in Houston. I could not even begin to tell you who four of the players on the Texans are. I mean that's a team that just really sucks ass.

Either way this next year my new years resolution will not be to lose weight, it will not be to get in better shape, it will not be to become a better person. No my new year's resolution will be to win my fantasy baseball league. That's right, I said it Garett and Shelby and all you other people who played this year with me, and I am going to win it. Number one right here baby!! The All-Steroid Team shall prevail this year. For those who don't know The All-Steroid Team is the name of my fantasy team.

This year I shall be ever so wiser when I select my team and go with the numbers not my heart. I mean I am a die hard Houston Astros fan through and through. Last year on my team I think half of them were Astros. I even took Bagwell and Clemens on my team. I held on to Clemens for half the season before he finally started to play.

So this year I shall not be playing with my heart, I will choose a wiser team with more diversity. Ok, actually I take that back. I know how I am, I have a feeling my team is going to be almost all Astros again this year, but this year will be different. Oh yes, this year I feel it, the Astros will have the heart of a lion and win it this year. Anyone care to take a bet on that?

Just a part of something I am working on...

A rough sketch of something I am working on...

I wish you would have gotten to know me;
One year ago today.
Things would have been much easier then;
I’m dying to know how it would have been.
My glass is empty now and one day.
And one day when all the bullshit fades;
It will be full again.

They say getting over someone is the hardest thing;
But I know letting someone in is twice as hard.
One day when these walls fall down;
And these barriers we put up come tumbling down;
Then I know it will be time to love again.
Love again.

I am more likely to date a black guy then an Asian women...

Now don't let this title throw you off, I am in no way attracted to black guys. In fact I am in no way attracted to guys at all. Not that there is anything wrong with being gay (Side Note: Any time anyone says something about them not liking other guys they always seem to follow it up with "Not that there is anything wrong with that", it's like a universal disclaimer or something) it's just not for me. Either way, that's not the point of this blog. The point of this blog, if there is one, is that it is really hard for a white guy in Houston Texas to date an Asian woman. I think there is more of a chance that the Jews will forgive Hitler then there is me finding an Asian woman to date, and it's not because I am not looking because trust me, I am.

It just seems to me that most Asian women travel in these little packs that are almost impossible to infiltrate. I mean think about it, go on to MySpace right now and find an Asian girl's profile. Now look at her top 8 list. I would be willing to bet that almost everyone on there is another Asian person. What gives with that? Don't you Asian girls know that there are some white guys out there, for instance me, that would love to date one of you? Hello Asian ladies? Yahoo, look right here. There is a good looking somewhat funny white guy who wants to be immersed in the Asian ways. Come and take me to China, I am ready for it.

I mean I would be the perfect candidate to date an Asian girl. I mean I love Chinese food, I love Sushi, and I am killer with a pair of chop sticks. No lie, I once caught a fly with a pair of chop sticks, it has to go down as one of the coolest things I have ever done. I also now thanks to you guys know who General Tso is. So what gives, why can this white guy not land a smoking hot Asian girl? That's all I want in life, just a little Asian girl that I can call my lotus blossom.

On a side note it is good to know that Asian guys feel the same way.

I'm missing your bed, I never sleep
Avoiding the spots where we'd have to speak
And this bottle of beast is taking me home.

I'm cuddling close to blankets and sheets
You're not alone and you're not discreet.
You make sure I know who's taking you home.

I'm reading your note over again,
There's not a word that I comprehend,
Except when you signed it:
"I'll love you always and forever"

As for now I'm gonna hear the saddest songs,
And sit alone and wonder, how you're making out.
And as for me I wish that I was anywhere, with anyone, making out.

I'm missing your laugh,
How did it break?
And when did your eyes
Begin to look fake?
I hope you were as happy as your pretending

I'm cuddling close to blankets and sheets
I am alone in my defeat
I wish I knew here we're safely at home

I'm missing your bed, I never sleep.
Avoiding the spots where we'd have to speak.
And this bottle of beast is taking me home.

