It should be mandatory that I have an accountant with me at all times to tell me: “Hey, you can’t afford that, so don’t buy it”.

If I have money in my pocket or account, my brain tells the tiny people that work in the ‘smart dept’ in my head to take a nap, and then it lets me think that it’s Ok to spend it, because it’s available to me right now. Ugh.

The good thing is I’m not spending that much-needed money on dumb things like drugs, expensive clothing, or parrot holsters. No, when I use money I shouldn’t be using, I know I’m doing it for fun.

Yeah, dumb excuse, but it’s true. Take this week for example: I went to the movies yesterday, went to Fogo today, and I know I’m going play poker tonight.

Movies Enjoyable? Check.

Fogo de Chao? Double-Fuck-Yeah-Check.

Poker with my friends? Always a great time. (Except when Niki calls a huge bet with a pair of sixes)

I enjoy having fun and would gladly cross that financial bridge later as long as the reason involved having a good time, especially with friends.

Yeah, don’t come to me for financial advice, because I’ll just convince you that your kids can eat later, because getting the high score on Defender is a chance you don’t come across every day, so keep feeding that machine money.

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I put up with the first (long) episode of “The Wire”, and I wasn’t eager to watch the second episode.

A couple of days later I gave it another shot and put up with the second episode. “Why do people like this!” I thought. Later I was so bored that I decided to watch the third episode. “How did this thing get picked up for so many seasons!” I thought.

I waited almost a week before I gave it another shot and watched the 4^th episode. Hmm…well, that was ok.

Last Friday I went to blockbuster (No, I don’t Netflix so stop trying to make me get it) and grudgingly got the second dvd that contained episodes 5, 6, and 7 of the first season. Later that night while hanging out backstage before a show, I mentioned to friend Arnie that I wasn’t impressed so far and that I didn’t get the hype. He told me to be patient and that most people don’t lock on until around the 5th episode. If it’s anything like ‘Sopranos’, then I guess I can understand that and decided I’d try to give the show a couple more shots and promised Arnie I’d punch him in the balls if I wasn’t hooked by the end of the 7^th episode.

I watched episode 5 and got a little more curious. Saw episode 6 and got kinda eager to watch episode 7. I then found myself craving to get to blockbuster to get the rest of the episodes. Translation: Hooked.

Arnie’s ball are safe…for now.

“Come at the King, you best not miss.”

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I attended a parade by myself for the first time!

Sunday was the Chicago Gay Pride parade. I didn’t have any plans on going, but it was hot in my place so I decided to go out for a bit. I found myself walking a great length of the parade on my own and really enjoying myself.

I think most people that haven’t experienced watching or being around this particular parade probably think it’s just a freak show and nothing family worthy. They couldn’t be more wrong.

Yes, you are going to see some freaky stuff on the sidelines –that just comes with the territory. But you’re also going to see a lot people happy to be who they are, and even more people happy for them.

The support and positivity is amazing. Couples, People with their kids on their shoulders, pets, gay, straight, black, brown, white-Everybody!

It was just so cool to be around SO many people bursting with positivity and good vibes towards one another. Easily one of the funnest parades you will ever attend if you have a good heart and no ill will towards anybody.

Yeah, I know “funnest” isn’t a word. Suck it.

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I went to movies by myself again!

I went to see the new Transformers. Lots of eye candy as far as special effects go, and that’s way ok with me. So yeah, me likey movie.

Don’t worry about plot, just sit back, enjoy nachos and enjoy the show.

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Michael Jackson and Farrah in one shot, huh?

OK, there’s a bunch of posts/news stuff about Michael, but like many others, I’ll say I’m sorry he passed and I enjoyed his music.

Yes, he was a weirdo and maybe much more, but it doesn’t change how his music shaped a generation, like it or not.

I think one of the reasons his passing gathered –and continues to gather- so much attention is because of how he affected a WHOLE generation.

Without trying to sound too cliché, he practically was the ‘Elvis’ of this generation. There are people alive today that grew up with his music. That saw him grow from a child to a weird adult, all the while captivating people with his music (and weirdness). Those same people can relate to several points of time in their lives to his music, and it’s because of that we feel like, “Man….he died?? Boo.”

My best memory of him was taking a tape of his moonwalk and popping it in my Dad’s big-ass vcr machine and for hours trying to use the shitty pause button on those old machines in an effort to learn the secret of the moon walk.

Whatever his hidden demons were, it didn’t change that he was a master performer and that his music really was pretty cool.

Later, Mike.

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Ever think about saying or doing something you maybe shouldn’t, and then your brain sends the “common sense” workers in your brain for a walk and lets the janitor take over for a bit? Yeah, me too. Me too.

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Pics!

Wrigley at 4AM.

What’s better than a puppy in a basket? A basket full of puppies!

Parade!

And parade over.

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