Dan Fought The Law (and The Law Won)
Mood:  energetic
Now Playing: Everclear's "Rockstar"

so yesterday morning as i'm driving into work, i'm calling up my groomsmen. i'm just going to remind them that their tuxes should be in tomorrow (now today) and that they can pick them up at any time. Dan, one of my groomsmen and my best friend, stammers:

"Well, Scott, I'm kinda in place right now where I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it to the wedding on sunday."

"Really. What place is that? Kentucky?"

"No," he says, "they have a warrant our for my arrest."

"WHAT?!" I yell in capital letters. "What did you do?! Who did you kill? What drugs are you running and does this mean there's an open position for me, because I could really use the extra money."

"I was in an accident a while back and I never paid the fines. I'm going to turn myself in after work."

i've tried calling Dan twice since that fateful call and he hasn't answered. Dan, if you're in the big house and are able to somehow read this, i have one word for you: Soap-On-A-Rope.

i'm enjoying a day off work after working two doubles in a row. have some errands i need to go run and i just completed two little graphic jokes for the wedding. we have these two little billboards, one of which will be on the groom's cake and i designed these to put on them:

so there you go. a little sneak-peek at the wedding, just for you my fans. ;)

5 Days, 5 Nights
Mood:  accident prone
Now Playing: Journey's "Don't Stop Believing"

life is getting really, really exciting. in just 5 short days, i'll be a married man. that's just 5 more nights of running around my apartment naked, shakin' my groove thing all by myself. in just 120 hours, i won't be ALONE! now there's a visual you don't need. Quincy Jones' "Sanford & Son Theme" blasting over the stereo as me and my lady shake the wagons were draggin'. nice.

okay, so you want to talk about strange? check out the picture that follows this paragraph. this chick used to be a camper of mine. remember when i worked at a summer camp for four summers? no? well, i did. Cohutta Springs Camp. this chick (who shall remain nameless for the time being, to protect the innocent) was a camper there for three of those summers and was in my drama class. and now she's an up and coming model. freaky. i feel so old. old and bald. and fat. but that's okay 'cos i got my lady by my side and she loves old, fat and bald men. and Johnny Depp (which doesn't really help my case, it's just another fact).

i'll call you later. i'm off to the OG.

(in the meantime, if you're looking for something to do, go download the teaser trailers to X3, Mission: Impossible 3, and Miami Vice -- they all look AMAZING)

Gloriousness
Now Playing: Michael W Smith's "Unloved"

what's up, dreamers?

yesterday Kelly and i went and saw The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe and it was GLORIOUS. it's such an amazing movie. it's everything i loved about the book(s). i don't think a better job could have been done with it, in all honesty. i guess this is my "Lord of the Rings," because as much as i loved those movies, there's nothing you can say to me to convince me that i need to read the books. i saw the movies and that was enough for me. i own all the special editions and i enjoy watching them every now and again, but "Narnia" is the stuff of my childhood fantasies were about (that and Superman, Robin Hood, and GI Joes). go see it. get off your computer, off your lazy butt, and go see it. if you don't, i'll do this until it gets stuck in your head "i get knocked down, but i get up again, i get knocked down, but i get up again, you're never gonna keep me down, i get knocked down, but i get up again . . ."

eight more days.

oh, and here's something for you comic haters and lovers out there:

Confessions of Writer-Blocked Mind
Mood:  not sure
Now Playing: Guns 'n' Roses' "Paradise City"

i'm waiting for my undershirt and apron to dry before i head off to work.

i'm going back through the first season of Smallvilleand remembering how much i actually like that show.

i just watched an Italian flick called Remember Me, My Love and was very pleasantly surprised by how poignant it was.

i have two stories rambling around in my brain, wanting to be written, but at this juncture i completely lack the capacity to write them, which is the most frustrating feeling in the world. i'm a writer, i should be able to write. but i sit down at my computer, open the document, and it just stares back at me. this too shall pass, i s'pose.

we're exactly two weeks away from the wedding and i couldn't be more excited. i really, really can't wait for this next step in our lives and it's just so surreal. if i think about it long enough, it can be scary and intimidating, but i'm just looking forward to it so much, that stuff is completely overshadowed. tee-hee.

Justin, Rob, Amos and I hung out last night while the girls threw a lingerie party for Kelly. it was fun and i think we're going to do it again next weekend, just a guys' night. i like having guy friends.

a co-worker of mine said that a straight man cannot, no matter how much he might want to, have a girl as a friend in his life. which i think is very, very ironic as my whole life, i've really only had girls as friends. i've had a lot of dudes in my life, don't get me wrong, but i've always been surrounded by more girls. go fig.

anyway. i'm out. tootles.

