I haven’t done one of these in a while…. 10 on Tuesday!

1. Journalism
2. Celebrity Gossip
3. NASCAR
4. Internet
5. Designing Things
6. Music
7. SPEED Channel
8. Cats (the animal not the play)
9. TV Shows
10. Writing

I’m so happy right now that Ryan Newman won the Daytona 500… the 50th running at that. I saw his last win here at the track in a small race and talked to him about it last weekend and to see him win, his father and wife Krissie being so emotional…. he deserves it.

I’m not ashamed that I spent $40 on a Ryan Newman polo shirt last weekend and I’ll be wearing it tomorrow with pride!

Okay so it’s not as dirty as it sounds. I will be slowly uploading the pictures over the next few days. I’m sort of a photography freak - especially since I got my new camera and the lens I have for it - but I took 900 photos LMAO! Some were deleted for being a bit blurry but the majority are very good.

Anyway, the concert was awesome! First off, I must say that Dierks is by far one of the nicest celebrities I’ve met in a meet and greet type setting. He was so nice and personable. I think my favorite part of meeting him was he looked at my press pass that I had on and asked if I was a writer and all and I noticed he spelled my name right on my picture and I’m like “Hey, how did you know how to spell my name?” and he laughed, telling me he cheated by looking at my card LMAO! He also said he liked the spelling of my name and that I could stay around backstage and take as many pics as I wanted. Before heading back out to my seat, I saw a few guys that I go to school with that work on the camera crew there at the theme park and talked with them.

I missed seeing Bucky Covington and I’m not too broken hearted, though. Luke Bryan, on the other hand, was AMAZING. He knew how to draw the crowd in and his little stage moves remind me of Billy Currington. He sung all of his songs, along with “Good Directions” which he co-wrote for Billy. Dierks part of the concert was pure magic. He reminds me of Garth Brooks on stage, running from end to end and then just getting so involved in the show itself that he doesn’t know what to do next. I really liked the acoustic part of the show when he sung “My Last Name,” which is one of my favorite songs. The show was so entergetic and just… awesome. That’s all I can really say about it.

Now I must go get some sleep…. the Daytona 500 is tomorrow.

Sure, he hasn’t won two races in a row like Junior, but did come in second in both of his races… but Tony Stewart won the pole today for tomorrow’s Camping World 300.

Damn, Tony, Truex, and Junior in the Busch race? Why am I going to see Dierks Bentley again? (more…)

Wow.. that’s all I have to say!

Recently we’ve gotten a few hits searching for Shane Hmiel, the former NASCAR driver who was suspended indefinitly from NASCAR a few years ago after testing positive for marijuana and cocaine, which he has confessed to doing. Rumors circulated afterwards that he attended rehab, sat on the sofa at his parents place, or disappeared from the world all together.

In 2006 he attempted to race in USAC Silver Crown series but lost his ride to another driver. (more…)

This is the editorial that I wrote for the newspaper this week.

Today is Valentine’s Day: You know, the day of love and romance. The isles of Wal-Mart are covered with fake roses, Cars valentine cards, chocolate covered candies, and stuffed animals that sing songs like “Crazy in Love” and “Love Me Tender.”

Something else that is popular on Valentine’s Day is: You guessed it – sex. (more…)