Well as for now I'm gonna hear the saddest songs,
And sit alone and wonder...
How you're making out.
And as for me I wish that I was anywhere, with anyone...
Making out

Your hair it's everywhere.
Screaming infidelities and taking its wear.
Your hair it's everywhere.
Screaming infidelities and taking its wear.
Your hair it's everywhere.
Screaming infidelities and taking its wear.
Your hair it's everywhere.
Screaming infidelities and taking its wear

Are you dancing with the stars? No, me either...

So I don't get it. Maybe I am one of the 10% out there but I just don't see what's so great about this show? I don't even know who half the stars on the show are. I can only imagine what's on tap for next season, are they going to have Colby Carr, the guy who won the Ford Mustang on the Showcase Showdown in 1997 on the Price is Right? Like I said, maybe I am just the weird one but to me the show is just not appealing.

Now if they were to add a clause to the game where the two people with the least amount of votes had to wrestle each other to stay on the show then maybe I would watch. I mean who would not want to see Jerry Springer take on Joey Lawrence in an all out no holds bared wrestling death match? For me, I don't know if it would get any better then that. All though I would have to put my money on Jerry Springer, all Joey would do is just sit there and say "Whoa".

So like I said maybe I am the weird one. Maybe I am in that small amount of people out there that would prefer to watch the Discovery Channel on Tuesday's at 8 instead of this show. Or maybe I'm not, maybe I am really a closet watcher of this show and I am extremely addicted to it? Ok, yeah, I'm not but what about you guys. Do any of you out there watch it?

On a sidenote this is the best movie clip of any movie ever. Yes better then Gone With the Wind, yes better then Casa Blanca, yes better then Debbie Does Dallas... Ok well maybe not that good but pretty close. Might take it a bit to load it's pretty big but it's worth the wait.

My roommate and I are moving...

That's right, we have grown tired of this apartment living and are deciding to move into a house. We have found one that is actually about the same price we pay for our apartment but it's bigger. In fact we are deciding on this house for one main reason, it looks like an old school Pizza Hut. How freaking cool is that? Either way our lease is up in Dec and I think that is when we are going to be moving so you now what that means.... CLUB 1127 HOUSE PARTY!!!!

On a side note, I dig this picture.

One more sidenote: For those who ask why I play music it's because I would give anything to be able to get a crowd to do this and just have that much energy. This is one of my favorite bands.

My boys Shelby's B-day...

This Saturday is going to be my boys Shelby's bday and I think he is going to be coming out to my show to celebrate it. So you know what that means? That means all you guys have to come out there also and celbrate it with us. We want to make this the Krunkest party for Shelby ever so all you guys need to come on out and party it up with us.

On a side note my foot is even more swollen and I am working from home today. Good God I hate having a busted up foot.

Wow, Codeine induced dreams are pretty wild...

So last night I took some Hydrocodone that the doctor gave me for my ankle and I must say that stuff makes you have some pretty crazy dreams.

Last night I had a dream that I was down in Cozumel Mexico and I decided that I was going to take the island over for myself. I ended up going to Senior Frogs and started preaching the good word of Russell-P and how I should be the leader of the island and sure enough it started to work. Before no time I had amassed a small army of drunken college coeds and we decided to take the rally to the streets and take over the island.

This is where it starts to get weird, the first part of this was not weird because when I went to Cozumel in college I really did stand up on the table and try to get Senior Frogs to take over the island, well we walk outside of Senior Frogs and sure enough there is a large number of Asian midgets in loin cloths and spears waiting for me to control them. I end up jumping on a Rascal scooter, you know the scooters that the old people roll around in at Wal-Mart, well I jump on one of those and we start marching down the island gathering people as we go.

The entire time this is going on the song Black Parade by My Chemical Romance is playing in the background. If you don't know the song then click the video below to hear it. Well we end up getting the entire island to agree to join our little army and all is good. We end up having this killer party on the beach and then out of no where I look up and see the entire U.S. Navy pulling in to port. Yes I know, Cozumel is owned by Mexico and I have no clue why the U.S. Navy was there.

Well I decide to pull Russell's Little Troopers, that's the name I gave my midget army, back and hole up at Carols and Charlie's for the war that is about to happen. We end up getting there and I decided to give my army a little pep talk before the fight. I don't remember all of what the speech was but the summary of it was something along the lines of you guys are midgets but you need to fight like giants. I then ended up sending them out to fight.

