Wedding Season is Around the Bend

So wedding season is around the bend and I've decided that this will be my last year DJing as a sub-contractor for Midwest Sound & Light Shows to concentrate on my own gig. I think six years has been enough, and during the past two I've had the opportunity to go on my own as DJ Superunknown and it's been a really fun and rewarding process being able to step out of the 1099 role and be a part of the planning and execution process that many couples have blessed me with. I already have bookings for 2010! I love the guys at MWS but as a sub-contractor for them, I never meet the clients until the day of; although, I give them a call the week prior, but I'm really a stranger to them. On my own I get to meet them face to face, a year to six months in advance, and it really helps when it comes to communicating prior to and on the day of. I met with two couples last weekend (both were referrals by the way) and it was just cool to interact in person and go over all the details vs. calling strangers the week prior.

Anyway, I'm really stoked to get going again and entertaining the masses, so stay tuned this year as I will continue video blogging my weddings this year to give you some insight from behind the decks. Happy VD to all, especially to my Wifey, my daughter, my mom, my sister, my niece, and last but not least our Shitzu.

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Shit... I haven't Been Blogging

In my last blog I said I would keep up with this thing, but alas I haven't.

Anyway, let's see, it was my daughter's 15th birthday on Saturday & we got her a room at the MOA Waterpark (her Gran was the chaperone) so she and 4 friends could have a fun night, there were no injuries and a good time was had by all as told by my mother-in-law.

Earlier that day I took my daughter out for breakfast and it was really evident that my little girl was growing on me due to the weird looks that we were getting. I consider myself a young looking 34; and my daughter unfortunately is a mature 15 year old, so I felt the odd looks from people like I was some pervert creep hanging out with a young girl. I really tried not to let it get to me but it did. For those of you that know me and the way I dress (I call it poor rock star) know what I'm talking about. From now on I think that when I'm out with my daughter I should wear some Dockers, boat shoes and an old man shirt from Sears. Fuck it; I'm still gonna rock some Dickies, Chucks & a t-shirt when I'm out.

It's funny having kids that are closer in age to me than most parents especially when me & the wifey go to the kid's conferences or concerts at school, and I overhear their classmates say, "dude, is that your parents?", I get a kick out of it, but we probably embarrass our kids like my parents used to do to us. If I was them I would feel pretty cool but then again maybe I wouldn’t.

So my kids are getting older and I find myself getting more nervous about their future. Basically I’m worried about a two things, college and broken hearts. I worry about affording tuition and my kids getting their hearts broken by future significant others. I guess tuition can be solved by extra jobs etc. but the part that scares me is the untested emotional resiliency of my kids when it comes to dating and what not. I just hope that my kids will keep me informed on their daily lives when they head off to college and I hope that they will listen to me. Hell, I hope I’m still cool a few years from now.

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