Quote

We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.

-Unknown

weekend - extended version

Wednesday
Flew back into the country, Erin picked me up from the airport and I crashed at her parent's house after an awesome grilled out dinner and s'mores afterwards.

Thursday
Watched part of Under the Tuscan Sun (Erin's favorite movie), ate lunch at Brews and met her friend Josh. Then went to Witts to eat some ice cream and meet her friend Whitney. Both Whitney and Josh were very nice and friendly, and I think we all got along really well. That evening Erin met my mom for the first time... she was really nervous, it was cute! We ate dinner at Wendel's Pub and then went back to mom's to look at photos from London.

Friday
Mom and I drove from Columbus to Lexington to drop me off at my car. Mom then went to visit my Aunt Jane in Winchester. I tried unpacking... with not much luck.

Saturday
Volunteered at St. Awesome's for our Music Minister's (Mary Beth) last weekend on staff. I worked the stage camera (and worked it I did) from just behind the piano. The service was amazing, it was really good to have something to get me off my butt this weekend.

Sunday
Returned to St. Awesome's for the service... the whole creative arts team was really on their game this weekend... it was incredible. Came home and acted like I was going to clean my room... but didn't. Laid in bed and slept most of the day.

Bengals Watch '06

The NFL Preseason has started, and Cincy is off to a bang. Defeated Washington Redskins and Buffalo Bills with relative ease. Carson Palmer is ready to get back to the game next week against Green Bay after having a serious knee injury in the Wildcard Playoff game against Pittsburg last season.

Only two more pre-season games to go before the regular season begins on Sept. 10 against Kansas City.

In other news... my girlfriend's family are Cleveland Browns fans... sad news.

WHO-DEY

Weekend Haiku

Life after August.
Mixed feelings swirl in my heart.
Happiness and not.

Things that Make Me Happy

We're starting a new segment on skipthehero.com called, "Things That Make Me Happy"... this is part one of our 127 part feature.

Today, while grocery shopping, I found these:



Cheese balls. 25oz of processed cheesey snack goodness. Thank you God, for this wonderful treat!

Meet the Parents... part 2

Okay, so I met Erin's parents, and Erin met my best friends, and we both passed that test. Now it's vice-versa...

Erin picked me up from the Cincy Airport and I spent the night with her at her parents house. That night I got to meet the woman who is like her second mom, Judy. She's a really nice lady, although I didn't get a long chance to speak with her. Erin's parents grilled out for us and then we had s'mores. The next day, we went to one of her favorite places, called "Brews". Judy's son, Josh works there, and we went so I could meet him. He's a really cool guy, and seems like a lot of fun. After "Brews" we went to get ice cream a couple of doors down to meet her friend Whitney. She was a hoot and a half, and I saw a lot of similarities between her and Erin, especially vocal and physical manerisms.

After Ice Cream, Erin and I went to my mom's house so that they could meet each other. We went out to dinner to Wendell's Pub and had a nice dinner, and went back home and chatted for a bit. My cousin Debbie and some of her kids stopped by to say hi and Erin got to meet them.

All in all, it was a lot of fun, although it didn't last near long enough.

London Antics, part 2

Highlighting the rest of my romp across the pond...

Visited London (Day Two) -
- took a river ride on the Thames River
- saw St. Paul's Cathedral
- went to the temple church (was closed for renovation)
- went to the Tate Modern museum - Stephanie and I made fun of a lot of modern art
- saw the musical "The Producers" on London's version of Broadway, The West End
- saw a street performer do Houdini's "The Great Escape".. he was hilarious
- visited Covent Garden

Visted Windsor (Last Day) -
- saw the home of the queen (from the outside)
- took a short walk down her driveway (miles long)
- ate at a pub

Heathrow Airport -
- Stephanie, Chris and Doris brought me to the airport around 11:00-11:30.
- Left me at 12:30-1:00
- Cried like a baby from 1:00-2:00

London Antics, part 1

This is my trip so far - highlights only:

- got an upgrade on the plane to business class

Visited Cambridge -
- went to a wedding (had a blast)
- ate at a small pub called The Maypole, had a pint of ale and 'bangers and mash'
- ate a traditional "full english breakfast"
- drank tea
- wondered around the downtown scene visited Kings College (origination of the King's Singers... although not affiliated with them anymore)

Visited London (Day One) -
- hitched a ride on a red bus tour
- saw Big Ben, Parlament, Trafalgar Square
- attended mass at Westminster Abbey (Evensong mass)
- ate at The Kings Head Pub

... more to come... :)

London, Baby!

Alright gang, I'm packed and heading out. If I get a chance to post during the week I'm overseas, I'll do so. Otherwise look forward to some good photos and good stories when I get back!

Later.

why do now?

... what you can put off for later?

Okay, I'm doing laundry and packing for my trip to London tomorrow and watching Eddie Izzard, "Glorious" on BBCAmerica. Eddie Izzard is a hilarious comedian... for one, he's a cross dresser, two - he's british, and three - his jokes are funny and intellectual.

Okay... I guess I'm going to go back to packing... ugh.

Awesome

If you haven't seen this video... watch it now.

coming soon...

Nearing the End

This is the part of the summer I wasn't looking forward to at all. I'm a big, weepy, crying, sniffling, mess.

How can I do it? What will life be like after August? How does one survive when it feels like part of your heart is half-way around the world?

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My apologies - I should have started this post much differently. Things that are on my mind now are of a slightly selfish nature.
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Stephanie and Chris. Words cannot express the happiness I have for the two of you. God smiled on yesterday. His hand was everywhere. His embrace held us all. Stephanie was beautiful, Chris was handsome, and the wedding was a glorious celebration and culmination of their love, their families' love, and their friend's love. And I am so greatful and blessed that I was able to be a part of it all.

weekend - director's cut

Monday
Erin and I enjoyed a lazy day, ate at Casa Cafe for lunch, watched M. Night Shamalamadingdong's "The Village", and then Dustin and Katie made a roast for dinner. After dinner we played Euchre and Balderdash. We tried to watch RENT but only made it about half-way through.

Tuesday
Again, we slept in. For lunch we ate at Sonic and then came back to hang out at the house before Erin had to leave. Stephanie called and knew I would be down after Erin left and invited me to dinner with her, Chris, her mom, Chris's mom & dad, and his best man, Craig at Boone's Tavern in Berea. A very nice restaurant... you can always tell by the menu when a place is nicer... the fewer items on the menu, the fancier the place. After dinner, Chris, Steph, Craig, and I went to The Paddy Wagon, an Irish pub in downtown Richmond. It was a lot of fun, and I really appreciate Steph and Chris cheering me up. They are really awesome people, and I know that they are going to have a lifetime of happiness together. After "drowning my sorrows" with a pint of Killian's, I went home, and got to talk to Erin before we went to bed. Hearing her voice cheered me up so much, it was incredible. This was a really awsome "weekend".

weekend

This weekend was awesome. After returning from a visit to JWT to see Erin, she was able to come down and spend the weekend with me!

Friday
Erin arrived around 2:00pm and after getting some alone time in, I dragged her along to Stephanie's graduation where she got to meet Steph and Chris for the first time. After the graduation, the four of us went to LiveWire to hang out and to let the other three get to know each other a bit better. It was really important to me for Erin and Stephanie to meet. Erin and I went back home, cuddled on the couch, drank some champagne, and watched Kiki's Delivery Service. At midnight Erin gave me my presents.

Saturday
AKA - Scott's Birthday.
Laid around with Erin until about 1:00 and then went to the Fayette Mall. I had just recently found a great deal on a pretty cool shirt at Hollister's and wanted to try my luck again... no such luck. We wondered around the mall and we stopped in the Build-A-Bear Workshop where Erin built a bear for me, and I built a bear for her. (too sweet... I know... ouch, cavities!) Bought a bunch of chocolate truffles at Godiva (my weakness). Later we went to Joseph Beth where Erin was in heaven... she really likes to read and loves books. After prying Erin away from the bookstore, we met up with Stephanie and Chris at Miyako's for my birtday dinner. It was Erin and Chris' first time eating hibachi, and Erin tried some of my sushi and liked it... what a girl! Erin and I went back home to cuddle more and watched Love, Actually.

Sunday
We woke up early Sunday morning... a little too early if you ask erin. ;) We went to church at St. Awesome's (ala Patch). It was my first time being to church since the beginning of summer, and it felt great... very energizing! After the service I introduced Erin to pretty much everybody there that's important to me - Matt, Greg, MB, Janine, Patch, Ira, Chris. I apologized later, because even to me it felt like I was parading her around, saying, "look at me, i've got a girlfriend!"... but it really was that she's special to me and I wanted everyone to meet her (that way when I talk about her, they know who I'm talking about). After church, Erin and I met up with Stephanie and Chris at O'Charley's in Richmond for lunch. After lunch it was time for Erin to head back to JWT. :( Fortunately, she drove back after her show was over and arrived at about 1:00am on Monday morning to spend two more days with me!

