Not much going on. I did have a job interview that I thought was going well until it ended abruptly. Oh well!! Maybe I'm not supposed to work. Went to a Don McLean concert and managed to get in after the intermission which was the whole McLean part of the concert. It was OK. He milked American Pie for all it was worth but deservedly so. I have been experimenting on myself. I've been getting into gut bacteria which is a new "sexy" research area in health. I've been interested for a few years since I realized that taking some antibiotics had made me completely lactose intolerant. I bought some expensive probiotics (bacteria pills) which didn't seem to do much and also went down to Walmart and got some cheaper ones that WERE effective (more consistent and different smelling pooh) made by NatureMade. BUT they also seemed to substantially change my mood making me moderately depressed. More on this as I experiment. Also just got a note from Reed back on Guam-----The other night I was at Applebee's with my friends and there was an open mic going on. Tyler's girlfriend, who works there said that the winner gets 100 bucks. So I did it and won. Hahaha. 100 bucks just like that. Not bad.--------

Got a note from Reed today.-------------Something cool happened last night. So mom and I were having dinner at Table35 (coach Jimmy's restaurant) and the band he had playing was Patrick Palomo's! Mom mentioned it to jimmy while they were talking and he called him over. Eventually jimmy asked if I could join them up there and he let us. I got to sing That's All and I've Got You Under My Skin with him and his band. Totally unexpected and spontaneous.------Patrick is Guam's best pianist and obviously a good sport. Way to go Reed.

Saw somebody die today. I was on Main Street, stopped for a red light, third car from the intersection in the right hand lane. I saw this black girl probably in her 20s yellow dress and glasses. She came out of the building by the intersection, saw a friend across the street and rushed over to meet her. Just then a car went by me maybe going a little fast but having the right of way as the light had turned green. The girl went right out in front of the car and took the full force. She got knocked about six feet in the air and I remember her glasses went flying. I don't see how she could have survived. About half a second before she got hit I could see what was going to happen and I think I started to scream. I just kept screaming after she got hit. It was awful. There were lots of witnesses so I just drove away and I couldn't even look at her lying there. The streets are probably the most dangerous thing in downtown Jacksonville. And it's for the opposite reason than you might think. There's not a lot of traffic and the blocks are short. Consequently, people don't pay a lot of attention to the traffic lights. I'm guilty of it myself. Unfortunately, she picked the wrong time to be careless. It killed her in an instant and I'm sure left the person who hit her with a life long scar. It left me with one. ---------------------------------------------------------------- (update from the news) A 12-year-old girl is in critical condition after she dashed across Main Street next to the downtown library and was hit by a car as family was arriving to pick her up, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. The unidentified girl ran out in front of a car that had just entered the intersection of Main and Monroe streets shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday, Lt. Brett Sharp said. "It [the traffic signal] was either green or yellow, but they are still doing their investigation," Sharp said. "The young lady was attempting to run across the intersection when she was struck by the vehicle." Police said the 12-year-old girl was not in the crosswalk when she was hit. A second car coming up behind the accident scene was there to pick her up, police said. That car has Maryland license plates. The accident shut down two blocks of North Main Street behind the main library and a city parking garage. East Duval and East Monroe streets were also shut down during the accident investigation.

Storm last night ad I saw the local Bank of America building it by lightening twice. It was cool. Couldn't find any pics of an actual strike.

Got the 2 day flu this last weekend. Not throwing up but body aches and chills. Got some great tasting cookies. Changed my parking lot so I'm only paying $30/mo instead of $60. Trying to play golf twice a week but the heat and humidity make it tough. AND Reed wrote from Guam ------------------------- I'm having a pretty great time here. Its so awesome seeing all my boys again. We've already made a few songs and we were on the radio after Tyler won the rap battle here. Got to talk about what influenced us and what not about music.

Wow!! This was cool as Guam's soccer team knocks off India 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier. This pic and the story are from the BBC web page reporting the big upset. TJ Atalig and Christian Shweitzer, two of Reed's best friends, are right there in the middle of the pic. A country ranked 174 in the world, with a population of 165,000 and coached by a former Bognor Regis player has beaten India in qualifying for the World Cup. Guam, defeated 16-0 and 19-0 during the 2002 tournament qualifying, recorded their first ever qualifier win with victory over Turkmenistan last week. And now the Asian team, managed by Gary White, has beaten a country with a population of 1.25 billion 2-1 at home. Guam sit top of Group D in round two of Asian 2018 World Cup qualification. Where is Guam? Guam is a Pacific island and a United States territory located 1,626 miles south of Japan. Guam's diverse population includes Japanese, Chinese, and incomers from other Pacific islands. The indigenous Chamorro are a people of mixed Micronesian, Spanish and Filipino descent. Tourism and the US military bases provide the island with its main sources of income. If Guam progress from this round of qualifying they play in an additional round, which sees 12 teams split into two groups of six. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the World Cup. The two third-place teams will play home-and-away over two legs. The winner will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs. White, 40, was previously coach of the British Virgin Islands and Bahamas national team. He is one of 16 coaches on a Football Association scheme created to boost the number of English coaches in the Premier League. He recently told Fifa.com: "Our final outcome that we want is to put Guam football on the map, and I think that's happening already. "And for the team to continue to develop. The prize, if you like, is to get to the World Cup, the Asian Cup, but we'll take each game at a time. It is a special time right now, I don't want to put an end on it. Can we qualify for the World Cup? We know it's going to be a tough road."

So my cousin Ry lined me up to be an extra in this movie. I actually had a line until they cut my scene. I might be shown for maybe half a second during the senate hearing of one of the mobsters but it did make me $100. Anyway they sent me a letter today to tell people to watch it. _____________________________________________________________________________ Hello, Fellow Mobster! Thank you so much for your great work on THE MAKING OF THE MOB: NEW YORK. I hope you are well and looking forward to the premiere of the series next Monday, June 15that 10P ET, on AMC. We could not be prouder of the show. We greatly appreciate all of the hard work and partnership that went into creating this new and exciting AMC series. As the premiere date draws near, I'm reaching out for to ask for your continued partnership so that we can make sure as many people as possible see your incredible work. We are asking all cast and crew to help us get the word out through social media in a coordinated effort over the next few days til our premiere. If we are all pushing the same message at the same time, we'll have a much better chance to trend and break through. I would like to introduce you to Madeline Post and Chris Powers at AMC, who will be sending you emails moving forward with suggested material to share via your social media about THE MAKING OF THE MOB: NEW YORK. Please use the material they send you, tell your friends about them, and post them on all your social media accounts (Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn/ Tumblr /Instagram/ Google + / Pinterest / Vine…even MySpace - if you still have one!) If you rather we not email you, please let us know and we will remove you from the distribution list. Thanks again for the great work & the help in getting the word out. This show deserves to be a hit & we're doing all we can to make it so! All the best, Marco Bresaz Marco Bresaz VP, Nonfiction & Alternative Programming AMC