Needless to say they lost, in fact that lost bad. Asian midgets in loin cloths with spears is no match for the U.S. Navy. Well after the defeat they ended up capturing me and taking me aboard the U.S. Britney Spears aircraft carrier to meet with the President of the United States. It ended up the President in my dream was Adam Sandler. I explained to him that the reason I tried to take over the island was because I always wanted to own an island and populate it with midgets. He agreed that that sounded like it would be fun and forgave me for trying to take over the island.

So after that I woke up and decided that maybe I should not take any more pills before I go to bed. I can only imagine what kind of dream I am going to have tonight.

Dallas... The aftermath...

So I just got back home from Dallas and here are a few pictures of what my foot looks like. Aren't you glad your not me? That's just the right one, the left is bad but not as bad as that one.

The only good thing is that I got a lot of sympathy talking to from girls at the show. :-P

Dallas ER...

So I had the oh so great experience last night of going to the Dallas ER and I must say it was not too bad. It only took me an hour and a half to get in get xrayed and get out. Now that is some service. It was kind of cool, two of the nurses knew who I was from the band. They had gone out the night before and saw my band play. Either way it ends up that my right ankle was just suverley sprained and my achelies tendon on my left foot was over extended. So all in all I really lucked out. When the dr first saw my ankle he said, well that's broken. So he said I was really lucky, right now though its all black and blue on my entire foot. Now we are driving home and I am ready to be back in houston.

Chicks dig it...

So we are at the mall in Arlington and I must say chicks dig guys in wheelchairs. I got a wheelchair to roll around in, on a sidenote my singer Alan is pushing me and he thinks I am a Nascar racer, and ever girl is stoping to talk to us. We want to put a sign on it that says free wheelchair rides for the ladies. On a sidenote we got reconized at the mall by a couple of hot chicks who saw us last night at the show.

Well that sucks...

So my band was playing a show tonight and I end up falling off a table when some girl grabed my ass and I ended up rolling both my ankles. The one on the right I am pretty sure I broke the bone in the foot and the one on the left might just be sprained. Either way the band does not want to go sit at the er so we are just going to try and find a walmart and wrap them. Either way this really sucks, I played the last set sitting in a chair.

My new name...

So we are on our way to play a few shows in Dallas and I haved decided I am no longer going to go by Russell-P, I am now going as D.J. Blackwood... Don't ask. Sidenote I love having my sidekick on these little mini tours because I can sit here and chat with people on it and make the drive go faster. If you know my screen names on yahoo or aol shoot me a message. I am just siting here in the car texting and messaging people.

Wine + Chinese Delivery + Guitar = A Good Night.

That's right. Tonight is going to be a good chill night for me. I have a new bottle of wine I want to try plus I am getting Chinese food delivered and I plan on sitting on my balcony and writing music all night long. My roommate is out of town so I can sing and not have to worry about him hearing me. This should be a good night and a good start for my trip I go on tomorrow.

UPDATE: So I just got back from getting food. You know how sometimes you have a moment with someone who you don't know or have never seen? You just look into each others eyes and just have that moment? Well I just had one of those and you know what, for now on I am not going to just let them pass. For now on I am going to talk to the person I have one of those moments with. She was really hot but I was to scared to speak to her.

Holy crap, I could have bought a Porsche...

That's right folks, for the amount of money that you will spend on your cell phone from the age of 14-72, 72 being the life expectance here in the USA, sorry all you foreign people this might not apply to you. Especially if you live in a small little third world country where your life expectance is like 32 and you don't even have running water in your little hut. Then again if you don't have running water in your hut you more the likely don't have a cell phone or a computer to read this so disregard that last part. Or if you're in France disregard this because you guys smoke way too much and I bet half of you don't live past 50. Either way, for the amount of money that you spend in your life on your cell phone you could have bought a really nice Porsche.

They say that the average person spends $162,000 on their cell phone over the course of their life. That's a freaking lot of money. Let me break it down for you. You will spend $90,000 on text message and just your average minute plans. $15,000 on accessories such as blue tooth's and ring tones. $50,000 on new phones that you buy and $7,000 on going over your minutes.