Meet the Parents

I just returned from my visit to Prestonsburg to see Erin and the rest of the gang at JWT... but mostly to see Erin.

Monday I arrived a little before noon and went straight to the cabins to get Erin out of bed. :) We went to lunch and then I checked into my hotel room. That night we went to see Lady in the Water which was really good, actually I enjoyed it WAY more than I expected. The movie is not at all what you expect it to be... much like the rest of M. Night Shamalamadingdong's movies. It's a definite buy... plus it was mine and Erin's second date movie. :)

On Tuesday, I was really nervous... Erin's family came into town to see the shows at JWT. It was a big family thing... her mom and dad, two aunts, an uncle, and a grandmother came down from Newark, Ohio (near Columbus). As Erin is my first girlfriend, I've never known the anxiety of "I hope her family likes me". That night we ate at Billy Ray's, which is an awesome home-style cooking restaurant... and apparently while I would be talking to one family member, the others over my shoulder to Erin would mouth the words, "we like him", and "he's a good one". That evening I went to watch the show (Legend of Jenny Wiley) and ended up running music and sound effects for it.

Erin, her family, and I rented a pontoon boat on Wednesday. It was her mother's birthday, and we had cake and chips and cookies out on the boat. It really was a beautiful day to spend with some fine folks. Watched Footloose and hung out with some of the gang after the show.

It was a great week so far, and Erin comes to visit tomorrow, and she'll be staying through Sunday!!! She'll be here for my birthday, which is an awesome present in itself!! A lot of my friends will get to meet her, which I am very excited about! I think she's as nervous to meet all of my friends as I was to meet her parents. She's adorable. :)

Haiku

Running out of time.
Going to be left behind.
Life won't be the same.

Really Great Week

This past week, I got to hang out with Stephanie a lot. Y'know some last-chance one-to-one friend time.

Tuesday was her last day at work, and so we celebrated by taking in a double feature of Click and Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest. Both movies were really great... we were both really pleased because for some reason we had both heard fairly bad reviews for Pirates (not that I take too much stock in what critics think). Oh and by the way... for all of you movie goers that like to stick around for something to possibly happen after the credits... something does happen, and it's not worth sticking around. If you want to know - I'll tell you.

Wednesday I helped Stephanie clean up her house a bit for when Chris came to visit. I also got a new toy that I can't get enough of. I ordered a Palm T|X from buy.com... it's really awesome. It's equipped with BlueTooth and WiFi and has expandable memory. You can check email and browse the internet. You can also view photos, watch videos, and listen to music on it. I really love the ability to take photos with me instead of carrying them in my wallet.

Thursday I finally got my LiveWire fix after 3 months of being away. Dustin joined me after work. Stephanie and Chris joined us a little later... Steph had just gotten back from picking him up at the airport. And Katie joined us shortly after that. Then we all went to Casa Cafe where Steph's mom joined us and we all dined on great mexican food.

Friday I went to Steph's and hung out with her and Chris, and they helped me out with a cover letter for my resume that I'm sending to Barter Theatre. Then we watched Office Space which Chris hadn't seen, ate some dinner, and then played the requisite game of Mario Party on GameCube.

Saturday I headed up to Fayette Mall in the morning because JWT was doing a promo in the mall and Erin was going to be there. Unfortunately, I only was able to spend about 30 minutes with her because 1) the vehicle she was riding in was the last one to arrive (a little late, too) and 2) I had to drive back to Richmond for Stephanie and Chris' co-ed wedding shower. Erin and I both pretty much agreed that any amount of time we get to see each other is completely worth it. On the upside, I bought a really awesome shirt at Hollister for 20 bucks. When I left the Mall, I drove down for the wedding shower... which was a blast. There are just some groups of people that you can't help but have a good time with... those people were all there. After the wedding shower, it was bachelor/ette party time. Now Chris had already had his actual bachelor party in England, so really it was just a few guys going out drinking... pretty low key. We went bowling for a bit, then hit a pool hall and shot pool for a couple hours. It was still a great time, just what the doctor ordered.

Living

I was thinking the other day about all the places I've lived and how long I've lived there (since moving out of my parents house). Here's what I came up with:

January 2000
Moved to Richmond, KY - Keystone Drive
Total: 17 months [1 year, 5 months]

May 2001
No actual residence - first summer at JWT

August 2001
Found apartment - Marietha Drive
Total: 24 months [2 years]

August 2003
Moved in with Dustin / Brian - High Street
Total: 16 months [1 year, 4 months]

January 2005
Moved to Lexington - Todds Road
Total: 12 months [1 year]

January 2006
Moved in with Dustin / Katie - Caroline Drive
Current total: 7 months

* Summers of 2001 - 2006, resided at JWT Company Housing

Stupid 'Net Tricks

Scott -- [noun]: A poltergeist sent back in time to change the course of history forever 'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Another Photo

Me and Erin
Originally uploaded by sglascock.

This one is another good photo of Erin... try to ignore the sober-challenged person next to her.

Home | Bittersweet Good-byes

Well, I'm home at last. Looking at the calendar, I should be able to have a little bit of down time before one of two things happens (school or barter theatre gig).

I'm going to be taking as much opportunity as I can to spend time with Stephanie before she gets hitched and leaves for London. I also have some time that Erin and I can visit each other, she's coming to Richmond some, and I'll head to Prestonsburg some. We're both really excited about it. I'm very excited for her to meet as many of my friends as possible.

Last night was really tough on me. I had to leave a bunch of great new friends way too soon. I'm not used to leaving during the middle of the season... actually, the past couple of seasons, I've been one of the last people to leave due to my involvement with the Theatre On Wheels school tours after the summer season. I decided I wanted to have lunch with some people before I left, and I spread the word that whoever wanted to, could come... I was only expecting 4 or 5 people to show up, but there were around 16! Erin of course was there, Elizabeth and Wade (who I worked with on the promo tour), Wes (a buddy of mine from college/JWT), Scott (my boss), Sarah & Hemphill who I knew from last summer, plus a couple of other people in the company that i'd grown close to over the past months (Katie M., Katie Pfrogner, Bronson, Lindsay, and Tony).

It was really tough to say good-bye to all of those people. I have this category of people that I call "Good People". This means they're good to have around in pretty much any situation, and you really don't get tired of being around them. The group that came to eat lunch with me are all good people. And even though I know in this business it's tough to keep in touch with everyone you meet... a good number of these people will never be more than a phone call or an e-mail away.

Best Last Day

Today is my last day at good ole' JWT. I woke up today and took Erin to a spot on the lake where we had a yummy picnic consisting of sandwiches, potato salad, pasta salad, drinks, with oreo delight and butterfinger delight for dessert. After eating we took a dip in the lake and enjoyed each other's company. It was a great day.

Erin also made me a farewell mix CD. It was very sweet... here's the list:

I'll Cover You - RENT
Let Your Troubles Roll By - Carbon Leaf
I've Got a Crush on You - Michael Buble' (boo-bley)
Dare You to Move - Switchfoot
The Perfect Drug - Nine Inch Nails
Here With Me - Plumb
I'd Give It All For You - Songs for A New World
I Won't Spend Another Night Alone - The Ataris
Symphony - Jessica Riddle
The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice
Gone - Switchfoot
The Days Go By So Slow - Nightmare of Ya
La Vie Theadore - Alain Souchon
Since You've Been Gone - Theory of a Dead Man
Casmir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens
The Greatest View - Silverchair
Looking Back on Today - The Ataris
That I Would Be Good - Alanis Morissette

Things I'll Miss:
- Erin (everything about her)
- the friends I've made here
- the paycheck

Things I won't Miss:
- worrying about rain
- being so far away from my friends

What I look forward to:
- any day I get to see Erin
- all my friends meeting Erin
- spending time with Stephanie
- spending time with Dustin & Katie
- spending time at LiveWire
- Sushi
- Thai Food

Untimely Opportunities

Situation:

You have your life all set up for the next year to eighteen months, and then events take place to make you question all that. It makes you rethink what's best for you, friends, family, and career, etc.

Explanation:

I have been planning on going back to school this fall after returning from my summer at JWT and traveling abroad to celebrate Stephanie and Chris' wedding in London. Yesterday, I was given a possible job opportunity. The Barter Theatre in Virginia is looking for a Master Electrician. It would be an 8 month contract that would be well paying and include housing. The down side is that I wouldn't be going back to school this fall. This is a great opportunity for me to expand my horizons and further myself in my field and expand my resume by working at a theatre that's not JWT.

Question:

Any advice? If there's any clarification needed, I'd be happy to accommodate.

Sunday, Bloody Sunday

Okay, If you haven't already seen "W's" cover of this U2 Song.... go watch it now.

