A couple words on the rebranding and restarting of the blog.
On April 19, 2018, Dustin and I attended a concert in Detroit at El Club. We
primarily went to this show to see one of our favorite bands, The Go Rounds
(look them up, listen to the, fall in love with them), but I also ended up
really enjoying the headliner (Caroline Rose) as well.
Skipping ahead, The Go Rounds played a pretty fantastic set,
punctuated by their best song (Code).
While waiting for Caroline Rose’s set to
start, Dustin and I ambled over to the bar for a couple drinks. As we were
chatting and people watching, we noticed Graham Parsons, lead singer of The Go
Rounds, get pulled aside by two young-ish girls accompanied by their mother (or
at least older female). Dustin and I naturally started talking about how awkward
that must be. Especially considering the apparent age of the two girls who
pulled Graham aside.
As our conversation progressed, we decided that there would
need to be some sort of test when talking to someone of the opposite sex while
at a show or the bar. Obviously, we came up with a foolproof method for
determining whether someone was safe to continue talking to. Here it is: Mention
something that that person should remember experiencing. Example: “Hey. Do you
remember the OJ car chase? That was the slowest, least interesting car chase I’ve
ever seen.” If they give you a blank stare or ask you who OJ is, it’s time to
move on. However, if that person enthusiastically starts talking about the
chase and the trial (and bonus points if they start talking about the Dana
Carvey standup skit about the trial), you should look at the bartender and say,
“Two cold pops, please.” Because nothing screams that you’re interested in
someone than buying them a cold soft drink. Especially when you don’t specify
which brand of cold pop you’re getting them.
“Two cold pops” has since become the rallying cry for Dustin
and myself whenever we mention something from the past. And that is pretty
often because we live in Nostalgia Land roughly 85% of the time we’re hanging
out. Naturally, we wanted to change the name of the blog to better represent
who we are. Which is to say that we like inside jokes and don’t mind bringing
them up whenever we’re in the company of others.
Additionally, Dustin recently completed a grueling workout
regimen wherein he worked out 100 days straight. It helped him create positive
workout habits and he decided he would like to apply this same type of
motivation to his writing. When he mentioned it to me, I decided that that challenge
sounded right up my alley and so we’re both going to be writing at least a
little something every day for the next 100 days. I intend to post many of the
things I’ve written to this blog. There will probably be some album reviews,
top ten lists, snippets from whatever novel I’m attempting to write, random
thoughts, etc.
Check back daily and you’ll likely be disappointed with what
there is to read. But you mostly won’t be disappointed by the lack of posts.
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