The World According To Chris Brewer

I was gone on temporary duty for two and a half days, to the arm pit of North Carolina: Wilmington. I know I don’t even live there, and that was the first time I had ever visited the place, but my Lord…..that place sucks. Smog, cheap strip malls everywhere, people who don’t know how to drive (including a guy who flipped me the bird on US Highway 421), and a place called Kohl’s Frozen Custard make Wilmington by far the crappiest place I’ve ever been to in America. Period. It was such a bad place I actually would have rather gone back to the Azores for a couple days. Yeah….that’s when you know something’s pretty bad….me wishing I could go back to the prison I was in for 15 months.

But today I am back. After a five-hour trip back this morning and an equally long nap, I’m ready to go out and do something tonight. What to do, I don’t know. Maybe I might sit tight and just work on my next CD. Never mind, Sean just called so I think we’re going bowling.

By the way, tonight marks the 2-year anniversary of me not having even stepped foot in a dance club. I love the music, but I hate the places and the atmosphere now. Can’t stand the drinking, the party atmosphere, and the people who think they have to look cool or make a false impression to attract members of the opposite sex. I don’t think I’ll ever set foot in a club again….it’s not for me.

Back to the events of the past couple of days: A co-worker shot a news story about a Navy ship being renamed after a guy who was killed in combat in Afghanistan three years ago. I was pretty much the equipment guy and grip for my co-worker during the shoot, and it was a pretty interesting job. They had a bunch of foreign military folks–I saw people from Cameroon, Russia, Estonia, and Canada. Not to mention the top-ranking man in the entire Air Force, General John Jumper, was there as well. The guy’s family was there to break the bottle….and right afterward, there was an awesome flyover provided by the fighter squadron out of Seymour Johnson AFB in South Carolina. We met a bunch of nice and helpful people, and that was what made the trip salvageable. Not to mention, I think a good news story will come out of this.

Well, tomorrow is a big day for me. Can’t say why yet, so watch this space on Monday. I will have pictures.

Quote of the day:

I’m the same boy I used to be.

(Steve Winwood, in his song “Valerie”)

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Currently Listening To: “Technologic,” Daft Punk. Human After All (2005).

Top Rated Music for the Last Week: [In the following format: "Track," Artist. Album (Year).]

1. “Ready 2 Wear,” Felix da Housecat. Devin Dazzle and the Neon Fever (2003).
2. “Battle,” Tim Deluxe. The Little Ginger Club Kid (2004).
3. “Make Love,” Daft Punk. Human After All (2005).
4. “Relax,” Etienne de Crecy. Tempovision (2002).
5. “Jump ‘N’ Shout,” Basement Jaxx. Remedy (1999).