Check out the video.

Upgrades

It's amazing how something simple in your life will reenergize it for you. Well, this can almost be taken literally for me. I just recently bought a new battery for my laptop. I had been confined to the 6 foot leash of power for several months now, and it feels great to be able to just open up my laptop and do some quick work without having to pull out the power cable and find an outlet. This will be particularly helpful in my vagrant past time of visiting coffee houses and other Wi-Fi hotspots. Aside from my new freedom in Lithium Ion form, I also purchased a 1GB USB Thumbdrive. It too has come in VERY handy so far. I've been able to transfer pictures from friends computers to mine, as well as having documents available wherever I go that I might need them (without having to carry around my computer).

I purchased both of these things on Buy.com for a VERY reasonable price. The 1GB thumbdrive was only $27. Go me! I'm thinking about maxing out my memory in my computer while I'm at it to give it just a little bit more life until I can afford to buy a new computer. Those MacBook Pros are looking quite interesting.

iPod Musings

To understand what this is all about... check out Patch's blog. A lot of mine made sense... some didn't... and some were just eerie.

Will I get far in life?
Last Night's Daydream (Downhere)

How do my friends see me?
Open Your Eyes (Goldfinger)

Where will I get married?
When I Go Out (Five Iron Frenzy)

What is my best friendÂ’s theme song?
Stardust (Frank Sinatra)

What is the story of my life?
You Don't Know how it Feels (Tom Petty)

What was high school like?
Dateless Losers (Reel Big Fish)

How can I get ahead in life?
Cheer Up (Reel Big Fish)

What is the best thing about me?
Pressing On (Relient K)

How is today going to be?
It's Still Rock n Roll to Me (Billy Joel)

What is in store for this weekend?
Kit Kat Jam (Dave Matthews Band)

What song describes my parents?
Pressure (Billy Joel)

My grandparents?
Tribute (Tenacious D)

How is my life going?
Elephant Love Medley (Moulin Rouge Soundtrack)

What song will they play at my funeral?
The Kids Don't Like It (Reel Big Fish)

How does the world see me?
One Real Thing (Skillet)

Will I have a happy life?
If It Were Up To Me (Rooney)

What do my friends really think of me?
The Remedy (Jason Mraz)

Do people secretly lust after me?
You May Be Right (Billy Joel)

How can I make myself happy?
All You Can Ever Learn is What You Already Know (The Ataris)

What should I do with my life?
Brick (Ben Folds Five)

Will I ever have children?
New Beginning (Trapt)

What is some good advice?
Rain King (Counting Crows)

What is my signature dancing song?
Rosanna (Toto)

What do I think my current theme song is?
Tiny Dancer (Elton John)

What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
Scott's A Dork (Reel Big Fish)

What type of men/women do you like?
3000 Miles Away (Daily Planet)

Finally

Okay, here's a picture of me and my girl. Cute, huh?

July 4th - 24 hours

Okay, my fourth of july was pretty good. It actually started on the 3rd. Some quick background. A friend of mine here (Elizabeth Kenseck - I worked with her on the Promo Tour before the summer season started) and I decided we needed to have a tequila night. Well, unfortunatly with her rehearsal schedule and my build schedule, there was never really a night that either of us could afford to stay up late to drink... The entire crew and cast had July 4th off... so the night of July 3rd was to become Tequila Night.

July 3rd, 10:00pm - Operation: Tequila Night commences.
This was the first night in a long time that I've had the chance to spread my social butterfly wings. It was a lot of fun. After a bottle of tequila and 3 coronas, the night for me was over... Erin was really down about me leaving on the 14th, and so I gave her some one-on-one time and cheered her up. We had a really awesome night.

July 4th, 11:00am - Operation: Tequila Night aftermath.
I woke up feeling pretty chipper, no hangover, no headache or anything. I'm pretty smart how I handle my alcohol, so I rarely feel bad the next day.

Today one of the local cast members was hosting a party at their house...kind of a cookout sort of thing. It was a blast and there was great food. A bunch of us took a dip in the lake, and then went home to change for a carnival at Archer park and then to watch fireworks... well, as well all began to emerge from our showers, it began to pour outside. We decided to go to Applebee's in Pikeville as a big group, and had some drinks and appetizers instead. This was a LOT of fun.

We never made it to the fireworks, but we bought some sparklers and played with those when we got home.

That was about 11:00pm when all was said and done. A very enjoyable 4th of July experience.... sans fireworks. :(

iMix of the Moment

Taking a small cue from Patch and his playlists... this is the first installment of iMix of the Moment.

01. The Darkness - I believe in a thing called love
02. The Romantics - What I like about you
03. Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
04. Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
05. Counting Crows - Accidentally in Love
06. Ben Folds - The Luckiest
07. Elton John - Your Song
08. Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
09. Five Iron Frenzy - Every New Day
10. Huey Lewis & The News - Power of Love

The "G" Word

Okay, it's not like it's a bad word or anything... just the first time I can say that I've had one of these.

girlfriend.

It's official. I don't know how long this will last, if it ends up just being a summer romance, or what. But I'm loving every minute of it... and I think she is too. Unfortunately we both keep looking towards July 14th (my last day at JWT) and what that all means for "us". I keep trying to have a very fun and positive attitude towards the relationship, but July 14th keeps coming back into my mind. :(

Yeah... kind like that.

Okay, so situation:

You've never drank a coke in your life, and someone gave you a sip.. and you decided you really liked it... wouldn't you want to drink a coke as much as possible? You might drink one every day... or perhaps for every meal.

I really like coke. ;)

Good Things...

... come to those who wait.

Life's going really well right now. The season at Jenny Wiley is awesome so far. I was also able to go work the Willow Creek Creative Arts Conference in Chicago with some guys from St. Awesome's. It was a great experience.

Some very exciting news - I've actually met a girl. Her name is Erin. She's really awesome and sweet and cute, and we have a blast together. I look forward to this journey (wherever it leads) each day. :)


- It is better to have loved and lost, then never to have loved at all.

106 miles to Chicago

106 miles to Chicago
Originally uploaded by sglascock.

Tim, Chris, Matt & Scott at Willow Creek Creative Arts Conference.

Update

Okay, so I'm out here in grand P-burg. I'm getting buff and tan. Working and making money. Times are good. The lighting department is in an awesome place, we're ahead of the game, and it's very nice.

Last night was a much needed 'decompress' night for me. One of the actresses had a bad day, and she needed some company in her libation indulgence. To help cheer her up a bit, I took her out to Reno's to the bar. It was nice, we had some good conversation, I had a beer, and we came back... apparently a lot of people needed to decompress. It was the first "stay up late and drink" night we've had... and probably the last until The Music Man opens on June 7th. We ended up playing three-man (if you don't know, I'll tell you later) into some wee hours.

I'm having some of those mixed feelings about the summer.

1) I'm looking forward to getting back to Richmond at the end of my contract to spend time with my friends (especially Stephanie).

2) I'm going to miss out on the fun part of the summer when all the shows are built and we're just running them at night, and hanging out during the day.

Yeah, I know... cry me a river.

That's all for now... somebody call me, I miss you guys!

Politics & Dancing

Politics & Dancing
Originally uploaded by sglascock.

Breathing Room?

I finally have a chance to post for real. Hooray for a day off!

The Promo Tour is over, and I have mixed feelings. One one side, I'm glad that I can focus on just the lighting job; on the other side, I really enjoyed the company of the people I worked with on the tour and performing is always a good time for me.

Our Company Picnic is tonight @ 6:00. It's basically for all the board members to meet all the cast and crew for the season... and kind of builds a little bit of community for the theatre.

Played Frisbee Golf with a couple folks last night, it was their first time, but they both did really well. It was a blast. Then went out to the Holiday Inn for Karaoke with Elizabeth, Wade, and SFB. SFB sang "Wanted, Dead or Alive", Wade sang... well, the song title has slipped my mind for the moment. And I sang, "Soul Man".

In other news - I went with a few guys to see the DaVinci Code on Friday night. It was really good. I had a few issues with the movie... but I was pleased. Definitely read the book when you get the chance.

Work is going really well, my crew is awesome. We're quite a bit ahead right now... and hoping to stay that way.

Aside from work, sleep, and eat... ... well there is no aside from that other than what I've already mentioned. Pretty much a "same old, same old" kind of situation here.

Later taters.

Random

Official Things of Kentucky:

Musical Instrument: Appalachian Dulcimer
Drink: Milk
Outdoor Musical: The Stephen Foster Story
Wild Game Animal: Grey Squirrel
Gemstone: Freshwater Pearl
Language: English
Latin Motto: Deo Gratiam Habeamus
Soil: Crider Soil Series

Past Due

Reporting to you live in Somerset, KY

Sorry it's been so long since my last post. I have very limited access to the internet the majority of the time in Prestonsburg. And when I have the free time to be on the internet... I'd rather sleep or enjoy my time in the outdoors.

