Man, I can't
believe how my life is going. I just got
done watching the video of my signing,
then popped in my CD and listened for
about 30 minutes, re-watched my comical
"wait"
for the CDs to get there...and was about
to go to bed, when I realized how amazing
the past hour had been. "I just watched
the signing of my new CD and then listened
to my new CD!" None of this seems real to
me. I swear to god, I could die now, and
wouldn't be too totally bummed. I'd be
bummed at the opportunity lost, but I've
accomplished more in the last year then
many people ever get to
experience...EVER.
Watching my dad at the
signing... he seemed so happy. He stole some of the
spotlight, but he was just so proud of me. I really
feel like I carry his weight now. He'd jump in and say
something funny to kind of take over, but then he'd
step back and beam. I watched the video and how all of
my relatives looked at me, and it was simply eerie.
They looked so proud it makes me want to cry. Made
them want to cry as well, but most of all there was a
respect that I think was missing before. However, not
from my mother. It felt like she thought it was stupid
to be there because she already knew me. I hate the
fact that she's had my disc for almost a week and has
yet to call me to say anything. My grandmother calls
up in tears saying how proud she is. Burg's mom was
choking back the tears at the signing because she was
so proud and my mother doesn't seem to see how much it
means to me. (sigh)
I go in early to do Lester's
Family, a song for a new game Mind Trap, and fix some
things on my DAT. It wasn't in my box. Someone fuckin'
stole my DAT. My DAT with absolutely everything on it.
I am amazed. In fact with as shitty as this night was
I'm surprised I'm in this good of a mood. I don't
think it's hit me what I've lost. Everything. I still
have carts, but I did erase some to make space which
was fine of course...cause I had my DAT. In shock I
went on...at 1:30 AM. Love those Reds. Everything was
all out of whack. Highlight: Trivia. Mind Trap really
soared with a new format and it'll be around for a
long time. Talk was here and there. I can't believe my
DAT is gone. I looked everywhere.
Jesus, two nights in a row. I
didn't get on until almost 2:00! Fuckin' goddamn Reds
game. For those fans trying to convert me, this isn't
helping. Still no DAT in sight. I've put it to rest
and now am PISSED. All my Lester's, Dave man Funny
man...gone forever. I did find some of my skits
though, like Game Show, and funny songs, so It's not a
total loss. But I am really pissed about losing all of
my Lesters. Anyway. A pretty good show for getting
fucked again. Lester was good, and I replayed Lester's
Family for a request. By far the coolest thing I've
done so far. Mind Trap is unreal. The best format I
could have chosen. So much better than when
I first introduced it. We'll see how long it
takes until it gets old. It's funny when I look back
on this weekend, we barely talked about anything. No
fuckin' time to. I wonder if I can make it a full 5
hours tomorrow (filling in for Cannon :-) ). Perkins
said he admired my initiative and said don't mind the
older people raggin' on me. It was a nice compliment,
but hey I feed off you older guys raggin' on me. Then
I know I'm doin' a good job.
9:30 PM - 6:00 AM, Sunday -
Monday, May 26th - 27th, 1996: SHOW 140
Went in early to start the
wonderful task of doing my DAT over. Jesus, this will
take all week. Fuck the loser who did this. Anyway,
this was somewhat of a moment of truth for me. This is
the show that Cannon cannot buy callers. Sunday night,
Monday morning. On top of this it's a Holiday, and
thirdly, I mentioned that I was coming on tonight only
twice on Sunday. If I could get a good show and no
music tonight, Steve Cannon is a tired, uncreative,
boring old man....No Surprises here. Killer show. Had
some prankers the first half hour, and a slow next 15
minutes, and then BOOM: Coffee Talk about the liberal
media that took off. Glenn sparked it, thank you, and
it was ragin'. Took us to Mind Trap, and it was a hit
again. Then had probably one of the best hour and a
half of my life. Why? Well, I was on for BC! BC comes
on at 5:30 on the weekdays, and I went until 6:00. Not
that the talk was that abundant, but I sounded good.
Confident, funny, and definitely worthy of filling in
for BC. One of the last calls was Mary saying that
Cannon would be proud of me because of how good the
show was....my response? "I bet that's exactly what
he'd be thinking." Yeah, if Steve heard this show, he
will not be a happy camper.. :-)
