August 30th, 2006 by Aaron
G said Bobbie tried to find me a girlfriend in [Waylon] Jennings. I wish I could remember. She should have tried harder.
For the record, I cleaned the carpets of the van upon our return. I also didn’t get nearly the sleep I wanted as I was driving home. Bobbie kept waking me up, offering to drive.
Seriously, Bobbie did kick ass. Bobbie, when we end up firing your husband, please stay on as tour manager…
I kid. We had a fantastic show, both Thursday and Friday. Thanks to everyone who came out to Bobby T’s, thanks to Dusty for rocking balls as always, thanks to Matt for playing the sound board, thanks to Greg for wanting us every month, and thanks to my Peavey CS800 amplifier for resigning two hours before the show during sound check and not during the show like any other amp would have done. Thanks to Midway in Kensington for the Massey Ferguson pictures, thanks to Jim for playing with us at Jennings and to the guy who claimed to be in the KKK after the show for not burning or hanging us, or whatever those hilljacks do to liberals in western Kansas.
I’m sitting here drinking and writing lines of PHP code for the Wave website. Someone at our web host changed the rules on me today. It’s like someone making a new rule and not telling me that pronouns no longer need antecedents. Our website was hosed.
My truck is still clutchless and lacking a transmission.
I was thinking today, as I was looking at the "Support our Troops" magnet on the side of the pickup I was driving if that meant by default to not support the war. I thought also how supporting the war was a vote against the troops. I hadn’t made that connection before today. That thought surprised me. I’m thinking more about politics these days as I recently began re-watching the West Wing, a series I watched from season 1 through 7 not six months ago. Here we go again.
"What’s next?"
I miss my family. I haven’t been to Sharon in too long, and it’ll be a while before I get to go home. We’re headed for Hays and Topeka this weekend and for Kansas City next.
August 25th, 2006 by Aaron
We’re selling 3000 head of geese a week from Tuesday. I’m not making this up. It’s fitting, really. I got my ass kicked by a goose when I was a kid. The thing came at me, wings dispread, head locked down in attack position. I was only four or five at the time, but I guess I had already figured out how to piss off poultry.
My truck is going to have its transmission rebuilt in addition to the new clutch. I figured $1800 was a better amount to spend than $800.
Getting ready for this weekend. It’s frustrating, managing the laundry list of things to do before heading to Bobby T’s, including ensuring my crew is ready for the auction in Lincoln, NE, tomorrow in my absence.
Bid on the geese. Put them in your freezer. Make pillows. Feed them to your lion herd.
August 22nd, 2006 by Aaron
Here I sit loading Counter Strike.
I’m getting ready to go to Phillipsburg for an auction.
I’ll have to drive a Chevy.
I’m having a new clutch put in my truck.
Nothing like a $1000 repair after spending the same on new equipment.
Put a grill guard on last week
Got another 6"
Ready to gobble some deer this fall
August 20th, 2006 by Aaron
It’s been a long weekend. We missed Dusty at Duffy’s in Lawrence. We saw someone get into a brawl. He had something like 30 staples in his head the next day by the time we woke up at 1:00pm.
I just finished watching the Comedy Central roast of William Shatner.
G passed out on the couch. I guess he didn’t have on Star Trek underwear.
The website keeps moving along. We bought some new equipment this weekend. Faster, stronger, better.
My clutch is going out again.
August 13th, 2006 by Aaron
Down after a relaxing weekend
Wayne and I went out and painted Aggieville with Sam and friends on Friday night
I think she called us "weak" when we left for Bob’s Diner
G and Cherie and I went to Lawrence
Met up with Mason, Bobbie, Kim, and Randy at the Arthur Dodge and the Horsefeathers show
They made up some story when we got back about stopping to eat
I just watched a documentary about Lucero
They rock. I’d like them more if I could understand the words.
This weekend marks a turning point. It’s the end of aarontraffas.com. We’re moving forward with the new site and changes are quickly being made. I personally like the corn picture at the footer of the website. Check out the new show details page. If you select satellite view and zoom in, you can see the cars in the parking lot of the place we play. The layout still sucks, but the geeks at Chivalrous Productions tell me it will be fixed this year.
August 11th, 2006 by Aaron
I miss G
I hope he didn’t fall off a mountain in Colorado
Getting ready to hit the ‘ville with Won
I’m glad he’s back from the wild west
August 4th, 2006 by Aaron
Liked the Navigators
Saw them at PJ’s
Played after they did
I’ve never seen the headliner not play last
We were closers
I felt like a pitcher, throwing strikes
G threw the split-fingered bass balls
Couldn’t hear a thing, even with the side fills
Never going without ear monitors again
Floor wedges are for n00bs, Dusty.
I’m getting ready to pack up for Buster’s. We’ve hired a couple noobs to help work the auction in Lincoln tomorrow in my stead. I’ve been watching Deadwood every waking minute I’m not at work. I sure haven’t been posting web logs, that much is certain.
We’ll be playing with Anthony Farrar at Buster’s tomorrow. Better look up.