Random Day of Randomness!
Now Playing: Bowling For Soup's "Come Back to Texas"

okay, i just found this on someone else's blog and totally stole it. it made me laugh and is actually pretty cool. give it a whirl.

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Give Thanks, America!
Now Playing: Alanis Morissette's "All I Really Want"

what's up America? it's been a while, but don't worry, i haven't forgotten you. i've been scouring this land of opportunity, looking for a place of employment. and i've found one.

i'm a server at Olive Garden.

i finished my training last night and my first official shift is tomorrow. so far, i love my job. yeah, it's stress. but it's good stress, something smart people call "eustress." i'm working with professionals who have demands and guidelines for me to work within and i love it! and i love working with the people (both the guests and fellow employees). i'm almost ashamed to say this is my first "secular" job. i dig it though, i really do.

we got our first wedding present yesterday! the Millers (gimme a "woot-woot" Waterloo!) sent us a lovely Mission-style coat rack. we've found the perfect wall for it in my apartment (soon to be "our apartment") and will be hanging it shortly, pending landlord approval.

i'm enjoying Turkey Day (which, according to my pastor, is the only "absolutely American holiday" -- i guess he forgot about July 4th, President's Day, and Martin Luther King Jr Day and National Talk Like a Pirate Day). i slept in, rolled out of bed, shaved my head (no, not clean), watched Grosse Point Blank, started some laundry, and came over to the 'rents house and had some good cookin'.

enjoy yo' day, America, you don't get any more! ;)

Shootin' Pictures and Makin' Collages
Mood:  bright
Now Playing: Gemma Hayes' "Lay Lady Lay"

life has returned to its originally planned, normal course. how normal has life become for me? last night i was on a photo shoot with two of the hottest under age chicks i know and today i made a collage which i am now sharing with you! how's THAT for normalcy?

wedding invitations are going out!! it's crazy, we've passed the two-month mark and the big day just keeps getting closer and closer. i'm wicked psyched (take that as either a shout-out to my Bostonian fans or as evidence of my stubborn refusal to leave the 80's).

peace, love, and chicken grease. i have to get back to scanning pictures.

PS - if you haven't received your invitation yet, it's only because we don't like you.

God is Goooooood
Mood:  special
Now Playing: a string quartet version of Bon Jovi's "Always"

just when you start to doubt God, just when you think "life sucks then you die," the clouds part and you see a new brick in the road that He has chosen for you.

despite not having a job, despite a fairly uncertain future, Kelly and i have chosen to press on with the wedding. we take a stand and decide to let God be the lord of our lives and we take this really, really big step of faith and . . .

i have three job interviews. three.

Olive Garden wants me to be a server. Sprint wants me for whatever it is they do, and a local talent agency, Agentia, called me today and wants to bring me on board (not as a talent but as worker within the company). BOO-YAH!

it's just oh-so-very gratifying and exciting to see that you were right to trust in the Lord.

Hoju
Mood:  bright
Now Playing: ES Posthumus' "Antissa"

i don't even know what day this of (of my unemployment). i've lost count and i don't really care to take the time to add up the days, hours, and minutes since i last did an honest day's work -- though, now that i think about it, it was just last Friday, as i've become a substitute teacher for Spalding Elementary and Collegedale Academy. i spent the morning with a bunch of wild and crazy 5th graders, which is actually a lot more fun than my sarcastically cynical tone makes it sound.

Friday evening and all day saturday was a blast, though. Kelly, Alexa, Amos, Rachel, Andy, Rob and i went camping up at the Ocoee (yes, the place where they filmed "Deliverance"). we rattled our way up there and about 36 hours of weiner and Spam jokes later, we returned to civilization.

Sunday was spent with Loren who came down and visited us from Nashville. we spent a good five hours together. the only time the air wasn't filled with our bristling conversation was when our mouths were full of Italian food.

i ducked out of a job interview at Walden Security this morning when i realized they wanted to pay me $5.15 an hour for part time work that would vary in time and location in such a way that it would prevent me from having a second part time job. but no worries there, as i have an interview at Olive Garden tomorrow and Sprint on Thursday.

for those of you living your life under a rock, the television show Lost, while being highly addictive, is better than 9/10 of the movies being made today and is well worth your time. go rent the DVD's today. i promise you won't be disappointed.

Favorite Simpsons Moment #608

Homer: Do you want to change your name to Homer Junior? The kids could call you "Hoju."

Ga$ Price$
Mood:  cheeky
Now Playing: Matchbox 20's "3 AM"

sometimes all you need is a good laugh. check these out and have a good laugh. ;)