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Chicago Open Air 2017 Day 1 – Mr and Mrs J’s Adventures
I’ve talked about some of my adventures on here before. Well, this past weekend, my wife and I went to our first multi-day music festival. It was Chicago Open Air 2017. If you read this blog you will know my love of metal music. Yes, I love rock, pop, and other genres too, but I feel this music in my soul. When my mother was pregnant with me, she listened to Def Leppard’s Pyromania throughout the pregnancy. So when I was a baby, they would have to play that album to get me to calm down from my tantrums. No joke. I’ve been a rocker ever since. Now I had…
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WWE Backlash Weekend in Chicago
This past year I have been trying to knock several items off of my bucket list. Why? The world is crazy right now. I decided to not live in fear. I won’t let fear guide me. So I have been living this year to the fullest. This is despite the social and political climate in society. Recently, I was able to attend WWE Backlash 2017 and NXT Takeover: Chicago in one weekend. I’ve always been a wrestling fan. People don’t understand “since it is fake.” I will say this. I watch it as a performance art and not as a competitive sport. If you watch some Olympic sports like Gymnastics…
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Laser Tag, Existential Crisis, and Useless Headphone Warnings
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages. The House of Creativity is proud to announce that Would You Like Fries With That? The Newsletter/Column/Blog/Etc has relaunched after 599 editions back to #1, where we all started 18 years ago. I am Richie Jackson, and these are my thoughts… Like Trix, Laser Tag Isn’t Just For Kids Apparently a laser tag facility opened up in my hometown recently according to the local news. However, in the article covering it, I found some things that mentioned was a bit trouble. Why is that? Because it repeatedly used words and phrases like “great for kids,” “children,” and “young ones.” Never…
