What a crazy freaking day yesterday was. It started off nie and quite...I got up, pulled on something warm (sweats and a Left Hand Brewing hoodie), and sat down to pick music for the next week or so on the site. I figured I would watch a little football (American style), maybe take a nap. Oh no, that was not to be.
The wife wants to get out of the house. NEEDS to get out of the house. Says she wants to go hit the local casino, have a few drinks, and then maybe head home for some spaghetti (she makes crazy good sauce!). Hell, I got nothing better to do, so I say why not. The casino gives you free chips for wedding anniversery and birthday months, and since both fall this month (wedding anniversery the 27th, my birthday the 7th), I figure what have I got to loose? Turns out, it was just the opposite...how much could I actually GAIN!
I'm pretty good at black jack (5 or 6 trips in the past couple years, I've only lost money once), so I grab a beer and sit down to play. Now, I'm not a gambler, I play for fun, and I only bet $5 a hand. But even still, within an hour and a half, I was up $120. I was thinking about pocketing my winnings when my wife saunters up and asks how I'm doing. "About $100 to the good" I reply. To which she shows me $350 in chips. Turns out, she went to play roulette (suckers game, in my humble opinion), played (and lost) a couple spins, then hits for $75. Then the next spin, she plays $10 on 24, her granddaughters birthday, and hits! So I take that as a sign that it was time to leave with our winnings, and head home. She agreed. After drinks, we were up just a shade over $450 in an hour and a half. I'll take it!
So, today, I want to kick off what will be an ongoing mixtape series for the 80's. I still have a huge box of mixtapes in the basement...hell, I don't even have a cassette player anymore. I just can't bring myself to get rid of em. There is just something so special about those cassettes, and the memories they hold. Mixtapes are magic, from a magical time in our lives. The younger generation, with all the digital downloads and access to DVD and CD burning, have no clue how much work actually went into a good mixtape. It could take a couple hours of diligent tape deck work to make a good mixtape. These dang kids...they have no clue how good they got it! :-)
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Your ipod thing is playing yesterdays songs (Replacements, JATMC, etc).
Yes, mix tapes. I love them. Used to make them all the time. My pickup still has a tape player. We also have a boom box that someone gave us that has a tape player.
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