The girls had fun dressing up as usual and we always seem to have a mix of characters! As you can tell, someone was not very happy to take pictures.

Amy and I voted, did you?

Tristian

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Sometimes life sucks. I’m just getting over being sick a whole week. The girls are still fighting whatever has been passing around. Being sick is enough to ruin a week but both Amy and I have family getting married to which I cannot attend either event. For myself, I wanted to attend my brother’s wedding or at least the reception. The wedding was held in Oregon which I would have loved to attend but travel makes that difficult for us with all the girls. The reception however is going to be in Austin this weekend and I’m not able to take off work for it. Sucks, sucks, sucks. I’m glad that at least Amy gets to go to her cousin’s wedding.

I’m super excited for Donnie and Jenni. I wish them all the love and companionship that Amy and I share in our marriage. I wish Becca and her husband a life lived in love. Here’s to getting hitched!

After 8 years, still love this woman with all my heart!

Tristian

Apparently there are talks to bring the ‘Heroes in a Halfshell’ back in a live action kinda way. TMNT was a huge part of my childhood and I was glad to see the CGI movie. A NEW live action version would be welcome. Cowabunga dude!

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Finishing up a good day. I’m now officially 27 as of this post. Birthdays are always good, well at least for me they have been. I received good presents, lots of love and attention (more than usual), played a silly round of ‘Simon Says’, and just generally had a good time. Not saying I’m old….just saying I’m having fun.

Thanks to all my friends and family for a good birthday! Thanks to ALL the birthday songs sung to me! The comments, the texts, the presents, just being there, thank you.
To all the September babies, my birthday was great now go have a great one too!

Tristian 9/1 WOOT!

Proof that Superman is jealous that ‘The Dark Knight’ is doing so well in theaters.

As I’ve written previously, Amy and I won a contest from Local-83 to meet John Mayer before his concert in Dallas. I will try to best explain how it all played out. We get to the venue and locate the Will Call area where we are instructed to gather and meet at a specific time. It’s HOT! Two minutes waiting outside and we are sweatin’. Meet up with the fellow contest winners and chat with them while we wait for the call to come backstage. Right before Lauren, the lady who manages the contest winners among other things, comes out the venue staff announces that they lost power to the facilities and were attempting to get it back on. I’m hoping this will have no impact on our meet up with JM. A few minutes later Lauren approaches the group and asks for all the winners to show IDs to prove they won and then she proceeds to tell us we’re waiting for a few more VIPs to show up. She asks if we know ‘The Wiggles’ from the popular children’s program. Everyone, including myself, thinks she’s kidding until she assures us that they are for sure coming to meet John as well. Apparently they were in Dallas performing and are big fans of John’s music too. Sure enough, ‘The Wiggles’ and their guests show up and a few ask to pose for pictures with them. We couldn’t resist and had ours taken as well if nothing but to just show the girls. Thanks to Kristy from the message boards/fan club for snapping the photo! Finally….we are lead backstage.

Got past security and pass by a few of John’s bandmates. I would have loved to get pics with them too but John is the focus right now. We arrive at the dressing rooms backstage and we are all trying to fan ourselves to keep cool. Lauren hands out the tour programs and gives us the details of how this is going to work. Amy notices my hands are shaking but I’m just super excited to be there. We continue to wait for another 10 minutes or so and Lauren tells us that he is on his way over. She also alerts us to clear a path because he’s probably coming from this one area and will need to pass through us. We all begin looking for him and he emerges out of nowhere it seems. Everyone is strangely quiet but I think inside everyone is just pumped to be there. John passes by so he can get to the photo spot. I notice one of the backstage crew hand him a pen and John kisses it like a trusty friend ready to sign some autographs. First up are ‘The Wiggles’ crew and John thanks them for coming out and snaps a quick photo. A few contest winners are ahead of us so we wait until they are done. Amy’s up ahead of me and just has a huge smile on her face when she heads out the side gate. Lauren waves me over and John looks me straight in the eyes. I shake his hand and say it’s great to finally meet him. He asks my name and repeats it back commenting on how interesting my name is. Normally I have to correct people because they usually hear “Christian” instead of “Tristian” but John proves he listens and I don’t have to correct him. He signs the poster I brought and poses for the picture. I tell him thank you and he just simply asks me to enjoy the show and have a good time. The man is super laid back, genuinely listens to his fans and just a cool guy. I wish I would have had more to say or ask him but I think nerves/excitement/awe got to me but I had a great experience. So….when do I get to meet him again?

Tristian

Most people have a childhood hero that they looked up to. Just about anyone that knows me, should know that I was/am a Superman fan. I ran across an article that supposedly reveals a lot about a man’s personality depending on the superhero he idolizes. Does any of that sound like me?

Who he worships: Superman
What it reveals: Superman is the quintessential “nice guy” — he’s loyal, believes that people are inherently good, and is always ready to save the day. A guy who digs the Man of Steel usually has the same traits. So, while you may not need your man to save you from a burning building, he’ll love it if you ask for his advice or help in mini-crisis — whether it’s changing a flat or settling you down after a fight with a pal. In other words? Score! But his desire to rescue people might not stop with you. He’s the type to fill his days helping his mom and doing favors for friends. If you feel like his time is monopolized by being a little too good to others, just pipe up and he’ll be responsive. 

Tristian