Sometimes I Can't Believe How Bold I Can Be...

Here are a couple of pics I was unable to post last night because of dead batteries...

This is Cowboy Mouth. Good show.

Here is Muskegon's own The Elements...

The garden downtown is coming right along. They have rocks and trees now. Amazing.

Monday Night Club reclaims Mike's Inn from Summer Celebration.

Pretty good day at work today. The kids were really good. I now have them compete for ranks such as "Line Captain." They did well in all of their classes and activities. I think I could handle having kids of my own after teaching this class. If I can manage 20 kids, how bad can one or two be? Anyway, that is way far away in the distant future. No babies tonight...

Monday Night Club reclaimed their territory at Mike's Inn from the bikers. I got there way too early and drank way too late. Right now, I should be in bed. In fact that is where I am going now. I hope the kids don't mind if I am hungover tomorrow...

Are You Willing To Be Recruited?

Corrin was trying to win a camping set and had to be at the "beach party" today in order to win. So she invited me. Here is what I saw:

This is a pepper eatting contest. Nothing too crazy.

This is "Beach Bum." He is 53 years old and competed against a bunch of 20 year old choads for the title of "King of the Beach." He won. This is exactly who I would install as king if Muskegon were to have a monarchy. Long live the King...

The rest of the evening was hanging out at Turtle House for Jake's birthday party. It was a good time. Met a few new people and caught up a bit with those I see often.

Too many girls crying these days. I don't like seeing girls cry. They should be having fun and dancing with me.

Tomorrow, I don't know what is going on. I have a few things I should work on. So, if you have any ideas on what to do, call me....

This Is a Special Message From Harry Crestwood

So, why is it everyone laughs when I tell them I am a teacher? Oh yeah, because I should not be an example for 3rd graders to follow. Anyway, the kids were a bit crazy today. There was so much arguing, pushing, cutting in line, tattling, picking, etc. Man, I hate punishing kids. But, if I don't do it they won't respect me and only get worse.

I can sum up this guys philosophy by saying "I hate northern, pro-choice, criminals without guns." That is unless of course he means he hates the New York Yankees. Then, I would agree. Go Tigers.

Right after work, my dad was getting a bit stir crazy and wanted to do something. So, we ended up going to some show. The only reason I agreed to go was I expected it to be strange. It was and I loved it.

If I had enough money, I'd buy this property and make it rad.

It was redneck Republican screw your sister night at Summer Celebration. I don't know why I thought I should go. Well, I actually just wanted to hang out with my friends. But, they hung out with some other folks and I knew that would be the case. So, I just left

The rest of the evening, I hung out at Lake Harbor Park with quite a few people. Love you guys.

Tomorrow, I will be going to the MTV party thing with a couple people. I guess one of them has a chance of winning a crazy impressive camping set. White Snake plays. Party at Turtle House. Anything else???

Like Living In a Late 80s/Early 90s Sitcom

First day of work was difficult to wake up for after Cinco De Moustache. Four hours of sleep just wasn't cutting it...

New job is good. I have 17-23 kids now. All of them in the 3rd grade. They are great. God, I really didn't want to be a teacher, but this is a pretty good gig. I don't think I could handle going back to college though. Actually, there is no chance in hell I will go back to college. I like the fact they call me "Mr. Mike" though. Formal, yet not at all...

Saw Styx last night. Good show and good seeing lots of old friends. Ben Evans is now 21. Yeah. Here is some of what I did last night:

Heritage Landing Armada

Mart Dock

Andy at his absolute sexiest

The scariest graffiti I have ever seen in my entire life. Muskegon's a blue county bitch.

Anyway, teaching at Moon school is crazy. I've been disciplining kids, bandaging them up, walking them home when their mother's don't pick them up, calling parents, giving homework, putting them on buses, and so much other shit. It's funny that I'm educating kids. Of all people in the education field, they got me. It's obvious they never checked my own school record. Or maybe they did and think I am one of those evil criminal genius who get busted, go good, and bust other evil geniuses. Very Catch Me If You Can, starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo De Caprio.

Don't Stop Believing...

Miss Amanda Monty and I headed to the Journey concert tonight. Good show. Now, I have some criticism of the Summer Celebration:

1. The inner circle in front of the stage should be a no lawn chair zone. That's where people should dance. Not pretend that the rock and/or roll concert is the damn symphony.

2. Wandering token people shouldn't stand next to the token booth. I suggest next to beer tent.

3. Get rid of the volunteer security who are power hungry. I was walking on the sidewalk and stopped by a volunteer Nazi. He said, "You can't stand in the walking area." I replied, "Ummm... Well, the only reason I am standing here is because you stopped me." His retort was, "You better watch yourself buddy." To which I wisely said, "What the fuck" and just walked around him.

4. Get the fat asses off of the golf carts. What are these people doing that is so damn important anyway? Why does a crowd of 17,000 people have to be compressed into one lane while exiting while some overweight guy drives around with a bag of popcorn?

That's about it. Something for me to do when I finally assemble my army and take over Muskegon by force.

Journey concert or a scene from an alien landing?

The rock that is Journey

View of Carneyville...

Tomorrow, I will have to work. So, more screaming kids, scrapped knees, love letters, snacks, and things normal to being the temporary father of 17-23 kids. Maybe going to the Paisley concert. I don't know other than that. You will just have to read this tomorrow around 3am to find out what happened...

CINCO DE MOUSTACHE!!!

Holy Shit. One of the best days of my life... It started out pretty early with a baseball game. It was an all-star performance by Team Jacob. I had a decent game as well. Defensively, I was pretty strong. Batting, I had one strikeout, two singles, and three homeruns. I don't have any pics of the game, but Andrea said she would send them to me.

Next up was volleyball. It was a good time at the beach as the pics show...

Cookout at Andrea's. Man, I spent $4 and ate like a king. I had a big ass steak, a grilled pepper, and a baked potato. I'm still full ten hours later...

Went to Mike's Inn and heckled folks from the patio. Some lady wanted to give me beads if I showed her my "bum." In hindsight, I probably should have. At the time, I was disturbed by her use of the word "bum."

What a great day. This is the best way I could have spent a day before having to start work tomorrow. Pure absolute drugged up hippie joy... That is how I feel about my friends.

HAPPY CINCO DE MOUSTACHE!!!

Hey all, as my new icon has indicated, it is the 5th Annual Cinco De Moustache! But, first things first.

Alice got food poisoning, so she didn't have her BBQ. Hope you feel better darling.

Went to GH as well. That town has more Backstreet Boy looking guys and crazed made up girls than most places. Are they trying to look beautiful or hide their insecurity? Anyway, got some shots of the beach and all.

The BBQ at Andrea's kind of happened. People showed up, but the BBQ did not. Too much rain and too little cooked meat.

Stopped by the Lakeshore Tavern and saw about everyone I know. God, some of them I haven't seen in six years. Good times fo' sure.

Went back to Andrea's and since it was after midnight, we had to shave the beards off for Cinco De Moustache. It's a nice ritual of carving beautiful beards and drawing on each other with Sharpie markers.

On a similar note, I've been getting a lot of compliments on my beard from the ladies lately. Makes me wish I kept it somewhat. One thing I love about Muskegon women is they love beards. I love that because I really hate shaving.

Tomorrow should be a good time. It starts off with baseball at 10am at MCGRAFT PARK! Notice my emphasis on MCGRAFT PARK because it was scheduled to be played at Del-Mar Park in Roosevelt Park, but the venue was changed. That will be followed up with Volleyball at the beach. Then there is Mike's Inn. I think there are some other things as well. So, it should be a wonderful Cinco De Moustache.