MOTHER’S DAY 2009: BOLDLY GO…AND SEE MOM!
I hope everyone went and saw their dear moms for Mother’s Day! I did but I’ll get to that in a few.
First off, as I’m sure everyone knows, Star Trek opened on Friday so I went to check it out both before and after my air shift. After work, I met up with my friend Steve who used to do maintenance at my apartment complex along with his brother-in-law Rich and Jeff and Willie from my band TRAGEDY CHAPTER to catch the 8 o’clock showing on Hollywood 20’s digital projector.
The film was great although I was a bit disappointed I think mainly because I had built it up in my head for many moons! Still, the film was visually stunning and had a fairly unique and complex storyline. Trekkies should not be disappointed though I, of course, am a Star Wars geek!
Star Trek \m/ \m/ \m/ \m/
Saturday I loafed around all day and watched Hotel for Dogs with Rebecca since she had it on her Netflix. It was a cute movie filled with wondrous inventions and that tugs at the emotions of any dog lover - yeah, I may have shed a tear or two…..
Hotel for Dogs \m/ \m/ \m/ \n
Yesterday morning I got up rather early so I could make it to my childhood church where my cousin Ray was dedicating his 7-month-old son Jay. When I got there, I saw people who have known me my whole life who looked at me as if I were some heathen who’s been out raping babies since I no longer go to their church - which, by the way, is hardcore Southern Baptist. To top it off, I ran into the former pastor’s son who I went to high school with who also happens to work with my drummer Willie. He said he had heard TRAGEDY CHAPTER’s music from Willie’s iPod and thought we sounded really good. Then he had to announce immediately after that he doesn’t listen to my radio station anymore because we’re so ‘anti’ everything he believes in. Okay, granted, we are a rock station that is predominately, well, sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll with songs like “Crazy Bitch” by BUCKCHERRY, “Bad Girlfriend” by THEORY OF A DEADMAN and “Figured You Out” by NICKELBACK but it’s not like EVERY song pertains to sex and it’s not like we’re advocating worshipping Satan, killing your mother or raping babies! Now I know why I no longer go there and why so many of my colleagues and I go to a nondenominational church!
After getting home, Mom called me and said she was turning onto Woodruff Rd so I got in my Jeep to meet her at Cracker Barrel. As soon as got in my car, she called back and said that there was a line of cars just trying to get a parking space. I then asked her if she was that hungry to which she said she wasn’t so I told her to meet me at the station so I could go charge my iPod on the computer in my office since I don’t have one of my own! When I got to the station I gave her the rose I got for her from church that morning and the $5 cake I got at the Wal-Mart on Pelham Rd with strawberry filling! I then showed her around the station since she’s never been inside and then we went over to Best Buy for a little shopping. She picked up Liar Liar and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford on DVD while I nabbed Night at the Museum on Blu-ray since the sequel is hitting theaters this summer and I haven’t seen my copy of the DVD since I moved into my apartment two years ago.
When then went to Cracker Barrel at about 2 in the afternoon after the worst of the crowd had died out. We brought the cake in with us, had lunch and some tasty strawberry-filled Mother’s Day cake! Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! Love, your TWISTED son Todd!