What's been going on lately? Well, I'm glad you asked. The Promo Tour is going well... we're playing mostly to senior centers who really enjoy the show, but just aren't engaging audiences for a performer.

Tonight while in Somerset, I saw a few people from my past, and it was really good to catch up with them again. One was the music minister and choir director for the church where I grew up... in fact, she was actually the contact at our first Somerset show. Later while at the local "mall" to see a movie, I ran into an old theatre buddy of mine.

In other news, I got a call from my good friend Ben Stewart who just recently got engaged... it was a really good call. He asked me to be one of his groomsmen.. of course I said yes (well, after giving him a bit of a hard time). Again, CONGRATULATIONS BEN and REBEKAH!!!

Most of the JWT Crew has arrived, and the work is underway. They're all pretty cool, and seem to be really hard workers... it's going to be an awesome season. Our work schedule is going to be pretty much 8:00am to 7:00pm - Monday thru Saturday. A lot of work that will really pay off and totally be worth it.

Lets see ... more ramblings...

In order to help speed up some "beef up" process, i've seriously upped my protien intake. I actually bought a jug of soy protien powder to make shakes with. With currently very little physical activity happening I still see some progress.

Last Sunday I made another trip to Lexington, I wasn't on my own accord this time, though, so don't bombard me with "I can't believe you were in town and didn't call me"... this means you, Patch. Went to the mall and hamburg, bought a couple of shirts, a new frisbee disc (for one that I lost on a crappy round of disc golf) and some Godiva chocolate truffles.

Started reading "The DaVinci Code"... I'm hooked... I really am enjoying it. Much like many books, I find myself unwilling to put it down.

Well, I've yammered on WAY to long tonight. I hope all my "peeps" are "keeping it real"... or whatever vernacular kids these days use... take care, and uhm... give me a call sometime.

Seacrest out.

weekend

Well, most of the weekend was the usual sleep, work, and play kind of deal for the tour. The only interesting part was Sunday when I drove to Lexington (see previous post).

Elizabeth, Wade and I all needed some breathing room from JWT for a day, so we all came to Lexington. I went to church in the morning, hung out with Steph for most of the afternoon after church, and in the evening we met up with Wade, Elizabeth and Wes at the Macaroni Grill for some good food and about three and a half hours of sitting around talking and laughing.

Good times.

Rock and (or) Roll

I had the day off Sunday, so I took a little trip into Lexington and arrived early enough that I was able to make it to church (St. Awesome's - ala Patch). They always do the coolest message series during the summer for some reason... I think the teaching and creative arts teams get together and say, "Let's see... Scott is going to be out of town starting at the end of April... THAT's when we shall do the coolest message series of the year!"

This summer is no exception.

Finding Faith in Rock n Roll is the name of the series, and the service was incredible! They started out with "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar... and it was awesome. The whole service just had an amazing energy about it. One of those days you just really love to be at church... it also marked the very first time I've actually sat in the congregation since the new building opened. I've either been out of town, or helping run the services. I loved every minute of it. It was such a rush and a definite needed resupply of energy.

In other news - the tour is going well... we've hit a few snags and... well, if you want the whole story, I'll tell you in person some time. The people I'm working with are terrific, though. Wade McGowan, Elizabeth Kenseck, and Jasmine Osborne... I've worked some with both Wade and Jasmine, but Elizabeth is new. They're all really cool and a lot of fun to be around.

lightning round

Since Friday -

Played 3 rounds of disc golf, did better each time. My arm is really sore.

Rehearsed for the promo tour each day. I have this really funny lip-sync and dance with puppets to a FOOTLOOSE medley.

Other spare time events - did laundry, played MechAssault 2 and StarWars Battlefront on Xbox.

Tried to call some people. Nobody calls back. (thanks)

JWT - the beginning

While I didn't actually start work on my first day, it was an interesting one. Here's the highlights:

- Arrived.
- Played a round of disc golf.
- Grabbed some grub at Dairy Cheer.
- Bought some essential groceries.
- Removed a huge tick from my chest.
- Went to bed at 10:00pm. (fell asleep watching Family Guy DVD)

Leaving on a jet plane...

... and by jet plane I mean my blue chevy cavalier.

Getting ready to shut my computer down to take it with me to P-burg and JWT. I don't usually have much access to the internet there so the posting will be fewer and farther between. I know that really tears you guys up. You'll have to be strong... for the kids.

Anyway, I'm outta here. My last day out there is July 14th, feel free to drop some emails or call to say hi! And if you're feelin' really good, come on out and see a show. [check out www.jwtheatre.com for schedules]

Keep the faith alive.

Pad See Ew

On the spur of the moment, I called up William to play some disc golf. After the round we ate at Pad Thai in Tates Creek Center. They have the best Crab Rangoon I have ever eaten... they're made fresh and warm, and cast a very huge crabby and cream cheese shadow over all other lesser crab rangoons at chinese buffets.

William got the wierdest fortune cookie ever. Too bad I can't remember what it said.

Return of Bengals Watch

The 2006 NFL Schedules are out. Preseason starts Sunday, August 13, and the regular season starts up on Sunday, September 10. With the way the Bengals played last season, I'm really stoked about 2006.

NFL Draft in less than 10 days.

Patch Works Vol. 1

Hey gang, if any of you know Patrick Drury, visit his blog daily, or read his column, you should know that he's compiled his first year's worth of columns into a book, and it's available for purchase. Check it out.

"Fed up with those tired, predictable, feel-good pieces of crap that pass for inspirational reading these days? Patrick is too, and hes doing something about it mainly talking about life, love, sex, and spirituality with just enough cursing and beer references to make him appear cool and edgy. Give PatchWorks a read."
- Fred Turner, Crossroads Christian Church

goto cafepress.com to buy | Patchworks Vol.1

Celebration!!

I have a few things to point out... first before the craziness ensues... the OFFICIAL day I'm leaving for P-burg and good ole JWT is Thursday (start work on Friday).

Now - CONGRATULATIONS BEN & REBEKAH! (They got engaged this weekend!) I'm happy for them (even if Ben did tell me via comment section...)

On another note - I have my ticket to go to London!!!! WHOO HOO! Found the cheapest flights I've been able to snag, so there it is... I'm going to London!

This weekend at "St. Awesome's" (see post) was just that. Saturday night for me was a little rough, but I still got some compliments. Sunday, I totally made up for it, though. The whole technical team was amazing... it was what I might consider the "dream team". It was a great note to go out on... leaving for the summer and all.

It's an illness, really

I just want to say "Thank goodness I never tried drugs." I have what one might call, "an addictive personality". But not for everything, mind you. Only when I get really interested in something.

Enter Disc Golf.

Yesterday, in preparation for being gone for a few months and knowing I'll have VERY easy access to a disc golf course, I purchased a few more discs. After borrowing a couple from Ben (thanks man), it made me itch to buy a couple. So I did. I did this for a secondary reason - so that someone who wants to play with me doesn't need their own disc(s).

Here's what I bought:
- "Beast" (long-distance driver)
- "Leopard" (fairway driver)
- another "shark" (multipurpose)
- "Aviar Putt & Approach (putter)

Okay, now that the equipment is bought, the only thing that will really satiate my hunger is to play!

Happy Easter funny

Here's an early Easter gift. I wanted to do something for all my loyal readers... but I'm poor. So here's what you get. Some half-eaten chocolate bunnies.

Enjoy!

friday

Today was a pretty awesome day.

1) Ben and Rebekah came through town today. I had lunch with them, Steph, Chris and another Chris. It turned out to be a three-hour lunch. It was awesome. I borrowed two golf disc from Ben, a lond-distance drive (the T-Bird) and a putter (Rhyno).

2) Hung out with Steph and Chris the rest of the afternoon into the evening. Spent some good quality time with them. They're usually so busy when Chris is in town I don't usually get to spend such solid time with them, so today was doubly awesome.

3) Hung out with Dustin some tonight when I got home. Tried to use a telescope to look at the stars... then it got cloudy, so we turned into peeping toms... of course there were no open windows, so we just enjoyed the warm evening air.

random

Sorrows are currently being drowned with my buddy George Killian.

Working on a new project. (not redesigning my site)

Thinking about how much life after august will suck.

Uncle Scott Needs You: Revisited

Okay, I've finally had the chance to look around at some music. Thanks to those of you (Patrick and Jeff) who actually suggested something. To the rest of you, you are dead to me. Here's what I picked so far:

Phantom Planet - Do The Panic
Phantom Planet - In The End
Josh Rouse - Sunshine (Come On Lady)
Killers - Mr. Brightside
Roper - 1985

Okay, here's a chance for you to all redeem yourselves. I'm 1/3 through my iTunes gift card. Suggest music. Go. Now.

growing up

"Sometimes growing up means making the tough decisions.

