Hi everyone!!! Its 537am and the last time that I posted a blog at this time it didn't turn out this well, but I am going to give it a try.
I HAD THE BEST NIGHT EVER!!!!!!
I have been DJ ing at a bar for the last 3 years and they have treated me like family since day one. Its called Poplar Place. I have met so many people from this place and built friendships that you wouldn't believe.
Tonight started like every other Friday night....I'm so tried that I didn't want to go to work like the rest of us do everyday of the week. Today started off messed up. I had to run errands that lasted pretty much the whole day (its was a terrible rainy day). I had to work a show tonight at 930 so when i got done with my errands it was about 630 so I took a nap, and that is when the best night I have had in a long time happened.
This bar that I am talking about is 35 mins away from my house so its a long haul to have any friends that want to come with me to the show. I understand that people don't want to drive that far and drink, then have to drive home.
Since I am handicap I always have a friend (or my brother) help me set up. Tonight I had the pleasure of having Brett (aka Preach) help me setup. The plan was he was going to just help me setup, but he didn't have any plans tonight so he ended up staying with me during the whole show (which I couldn't be more happy about).
When we got to the bar its was pretty dead for the most part. But, things quickly changed. I start my show at 930ish, at 1015 tonight we had a party bus show up with about 50 people. That is a big rush for a bar and also the DJ. The bad part about it is that the group only stayed for one drink and they left. The rest of the night was filled with rock, country, and hip hop music.
The following is some pictures of the night I hope that you enjoy
Always have to get in good with the door man
Me and Amy I had to tell her a secret (or kiss her on her ear LOL!)
Give me some lovin!!! LOl
It pays to be the DJ!!!!
She didn't want to be left out!!!!
You motorboatin SOB!!!!! (they are built for speed, not comfort)
Me trying to hold up the brick wall.
Me and my friend Stacy's Mom...lol
Me and Alysia
Amy got tired of me getting kisses from all the other girls so she smacked me!!!!
Special thanks to Preach for taking the pictures!!!!!
We finished at 2am and me and preach headed home, but not before stopping at hardee's for some breakfast. I also have a wedding tomm night that will keep me and preach busy. I want to say has been the best night in a long time.
Here is the list that was suggested by Rachel (read her blog here).....Hope you like took me a while it get it typed up....Also, Bozo (her blog also here) this should get you started on American Party Music.
