July 2007

This is a demonstration of a good use for a notebook computer after it’s been run over by a 3/4 ton Dodge Ram. It wasn’t working so well after that incident, so I enlisted Wayne to come up with a good, alternate use.

Cool name for a group but what an incredible sound. I started listening to these guys a couple of months ago and it is pretty much all I have listened to since buying their album. The song that tipped me off to them was "Judas Scariot Blues." This is an incredible juxtaposition of what it was like to be Judas in bibilcal times with the contemporary ideals of Christianity. "Mother Mary, you’ve been dealt a higher spade than me" Anyway, go out and buy this one. You won’t be disappointed. A very literary songwriting approach coupled with a decidedly Austin sound makes this a noteworthy group.

Things are good in Fayetteville. I just started teaching the second week of summer classes and am enjoying it immensely.

It was good to hear from Diana the other day on Aaron’s blog! I wonder if Dusty or Jim might stop by my blog one of these days…

I sure miss everyone back in Manhattan and Topeka!

Best,

G

So everyone should know Aaron is pretty much a loser, since he hasn’t written a blog in over a month! So I guess I will just fill you in on all the happening of The Aaron Traffas. On July 3rd we headed to McPherson to play a private party…it was great fun. I was splendid to see Dr. G again! We miss him on a daily basis In McPherson Aaron was actually asked to play the Republican twice in one night. I guess there is a first time for everything…I think that might also be the last time that happens..at least in Kansas. This past weekend Aaron had a couple of shows in Northwest Kansas…God’s Country. Both shows were song swaps with Lucas Maddy. The shows went very well and I think I can convince him to go back to the northwest part of the state…yeah right. The finally Aaron had an acoustic set at PJs here in Manhattan. It was also a great show, there were some very good other bands there. Okay so the most exciting event for this week in the life of Aaron Traffas is that his sister Megan is now engaged to Andrew Piester. Congratulations! Until Aaron decides to stop being a lazy bastard this is all you get for now.
Diane

I am here in Fayetteville.

It rains everyday. Literally. Usually lasts about ten to fifteen minutes. They spell humidity here s-t-e-a-m. As in the steam comes off the streets.

Getting here was quite an experience.

The movers showed up from Arkansas at my house a day early. The driver blew out his shoe at the previous job and had to borrow mine.

"Chris, you have these shoes here with a hole in them, you wouldn’t mind if I borrowed those for today to move your stuff, would ya?"

"Uh, no, I guess not."

What are you supposed to say in that situation? Or this next one.

"Chris, Fred needs a drink of beer. I don’t drink but he drinks since he doesn’t drive the truck. Do you have any beer?"

Again, not sure what the response was supposed to be there. I gave him some beer. And more beer. And more beer..

"Chris, my wife here has been sitting out the truck and she is powerful thirsty. She was noticin that Brandy sittin on the shelf up there above the sink, would you mind if she had a glass of that?"

I was wondering if I gave her a glass of Brandy, she would get off my nice chair. She sat out in the moving truck (sauna) for three hours probably sweating out the Brandy from the night before and was plopped, with her shirt pulled up part way, in the middle of my chair. Sweating. A lot. Unnatural like.

Meanwhile Fred was getting drunk and surly. I still haven’t found my damn remote controls. I think he took them. Nice.

They worked their way through the house and when they got to the garage, the wife followed. She was getting ancy (for more drinks no doubt) and bossy and sometime in the process of loading the stuff out of the garage, the 1/4 bottle of single that Aaron had left in my garage over a year earlier disappeared. I didn’t see her drink it. I didn’t have to.

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Surprisingly everything arrived in good shape. The house is coming together down here. I will try to get some pictures up sometime soon though I have never figured out how to post those to the blog. I am not as cool as Mason and Aaron I guess.

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Looking forward to playing music again this next Tuesday at the private party in McPherson. Should be a great time: Aaron Traffas and the Fiddlers (Lucas Maddy and me)

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The parting shot today is that my new office is the old principal’s office from when the building used to be a lab school on campus. How fitting that the kid that spent a good deal of time in the principal’s office is going to be spending a great deal more time there…

Dr. G

(I finished that degree last week)