7-9 is the most horrible time

...to be on the road in the morning! Wow, I can't believe all the commuters! This is why I usually stumble into work at 9-ish, 9:15-ish, 9:30-ish. I have been observing the roads this week while taking my mom to the Dr. everyday. What a mess!!!

Disappointed today. I spoke with one of my best friends from college who now makes his living playing in a legendary band and they are coming to Houston in a couple of weeks!!! However, he told me that all of the Texas comp tickets are already gone. How can that be?!??!!? A. is pissed b/c, having spent years in Texas, he obviously has a lot of friends here and now he has no comp tix for any of us. What a bunch of jive! I last saw him 2 years ago in Austin and there was trouble getting me in for free then as well. I had to watch the entire show standing up, but that was not a big deal since I was grooving and dancing anyway. (I sang one of their songs at Karoake the other night!)

I'm hoping we can still get together at least but I'm not sure of the logistics yet. He was such an awesome friend back in our college days! I spent lots of time over at his house, goofing off with him and his knucklehead roommates, who also became my good friends. We would all get drunk, listen to music, eat, have sleepovers, smoke pot (them), play strip poker, and once we made a fort in their living room with blankets, furniture and pillows! I would sometimes bring my best girlfriend over and she ended up losing her virginity to one of the roommates, heh heh. Man, we always had a blast. I also saw my first German/sheep porn over at their house, but that's another story altogether! Once they came to my apt. and we went swimming and I swear I almost drowned when they decided they wanted to play Baywatch in the pool! They also took me to my first strip club. They could be trouble, but a hell of a lot of fun! A. came to visit me in Houston a couple of times after I graduated--my mother also loves him--but then he got super busy as a professional musician out in California and now we only talk sporadically. I've gotten to watch him play on Jay Leno, Conan, etc. Recently he backed up Michael Bolton (blechh.) A. is the shit!