I'm a people pleaser by nature. I like harmony. I like calm waters. The thought of not being able to come to a decision where all parties are satisfied churns my stomach and twists it into knots. I'm talking lost sleep sort of bothered.

Very few times have I had to make a really difficult decision. The past few days have presented one to me, and I finally made it. It is one of those choices you make where you're not really going to feel a lot better about either option. I had to sit down and look at the situation, and figure it out using nothing but cold hard fact. I made the choice that will benefit me most.

Is that selfish? Yes. Was it the right choice? Yes. Was it easy? Not at all.

I know that sometimes I have to think about myself. I have to think about what the future has in store for me and make my life out of what I can. I'm not talking mogul take-overs and stepping on all the little people on the way up... just mapping out my life (as much as anyone can) and figure out how I can live a healthy, happy, comfortable, and fullfilled life.

Is there anything good that comes from being an adult?

Update: 3:44pm | 04.13.06
I feel like crap.

what?

Affordable In-Home LASIK Surgery you can do Yourself!

Uhm... yeah... I don't know if it's for real or not... but I wouldn't try it.

LASIK@Home

what you missed

(or what you didn't care that you missed)

This weekend was a pretty good one.

Friday night played poker @ Steph's with her, Chris, Dustin, and Katie. Her mom makes a pretty mean hamburger.

Saturday morning I drove Stephanie and Chris to the Cinci airport (we left at 6:00am... what a great friend I am), they flew out to Las Vegas for a few days. (see previous post) Due to the late poker night, and the way-too-early trip to Cinci, when I got home, I crashed in my bed. Didn't wake up until late that evening. Totally forgot about a friend (and a guy I learned a lot about lighting from) coming into town and missed getting to see him.

Sunday I drove up to Mom's. Had dinner with her and my Uncles Ken and Ed, and my Aunt Ruth. After dinner we played dominos. I won for the first time! It was an empty victory, though.

Monday, Mom and I went to Circuit City. She bought a new TV. I hate her.

After we got home and setup the TV, we went and played something I had been itching to play for some time.

Disc (Frisbee) Golf. We played, well, actually, I played, and she walked and kept me company a course that's about 10 minutes away from mom's house. For only my second time playing I did okay. I didn't lose my disc. I scored 24 over par.

I went back Tuesday morning to play another round, mom had a dentist appointment so I went by myself. I came in only 5 over par on that round! (7 over on the front 9, 2 under on the back 9).

I learned a LOT about disc golf just by playing those two times. I'm better equipped now to figure out what type of discs to buy based on the way I throw and how different discs fly.

Picked up Stephanie and Chris at the airport on the way home from Mom's. We grabbed a pizza and watched Big Fish. It was awesome. A very moving and wonderful film. It will be a definite "buy" for me.

That's it... now go away, i'm tired... and where's my soup?

green-eyed monster

Right now, Stephanie and Chris are in Las Vegas at a Billy Joel concert. They are in the second row.

I hate them.

random

1) Tornados and the thought of them scare the bejezus out of me.

2) Someone from "Bat Cave" has visited my blog.

3) I sound sexy on podcasts. (skypieces radio - episode 11)

Riddle Time

You are stuck in a room with no windows or doors. A solid room. The only things in this room are a mirror and a table.

How do you escape?

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• You look in the mirror to see what you saw. You use the saw to cut the table in half. Two halves make a whole, you climb through the hole to make your escape.

Delayed but Undaunted

First off, I want to thank everyone who has been there for me in ways of advice, support, and encouragement in my efforts to get my rear in gear and finish my degree (plus taking on the exciting challenge of a minor). [see posts "Motivation" and "Motivation Building"] Unfortunately, due to... well, my own ignorance and idoicy, I'm not able to attend EKU this summer as I had hoped. I ended up not being eligible for financial aide due to mistakes I made last time I attended.

Does this mean I'm giving up? No. I've already contacted EKU to switch my admission application for the Fall Semester.

What this does mean: I'll be working at Jenny Wiley Theatre again this summer. I'll only be there for half the summer this year, though. This will help me to accomplish a few things.

1. I'll be able to save money for school in the Fall.
B. I'll be able to save money to go to London, England for Stephanie's wedding.
next. I'll be able to GO to London (normal JW season wouldn't allow me to go).
IV. I'll be able to enjoy part of my summer with my close friends. (including my birthday!)
101000000. Job searching is always easier in the city you're wanting to work in.
lastly. I'll be able to concentrate on getting my act together for the fall semester.

This just in:

I'll be leaving for JWT on April 17th. I've been offered a part in a promo tour heading out before the actual season starts. I'll be performing my Master Electrician duties starting on the 8th of May. My last day is July 14th.

Last Hours of 24

WOW! I just finished watching the last disc to season 1 of 24. It was awesome! The whole season was great. My only critique is that it ended very ubruptly. There are so many plot twists that my emotions were tied up in pretzels every time I watched! I'd like to take a second to blame Stephanie for getting me hooked. Drat you, Stephanie!

That is all.

Insomnia + MySpace = ...

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet and current street name)
- Quinten Caroline

2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/grandmother on your dad's side, your favorite candy)
- Thomas Snicker

3. YOUR "FLY GIRL/GUY" NAME: (first initial of first name, first two or three letters of your last name)
- SGla

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite animal, favorite color)
- Cheetah Blue

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
- Patrick Dayton

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (first 3 letters of your last name, last 3 letters of mother's maiden name, first 3 letters of your pet's name)
- Gla Ing Qui

7. JEDI NAME: (middle name spelled backwards, your mom's maiden name spelled backwards)
- Kcirtap Gniseimhcs

8. SUPERHERO NAME: ("The", your favorite color, the automobile you drive)
- The Orange Cavalier

Okay, now, grab this... put your own answers and either post in my comment section or post on your own blog (but let mw know so I can check it out).

Uncle Scott Needs You

Okay, I picked up a $15 iTunes card at Wally World the other day... but I suddenly find myself not sure of what I want.

Your mission: suggest music. I'll check it out. If I like it, I'll buy it.

I'll post my selections... go... now!

Bragging

I was just sitting here looking at my calendar and looking forward to traveling to London in August, when I started thinking. Dangerous, I know.

I am so impressed and grateful for friends that it's just difficult to contain sometimes. This particular instance, I'm talking about Stephanie and Chris. As you know, weddings are a very special occasion, and you want to share it with everyone close to you. S&C have gone to such lengths as providing a place to stay for the people from the states going to London for the wedding. In order to have the people they care about near them, they're spending extra money in their wedding plans to accommodate us. Not only that, but they're actually delaying their honeymoon almost a week in order to spend time with their friends and family that are flying in (and staying for a couple extra days). How awesome are they?

These two (to me) represent love and selflessness. God will bless them to the ends of their days together.

Off a tangent: MapStats says that somebody found my site by searching for "coffee enemas". Weird.

LiveWire Tuesday

Dustin, Katie, and I went to LiveWire as usual. K "attended" her online class while she played Mille Bornes with D and I. D won. Afterwards we ate at Cracker Barrel. Their open-faced roast beef is to die for!

Bragged about my new Bluetooth Headset. Anxiously looking forward to phone calls.. more-so than usual.

Update: 04.05.06 @ 12:24am
Finally uploaded all the pieces to the new theme. Look around. I like this one a lot better. It feels more... "complete" to me. If you do nothing else the next time you read my blog... hover over the menu items. Do it. Seriously, I'll wait. ... Cool, huh?

Yuppie, Geek, or Cool

Maybe... All of the above?

I ordered this from buy.com about a week ago, and it just arrived in the mail. It's a Bluetooth headset for a mobile phone.

I just finished charging it and tested it out by listening to my voicemail. You can answer and end calls with the button on the device, plus you can use the voice-dial feature of your phone with the headset. For those numbers in your phonebook programmed with a voice-dial, you don't even have to take your phone out of your pocket (or backpack or purse) for those "frequently called" numbers. This device will also keep me more safe in the car.

Sweet!

Update:
I LOVE this thing. I just use the voice-dial feature twice in my car. It's so awesome!

30 boxes

Found a cool web-calendar yesterday called 30 boxes. It's really cool. For all you mac users, you can import and export your iCal files. This way, you'll have your calendar anywhere you could check your email. You can also share your calendar with friends and family. Pretty cool, yeah?

Update: you can add people as "buddies" and share your calendar with them if you like. Just look for them via their email address. Don't worry, you can share what you want if there are more "private" appointments you need to keep.

potpourri

This weekend was a good one. It even started early with the outdoor fun on Thursday. Friday evening was nice and relaxing. Saturday afternoon was more of the same, and Saturday evening was awesome.

