Eric Pratum’s Musings

I came across this pic awhile ago. I cannot recall where, but it’s one of the coolest that I have seen in awhile.

I hope that you have called your mom or planned to see her today, send her something nice, etc, etc. I should be seeing mine later. My mom is pretty great. I usually see her about once a week since my parents live so close to me. I usually laugh a lot and have an all around good time around her. IMHO, she did a nice job with me. Thanks, Mom. Happy Mothers Day!

Here’s an old pic of us. . . from when she came to see her son do his spot-on Al Bundy impersonation.

Last night, my band played a really fun show with Mysterious Chocolate at Hot Shotz. Scary Parking Lot Club – Bug Jerome’s (Evan Williamson of Murder Mountain) new band – canceled on us at about 6 PM because they apparently just did not feel like playing the show. That was much appreciated since they did not offer to help find a replacement, but in reality, it was no surprise – given that at our last show with them, they were supposed to start the show at 7 PM, but did not start playing until 8:20. Again, something else that I greatly appreciated. I scrambled, looking for another band, but alas. . .

Luckily, Mysterious Chocolate puts on an awesome show, and they’re cool guys, so that part was really fun. And, Mikiech threw me a T-shirt. Awesome! Then, we went on at about 11:30 and decided to play two short sets, rather than one long set. We played 3 or 4 songs that we have not even practiced for months, but we pulled them off. In addition, the pay at Hot Shotz is usually pretty good, and the people that run the place (owners, booker, bartenders, etc) are always very cool.

That show was potentially our last show because it is very likely that I will be moving out of town in June or July. I have been a little burnt out on music lately, but I still love playing with my band. We have worked very hard on this for a long time, and when strangers come up to you to say that they’d never before seen your show or heard about your band, but that you were awesome (as they did last night), it’s a reminder that you really have something good here. Hopefully, things will work out so that we are able to keep playing, but if not, it has been a great ride.

If any of y’all would like to hear our music and/or buy a CD , head over to my band’s website.

Oh yeah, and we were reviewed in this month’s What’s Up Magazine if you want to check that out. The review was very positive.

I just started watching The Bucket List. I’m about 20 minutes in, and it seems good so far. I mean, how could it not be with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson? But, watching Nicholson’s character vomit after receiving his first chemo treatment did make me wonder if my relatives and friends – that have gone through chemo and other such things – have felt the same and were also alone in dealing with it.

My thought when I saw Nicholson acting out this scene was something to the effect of, “Be very, very thankful that your parents set a good example of eating healthy and being active and that you keep a very diet and also exercise a lot.”

Found on Pixdaus this morning.

Everyone, and I mean everyone, should read Steve Pavlina’s latest blog. This is especially important for students, entrepreneurs, and – well – anyone who has ever though something like “Maybe, I should try doing . . . “

I came across this earlier and thought that it was very, very cool.

Here is another good reason to not have an indoor cat.

In my morning reading, I happened to come across this short article. The WSJ article they link to is actually more interesting, but nonetheless, it’s still pretty intriguing. I decided to buy 2 of the plants so that I can give them a try myself.