Now if you stop and think about that for a few minutes that's really crazy. That's a crap load of money that you are spending just so you can talk to your friends. Now that I think about it I really don't want to spend that kind of money just to talk to my buddies. Hell, I don't want to spend that kind of money to talk to any one. So as of now I am tossing away my chain that holds me to society. I am getting rid of my cell phone. That's right, I am breaking free of these chains and saving my money to buy a Porsche when I reach 72. No more phone calls for me, no more text messages for me, no more... hold on.. Someone's calling me... crap I really need to get this call it's from this hot girl I met... DAMN IT!!! The man keeps his bonds on me and beats me down once again, I guess I will keep my cell phone.

On a side note I noticed that I get a few people from NASA who read my stuff, are you guys like rocket scientest or something? Shouldn't you guys be building a rocket instead of reading my stuff. ;-)

I heard about your trip
I heard about your souvenirs
I heard about the cool breeze and the cool nights
And the cool guys that you spent them with
I guess I should have heard of them from you
I guess I should have heard of them from you

Well don't you see, don't you see
That the charade is over
And all the "best deceptions" and the
"Clever cover story" awards go to you

So kiss me hard
'Cause this will be the last time that I let you
You will be back someday
And this awkward kiss that tells of other people's lips
Will be of service to keeping you away

I heard about your regrets
I heard that you were feeling sorry
I heard from someone that you wish you could
Set things right between us
Well, I guess I should have heard of that from you
I guess I should have heard of that from you

Well don't you see, don't you see
That the charade is over
And all the "best deceptions" and the
"Clever cover story" awards go to you

So kiss me hard
'Cause this will be the last time that I let you
You will be back someday
And this awkward kiss that screams of other people's lips
Will be of service to keeping you away
To keeping you away

I'm waiting for blood to flow to my fingers
I'll be alright when my hands get warm
Ignoring the phone--I'd rather say nothing
I'd rather you never heard my voice
You're calling too late, too late to be gracious
You do not warrant long goodbyes
You're calling too late
You're calling too late
You're calling too late

Question of the day...

So I just went to get some food at Chick-Fa-Lay and as I was walking back this girl, well she is dressed as a girl but is really a guy, opened the door for me and I said, "Thanks dude". Right after I said it I had a thought. Is it appropriate to say "thanks dude" to a person who is dressed as a chick but has not yet had the sex change or should I have said "thanks lady"?

Russell-P's Date Night Tuesday...

So last night I had a date, no not with my cat this time with a real live breathing woman. What a noble concept I know. Either way I had a date last night and this might be a bit weird because I have a feeling she might just be reading this. If she is... The date was awful and horrible!! I could not believe I sat there at the table with you for an hour and a half and ate sushi and Crazy Monkey Rolls... Just kidding :-) The date actually went really well. She is a super rad chick with a super rad personality. On a side note I want to rename my band to Super Rad.

We ended up going to the really cool sushi joint where every car in the parking lot was either a Mercedes, BMW or a Rolls Royce. Yeah, my car fitted in really well there let me tell you. When I went to get my car from valet it was parked between a Mercedes and a Bentley. How is that for knocking you down a peg and slamming you in your place? Either way, the place was really cool and we had a good time. I think we had a good time? I had a good time, I wonder if she had a good time? Holy crap, what if she didn't have a good time?

A few things I did learn from my dinner last night was that Lone Star Rolls, while patriotic and American sounding are extremely Hispanic in origin with all the jalapeños they put in them. I also learned that I do not really have a clue when it comes to ordering sushi. I just kind of look at the menu and order the rolls with the cool names. On a side note I want to be the guy who comes up with the names for these things. I mean some of them are wicked cool like the Spicy Monkey Roll, the Tiny Asian Hand Roll and the I Might Get Some Tonight Roll with Cream Cheese. Ok I made up those last two rolls.

Either way all and all it was a good time and it was nice to have a night off from the band where I could go out and actually enjoy my self out side of a bar for once.

