Here I am just a short few years ago in April 2005 singing Billy Joel’s Piano Man.

Man……..
What the hell happened to me?

I’ll be adding some videos from 2004 karaoke days since I’ve been able to borrow Liz’s tapes and camera so I can transfer the footage to my computer.

Here’s me singing John Lennon’s Imagine.

OK, only a few would ever notice, but my site’s now been WordPressatized. That’s how I spent my day. Really.

Yeah I know I just switched to BlogSpot recently, but I was uneasy with the idea of being on someone else’s server. They could have deleted any of my posts for any reason they could justify. Plus, now there’s no re-directing going on when you go to cozbaldwin.com.

The only thing that’s really exciting me about this new era is, on the SEE page, the thumbnails now open all pretty-like to show the larger view.

It should all look pretty much identical to what I had before, so if you see any problems on your end, lemme know by leaving a comment below.

I’m a bit peeved though, because the #1 reason I wanted to switch to WordPress was because there was a plugin which can crosspost to Myspace. But WordPress just updated to a new version and it looks like that plugin isn’t working anymore. Hopefully the author will update it and get it working again. In the meantime, if anyone out there has a good plugin for Myspace crossposting which works with WordPress 2.7+ please let me know!

Holy Hell, I finally got it. The Blackberry Bold. Behold.

But don’t get the wrong impression. This has nothing to do with any sort of Blackberry addiction. Nay. This has everything to do with this device teasing and taunting me since, like, May. And I finally am able to own it.

I should start Christmas shopping for others now. Hmmmm…. I really don’t have many to buy for……

It’s the night before Thanksgiving. You know there’s something wrong with your life when you’re sitting at home with nothing to do on this night.

In other news…
My hair’s getting long, EH???

Tally Hall. What can I say about them that I haven’t said before? They’re goddamn geniuses.

Their video for Good Day was quite an accomplishment. It was surely one of the most impressive works I’ve seen, aside from the lack of artistic visuals & cinematography which I love so much in the works of such directors as Mark Romanek.

So the latest episode of Tally Hall’s Internet Show is basically a 10 minute long music video for their song Two Wuv, which is about a young man’s unhealthy obsession with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The placing of the credits in the beginning is a statement that THAT should be considered the beginning of the music video.

This is a modern day Thriller. Tally Hall likes to bend the rules a bit with what the common perception of pop music is and this video is bending the rules of what you typically consider a music video. I hope you ignore your A.D.D. and sit here for a few minutes to enjoy the subtle genius of this.

Well, I am fairly certain I sent a billion tweets out for no one but myself. I guess that’s OK.

The end result of the trip is that the doctor recommends I have the surgery. He’s not even comfortable with waiting until the Spring, when I wanted. He recommends January. Now I have to figure out how I’m gonna do this because I apparently can’t do this on my own. So… most likely my mom’s gonna have to come out with me and then when I come home, I’ll be staying with her for a little. However, we’re not sure how she’s gonna pay for all that. So it’s kind of up in the air but I have to make a decision within a week or so.

If you’d like to see the pictures I took during my ride, my stay, and my ride back, you can sit and stare at these or just go directly to the album by clicking the link underneath the slideshow. You’ll also get to see them full-size if you click ‘em.

*sigh*

http://picasaweb.google.com/auxzealot/ClevelandTripNovember2008#

EDIT:
The other day I mentioned a video of the hotel room. Here it is.

I thought I was through the worst of it but here in Somerset, I've hit it again. Ugh.

Holy wow. The winter storm just kicked into high gear. In just a few mins, the whole area is covered in white. Dunno if this picture does it justice but ill attach it.

This hotel is way above what I've ever experienced.

Valet parking. I never had that. I was visibly confused by how to handle everything.

Multiple tiny rooms in my suite. Was gonna try and attach a video here of it but I can't. Maybe I can get it on YouTube later.

So it took me, what, 8 hours or so? Not too bad. I wonder if anyone kept up with my Twitter updates along the way. Click Twitter on the sidebar to go to my tweets page and read through them if you'd like.
Last time I stayed in Cleveland was back in '97 I think when I took a Greyhound out here to visit Melanie. Wish I knew how she was doing.

Gonna relax now. Wakeywakey up early tomorrow. Byebye.