Friday, March 24, 2006

poetry and so much more

while contemplating taking a nap this afternoon before we play at the eagle's club tonight, i was stricken with an acute dose of mind numbing genious-ness:

today i write poetry
tomorrow i'll look up prose
i thought that i had caught haiku
but it was just a runny nose

sir robb's-alot shot some video of people dancing in the street last friday, here is the link. if you can name two of the people in it, i will tell you if you are right.

disclaimer: no animals were hurt during today's post, but there may be misspellings, mis-use, and even made up words used throughout.

and to the person wanting pictures of my nipples, NO!

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

st patrick's day photo's


my stuff in roadcases getting ready to go setup


setting everything up, my truck is to the right and carl's is to the left


close up at some point during the night (first time i ever played wearing a coat)


kids from jerry's 5th grade class wanting his autograph

and here is the newspaper article:


St. Patty’s Day party draws huge crowd to Main Street

by ANNETTE HAYDEN
News-Argus Staff Writer

A renewed celebration of all things green got Lewistown dancing a collective jig Friday.

The first ever “Green-feet Fun Night” hosted by the Lewistown Area Chamber of Commerce featured free food, live music and a bonfire in the middle of Main Street, sparking hundreds to gather in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day.

“Spirits were high,” said Connie Fry, Chamber executive director. “Lots of people were wearing green and everyone seemed to be having a really good time.”

Though created as a community appreciation night, as the luck of the Irish would have it, the Main Street event also drew visitors to Lewistown.


The Green-feet Fun Night bonfire, provided by Don Bost, kept the crowd warm throughout the evening. Some visitors even cooked French bread and potatoes over the fire.
“It was the most awesome and delightful way to celebrate my heritage,” said Jean L. Urs, a dual resident of Coffee Creek and Great Falls. “My husband (Daniel J. Urs) and I are from Coffee Creek and I work at the mental health center in Great Falls.

I have a good friend who has an antique space at the Emporium and she called to tell me the Garden Café was having Irish music during the day and there would be a bonfire that night. It sounded like fun so we made a special trip just for the event.

“I was so impressed with the whole presentation,” she said. “The bonfire was fabulous. The band was so clear and wonderful, if I closed my eyes they could have been Alabama or Lone Star. Then someone said we should get something to eat, because the Chamber was had donated the food. A little later I ate delicious polish dog. I was totally blown away by the whole thing and the people in Lewistown, well they were great!”

Urs added that she has told everyone at work in Great Falls what a wonderful time she had at the Green-feet Fun Night.

While guests danced and warmed by the fire, Chamber board members Alan Aldrich, Jayme Durbin, Trace Sweeney, Jeff Whitcraft, Joe Eckhardt, Don Bost and Brandon Cowen cooked up 589 polish sausages and hot dogs. Connie Fry, Chamber Office Manager Deb Bowser, and gotta have it! owner Cindie Evans dished out the fixings and soda pop. Not a drop of food was left over.

“There was a really diversified group gathered around the bonfire and eating,” Fry said. “It was heartwarming to see people really enjoying the food and music. Some even brought French bread and potatoes to cook on the fire.

“Some of the kids were so timid,” Fry added. “They would come up and ask so shyly, ‘Can I have a hot dog?’ When we said, ‘Of course you can! Have two or three,’ their eyes lit up so big. It was so gratifying and made me think how we can kind of take for granted putting a meal on the table.”

The town party started at 5 p.m. with Don Bost lighting the bonfire and Premonition performing live on a raised stage provided by Duane Ferdinand of the Big Spring Creek Society of Bluegrass and Folk Music.

“The four band-members of Premonition donated their time for the community,” said Fry. “They played from 5 to 8:30 p.m. and it was cold away from the fire. Bill, from the Glacier was concerned about the people working the event and he delivered hot coffee.” After the band finished and the crowd dispersed, event coordinators spent close to an hour tearing down the bonfire and stage, and cleaning up.

“We didn’t have a lot of time to plan this year’s Green-feet Fun Night after we got the idea,” said Fry. “But it was so well received, we hope to make it bigger and better next year.” Those plans include adding to the menu, having a parade and possibly a St. Patrick’s Day run.


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they didn't get who started the bonfire right. i know, because i took a picture of who did:


it was jeff whitcraft, from the Judith Shadows Golf Course.

edit: they did print pictures of us on a seperate page with other photo's from that night.

