Chikka Chikka Ooh Ooh!!

That's the sound the drunk bear makes around the campfire. Yep, President's Day weekend has come and gone but it didn't pass us by. The bear and coon headed out on another adventure and this time it was back to the Dumont dunes. Along with Mike and 3 additional trucks with friends in tow, we headed out for 2 days and 2 nights with tents, quads and the other woman in Dave's life who he refers to as Sandy Rail.





Here we have our party peeps gettin set up for some good time campin' and ridin'. As you can see, the dust was thick as people zoomed by our campsite on their assorted toys.










Chef Mike was nice enough to lend his cheesy ass grill talent and concoct us some very tasty fried sandwiches. These were to be our fuel for the nightime festivites to come.











President's Day weekend is bigtime for the dunes and along with thousands of people, there were extra vendors on hand to provide everyone with food, drink, shirts and accessories. Here I am sporting a crafty little piece of headwear. Dave calls this picture Coon In The Hat.














Now here we have a very unflattering photo of one of our party guys. I don't remember his real name because everyone calls him Cornfed. Along with his younger brother, Cornfed brought some extra firewood for the campsite.
















And here it is. The extra wood turned out to be 2 doors and they went up in flames very quickly and made a nice mess as the outer layer turned into an ash blizzard from hell. Our new tent suffered a small burn hole before the storm was over.







I mentioned that Cornfed had a younger brother. Well here he is in all his glory. Everyone in our group pretty much has a nickname but this was a new kid so we decided that before the weekend was over he would have one as well. I figured that since he was the younger brother of Cornfed that the obvious name should be Niblet. Well this kid wanted a much cooler name so we decided to put him to the test. We let him do his thing and so he proceeded to get wasted and start a huge blazin' ass fire. Someone mentioned the name Pyro and that seemed to make him happy. Unfortunately for him, Pyro ended up getting sick that night and puked in his tent. Then he woke up the next day and puked some more. He could barely move and as the rest of us went about our day he kept on with the dry heaving until Cornfed packed him up and took him home. Not so cool and not so worthy of the name Pyro. Alas, Niblet it was.


Well we had a great time but the ride home was long and frustrating. It started raining and the next thing you know, traffic came to a slow crawl. After about an hour of bumper to bumper inching along the highway, we finally found out what was prolonging our trip. It wasn't pretty.








I can only hope that the person or persons in this truck were wearing their seatbelts and came out of it ok.











Whatever type of hauler they were towing however, did not. As you can see it looked like a tornado hit it as it sat in pieces along the highway.











We were fortunate to make it home in all the rain and mess and now we just wait for the next opportunity to pack up and head out again. I know I'm ready!

Stays Crunchy In Milk

So last year I got obsessed with System of a Down. I still love them but I needed something else to listen to while waiting patiently for the next album. This band has been around for a few years now. I remember hearing their song "Bother" on the radio and thinking it was pretty cool. Kinda slow for my taste but still a good song. When they came out with the next album "Come Whatever May" the first single was "Through Glass." Another slowish song but the guy has a nice voice. Since I played myself out on System and had nothing new to listen to, I thought I'd give these guys a try. I went to Best Buy and picked up the new cd.

OMFG!!!! Where the hell have I been?! This is a hard rockin' kick ass band hiding behind their melodic commercial singles! And when I found out the singer Corey Taylor is also the lead singer for the band Slipknot, I just about crapped my pants! Hello?! SLIPKNOT?! Scary masked freaks screaming out angry lyrics that you can't understand! This is the same guy?! No freakin' way! It took one listen to the whole cd and I was hooked. I'm in love! I'm infatuated! I'm obsessed! Instantly I ran back to the store and bought the first cd that has the song "Bother" on it. I popped it in my player and this is what I heard - Get Inside See what I mean?! Is this my paradise or what?! Their songs go from political to personal mixing actual singing with screaming and lots of headbanging goodness! Seriously, I could eat these guys for breakfast everyday. I have gone so far as to adopt one of my personal favorites "Hell and Consequences" as my new anthem. I posted the lyrics a few entries back. Read it for yourself and tell me if it isn't a kick ass song. I recommend picking up the cd and giving it a listen. If you're into this kind of music I promise you won't be disappointed. AND you can also enjoy Corey at his angriest in the band Slipknot. 1 great man, 2 great bands. I could just cream myself! My only bitch is that Stone Sour is going to be here in April headlining the Jagermeister Tour at the House of Blues and I don't have the extra money to buy tickets. You know, it's that monthly mortgage thing. Let's see... roof over my head...kick ass concert...taking showers...giving myself whiplash from 2 hours of headbanging.... Yeah, you know what I mean.

So alas, my frustration continues. At least the guys at youtube are nice enough to provide me with the means of viewing live videos. All I have to do is fire up my computer, fill my plastic cup with draft beer and raise my fist in the air. Let the headbanging commence!!.....Happy Friday Bloggers!

I'm Back, Colts Win, Anna Nicole Loses....

Ok, so I've been slacking on my blogging lately. I know. I just haven't had too much to talk about these days. My camera situation hasn't changed so far so I don't have any cool pictures to post from recent gatherings and events like my Superbowl party. I had a blast though. We had a nice group of friends and lots of food and drink. Mike made a batch of "Colt Juice" which was a special blue vodka concoction that we put in the water cooler to dispense in our special party cups and Chrysti's boyfriend Michael was nice enough to bring over a leftover keg of beer from the New Year's bash so we were all set. Brenda's birthday was the next day so I bought her a special Chicago Bears cake and we celebrated a day early. Too bad for her the Bears lost. Boo hoo! After the game we started up the karaoke and Andrew Scott blew everyone away with his great voice. Dave also lit up the firepit in the backyard so when I finally got an extra minute to relax we got warm and snuggled on the swing. The entire party lasted about 10 hours and amazingly enough I didn't get blitzed. I made sure I drank plenty of water with my Colt juice so by the time everyone went home I still had enough energy to clean up. I wasn't even remotely hungover the next day. Now that's what I call a successful party! Our next adventure will be coming up real soon. I hear Dumont calling.....
Oh and finally I have to give a shout out to my friend Ariel. It's his 36th birthday today. Ariel is in Nicaragua but he did manage to make it to Vegas recently. 15 years after I last saw him! It was awesome to see him again and I wish I could be with him to toast his special day. Happy Birthday my friend! Well, until next time..... Peace!