Ramblings, Incoherent Thought and Family

Ya know...I love the holidays. From frigging Halloween I start thinking about Christmas. What am I gonna get Deb? What's Deb gonna get me? What's my parents gonna get me? What's my sister gonna get me? What's my friends gonna get me? You get the idea... Seriously though...I do love this time of year. Yeah it's busy. I remember back the first week of November and going through the calander and seeing what each weekend consisted of. We had PRETTY MUCH every weekend but 1 mapped out till the end of the year. When you're sitting and looking at 12 weeks of plans you start to get a little overwhelmed I think...I know I did. So here we are...10 days out. My last ten days in my early 30's...from here on in it's a race to 40 and for the life of me I can't imagine my life any different. This week alone I had a meeting last night, tonight is a meeting with Deb to see where we're at with Christmas, tomorrow is actually open, Thursday is Men's...

Ya know...I don't have a whole lot to gripe about. I sit here tonight...11:00 on a Thursday and this time tomorrow I'll be halfway through what could be the final chapter of a dream I've had for years. Doing a (what I hope is) quality radio show regularly...playing music I enjoy and being entertaining. It was always something I thought about in my mid-20's. I listened to guys like Don and Mike and occasionally Brother Wease and thought "I can do that...sure I'm weird...but I can be funny." Four years ago...I got the shot. After being a regular guest on Uncle Samoo's Zoo as the third wheel...and doing some voice calls...I got my own show. Samme handed me The Living Rock. I admit for the first year I didn't know WHAT to do with it. The show lacked focus and direction. I went in...played my chart (in no discernable order) and did some mike breaks in between. I had a few 'co-hosts'...but they didn't pan out. Rollin Joe was ok...b...

Well it happened... Last night was the big meeting...they herded us all into a room and at 7:05 PM Karey Pine got up who is the head of RIT's Student Organizations...and reminded us all to be civil to each other no matter what is said. It was at that point I knew what was coming... Well...I mean I knew it before that...the writing was on the wall. I managed to corner the program director on Friday while at the station. He was there after Hockey doing his new show "Skank On"...and when I spoke to him I asked him Man-to-man whether The Living Rock would continue. He wouldn't answer me...he looked up and to the left when I asked again and said "We haven't made any decisions yet"...a sure sign he was lying and I knew then. However I still had hope and last night the hope was dashed. The Living Rock is one of the cut shows by WITR. Along with Weathered Steel, Uncle Samoo's Zoo, Histories, Axecalibur, and Jeff and Jeff (However as of this morning...I un...