Fast food outsourcing…

That’s right folks, this just in. For now on when you go to certain McDonalds and decide to mess with the person on the speaker at the drive through you might not be messing with the person inside the restaurant. You might in fact be messing with someone at a call center somewhere in another part of the country.

It seems that the new trend with fast food places is to have their order takers at a call center and no longer worried about stuffing ketchup in your to go bag. The reason behind this is that they feel that it will speed up your time at their restaurant thus increasing their revenue. The down side to this is that the outsourced order takers are going to be working off commission. That's right, now you are going to have to deal with the hard sell when ever you order your meal. I can only imagine the conversation going like this.

You: Yes I will have a #5 please with a Dr. Pepper.
Them: Would you like a apple pie with that?
You: No thank you.
Them: You sure, they are really warm.
You: Hummmm no really thank you.
Them: It's just like your grandmother makes.
You: My grandmother is dead, thanks for reminding me.
Them: Well then you should have one of these warm apple pies in remembrance of her.
You: Look buddy, I said I don't want your damn apple pie.
Them: Ok, ok, I get it. Alright then so we have a #5 with a Dr. Pepper and an apple pie right?
You: AUUUGGGGHHHHHHH

So you can see these are going to be interesting times we are facing here really soon. Looks like I might actually have to learn to cook at home now.

I really want that title…

So I have decided I want to become a Dr. Not a medical Dr. I just want the 2 letters in front of my name. So any of you who go to college or University I want an honorary degree. I want the title with none of the actual education or work. So please petition your school or university to make me an honorary Dr. I will come and speak to your school at graduation ceremony and not really say anything important or with any kind of relevance to anything. Ideally I would want a doctorate of physics, or I don’t know, is there physics doctorates? Any discipline it really does not matter. Whatever discipline you guys decided on or whoever will take me I just want to be a Dr. I don’t care if it’s from Devry or ITT any accredited college will work. I just want to be a Dr. help me out.

P.S. This is a joke and I am really bored right now. I realize no college would really give me a degree. Hell I hardly even got a photo degree from Sam Houston.

P.S.S. I love days like this and having my car.
Anyone want to go for a ride? :-)

What the hell is up with that...

So I just found out one of my good friends is getting married, what the hell is up with that? It seems like everyone I know is getting married all of a sudden. Did I miss some memo that went out that said everyone should be getting married all of a sudden? Not that I am a relationship expert in fact I would say I am the one person you don't want to ask for relationship advice but to me it seems like people get married way to young. This girl is not out of college yet but her and her boyfriend just got engaged. To me it seems like you would want to wait until after you get out of school and get your self established before you go off and get married.

Like I said though I am a really bad person to listen to for relationship advice. I mean I have only been in two serious relationships and with both of them I wanted to marry the girl I was with. Now that I look back at it the first relationship I realize that we were way too young. We started dating when we were both 18 and dated all the way through college and then broke up a year after we got out of school. We dated from when we were 18 till about 24, now that's a long time to date someone, but I realize I was way to young at that time to get married. Obviously she thought so also seeing how she dumped me. ;-) I think maybe if we would have meet at 24 we would have stuck together but we are both way better off now that we did not get married.

With my second serious relationship we dated for about a year and I knew after about 2 or 3 months that this was a girl I could live with for the rest of my life. Don't know why I feel for her as quick as I did. I suppose some times you just find that person and fall for them. I suppose though in the end she thought we were just not right for each other.

It seems like to many people rush into marriage though. I mean out of all my friends I have 4 of them have gotten married and all of them are now divorced. That's kind of a scary thought. Are marriages really not what they used to be? I know that when you get married it is hard and you have to work for it. Nothing in life is every easy and that includes relationships and marriage. I mean I know you will always have your ups and downs and will always have those times where you not sure you are with the right person I know you just have to stick it out and work through things. What do you guys think, do you think marriage is as sacred as it used to be?

On a side note I hear people are not happy with the Sidekick III and trading them back in for their Sidekick II. Guess what I already have the Sidekick II so HA. Looks like I am the bomb now. ;-)

I have had a few people ask me to start putting some music I listen to on here so here you go. This is one of my favorite bands Hellogoodbye- Here (In Your Arms). I like the line "I like where you sleep; when you sleep next to me". Enjoy...

