Home Alone

Before I get started, I just wanted to brag on C-Dawg's performance at his first t-ball tournament last weekend. The kid did so well. He had 2 RBI's and the coach told his mom that he's the fastest runner on his team. He was so into it the whole time. He has better skills than his old man, that's for sure. The boy has made his daddy very proud. My lil' man is growing up so fast...sniff, sniff.

So, I've finally moved in to my new apartment. Well...almost all moved in. I have a few things scattered at a couple of places, but for the most part I'm pretty much settled in. First off, I want to thank "Monique" for the dining room set and for helping me figure out exactly where my living room was and "Ms. Heil" for the cool washer and dryer and the loan of her kick-ass Dyson vacuum. It's so weird having my own place again. I've always had a roommate ever since I first moved out of my parents many, many years ago. The first time I ever lived alone was after me and C-Dawg's mom parted ways and now after a couple of years living with The Grem (thanks for putting up with me bro. It was the bee's knees as they say.) here I am back on my own. I've moved back into my old apartment complex on Old Jefferson and I have to say even though it's been only about a week the experience is really nice. It's alot quieter than it was when I was here a few years ago, which is a good thing. That's something I won't miss about about living so close to Tigerland. And parking! Man, it's so nice to come home from being out with friends or doing a gig and not have to worry about if you have a place to park or not. That shit drove me batty.

By the way, have I told you guys how much I LOOOOOOVE my TV? Oh baby. For those who don't know I purchased a 46 inch Samsung flatscreen a few months back and let me tell you...this thing is the bomb, yo. Everything looks amazing on it, especially everything on the HD channels. And now the Internet looks amazing on it, too because I just hooked up my computer to it the other day! I'm telling ya, this TV just flat out rules and I can't wait until I get my Blu-Ray DVD player. You guys are never gonna see me out again unless you make it to one of my gigs because I'm about to be a MAJOR couch potato, even more so than I am now.

Anyways, just wanted to give ya'll an update on what's going on. Right now life is pretty good. There's just only one thing missing though...



Hey, look at that. Not one depressing thing on there. Yay me.

The Nothing Blog

My friend and inspiration for getting me back to blogging has been fussing at me because I haven't been writing anything on here for a while and the last few things that I have written ended up as notes on my Facebook page so as I was about to write another note on there and I decided I better just go ahead and put it on here before she sends the blog police after me. So, here you go K-Dawg, which is how I shall refer to you from here on out unless you object or I can think of something much cooler to call you, whichever comes first. I have to warn you though, I don't really have a topic so this one will probably be all over the place.

- Either tomorrow or Tuesday I'll know for sure about my new apartment. I guess you can say it's new even though it's in my old apartment complex that I lived in a few years ago, just a different building. It's gonna be weird going back to a place that has so many memories for me even though it's a different apartment. I guess it'll be ok. I'm just really excited for Lil' C to have his own room again and now he'll have his own bathroom as well! I know he'll get a kick out of that.

- My old band, The Allison Collins Band, is getting back together for a show at The Caterie here in Baton Rouge on Thursday, March 26th. I played with this band for over 7 years and it was my first introduction as a musician into the Baton Rouge music scene back in 1996. I have a lot of good and bad memories about this period of my life. I met most of my really close friends during that time and met a few people I could have really done without ever meeting. We haven't played together since 2001 so it should be interesting. I played a crazy little percussion set-up that I'll be attempting to remember how to play again so I hope you guys can make it out to witness something I thought would never happen again.

- Relationships. Where to begin. I'm calling it quits on the whole deal. I'm so worn down and tired of trying everything in the world to make things work that I'm completely spent. I'm just gonna stick with me and the kid. Period. I don't want to walk away from 9 years of the best thing that ever happened to me, but I have no choice in the matter because the decision has been made for me so what else is there, right?

Well, that's really about all I can say about what's been going on with without getting to personal. I hope there's people out there that are actually reading this thing besides my girl K-Dawg. Leave some comments or something so I know I'm not doing this for nothing, even though I'd probably be posting stuff anyway. See you soon.

Next time...DEPRESSING POETRY!!!

You've been warned.

Moods and Music

Everyone has a way of expressing how they feel. Most of us have people we can talk to when things are bad. Some people shop to make themselves feel better or gorge themselves on fast food or ice cream. A lot of us, including myself, tend to drown there sorrows at the local watering hole (I'm looking at you Bulldog) or in the privacy of their own homes. Some even write in journals or create poetry (which is something I do as well and I'll probably be posting some of those soon. Yes, I am a big girl if you haven't figured that out by now) to get their feelings out. And some just tend to bottle it up inside and try to distract themselves and pretend that there is no problem or that if they ignore it long enough it will either fix itself or just go away. We all have our ways of dealing with whatever pain is in our lives. Like I said , sometimes I end up writing these depressing poems that seem to make my friends think I need some medical help or should be put on 24 hour surveillance.

And then there's the mix tape.

Actually, I guess it's the mix CD. As many of my friends know, I seem to be the king of finding the most depressing music that has ever existed and compile all of it onto a CD to randomly torture myself with. It's a gift. I embrace it with open arms. Most of you know that the last month has not been good for me. At all. And with New Year already in full swing, it hasn't gotten any better. Last night at about 3am, I wondered downstairs to put together a mix to put on my Facebook page, but it seems that the Project Playlist player can no longer be added to the page. Aggravated, I headed back upstairs to lie in bed and continue staring at the ceiling and listening to my son snore up a storm in his Star Wars bed next to me, which I'm noticing he's already getting too big for. After getting about an hour and a half of sleep, the kid wakes up around 8 and we head down for some breakfast and to watch Raiders Of The Lost Ark, his latest obsession. After some grub, I returned to Project Playlist and stared at my playlist wondering should I delete it or just wait until I can post it on my page. At that point I decided I would just write a blog and post on here to share with you guys. There are a TON of things I would love to just write about here, but I've stuck my foot in my mouth enough for the last few weeks so I decided I'd let the music do the talking instead. I hope you enjoy, if that's possible, my selections. Feel free to leave any comments or feedback.

p.s. I promise I'll try to write a happy blog as soon as I can.