More people than I've stuffed in my car in many years piled into my car and traveled to Danville. Steph, Chris, Dustin, Katie, and I went to Mike and Erin's to play poker and have a relaxing evening of fun. Since we weren't playing for money (bummer) it was "last-man-standing" type rules. Two people had never played poker before, and one of those (Chris) ended up winning the whole night. Stephanie took both Dustin and I out early in the game.

Good times + late night + time change = missed church. :(

The Great Outdoors

Another awesome day outside. Dustin, Katie, Quinn, and I spent some time out in the backyard today. I have some of those wiffle-ball-throwing scoops, and Dustin and I tossed around the wiffle ball and then threw some frisbee. Quinn played, too. Katie enjoyed the outdoors by sitting on the deck and bringing the laptop outside to work on it. Ahhh... Spring.

Now, Richmond, KY... get to work on that Frisbee Golf Course!

Do-over

A couple days ago I started another site redesign.

[pause for groans]

This design is okay, but it was really just a compromise with myself. So, I'm doing it again. It will have similarities to this one, and probably to other ones I've done. I learn with each design, and after I have a particular "trick" under control, I'll work on adding other ones, sometimes abandoning previous ones as not to muddy the water. Anyway. This, along with the beautiful weather, has the excitement bursting at the seams.

Beautiful Day

"Don't let it get away..."

What a gorgeous day outside today. FINALLY it feels like Spring. I REALLY wish there was a frisbee (disc) golf course in Richmond somewhere. I know there's one in Lexington, but I don't feel like driving that far to play. I'm really itching to get outside, though. It's awesome out!

Quote Me

"If the internet were a woman, I'd smack it and kick it in the she-hole."

Fun Web Stuff

I've got a couple things here to show off. You may know about it, you may not. Most of this stuff I've known about for a while... lost interest... then found it again.

Google Earth
This one's pretty cool. It's kind of like Google Maps but on steriods. It's basically satalite imagery of the whole Earth, and you can go to practically any point on the planet you want. If you zoom in on most places, the landscape gets blurry, but for most major cities, you can actually zoom in so far and see a car parked on the street. I've found Bub's house in Louisville, Stephanie & Chris' house in London, my Mom's house in Columbus, Crossroads Church, and a couple of other friend's houses in Lexington. Groovy.

Sudoku Online
Sudoku is a pretty cool logic game that's found it's way into the American Mainstream. When Steph was in London, she mentioned the name to me, and I looked it up, and started playing it. This link was introduced to me by Dustin and then I introduced it to Steph. Now I see people walking around with Sudoku puzzle books.

Sidewalk Art
I saw this one online many months ago, as well, but lost the link to it. Luckily Cousin Tommy found it, thought it was interesting and sent it on to me! I love these. It really takes the whole childhood drawing on the driveway with chalk to a whole new level.

Mobile 17
Formerly "Smash the Tones". I stumbled on this site and got a few of my friends hooked on it. Since I found it, the site has undergone a lot of work. It's very popular site. It allows you to take an mp3 file from your computer and turn it into a ringtone for your phone... FOR FREE!!! It will also allow you to upload pictures to your phone, too.

Full Weekend

I had a blast this weekend. It started Friday when my friend Ben called to remind me that he and the gang from IM were going to be in Williamsburg this weekend for an event. I jumped in the car and drove down to spend a few hours with the guys while they setup their gear and then during and a bit after the event. At one point in the night, Jeff was bothered a bit by something, and he and I went straight to the bible looking for answers. It was a pretty cool moment, I must say. It was awesome to see these guys again. They some of the most sincere, fun, real, and Godly people you might ever meet.

Saturday came way too early, since I got home REALLY late that morning... I got up had some breakfast and lunch and then headed to church. This weekend I was on the "roving stage cam"... and we've figured out better ways to do a few things since we first started using cameras for our services. I was all over the place, getting great shots. Some really cool artsy ones, too. One particular moment was at the end of the feature song, I was behind the vocal team with the camera on the floor. The lights were creating those "flare" effects on the lens and I pushed slowly into the back of the vocal team, slowly tilting the camera up, as I neared the end of my "push", the camera was pointing right in the lights, and I racked the camera out of focus just as the video director fades to black! It was incredible! That night I went to a friend's house for a "game night". It was a blast we played Taboo, Scene It!, and Mafia.

Again, Sunday Morning came too soon for me, and I headed for church. After church Dustin, Katie and I went to hang out with Stephanie for a while (she's such the invalid). We watched a couple movies and then after Dustin & Katie left, Steph and I watched disc 5 of 24: season 3. I came home earlier than I normally do... and crashed early (and hard).

This was an awesome weekend. I wasn't expecting such a full weekend as it was approaching, and now that it's Monday... it feels like it flew by way too fast.

Appreciation - part II

This is something that struck me hard on the way home from Steph's tonight. It's a combination of things. It's different things for different people. You can have an appreciation for music or art. You can appreciate that someone has gone through a lot of work to get something done. Then there is a personal appreciation. I have a lot of appreciation for many people. Here's a few...

My mother. She has raised me really well, put up with a lot of crap from me and loved me the whole time. She's taught me a lot. She's encouraged me and supported me in every choice I made (even the bad ones) teaching me when needed, and allowing me to learn life's lessons the hard way when appropriate.

Stephanie. She's one of my best friends. She has been supportive and encouraging as long as I've known her. She has so much grace and love to give. She's given me a lot of great advice over the years. She's one of the most amazing people I know. She helped me get on track with my Christian journey, and is one of the most fun people I know. You know when someone cares about you a lot, because they get mad at you for settling for less. And as for Chris... who is an amazing person. He takes Stephanie as she is, and all that the package includes, and loves her friends and just seems to fit in with everyone... and of course since we hold Steph's opinion in high regard, we wanted to love him, too... and we do!

Dustin & Katie. Dustin is my other best friend. We've known each other over half our lives! We laughed (a lot). In an uspoken kind of way, we both know we're there for each other. And the both of them are so awesome to help me out when I really need it, by offering me a place to live, so I can get my feet back under me and finish school.

Ben. Another of my greatest friends. Whether he knows it or not, he leads by example... and he leads well. After knowing him, I know that you don't have to be a stiff to be a Christian... you can be real, you can be fun, you can be vulnerable.

Mike & Erin. Both of these people have always been very encouraging to me. Mike has always had good things to say about me and to me. A pretty insightful guy. Another one of the kinds of friends that get mad when you get down on yourself.

Patrick. Although we aren't really close friends, he, too, has always had some pretty good advice when it counted. And he's a genuine type of guy behind the jokes and sarcasm. The kind who notices that something might be troubling you, and asks about it... not because it's the "right thing", but because he cares.

Then there are so many more people from my church that are so genuine and caring, it's almost unbelievable. Matt, Janene, Lisa, Jennifer R., Greg, Adam, Mary, Jennifer T., William, and Mary Beth just to name a few - and those are just the ones I come in contact with on a more regular basis... there are many more.

I appreciate all these people (and more) for everything they do for me and for others. "Thank You" doesn't do it justice... and this post won't come close to describing to you the admiration, love, and respect I have for these people.

Appreciation

"Those who feel they deserve it, usually don't receive it. Those who feel they don't deserve it, usually have it in abundance."
- Scott P. Glascock, March 23, 2006

Snowball

It's kind of fascinating to me about how much I get motivated at one time.

When I start the ball rolling on things, I want to get other balls rolling, too. For instance, as of today, I've applied for financial aid and submitted my application for readmission to EKU. After that, I cleaned up my room. Next, I started getting quotes for Auto Insurance. I've discovered that I could save almost $300 by switching to just about ANY auto insurance provider.

How awesome is that?!

Motivation Building

Okay, so, I've been doing a lot of work on getting myself back into school... possibly even this summer. But this new minor that I'm wanting to add is really getting my engines running! Here's the skinny:

Minor in Computer Electronic Publishing
Classes:
CSC160 - Intro to Programming
My first major was Computer Science, and I took a couple of programming classes... only slightly enjoyed it. This one is a prerequisite of another class.

GCM211&212 - Graphic Communication & Lab
An overview of the market segments using the technologies of printing, publishing, packaging, electronic imaging, and their allied industries.

GCM217 - Electronic Publishing
Desktop publishing and additional computerized tools for composing type, line and continuous tone images into appropriately designed layouts for the graphic arts.

GCM317 - Advanced Electronic Publishing
Advanced desktop publishing course in the design, creation, and assembling of text and graphical images. In depth of study of color theory, color management and color separation.

TEC313 - Digital Photography
A study of current technology used to digitize traditional photographic images for use in computer application programs. This includes the acquisition of images from scanners, digital cameras and optical discs.

TEC255 - Web Publishing
A study of preparing content for the World Wide Web that includes the use of professional level software.

TEC355 - Web Animation
An advanced course in preparing content for the World Wide Web. Emphasis will be on style sheets and advanced graphic formats that include vector animation, Portable Document Format files and streaming video.

