Jeremy's World

I know I’m a big ol’ rock star and stuff (HA!) but I’m also a music fan in general. I appreciate musical talent, regardless of genre. Do I listen to everything as a practice? Absolutely not. I stick with what I love.

That said, "what I love" seems to be evolving. My dad will be happy…my taste is now involving more and more Country Pop. No, not the old school twangy crap…The younger, fresh stuff. We even watched much of the Country Music Awards last night. There was some pretty good stuff on there!

Keith Urban is a stud, plain and simple. The harmonies that Sugarland, Rascal Flatts and Little Big Town put out? Wow. I know the rest of the world is nutso over Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley – winners of "Entertainer of the Year" and "Male Vocalist of the Year" respectively – but neither really does it for me. They kind of have the twang thing going. George Strait? Please.

Oh, and Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler – especially post-boob job – are both extremely nice to look at…I mean…listen to.

I guess I’m feeling overly sappy or something lately. As you may know, Christian artist Steven Curtis Chapman is among my favorites. Ever. I started listening to him in 1992 and have purchased every album since. I think we’ve seen him in concert at least 5 times. Anyway…

He released a new album this week called “This Moment”. One of the songs caught my ear and proceeded to draw tears. If you didn’t know, for 4 of the last 4 1/2 years Emily has been a Disney princess freak, most notably Cinderella. The playroom looks like a Disney princess bomb went off. So, naturally…

“Cinderella”
She spins and she sways
To whatever song plays
Without a care in the world
And I’m sitting here wearing
The weight of the world on my shoulders

It’s been a long day
And there’s still work to do
She’s pulling at me saying, “Dad I need you
There’s a ball at the castle and I’ve been invited
And I need to practice my dancing
Oh please, Daddy please”

So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
‘Cause I know something
the prince never knew
Oh, I will dance with Cinderella
I don’t want to miss even one song
‘Cause all too soon the
clock will strike midnight
And she’ll be gone …

She says he’s a nice guy
And I’d be impressed
She wants to know if I approve of the dress
She says, “Dad the prom is just one week away
And I need to practice my dancing
Oh please, Daddy please”

Well, she came home today
With a ring on her hand
Just glowing and telling us
All they had planned
She says,
“Dad the wedding’s still six months away
But I need to practice my dancing
Oh please, Daddy please”

Considering the “You’re always so busy” quote from a couple days before, and I’d say someone is trying to tell me something.

I have officially gotten the eBay bug. I’m not sure how as a Computer Science graduate who is about a 10 year IT veteran took so long to jump in. Maybe it was a subliminal revolt against the "fad" that, well, isn’t really a fad now is it?

As of about 3 weeks ago I had made 1 eBay purchase. One. Ever. And I didn’t even bid instead using the "Buy it Now" feature to obtain a much needed clubhead cover for my Titleist 5-wood to protect it from the dust settling on my clubs in the garage. I hadn’t sold anything. Nothing.

Enter Aftershock, my 80′s rock cover band, for which I have turned into a complete gear head. It’s an illness. Ask my wife. Up until now I’ve pretty much been buying gear retail. But over the past couple weeks I have jumped in and bought some equipment like amps, a mixer, and a few guitars off eBay. Guitars? For a drummer? Yeah well…I’m feeding Rob’s guitar whore addiction to guitars so technically he is buying them with my account.

I’ve also been buying hard-to-find software for work. As much as I had resisted, this eBay thing really is pretty cool after all.

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