Thursday, March 16, 2006

amazing

just when i thought nascar had ran out of obscure things to conive me and my redneck friends out of our money with, check this out. of course, rednecks (like me) always have hotdogs in the freezer and little or no money in the bank, so does this mean that hotdogs are worth more than inflation-prone paper money?

the band photoshoot was fun last night, tonight we have practice and tomorrow night we are supposed to play outside for st patrick's day, i sure hope they have the stage heaters they promised. (it's supposed to be a high of 41° tomorrow)

i also took a test to see how "green" i live my life, here is the results:


HERE ARE YOUR FOOTPRINT RESULTS:

CATEGORY GLOBAL ACRES
FOOD 4
MOBILITY 2.5
SHELTER 19.5
GOODS/SERVICES 15.1
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 41


IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 24
GLOBAL ACRES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXISTS 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL ACRES PER
PERSON.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 9.2 PLANETS.

-it's a good thing scientists' claim to have found a tenth planet in our solar system, looks like we are going to need it.

on a brighter note, here is one of the reasons i love snowboarding:


Wednesday, March 15, 2006

happy birthday rangersis!

i will post an update soon, i've been a little "busy" lately. tonight is a photo shoot and band practice, should be fun.

and happy birthday to tara and my little nephew zach!

Thursday, March 09, 2006

more questions, and more good advice

Tami said...
How many websites do you look at every day?

-i've never counted, kind of like i don't have a clue how many old cars i actually have (or where they are all at) but i do have a list that i check every morning when i get up, so here it is: (and i always check them in this order)

yahoo
msnbc
nascar
foxnews
6767
billy morrison
steve isaacs
perkins palace
maddox.xmission
tucker max
lost kjs
apache popups

and depending on how much time i have:
pamie
this fish
freesofree
the superficial
my space

a few others i go to occasionally (not daily) but can't think of at the moment.

and now for that good advice: who ever said no pain no gain, obviously never had their nipples pierced. that hurts. and it hurts even worse when you decide to take them out yourself 24 hours later.

or so i've heard.

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

a great day for the wood family

while perusing the great expanse we call the internet this morning, i found two things of profound importance in establishing the unknown history behind the symbols on the wood family crest: (1) quadraped humans discovered and (2) hairy lobsters discovered. this would explain why that although my mothers side of the family can be traced back to coming over from wales, my fathers side seems to have never been anywhere but arkansas. we assumed in our family lineage search that the wood clan had always been mouth-breathing, upright-walking, non-crustacean type, normal human beings. oops.

a few questions:

hey hank i bought me a new amp, and a mike. does that mean there is hope for me or am i out of luck?? unk

-you can actually PLAY guitar unk, i'm the one that needs all the luck i can get

When are you going to tell us about the guitar gear you use, like you promised weeks ago?

-i did take some pictures of what i use live, i will get them posted soon.


why do i have to be a 'user' to have my name on here if i leave a comment?
Anthony says "NO!"

-well anthony, if you click "other" when it says choose an identity, you can enter whatever name you would like without being a member or "being" anonymous. (and quit making messages pop up on my computer or i will block all administrator access!)

Thanks Hank for the nice posting of my Uncle Dean. I know that he really enjoyed playing with the band and hanging out with all of you! Kristy

-i certainly enjoyed playing with him, and i think of him alot when we play the songs he liked to play, as well as the songs he hated to play but did because i liked them.


this week: nothing much going on, hopefully do some more body work on my old ford and maybe another day of snowboarding. i shot some video while riding the back chairlift at showdown last weekend, here is a short clip, i have more if i get ambitious and put it all together.

Friday, March 03, 2006

a quick note

if you ever wanted a popup camper, here is your chance to buy a raffle ticket to win one and help a little girl named kate. the camper is being restored by one of the guys from apachepopups.net, the website i check everyday to keep up with some really great people and get ideas for restoring my own apache popup that i have.

since several people have asked if i have a myspace account, i didn't, but i do now. the blog entries will just be a mirror of this one since i already have my own site. but if your want your own "spot" on the internet, it seems to work pretty good.

this is an off weekend, so tomorrow i am going to the mountains to stay in a cabin and do some snowboarding. have a great weekend everyone. (and go buy some raffle tickets!)

Thursday, March 02, 2006

tonight

i will try to get an update posted since i will be home tonight, and to my friend amanda soper, rest in peace. she passed away today from complications of diabetes at the old age of 24.