Hope you enjoy,
1 Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling
2 Journey Don't Stop Believin'
3 Lady Gaga Feat. Colby O'donis Just Dance
4 Beyonce Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
5 AC/DC You Shook Me All Night Long
6 Bon Jovi Livin' On A Prayer
7 Morrison, Van Brown Eyed Girl
8 Diamond, Neil Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)
9 Black Eyed Peas Boom Boom Pow
10 Def Leppard Pour Some Sugar On Me
11 B-52's Love Shack
12 Cupid Cupid Shuffle
13 Lady Gaga Poker Face
14 Jackson, Michael Billie Jean
15 Lynyrd Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama
16 Timberlake, Justin Sexyback
17 ABBA Dancing Queen
18 DJ Casper Cha Cha Slide
19 Outkast Hey Ya!
20 Usher Feat. Ludacris & Lil' Jon Yeah
21 Rihanna Don't Stop The Music
22 Kool & The Gang Celebration
23 Sister Sledge We Are Family
24 Clapton, Eric Wonderful Tonight
25 Sir Mix-A-Lot Baby Got Back
26 Beatles Twist And Shout
27 Jackson, Michael Thriller
28 Mraz, Jason I'm Yours
29 Brown, Chris Forever
30 Black Eyed Peas Let's Get It Started
31 Ke$Ha Tik Tok
32 Flo Rida Feat. T-Pain Low
33 Brooks, Garth Friends In Low Places
34 Lady Gaga Bad Romance
35 Usher Feat. Will.I.Am Omg
36 James, Etta At Last
37 Isley Brothers Shout
38 Foundations Build Me Up Buttercup
39 Temptations My Girl
40 Jackson, Michael Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
41 Sinatra, Frank The Way You Look Tonight
42 Commodores Brick House
43 Vanilla Ice Ice Ice Baby
44 Loggins, Kenny Footloose
45 Seger, Bob & The Silver Bullet Band Old Time Rock & Roll
46 Village People Y.M.C.A.
47 Bee Gees Stayin' Alive
48 Righteous Brothers Unchained Melody
49 Big & Rich Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)
50 Armstrong, Louis What A Wonderful World
51 Beyonce Feat. Jay-Z Crazy In Love
52 Lauper, Cyndi Girls Just Want To Have Fun
53 Presley, Elvis Can't Help Falling In Love
54 Wild Cherry Play That Funky Music
55 Adams, Bryan Summer Of '69
56 Kid Rock All Summer Long
57 Flo Rida Feat. Keisha Right Round
58 Black Eyed Peas Imma Be
59 Cyrus, Miley Party In The U.S.A.
60 Rascal Flatts Bless The Broken Road
61 Dexy's Midnight Runners Come On Eileen
62 Aerosmith I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
63 Rednex Cotton Eye Joe
64 Lonestar Amazed
65 Jackson, Michael The Way You Make Me Feel
66 Jackson, Michael Beat It
67 Springfield, Rick Jessie's Girl
68 House Of Pain Jump Around
69 Jackson, Michael P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
70 Swift, Taylor Love Story
71 Earth, Wind & Fire September
72 Johnson, Jack Better Together
73 Young M.C. Bust A Move
74 50 Cent In Da Club
75 Mraz, Jason & Colbie Caillat Lucky
76 Cascada Evacuate The Dancefloor
77 Queen Crazy Little Thing Called Love
78 Guetta, David Feat. Akon Sexy Chick
79 Buble, Michael Everything
80 Pink Get The Party Started
81 Guns N' Roses Sweet Child O' Mine
82 Jay-Z Feat. Alicia Keys Empire State Of Mind
83 Train Hey Soul Sister
84 Journey Faithfully
85 Nelly Hot In Herre
86 Lady Gaga Feat. Beyonce Telephone
87 Franti, Michael & Spearhead Say Hey (I Love You)
88 Romantics What I Like About You
89 Rihanna Disturbia
90 Cheap Trick I Want You To Want Me
91 KC & The Sunshine Band Get Down Tonight
92 Taio Cruz Dynamite
93 Four Tops I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
94 Jones, Norah Come Away With Me
95 Kings Of Leon Sex On Fire
96 Checker, Chubby The Twist
97 Buble, Michael Save The Last Dance For Me
98 Brown Band, Zac Chicken Fried
99 Green, Al Let's Stay Together
100 U2 Beautiful Day
Sorry that it
has been so long since I have posted a blog.
I have been working and dealing with health issues that you guys know
about. I just wanted to say before I
write this blog that I don’t go to the ER everyday. It has just been a
coincidence that all this stuff has happened in the last month and a half. Thanks to everyone that has been there for
all of it. Preach and I have always
made the best out of every situation.
There have
been a couple of special women in my life. I thank God for each of them, but
there has been one that got away and not a day goes by without thinking of her. We have to go
back to 2006 for this story (this was before I got sick). I was working three
jobs trying to make it in the world. I was single, young, wild, and free. I had
never really thought about marriage or a really deep relationship before. My
friends have had them, but I never experienced it and wanted to.
I was working
at a sports marketing company and I met the woman of my dreams. She was a client that my company was working
for. I was in charge of the event with a
buddy of mine, so I was walking around making sure everything was in order and
I got to spend a lot of time with her. I
could tell that she was into me maybe more so than I was into her. It was
funny. I remember that everyone that I worked for called me Train (my real name
is Adam, but my dad called me Train) and she asked me “Do I have to call you
Train?” I just laughed. I replied, “I don’t
care what you call me as long as you call.”
It was an all
day event, so afterwards we exchanged numbers and that was the start of the
best year and a half relationship that I ever had. I don’t want to include her
name, but you can use your imagination.
All my life,
it has only been me. Don’t get me wrong, I had dated before, but this was
something special. This was the first
time that I WANTED to come home and just stay home. I had never had that and this girl made me
understand the concept of a real relationship.
The reason I
have been thinking about this so much is due to my schedule which leaves me
with a lot of free time and I miss the time that we had to share with each
other.
I also see on
Facebook at least once a day that a young woman has been wronged in a
relationship and I think to myself that I could be great and that I have a lot
to give someone.
Also, in my
hometown there isn’t really a large market of girls that I’m looking for. If you don’t sleep with someone right off the
bat you are looked at like there is something wrong with you.
Also, I come
from a broken home and I had step parents, so I understand that game and I
really don’t want to enter a relationship with a woman that has kid(s). I won’t
say never, but I will have an open mind.
In closing, I
just want to say that I did enjoy having that special someone to come home to
at night, but single life is fun as well…I really enjoyed her company and the
understanding that she brought to me about what it means to actually care about
someone.
DJ Song of the Day....Garth Brooks More than a Memory......
This song came out when we broke up in July of 2008
I lived almost 30 years of life and I can’t really believe
it.I have done a lot of things in my
life.I was in the Navy for almost 4
years.I have traveled the world and
seen places that most have only dreamed of. I have held almost every title in
the restaurant business.I have met many
wonderful people in my life that have made me what I am today.Before my illness happened, I was working
three jobs. I was very active in sports (playing basketball any chance I got).However, when I turned 26 my life changed.
(If you want to look at my past blogs, it tells the detailed
story about what happened.)
