Been a long time since I...wrote a blog

Back and better than ever. It has been a year since I last posted, and what a year it has been. Right now I am sitting in my cousin-in-law's apartment in San Francisco. This city has such a rich literary history, so I thought it was time to pick up the pieces of my humble little blog and post a new one. I have never been to this fair city, and I must say that I am impressed. It is so alive! But alas, it also makes me kind of depressed: Jerry Garcia is dead, Janis is dead, Kesey is dead, Ginsberg is dead, and I can't help but feeling while walking around that I am walking in a land of beat hippie ghosts. There is life and culture, but it is all still trying to compete and capitalize off the fact that this city's golden age was almost fifty years ago. I missed the bus/trolley to free love and enlightenment. The hippies are being pushed out, and I can't help but feel that a lot of them are now pushing shopping carts full of cans around the city. The corner of Haight and Ashbury is now full of bullshit corporate trash like the Gap, and they are trying to relabel the whole district as "The Haight." Man... I love how chic that sounds... Just let that roll off the tongue, savor it... The Haight! I hope good 'ole GW gives me another stimulus package borrowed from China so I can go spend it on clothes in "The Haight" district. I guess I am going to have to move the hippie dream to Minneapolis.

Speaking of which, I bought a house in Minneapolis with my wife. Yes, I got married to Kelly. We bought a house. It was built in 1906, and it is a hell of a fixer upper with broken windows and everything. I love it. I have high hopes for it, and when it is done it will be the best little house in the worst part of town. But we will be gentrifying it by moving in, Kelly and I. Just like those yuppies gentrified "The Haight" by pushing all those dirty hippies out. Ha..ha..ha now I'm just being mean and cynical, and I'm all about love... man.

My little film company is finally taking off; you can find it at www.FarOutFilms.net. I am also working for CBS Sports' website www.maxpreps.com. I never thought I would be sportscasting but I am... and enjoying it. Grace is well and Opheila our cat is doing great, although she is a bit feisty. I plan on updating the blog more often as I work on the house. Look for video and photos in the near future. Until then, take it easy, and I will try to chase the hippie dream by seeing Phil and Friends in San Fran on Sunday. For those of you unlucky enough not to be there with me I will be sure to keep you in my heart. Until then... peace, love, save the hippies.

P.S. For those of you who have not been to The City Lights Bookstore and Publishers I urge you to go in, read a book and commune with the spirit of the beats.