Louisville Trip III - Shopping

As you may or may not know, there are a couple of really big malls in Louisville. We hit 'em both. Now, in the current financial state I'm in, I don't do a lot of frivolous shopping. But there were a few things I found that I really wanted. They weren't expensive things and I just got my federal refund, so I spent a few bucks on some things I liked.

I bought two card games at a store called, "Something To Do". The first card game is called "Mille Bourne". I used to have a computer game like it, and when I saw this, I just had to get it. The second card game is called "PIT", and it was introduced to me during a Card Night event a while back by Rose. It's not a quiet game at all. The object is to get all 9 cards of the "same suit", to do that, you have to trade cards, kind of like you're in the stock market. It's a blast.

The third thing I bought was a frisbee. Not an ordinary frisbee but a disc golf frisbee. I've played disc golf a couple of times and enjoyed myself... figured ten bucks was work getting my own disc. There's a couple of courses to play around Lexington, so that will be awesome.

And a little freebee I got, thanks to an out-of-stock Pink Motorola RAZR phone, was a Motorola V551. The Short VersionJamie wanted a pink RAZR, the store didn't have one. She bought a black RAZR. Later... the store had a pink RAZR, so she bought a pink one, Kelly took the black one... and now I have his old phone (which is still WAY newer than mine, and in much better condition).

This concludes the "Louisville Trip" series. Hope you enjoyed reading.

700th Post!!!

By the way, the previous post was my 700th! Wow. This is actually the 701st post.

A Brief History
I've been dabbling in creating webpages since '98 or '99. During that time I worked on a personal webpage with all kinds of theatre stuff, plus an archive of shows that Somerset Community College had done.

After 2000, when I came to EKU, I worked on the same thing for EKU shows. I attempted creating an Alpha Psi Omega page (the Theatre Honorary Fraternity) to list all the members, by-laws, and that sort.

The blogging bug bit me in October 2003 after reading Stephanie's and Patrick's. I started blogging like a fiend.

In November of 2004, I bought the domain name "skipthehero.com" and a webhost package. I used skills that I had picked up to create a custom template for my blog, and began working on a complete site. The site would be a journal, an online resume, and a portfolio.

Now, after three (and a half) designs later, a few more tricks up my sleeve, and over 700 posts, I don't feel any signs of stopping. In fact, it's more ingrained in my blood than I once realized. I'm going to take on a minor in Computer Electronic Publishing.

Louisville Trip II - Entertainment

Part II of my Louisville trip looks at what Bub and I did for fun.

Bub and I are avid Xbox gamers. Unfortunately, his Xbox was on the fritz... fortunately, mine wasn't. :)

The Games
One of the things we did a lot of this weekend (aside from enjoying each other's company) was blow the ever-living crap out of some bad guys! The favorite game of the weekend was Star Wars: Battlefront. It's a pretty cool game. It lets you be a part of most of the "historic" battles of all of the Star Wars movies, and you can choose which side to be, good or bad. The main objective is to either control all the "command posts" on the map, or totally eliminate every last soldier the opponent has. The other games didn't get much play time. He let me borrow a few games, though that I'm looking forward to playing...

* X-Men Legends
* Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
* Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
* Midway Arcade Treasuers - this one has a bunch of "old school" games on it.

The Movies
We watched a couple of movies while I was there, as well.

* Howl's Walking Castle - Anime. Have you ever fallen asleep during a movie and woken up about 5 minutes later, but been so lost that it was tough to understand what was going on in the movie? Yeah, this movie is kind of like that - except you don't fall asleep.
* A History of Violence - this one stars that guy from Lord of the Rings (Viggo... something). It was a "good" movie. Very dark. This may be a "watch only once or twice" kind of movie. Maybe I need to see it again to appreciate it.

Stay tuned for more...

Louisville Trip - Food

I just got back from a trip to visit my "Big Brother" Kelly (and his wife Jamie) for the weekend. I had a blast (as I always do) with him. It was really great to see them both again. Here's a run-down of the weekend...

Well, one thing that always happens during my trips to Louisville to see Bub (Bubba is his nickname) is that we eat... well, good, and a lot! My stomach hasn't been that full for that long in a while. :)

* Thursday - Chinese for dinner
* Friday - breakfast and lunch were simple; for dinner we ate at a place called "McAlister's Deli"... I had a sandwich called "The Big Nasty". It was basically an open-faced roast beef sandwhich, but better, and it was huge!
* Saturday - We woke up early and stuffed ourselves at Waffle House. We didn't really eat lunch because we were still so full from breakfast. For dinner we grabbed some steak, potatoes and salad from this really awesome grocery store there. We took that back and grilled out Saturday night.
* Sunday - a very lazy day. I had some pop-tarts for breakfast, and we ate pizza rolls for lunch (while watching UK get beat by UCONN).

I'm not sure ... but I think I'm still full.

Motivation

When motivation comes along you gotta ride the wave hard and fast before it falters. After an awesome conversation last night, and a brainstorming effort a couple days ago, I have a fire lit that I'm ready to stoke.

I'm finally excited about finishing college.

I got online this morning and looked up all the classes I need to graduate and had finished my list when a little bird whispered in my ear. The whisper was telling me to explore a minor. A minor in Computer Electronic Publishing. The best thing about this is that after I laid out the ground-work, I came to the conclusion that it would only take one extra semester to finish it. This would finally finish my degree in Theatre, AND give me an extra skills set to use on the side (or if it would become very lucritive, as a main income). Basically the C.E.P. minor would have me working with Digital Media and eventually with Web Design... something I'm already pseudo-familiar with.

Anyway, for the first time in a year and a half, I'm excited about finishing school.

The End is in sight, and I'm pressing on!

Rewind

Okay, so a lot has happened in the past few days that I haven't had the time to post about... so here it is now in most of it's glory.

Saturday and Sunday
This weekend at church, the two big-wigs of our production team were on vacation. I was dropped in one of the slots for the weekend (Technical Director) as well as performing my usual volunteer duties of setting up and running the lights for the services. Needless to say, I was pretty nervous about the whole thing. I didn't sleep very well Friday night. The setup went pretty smoothly, in fact we were done about an hour early, so the video guys switched on the UK basketball game to the 3 huge widescreen video screens we have in the main room. Saturday night's service went really smoothly, too. No hiccups or incidents to speak of.

Sunday morning went just as well as Saturday night, and the transition to Reverb went off without a hitch. Patrick spoke at Reverb this weekend in place of Fred Turner (who was on vacation). I was very impressed. I had seen him do a monologue, or heard his writing before, but never deliver the teaching message. He did a great job. Sunday afternoon I went home and took a nap for about 4 hours. I don't usually take naps, so this is a testament to the stress level I was feeling, plus the lack of sleep.

Saturday night
I went with Stephanie and Jennifer to see Failure to Launch with Matthew Maconehey (sp?) and Sarah Jessica Parker. It was really funny, I'd say a good date movie or a good rental. I'd give it the rating of a "possible buy".

Monday and Tuesday
I spent most of Monday at St. Joseph's hospital keeping Stephanie's mom company during Steph's surgery. The surgery only took an hour, and the doctor said that things really couldn't have gone any better. They removed three tumors with no problems. The tumors were on the outside of her uterus, and the doctor said there should be no problem with her carrying or giving birth naturally. Stephanie had so many people there that cared for her. Tuesday, I went back to the hospital to visit Steph while she was a bit more lucid. The previous day, she was basically drunk off the medicine, proving incoming phone calls to be quite humorous from an onlooker's viewpoint. She was doing really well on Tuesday, and many people came to visit her or called while she was there, proving how much and how many people care for her.

Today, Wednesday - Stephanie is on her way home from the hospital!

Just So You Know

Contrary to popular belief.
- I don't like being without a job.
- I don't like being a burden.
- I AM searching for a job.

Unless I ask for your help or opinion, the following are the only acceptable things to say to me in refernce to jobs.
- Have you found anything?
- I'll keep an ear/eye out for you.
- I know someone/someplace that's hiring.
- Keep looking, you'll find something.

All remarks that could/would potentially make me feel 1" tall are unwelcome. I have a pretty thin skin on this one... don't joke about it. If your comment isn't meant to help me, I don't want to hear it. I don't need anyone tearing me down when I feel bad enough as it is.

By the way - comments for this post have been disabled.

Thank you, that is all.

New Look

...same great flavor.

Okay. Here's a brighter more "scott-like" theme. It's only updated on the blog potion so far... it's easy to update all the other parts of the site, I just don't feel like it right now. It has the same basic idea behind it... just "peppier".

Let me know what you kids think.

Searching...

