This week I launched my new group music blog Jiingo.com. I’ve had this domain for several years and just never knew what to really do with it, I wanted to start my own social networking site with it, but I could never create anything that would even begin to rival Facebook, and MySpace is finally starting to get their shit together so I couldn’t even do anything better than them at this point.

I really love the idea of a group blog, and this week I decided that it would be cool to do a music one with a few contributers. And that’s how it became so.

I have four contributers at the moment, Ryan May, Jordan Murphy, Ricky Shidler, and Duane Moody. All of whom I either know in real life or have known online for years. Happy to have them all on board and they are all going to bring something unique I think. Still looking for one more person at the moment, so if you’re interested and you think you’re music tastes fall somewhere in line with ours then hit me up!

Check out the site, bookmark it and all that good stuff!

(Thanks to Joe for this write up!)

I finally got a Wii this week. I’ve been wanting one for oh… 18 months now?

Technically if I really wanted one I could have gotten one much earlier, but I was so fair weather about looking for one that I didn’t really make it a point to hunt for them. The fact of the matter is that I didn’t want to be one of those people who goes crazy looking for them. Not my thing.

Actually I didn’t even find it. Jdub did. I went on a lunch hour goose chase for one that was 45 minutes away. Half a tank of gas later, I was still without a Wii.

Jdub had the day off, so I suggested that he look for one. I meant check one or two places, he ended up spending half an afternoon hitting like a dozen places and finally scored me one at an off the beaten path GameStop.

Later Wedneday evening I came to the quick conclusion that the extras for this thing are what gets you. I bought Wii Play (with controller) and Okami and spent $75, and that was with the $20 discount I got for turning in my GameCube.

But it was all well worth it! WIIIIIIIIII!

Pauly cut and colored my hair tonight, we sort of reversed the colors so now my hair is dark with bright highlights and we did an emo style. I’m excited about it! This photo doesn’t quite do it justice, and it will look better once I get the bangs grown out a bit more. Loves it!

Got a new tattoo this week, number nineteen.

(Photo from inside the beer tent)

Another pride has come and gone in Indianapolis. The weather yesterday was nothing short of perfect, 80 degrees and just a few puffy white clouds.

I got really drunk Friday night so it was a slow start to the Saturday, but by about 1PM I got down to the festival. I started drinking before I went and by the end of the day was wasted. I passed out once at the fountain, classy moment. In another classy move I also wore my jeans with the ass ripped out, so I was quite popular. Ha!

Overall the day was awesome and it was good to hang out with all my friends. After the festival Don and I hopped over and did the Italian Festival where I met three awesome older ladies who took a liking to me. I don’t remember much of the Italian festival cause I was still wasted.

Came home and passed out and awoke to my phone being blown up by my friends to get up and come to Talbott, so in one last hoorah I ended up the night dancing with friends.

I’m so ready to do it again next year!

I didn’t know this - but the Indianapolis Pride Committee does an annual gay skate at a local roller rink to sort of kick off Pride week.

Friday I overdid it at the gym and my legs and especially ankles were killing me, but I decided to go anyways.

Don decided we should be drunk for such an event as this and there was no liquor at the rink. I was more or less out of alcohol at home and it being Sunday we couldn’t buy any. We ended up running to the local pub before hand and throwing back a few shots (I had 2 of Bacardi 151 - it was like college all over again!) and made our way to the rink.

After getting a bit lots we had tons of fun! Saw some people we knew and worked up a sweat skating to some really gay songs. I heard Abba at least twice. They said that 150 people came which was far more than in the past. I’m really glad I went and totally plan on doing it again next year!

Classic video, if you haven’t seen this, take 3 minutes and watch it. I can watch this over and over again and bust up laughing every single time.

Here is one of the photos from Pauly’s birthday party last weekend. Pauly is the only one wearing a wig in this photo. Kenny and I were still having too much fun with the pirate gear to bother with wigs at this point in the evening.

I’m not one to talk too much politics on here, but can I just say that I’m fucking pumped that Obama won!? It’s been a long crazy race, and as another blogger pointed out that even though it might have divided the party some at least it did get everyone energized to get involved. This is the first primary that I’ve personally voted in as I felt it was equally as important as voting for the next president.

I was on the phone talking to someone tonight and made a possible realization. I personally think it would be smart for Obama to take Hillary on as his VP. After I made the statement that it would be a good idea because it would pull the party together I realized that perhaps she had drug it out this long so that she would intentionally pull the party apart, thus she would be the best pick for him to help bring the party back together. I’m probably not the first person to think of this, but it was an interesting thought none the less.

I’ll vote democrat either way, and if she got it I would have been happy to vote for her. However, I am truly happy that Obama got it because she has made several missteps along the way. The biggest being her assassination comment. That can be taken several ways, but I think there was only one way she meant it, and I think it was a very hurtful thing for her to say and a total misstep as her chances at the nomination were slipping faster and faster.

It’s been a long hard run, congrats Obama! And I hope that all the Hillary fans out there won’t be stubborn and continue to support the Democratic party.

Guy was here this past weekend. We had such an awesome time. We did so many things that I can’t even remember them all!

To list a few… date at Palamino, Indiana Jones, shopping, lots of lunches out, drinks and more drinks, Pauly’s themed 25th birthday party (photos to come), and the canal.

Even though he was only here three days I do genuinely miss him. Although I’m totally content with living alone, over the course of three days I got used to him being around. It didn’t hit me until we were headed to the airport that it would be awhile before I’d see him again. When I got back to my apartment I felt really gutted.

This photo isn’t the best, but I didn’t get to take too many.