Not sure who General Tso is but he sure does move a lot of chickens...

So for lunch today I decided to go for a bit of the international flavor and go chow down on some Chinese food. Well the place I went to was a sit down restaurant, on a side note when the lady asked me how many I told her “table for one” I now want to write a song called table for one. Either way after I told her a table for one please she looked at me and said, “Oh, poor guy. You all alone on your big job lunch time break. You need a young pretty girl to keep you company and make you go smile. You should meet my daughter. She very young very pretty, she has small feet like lotus petal. Make a good wife for you, no?” After I politely told the nice Asian lady no thank you I sat down to enjoy a good meal. This is when it occurred to me. Who the hell is General Tso?

I ended up ordering his chicken and I must say who ever he was he sure does make one hell of a chicken dish. I mean I bet 20 million Americans a day eat his chicken and no one really knows who he is. Was he some kind of crazy cook in China that made everyone who worked for him call him General? Was he some kind of Ninja military man who while out on a mission was faced with having no food for him and his men so he went out and slaughtered a chicken only to marinate it in the finest of sauce. All his men rejoiced and loved the food so much that he gave up his life as a ninja general to become a chef? Was he perhaps the Chinese version of the American KFC guy, Colonel Sanders? These are the questions I asked my self as I sat there and ate my Chinese food at a table for one while I listened to a recording of Somewhere Out There from that Fifel movie being played on a really crappy flute. Gotta love the music selection at Chinese food places.

This is so very true.

So that was a bit unnerving...

So this past weekend I had the night off from the band, that was our first weekend off in a very long time and will be our only weekend off for the next 3 months, so a few of us decided to head on up to a place called The Boulevard. I was very impressed it was a pretty cool place. The inside looks really nice and has the laid back lounge feel to it. The cool thing about the place is upstairs they have a huge balcony and it was jammed pack with some super hot chicks. The hot chick factor is always a plus when it comes to finding a place to go and party at.

A friend of my roommate and mine is a bartender there and she did an excellent job of getting us intoxicated for free. It was kind of funny. A while back when we all went out I made her do a shot with me called a prairie fire. It is a shot that is made of Tequila, Tabasco Sauce and Bacardi 151. Needless to say it's a pretty tough drink and she took it like a champ. Well the other night she decided to make me one while she was bartending. The only problem is that they had no Tabasco Sauce. Side Note: Should Tabasco Sauce be capitalized? Either way they had no sauce so I decided to use my ninja skills and go to the bar next door and steal some. It was pretty funny, I talked the girl at the door into not making me pay a cover then walked in got the hot sauce and walked right back out. I held it up to her as I walked out and said thanks. She looked at me like I was really weird. So now because of me The Boulevard has a bottle of Tabasco lying around.

So as the night progressed I decided I would find the hottest girl in the bar and just go up and talk to her. Well I finally found the best looking girl and did just that. This is how the conversation went.

Russell-P: Hey how are you doing? (Really good pick up line I know. I should have used the line, "Do you know how much a polar bear weighs... Enough to break the ice".)
Hot Girl: Hey I know you.
Russell-P: Hummm you know me? (In my head: How in the hell does this girl know me?)
Hot Girl: Yeah, you're Russell from MySpace.
Russell-P: (Inner monolog in my head: Holy crap, what does this girl already know about me) Really you know who I am?
Hot Girl: Yeah I read your stuff all the time.
Russell-P: Oh ok, cool well I need a beer talk to you later. (This is where I turned and ran away. Something about hitting on someone who already knows a lot about you just kind of freaked me out)

So that was really weird trying to chat up a girl who knows about you and who reads what you write, in fact, she might be reading this right now. How weird would that be? Either way it just kind of freaked me out for some reason and made me realize that maybe I should not post as much of my inner thoughts on here as I do. I mean all the songs and poems that I write and all that kind of crap I might need to stop posting it on here. That's the last thing I need is for some girl who is interested in me to read some of that crap I write about my ex or what not. So I think I am just going to stop posting those kinds of blogs. See there you guys go, you lucked out, no more having to read my crappy love songs or poems.

