Crasymaker

The Southern Movie Issue 2007 of the Oxford American will come with the first-ever DVD that’s “a visual mixtape of clips, scenes, and shorts that range from musical performances to dramas to archival footage that’s bound to move (and maybe disturb) you.”

What’s that got to do with The Good Fear? The trailer (produced by Chris Cranford and Paul Reyes), features one of our tunes, “We’ve Got It All” from our last record, “Keep in Touch.” Pretty nifty.

Head on over to the Oxford American and check it out for yourself. You can reserve a copy of the DVD or purchase tickets to the Montgomery, Alabama, screening of the OA DVD on April 26.

Not only did my plants seem to make it through the freeze last week, but this one surprised the hell out of me by opening up in the middle of the night. Instead of sleeping, it was hard at work, apparently. Nice job, dude.

Now, just tell your buddies to do the same and I’ll consider us even for babying your asses with plastic tarps, towels, blankets and custom-made, wooden stakes for 4 straight days, making me look like a total wuss in front of the entire neighborhood (and internet). Phew.

PS- Click the photo (or here) for a larger view.

It’s snowing. In April. For the first time in history, I am not excited. Why? Because I just bought and planted a crapload of shrubs and perennials a few days ago.

It’s supposed to get down to around 22ËšF the next 3 nights so my question is this: If I put plastic and sheets/blankets over my plants, are they gonna die? One of ya’ll is bound to know the answer. Better yet, does anyone have any better ideas? I put stakes under the plastic so it doesn’t smash the plants and then I put blankets or sheets over the plastic. Good idea? Bad idea? Help, please.

A few weeks ago, a small Bichon Frisé puppy appeared at the doorstep of our friends, Eric and Laura. They fell in love with it and after finding it’s owner, they got the breeder’s phone number and soon picked up a puppy of their own.

Sarah and I had been tossing around the idea of getting a dog a few weeks ago but decided it was too much work for us right now. Then we met Olive, Eric and Laura’s new puppy. Bichon’s don’t get very big. They’re a bit larger than a Maltese but still, the average size of a mature adult is 8-12 lbs. Kinda like a cat…that you can take camping if ya wanna.

The day after bringing Olive home, Laura invited Sarah over to see her. “You know, there’s one left,” Laura told her. Well, that was really all it took. The next day, Sarah and I adopted the last puppy in the litter. She’s tiny. She’s cute as hell. And her name is Sadie.

Check out a couple of more pics over at my Flickr page.