Kick Ass Mix

Hey Jess,
I am making you a kick ass mix! It is going to kick some serious ass! Ass! Kicking! They love that in Texas, ass kicking I mean. There is a great Larry Mcmurtry book about his time in Houston. In my head it seems autobiographical. It is called something like My Friends are Becoming Strangers or something like that. I was thinking I would send it to you but then I worried it wouldn't find you. Do you want to read a book about Houston in Portland. Yes!

As far as the mix goes it is heavy on inspirational hip hop. It turns out that inspirational hip hop is my favorite. I am putting the new Jason Mraz song on there and I have to admit that I am on the fence about that guy. His voice is a little too sweet. I am listening to your kick ass mix right now and Jason Mraz is on and I just don't know. He might say love too much. Maybe you will like it, only time will tell. What I do know about Houston is that it is built on top of a tidal wetland and you are super happy to be going there in December otherwise you would probably contract a tropical disease. Not good. This mix really kicks ass! I hate to give away all of the dope tracks but trust that Rihanna will be rocking your world shortly and two times. I don't know if you know this but Rihanna really has your back through these difficult times. Rihanna is sweet but she knows how to modulate her voice a bit unlike Jason Mraz. Jason Mraz needs to get together with Akon and Wyclef and kick a little more ass.

Do you think that it was the cancer that affected your ability to bring wine to our house. If not, you might want to get that checked out when you're in Houston, cause that was starting to become a problem.

There are great art museums in Houston. You should go!

I just realized that the real point of writing this blog moment was to share with you some wisdom from Leadbelly about Houston and it took me this long to get to it. I am sorry. Here it is,


If you're ever in Houston well you better do the right;
You better not gamble, there, you better not fight: at all
Or the Sheriff will grab ya and the boys will bring you down
The next thing you know, boy, Oh! You're prison bound.


If you struggle following the guidelines set up by Leadbelly rest assured that Rihanna still has your back.


And finally a true story about cooking and eating meat!
My mom and brother went to Costco and bought a huge, abnormally large, really big, pork loin. My mom cut it into thirds and put a spicy dry rub on it. Nate and I were going to grill it but then Rohanna, not to be confused with Rihanna, forgot to bring the grill. Not to fear. The sandwich press was on the counter from a lunch sandwich party. Inspiration prevailed. We hammered the fuck out of the pork loin until it was uniformly about 1 inch thick. Then I measured the length of the pork loin with a tape measure and cut a bit to make it fit perfectly into the machine. It was fucking awesome! We activated the press and then stuck in the digital thermometer. It was so good that I ran over to Joes to give him some. He wasn't home so Nate and I had to eat it all, too much.


Come home soon! I really miss seeing you in my kitchen with or without wine! I will press some meat for you, it will be great.
Joel Davis, Champion Rollerskater