In Dec of 2008 my life as I knew it changed.
I lost the use of my feet…I had my right foot amputated at
the ankle and I lost three toes on my left foot due to my illness.I was in a wheelchair for almost a year. As
of now, I am up walking, driving and I have a lot of my mobility back (which is
a great thing).Being that active and then
having it all taken away was something that was very hard to live with.
I mentioned in my last post that Preach and my Brother are
very important to me.Without their help,
I couldn’t have made it through this hard time.
Just think to yourself. What would you do if you couldn’t use your
feet?It’s really, really, really depressing
not being able to do the simple things that I used to do.I live about a half a block from a gas
station in town and with the weather starting to get better now, it would be
awesome to walk to get a soda. It’s those little things that people have a hard
time understanding.
I also live about an hour from St. Louis Mo and the Cardinals
(baseball team) did rather well last season winning the World Series.One of my buddies called me during the games…
Buddy: Hey, got
an extra Cards ticket, do you want to go?
Me: Man, I would
love too, but I would have to take my wheelchair. Is there room?
Buddy: No, man. I
just have an extra seat. I don’t have room for your chair, man. Sorry.
Now I know he wasn’t being insensitive by any means. On the
other hand, it is something that I have to consider in everything that I do
from now on.It really makes anything
that I want to do a hassle.The last
three years have been very difficult to plan any trips or to go anywhere
without knowing the conditions before I go.
Another thing I love to do is during Halloween.Haunted Houses have been a really fun thing
to do since I was a kid.I have helped
in a many of them around my community for several years.This last year, Preach wanted to go to Talon
Falls in Paducah KY. This haunted house is rated as one of the best in the
country, but it’s not wheelchair accessible!!! So I couldn’t go on that trip
either.
I don’t want is this to become a pity party for me.I have come to the realization that my life
has changed. My point is to get information out to the readers that aren’t
handicapped. To have a small glimpse of what I go through on a daily basis.
Also, my illness (Lumeirre’s Syndrome) was featured on ”Oprah” and on the hit tv show
”House” because it’s so rare.Here is a
picture of what the title means to me.
This blog is going to help me with a lot of things. I want this blog to be funny and light and
tell some of the many stories that has happened in my life. Many times, my friends have said that I
should write a book with everything that has happened in my life.
The first two posts that I wrote, which I have included in
this new blog, tell the story of the horrible illness that I went through three
years ago. I will share stories about
that and some of the things that I have had to deal with because of it and now
living a handicapped life.
I also want to write about my new business adventures with
being a DJ. I have worked in the
business for 3 years now and I absolutely love it. The people that I have met and the
relationships that have been built will last a lifetime.
Enough Preface - now to the good stuff….
I really do have a great support group around me at all
times. I was just visited today by
Preach and he is a great and wonderful friend, mentor, counselor, teacher,
fix-it man. If it wasn’t for Preach’s
guidance I really don’t think that I could have made it this far without
him. There will be some great stories on
this blog because of him. Today was a great example of that….He has been the
force behind writing again. He told me write not only because I have a lot of
free time, but also that I have a lot of great things to say. I was hesitant to write again because I
really don’t know correct grammar and I have a hard time spelling “kat” right
most of the time (I think there is two t’s in kat, but I’m not sure). Preach came over today to get “Train’s
Whistle” up and running. After about an
hour of correcting grammar and spelling on my old blog, we launched the site. It
was a great day spent learning the tricks and trade of a very talented blogger.
Second, my brother or bro, who I am really close to also
came by for a visit today. Didn’t stay
long, but it’s great to talk to him and see him when he does come by (he lives
in a two story building and he is on the second floor, so its very hard for me
to go to his house. So, he came to mine).
Homie Homie Homie is all I can say about my other
friend…..he also stopped by late tonight after he had gotten off work. All I can say about him is that he is whipped
like butter. We were hanging out a lot and
getting into trouble together, but he started dating another friend of mine and
I haven’t seen too much of him lately but, it was soooo good to catch up with
him tonight as well.
As I mentioned before, I am a DJ and I love my job, so I
wanted this forum to be a place where I could let my readers see and hear some
good music that they wouldn’t have listened to before….So, I will try to end
each blog with a new or old song that I came across in my show this last week…
Song of the Week
Aarron Lewis- Country Boy…
This artist is very talented and amazing….just his voice can
give me goosebumps….hope you enjoy it and there is more to come. Hope everyone
will continue to come back and read some more about my boring exciting life.
First off, I wanted to say thanks to my best friend Brett that has cleaned up my old blog site (grammar which took a while) and I started my own blog now.
It will be a fresh new blog that will have a lot of new things about it. My struggles and fights with life, drama with friends, poker, my new business that I have started, etc.
I hope that it will be entertaining and fun with a twist.....
