This is a video of me, playing an original song of mine called "Everything's Alright" at some bar in Downtown Houston called Helios. This was recorded back in the Summer of 2003.

I've had this video in my VHS tape for years, and I've always wondered how I can put this damn video online. Well, after getting the Dazzle Video Creator Plus, HERE IT IS:



Now be nice, and be honest. I was younger, and maybe a little drunk. What do you think?

If you're from Houston, or you live in Houston, see if you can catch some familiar references.

But this video makes me smile, though. It brings back some memories, good and bad. And the audience enjoyed it. Playing for drunk people can sometimes be a plus! :p

Like I used to say, when I used to play at Open Mics, "The more you drink, the better I sound." :p

my day started off at 5.30 houston time, and it's 12.21 which would be 2.21 houston time...i have almost been up for a whole day...holy crap, we need to go to sleep...justin, my president is here at the computer next to me...

man, we left houston to colorado, cause for some reason our trip was cut in half, we thought it was going to be a full one, but it's all good...then we got to colorado and our flight was to leave at 11.30, but we didn't leave til about 4.30 cause the weather in houston was really bad for the plane that was coming in....so i bummed on the airport floor for about an hour or 2...

lmao...meeta and i were having fun with the sliding floors, i have no idea what they're called., but yeah, it was much fun...

we flew with people from ATM, so it was pretty fun...man, they have about $$$12,000 in spirit items...we only have a few items we made on our own...since this is our first conference, we didn't know what to expect, and we're new to this kind of thing...

we've already had our first delegate meeting, and tomorrow i have a conference from 2-4 with our advisor and all the other schools...i have to go to so many meetings cause i'm acting as NCC (National Communications Coordinator)...but it's all good, cause there are like 100 people at these meetings...

once i walked into my room, we had a binder for the conference, that thing is about 300 pages long!!! and i have to go through it, as well as the rest of the e-board...

well goodnight to all...justin is ready to leave, and it's freaking cold outside, about 50 degrees!!! and i'm from houston, TEXAS!!! i come from 90 degree weather...!!!

Houston, TX seemingly doesn't get too much credit and recognition, even with the fact that it is the fourth largest city in the US. But it seems like the year 2005 changed all that. I think it's safe to say that we're back in the map; for now, at least.

I was reading the wiki pages for Houston, TX, which made me think of a few things to copy and jot down as some of the city's memorable events.

According to the 2000 U.S. Census, Houston had a total population of 1.9 million. That alone, is the heart of the Houston / Sugar Land / Baytown metropolitan area, which really has a total count of 5.2 million people.

But after Hurricane Katrina, when Houston gave shelter to the people of New Orleans, LA; we can only imagine how many will reside here permanently. Many say, they are here to stay. I don't know if some of you saw this in the news, but when the mayor of New Orleans was in the news asking the people of New Orleans to come back home, they showed clips of people from New Orleans saying "Nah thanks, we like it here..." Here's a big welcome to y'all!

Shortly after that, Hurricane Rita made it's way to the Gulf Coast Area, and with the predictions that Houston was her primary target, 2.5 million out of the 5.2 million people evacuated Houston. Little did we know that Rita was going to spare Houston anyway, leaving only some damage in the city as Rita turned westward eastward, making it's way to the TX / LA border. This evacuation happens to be the LARGEST evacuation in the history of the United States.

Now I know, many Houstonians (not all) didn't go to Austin, TX to evacuate. Don't lie! Rita was just an excuse! Austin probably made more money from Houston through beer and liquor purchases than gasoline! Y'all went there to party! Right? Uh huh, sure! Austin is not only the capital of the State of Texas, it is also the state's party central! If I did evacuate Houston to go to Austin, "Longhorn chicks" would be in my mind... Ok, this whole paragraph was a joke. :p

Those hurricane winds weren't enough to destroy this city. Another type of wind did, and it probably devastated a number of hearts, more than the stated population. It came from the "Windy City" of Chicago, IL; and they were, the Chicago White Sox.

For the first time in franchise history, The Houston Astros won the National League pennant against the St. Louis Cardinals. And for the first time in the history of Texas, Houston was the first city in the state to host the MLB World Series. Unfortunately, we did NOT win a single game from the ruthless White Sox. But for many Houstonians, winning the NL pennant was good enough. But yeah, we were beat, pretty badly... :(

Ok, if I see an entry called "Circa 2005 and the City of Chicago", I'm bound to see some "Hell YES!!!" there.

I wonder if the city of Houston will slowly fade away from the spotlight in the year 2006. Will the Houston Rockets shine again? How about the Houston TEXANS? Dudn't look like it right now. I think, as long as hurricanes leave us Houstonians alone, then we will be alright.

...and when will Houston push more support to it's local music industry? I don't know...

THEY JUST PLAYED MY VOICE, LIVE ON THE RADIO!!!

94.5 THE BUZZ ROCKS!!!

For those who were listening, I was the one who went "OMG dude, that Matisyahu!  That guy is AWESOME!"



This guy, is the next, Bradley Nowell (of Sublime)!

lol

Houston, TX: NASA Johnson Space Center, Mission Control, received a transmission of an odd photo from the Mars Rover. Apparently, Martians and many single men in Earth can relate to each other.



LOL! :p