The 2008 Crapshoot Special

It's March, so it's time for my random terrible guesses at NCAA Basketball tournaments. First up, this week's ACC tourney:
My 2008 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket [click to enlarge]

Finding my Place in the Diary of Jane

Good lord it's been a while since I wrote here, but the amount of work I've had to do and the amount of free time I (haven't) had reflects the volume of posts here. Free time usually has to be scheduled these days, as appalling as that sounds.

Last night I did just that, roped Tiffany in, and headed up to Tampa to see a concert for a bunch of bands that admittedly aren't normal fixtures in my musical rotation - Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Seether, and Hurt. The latter two opened the night - a night where rain threatened all night but thankfully never came - and they both did a pretty good job. Some of the usuals for a rock show were there: the sea of young whites wearing black and/or denim, the occasional group of burnouts with their hippie lettuce, obnoxious drunken idiots, overly short skirts, and a few girls who haven't quite mastered the whole cleavage thing. But with my $8 beer in hand and a cute girl by my side (the four bands are four of her favorites) I knew I was gonna have a great time.

Breaking Benjamin did not disappoint - music is always better live and they put on one hell of a show. Three Days Grace lived up to the hype too, and any band that does an acoustic cover of Alice in Chains' "Rooster" gets points in my book. That song, by the way, helped me remeber how old I am - Tiff (22) hadn't even heard that song at all. I feel old now.

This coming Saturday, Ashley and I are heading to St. Pete to see Flogging Molly and I can't freaking wait. It's been way too long since my last punk show.

The best way to keep up with me these days is just to follow my pictures over at flickr. That or, you know, directly contacting me.

/mj out