On a complete side note I want to make a movie about two people who meet at the police station after they both get arrested. They end up falling in love with each other even though they are both completely self destructive. They will both have dependency problems on drugs and both have a fear of commitment. In the end they will learn that tet only thing that matters in life is both of them to each other and the love that they have.

One of my favorite videos right now... Reminds me of my life and my friends. This is one of the songs I want played at my funeral. The last 15 sec of the video is the life that I want.

Eve 6 - Here's to The Night

One Year

I wonder around this place;
For hours and hours.
Remembering the day;
When we laid on my bed and you said;
that we would always be;
One.

So quite;
This room wraps around me;
And the pictures of you and I;
Look back at me with taunting smiles.
The cool nights that we shared;
And the days we spent laughing;
Disappear.

Why did you run so far away?
What little things could I have done;
To make you stay?
What little things could I have done;
To make you stay?

Lone Star Bike Rally

So my band and I just got back from the Lone Star Bike Rally and I can now say I am rallied out. We spent about 12 hours out there just wondering around looking at bikes and what not. It was actually a pretty cool experience. We ended up meeting the guy who is going to be making all the custom leather covers for our amps out there. He has this freaking awsome chopper, it's like the kind you see on Discovery Channel and whatnot. He let me get on it and take a picture with it and I must say, I look pretty rad on a bike.

Either way it was a lot of fun and the show went really good. It's kind of funny because when we got there they had these really hot girls walking around signing calendars that they are in with bikes. All my buddies are like man you gotta go get a picture with them. I was like screw that man, they should want to come take a picture with me. Well low and behold once our band started playing the girls came over and started to watch and sure enough they jumped on stage and wanted to take a picture with me. Like I told you guys, they will want to take a picture with me. It was a huge confidence booster because these girls were freaking hot and wearing these chaps with boy shorts underthem. They were pretty damn hot models and they wanted to take a picture with me. Ha, gotta love being in this band thing. I will have the pictures of them on stage with me up as soon as they send them to me.

I also got to meet one of The Ghetto Boys and passed him along some info on our band and he was interested in it. That's always a plus to have a multi plantum recording artist interested in your band. Plus we got to meet a few other big name people and pass along some band info to them so keep your fingers crossed. Also the guy from the Ghetto Boys was telling us how Scarface is now working with rock acts and signing them to his label. He also has Ludacris and some other big name acts on his label, so that's cool if we can get in and work this angel.

All and all it was a fun time and I can now say I have been to a biker rally. It's also a lot of fun to be walking around and having a bunch of chicks talk to you. It's always a great way to boost your ego once you get dumped.

Deer Reese Witherspoon... and I have a lunch date today...

So I am not sure how many of you people out there follow the celebrity news (I figure one day if my band makes it I will be a celebrity so I follow it so I can see how to act when I make it, so far from watching all the celebrities I figure when I make it I need to sleep with really hot women and treat them like crap. Get hooked on a drug and then beat the addiction, people love stories like that. And start my own line of clothing. Those are the top 3 things celebrities do) either way. In the celebrity news Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillip are getting a divorce. No big deal right? It happens all the time in Hollywood. Well the only thing with this one is old Reese and Ryan did not sign a prenup and in the state of California that means they spilt everything they have right down the middle.

Now old Ryan Phillip is what I would call a not so big celebrity. In fact, I think there is just as much chance that I would get recognized as he would if we both went to Chick-F-La together. Either way, he makes about 1 million dollars a movie. Now on the other hand Reese makes about 15 million a movie. Here is where it gets fun. They have been together for 7 years now and have a vast little empire of money stored up. The only thing is most of it came from her. Well the reason they are getting divorced is because he cheated on her. So here is my solution to help her get back at him.

Reese, here is what you need to do. You need to find a guy who is not in Hollywood. Hummm who could she get? Well I know, how about me. So you need to take me around to all your little Hollywood parties and all your little red carpet events. What I will do for you is I will make sure to always be groping you, slipping you the tongue, basically molesting you in front of the camera. By doing this it will drive Ryan crazy. Think about it, if you went from him to me and then we were making out all the time it would make him feel like ass and make me feel like a stud. It's a win win situation for both of us. Think about it and when you do give me a call, you have my number.

