damn you need to get a life.
Yeah, that life. Let's talk about it starting from Sunday:
Sunday:
Was invited to go to an event with Farrah Abraham, the girl you claimed was "hot" and whom you said I stole pictures of from the internet. Her 2.2 million Instagram followers saw facebook story she posted of a photo of her with me, and she was bombarded with messages asking who I was. At the event, some guy was introduced to me . . . he looked like a black Don Johnson from Miami Vice. He was introduced to me as one of the original geniuses behind crypto-currency. Later, a guy came over to introduce himself to me. He "runs a small hedge fund" in NY. Later, I found out that small hedge fund has about $36 billion in assets and is one of the top 10 in the country. Before leaving, one of the event hosts said that a guy wanted to meet Farrah. It was Mark Cuban who said he was always entertained watching her on her shows.
After dinner with Farrah - where the manager came over to introduce himself, comp our meal, thank us for coming in, and told us to go to the bakery after we finished for anything we wanted to take with us for free - we went to the Amazon Prime event. It took two hours to make it through their interactive exhibit. After, I caught up with a buddy at his show.
Monday:
Went out to watch Kathy Griffin talk and had a quick minute with her. She was headed to another event and asked me to come along, but I had an opportunity to eat Franklin's BBQ (which usually has a 3+ hour line before it runs out of food), so I took that instead.
Lukas Nelson, Willie's son, invited me out to his performance that evening. It was an event sponsored by Netflix for their new movie "The Highwaymen." It was set in a very small basement bar that was turned into a 1930 West Texas saloon. The line for people who wanted to get in wrapped around the block, but the capacity was only 110 people, so even though they spent $1000 for badges, they couldn't get in. I brought Farrah, told the event workers my name, and like usual, walked right past everyone. As you entered, a worker registered you on their laptop which produced a bracelet with an electronic chip used for the exhibits. Inside the bar, there were two blackjack tables made exclusively for The Highwaymen, a general store, and numerous actors who played their roles. The general store included watches, shirts, flasks, jewelry, Stetson hats, etc. I'm not a watch guy, but I was told that all of them were worth over $400 each. But you couldn't buy anything. In order to get any of the products from the store, you had to earn points on your bracelet. How do you get points? Interacting with any of the actors and talking to them about the murder that happened in the bar last week gets you points that they add to your bracelet with their scanner. Posing for a picture for the reporter and photographer from the local newspaper who were trying to get info on the murder earned you points. Taking mugshots holding a "The Highwaymen" sign earned you points. Best of all, playing Blackjack earned you points. The chips were provided for free. If you lost, you earned points. If you won, you got many more points. Trying any of the special drinks (based on old Western themes) from the open bar earned you points.
Before all of that, I went out to Lukas' trailer to catch up with him since I hadn't seen him in a year. If you like good music, you must listen to his stuff. Bradley Cooper had seen him perform at a music fest in 2016. From that, Cooper based his character on in "A Star is Born." Cooper asked Lukas to be an adviser on the movie. He ended up doing much more than that by writing 7 or 8 records on the phenomenal soundtrack. Lukas introduced me to his bandmates/friends in the trailer, and then they all left to give us some privacy. He invited me out to the ranch on Wednesday for their annual picnic.
After leaving the trailer, Farrah introduced me to the head of Bravo TV who she had been talking to while I was with Lukas. The guy's wife is some television host on a big show, but I can't remember who she is after meeting her.
Minutes later, before Lukas took the stage, his tour manager grabbed me to come over to the end of the bar to meet some people. It was Kevin Costner, Kathy Bates, Woody Harrelson, Willie Nelson, and Matthew McConaughey. I wouldn't have recognized Costner had I not been introduced to him. He's much older than I would have imagined. We talked baseball for about ten minutes, as he's a huge fan, and it turned into a bunch of questions about "Field of Dreams."
Lukas' performance was amazing, as expected, but I was distracted for much of it by the other things taking place. Farrah having never played Blackjack in her life won her first hand of course. We both liked two shirts in the merchant store, but since we couldn't buy them, we had to accumulate points. We were still about 1000 points short, so she made them an offer. She would take a picture at the event and tag "#TheHighwaymen" on her Facebook page (where she has 1.5 million likes) in exchange for the extra 1000 points needed. They jumped at that opportunity and gave us the shirts, flasks, pins, and anything else we wanted. I only took the shirt. While hearing Farrah's conversation about posting the picture for the 1.5 million followers to see, a pretty blonde said "Hey, I don't have that many Facebook followers, but I have 3.3 million Instagram followers. I want that deal, too!" But she couldn't take that deal for contractual reasons. I didn't know who she was, but after talking for a minute, she told us that she is Brie Larson, star of the Captain Marvel movie starring her, Samuel L Jackson, and Jude Law. The three of us snapped a group picture, and I checked out her ass so I could use it for my spank bank later that night.
I was tired and wanted to head home. Farrah drove me to my car. Coincidence: she has the same exact Maserati that I do. Same model, same exterior color. She has red interior and mine is black, but strange nonetheless.
Tuesday
Did some shopping during the day, then went to a Tiny Desk Family performance followed by Spinderella's set.
Wednesday
I forgot about the picnic at the Nelson Ranch until Lukas texted me to ask if I was coming. I went up and had some great food while Lukas, one of his bandmates, and Willie jammed for the two dozen of us there. There were a bunch of people I recognized but couldn't necessarily place. I was seated next to a burly guy who I thought I recognized but couldn't recall. He said we had met the previous year- it was Nathaniel Rateliff, who is a phenomenal musician. Late that night (last night), I went to the De La Soul show where a bunch of hip hoppers were mixed in at the small event.
Tonight, I was supposed to link up with my good buddies X Ambassadors, then meet DMX, then link up with Wyclef at his 1 am show, but I was tired and lounged around all day.
Of course, I got both workouts in each day. Next week, I am starting ten days of hot yoga to see how/if it impacts me. Pilates was great for my body when I did it eight years ago, and I'm hoping yoga has a similar impact. I am shredded at 210 lbs. now, and I am hoping yoga continues that without me losing any strength. Under 205 lbs. is when I start to lose strength, and I really don't want to drop under being able to do 20 reps of 225 lbs. on the bench.
Tomorrow, I am meeting up with the Beastie Boys at an event. I'm then going to see Big Boi and CeeLo before swinging through Questlove's event.
Saturday, I am meeting T-Pain for dinner before having a listening session with Billie Eilish and having her play some of her new music for me.
Ice Cube is in town
Sunday, so I will hit him up and meet at some point. After a couple of cold trips to Europe over the last six weeks, I am wanting a beach trip, so I will probably head to Cabo, Cancun, or Puerto Vallarta over the next week or two, but I was told MTV is headed to Cabo next week to renew their Spring Break broadcast.
How's your life doing, dork?