Okay, part of the whole "mapstats" thing is that it will tell you what people are searching for when they find your page. Here are the Search Phrases that landed people on my site so far in March...

my worst holiday; Stephanie JWT; pants with a penis pocket;
haircut+%22before+and+after; Glascock, Jack; oil leak "still drive";
webshots venezuelan girls; planet boredom; seussical props;
"Stephanie [last name removed]"; History Channel; "Rose Coleman" Paugh;
Irish tamborine instrument; valdosta ga; skipthehero.com;
how to replace the valve cover gasket 98 Chevy ...; huggies thong;
learning from life lessons; blog erin leland; really cool horses;
budweiser clydesdale gallery; tunnel from one continent to another;
hero qualities; seahawks superbowl payoff;
video superbowl XL clydesdale budweiser commercial; Old pictures of Oberlin Ohio;
"stole my virginity" -capitalism; tommy glascock; scottie scott;
group+bed; Dealership Service Department; superbowl xl badges;
stephanie+naked

Good News

For those of you who know and love (or just sorta like) Stephanie, read on... the rest of you - avert your eyes... or something.

If you read Steph's blog at all, then you know that she recently discovered she had two tumors on the outside of her uterus [see post].

Well she had surgery this afternoon to remove them (and in the process they discovered a third and removed that sucker, too). The big worry was that her uterus would be damaged during the surgery and she'd have to have a hysterectomy (did i spell that right?) and wouldn't be able to have kids. :(

Good News! I actually just got home from the hospital about 45 minutes ago. The surgery today went very well, and Stephanie is resting. She's going to be able to have normal natural childbirth when the time comes! Yay!

Want more info? Click on BIO then CONTACT in the menu and I'll answer any questions I know the answers to.

Thanks to all of you that kept her in your prayers... they helped tremendously!

God Bless.

Dance with the Devil

"Ever danced with the devil in the pale moon light?"

This is what you would get.

Awesome

Check out a real-life "SIMPSONS" intro here.

T.J. Hooker? Captain Kirk?

I must admit, a couple of my guilty pleasures are The Discovery Channel, and the History Channel. Except for prime-time, my T.V. practically stays on these two channels. A couple of my favorite programs are Modern Marvels, Extreme Engineering, Mail Call, Mythbusters, and anything that shows off technology of any kind.

The past week on the History Channel, there have been ads for a special called, "How William Shatner Changed the World". The commercial has good ol' Shatner driving in a convertable spouting off words like "iPod, Blog, and Google"... and then he takes credit for them.

I must admit that I am quite intrigued at the notion of this. If nothing else, it should be good for a laugh or two.

The program airs Sunday @ 8:00pm on the History Channel.

I Like to Ride My Bicycle

I like to ride it where I like...

Today I got out and got some exercise. It's the start of part two of creating a better me.

The first part was working on the ol' spiritual health. A few weeks ago I started a daily devotion (still going, just not blogging about it as much). And a few days ago, I decided to work on my physical health bit of the string. I've noticed when these two parts of me are going strong, the third generally falls into place out of fear of being picked on by the other two.

Anyway, back to the subject at hand. I went to the storage building today to grab a few things... one of them being my Mongoose Mountain bike that I bought a couple years ago to ride around on campus from class to class. I put my bike rack on the car, loaded up the bike, and headed back to the house.

Back at the ranch, I cleaned the bike up a bit, put air in the tires, checked the brakes, checked the gears and the shifters and decided to ride around the block. It felt really good.

Flashback:
I remember riding my bike all over the place when I was growing up. I got my first bike at age 6 for my birthday. I remember that training wheels always seemed to mess me up, I tried to lean with the turns and the stupid things would pick my back tire off the ground and then I'd crash. I remember after getting the training wheels off that I could stay up, but wasn't really good at stopping. Thank goodness there were plenty of trees in my front yard to help me out. I've only owned two bikes in my life... the current one being my second. I took really good care of that first one. I rode it right up until I was 16 and could drive a car (plus a little even then).

Eat Something, Will Ya'?

I know that this is one of those problems that people are going to be like, "What? Puh-leese. I wish I had that problem."

I'm right on the cusp of being underweight. [pause for gasps] I'm needing to gain some weight... right now, I weight approximately 115lbs. [pause for laughs] And I would like to be around 120 - 125.

I realized that I don't really eat enough. I'm wanting to do this thing healthy though, so I'm not planning on gorging on cake and sweets and that sort. I'm working on getting my caloric intake up to 2500/day. For me, that basically means 5 meals a day.

Here's a request. Anyone with any sort of advice about what to eat, what to avoid, good websites to visit, or any other sort of resource, feel free to comment or to contact me.

By The Way

In less than 6 weeks, I will have international capabilities.

"LONDON, BABY!"
- Joey Tribiani Friends

Ultraviolet

THE FOLLOWING PREVIEW HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR
ALL AUDIENCES

I went to see Ultraviolet on Sunday afternoon. I enjoyed the film. Here's the highlights:

+ Visually awesome. Excellent use of colors and cinematography.
+ A lot of great action and visual effects.
- Story holes. Plot issues. Lots of, "Huh?"

Overall - I enjoyed the movie.. but it's definitely a "one-time" in the theatre kind of film, as well as a "rent it if you get the chance".

Spoiled? What?

Hey, I like those net quizzes and surveys as much as the next person, and I like them even better when they're not littering my inbox or telling me that if I don't send it to 30 people within the next 5 minutes, a genie won't come and grant me my life-long wish, or Mickey Mouse won't do a dance on my desktop. I like them a little more thanks to blogging and MySpace, especially because people post them to their blogs more and don't clutter up the email with them. Like I said, I like them every once in a while, but some of the answers on this quiz don't make any sense.

This survey gave a list of answers and you make an "X" next to them if they applied to you, and if you have a score of more than 40 or so, you are considered to be "Spoiled". For instance a few things that can add up to you being spoiled are the following:

- good grades? (how 'bout that means you're a good student?)

- a boyfriend/girlfriend (only if they SPOIL you)

- some type of trophy/award (can't this mean good in athletics?)

- myspace (dude, myspace is free goto the public library and hop on)

- alarm clock (the ability to be at a given place on time.. Especially if it's early in the morning is not being spoiled, it's being responsible)

- AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, ICQ (all these IM's are free)

- toothbrush (wow, I didn't realize brushing my teeth to prevent tooth decay counted as "spoiling myself")

- x's in your screename (don't get this one at all)

- a birthday in September (uhm... what?)

- a relative that lives in a different state (how does my cousin living in Ohio make me spoiled?)

- a friend who does alcohol/drugs/smokes (don't get how my friends categorize me as spoiled, if they can afford the beer and pot, then they're the ones who are privileged)

- bad grades (so if you make grades at school at all, you're spoiled)

- a locker at school (at the schools I went to [all public] every kid was provided a locker... no one was better than any other.)

- a baby (the person making this survey has clue what they're talking about)

- a nice singing voice (one of God's gifts makes you spoiled?)

- some type of disease (WHAT?!)

- wife beaters (these are like the cheapest shirts!)

- a mom or a dad (WHAT!?!!!? EVERYONE has one of these [at least at one point in their lives)

- siblings (Puhlease - the majority of people who are spoiled are because they're an only child)

- friends who u love (ridiculous)

Oh Happy Day!

Today, at 3:47pm, the grass just got a little greener, the sky a little blue-er, the breeze a little warmer, and the sun a little brighter.

I just received my state tax refund.

Some stress relieved for the time-being. Whew.

Bummer

Back to the drawing board, i suppose.

Addendum:
Fortunately - The way I created the template this time will leave it easier to redesign the site in the future.

Unfortunately - As I was very excited to have this design completed, but not "received" as well as I had hoped, I'm not very motivated to try anything right now.

Launch!

The new theme is finally here!! (yay!)

I need your help.
Play around on the site, tell me if anything isn't working, or if a particular thing looks really weird. Basically try to "break" the site.. test it out.

The only thing that isn't at full strength yet is the "gallery". It's basically customized, but I'm still tweaking it.

Roam around, try things out, and tell me what you think. The contact me and let me know what you think. What's wrong? What's good? Of course comments on this post are welcomed and encouraged, as always.

Thanks,
spg

Meet You There

Mr. Lloyd Cox passed away on Monday, February 27, 2006. He was the grandfather of my Big Brother (Kelly). He was a very kind and sweet man. He loved and was very much loved. I remember Thanksgivings and Christmases after my father passed away, Kelly's family always welcomed my mom and I with huge amounts of love and compassion, their family is very special to me. I am fortunate to have known Mr. Cox. And the Cox family is in my prayers and has my sympathies. Oh, and Mr. Cox...I'll meet you there.

...
You're gone away, I'm left alone,
A part of me is gone, And I'm not moving on,
So wait for me, I know the day will come..

I'll meet you there,
No matter where life takes me to,
I'll meet you there,
And even if I need you here,
I'll meet you there.
...
And where I go you'll be there with me,
Forever you'll be right here with me..
...
I'll meet you there...
I'll meet you there..
- Meet You There by Simple Plan