P.S. I have a hot lunch date today... To bad it's with my buddy Shelby and no Shelby is not a female. ;-) Wait a second. I just thought of something. Shelby and I have gone to Europe together. We are planning on going to Europe together again this year. Last year I spent New Years with Shelby and we even passed out in the same bed togther and odds are that will happen again this year unless a really hot super cool chick comes into my life before New Years. Today we are going to the mall together and he is crashing at my place and taking the day off tomorrow to go to the Lone Star Bike Rally we are playing at with me. Maybe Shelby is my boyfriend and I don't know it? Holy crap what if he thinks he's my boyfriend... Does that make me gay?

When all else fails:

You'll be forever a princess
in a sun dress blowing in the sweet September wind.
At least that's how I choose to remember,
and in my heart you'll never love again

maybe it's too late to regain sight of all that we have lost
got to hold on to this moment
don't let go
maybe it's too late for redemption now.

I see a blanket of pale white snow
on the street side from this doll house full of open words
and the stained glass of the church next door
casts it's vile upon this empty room
your eyes that used to shine as bright
as open lights without
but we're meant to be loved
itís the greatest gift we've got
I can never make you love me again

but when all else fails it fails
did I fail you?
will you fail me too?
because there's nothing that I wouldn't do to hold on to you
but you give me nothing to hold on to.

maybe it's too late
to keep the one I love from giving up tonight
I guess it's too late for forgiveness
god forgive me!
I guess it's too late for a family now

everything reminds me of you
everything reminds me of you

you're a princess in a sun dress
and my heart will never love again...

Love...

So what do you do when a girl wants to take you on your first date to a place which was you and your ex's favorite place to eat?

I'm sick of always hearing
All the sad songs on the radio
All day it is there to remind
An over-sensitive guy that is lost and alone, yeah

I hate our favorite restaurant, our favorite movie, our favorite show,
We would stay up all through the night
We would laugh and eat Mexican food, and never answer the phone

I can't forgive, can't forget
Can't give in, what went wrong
Cause you said this was right
You fucked up my life

I'm sick of always hearing
Sappy love songs on the radio
This place, it's fucking cursed and it's plagued
And I can never escape when my heart it explodes

I can't forgive, can't forget
Can't give in, what went wrong
Cause you said this was right
You fucked up my life

I'm kicking out fiercely at the world around me
What went wrong
I'm kicking out fiercely at the world around me
What went wrong
I'm kicking out fiercely at the world around me
What went wrong
I'm kicking out fiercely at the world around me
What went wrong
I'm kicking

England... here we come...

That's right, Russell-P is getting ready to take a little trip over across the pond. This February my buddy Shelby, possible my roommate Boob, and I are going to be going over to London for a week. We ended up finding some really cheap airline tickets so we decided what the hell, let's go over for a week and just cruise around London and see what all kind of trouble we can get into.

Shelby and I went over to Europe a few years ago and had a complete blast being there. It was our Goonie Adventure Tour so this time around it will be the Goonie Adventure Tour #2. Yes we are huge nerds and referred to ourselves as the Goonies while we were over there. It should be a lot of fun just being over there and having a week to just see what all there is too see. With any luck I will end up meeting Posh Spice, she will fall head over hills in love with me, leave Beckham and take me in as her trophy husband. That's the hopes for this trip at least.

Either way, I know some of you people who read this are from Europe so you guys need to let me know what all I should do when I get over there. Shelby want's to try and befriend some European people on MySpace and my blog so that way maybe we can have someone to party with when we get over there. So if anyone who is reading this is from the England area hit me up and let me know. Or if anyone of your guys have been over to London let me know what all places you think I would like to see or where all I should go. We are debating taking a train up to Amsterdam and looking for Club Vandersexxx from the movie Eurotrip.

Trip Update: I think we might be able to work it out where we will be in Dublin for St. Patricks Day. Now that will be a hell of a trip. London, Amsterdam and Dublin on St. Pat's Day. Hell yeah!!

SideNote: Happy B-Day to my fraternity. SigEp.