I'm flying back to LA with my girlfriend, sucks that there's a layover but at least we'll have each other to annoy. Maybe we'll try and join the mile-high club...I'm already a member, but that was for a "solo" membership.

...now the question is, "Is Flip just kidding?"

It's been a really great trip here aside from my gf being sick for most of it. :(

But the shows at the Hardrock were so fucking good and the fact that Skippy was so incredibly well received was even more amazing. Much thanks to all of his new fans. Then again, most of you probably don't realize that I'm Skippy...so nevermind.

There's something on the works now, so keep some positive vibes coming this way. And please send some of those vibes to my gf for her ailments. Thanks.

Well I just wanted to say hi, that's all. I think we're just going to chill out and wait to board...we'll be bored before we board. Oh I'm soooo witty.

7/19/09
My god I really don't feel up to doing a show tonight. It's 5:00 and my show's at 7:00...and I feel like shit, and the weather is shit.

Today has been a hectic day...actually it's been a hectic couple of days. I'll try to give a long story really short...

My girlfriend came down here to Florida to meet my family and to go to my sister's baby shower. Well lately my girlfriend's back has been giving her a lot of trouble, and after she came down here it got worse and spread to her leg. It's been such a nightmare for her and I've tried to help in any way I could, but the pain has just been too much for her that she had to miss the baby shower and has pretty much spent her whole vacation down here spent in bed. I feel so badly for her; it just hurts to see someone who love in pain.

So last night after 3 shows at the Improv, I drove to see her (she's staying at her mom's place) and spent the night comforting her as best I could. It was a bit of a restless night but we managed to get some sleep.

On a less vital note, my new netbook computer broke and Best Buy replaced it (even though it was a week or so past the limit) and I got a new one. The new one, however, sucks donkey balls...and we all know how bad donkey balls suck.

What pissed me off even more is that I was using the netbook for Skippy's act. Oh yeah, I've actually performed for the late shows on Friday and Saturday thins weekend as Skippy!...and it killed!!! It was a real turning point to feature as Skippy on a show where I wasn't the headliner. Thanks again to Pablo and the Improv for letting me do that. It was seriously a lot of fun and the crowds loved it. But last night when I needed to use the computer for a power point thing it just didn't work. I don't know what was wrong but it completely fucked up my show and I scrambbled to cover. Which, if looking for a bright side to the story, showed me that I can think on my feet as Skippy and recover pretty well.

So anyway, I'm lying in my bed, almost naked, wishing I could just go to sleep now while the wind howls outside and the storm clouds move in...but alas, I have to get my ass up and do the show. I know, I know, a lot of people go to work feeling like shit. I know...doesn't make it any easier though.

And thanks to all my new friends who've come out to the club this week and sent such wonderful emails. I really appreciate it.

OK, time to get up...well, maybe I'll wait another 20 minutes or so. Such a lazy bastard....

7/10/09
Back in my Florida home and laying in my parents bed. Much more comfortable than the futon they put in my room after I moved out.

I have to thank EVERYONE who came to my show last night at the Improv; it was so much fun. I can't believe all of the people that came out to see me. Most of whom were family and friends...some who I haven't seen since high school...one guy was from grade school! A-fucking-mazing.

And Skippy made a surprise appearance. I didn't even know that "he" was going to go up until 5 minutes before the show. I was nervous about it since a lot of my family was there; most of whom had never seen Skippy live. But they need to know that their relative is a bit of a sicko. And Skippy actually killed...one person made a comment on my facebook page saying, "Flip you were great, but Skippy stole the show." I can't even follow myself. :)

So now I've got 4 shows with Jamie this weekend and then I headline again on Sunday. Incidentally you can get in to that show for free with a JEWPON... and yes, you can bring 8 other people with it.

(Sidenote: They told me almost 100 people brought a Jewpon last night!!! Thanks again!)

I've been enjoying my time down here per usual. Got to see a lot of family last night and I'll be seeing more this week.

Oh, and I've been reading a lot about Michael Jackson's kids. I don't know how reliable the sources of these articles are, but from what I've read, they're really well-adjusted kids. Makes me think that MJ, despite his outrageous appearance and public "stunts", he might've been a really great father. Still feel though that he had a lot of issues and (as much as I don't want to believe it) I do think he did inappropriate things with those kids that accused him of such things.

That's what's getting to me about this whole thing. People are remembering the early MJ. The 'Thriller'/Jackson 5/"normal" MJ. People are forgetting the disfigured (and I say that because he completely changed his appearance for God knows what reason)/accused child molestor/publicly scrutinized MJ.

Look, no one can deny his power as an entertainer. He was probably the best one ever if you combine his talent, showmanship, his ability to cross all sorts of barriars. He was amazing, as close to perfection as you can get.

But as a person, as the man he lived his life as, let's face it, he was pretty fucked up.

Again, I know he was aquitted of the charges back a few years ago, but let's not forget that 10 or so years before that, he paid off a kid for 15 million dollars so he wouldn't have to go to court. Call me crazy, but if I was accused of such a thing and I was innocent...I'd go to court to prove it. Plus, one of the kids actually described his genitles accurately. Which means that even if MJ didn't do anything to the kid, he at least exposed himself to the kid in one way or another.

I'm just saying that we can remember him fondly, but let's not cut out the bad parts too.

Wow, did this blog take a really dark turn. Sorry 'bout that, it's just that it has been on my mind.

OK kids, I"m going to get going and enjoy a gloriously over-cast day. Later.

7/1/09
Greetings from yet another Starbucks as I write a bit for a project coming up. I can't say officially what the project is, but it's going to be a (repeat) of a big thing.

So what else to report?

Nothing really since I got back the other day. I've got this week off and then next Tuesday I go to Florida for a few weeks; can't wait. Oh, I think I'm going to be headlining the July 9 show at the Improv. When I know for sure, I'll send out Jewpons and whatnot. Not sure what the "whatnot" is going to be, but rest assured it'll be plentiful.

OK, I'm lost myself.

Well, I'm going to finish up here and then head on over to the Improv...haven't been there in over a week. I'M HAVING WITHDRAWL!!!