Written by Dameo on Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 ( Start discussion )
Tags: Cancer, Movember, mustache
Dear Mustache,
Though you were often hard to see and frequently ridiculed, you did it, friend! With your help I was able to raise over $500 towards prostate cancer research.
Movember was a success. And, you mustache, are responsible.
Forever yours,
Damian
I am seriously beside myself with the support that has been shown over the past month. Friends, Family, teammates, players it’s really almost overwhelming. For now a HUGE thank you to everyone and I will address each one of you personally in the next few days.
THANK YOU a million times over.
Written by Dameo on Monday, October 31st, 2011 ( Start discussion )
Tags: Hudson, lacrosse, life
So apparently I often fail to remember that I have a blog as I have not updated it since Hudson wasn’t even a month old. Now he’s 7 months, ginormous, and about to be on the go.
Here is his for Halloween:
Other things that have happened:
- Lost 14 pounds (been back in the gym)
- Got a new roof (not exactly by choice)
- Hudson was baptized
- Ran a fall instructional program for the Wake Forest Wizards of Fusion Lacrosse
Best of all I continue to have a wonderful family, amazing friends, and waking up every day. Can’t really ask for much more.
Written by Dameo on Sunday, July 17th, 2011 ( Start discussion )
Recently I had a friend pose a question on Facebook that really made me think. She asked her friends to name my “Favorite song that best describes you.” This seems like a fairly innocuous question at first glance, but, if you really think about it, that is a tall order for a single song to take on. I mean how I feel today is equally influenced by what I did yesterday as what went through and how I felt as an four-eyed middle schooler.
Music has an unbelievable power to invoke memories. Hearing “My Girl” by the temptations brings back memories of my Pop’s hideously-tan Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. The musky smell of is cologne, the view from the back seat (since my older brothers always got the front), and the way he would fake shift the car like we were driving 100 miles per hour. The oldies tunes would permeate my ear drums. I was constantly amazed not only at my father’s retention of the song lyrics, but also is uncanny ability to name the artist, title, year, and sometimes even down to the month the record was popular.
On another level “Surfin’ Bird” By the Trashmen takes me back to high school football. Back then the MD state was held at University of Maryland’s Byrd Stadium and I was lucky enough to be part of teams that made the trip, and won, Sophomore though Senior years. I don’t know who started it, back whenever, but that song was always played during the championship week. I watched win #1 from the sideline 33-14 over Suitland, was a two-way starter in the nail-biting 7-6 win when we had a rematch as a Junior, and was a team captain in the 42-0 romp over Thomas Stone my senior year.
I feel I’d have to take a long time and really think if I were ever to build an actual soundtrack to my life. I’m sure it would include a wide variety of music across half a dozen genres. I know the first two tracks would be “Puff the Magic Dragon” by Peter Paul and Mary and “The Unicorn Song” by Barnbrak those are two I really remember singing with my Mom when I was little.
Some people will write off putting so much emphasis on music, but if you really think about it it’s a big part of human culture.
For those that care the song I answered with was Foxy Shazam’s “Bye Bye Symphony.” While it doesn’t nearly cover the breadth or depths of 29 (really let’s call it 16) years of life matched with music, I think it’s a pretty good summary.
