Jill makes me feel like a RockStar.
Today marks 2 years dating Jill.
Jill and I met in the summer of ‘98 at a catholic retreat (CLI). I remember specifically her wearing a bandana and being ‘really cool.’ I made sure that I got her e-mail, which was about as bold as I could be at 17. I think it’s safe to say that I had a big crush on her from the get go. We e-mailed just about every day for the following 4 years, with the occasional hiatus.
Finally, after four years of e-mailing we went to Davis’s mega corn maze just outside worcester. Kudos to me for that idea. What’s better for a date idea than to get purposefully lost. heh heh. I’m so clever. She didn’t consider it a ‘date’ but Lord knows I did. I even called my sisters for fashion advice.
Here’s a shout out to ‘e-mail’ which helped incubate our relationship for 4 years following our first meeting.
Congratulations buddy. Sarah and I hit 2 1/2 on the 17th.
Let’s hear it for tolerant girlfriends!
Congrats Mike! Or should I say congrat Jill for putting up with him. I’ve dealt with him for two year+ as well. We should form a club or something. I think we should call the group The MADTAG. The Michael Anthony DiDonato Tolerance Assitance Group.
I bet my family would be the first to join in. You think 2 years is bad. imagine 23.
relatives should get a discount on MADTAG merchandise.
Woo! MADTAG all the way!
I have created the first piece of merchandise for the MADTAG store. Point your browsers this a way for a looksie: http://www.timbaird.com/pics/shirt_beans.JPG
can’t argue with that. i DO like beans.
Hey! I remember that first date! In fact…. I have a picture from it. Who is the best rockin’ sister ever. I remember giving you fashion advice, suggesting that you wear the cool jeans that I got you. Please go here: for the picture that started it all. http://treedom01.tripod.com/hero/hero.html
WHO GETS YOU GOOD FASHION???
Rock it.
Yeah, I’m still reading through the archives. That story is so sweet. My husband and I started out emailing. We’ve been together for over five years now. Email rocks!
Actually, Jill and I broke up in November of ‘05.
This doesn’t change the fact that e-mail still rocks a lot.
Work IM is pretty awesome too. Patrick and I talked via msn messenger at work all the time this summer (I’m surprised I never got in trouble)! And now we’re dating. Coincidence? I think not :)
Patrick, this girl is a keeper. Country music, dessert compartments, and IM communication. All good things I recognize.
Though, I’m (somewhat) trying to change one of those three things… except for 6-9pm Thursday on KEXP.
Come on now. Country music is awesome. Some of the more modern stuff has too much rock in it, but it’s still awesome.
Amen! Thank you :)
And such a critic! He doesn’t even give a slight agreement to the keeper line, just points out what he wants to change. Keep in mind, my dear, that I have been open-mindedly listening to much of your music!
[Hypocrite and music snob alerts]
I can’t stand modern country, much like I can’t stand most of today’s mainstream rock. Too much of it sounds the same, as in country artists are trying too hard to make it sound “country” and define it into a genre (same could be said for stuff on so-called “alternative rock” stations).
That said I really like some branches of country music. I dig alt-country (The Jayhawks being my faves). And I like the older stuff, like Johnny Cash and Hank Williams. I guess you can say that I like the “western” in the country-western genre. I think the “country” have has gone too commercialized and glossy.
What I love about the Swingin’ Doors show on KEXP is that the DJ plays a mix of old-school country, along with good, new, independent country and alt-country. But then again, I love pretty much everything on KEXP.
“what kind of music do you usually have here?”
“oh, we got both kinds, country and western”
yessssss….. somebody got the reference!
That ain’t no Hank William’s song!!
“I can’t stand modern country”
How much have you listened to lately? And who all have you listened too?
“I think the “country” have has gone too commercialized and glossy”
Some yes, I will give you that….and some of the new stuff should be its own country/rock type genre….but I wouldn’t be too quick to generalize! There is a lot of awesome, genuinely quality country music thank you very much.
I think I’m instating a mandatory Patrick listens to country music day when I get back. Some educating is in order.
Mike D ~ what’s your take on country?
I respect country musicians. I think that the lyrics are creative and that many of the guitar parts require some serious skill.
And on a typical day, I’d probably prefer listening to country music over getting beaten with a bat, submerged in cottage cheese, or having my knees blown apart.
But overall, I’d say that country is probably not my favorite musical genre.
I might prefer getting submerged in cottage cheese once in my life. Heck, I might enjoy it. Maybe even more than country music. I don’t want to get beaten with a bat or have my knees get blown apart, though.
I’m glad you can respect good musical talent, even if you prefer to swim in cottage cheese than listen to it :) I have my moments too. For example, not a big metal fan….at all.
Anyone remember the old lady in Patch Adams (same cute little old lady that sings for her husband on their anniversary in The Wedding Singer) that has the lifelong dream of swimming in a pool of noodles? She got to do that. I thought that was fabulous!
How come none of the X-men have useless powers, like Exploding Knees?
They left that to the Mystery Men.
[edit: whoops, replied to the wrong box]
How much have you listened to lately? And who all have you listened too?
First, you used “too”, instead of “to” (just getting you back… :-)
Second, I’ve listened to country music over the last few months:
1) In October, when driving from Seattle to Spokane, most of the stations east of the Cascades are country stations, so when we weren’t playing the “mile marker guessing game”, I was listening to country music, because I figured that you’d appreciate that I actually listened to country music.
2) Later, in October, when driving from Kansas City to Manhattan, again, most of the stations along I-70 are country music stations, so I spent about an hour flipping through the country stations once I was out of range of the better KC stations.
3) In November, when I was eating at some restaurant, they played country throughout the restaurant. I forget which restaurant it was, though. Probably a barbeque one.
4) On Thanksgiving, we watched football, and some country singer was singing at halftime of the Cowboys game.
I couldn’t tell you “who” I was listening to… just that it was all what I’d label “modern country” music.
Patrick, you might like Molly Myles. She’s definitely not mainstream country.
I consider a lot of Shania Twain’s music to be in the glossy commericialized category.
I don’t like classic country. Granted there are great songs from that era, but the rest of them largely suck. Most country songs before 1990 for instance. And quite a few since then as well. (Pocket of a Clown, anyone?)
Modern rock largely sucks too. I relate much better to the lyrics in country songs than I do to rock/top 40. I’m considering giving up genre lables altogether because lousy music is lousy no matter what you call it, and the same applies to the good music.
I don’t want to reply three or four times because it’s really slow on this site for some reason. So…..
I agree with UUIG and Anita Clue. Not all country is great, but that’s true for every genre, classic, commercialized, or what have you. My husband turned me onto classic country and I still only like some of it, like Johnny Cash, but I can tolerate listening to it and even sing along. I don’t like much of the 80’s country. It got good in the 90’s, then went all rock. The lyrics to Murder on Music Row say it all.
I can appreciate musical talent in any genre, no matter how much I like or dislike it. I don’t like Eminem, but the boy’s got skills.
I don’t like the song “Murder on Music Row.” I don’t discount the truth of the lyrics, but I don’t like the song.
I think 80’s country is the absolute worst.